1.01 ☯ video;

[zinthosmantra]

[ Raven's hood is raised as she adjusts the video feed; the consoles were straightforward and familiar enough to technology she was used to using (though it was an odd juxtaposition to the fantasy-like setting of the rest of the city) that took only a cursory browse through some of the most recent messages before making this one. It had taken her a while to decide how to phrase this, tempered by a complete lack of response when trying her Titans communicator so she supposed "Titans, respond" was probably not going to produce the result she wanted -- and quite possibly, an unwelcome reaction. Her abilities were dismayingly missing, something the natives had not been especially forthcoming in response to other than to claim it was not their doing but that of Tu Vishan's. So she purposely chooses not to introduce herself and moves right into the reason for her message. ]

I take it asking the Emperor what business she has summoning us across dimensions isn't going to get any kind of an answer? I understand from the kedan that people have been arriving here for nearly a year, so please tell me someone thought to keep an account of important events that have taken place. You can reply with it here or deliver it in person.

[ She ends the video feed but after a moment's thought, a text portion is added with a moderate security setting, just to see who would come nosing around to hack the encryption. ]

private - 50% encryption;
Bonus question, complete the sentence: Metropolis is to Steel City, as Gotham is to _______.

Comments

[backinakidflash]

Yeah, they're not so big on answers around here.

private - similarly encrypted

Uh? Stone with green streaks from oxidized copper signs that people stole years ago? This question is confusing. Keystone City makes all that steel anyway.

True or false: we got tattoos on the same day.

[zinthosmantra]

I don't suppose if we found them a podium, they'd stand up on it and monologue about their "plots for their inevitable victory"?

[ probably too much to hope for ]

private - same encryption;
Keystone City?

And definitely false.

[backinakidflash]

No, that's just it. They would.Trouble is, it wouldn't be anything concrete. I got this whole glory of the empire vibe off'em.

private - same encryption

Uh.

[If it's possible for a face to look like an ellipse, that's the expression on Bart's face.]

So. Metropolis and Gotham are important enough to encrypt, but you don't know where Keystone is. Are you pulling my leg, Raven?

same encryption;

[zinthosmantra]

I wasn't encrypting it for the city names, I was coding it to see who'd feel like breaking it.

[ a beat and then: ]

Have we been introduced?

Perma same encryption;

[backinakidflash]

So I've been learning how to poke around a little on these. I think this is as good as I'm gonna get unless someone shows me.

Guess not for you. I'm - my name's Bart Allen.

video; is it cool for him to nose around the encrypted part? :Oa

[coneofsilence]

I'd like a copy of that account if you get it.

video; of course! that's why she put it there, she wants people to hack it.

[zinthosmantra]

Is there something stopping you from asking for it yourself?

[ No hostility in the question, merely assuming anyone who is interested in such a thing should have taken the initiative. ]

video; awesome, ty!

[coneofsilence]

I did a call for information before, got it, but not an organized timeline. Anything would be useful.

private; encryption 100%

Mantis city? [ that awkward moment when Altverse's Batman is actually Mantis ]

Re: video; np!

[zinthosmantra]

[ Raven decides to keep it on video for the whole reply. ]

I can share it if I get anything useful.

[ and after she makes sure there's nothing sensitive in it ]

private; encryption 100%

That... wasn't on my list of possible responses. Where is Mantis City?

anonymous; text; Batcryption 100%; is hacking the encryption okay?

[hackingyoursensors]

[Hood, riddles about Gotham, digging for info. Safe to say it's a cape. Or an anti-cape. Good or bad. He's not sure.]

I have it memorized. Do you want it chronologically or in order of weirdness?

I have no idea what Steel City is, though.

anon text, same encryption; Definitely! it's there to be hacked

[zinthosmantra]

Chronologically would be preferred but I won't turn down a weirdness ranking on the side.

Star City? Jump City?

anon text, same encryption

[hackingyoursensors]

I'll send you a timeline.

Star City, yes. Jump City, no. Safe to say we're not from the same world.

[Attached is info.txt. It will contain all knowledge through June and excludes the tribble entry.]

Re: anon text, same encryption

[zinthosmantra]

Thank you.

[ She perused the file briefly, intending to go more in depth through it later but her attention is drawn back to the comment about knowing one metro but not the other. ]

I've been getting a lot of that. If you know Star City though, it seems as though there are some similarities.

video;

[sciencewhizard]

[ Blink. Broody and mysterious girl in a hood, huh? Interesting. ]

Sorry, ain't got much to offer, other than the- uh, satellite falling out of the sky and setting a good part of the city on fire. There was stuff with zombies a few months before that.

[ As for that encryption... he's only able to get a garbled, partial hack. ]

What about a 'tee City?'

Re: video;

[zinthosmantra]

Zombies, great. Because what's an alternate universe without zombies?

[ She raises an eyebrow slightly beneath her hood at the attempt at reading the encryption. ]

What about it?

[sciencewhizard]

Oh, y'know, peaceful and impossible to find. [ A little humor, perhaps? ]

Uh- I dunno, you tell me. Never heard of the place.

[zinthosmantra]

[ doesn't get so much as a smirk out of her, but her voice lightens a bit at least ]

Sounds like a good place for the next inter-dimensional vacation.

It's actually Steel City, you missed part of it.

private - 95% batcryption, anon location

[demon_brat]

Bat City?

[If he got it wrong, he can pretend it wasn't him...]

Re: private - 95% batcryption, anon location

[zinthosmantra]

[ Ironically, Raven had been after the name of another city. And yet taken in this context where Metropolis followed by Steel City both had ties to the Man of Steel and then presenting Gotham as the next in the pattern, she supposed to actually should have anticipated that response. ]

That works.

private - 95% batcryption, anon location

[demon_brat]

But it is not the answer.

Gotham is also a city many people here have never heard of. Not verified about Metropolis.

Re: private - 95% batcryption, anon location

[zinthosmantra]

There wasn't strictly a right answer. Setting up the encryption is getting the right reaction from the right people.

They don't ever read the news?

permavideo

[firestars]

[ chin in hands ]

I've only been here for a few weeks but I know like, well, a lot of people lost their powers and they... haven't come back yet.

[zinthosmantra]

[ That's not encouraging, but the information is welcomed. ]

Has anyone mentioned if something like this has happened before?

[firestars]

Not that I know of. But I haven't really like, asked. Everyone seemed as surprised as I did though.

[zinthosmantra]

I've been trying to get information since I arrived, no one's been... forthcoming.