sirenspull | May 18th, 2012

May 18th, 2012

[ 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. ]
( rabbit_hole.txt )

[ 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. ))

thepull_mods

Friday, May 18th 2012

Weather Sunny and clear, a brisk breeze. High 19°C and a low of 6°C (66deg;F/43°F)

Current Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

Morning sirens go off at 5:28am, and evening sirens are at 8:50pm.

News & Advertisements

- Hospitals Still Crowded, Vaccines Proven Ineffective, Doctors Baffled by Escalating Number of Severe Cases.

- Health Department Mandates Immediate Food Services Inspection at Mall Food Court; Four Counter Service Vendors Ordered To Close Effectively Ruling out a Mall-Localized Norovirus, the inspection has nonetheless turned up vermin, poor food handling conditions and addictive substances in Charlie’s Dawg House “Special Recipe” Chili.

- Portside Aces Vs. Afterglow Knights Flyers Game Cancelled, Tickets Exchangeable For Any Baseball Game This Year Rumor has it both starting pitchers have fallen ill, but the stadium closure was ordered by the City’s Health Department. Rumors of a epidemic quarantine are rippling around Grant Stadium workers.

- GLO-TV, AGI’s Prime Cable Company, offers 50% off Select Pay-Per-View TV Movies This Weekend

- SERO Shipping Industries seeking skilled drivers, inventory management and security for immediate work. Please submit resume at Sector 11 North Dock offices.

( OOC: Outbreak Plot info detailed HERE)
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[ News Notification Thread]

circumsutus

[Stein (looking perfectly healthy) has decided to look into something that's bothering him about the disease. Namely, his own apparent immunity.]

I'd like to talk to anyone who isn't sick yet, especially if you've been in direct contact with people showing symptoms.

mostbeautiful

[Dorian looks pale and wan]

I'm sorry. I'd just like to get word to my students and people I've been tutoring.

I'll be unavailable for a while. I appear to have gotten a touch of influenza and I don't want to give it to anyone else.

I'll contact you again when I am well.

I apologize for any trouble it caused.

[OOC: AS IF Dorian reads the network or the news feeds. He has no idea what's going on.]

electricitytrick

[It takes some fumbling around, but eventually Anders thinks that he does have the strange magical amulet working like he was told that it would. Well, presuming that this isn't a strange plan to make him feel like a fool, that is. He does wonder that part a little as he clears his throat and offers a bright smile to whoever might be watching him.]

While I'm still rather new to this whole 'kidnapped from everything you know' bit and trying to get used to it all, one thing I can tell is when a healer might come in handy. Now I might be reading this wrong, but it seems like there's a bit of an illness going around, yes? I haven't had the chance to find out much more than that, but... I'd like to help, if I can.

[He shrugs and his smile edges just a little towards being nervous.]

I don't know what sorts of opinions people have on mages and magic here either, but hopefully no one's about to go running to the Chantry to turn me in? Or at least be the type to give a man a head start first, I hope.

[It feels strange to try and talk to something that can't answer so, with a sigh and a small amount of fumbling with the amulet, Anders manages to turn off the feed.]

faustianism

[While this may be a strange new world, Mr. Gold considered it lucky that he could find several things that reminded him of home. Not Storybrooke; that was not his real home. It wasn’t the home that his son had grown up in, or near the forest that he used to play in with his boy. But there was an ocean, and there was a beach, and he was currently on it.]

I would have never taken the time to spend it on a beach. [Starts out conversationally, voice lightly accented, as the video shows off the ocean.] But enjoying life’s simple pleasures is something most people are lacking, these days. I’m sure there’s something out there that anyone, if given the chance, would do. Something worthwhile, a pleasurable way to spend their day off, if they ever gave themselves one.

But from what I gathered from the greeters, there seems to be a lot of people taking the day off. A sickness, is that what I have heard? And here I thought the days of the plague were over.

Perhaps, if they're able, someone could find time in their day to come spend it at the beach with me. Wile away the hours having a nice chat, if you will. Or, perhaps, I can sit here and have a conversation over this device. How about this, to those on the network: I’ll make you a deal. An hour of your time, for whatever it is you may wish of a lonely man in return.

[ooc: Permission's Post! Only needed if your character might make a deal with Mr. Gold.]

buttwombs

[After looking forever, Norio has found a job he can do without dealing with people face-to-face. He's found a job with a survey company who randomly calls NVs asking questions and didn't mind hiring a Newcomer.

Sure, he had to lie about his age a little bit, but no harm in that, right?]

Hello! My name's Norio! Do you have time to answers a few questions about recent purchases?

ninthserenade

Sheesh, this stupid cold or whatever is goin' around must've hit me hard. I, ah... I just noticed that I've been here for a year now. Somehow it feels like it hasn't been that--_[Achoo!] _{Ewwwww, I hate colds...} It feels like it's only been a few months since I first showed up here. In another month I'll have worked at Purgatory for a year, too. S'kinda scary how fast time flies.

_{[A beat.]}

I'm not sure I even wanna go home. Darkness aside, I'm pretty happy here. That's not weird, is it?