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Everyone,

I've come across some information that you all need to know. However, I do not trust this network to be a stable line of communication.

Give me a location and I'll meet with you.

Let me know.

iwannabeadragon

If anyone knows River Tam it seems like she found her ticket home.

[Hawke tries his best to sound nonplussed by these events. Considering how long he's been burying his true feelings about things, he does good job of it. If anything he sounds tired but that wouldn't be suspicious given the recent events right?

However there is some mournful whining somewhere behind. Seems Notch isn't handling this as well as his master.]

At least she doesn't have to worry about dealing with this mess then.

Speaking of mess, don't suppose anyone's found more surprises out there?

onethirdthesoul

Hello! [The video opens up to a nice shot of Ryou's smiling face, and he's even waving. He seems a little nervous, but it's not enough to deter him from pressing on. After all, if he's going to be stuck here long term he might as well get to know people.]

My name's Bakura Ryou, and I've been here fooor...about a week and a half. This only my second time using the network though, so it's nice to meet you all! I don't usually use things like this, but it's kind of convenient, huh?

[He's quite now, looking thoughtful and worried again. It's a few seconds before he starts up again.]

I enjoy playing games with my friends and cooking... I'm not sure why I was brought here though, because I don't think I'll be much help. The only wars I've fought in were imaginary.

[Ryou nervously fidgets, rubbing the back of his head. There's another awkward silence.]

Speaking of, I bought some tabletop games at the market, but I can't read the directions... Would anybody be able to translate them for me? I wouldn't mind paying for the trouble, since I know it's a lot to ask. [And a lot in general. The directions were quite a few pages long.]

iwannabeadragon

[Time to get the ball rolling. While he is capable of better encryptions than this, he wants people to break it. This is only a formality to draw out the Knight after all. He wants this to go public as soon as possible.]

Evandau, we found a way to hurt the thing in the castle. Find us at the Midnight Hotel. It will be easier to speak there.

[Best just keep things simple for now.

A short time later the post goes unlocked for everyone to see with an additional weary smile from Hawke.]

It's done.

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[OOC: Alright, things are just around the corner now! And just so we don't all get confused I'm going to set up an OOC thread on this post when things get going. That thread will be for confirming which characters will be involved in the event and whether they will be present at the meeting with Evandau or watching one of the entrances in each Sector. Just give your character's name and what they'll be doing and where!]

redlightgreenlight

[Since Valdis had arrived, there had been a buzz in the air and whispers on the streets of this strange city. But the buzz and whispers had nothing to do with her, unfortunately, and more to do with the man who had been present at her odd arrival to this place. Despite still being slightly weakened from said arrival, she needed all the information she could get about everyone here, the foreigners and those in power, and she wanted it sooner rather than later.]

Hello? [she smiles, it is a small smile, but a warm one] I am looking for someone to help me understand the current situation here. I was told a bit upon my arrival, but it seems that something big is happening. [She shakes her head] Everything is a bit overwhelming, but I want to help in any way I can.

iwannabeadragon

[People may have been present at the meeting but Hawke knows there are more out there who want to help. There always is in times like these, especially given the audience. He knows their machines can no longer be trusted to secrecy, so instead he decides to use other means.]

So...I just talk at this metal knob then? Alright, I suppose I've done stranger things.

[He takes a moment to think on what he wants to say. Hawke does a lot better with witty banter than he does with speeches.]

Maybe some of you have already been told. Maybe others made it to our little get together. For everyone else, I hope you'll listen to me now.

I don't think I have to tell you that Evandau has been acting strangely lately. Plenty of others have probably done that for me. Trust goes both ways and at this point I'd be more trusting of a bandit with my coinpurse. Something foul is going on here and our whole reason for being in this city is to stop it. It's time we take action and see where this Knight's allegiance actually lies.

If you want to help then listen and wait. In a few days time we'll contact Evandau over the network and draw him to The Midnight Hotel, once he's inside surround the exits. Maybe we'll get lucky and this will all just end in a talk. If we're not, well, just be ready for anything. I'm not even going to pretend to know what will happen if things turn sour but I doubt it'll be pretty.

This isn't an assassination. If anything we're trying to save the self-righteous windbag whether he wants us to or not. The man might be a complete tool be he's our complete tool.

If you have questions you can find me in the Water Sector, Shui-Hao. I'll be waiting.

[Hawke steps away from the microphone with a relieved sigh. When it's all done, he heads back to the Water Sector in case anyone wants to find him. His week just keeps getting busier.]

bendthekey

Hello there! [Toul is smiling and waving her hand at that screen, moving forward and backward as if testing the way the video adjusted to her position.] I’ve never seen the like of this machine before, but it is quite amazing. To be able to record yourself as you are doing something like this is and let others see you in person is wonderful. I’ve never even heard of such a thing even from the big cities back home.

[Then she stops, ears flicking back and forth for a moment, thoughtful.] I believe I have been brought here for some purpose. I am not certain yet what that exact purpose is, but there is always a purpose to where we come to be, isn’t there? I can’t think of a reason I would be riding the back of a large turtle otherwise. [She laughs softly, because she thinks she is far more amusing than she probably really is.] I have heard there are Reptilia here who need help and I will do my best in whatever way you may need me to.

It is good to meet you all…whoever may be listening!

[And then her eyes widen just a bit before she reaches out and lightly raps the knuckles of her hand to the side of her head.] Oh, yes, how silly of me not even give you my name. Apologies! I am Keymaster Toul—ah well, Apprentice Keymaster, that is. If there is something you need of me, please do not be afraid to seek me out.

andaway

[Since he and Lois created the radio Clark had felt little need to use the network. Clark Kent wasn't one to make announcements at whole and since his father had left the turtle the hassle of going to a public place to have an anonymous location had only made him... well, honestly it had made him kind of sad.

But he felt this needed to be discussed in a two-way channel. So Clark Kent looks slightly worried, with a set of notes by his hand.]

Those who know me might know I'm against the death penalty. I have always been, but since it's withing the law I have respected it. Or, I usually do.

[He worries his lower lip a bit, rereading the notes as if it would change what they said. They don't, like they haven't every single time he's checked.]

Some of you might remember Dust, that drug that has been causing some trouble in some neighborhoods in the turtle. Thanks to the efforts of some foreigners we see less and less of it lately, but it's still not been eradicated. In the cases where dealing with it has gotten someone killed, laws in this place dictate the sentence is death per murder.

Lately, Evandau has been carrying out said sentences. There's been at least four cases where he's personally killed the accused Kedan. Which is pretty weird in itself, considering he definitely has a lot of other things to worry about right now. [Weird and very uncomfortable to Clark, but not really worthy of bringing it to everyone's attention so quickly.]

But... well. I have reasons to believe that in some of those cases he's been carrying out that sentence even before they were proved guilty.

[And he ends the post with that sentence, letting it hang on the air.]

problematical

[ River is sitting on her bed opposite the console in her suite, the soft blues and greens of the Water Sector highlighting her. Even though it's obvious that she deliberately activated the video feed, it still takes her a moment to begin speaking. ]

I have a story.

"Once upon a time there was a Queen in her castle, who had a very strong Knight. But in a distant land there was a Dragon, and the Dragon was even stronger and cruel, and the Queen worried about it coming to the castle and eating all the people who lived there. One day she said to the Knight, I will teach you how to battle the Dragon, so if it comes to our land you can protect all the people.

But the Knight refused and claimed that no one could fight the Dragon, and so they should send all the people away. The Queen was very angry, because she wanted the people to be safe. It is a terrible Dragon, she said. You must learn how to protect the people from it. But still the Knight refused. The Queen asked, don't you want to protect the people? And the Knight said, if you were a good Queen, you would fight.

One day the Queen died and the Dragon came but the Knight didn't send the people away. He didn't fight and he didn't send all the people away. The Queen is dead, long live the Knight."

[ River frowns very pensively at the screen for a moment, as if silently repeating to herself her own story. Finally she asks: ]

Which one is the terrible one?

skeletonenigma

[Skulduggery doesn't spend quite as much time with Quintus as his fellow foster parents do, but Quintus still comes to him with the questions Hawke and Gazelle are either unwilling or unable to answer. That morning, Quintus came to Skulduggery asking if it was true that human babies 'hatched' and grew inside their mothers. He then asked if the act which created them went something like this, which Skulduggery saved him from having to demonstrate very quickly.

After a few more questions, Quintus admitted he'd been told by the other turtles, who'd been told by their foster parents. A combination of boredom and mild amusement make Skulduggery decide that it's his duty to issue a warning.]

The turtles are starting to wonder where life comes from. Apparently, one or more of them were given diagrams. I'm not sure who the perpetrator is, but I'm sure a general warning won't go unappreciated.

[OOC: This is in response to a thread where Solomon Wreath and Bakura basically give their turtles the Talk. News does travel fast, doesn't it? Feel free to have all the turtles questioning this in some fashion!]

iwannabeadragon

[50% encryption to Nilin]

We should talk. Think I may have actually found something useful for once.

[50% encryption to Skulduggery]

Maker I hate this thing. Skul, Akito and I came across something of interest. Did you go into that library?

[End encryptions]

Let's keep this simple so I don't have to play with this thing much longer. Who here visited the library on the island?

[He pauses for a moment.]

And someone tell Evandau to clear his schedule. I need to talk to him.

akito

[ Akito appears upside-down, sprawled on the back of his turtle-friend Quintus and dripping water all over said turtle-friend's shell. Then gathering the water back up into a sloppy ball using his slowly-improving Waterbending skills and dripping it back down over Quintus' head. ]

Hello!

All skating lessons are postponed until further notice! But Gazelle Delivery will still be doing deliveries, so send me a message if you need something delivered, ne?

Striker-chan, we're still on for your lessons if you want them! And Aang, I finished your skates for you - let me know where to deliver them!

[ Pursing his lips, Akito tries to think of what else he meant to say that's safe for unsecured networking. In his distraction he ends up dropping a ball of water on his face. Oops. But oh! Right- ]

Um! We should have a pool party for the baby turtles! We can use Hawke's pool if his suite-mates are okay with it. [ he hasn't actually asked Hawke about this yet, but pfft. ] I know Quin-kun would really like it! Are any of the other turtles interested?

((ooc: Baby Turtle Beach Party Log! ))

problematical

[ River has stayed in the city while most of the Foreigners venture into Valishaera and the less-pressing thrum of white noise they create has helped her focus, working away studiously at her computer. Picking apart the console's coding structure is peaceful and it occasionally throws out randomized bits that even she doesn't expect. Thus as people come trickling back to the city between jaunts into the Dreaming side, they will find a fully encrypted message containing a permanent code to install waiting for them as a follow up to this plan. Those who worked on the project: Aya, Rex, Mike, River and others, can probably find embedded fingerprints of their work in the final result. ]

Ladybird, ladybird fly away home, your house in on fire and your children are gone. All except one and that's little Ann, for she crept under the frying pan.

You can all talk in secrets again.

[ OOC: Full encryption functionality restored for the network! ]

solo_patria

[The Enjolras who appears in the video today looks much like the Enjolras who arrived last year, hair pulled back into a braid as tight as he could manage it, secured with the black barrette made from the odd metal like material that had shaped itself after he'd picked it up, not a hair out of place, or a button undone on his waistcoat, the gold hoops back in his ears and polished to a shine, with an expression which only matches the severity of his dress.

Not even so much as sighing now, Enjolras gives the camera a fairly stern, though hardly severe, look and maintains that contact as he begins speaking.]

It falls to me to announce that Etienne Combeferre has been called to depart our company, should anyone here wish to know of that.

[He would say more, only it is out of place, and well, losing Combeferre once, for a space of perhaps ten minutes at the most was terrible enough. Contemplating this, the punishment he is now certain is the fate that he condemned himself to once, is far more painful than he could begin to cover here, and certainly it is well deserved, and Joly, were he still here, has now been proven wrong. If their time here, and watching them all fall before him is not the punishment of fate, or God, or whatever controls these things, then he would surely not be the last of them left behind.

In begging Malicant to spare him the other punishment he'd earned for his actions in life, in falling to his knees and essentially asking that he be spared his rightful due,he'd only put it off, and, at the same time, ensured that his punishment, finally duly received, is much the worse. He hates himself for that, for ensuring that he would finally be the last one standing, and the only member of his old guard left, though that consequence had not occurred to him at the time, and most of all, he hates that just like that, Combeferre is gone and that he's caused it, and in doing so, not only punished himself, but deprived the clinic of its operator, and ensured that the person he most loved, in either world and beyond them, is now robbed of his second chance at life.

For Enjolras, though, it is only Justice being served at last, and it was wrong to try outrunning that for so long as he has. Now, of course, the only natural thing to do is to accept and live with this, and not to carry on, because, as awful as it is, as horrible as he feels, it is only what he deserves, and so, the Right has had its way at last, no matter how he'd tried to impede it, and with a little extra thrown in there as well. His gaze remains impassive, rather dead, as he looks into the camera for perhaps a fraction of a second longer than is his usual wont, before Enjolras remembers, and sharply upbraiding himself for losing that control in front of strangers, he recalls another thing he needs to do.]

In addition, I would like to request all members of the dragon Iskierka's crew please meet me at our training spot in one hour's time, or contact me privately for details of this meeting. Thank you for your attention, everyone.

[And Enjolras, still impassive is inclining his head once more in the direction of his monitor before the recording stops, silently coming to its end.]

Current Mood: resigned

oneofthegoodguys

[The video pops on to show Mike at the computer with a fairly impressive set-up off to the side, featuring multiple systems. River is tinkering with a circuit board behind him, hair and a second screwdriver tucked behind one ear with an intent look. When Mike starts to speak, she looks up from her work and listens as he addresses the network.]

Mike Weston. I’ve been working with River, Aya, and Rex to locate the source of the virus that Codename Lucifer exposed our network to some months ago. The bad news is it’s a self-replicating, mutating virus, which means it’s difficult to locate and even harder to neutralize. The good news is, we’re pretty sure we’ve found the origin and can use a program we’ve developed to start removing its influence.

This version of the code has a timed failsafe built into it - a kind of self destruct. The program will run for one week and then expire on its own, preventing it from being used anywhere else or by anyone else. Just us. The whole of the foreigner population, I mean. If it works, then we have what should be a permanent fix ready to install.

We need you. If you can read this, that includes you. In order for this to work, we need to install the program on as many systems as possible as fast as we can and then let the code do the rest. If it works, our network’s security and encryptions should be in working condition again. If you notice anything glitching or failure to encrypt, errors, anything.. we need to know about it right away.

If you have questions, ask.

[ooc: River may reply to any/all comments unless specified to Mike. Mike will reply to all unless specified to River.]

wintershepherd

[ Since Evandau's message said to use the radio for important information, Jack has made a visit to Clark and Lois' suite and asked to use the set. ]

Hi everyone... I'll keep this short, but as Evandau said, he asked me to start taking care of the new arrivals at the Welcome Center for the time being. So showing them to their suite, making sure they know about jobs -- though, uh... I guess that part's a little pointless at the moment -- and helping them with the consoles if they're not familiar.

Remember that new people coming in aren't going to know anything about what's going on and since things are dangerous right now, we'll have to make sure they're safe. So if anyone else wants to help with that, it'd be a pretty good time to take up volunteering. Come by the Center if you're interested please, since I can't answer here like with the consoles.

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[ Jack will be at the Welcome Center if anyone wants to drop by. It was spared being targeted by the bombings thankfully and so is completely intact. As he mentioned, he'll be hoping that they get some new faces in, since the Center will now need to be staffed at all hours to take in the new arrivals the Emperor was speaking of. He will also ask a kedan courier to deliver a message to Korra, Julie, Booker and Hawke, asking them to come by since he needs to speak with them regarding the fishing shop. ]

ixis

[There's an odd crackle on the console screen. A few sparks that seem out of place with the usual static and blips. An obnoxiously loud hiss and a frantic series of bright lights and colours. Then the view starts to focus and stabilize, gradually growing clearer. And the face on the screen is a gruesome, bearded visage that has been oddly absent for a long while.]

Worthless piece of-...Ah? Ahah!

[The image still seems slightly overlaid with static and there's an odd after-image, not to mention a distinctly purple tinge to the whole thing. But the connection continuously clears up as Ixis Naugus appears to fiddle with the 'camera' and adjust a few things before leaning in close and speaking angrily.]

Can someone please explain to me what's been going on out there? A man can't focus on his research like this!

iwannabeadragon

[This is a risk. Not everyone likes him and he knows at least one that probably wants him dead. Still, he won't sit and hide just because of some injuries. Besides Notch makes for a wonderful bodyguard.

Hawke really should be in bed instead of in front of his console, but here he is. He looks better but only barely. There's bruising where his head struck the wall and his left arm hangs in a sling. If he looks grumpy it's because he is. Hawke hates how useless these injuries have made him but he refuses to use what few potions he has on anything not life threatening.

After a beat he lifts a scribbled note.]

I need a hand. Who wants some work?

[Man this sucks.]

akito

[ Knowing that video, audio, and text are all unreliable, Akito decides to try mixing things together - instead of dictating via video, he holds up written notes for ten seconds at a time; enough so that if the video or audio glitches, there should still be enough visible to read.

His printing is a mixture of straight, architectural angles and round cursive, and he accents the corners of each page with small doodles or birds and turtles and mechanical parts.

Altogether the notes read: ]

Since technology is unreliable right now is there a foreigner postal service set up that we can use?
If there isn't, could something be set up? Maybe we could use the welcome center as the main base for delivered messages if that's okay with the welcome center owners.
Sort messages by sectors
Have them delivered by trusted people two times a day with 24hr pick-up option.
Not the most secure method, but better than a hacked network ne?

[ Right shoulder still bandaged and wrapped in a sling, he offers a small, awkward bow and ends the feed. ]

akito

There's... Um... There is a... big... child... turtle in my head? Its name is Quintus. He's cute...

[ Even if he wasn't under the influence of turtle parentage, Akito would feel more relaxed now than he has since he first arrived. Having that empty void in his mind filled somewhat is a good feeling. Still, he doesn't really know what the heck is going on. ]

Is he okay staying outside? What am I supposed to do with him?

[ Aside from dote on him because cute and affectionate. And helping with the loneliness a little. Though mystical baby turtles in his head isn't all he wanted to post about - he has some other news that he's actually pretty happy with. ]

Ah... In other news! I found a small area that would be good to teach beginners how to skate with roller blades. It's not the best, but it's something, ne?

So, um... If anyone wants to learn how to roller blade, I can teach you in return for something else! I can teach beginners all the way up to professional-level skating. I don't have all the equipment for it though... But if you don't mind not having protective padding, I can definitely start teaching you right away! You just have to have a pair of roller blades!

Or if you would rather learn ice skating, I can teach that too! Beginners to professional! I just don't know if there is a skating rink here...

[ He falls silent for a moment, debating on whether or not to ask the last question he has before deciding that it won't hurt to try: ]

I also found a small field for sports... Would anyone want to play Ultimate Frisbee with me? Full body contact allowed! But, ah... No superpowers?

That's it! Thank you very much.

(( ooc: @ hawke-mun & skul-mun! i hope it's okay to assume akito already bumped into quintus and played with him a bit? he'll seek out his turtle to play with once a day from now on, too! please feel free to contact me! ))

Tu Shanshu

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009 Audio;

001; video

008; video / 30% encrypted to Evandau

Video/ Action

007; Radio Post/Action

1st Key ❋ [Video]

[VIDEO] Encrypted from Evandau;

FOURTH VERSE ☯ VIDEO;

text; regarding pretty much every turtle on the turtle

006 video;

004 ✤ video ➔ via Hawke's computer

THIRD VERSE ☯ VIDEO;

To What I Have Condemned Myself: (Video Post)

00003 VIDEO: hackers

24 ❄ ( RADIO + ACTION )

ODDLY PURPLE VIDEO

005; Video

003 ✤ audio

002 ✤ audio

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