[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

[freeinghorror]

[Well, he was kind of there when Jinga snapped at Ryuuga about him losing his son to a group of humans that thought that he was not strong enough to protect them. So no. He doesn't actually have a family, at least not the way most people did. He was a Horror now.]

Are they abandoning us? [He tugged his hand free of a pocket and reached over to flick his finger against a muted screen, making it sway as they passed it by.] Some of the systems are still working but how long will that last? We have too many things that are provided for us that I'm not sure will continue once those systems die.

[powertotearer]

[That was a slightly worrying thought, that they'd be completely cut off. But Eiji shook his head.]

No, I don't think it'll be that easy. They put a lot into bringing us here, and they definitely need us for something. As long as we're still useful, somehow, they're going to keep us alive. And if we stop being useful, I think they'll be more direct about it.

[That much he can trust in, from experience. They haven't been killed yet, so clearly, they're doing something for CERES, but what?]

[freeinghorror]

Ah, but how long will we prove to be useful?

[They came to an intersection and he paused, head tilted as he studied the two directions. A very faint chiming sound came from one direction and he followed it.]

Simple staples for most people wouldn't be hard to keep up with, so I could see those systems remaining intact. However, we do seem to be having troubles with the robots that removed garbage and the transportation system. The stuff that does require a bit more work then the norm.

[powertotearer]

[That's something he really doesn't want to have to think about too much. But if it comes to it, he will fight to save everyone.]

Well, hopefully, we'll find out more about what would make CERES make things so inconvenient on themselves.

[freeinghorror]

[Jinga was a planner. It was his nature to plan out things and to slowly figure out new ways to turn things into his favor, even if it took years for those pans to bear fruit. He wanted to make sure that his survival would occur no matter what, even if that meant working with his enemy and his morals to achieve it.]

There had been talk about CERES stocks falling. Maybe this is a result of that? [If there had been a hostile take over, the people doing the taking over might not really understand the systems around them that much.] All this equipment and bringing us here could not be cheap.

We first need to know the why. Then we can at least have an idea as to how.

[powertotearer]

It could be. Especially if whatever they produce didn't sell well, or if there was a scandal.

[That's all of the business he knows, honestly. He never paid much attention to it back home.]

If we can find some of their business reports, that might help too. It'll at least give us some warning, if things get worse.