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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

[mollymocked]

[Weirdly, Rocket and Molly have never met for reasons that involve the time space continuum and playercest.]

I love very powerful drinks. I also love this fuckery with the- what did she call it? The network. There we go. I love that fuckery, because it's teaching me who can carry on a conversation with anyone, regardless of whether or not they intended to speak to that person.

[He's so... excitable.]

Pffff hahahaha

[nevernoaction]

I suppose conversation with anyone is an art. Of sorts.

[Not one of his favorite arts to practice. But it's better than sitting around and not saying anything at all.]

[mollymocked]

Then that makes me an artist. It's nearly as good as a bathhouse for that, but until I find one, this'll do.

[nevernoaction]

A bathhouse? Like a hotspring?

[mollymocked]

I don't know what that is, but I like the way it sounds already.

[He's sheltered... and also two.]

[nevernoaction]

[You are quite adult for two, friend! Ren would be impressed if he knew.]

Hot water naturally comes out of the ground in the form of a spring. Sometimes people would build bathing places around it.

[mollymocked]

[amnesia is a hell of a thing.]

Sweet shit show, please tell me there's one here...

[ALL THE BENEFITS OF A BATHHOUSE

NONE OF THE CONSTANT NEED TO REFRESH THE HOT WATER.]

[nevernoaction]

I'm not sure. I haven't heard about one yet, but I haven't traveled everywhere open to us. So there could be one out there.

[mollymocked]

Well. Now I have a quest. Thank you for that.

[nevernoaction]

Are you going to build a bath house on top of the spring if you find one?

[mollymocked]

Maaaaybe. It'd be a sure-fire way to make coin. Everyone loves a bathhouse.

Probably too much work, though. I'd rather experience it than run it.

[nevernoaction]

Probably. Although if one exists, someone probably already has built something on top of it so you can experience it that way.

[mollymocked]

I love this place. So many new and interesting things to uncover.

[nevernoaction]

Did you not have hot springs where you were from?

[mollymocked]

I can't say for certain, but I've definitely never seen one.

[nevernoaction]

Oh, then I really do hope you find one. They're pretty amazing.

[It makes him miss Remnant for a moment, but maybe they really can find something similar here.]