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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~
fortune_sought: (Oops)

[personal profile] fortune_sought 2011-06-05 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sophie is shaking her CAT and pushing buttons at random, unknowingly starting her own transmission] A message from who!? You confounded contraption!

A WILD GUEST CHARACTER APPEARS!

[identity profile] mightyappendix.livejournal.com 2011-06-05 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[There is a child on the CAT. He's very small, with unruly red hair. The marks on his brow might remind someone of a certain lavender haired fellow around town...]

Uh oh....Ne, where am I?

[identity profile] wind-of-reason.livejournal.com 2011-06-05 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Even though the screen has gone blank, Fuu smiles at it.]

I'm glad. We'll keep an eye out... for something.

[identity profile] jackalpi.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a young man fiddling with the CAT he's received, and as it clicks on, he pulls back with a rather triumphant look on his face.]

Ah, success! Take that, mysterious device, for you are as nothing when faced with the skill of the...

[He blinks, realizing that there is someone transmitting, and breaks off from finishing the rest of his speech.]

Oh! You have my apologies, fair one, for failing to notice your presence previously. Gracious greetings! I am the Jackal. How might I be of assistance?
vengefulagent: (Be more careful!)

[personal profile] vengefulagent 2011-06-06 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Wait! At least tell us who--[watches the transmission cease and lets out a groan]--ugh. Figures it wouldn't be anything immediately useful. [he tosses the CAT down on the table in front of him]
fortune_sought: (Looking Sideways)

[personal profile] fortune_sought 2011-06-06 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Sophie gasps, quite as surprised to receive his transmission as he is to see hers] Oh! [she appreciates the polite greeting, but she's a bit too startled--and too annoyed in advance--to be as polite in return] Have you just arrived as well?

[identity profile] itwasabouttosay.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[There's nothing on the screen--at least, nothing alive. Because that gigantic mass of machinery hanging suspended from the ceiling certainly can't be--]

This is NOT an authorized Aperture SCIence deVIice.

[WHOA, that gigantic mass of machinery just moved. Yeah, that thing is alive, dear viewers. It swings around, taking in the area around. No portals to be seen.]

Is anybody THERE?

[identity profile] manicurious.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
I don't believe that I need any help at the moment, but you certainly have my attention.

Now, would anyone who hears me right now happen to know if the phone signals here are always so poor?

[identity profile] wind-of-reason.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Gotta admit, Fuu is pinged by the amazing robot there.]

Woooow. Are you in Luministi? They have just the most amazing stuff here-
bonnypiperlad: (yet another hrmph)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2011-06-06 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Help us? Help us how?? Hey! [Jamie scowls at his CAT, tempted to give it a shake, but he chooses not to.]

Och, useless thing. Might as well stick it in a drawer, for all the good it's done.

[identity profile] itwasabouttosay.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
[The robot shifts back to look at the CAT, coming closer. GLaDOS can see a person on the screen; a woman, if the voice is any indication.]

The Aperture SCIence Center is LOcated in scenic--

[Oops, the sound of machinery powering up just drowned that out. Oh, well. A two-pronged "hand" of sorts picks up the CAT, plugging it into a receptacle on the wall. It's now on the scientists' network.

She can see you now, Fuu.
]

Well, at least there's that.

What sort of PLACE is that?


[Luministi. No records found. Let's change that, shall we?]

[identity profile] wind-of-reason.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
...Aperture Science Centre? I should be the one asking you 'what sort of place is that'!

[She full of wide-eyed wonder, and is more interested in getting answers than giving them.]
That is really amazing- can you tell me what kind of software are you running?

[identity profile] try2getthatbaby.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
[A small hiss comes through the CAT before a third voice comes on. At first nothing shows up on the screen except for a red circle. That is, until a very distinct click is heard, and the lights come on.]

HeeeeeeLLoooooooooo?

Is anyone. TheRE?

[Frankly, the object in view looked inanimate until it started moving the red circle that was its… eye. A small red dot from a laser scans the CAT's screen.]

Excuse mE… My FAuLt.

[Again a small hissing noise came over the device.]

CrItiCAl--

[The tome of voice which the object had been speaking in changed to something a bit more… chipper.]

HeLLo~ I aM turreT b-b-b-becky.
oathbreakers: (--> you know what? just go away)

[personal profile] oathbreakers 2011-06-07 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Not a good idea, in my experience.

[Oh hey Jamie, there's a Riku showing up there now. He doesn't look too happy, though, arms crossed as he surveys the CAT.]

And the comms can be helpful, if you use them right.

[identity profile] seizethehorizon.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Beat.]

In my experience, most like yourself tend to start off with a "hello" before demanding answers of those who might happen to hold them.

[identity profile] jackalpi.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Have I...? Well, that is a most interesting quandry. I don't seem to remember actually leaving Port Charles. In fact, I still seem to be here at Casa De Stone Cold, about to embark on investigations for my latest case.

However, I have found myself in possession of this device -- I believe it is called a CAT, if my perusal of the instructions is correct. And as I have no way of knowing how or why it was deposited here in my residence at this time, I can only surmise that someone placed it here. It is entirely possible that someone may have gone to the trouble of recreating Stone Cold's living room and placing the item in it, but it sounds to be a far-fetched tale.

Where might you be, if I might be so bold as to ask?

[identity profile] sevensecondtour.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Bartimaeus catches the very last of Seiya's words as he appears on the CAT screen in his usual guise of Ptolemy. He peers blearily at the screen for a moment before a slow smirk slides into place.

He's not sure what's going on here, but he'll bite for entertainment.
]

If I were to be any judge of it, I would say it's due to some magician dabbling in magics beyond him.

[identity profile] mybbssavinchina.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[As the CAT drops, a yelp emanates from it.]

Heyheyheyhey, watch whatchu doing with that thing!

[Never mind that Mushu pretty much threw his up in the air out of surprise at about the same time. He's scampering back to pick it up though, turning it all around as he examines it, squinting into the camera. You're probably getting a pretty good view of a dragon guardian's eye right now.]

What kinda magic is this thing, anyways? Now, I know the family guardians haven't been leaving me out of the annual meetings again...

[He has no idea where that voice was coming from. Or anything about the CAT, for that matter. But there's something in there, and that's the important part! Mushu starts shaking the CAT.]

HEL-LO IN THERE!
bit_impossible: (Doctor-Bright Smile)

[personal profile] bit_impossible 2011-06-07 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[picking up that transmission is the Doctor, who looks very, very eager despite the enigmatic message that preceded this one.] Ohhhhh, look at you! Blimey, you're a beauty, you are! Have you got a name?

[identity profile] mightyappendix.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Waah! I didn't do it!!

[identity profile] manicurious.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Totally unsure whether or not to take that answer seriously;]

I'm afraid I'll have to respectfully disagree with that assessment for now - I would prefer to think that I've seen enough magic and miracles for one day. It seemed more like there was someone nearby interfering with the radio frequency that these little devices- [gently giving his CAT a tap with the tip of one of his fingernails;] -use, but only briefly, and I'm not sure why.
desertdaggers: (these are sharp)

[personal profile] desertdaggers 2011-06-07 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Phone?

It's been playing up a bit lately.

[identity profile] inhisownworld.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[here's a man in completely blue armor! and though you can't see his facial expressions, it's very clear from his voice that he's extremely excited right now]

Hello tiny person hovering in front of me! You are on this thing I just found!

[identity profile] mightyappendix.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Waagh! Who the heck are you?!

[identity profile] inhisownworld.livejournal.com 2011-06-07 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[brightly] I'm Caboose! [leans in closer] Are you another one of those AI things? You look like one, minus the armor.

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