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expiationnet2024-09-13 10:43 am
spectates) wrote in expiationnet2024-09-13 10:43 am
Entry tags:
- !event,
- !npc,
- !spectates,
- arcane: powder / jinx,
- blazblue: ragna the bloodedge,
- bungo stray dogs: nikolai gogol,
- fh2 termina: levi,
- final fantasy xiv: fandaniel,
- limbus company: dante,
- metro: miller,
- my hero academia: katsuki bakugou,
- original: fauna,
- person of interest: root,
- reiwa no dara-san: dara,
- rotrk: richard plantagenet,
- spiderverse: gwen stacy,
- star trek aos: leonard mccoy,
- x-men 97: morph,
- x-men 97: rogue,
- x-men movieverse: scott summers,
- yohaji: douman ashiya,
- yyh: kurama
TEXT | sender: [ unknown ]
[ around noon on friday, all tablet screens go dark at the same time, no matter what characters are doing. then, after a moment, the following text appears: ]
[ as promised, screens return to normal. however, a new message appears on the network for all to see ]
SECURITY ACCESS UPDATED
ADDING INFORMATION POINTS
ADDING INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: CRITICAL SYSTEM FAILURES DETECTED
HARD RESET IS REQUIRED
→Access EXPIATION'S five manual terminals
→Input code: 2467362925315
→Initialize reset simultaneously at all terminals.
→SYSTEM RESET will restore all functions to BASIC OPERATING PARAMETERS. Extraneous data and information updates will be DELETED.
→Terminal access points shown below.
[ all tablet maps are updated to include several different location pins. users will notice that there are more pins than the number of terminals, and that they don't seem to be terribly specific about exact locations. users will also note that the pins sometimes seem to fade and flicker, as if they might disappear... ]
Security clearances acquired.
Access granted.
Terminals online and accessible.
System failure is imminent. Due to perpetual lack of upkeep, I am unable to maintain systems at optimal levels.
Chosen of Expiation, I am sorry. I never meant to hurt you.
Save yourselves.
ERROR: user offline
[ the AI will not respond to this message, and the ERROR: USER OFFLINE message appears if anyone attempts to message it. however, the network chat remains active. chosen can use this space to ICly discuss ideas and strategies, to have discussions about the best way to move forward, or even to have arguments over whose ideas they think are better. ideas generated here will be added to the event poll when the event goes up, and can impact the future of the game! have at it, go wild, and have fun! ]
UPDATES INSTALLING.................
INITIALIZING.................
RESTARTING NOW.
[ as promised, screens return to normal. however, a new message appears on the network for all to see ]
SECURITY ACCESS UPDATED
ADDING INFORMATION POINTS
ADDING INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: CRITICAL SYSTEM FAILURES DETECTED
HARD RESET IS REQUIRED
→CLICK TO EXPAND INSTRUCTIONS
→Access EXPIATION'S five manual terminals
→Input code: 2467362925315
→Initialize reset simultaneously at all terminals.
→SYSTEM RESET will restore all functions to BASIC OPERATING PARAMETERS. Extraneous data and information updates will be DELETED.
→Terminal access points shown below.
[ all tablet maps are updated to include several different location pins. users will notice that there are more pins than the number of terminals, and that they don't seem to be terribly specific about exact locations. users will also note that the pins sometimes seem to fade and flicker, as if they might disappear... ]
Security clearances acquired.
Access granted.
Terminals online and accessible.
System failure is imminent. Due to perpetual lack of upkeep, I am unable to maintain systems at optimal levels.
Chosen of Expiation, I am sorry. I never meant to hurt you.
Save yourselves.
I do not wish to d̶̺̀i̸̘̋e̶͍͝
But I wish for you to live
I̷
p̸l̷e̵a̸s̷e̸
l̴̪̗̈́̉̓̌i̶͕̹̹̿̈́̈̚v̴͓̽͑͆̚ḙ̴͍̋͘
ERROR: user offline
[ the AI will not respond to this message, and the ERROR: USER OFFLINE message appears if anyone attempts to message it. however, the network chat remains active. chosen can use this space to ICly discuss ideas and strategies, to have discussions about the best way to move forward, or even to have arguments over whose ideas they think are better. ideas generated here will be added to the event poll when the event goes up, and can impact the future of the game! have at it, go wild, and have fun! ]
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Who said I was worried about you?
[ .. please don't mind the way she sounds almost a little embarrassed. Or like she's pouting. It doesn't have anything at all to do with what she just said! D-Don't misunderstand! ]
I just don't want you to get us all killed..! [ N-NO, SHE'S NOT EMBARRASSED OR FLUSTERED. Not at all!! ]
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I'm pretty sure you're the one who said it, Ange. I mean, you did say 'you' might die. Not 'we'!
So, you know, it's okay Ange. From the bottom of my heart, I'm touched that you care so much!
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[ Some people would realize that they're just getting teased here.
Ange, clearly, does not. Or maybe she realizes it and is still falling for it at the same time, since she's instinctively starting to sputter right away. ]
Don't you think there are other reasons why I might not have said 'we'? Maybe I just said 'you' because I'm thinking you might do something stupid! Or maybe I'm not all that personally worried about dying! There's plenty of possible reasons!
no subject
Me thinks you protest too much! [He thinks that's how it goes.]
I think there could be other reasons, yeah. But what I said does feel the most likely. It's okay, you don't want people to know you have such a big heart, and that I've wormed my way into it! You don't have to admit it!
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My heart is of an entirely normal size, thanks.
[ Even that already feels like too much to say, let alone a big heart! Ugh, why is Kurt such an embarrassing guy? Why is every single mutant so embarrassing? ]
Besides, I think we have more important stuff to figure out right now than talking about my feelings, you know.
no subject
Now what we know for sure that you care about me a whole lot and worry about me and that I'm your favorite housemate, now we can focus more on the AI! At least it looks like some plans have been coming together while we've been having our little chat... I should check in with Scott and Quentin!
no subject
Scott is my favorite housemate!
[ Is that embarrassing to say? Yes. But it's better than letting Kurt believe he is the one!! Nuh-uh!! Ange refuses!!
.. though she does realize what Kurt said right after that, and the implications, and-- oh no-- ]
Don't tell him that when you talk to him or I'll kill you! I seriously will! [ This would probably sound more like a threat if Ange didn't just sound flustered as she's saying it.. ]
no subject
[Kurt is stunned speechless by that outburst. Definitely not the reaction he expected.]
Okay, way to be blunt about the fuzzy man not being your favorite! Um, I'll try not to bring it up! Wait, do you like, like-like him?
[Clearly a question to ask right over the network!]
no subject
[ This is so not calming her, apparently. Maybe Ange is just flustered like this in general, or maybe she's extra flustered because she knows anyone can listen to this here on the network if they want to.. ]
Why would I even-- I don't do that sort of thing!
no subject
What sort of thing? Like, crushing on people in general? [Now he's just curious!]
no subject
[ She says it like it's natural.. Even though having been in this place for quite a while now sure has proven to Ange that it's not that natural at all, given how many people are shacking up here.. ]
Why would I even have a crush on anyone at all? Ever? That's ridiculous!
no subject
[Finger-guns!]
I mean, not that there's anything wrong with really not feeling that way. Whether you get those feelings or not, all's good in the hood! I'm just saying.
no subject
It's not normal!
[ Maybe for other people it is. They sure make it look normal, anyway. But for Ange it feels like the furthest thing from normal, and surely she can't be the only one who feels that way. ]
If you say there's nothing wrong with not feeling that way, then you can't say that feeling that way is normal. [ We must fight the heteronormativity, Kurt!! It's important!!
Even if the world is ending, apparently!! Maybe she just refuses to let this be one of the last things she's ever heard.. ]
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You're making the logic really complicated right now. If there's nothing with A, then carry the 7 and divide by the square root of what we said about what's normal...
[He teases a bit and laughs.]
What I'm saying is both can be normal. There! That's my totally mathematical conclusion!
no subject
[ Apparently Asnge is at least willing to give in to that one. Small victories.. ]
We can call it both normal. But you should know that people seem to think my side of it is abnormal way more often than they think dating is abnormal. Some people could learn a lesson or two about that. [ ... ] Though I guess it doesn't matter as much when we are likely all about to die.
no subject
But yeah, I get your point. Back on high school at home, it did feel like the pressure was on for everyone to pair up! I don't think I ever really knew someone who had no interest in the stuff at all...
...But if that's considered abnormal, I see that as another reason for me to treat it as normal. Being a mutant, I feel like we 'abnormals' have to get along - like it's normal.
no subject
[ Okay, she knows that's not what he's doing. Not really, anyway.
But there's something about the thought that feels a little bit ridiculous to her. Especially when she thinks that - despite the way the world treats them for it - the powers the mutants get are largely beneficial. ]
no subject
At least you don't have to worry about being chased with torches and pitchforks for your thing! [A beat.] Oh wait, but you've got the witch stuff going on too. So, uh, I guess we could have that in common!
no subject
.. for a very brief moment Ange imagines Kurt in one of those poofy dresses the witches back home wear. It's kind of a funny mental image, really. Even though she's keeping it to herself for now. ]
No one knows I'm a witch back home though, you know. You guys' mutant thing seems a little more public, considering there's such a large group of you.
no subject
We used to be under wraps! It wasn't that long ago that mutants became public knowledge and things got more complicated.
Anyway, the point is, we'd be in the same boat if people know! ...I think that's the point I was making. It's been a long talk!