welp; 5/14

[torching]

[ so uh

it's one day after getting the app, and mako did what he said he would: he took his phone over to an IT guy to get it checked, only to be met with a strange look.

"I don't know what app you're talking about."

needless to say, mako is frustrated as hell. (yoshio and minako may notice him pacing the floor angrily at home.) but he said he'd keep everyone posted, so...here it is. a psa utilizing some of the fancy features the app has to offer. ]

VASSAGO vassago@applenet.net
Shared the following message below:

hey guys.

so...i took my phone to an IT guy as i told some of you yesterday to see if he could remove the app.
he told me he didn't know what i was talking about? to him, my phone looked completely fine.
so i tried to pull up the app but it shut down and disappeared. completely.

yeah. don't ask me how that happened because i have no idea either.

they weren't lying when they said that this app was private.

Comments

✪ Luci

[lightmischief]

Luci: I am fairly certain it is protecting you.

[probablynoteren]

protecting me from what? at the moment this app seems the only threatening thing.

[The only immediately threatening thing to his person, anyway. He doesn't immediately notice anything unusual about this reply, considering how active the app has been -- but there's something nagging at him regardless.]

✪ Luci

[lightmischief]

Luci: Threatening is too strong a word maybe.

Luci: Perhaps mocking would be better.

[probablynoteren]

i think it's both. i think most of the people here would agree with me.

[Annnnd... ding.]

you're the first i've seen with a star.

✪ Luci

[lightmischief]

Luci: I like the star.

[probablynoteren]

i don't know if i like the swords. i don't know what they mean.

[For the moment, he's still figuring that this is some third set of symbols that he just hasn't spotted till now.]

you still haven't told me what the app is... threatening to protect me from.

✪ Luci

[lightmischief]

Luci: ...Do you even read the news?

[probablynoteren]

so, you're saying that is what it's related to. the [INFORMATION LOCKED].

[He could have suspected, but he can't be completely sure without knowing the app's geographical distribution; and while most of the blaring signs are pointing the way of the murders, he wouldn't know what to do if it really was some kind of ridiculous job interview. So:]

i thought the city already had countermeasures.

✪ Luci

[lightmischief]

Luci: Locking up at night?
Luci: That's like sticking fingers in a leaking dam.
Luci: Sheep are easily scared and stupid.

[probablynoteren]

[He has to acknowledge that, quite apart from the murders starting up again, there's been other obvious signs and issues with the way the city has been handling the serial murders. He hadn't paid as much attention as he should have because he's been a bit preoccupied, this last year, but...]

that's the second time we've been called sheep. but if that's the case, it doesn't make sense to involve us in this.

[Whatever this is. He's sort of shooting in the dark here.]

✪ Luci

[lightmischief]

Luci: Right!

Luci: It makes us a Team.

[probablynoteren]

[He likes the idea of a team, sure, but he's not sure he likes the idea of it in this particular context...]

a team to deal with [INFORMATION LOCKED] or something related to them? i haven't met anyone who joined of their own free will yet.

✪ Luci

[lightmischief]

Luci: Now now. I cannot just give you everything when there is still twenty days to go.

Luci: But I suggest you pay a little more attention.

[probablynoteren]

[He gets the feeling his actual question didn't get across, which happens a lot both on and offline. But at least he's confirmed one thing: the star, Luci, is probably the one who knows the most about this, and quite likely the one behind it. And apparently really attached to his countdown.]

i will pay attention. but even in 20 days, i don't think we will be what you're looking for in a team.

[It's debatable whether he's stating that as a positive or a negative at this point.]