[open] this ae night, this ae night

[psycholawgy]

Who: People who went to the tower, and then people who want to hear about what happened in the tower!
When: 8/25-8/26.
Where: The CERES Tower, and then the Sanctuary
What: A catch-all log for the CERES Tower Exploration, and then a discussion of it!
Rating/Warning: Will edit when needed.

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THE TOWER
[ As per the mod post:

All groups will find that the tower is deserted, and all technology is shut off. Through some fiddling, some of CERES’ databases can be accessed, but only in the most basic of safe modes. Hacking will just get everything to shut off again, as it takes too much power from whatever emergency power source allows the systems to turn on.

There are no dangers, but even so, the characters won’t have long in the tower before their code starts to warp strangely. If they stay too long, they will be glitched right out of existence -- and then right outside of the tower. They will find that for the next three ic days, all food tastes burnt and sleeping is extremely unsatisfying, to the point that they don’t even feel like they need it, before they go back to normal. Characters will have a maximum of 3 IC hours in the tower before that point.

Feel free to thread out characters meeting up before the exploration, or bumping into each other in the rather big tower, amongst other shenanigans! ]


THE SANCTUARY
[ there isn't much of a preparation for this, but there will be a text blast alerting everybody to go to the sanctuary if they so please to discuss what people have found in the tower.

as usual, a variety of flavours of pizza is being served. there may not be pizza for everybody however, as athena is rather broke. (sweats) remember to leave your cerevices in the basket by the entrance! ]

Comments

[specialization]

[and guess who will also join them by this table, choosing to sit instead of stand in a chair he pulled from somewhere. but he's still there, glancing to Zero from time to time.]

Do you think someone like yourself took out Julius Vincere?

[a corporate assassin, he means, but that question came from nowhere, Chrollo. nothing to preface it.]

[faceplate]

[ chrollo...

but zer0 takes the question in stride, because that isn't the weirdest question they've ever gotten. ]

Few like me exist. [ which is as close as they'll get to discussing their identity and origin. ] But you speak of assassins, don't you? It's likely.

[ but since they weren't around at the time and don't have all the information, they can't be completely sure. ]

[specialization]

Who else to get the job done? Bellona doesn't seem like the type to want to get her hands dirty directly. It makes you wonder why he died, if he already sold the company.

[the both of them being relatively new meant that there were things they could only guess at.]

I wish we'd had more time in the tower.

[three hours hadn't been enough, and that last ditch security effort was annoying.]

[faceplate]

Destroy evidence, covering her tracks. Too bad we can't raise the dead.

[ not without using corrupted code, anyway. and they definitely hadn't had enough time—zer0 nods in agreement. ]

[specialization]

It'd be useful if we could.

[though aside from CERES, he's not yet found some power that would allow that to happen.]

But it's not the only question. Did CERES contract the Flamines first, or Dii Consentes? Either way, it says something about their reasoning...either they're using the profits to pay off the Flamines, or they had to pay the Flamines to have enough people to make their quota to Dii Consentes.

[faceplate]

[ zer0 nods. it also seems like CERES didn't make proper plans, since the flamines are looking for their repayment even now. ]

Have you contacted the Flamines or Consentes? Has anyone else?

[specialization]

[he shakes his head.]

The former, not since last time. I don't think the Flamines would be willing to talk if I showed up empty handed. If anyone else has, they haven't said it in public. Consentes is an idea, though, if there's a way to get a message to them.

[they certainly wouldn't be happy to know their business partner had gone into hiding.]

[faceplate]

Their identity is unknown to me so far. [ a brief :/ ]

What could we offer?

[specialization]

Right now, the only option would be to let them decide the terms, and ask if there was anything they wanted us to do. It's not the best thought out of plans.

[because they could demand anything. they could lead them into a trap.]

But it's still a course of action with some flexibility.

[faceplate]

[ and they don't have many other options. still, zer0 has noticed that the flamines (or what they assume are the flamines) are apparently unable to make it on-planet to take action on their own. ]

We're here, and they're not. So direct actions are to us available.

[specialization]

[he folds his hands under his chin, going quiet for a moment, before speaking up again - very softly, so only Zer0 can hear.]

Offering ourselves to be their hands and eyes. It's too risky for one person to do it alone.

[but in a pair, he's implying, the risk is manageable.]