i • ( text | anonymous ) • just after the sirens

[playthings]

[ There's quite the text out there on the network tonight, Siren's Port, from a person who wishes to keep their identity quite under wraps. The anonymous communication is sent just as the sirens end, punctuating the alert for anyone looking over the feed. ]

A cage. That's what I'd call it. A well erected one with all the toysies we could hope for, all the people to make it feel like you never left, all the corruption of home... and then some.

A little birdy and her lovely pamphlet told me there's a secrets most people are keeping. Some of them don't even realize it. That everyone here is a little more than ordinary.

I disagree. Most people are ordinary or striving to be normal. Average. Mediocrity is soooooo fashionable.

B O R I N G

I wonder, could anyone really want to embrace anything more?

-Anonymous

[ There's an additional piece to this post should anyone be so inclined to open it up and take a peek. ]

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[ Brace yourself, Siren's Port, the game is about to begin. ]

(( ooc notes • welcome to jim's creepy ic intro. feel free to crack the code and respond to it (it's simple binary, you should be able to google for a decoder). ALL of jim's responses to this post will be anonymous texts only and he may throw in encryption or file attachments. ))

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[anonymous text]

[deductives]

[Shit. Shit. Sherlock knows that tone. That vocabulary. Every last iota of this-- he knows. He can't be here, not now. Not ever. He's in the middle of an investigation, he's in the middle of trying to piece everything back together that shattered in the fall.

He feels something lurch deep within him. This is his fight. Sherlock knows it is, but there are allies here. Richard Brook couldn't ruin him in the Port, but Jim would figure that out quickly enough and find a new path. It was time to formulate new defenses.]

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[ perma-anon text | perma-locked ] for maximum laziness

[playthings]

NAIVE

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-Anonymous

text;

[gabriel_gray]

[ It's only text because he can't be bothered to change the settings. ]

I fly. That's not exactly ordinary. Unless of course you're talking comparatively.

anonymous text;

[playthings]

A bird among fowl.

How unique.

-Anonymous

[ He just can't see how that's special when, allegedly everyone here has a power. ]

[anonymous text]

[certainproclivity]

Well.

I daresay you're the most interesting person I've seen on the network, thus far.

[anonymous text]

[playthings]

I'm the most interesting person you'll ever meet.

-Anonymous

(text)

[prankmaster]

but.
i'm a god!
i'd say that is pretty far from ordinary.

(anonymous text)

[playthings]

That's a word far from my vocabulary.

Why toil with such lowly mortals?

-Anonymous

anonymous text; back atcha

[predominates]

[ Fuuuuuuck. Well, this is an unfortunate turn of events. Irene received enough texts from Jim Moriarty to know his quirks. And he might as well have signed his name. Him being here could interfere with her plans, unless she plays the game. Binary almost seems too obvious. Tedious as always. ]

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anonymous text forever

[playthings]

[ She just fails to see the beauty of the complex. It's gatekeeping, miss Adler, and a way to judge his friends and foes alike. ]

ooooh. a playmate.

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-Anonymous

voice.

[terrified]

[Teenaged, and extraordinarily prone to anxiety. Moriarty can, of course, tell these things and more from Crona's voice, which is thin and halting. (Jury's out on gender, however. The common fluctuations of males or females mix and match.)]

I heard - that something mediocre, or useless... that it can be made more than ordinary. That some things are a lost cause and some things aren't. Would the birdy say that?

anonymous text.

[playthings]

Find me a man who can make diamonds from coal.

Chirp chirp.

-Anonymous

[Text]

[needtobecleaned]

No person here, human or otherwise, will ever be normal. We are not from this specific world, this specific instance of Earth, therefore we are not normal according to this places standards. Whether we have powers or not.

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[anonymous text]

[playthings]

How... Encyclopedic. If you're going to insult my linguistic integrity, at least buy a guy dinner first.

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[doeswhathewants]

Everyone thinks this place a cage. I consider it more of a ... vacation home.

anonymous text;

[playthings]

When the cat's away, the mice will play.

A delectable thought indeed.

-Anonymous

[text]

[rapturescreed]

People here do have abilities, given to them by the Core. Or, they had them back home, and kept them, here. Simple, really. It puts mere humans on playing fields with higher beings.

[Never gods.]

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[ anonymous text ]

[playthings]

The great equalizer. Do you feel equalized?

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[voice]

[faustianism]

Those striving for mediocrity tend to find it. There are some, though, who are born with something more, who strive for mediocrity, and only find themselves in a place they don't wish to be in.

[anonymous text]

[playthings]

A disappointing ambition to have, don't you think?
Would want to go catching that sickness.

Do you aim so low?

-Anonymous

private

[enigmaestro]

I wonder, how many people will continue to respond to you in binary? Playing into your system. Don't they know? How many surrender their keys to their smirking jailer?

You are that tier hounding the dog before its station.
(Pup pet) tier
Puppeteer.

Hello.

private anonymous

[playthings]

[ oh-ho-ho, we have a winner. Jim's a bit giddy but he'll reel in his excitement. ]

Perhaps they should heed the sirens.

A fan of riddles and clever to be sure.
I may make a friend yet.

-Anonymous

[ voice ]

[philosopher]

What more could there possibly be?

[anonymous text]

[playthings]

A world at your fingertips.
And under them.

-Anonymous

Text | unhackable | private

[thelittlestbub]

This place has less corruption than home, and is a nice change of pace. It allows those like me to relax, recuperate in peace without the violence of home following us around.

But then, I come from an extraordinary place.

permatext | unhackable | private (for laziness)

[playthings]

Sounds like a lovely home.
I'm green with envy.

-Anonymous

[video]

[electricitytrick]

Is it really so bad if some people want to be normal? It might not be for everyone and frankly, I'd rather things be at least a little bit interesting, but as I see it, telling people that they're not allowed to be normal is just as bad as telling people that they're not allowed to be different. And I've seen enough of people telling others what they can and can't do.

[anonymous text]

[playthings]

The affliction is dull.
Be dull if you wish. Just don't expect your anonymous caller to take an interest.

-Anonymous

text | anonymous/untraceable; awwww yeah creepy

[thefourteenth]

A device at the heart of a baseball field, little child.

There are so many secrets here, haven't you read? This place holds angels and gods, demons and aliens and vampires and beasts that haunt the night. If your world runs on something as petty as logic and science, this prettily gilded cage reaches into worlds spun from superstition and fairy dust. Even the very ordinary are gifted here with a power beyond scientific measure- though some will try.

permatext | anonymous/untraceable (aww here it goes~)

[playthings]

Extraordinary among the extraordinary is still prone to ineptitude.
There's always a baseline.

Do you run with the demons and vampires and beasts or do you play with the angels, i wonder...

-Anonymous

[video]

[bigandbad]

Well if average is what you're trying to avoid, I should warn you the cryptic and anonymous greeting where you ask us all a philosophical question has been done a few time's over.

The binary is a fun touch though. The previous ones preferred riddles and algorithms.

[anonymous text]

[playthings]

A tried, true method. The masses can't resist a good mystery.

I aim to please the intelligent and the robotic drones alike.

-Anonymous

[video]

[shifting]

Average ain't so bad. ...Guess it's more about what you're lookin' for out of life.

[anonymous text]

[playthings]

How poetic.
And what is it you're looking for?

-Anonymous

[where_the_hearth_is]

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anonymous

[playthings]

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text;

[typhlopid]

Is the implication that you in particular are lacking in those mundane qualities, to be accusing others of it?

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anonymous text;

[playthings]

Just so. Though I prefer the term observation.

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-Anonymous

text;

[acclimatized]

[ looking over the network and finding anonymous entries isn't unusual behaviour in the port. with this recent influenza pandemic, john almost skips over it altogether until certain words leap out at him and make his stomach clench in fear – he can almost hear a maniacal irish lilt reciting them. ]

And you're special?

anonymous text;

[playthings]

Maybe.
You know what they say about assumptions.

-Anonymous

text; please say if font is not okay!

[vestalvogue]

Oh Good We Are Back To This Again It Has Been So Long I Almost Forgot How Tiresome It Gets
I Am An Alien And I Am Not Ordinary Even For My Species Not That It Is Any Of Your Business But Frankly I Am Getting Pretty Tired Of This Kind Of Gimmick
So If You Could Just I Dont Know State Your Business Plainly Instead Of This Broad Philosophical Blah Blah Culture Sweeping Statements About Psychology And The State Of Living Nonsense That Might Actually Make You Out Of The Ordinary And Original For Once

text; i'm ok with it but jim will probably mention it. just a heads up!

[playthings]

How unique of you.
How charming.

Stand aside, Port, clearly we are in the presence of magnificence!

-Anonymous