03 [Text/Computer]

[whiterabbit_dot_obj]

Anyone remember the farmhouse that's supposed to be serving as an alien hide-out? Back in December a group of us headed over to check it out.


• The place was rigged with some extremely high-tech security devices - sensors that would trap whoever triggered them in a force-field
• The house itself has a bunch of white tiled rooms in it. There was one room the group who went inside the house said they couldn't get into, and the door was made out of something that didn't look like normal metal.
• There's a bunch of things going on in the cellar:
  
  • One room has a bunch of containers - some had swarms of vermini in them and others had something we really couldn't see suspended in some kind of pink fluid.
  • The other is full of animal cages. There's normal animals, and these chimera-things - looked like genetically engineered combinations of ordinary animals.
  • There are robots in the cellar too, seem to be taking care of the animals and whatever's in the containers.

There's been a debate going on about whether or not this info should get shared out on here or not, hence why nobody's done a post about it until now. THAT BEING SAID, it would be appreciated if everyone remembers that running back out to the farmhouse and doing something rash is NOT the best idea, mostly because that could very well put EVERYONE in danger and not just the select few actively trying to place in the Darwin Awards. We decided to share this info because it's safer than leaving everyone in the dark, and it'll give us the best chance of making an INFORMED AND PLANNED OUT return later on, so if you want to act on any of this then for the love of all that is holy talk to us about it.

Comments

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

So confirmed that this is where they're modifying the cops then, huh?

[Text]

[whiterabbit_dot_obj]

Looks like it. There's a good chance our interstellar "visitor" is there somewhere too - somebody thinks it might be in the room we wouldn't get into.

[Texted]

[espigeonage]

That

huh.

I see keeping quiet about things is kinda endemic, but I do get why. Huh.

Were there any people around?

[Text]

[whiterabbit_dot_obj]

Nobody that I saw, other than us, and the group that went inside didn't mention anyone.

[gogoghostpowers]

Well, thanks for sharing the info at least. It's definitely better than hiding this stuff from everyone when they could need this info later on.

[hahaha GUESS WHO'S STILL BITTER? THAT'S RIGHT, THIS GUY.

At first, that's all he has to say about this new clusterfuck of development, but a few minutes later he comes back with another reply.]

You said you couldn't get into one of the rooms, right? I don't know if people are planning to go back there, but...if they are, I might be able to get them into that room.

[healspec]

I am guessing that room is where the alien is kept.

How many people can you take with you through a wall?

[Text]

[charcoalfeather]

uh, hi. New person here. Thanks for putting this out for us to learn about.

[Like she didn't have enough to worry about anymore.]

[Text]

[whiterabbit_dot_obj]

It's no problem. Keeping newer folks like you informed of the scope of this insanity is one of the reasons we decided to share it.

Welcome to the club, by the way.

[text]

[reapsthewind]

I vote we nuke it from orbit.

[Text]

[whiterabbit_dot_obj]

We're going to take it out eventually, but we're not planning to "nuke" it. I personally would rather have us get our hands on some more info, and hopefully some of the tech, so we've got a better idea of what we're dealing with.

That and not giving the rest of the aliens a reason to cut their losses and turn the city into a smoking crater. That's a big reason.

[mood2wiingiing]

wtf you guys knew about this and didnt tell us???
wtf. not cool guys.

what are we doing about these aliens??

[scramasax]

Since we still don't know anything about the actual alien, I think that it is still too early to tell. It was most likely in the room that the investigation team couldn't open.

text;

[ursoreckless]

we'll need a good team to work with and a back group just in case 'no one' has something that'll come on once we start attacking. a couple heavy hitters, a couple quick people and maybe people that can nuke it with a look.

[not_good_not_wicked]

[No doubt there was off screen discussion between everyone who went.]

I STILL say we should just level the place with all the firepower we can muster.

[shiromadoushi]

Agreed.

Think your magi-nuke could take it out?

Text

[vaimo]

Was that the only security? How did you manage to get past it?

Thanks for letting us all know.

Text

[amberhearted]

Holidays. Not many guards on shift. Small group too

[ also hypnosis for the few that did notice them, buuuut alex is not comfortable making that information widely available, so he isn't mentioning it. ]

text;

[poisonousflame]

any sign of human activity in the cellar, or was it just robots?

text;

[amberhearted]

No people just the robots

Voice;

[vetala]

Would this be the same farmhouse they modified Mr. Locke in?

[text]

[amberhearted]

Yeah they have matching descriptions

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

[ It's not the wisest thing but... Oh, it sounds fascinating. Also the connection between getting involved and getting Echoes... ]

I'd like to have a look.

[text]

[amberhearted]

Any reason why other than just wanting to?

[ because that's not a good enough reason to dish out the directions to the place. ]

text;

[needsmorezippers]

Thanks for sharing. Do you know when people are going back out there?

text;

[amberhearted]

Not yet. We shared the information so we could all be on the same page and make a unified plan. Your two cents?

[text]

[epimethean]

Look, I for one am glad you've come and told us but it was probably not a good idea to do that and then expect compliance with "if you want to act on any of this [...] talk to us about it".

Just throwing that out there.

[text]

[amberhearted]

Believe you me there are some who didn't want to put this on the network openly for some legitimate reasons. But we're the only support we have. We have to work together. As best as we can anyway

[ also they have yet to share the directions to this particular farmhouse in question, so there is that. not fool-proof, but it does make running off to find it more difficult. ]

audio;

[drama8om8]

If we like. Go in and fuck up the bits we know are bad news like the cellar stuff, then the bad guys will probably try and move the alien, right? If that's what is in the mystery room. So we can go pounce on them then! Like set an ambush or whatever. Instead of just blowing shit up before we know what the fuck! Even if blowing stuff up is pretty cool.

The pink stuff is dissolved Wise Snake skin, bee-tee-dubya. If it's the same stuff they dumped in the water, anyway. Mr. Proud said so.

[text]

[amberhearted]

Ambush sounds like it's got potential will pass it on. Thanks for the information on the pink stuff. How is he BTW

voice;

[metalbent]

Do not act like a crazy person and run to a farmhouse with lots of security and mysterious purposes. Check.

[ ...Despite the sarcasm, at least she probably won't actually do that. ]

But uh, I guess I should mention I have earthben - geokinesis.

[ People always get the second name faster. ]

For whatever gets planned. I could try to tunnel under things or something. I dunno, just...if it helps.

[text]

[amberhearted]

[ that ability sounds vaguely familiar to him -- maybe he'd spoken to her before?? ]

That would definitely be useful [ SHE SOUNDS KIND OF YOUNG, THOUGH... hhghfghhgnhn moral dilemma. ]

What have you used it for?

text;

[unimpressive]

okay okay i'm not gonna rush out there or anything!

but if you wanna talk about it, that means we can all still work on something right??

text;

[amberhearted]

Yes definitely that's part of why we agreed to throw it up here. What's your two cents

[Voice]

[dominateartimus]

How sealed were the doors to the room you could not access? I might be able to get inside by using the shadows.

[text]

[amberhearted]

IDK there was a keypad so I'd guess mechanical but with robots and other weird sci-fi stuff can't know for sure

Text

[icy_heavens]

How big were these containers, exactly?

[Relevant to what could be housed there, yes.]

Text

[amberhearted]

Varied

[text]

[stillshrill]

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO THE ANIMALS

[ Capslock for outrage! ]

How can you just LEAVE them there? You're telling us to leave them there? Is this some kind of a joke?

[text]

[healspec]

What exactly do you suggest we do with a room full of obviously altered hostile animals?

[OF ALL THE THINGS TO BE OUTRAGED OVER...]

[text]

[seishindairingun]

Can anyone describe the robots?

Anyway, thanks for sharing.

[text]

[amberhearted]

One looked like a sci-fi robot the other like a skeleton

text;

[skycutter]

can you tell me more about those animal experiments?

[Nope, he doesn't care for what the other people think. They can go screw themselves, but he wants to know what the hell they're doing to the freaking animals because that's wrong on so many levels.]

text;

[amberhearted]

Wish I could but we didn't have much time in there before they set some weird cheetah eagle mix on us

[wonk]

yo +1 to being able 2 get past the door same way as danny

cant bring anybody w me tho sry

[amberhearted]

No need for sorry! That's a great skill thanks for volunteering

Voice. Cellphone.

[flamberge]

Should this be where the stickers and mints were found then I can confirm this is the same location where the police modifications take place.

[Just putting that out there so no one thinks there's two evil farmhouses! Hmm although, there is something he'd been wondering.]

How had you come to learn of the farmhouse in the first place?

[voice, private]

[amberhearted]

[ HI KARL, IT'S ALEX... AGAIN... ]

Hypno...tism...

[ again... ]

text;

[eras]

i understand the caution at least
is there a plan in place
or should we hold some sort of meeting or something to discuss it
its likely people will run off to do whatever unless an actual plan of action is made id bet

text;

[amberhearted]

Thanks for understanding. We were thinking ideas might get thrown around here but an in-person meeting couldn't hurt either [ especially since there aren't, uh, many ideas being thrown here. ]

I'll pass that on thanks