DAY NINE

[judgejudy]

DAY 9 Complex Population: 18 It's 8AM, and you wake from that deep, dreamless sleep that enforces curfew as always. There's breakfast available in the cafeteria if you want it, as well as meals from 11AM-12PM and 7PM-8PM, but otherwise? The day is yours. Take your time to explore the complex, relax, and enjoy each others' company, as who knows what the next day has in store? Though as you explore, you may notice that there's a few new doors unlocked and a new place for you to spend the day. Behind one door, you'll find a neat, tidy classroom. Like the Media Lab, none of the textbooks seem to cover anything past the 1940s, but if you'd like to do arts and crafts, the supply closet may be your place to spend the day. Across the walkway, there's also a small garden for growing fresh vegetables, so maybe you can finally be somewhat free of canned food. For once, there's nothing amiss about the Complex. — This post is for the first day as defined in the schedule. This post is for general mingling and CR buidling, and will not include significant plot interaction. ic rulebook character statuses character profiles private conversations graveyard

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VTBBS

[judgejudy]

[ If you choose to check out once of the terminals today, you'll see a new option in the menu: ]

> VTBBS

[ When you open it, it's an old-style BBS message board, and there's a message waiting for you... ]

VTBBS

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So raise your hand if you really thought this would be the last you heard of me. Adam tried to warn most of you. I don't know if anybody else has bothered reaching out to some of you guys. I also don't really care.

Listen up. We can see…pretty much everything. Fun trial by the way, real classy. Thing is? It's pretty quiet here. Getting a little bored, you know? So I'm making an offer to you.

Spoke to Judy, got permission to open a little thing to talk to you guys more than once a day. I'm sure you're dying for answers about the complex and about where the rest of us are. So ask. Ask anything you want about where we are, what's happening in the complex, the people killing you...you were right by the way, you really should have kept me alive a little longer for questioning! It's fine, it worked out because let me tell you, there's something really funny about watching this play out when there are things right under your noses you're all missing.

Anyway, inbox is open. Give us something to do okay? Could be...interesting.


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OOC Note: Thanks to some work in the graveyard, there's now a BBS system where you guys can talk to the dead a little more frequently, as well as each other if you're so inclined. A VTBBS toplevel will be posted each IC day, and replies from the graveyard will come from the mod account, since Judy might be filtering for content. :)

If you'd like to make a general "topic" as if it were a new topic on the board, just add a note in your subject line!

topic: AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD YOU MORONS

[selfdenying]

[mad world plays quietly on kazoo in the bg because what is life, alfendi doesn't know anymore]

[Okay, but he'll post that....very nice topic title above and start typing away.]

Who is this??? You can't honestly make us believe we're talking to people who used to be DEAD but are now ALIVE like what kind of idiots do you think we are?!

Prove you are who you say you are. I'm not going to waste time on staff members thinking they can mess around with all of us as they like.

[judgejudy]

"...What if one of you was a staff member? What would happen then?"
Apparently the staff member would enter a death match. I can't believe you guys thought Parrish did it as a revenge kill for me. That's flattering, but proves you don't know him that well.
My turn: do you really think you guys know each other that well in the complex?

[judgejudy]

We are dead. It's hard to explain, but we aren't ghosts or vengeful spirits. But we are definitely not alive. Trust me, I don't think anyone could Frankenstein me back to life especially.

-Santangelo

topic: TOLD YOU SO

[jackhole]

SEE

SEE!!!!!!!! THEY'RE NOT DEAD

I TOLD YOU SO

DEATH IS BETTER

WHY DOESN'T ANYONE EVER BELIEVE ME

Re: topic: TOLD YOU SO

[selfsufficiency]

GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE SO I CAN KILL YOU IF YOU ARE WHO I THINK YOU ARE

[selfdenying]

Please kill yourself then for the good of all of us, Rhys :)

[judgejudy]

because you're a crazy asshole

also fuck you

[judgejudy]

I don't. Think. That's actually how it works?
But maybe it's better, I'm kind of enjoying myself and knowing everything that's going on. Kinda like playing god or whatever.

Also thanks for not answering my last email, jerk. :(

[judgejudy]

It's not Rhys.

If you really understood what was going on, you would know why. Stop being an asshat already.

-Santangelo

[judgejudy]

Just so you know, death really won't be better for you, specifically.

:)

-a member of that aforementioned club

Re: VTBBS

[selfsufficiency]

okay, say we DO believe you're talking to us from beyond the grave or whatever

are ciel, minatsuki, and jade with you?

[judgejudy]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What do you think?

[judgejudy]

They aren't. Not sure why. I fear something awful happened to them.

-Santangelo

Re: VTBBS

[becauseimacoward]

Was this approved by the Overseer?

[Seriously, guys]

[judgejudy]

Nah. I don't really work for the Overseer anymore? This is all on me.
You're welcome, btw.

[tearable]

Why can only five leave? What's waiting for us outside of this complex? Do you know?

[judgejudy]

I don't know anything about the "five" thing unfortunately. I have suspicions, but I think Judy would just redact it.

As for what's waiting outside... it's home. But not the one you know.

-Santangelo

[judgejudy]

Yes. But why spoil the surprise?
Only five can leave because that's what was permitted before we were all brought into the complex.
So it became a game of last man standing.
You understand don't you?

topic: so what

[liven]

this place probably isn't reality. i already said that was an option. the loss of abilities intrinsic to our persons and the very specific memory holes do not seem like they can be directly the work of drugs. that leaves magic and ninjutsu and other forms of illusion.

but who really cares at this point? we die or we don't, it doesn't seem it makes a difference in the long run since everyone can still bother one another regardless of which side of the equation they're on.

honestly the only thing making suicide not the prime option to avoid any of this is that apparently we still have to deal with this idiocy no matter how dead we are so why even bother. unless you can do something to get us more bedding and bandages i'm not particularly interested in entertaining any of this any longer.

cue purposefully enigmatic remark about how little i know and whatnot. honestly, mysterious doesn't look as good on humans as it does on cats.

Re: VTBBS

[injectors]

Not yet a question, but I am glad to see you're all still with us.
In a sense, that is. Though I doubt that's comforting.

[judgejudy]

We're here, but we can't do anything at all. Wish I was dead honestly.

I heard about what Rhys did to you. What a piece of shit. I'm sorry.

-Santangelo

[judgejudy]

It's not, though the sentiment's appreciated. You were always one of the ones nicest to me. I appreciate that, too.
Sorry about...everything that happened. I don't know if it was supposed to go that way.

Re: VTBBS

[karachan]

[ Here's Ookurikara, typing as slow as ever but there's (1) thing he has to get across if this whole talking to the dead via this terminal is actually real? He has more of a reason to believe they can then others but he's not about to share why. ]

mitsutada
i got it

i know you told me not to be but i'm sorry i'll figure things out as much as i can on my side so you do the same over there where that is

[ u think that's the end of it BUT THEN ] tell kei he's a baby

Re: VTBBS

[adlucem]

[Sooner or later (let's be real, it's later, it's slow going when you're single-footed) Leo manages to make it to a terminal. Just like in the beginning, he's managed to figure out the basics by watching and poking around, but he's still a Ye Olde--and now he has to attempt to type while balancing, so his messages may be a little messy. HE'LL DO HIS BEST THOUGH.]

adam are you there it's leo. [No point in holding a conversation if the person he wants to talk to isn't even available!] i saw it. can everyone read these messages