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falsitates) wrote in veritati2021-08-06 12:58 pm
august event.
AUGUST 1 ~ 15
Vitae appears to return to normal as the night draws to an end and the new month's first day dawns. Its vanished citizens gradually begin to repopulate the city, and everything returns to normal. Everyone talks about how quickly July went by. August sure has come and gone in a blink of an eye, huh? How funny. They all laugh as they go about their business.
According to the news, the next two weeks will be cloudy, gloomy, and surprisingly chilly.
According to the news, the next two weeks will be cloudy, gloomy, and surprisingly chilly.
THE MISSING
- The news also reports that an alarming number of people have gone missing. Citizens of all ages, from young to old, have mysteriously vanished without a trace. It is estimated that approximately 20% of the population has gone missing. Local search parties have been organized and posters have been placed on bulletin boards. A group of volunteers goes into the forest and the abandoned castle every day to look for clues, but they always come up empty-handed.
Rumors quickly spread throughout the city about the disappearances and how spirits must have abducted them. Some of the more superstitious stockpile table salt and hire bogus exorcists to purify their homes. Others visit the shrine and begin praying to gods who have been forgotten. They claim to sense a presence that wasn't there before, and they use it as evidence that a higher being is present and will assist them.
From the trees, four crows watch. When members of the app approach the shrine, they all squawk and flap their wings. Only one flies down to the offering box and dares to come close. The other three remain on the sidelines.
BRACELETS AND SIM CARDS
- Every app user, new or old, are fitted with a watch on their left wrist. It's impossible to remove, and even the most powerful tools fail to make a dent in it. You simply have to live with it. Its user interface has changed since last month. It now has an identical copy of the app, allowing those who frequently forget their phones to have access. It also has a SIM slot on its side, but inputting any regular SIM card appears to have no effect and it's spit out. Anything else is spit out as well.
But for those who kept their mysterious SIdo M cards from June, as well as recent newcomers who wake up with one in their pockets, will find that the bracelet will accept them.
When it is inserted, it displays a city map. It looks a lot like the one that was unveiled last month. It updates every hour to show the user's immediate surrounding area and the precise locations of... something. White dots can be found in random locations, such as the middle of a beach, the back of a supermarket, and dark alleyways. There's no other information about these dots, and it's unclear what would happen if someone went to them.
There are a few scattered throughout the city. Do you dare to go?
VITAEGATE
- Your phone begins to vibrate.
It will not stop until you pick it up and when you do, it's cold to the touch. The buttons become unresponsive as it shuts down. Then, just like all the previous times, white lettering appears on a black background.
WELCOME TO WEEK TEN.The app now includes a new section. It reads 'forum.' The section is exactly what the name says. It's a simple forum where anyone can post comments, but they're all anonymous. No one can tell one from the other.
A NEW MODULE HAS BEEN UNLOCKED.
IT HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING VALUE.
DE OMNIBUS DUBITANDUM
There are already a few comments.
DECISION TIME
- Your phone vibrates again on the 15th.
ALLY?You must choose one of the two options. You won't be able to use your phone otherwise.
BETRAY?
YOU HAVE SELECTED [ALLY/BETRAY].The message is followed by a list. It contains the names and photos of all of the app's users. Your phone will remain unusable until you make a decision. Those who are adamant about not making a decision will notice moments before midnight that their watch begins to slowly overheat, with an ominous timer counting down from ten minutes. The options appear once more. After that, the timer will disappear.
CHOOSE A USER.
YOU HAVE SELECTED [NAME].
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWER.
PLEASE WAIT PATIENTLY UNTIL THE NEXT UPDATE.
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[Fuck this place. It's nowhere near where he was supposed to be. Fucking malfunctioning torii portal. Jiro hasn't been here long, but clearly the shrine is where to focus his energy, according to his interactions with residents and what's he caught of the news in that electronics store downtown. Coming from a more rural area in Japan and not having been in the cities much until recently, the shrine by the forest is a bit of welcome familiarity in the surroundings. He's never been to America, but this seems something out of place, and so he expects all this spirit and ghost shit everyone's worried about are mononoke being dicks and hiding in plain site to those who don't know any better.
He hangs around the shrine a lot of the day, very conspicuous in his tactical jumpsuit with too many pouches, but the disguise overlay function isn't working and Jiro can't be bothered to go find a change of clothes. It helps sometimes, though, makes him a little more intimidating, and when he glares or smirks maliciously at shrine-goers, they tend to back off and leave; most of them. Finally, he's managed to have the place to himself for however long, and he's yelling at the crows. Or cawing at them, as it appears to anyone who happens to wander by without his notice, standing at the base of the tree and watching those same four congregate. He's keeping his eye on the one he'd seen swoop down to the offertory box several times throughout the morning.]
Oi! You! Come on, stop fucking around and tell me what's up with the shrine! I'll get you guys some canned fish or some shit!
[Caw, caw, caw...]
II. MAP
[Jiro sits on the steps in front of the hardware store, attempting to cut off his new watch with a box cutter he'd stolen. Why he hasn't moved far from the place he pilfered it from, there is no logical explanation but idiocy. This is his third try at different methods of removing the thing. It's awkwardly placed in front of his other watch, the latter of which is just as large and cumbersome and attached to his glove. Which he also can't get off, now that the mystery watch exists. The material of his gloves is pretty much indestructible barring some powerful spirit energy shit or maybe a laser, and it's annoying as fuck to hack at, much like the watch. There's no reason for his irritation except for the fact that he didn't choose to put on this watch and it's a straight up violation of his personal autonomy.]
Fucking shit.
[He's given up, and shoves the box cutter into one of his belt pouches. He'll forget it's there for like a week. The SIM card took him two days to find; it had been in his thigh holster. And it's what he messes with next, growling a little as he slides the card roughly into the slot on the watch. Some kind of map display appears, apparently tracking a group of something, people or spirits being his assumption. There's no symbol key explaining any of it.]
The fuck is this?
III. WILDCARD
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[ Nier hears a lot of cursing and swearing so he immediately assumes that something's wrong. He knows that things haven't been right around here. Some of it might even be Nier's fault but there's no proof of it so he can't even say that for certain. He just looks over pensively wondering what Jiro's up to. ]
You said fuck more than once. That's a little concerning.
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[Jiro just kind of stares at Nier for a second. Concerning. No. He's not going to try and censor himself, Nier can fucking deal with it.]
Trying to get this fucking watch off. Did you see this map thing? What the fuck are those fuckers tracking, do you know?
[He slipped an extra 'fuck' in there just to be a dick.]
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[ Eh, it's fine. Nier doesn't care too much about swearing because his best friend did it all the time. Sometimes he does it too. He's not going to police Jiro on his language. ]
By fuckers what are you referring to? those dots? I want to be sure.
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[Clarity is important.]
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[ He understands everything. Honestly, Nier agrees with that statement. The individuals who are tracking the dots seem like real assholes. ]
I wonder what it all means. Do you think there might be hidden treasure somewhere?
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Doubt it. You wanna find out, though?
[Track down some dots.]
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[ is it even safe for them to do that? He has some doubts. ]
Will it be fine with just us? We could be walking into some serious danger.
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[Jiro can't ever resist provoking.]
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[ no shame in admitting it. ]
Aren't you? It's normal to be afraid.
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[He waves a dismissive hand.]
Whatever's out there's gonna get its ass kicked!
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[ Nier wants to believe that he's over thinking and there's no reason to be scared. He pulls out a white spear from under his baggy sweater.]
Wait! I'm not going to be left behind. We can go.
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Where'd that come from? Whatever, tell me later. We got shit to do first.
[They're doing this now while he's pumped for it. To... the supermarket!]
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[ they're off to the supermarket now! Nier feels confident that he can manage himself if he's got a weapon. He doesn't want to be a burden and slow Jiro down. ]
What are we gonna do if we find a ghost??
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Punch it in the fucking face.
[And then maybe grab a nice melon soda from the store after the hypothetical ghost's defeat.]
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Let's go.
[ off to the supermarket!! Nier isn't sure what he's going to expect down there. He's with Jiro though so maybe they'll be okay. As long as they stick together it should be fine. ]
...I think I see something.
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The fuck you doing back here, huh!?
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[ Nier runs over and it looks like there's a scared boy crying all the time. Could this be one of the missing people? He doesn't know any better but the other kid is a ghost. ]
I think we should help him.
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Aw, shit, it's a kid.
[But there's no apologies for yelling at the little guy.]
You lost?
[He'll just approach this ghost boy and clap him on the shoulder. Jiro's not the most nurturing person when it comes to humans, but this... is good enough.]