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Luministi Mods ([personal profile] luministimods) wrote in [community profile] luministi2011-06-05 05:18 pm

❧ Whispers From Different Worlds

[any and all conversations being held on the CATs suddenly cease all at once, and in the next instant, a little alarm begins to sound. none of the townspeople appear fazed by the strange happening, writing if off as yet another malfunction that has plagued the communications systems in town for the past week.

however, appearing only to the residents' CATs is a video transmission featuring someone whose face is obscured in the shadows, but from the timbre of the voice, it's a young man.]


Please be patient! We're going to help you, but we need a little more time. Keep an eye out for a message from--!

[the transmission cuts out suddenly and is replaced with a picture of a blue screen that simply reads: "Signal Lost." it takes a few moments for that screen to go away, but what--or who--appears next may surprise the residents...]


❧ Plot Details: Whispers From Different Worlds
    Welcome to Luministi's Fourth Wall event! As you might have guessed from the above IC portion of this entry, this event will be part of the game's canon and it's all thanks to those malfunctioning CAT devices! However, visiting characters will not appear in the town itself. They will appear in video transmissions alone.

    For this entry alone, the vidscreens are still down and most of the CAT functions are down as well with the exception of the video function, enabling residents to communicate with visiting characters, and visitor can also communicate with other visitors as well. Think of it like signals being crossed. And to make things a little easier for everyone, the video transmissions are clear and normal as they would be any other day and don't feature the strange solarised/flipped quirk that they have had for the past week. In any entries made after this one on until the end of the plot, the CATs functions will return to what they were like at the start of the plot.

    For those of you new to the game, the CATs, or Communications Audiovisual Transmitters, are personalized communication devices about the size of your palm, and for this day only, visiting characters will have this device. From a video broadcast standpoint, you'll be able to see the the immediate surroundings of the person you're talking to. More information about the CATs can be found on the FAQ page.

    In-game time, this event lasts a day, but you can tag for however long you want!

    Ah, one more thing! If visiting characters app into the game following this entry's events, memories about what was said and who you spoke to will be able to come to you upon proper entry into the town, but not before then. Characters in-game already will be able to remember their time talking to the visitors and will be able to react to them after the fact.

    So yes! Tag in and threadhop in this entry as much as you like! If you have any questions, please feel free to leave an OOC comment here or PM me.

    Hope you all have fun and welcome again~

[identity profile] mightyappendix.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Ehh? I have armour!! I'm just...not big enough to wear it yet... And what the heck is an AI?

[identity profile] manicurious.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Tilting his head juuuust slightly and holding up his CAT;]

These little things - you seem to know what I meant. I wonder what the problem is... Was there a storm or something before they started acting strangely? I would know for myself, but-

Ah! That's right! Please pardon my forgetfulness, I completely neglected to introduce myself. My name is Ichijou - I just moved here earlier today.

[identity profile] inhisownworld.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Of course you can't; you're on this hologram thing! The armor would go right through you!

[casually] Oh, you know, an artificial intelligence thing you put in your head and you can talk with it and stuff. [pause] You aren't in my head, are you?

[identity profile] mightyappendix.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
What?! No way, I'm solid! You're the one who's see-through, buddy! And I'm sure as heck not in your head!

[identity profile] itwasabouttosay.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
The Aperture SCIence Enrichment Center is currently reCRUiting new testers for its Aperture SCIence Handheld DUAL PORtal Device. Would you be INterested in testing for the Aperture SCIence Handheld DUAL PORtal Device? Then you would see the Enrichment Center for yourself.

[Or at least, you would see the test chambers.

Don't get her wrong, testing with {SUBJECT NAME HERE} is satisfactory, but test subjects that don't try to escape the Enrichment Center and KILL her would be a pleasant change of pace.
]
vengefulagent: (Wait what?)

[personal profile] vengefulagent 2011-06-07 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
What?! I don't...[he trails off for a second, watching this random red dragon talking. however, he regains his voice the moment Mushu starts shaking the CAT]

Stop that! I can hear you perfectly well.

[identity profile] inhisownworld.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
[tilts his head slightly] Hmm, I don't know... [is tempted to pass his hand through the hologram, but he doesn't want to risk hurting it]

[identity profile] mightyappendix.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
What?

[identity profile] inhisownworld.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[gasps] That's exactly what I was thinking!

[identity profile] mightyappendix.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Uh, okay? Man, you're weird...

[identity profile] sevensecondtour.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[As one who never likes to appear not in the know, he thinks quickly to work out some reasonable lark that this unknown might bite at.]

Respectfully disagree? [he puffs out his chest a bit, holding the CAT at arms length to fully encompass his disdain.] Mortal! Do you have any idea to whom you have the good fortune of addressing? Perhaps1 I know more of things that you might assume!

[1 This "perhaps", of course, being a thin rag thrown over a not even cleverly composed lie.]

[identity profile] inhisownworld.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... I get that a lot... [a short pause before he changes the subject] Do you have a name, Tiny Person Who May Or May Not Be An AI?

[identity profile] mightyappendix.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
I'm Kiki! Student of the Great and Mighty Mu! Nice ta' meet'cha!

[identity profile] manicurious.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
[With an appropriately dramatic shrug;] Honestly, I haven't the slightest clue. I don't believe we've ever met, and we haven't even properly introduced ourselves yet. I can't exactly read minds.

[identity profile] sevensecondtour.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
I have many1 names, human. None of which I shall see fit to share. A name gives one power over another, after all.

Which I assume you are aware of since you have not been so kind as to offer your birth name...?

[1"Bartimaeus of Uruk", "Rekhyt of Alexandria", "Necho of Jerusalem", "Sakhr Al-Jinni", "N'Gorso the Mighty", the "Serpent of Silver Plumes", and "Wakonda of the Algonquin" to name a few. If it wasn't for that whole possible enslavement thing, he wouldn't hesitate to begin name-dropping.]

[identity profile] wind-of-reason.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Ooooohhh- How very 2001! (And hopefully more friendly!)]

Hello! Fuu Hououji here.

[identity profile] wind-of-reason.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[...Eh?]

I'm not sure I understand your answer. Could you please describe the 'Aperture Science Handheld Dual Portal Device'?
[Wow, that's a mouthful. And- eeeeeee! She's talking to a robot! How cool!]

[identity profile] itwasabouttosay.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
I am the Aperture SCIence Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System. I was PROgrammed to run tests within the Enrichment Center in the event no SCIentists are available to run tests within the Enrichment Center.

The SCIentists called me GLaDOS. When they were still ALIVE.

[identity profile] manicurious.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Power...? I'm not really- [Cutting himself off in an attempt to prevent another outburst;] Oh, yes, of course, excuse my rudeness. My name is Ichijou.

Now, just how am I supposed to know who I'm speaking with if he refuses to tell me?

[identity profile] itwasabouttosay.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
The Aperture SCIence Handheld DUAL PORtal Device can be used to create inter-dimensional gates between locations. These portals have been PROven to be perfectly safe to human test subjects as well as all Aperture SCIence technologies.

[identity profile] sevensecondtour.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[He's taken aback for a moment, not quite believing that he might have just been handed over a birth name. Surely it's not his true name, though?

...no, surely not! Unless...
]

Choose a name as you see fit, human. As I said -- I have had many names. [He rubs his face slightly, watching the CAT screen with one eye.] Wearing one more will not weigh me down.

[He pauses.]

Am I right in assuming that you are not a magician?

[identity profile] mybbssavinchina.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, you can, can you? Well, can you hear me if I do this?

[Quick as a flash, quick as a flash! Mushu's dropping the CAT to the ground and covering it up with some leaves. He straightens up, clapping his hands clean.]

Ha-ha! How d'you like me now?

[Oh, he is so pleased with himself.]
bonnypiperlad: (curious)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2011-06-07 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
Aye? You've experience with these things?

[identity profile] manicurious.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't it be more appropriate for you to come up with a name for yourself, even if it was completely and obviously fake? If you really, truly insist, I can think of something. I just find it unusual that you seem to believe that telling me a name would give me more power over you than handing me the authority to give you a name.

You're right about not being a magician- anyone who calls me a magician, a devil, or anything else along those lines is probably just looking to blame me for something that is mostly out of my hands.
oathbreakers: (--> time for the master to step in)

[personal profile] oathbreakers 2011-06-07 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[He holds up what appears to be another small communication device.] They're useful enough for finding people, and you can use them to pool resources or set up meetings.

[They're also useful for beginning games of capture-the-flag and issuing duel challenges, but that's beside the point.]

If you know your way around the comms well enough, you can also use them to send filtered messages to people. At least, you can with these ones. [Again, he lifts the other comm. He can't be sure this one works the same as the Elegante comm does.] It can be pretty handy.

I take it you're new to them, then?

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