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Entry tags:
- !event; countdown; day 21,
- alucard,
- ankh,
- augustine sycamore,
- chikusa kakimoto,
- conan edogawa,
- emily kaldwin,
- heiji hattori,
- jaune arc,
- jirou sakuma,
- koujirou genda,
- lenka utsugi,
- luci (npc),
- makoto fukami,
- nakigitsune,
- ran mouri,
- reimi sugimoto,
- takeshi yamamoto,
- taro watanabe,
- yui kanzaki,
- zack fair
COUNTDOWN : MORTALITY 2.0
The city has been at an uneasy peace the past few weeks.
It was too early to tell if this was going to continue. However people were still being warned to keep obeying the lockdown after sunset. Many businesses opened dormitories have opened more houses for those employees stuck working late. Only police, hospital and firemen units continue to operate at night for emergencies until furthur notice. The city seems to have returnd to normal.
And that's about when you come in. It's a strange time to be Awakened, but, lucky you, you're not alone.
You could all say it started with a strange icon that popped up on your phone that day. June 17th, 2017.
Did you press it right away out of curiosity? Did you press it accidentally trying to dismiss it? Or did you wait long enough for it to cover your entire screen, forcing you to interact with it? Either way, congratulations! You've got...a Terms of Service popping up in front of you?
Terms and Conditions ("Terms")
Last updated: June 17th, 2017
Please read these Terms and Conditions ("Terms", "Terms and Conditions") carefully before using the http:/www.applenet.net website (the "Service") operated by AppleNET ("us", "we", "our", "horse", "goat", "etc.").
Your access to and use of the Service is predicated on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms.
By accessing or using the Service you agree to be bound by these Terms and agree to be part of The Team. If you disagree with any part of the terms then that's too bad. You already agreed to them by reading this far. Don't worry, you're not alone in this!
AppleNET has no control over and assumes no responsibility for content posted or user privacy. You further acknowledge and agree that AppleNET and its affiliates shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods, death, night shifts, or services available on or through any such web sites or services.
Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance the laws, by which we mean with little regard to its conflict of law provisions. Are you still even reading this?
Changes
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material we will try to provide at least 0 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.
By continuing to access or use our Service after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. You don't have much choice.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us.
You quickly notice there is no contact number or address. Uhh---
Yes | Hell Yes | Man I Can'T Wait to See What this is About!
It really seems like you don't have much choice. After pressing one of the three buttons (one of them trailing off to the side of the screen), a new screen greets you.
21 DAYS REMAIN BEFORE AWAKENING
Welcome, welcome!! It's me, the guy you have no idea who it is. That's okay, cause you got a few of your friends coming in too. Anyway, bla bla bla, answer these questions, I'm not being all fancy this time, got it? Don't worry if the answer sounds 'bad'. After all, you're already hired!
Hey other guys that are already here, feel free to do this again if you're up to it. But what's the point? It's just going to make you answer honestly, you can't troll it (that's my job.) Just grab some popcorn and watch the insanity unfold.
Are they... acting like theyβve just hired you for a new job? (And really being impolite too)
The first (and only) question for today is:
You find yourself in a neighboring city where you find out that the guards have captured an individual who stole some apples from a king's apple orchards. For the sake of this morality lesson, let us say that the penalty in this city is death, and a very painful one because the king's into sadomasochism, I guess. This individual is a childhood friend. Also I guess its in the past since Kings don't have that power anymore. Hey, have you guys heard of something called the King's Game? Wait no, that can come later. Anyway, knowing all of this, what do you do? Please pick one of the following:
1) I stand up for them and propose to be their lawyer so that they get a fair trial. Do lawyers exist in the past? I guess you get to wear a wig!
2) I stand up for them and propose to be their lawyer so that they get a fair trial. I have no idea what being a lawyer could even be, but that way I can figure out a way to save them and give myself more time.
3) I stand up for them and propose to hire a lawyer so that they get a fair trial. Someone else can get a wig.
4) I let the city decide, as the law rules above everything else.
5) They shouldn't have let themselves be caught. It's their own fault and I just let it happen.
6) They bullied you as a kid despite being a friend and you're just happen to see them getting their just desserts. It's pretty great actually.
7) Society is unfair. I'm are already preparing to bust my friend out of the jail so they can escape. Probably with one of those catapults.
8) I visit jail that night and give them items so that they can escape but no one can pin it on me. The rest is up to them.
9) I show up that night in jail to kill them to save them from the future suffering from the death penalty.
10) I use my vast amounts of fortune / skills to put the blame on an innocent so that they can get out. Hey that other guy is a stranger, so itβs not my problem!
11) What do you mean I showed up in that city? I can barely find my way around this one. GPS didn't exist back then either.
12) I propose to exchange my life for theirs, then I try to bust myself out. Take that, corrupted justice system!
13) I go back home and wait for the town caller to tell me the news of their demise. This shit's gonna be good.
As you go to pick out an option...or try to exit out of it, you witness an all-too brief memory of a life you think isn't yours. A flash that makes you think you were hallucinating. Your head hurts, your heartbeat increases dramatically, and you can barely see anything ahead of you...
Wait, did you already pick something? You don't remember touching the screen, but something's already been highlighted and pressed for you. Staring at the 'saving' prompt, you would later find out it was a deeper memory from your heart. It might terrify you, what you've picked.
After that, the program displays nothing else for a few seconds before a chatroom (appleNET chat v.301.02) boots up, with a username already attached to your account and a little icon, either a sword or a ship steering wheel, next to it. More worryingly, your answer is the first thing posted from your name. Not even a hi or hello.
Well good thing no one has any idea who you are....right?
But don't worry...this time you're not quite alone.
[OOC: The memory should only last for a few seconds, but it would be something significant that would surprise them. It could even related to this question!
All mentions of their own name, profession or other clues that might reveal who they are would be changed to [INFORMATION LOCKED]. The only name they can refer to themselves by is their username, which is the name of the demon you chose for their Persona. 'Family members might be able to find each other via their writing habits, but for now that's the limit.
FOR PLAYERS ALREADY IN THE GAME: Your character is back to using only their demon name, and everything gets censored again. New posts started by your character also have the same effect and block out nearly everything. Don't worry, soon Luci will show you how to bend the rules a bit...
For the new players, welcome to the game, and have fun!]
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9: Anyway, having a catapult is probably better than not having anything to use at all.
9: Maybe if I aim it right I can blow over the guards?
9: And if there are no guards, it'd be a lot easier to break my imaginary thieving friend out of his imaginary jail cell.
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01: my phone doesn't like your name.
01: but a catapult would be noticeable.
[An understatement. He's a little distracted by the thought of guards and orchards, which sounds just a little too familiar to be a coincidence. Honestly, having trolls in HR is the worst.]
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9: A catapult would be noticeable, but maybe that's the point?
[Actually, Kouyuki's not so sure about that, he's making this up as he goes. But there feels like there's a certain truth to the words he's typing...doesn't there? Maybe?]
9: The king doesn't sound reasonable and I doubt the guards are any better.
9: If rescuing someone by force is what it takes, shouldn't we do that?
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[There's no real logical reason to use this many demon names in real life. The more common ones are easier, but both Eligor and Marchosias are ones that take some wrangling. He'll get it eventually... maybe.]
01: i didn't say we shouldn't. we should always.
01: it's more... [INFORMATION LOCKED].
01: but i guess that doesn't matter.
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9: But the typos are kind of amusing, so maybe don't do that.
[And then...there's that information locked notification again. After a moment of trying to puzzle out what could have been said, Kouyuki begins to see the point Eligor 10 was making before. Without context, the possibilities of what's lurking behind that red redaction are nearly limitless...
Even if the older users of the app want to explain everything, they can't. And trying isn't going to produce different results, just more frustration.]
9: Anyway, it's not the answer I would have picked, but there's no way to change that.
9: Maybe it's for the best? Though you're probably right, I don't think it matters.
[How can a quiz where you can't even write your own answer tell anything at all about a person?]
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01: i don't want to typo something important.
[He doesn't entirely mind being teased, because Lenka knows that he's even less well-acquainted with these things than Haruka. It's debatable whether this is retro or advanced from his perspective; it's a weird one, even in his day and age. Being from 2071 but growing up outside general service areas is a bit of a trip.]
01: what answer would you have picked?
01: it's a test, but not the most important one.
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[Kouyuki, please.]
9: Anyway, I would have picked 12.
[There is a brief pause and then, after looking at that text written out, he wonders if that's even true anymore. He knows he wants it to be, that he would trade positions with the people he cares about if it would spare them from suffering an unkind fate, but...
Maybe he would rather fight if given the chance? To take an active stance, fearlessly facing down his enemies and boldly announcing his claim to rescue loved ones β is that more like him, after all?]
9: At least, that's the one I was thinking about picking.
9: But if it's a test, what's it for? What do 7 and 12 mean?
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[Jabbing back mildly, in his own way. He's never worn glasses in his life, either of them, but he's aware that he's spent an inordinate amount of time -- for him -- trying to work out the app and what it wants.]
01: i guess they're similar.
01: the answers themselves don't mean much.
[That's his opinion of it, at least for the less out there answers. (Note: His definition of out there may have been considerably skewed in the past few weeks.) It's less about the answers, and more about who answers them -- but that's not something they're allowed to communicate.]
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9: Number 7 is a lot more forceful, and 12 prioritizes protecting my friend.
[The differences are subtle, but they're there. Kouyuki can't help but notice the offensive and defensive nature of them both. Each has the same end goal of helping someone escape a punishment that doesn't fit the crime, but the methods used to achieve that goal couldn't be more opposed. Not unlike Kouyuki's feelings regarding them. He doesn't know which feels more right or more wrong.]
9: Did you have to answer the same question before? Or one like it?
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[Now that he thinks of it... Their Awakening and the new arrivals' Awakening, if it's going to happen, are a little bit the same way. But he's probably reading too much into it.]
01: but i like your way of looking at it.
01: we answered a question that was only different on a few points. a lot of the answers were the same, too.
01: luci isn't very creative.
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[Young people with power don't always use it responsibly, right?]
9: Hey...
9: Can I ask what answer you chose?
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01: but i don't think so.
[It's not so strong that he feels truly threatened by it at the moment, but kids don't typically have a sense of malice about their actions. Luci... has too much fun with this, even someone like Lenka has to side-eye.]
01: 7. without the catapults.
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[Speaking of the writing...
It looks like they chose the same thing. Sort of.]
9: You weren't given anything to break into the prison with? Or was it a different kind of tool?
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[That he can't talk about right now. But it's enough that the newbies know to look out for Luci, whether positively or negatively (both is probably best).]
01: and no. i guess we used our bare hands.
01: there were a few more of us.
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9: Maybe Luci realized that. Or just wanted to mess with everybody.
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[Nowhere does it say they actually have to fight, right? Honestly, his most-valued skill is the strategic retreat, blame the adults in his life. And now he's thinking too hard about this, but he can't help it.]
01: he's always like that, i think.
01: if you look at the terms of service.
[They really spent so much time going round and round over those terms of service, but in the overall scheme of things... did it matter?]
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9: I just sort of skimmed it... ^^;
[Which is changing now, thanks 01. And upon closer inspection, Kouyuki sees that not only do the terms of service not make much sense, but they also very pointedly tell the users of the app they don't have much of a choice in anything. Indeed, that sounds a lot like the Luci everyone's describing, right down to mocking anyone who happened to still be reading through the conditions.]
9: Huh. They call us a team. And then claim they won't be responsible.
9: Using decoys isn't really my style, but...it sounds like theirs.
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01: i didn't ask, but it's his style.
[He hasn't met anyone else in the Velvet Room that came close to Luci's level of Attitude with a Capital A (they still haven't met Luci, either). Luci would probably be pleased with that. He doesn't think too hard about it.]
01: we are a team.
01: not all of us, not yet, but...
01: someday soon.
01: for now you don't have to worry about them.
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