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[nysan]

Bzzt. Your phone is buzzing, but it doesn't seem to be due to receiving any calls or texts. Upon opening your device, the vibration will stop — however, there will be a faint sound of static as you navigate through it, as though it's been tampered with. Anyone tech-savvy would discover fairly quickly that it's nothing of major concern — nothing's going to explode, thankfully — but it won't take an expert to realize that there's something very different about the network.

All names on your contact page have been erased, leaving only unidentifiable numbers and letters behind. They will constantly change, making it impossible to attach these codes to one person.

Some recent posts on the network may also experience this interference: names will be missing, voice recordings erased, and videos so heavily filtered that you would not be able to see the poster's face. Those old messages in your inbox remain mostly untouched, but any incoming messages will certainly be affected by this strange phenomenon.

Not too long into the morning, however, a new voice will appear on the network. The speaker is unaffected by the phenomenon — has she come with answers?

Well, this is unfortunate. As infallible as the Natha claim to be, it would seem that their technology is not backwards-compatible with our networks after all. You may experience some interference with your communications while we work this out, but do not be alarmed. I assure you, this is only temporary.

— Perhaps not. The woman doesn't even identify herself before disconnecting altogether. Well, there are worse things that could be happening, but one thing is for sure: this won't be the last time you'll hear from her.

In the meantime, all network activity may be anonymous, at the player's discretion. You may use this post as an pseudo-anonymous post as well as branch out to misfires in personal inboxes or other network posts. If you opt to have your character post (accidentally) anonymously, please indicate so in the subject line. There will be no usernames displayed. For voice and video, the audio may be distorted and faces altered with strange filters. Feel free to be as creative as you please!

Please direct all questions to the questions thread below.

Comments

[flask]

Yes!!!
I'm Nott, she's the best
Together we make Nott the Best!

[Oh whoops, was she hiding her identity from him? Welp.]

[stuns]

not sure how many clients a name like that'll net you, but it's original, at least.

nott's a nice name.

[flask]

oh



shit

Well I'm a drunk so nothing I say can be trusted to be true
Who is this anyway

[stuns]

suzie stardust, i live on asteroid b-52, land of eternal cocktails.

[stuns]

[ 3 mins later ]

it's juno.

[flask]

[Nott has to think to remember what an asteroid is -- it's hard when you dont have space exploration. Also, she'd really like to live in the land of eternal cocktails. If the cocktails were all just straight whiskey.

Oh wait, she already does. Thank the gods.

And then the second text comes in.]

Oh fuck off Juno
I'm surprised you told me though

[Really, he could've just lorded it over her head forever. Just casually drop her real name in conversation later. Make her jump out of her skin. It's what most of her friends would do, probably.]

[stuns]

got nowhere to fuck off to so too bad for you.

but, figured it's only fair right?

do i still have to call you nick? i'm real tired of fake names.

[ he doesn't say why, but he's just Tired of 'em. ]

[flask]

No, no one knows me as Nick I think
Nott is fine. Is Juno your real name?

[stuns]

unfortunately, yes.

[flask]

I hate these things, I can't even see if you're lying to me
How are you tired of fake names if you don't even use one?

[stuns]

do you know how many people lie in our line of work?

especially about their names.

[flask]

Well
I guess that's true.
It's all about figuring out lies and all that
I just don't like giving my name if I don't have to

[stuns]

not that i consider this a vacation, but it'd be nice to have to do sleuthing on names just a little less and know who i'm working with from the start.

[ a beat between messages, juno thinks it over. he asks anyways. ]

about your name: why's that?

[flask]

It's not safe for people like me
You know, to be too free with information about myself

Do you plan on continuing to be a detective here?

[stuns]

"people like you" as in????

[ short and green? sharp teeth? carrying around lockpicks? which is it. ]

as much as i can be in a place like this. might as well be useful.

[flask]

People who look like me mostly
Also, people who draw the ire of the authorities more than not, you know, as a secondary thing

I guess that makes sense
I mean I figure we're going to keep doing the same things we've always done too

[stuns]

totally secondary. got it.

[ if words could raise an eyebrow they would be doing it right now. authorities. right. like he said, he knows a guy. ]

that mean you're gonna go adventuring like you did before?

[flask]

Probably?? You know see what jobs there are for fighting types
I doubt we'll want to stay anywhere for long, I'm sure Molly is already getting antsy

[stuns]

i know the type, likes to see all there is to see,

can't be assed to stay in town more than a week at most.

can't say i blame him. kind of hate being under the thumb of these weird aliens.

[flask]

Yeah that's a description of Molly
I think the only thing keeping us put now is the snow. He hates staying put but he hates snow more
At least this is better than being on that station thing... I hated it up there

[stuns]

i like him even more now. snow is pretty much just as bad as i imagined it would be from the postcards

it's cold, it gets everywhere just like sand, it's stupid, dumb, and pointless.

same. they better have fixed the whole door situation up there. i'm not going back unless they do.

[flask]

The difference between snow and sand is that snow can melt
Which is why sand is better. If snow never touches my skin again it will be too soon

It's not just the doors
It's just creepy, the only thing separating you from the void being just a hunk of metal...
And that room with all those pod people

[stuns]

it's just water.

you're not gonna die or anything.

and yeah. i'm not too keen on seeing everyone asleep like that. too many familiar faces... i mean i'm glad they're not [ dead...? destroyed with the storm? ] hurt or anything. but they're basically hostages when you think about it.

[flask]

["Just water," he says!]

I just don't want it touching my skin!! Is that so weird!
It's creepy and wet and bad

That's exactly what i was saying!!! They're definitely hostages
There's no reason to keep them sleeping but to hold them over our heads

[stuns]

wait

the hell do you do when it rains? or when you have to take a shower???? there's water everywhere. we're all basically MADE of water... i think. i didn't flunk science that badly.