DARKNET POST; series of private texts; complicated, see below

[reapsthewind]

[The following characters receive a communication from Chris via various channels: email, private network posts directed ONLY at them, or other private channels.

shiro hollowleg
mordin testsonseashells
vanessa doomedtheworld
shou ursoreckless
lyall professorwolf
emmanuel caosgo
aaron elfstoned
kotestu earnedmystripes
elian wastingtime
ratchet neonnerd

Elian actually gets a letter, sealed and written in a cipher that he and Chris made up together when she was in high school. Classy.



Each thing contains very clear, precise instructions on how to access a darknet set up by Chris. For those going crosseyed reading the wikipedia article: a Darknet is a private peer-to-peer network that is EXTREMELY hard for outsiders to crack into. The only real way of getting in is if someone gives you the keys to it. Most people can't even "see" that it's there. The instructions include exactly which software to download, Chris' private keys, and how to make posts. Apparently, you can make global posts, posts keyed to small groups of members, or private posts between members.

If your characters manage to get through the instructions and actually log in, you get the following message]

Hello.

If you're seeing this message, it's because I trust you personally on some level. Given recent events on the network, it's become explicitly clear that we cannot even trust each other. Some idiots think it's funny to pose as police officers... and others may well be feeding information to the Enemy, because they think appeasement is a tactic that works for some reason. And others still are idiot teenagers.

This is a Darknet, as I explained in my message--a private network only we can see. I've created it as an alternative to the Numbers Club network. This isn't meant to completely supercede that network or be a secret cabal of Network leaders or something, but it IS meant to be accessible only to those on the network whom we feel we can trust explicitly and completely. People we've worked with before who we KNOW are on our side.

Here's a list of people who can currently access this:

[same list as above]

I've given you all instructions on how to invite new people into the Darknet. I'd prefer to discuss each new addition before bringing people in to make sure we're all in agreement.

It may also be a good idea to create a list of network numbers / people we know we can't trust, for various reasons (examples: Karson Valenti and Octavia Whasserface. They're on our side, but they're unpredictable stupid teenage idiots) (Is octavia a teenager? I don't know, but she acts like one)

Thanks

- Starscream



*edit* Characters added since this post was made
toshirou icy_heavens
mamoru 15minuteslate
hajime chalicejoker
aaron harding show_my_cannons
"Surya" healspec

Comments

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[hollowleg]

man this is so cool. i feel all secret and spy-y and shit. though you've got a good point, there's plenty of people that can't be implicitly trusted. and here's a list

alan hunter; i love this kid but he is kind of a nutcase and fits into that "stupid teenager" category
ray zimmerman; another person i like but he DID offer to snitch
bakura; see dumb teenagers

uh thats all i can think of for now

in terms of people to add;

mamoru nakamura and maybe toshirou. he's a teenager but he's also pretty much the most mature person to ever exist ever, its kind of funny. maybe ryan? but i have a feeling he wouldn't be able to keep his mouth closed.

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[reapsthewind]

yeah i agree about mamoru and even toshirou. i'm pretty sure that kid got his sense of humor surgically removed, but i'm also pretty sure that as a result he takes shit seriously. can you send them messages?

who's ryan i don't know him

if you don't think he can keep his stupid mouth shut we shouldn't add him.

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[hollowleg]

he's literally one of the only people who didn't act like an utter moron on the tuning towers exploration.

will do, babe.

he's the big muscley gay fireman. he's nice but yeah i don't think he could not tell everyone

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[ursoreckless]

so we're sort of like a private section of this club? that's good. i'm trying not to smack some of these idiot kids that keep on going weird over the network.

i want to add Hajime to the network. sure, he's got some control issues with the big bugman, but he has proven a good guy. i can't think of any other people though

most seem okay but then pull something stupid like get caught and turn snitch idek

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[reapsthewind]

basically yeah
super secret clubhouse where we don't have to listen to teenaged brats

Hajime sounds good, go ahead and send him a key.

And yeah like

It's more that a lot of people are good people but they're also normal civvies. If they get caught, who knows what they'll say under pressure?

phone call; couldn't resist

[wastingtime]

You'll have to remind me; does the panda face stand for 'A' or 'E'?

phone call; couldn't resist

[reapsthewind]

It's A.

... Do you need help? Fuck it, I'll just come over...

private to chris' network number;

[earnedmystripes]

hey so uh

the thing you sent me

i have no idea what im supposed to do

or what like half these words mean

private to kotetsu, forever~

[reapsthewind]

oh my god dude

okay just



fffff

[second attempt at explanation, very slow and long, as though she were explaining this to a four year old. maybe even using the up-goer 5 text editor ]

[Text]

[chalicejoker]

Thanks for the invite. Since I'm seeing this, I guess I got things working.

Not really sure what I have to offer this group except for muscle when the occasion calls for it. I've gotten pretty good at that.

[Text]

[ursoreckless]

i guess it's to keep things moving smoothly without having a huge 'u r louserz' from the kids or something.

which you know is something that we get a lot from a lot of people. i'm thinking that we should get a core group of organizers going and this will probably help that along.

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[testsonseashells]

Useful tool. Glad you did it.

For untrsutworthy list: would advise we simply institute blanket ban on any under eighteen, and make exceptions if we need to. Risky enough to have minors involved in this at all. Definitely wouldn't trust them with something like this barring exceptional circumstances in their case.

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[reapsthewind]

Yeah that's exactly my feeling. we let in Toshirou -- he's a teenager -- because he's proven himself to be reliable and responsible if kind of overly serious, but yeah, exactly.

it sucks that there's kids involved at all really

[text]

[neonnerd]

Excellent idea, Chris.

I've only one name to suggest for this: Aaron Harding. He's the security officer I mentioned earlier, the one who's also from a similar world as the ones we're from. He's proven to be trustworthy.

[text]

[reapsthewind]

I think i've seen him around? sort of a cranky dude?

and if he's from a place like ours, well

sounds good to me, go ahead and send him this info:

[INFO]

[doomedtheworld]

[After a good deal of time deciphering all this computer talk, Vanessa finally pops up.]

I'm going to need to get my own computer.




And do I need one of those codenames for this thing?

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[reapsthewind]

i have an old spare laptop you can use. you won't exactly be able to videogame on it or whatever, but it'll work for this.

and no you don't i'm just a goofball

[text]

[caosgo]

[it takes Emmanuel a ...bit to figure it all out, since he's not that tech savvy, but at least he's decent at following directions.]

I was going to suggest Dr. Strider, but it seems like you beat me to it.

Are we doing codenames? [he should not be excited about this, but...]

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[reapsthewind]

they're not mandatory

i just picked one 'cause i like it :P

but you're free to if you want

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[icy_heavens]

[Toushirou isn't the most technologically inclined person, but he's bright and knows how to follow instructions. He makes it on here without much trouble.]

Can't say I know anyone for sure that I can think of to add. [That isn't already on here, anyway.] But it's good to have a place the idiots can't clog up.

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[reapsthewind]

that's fine. if you can think of anyone in the future, let me know.

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[elfstoned]

Strider here. I agree that this is a good idea; to be perfectly honest, I wish I'd known about this sooner.

I kept a dangerous secret for months, unsure of who I could trust with it. As a result, the action that was taken was blind. If I could have discussed it here, perhaps a solution could have been found.

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[reapsthewind]

hey dude


yeah that's my exact feeling about this. while we don't always know 100% who we can trust here, it's still a little better than just vomiting over the larger network, where like... we have some punk (tbh i bet he's twelve) who thinks it's funny to impersonate The Enemy, and then just blabber-mouthed kids who shouldn't even be involved...

i mean, you get it, y'know?

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[15minuteslate]

Ok, I get why you'd want to set up a private computer network for people we trust. Super secret club, keeping out the people who are being dumb about all this, blah blah

But what are we actually going to use this for?

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[reapsthewind]

it's a place for us to talk about stuff if we don't feel comfortable dumping it to the network at large

so like if we want to start to hash out a plan for an attack or a break-in but figure out what people we want in on it before we go telling them individually without just saying WOW HEY WE'RE GONNA BREAK INTO THE POLICE STATION... that way, if anyone IS a double agent, or more likely, if they're a dumb kid who just wants to show up and "help" because "lol superheroes" they WON'T.

or alternately if someone has sensitive info but is nervous about just saying it to EVERYONE, we can discuss it here and determine if people like the little kids need to know. it's a way of buffering rash action and all.