a storm approaches.above ground.It is early when you wake up to a message on your watches. Those underground will not receive this message, due to the complications with service. It is a simple line of text, with no further explanation given. You’re not sure how it even came through, or how they found a way to connect to the watches. Either way, a message comes across the screen.
All newcomers to Struxta are instructed to remain in their rooms until further notice.
It’s the middle of the day, on the 17th day in Struxta, that the notification rings out. Not through your bracelets, which might be your first assumption, but through what had previously been an unused announcement system. It doesn’t take much though to realize the announcement is for you - why would thousands of minds all connected to a singular consciousness need any kind of mass announcement system? No, they are talking to you. Whoever they are.
The announcement echoes through every building, street, hallway, and room in what feels to be the entire city - perhaps the entire world, and everyone above ground can hear it. It’s inescapable, really, the mechanical voice that calmly but firmly surrounds you.
All newcomers to Struxta are instructed to remain in their rooms until further notice.
Please return to your room if you haven’t already.
For those of you who are in your room, if you choose to venture out the Hostel itself will seem eerily normal. It is not until you get to the door that you see the figure - an imposing, large, mechanical figure armed with two devices. It takes up nearly the entire door, only moving aside if there is another Circle member being brought inside. Then it will return to its post. You will notice that if you approach the figure, it will not acknowledge you except to repeat the announcement.
Please return to your room.
They are impossible to sneak past, but more creative means could provide you with a way to get through. However, if they do catch up to anyone attempting to leave the premise, all they will need to do is touch a Circle member, and an electric shock strong enough to make any and everyone pass out will be administered.
If you do manage to make it past the Enforcers, the streets will feel oddly calm - like nothing has happened at all, despite the echo of the announcement around you. Do not waste time here, once you are free - the Enforcers will be chasing down any members who have gotten free, as made obvious if you choose to stay in any kind of public (and most private) spaces for more than an hour or so.
Where will you go? below ground.Whether it is a tip from another Circle member, or by coincidence alone, you might be able to find yourself underground. There seems to be more openings, now - all centered around the area of the Races. Doors and passageways with BG’s beckoning members in, taking them down below where even the sound of the announcement can’t be heard.
They will offer safety for anyone who was not originally part of the Tunnel Exploration, while also explaining what their fellow Circle members are preparing for. About the Storm, about their history - any of the previous questions asked here will be explained to anyone who makes the trek underground. It will take a day to get all the things in order to transport everyone to The Storm, and this will be a chance for all Circle members to regroup once they make it inside the tunnels.
They press you not to wander too far, and to instead simply wait with them in the industrial tunnels below the city, a never-ending interlocking maze of wires, pipes, and metal. It’s dark, dusty, and definitely not comfortable. But one thing it is, they explain in their glitchy half-sentences and partial thoughts, safe.
The Mass Consciousness has apparently deemed you a threat, and are systematically working on a solution to the problem. There’s no telling what they might do. wildcard.This is your world to explore. Something has tipped the Mass Consciousness off to a possible issue, a possible threat. What you do with this new status is up to you. Outside of the Hostel, the natives will completely ignore your existence, like you have been entirely erased from their reality. The only ones who seem to notice you are the Enforcers, and the BGs.
For those who have decided to investigate, and hopefully put an end to, The Storm, the log will be posted tomorrow (July 28th 11:59 PM EST). ICly and OOCly you will have one more day to prepare. Please be on the lookout for that log, as the description will include what you will find and what you can assume! We will also continue to take questions over at the OOC Post through the course of the event. |
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acatalepsy_logs2018-07-27 11:58 pm
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Trouble is not a plan, Keith. It's a goal at best. And not even a goal that usually aligns with the goal of 'getting out of a predicament.'
[Now if Keith had given something more detailed like 'I'll cause a distraction and then use that time to get people out through this convenient tunnel' THAT would be a plan. But, no, he literally just texted 'trouble' and that was it.]
The ability I was given is teleporting. It's pretty easy to pop into the rooms of the hostel since their goal is to keep us IN and then they can't really do anything to stop me from getting to various points outside of the building.
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Trouble's just the theme of the plan. These robots aren't all that different from what I'm used to fighting at home. If I can hold them off and give people a chance to get out, then I'm all for it. It'd have to be coordinated, but trouble can work pretty well.
But like I said, if you have another way, then I'm all for it.
[And oh. He does, huh?]
Huh! So you're just like my wolf.
But. That does sound useful, and better than just trying to muscle our way out.
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[Okay, enough with the sarcasm. Keith apparently understands what he's doing better than he's letting on.]
A wolf? Where did you find a wolf that could do that?
Actually never mind, that's not important right now. Yes, I'm using it to get people out now. If we coordinate it could make it easier for me to clear the hostel and then I can get you...if you need it anyway. I assume during all your trouble you also have a plan for getting OUT of the trouble.
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[But yes, focusing now.]
I'll be happy to provide a distraction while you get people out. Not a problem.
Of course I have a plan for it. More trouble.
[...he might be deliberately messing with Maes a little now. He's grown up recently, matured, but Keith is still Keith.]
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I'm so glad I asked.
If I didn't already have a feeling you're a pretty capable person, we'd be having a serious talk right now about your ability to make plans.
Instead I'll talk to you about that later. Just be sure to make it out in one piece.
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[Oops. Nope. There's that part too.]
I'm capable enough. And as for plans, we probably should've seen this coming before now. Having all of us together in one easily contained place like this.
I'll make it out. Make sure you do too.
And be careful with the magic use. Have you found your limit? Eventually it'll exhaust you.
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There is a saying about hindsight. Just like next time we get sent on a mission I am requesting if we can be sent with some kind of emergency rations. But, we can work on our strategy once we're out of this predicament.
Just that I can only go a certain distance, haven't found the limit to the number of teleports I can make yet. I'm moving slow though so as not to draw attention.
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Just be cautious. You don't want to discover the limit of how often when you're caught in front of someone ready to attack, or shove you back in your room. But honestly your ability is probably the best shot we've got of getting people out without injuries right now.
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Weird.
But sounds good. Good luck. Don't get beaten up by the robots.