2013-12-06

elfstoned: (it ain't hard to tell you don't know)
[personal profile] elfstoned2013-12-06 12:24 am

[pae | voice]

[Aaron sounds harried, tired, and is speaking quickly.]

I don't have much time to talk, considering the recent disaster and our influx of patients, but there are a few things I need to tell this network.

One, Julien and I made our way into the Dead District not long ago and examined the bomb sites. Each one had small fragments of an unusual stone in the surrounding area -- it looked ordinary enough, but it didn't match anything in the area. Consider the facts: we found no signs of conventional bombs. Our enemy has demonstrated before that it is capable of causing explosions without the use of conventional bombs, and the rock fragments were at each bomb site. Finally, the snake statues some saw shortly before the bombing disappeared directly after it, and we've compared the fragments to a piece of the first Dead District snake statue.

I believe that the statues themselves were the bombs. I don't know how they are triggered, only that it must be from a remote location, since there were no human remains at the bomb sites that we could see. If more statues are encountered, treat them cautiously!

Two --

[And here, he falters a little.]

-- I owe you all an apology. I've had information about what is below Tuning Towers for some time now -- since the buzzing started -- but kept it to myself. I was afraid that someone would do something foolish; there had been talk of bombs, and we have already had individuals risk themselves by attacking the building. I didn't want to think about what would happen if I specified a target.

But its existence has been discovered, and I see no benefit in keeping it from you any longer. The thing below the Towers is alive. I'm sure of it. I have a pulse-ability that lets me hear things that are moving on or in the earth, and I -- I heard it moving, slowly and ponderously, like a great root carving its way through the earth. That was what I thought, anyway, until I heard that someone had looked into Locke City's history. The local natives had stories about a giant two-legged snake, a - a spirit or a god. I'm not saying that it is a god -- but I do believe that what we are dealing with inspired the legends. The shape of it is about right.

...I wish I had better news, or that I had any idea how to go about dealing with it. If it is indeed Target 1, what does Thunder Corp want with it? It seems more dangerous alive to me than dead, but how does one kill a giant stone snake the size of a city block?

...I just don't know.

[He's silent for a moment. Then:]

LSR Clinic was far enough from the business district that the earthquake did not affect us directly, but we have been treating many more ordinary patients than usual lately. If you come in for a Numbers-related ailment and you are visibly abnormal, it would be best to notify us beforehand, and to use the back entrance.

[...and...that's it. He ends the recording.]

text; laptop

This has been a little while coming, but we have some information from Detective Sherman and the corrupt police about the enemy and what they know about the Network.

Yes, this is legit, which I guess I have to specify now that we've got people who think it's funny to impersonate law enforcement.
Info behind the cut! )
Most of this is from Sherman and the Sheriff, so - feel free to take it all with a grain of salt.


[ooc: Replies will mostly be coming from [personal profile] detectivetroll! He'll be using Kotetsu's open connection to answer questions and such.]
wastingtime: (but it's hard to admit)

[audio]

[for once, Elian's not using his notebook. that may or may not be a good thing, considering he sounds...out of breath? tired? weak? not okay. that sounds like a good description, though he's trying his best to compose himself.

he's also keeping his voice quiet. wonder who he's not trying to be heard by?]


There's some- men. Wandering the streets, not far from the clinic. Very...aggressive men.

The lot of you should be careful.

[there's a long pause, as if he's trying to decide whether to say something else...and then apparently decides otherwise, because all he does is give a heavy, shaky sigh before ending the message]
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[personal profile] tenaciousc2013-12-06 09:19 am

testchamber 02 | open | text

Hi, everyone.

So that happened. I guess there's not much to say that hasn't been touched on already. It seems so quiet without the buzzing. I hope that wasn't one of you guys.

If it was, you should have said something.

[That's not all she wants to say to whoever did it. But it's the only thing suitable for polite company. A hundred people died.

She still suspects the enemy more, though.]


I was wondering, though, and something that happened during the quake reminded me: How often do two or more people receive related memories? Is anyone keeping track?



((ooc note: just pretend this was before Brooke's post, whoops. I managed to miss it somehow.))

seven sick, disgusting thoughts | text

I went down to investigate the source of the buzzing and found this pink rock. I broke off a piece and brought it back above ground. I'm pretty sure that's what caused the earthquake. If you could hold back your anger, I'd appreciate it. I have enough to go through with a hundred lives on my head.

I guess the good news is that the buzzing stopped. If anyone wants to look at the rock chunk, I gave it to Danny.

[video/Backdated to the afternoon of the earthquake]

[The video comes on with Phillip filling the screen, and while it looks like he's in an alley, he doesn't look too bothered!]

Hi guys! So, um. Luke and I went to try and figure out what caused the earthquake, but we ran into some bad guys and got in a fight and Luke's kind of upset now.

But the guys were really tough, so does a science person want to see the body to do... science things?

[...Wait. Did he just say body sounding completely unaffected? Sure enough, he moves the camera to show a very queasy looking Luke, next to a very charred dead body.]

[Closed] Help me understand why you've given in to all these reckless, dark desires.

Who: Nick Burkhardt & Xander Jarle
Where: Briefly at the police station and then to Nick's apartment
When: December 6th, evening
What: After seeing a particular post involving the cops on the network, Xander goes to talk to Nick about his knowledge of the situation and check up on him.

If you choose to pull the trigger... Should your drama prove sincere. Do it somewhere far away from here! )

[Closed]

Who: Hajime and Shou
What: Turns out a short guy and a rich guy delivering supplies to the LSR clinic look like pretty easy prey to the Blood Keys.
When: Morning of December 7.
Where: The Dead District near the LSR clinic.
Warnings: Violence, because someone's getting shot, and crazy bug monsters don't like to be mugged.
But they look so harmless! )