sirenspull | October 23rd, 2012

October 23rd, 2012

Tuesday, October 23rd 2012

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- - SERO Announces New "Loyalty" Policies
After nearly a week secluded in mourning for his murdered son, Malcolm Oberst, SERO's chief security officer, faced reporters at a press conference on Monday. Refusing to answer any questions about the investigation or his son's death, Oberst instead had a prepared statement in the form of a press release.

"In the past week, we at SERO have been carefully examining the structure and business practices of our company with regards to security. The safety of our customers and employees is extremely important to us, as is their continued loyalty and dedication to make SERO the great organization that it is. It is with this in mind that SERO would like to announce new policies with regards to our company security.

Over the past few weeks, all of our facilities and affiliated businesses have been subject to strict security in the aftermath of what was concluded to be an attack on SERO personnel. This security will continue in a slightly downgraded capacity as we implement the next phase of our new policies.

All employees of SERO, whether those working directly for the corporate offices or those working for affiliated or sponsored businesses, shall be issued new computerized identification cards. These cards will encode information about the employee. If an employee should run into trouble during the course of their duties, when activated with an emergency signal, the cards will permit tracking and assure prompt, timely responses to situations in the interest of preserving employee safety.

In addition, all employees shall undergo a loyalty screening, which shall conclude with all SERO employees signing an official decree of affiliation to SERO.

In the interest of safety, those employees who refuse to sign an affiliation agreement may be excused from their positions.

We are a team at SERO, and a team requires the full commitment of all its members in order to be successful.

- Malcolm Oberst
Chief Security Officer
SERO"

The press release asks that all questions be directed to SERO supervisors, though when we called for comment, the phone lines at SERO were completely overwhelmed.

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[ News Notification Thread]

phazeandblood

[Here's a first, Karkat's actually saying fuck text all together right off the bat and just going with video. His apartment isn't really anything to brag about behind him, just a bunch of scattered DVD's and a strange purple pod thing with green slime in it viewable behind the couch off to the side of the screen.]

I've heard about and done some research regarding this upcoming human holiday, and it seems like a bunch of conflicting stories and bullshit. Doesn't this entire thing defeat the purpose of people telling their kids not to take candy from strangers? Like "Hey dumbass don't take candy from someone you don't know in case they're trying to kill or rape you or something. Unless it's the last day of that month, then dress up in a pretty costume for the nice serial killer rapist and take whatever they give you."

Seriously, what the fuck humans?

[He shakes his head, because seriously. Seriously he does not understand you humans.]

That bullshit aside, I'm kind of looking forward to the parties that come with it, never celebrated any human holidays before but I've seen them in a lot of movies and they look interesting. So who can tell me more about those?

[He almost goes to turn off his NV, but seems to remember something.]

Oh yeah. Hey, Naruto, that's your name right? Come on asshole, the injury is healed and you owe me a fight.

andproper

[There is a duckling on your screen, tonight. Staring into the comm. After a moment, she ducks her head down. Forgive her for the typos - bills are hard to type with.]

im a duck. i wasnt one/ but now i am.

[There's a small pause. Her head tilts a little as if in thought.]

im prim.

(ooc: Prim here just discovered her power - turning into a duckling. ^^ She can communicate by broadcasting her thoughts - though she can't receive, just transmit - but that doesn't really work over video. So she'll be trying her best to type.)

charmedson

So far I've heard of vampires, demons, angels, humans, meta humans... What else should I be on the look out for?

[Chris smirks a little, a bit self-deprecating at how dumb this post is.] And how many times have you guys seen a post like this one the network?

whitefeathered

So . . . if you work for the companies, are you going to do what they say?

( Locked to Ahiru, Gilbert, Kaito, and probably Joe. )

inamartiniglass

My condolences and sincerest apologies to everyone in the Newcomer community who has been involved in these attacks. I wish your loved ones a speedy recovery. In the meantime, I will personally be sending "Get Well" fruit baskets to those of you in the hospital.

As with everyone else, I hope that this monster is dealt with quickly.

gabriel_gray

[ When the video feed is turned on, Sylar's face is framed very nicely, his dark eyes settled unblinking on the camera, almost as though he's capable of seeing right through it. ]

It's a dangerous thing if you let it get out of hand. Corporations that track your every move, that know where you are at any moment. It's only a matter of time until it escalates. Nobody is safe.

[ He cocks his head to one side. ] But don't take my word for it. [ It isn't like he hasn't seen it all before. ] Ah, Nathan...

That reminds me. Does anyone have tips on how to apologise to someone for killing their brother?

doeswhathewants

[Mouth pursed, he's doing the villain slouch with his invisible hellhound Thora at his feet, currently dyed green and gold.]

Left. Returned. Saved the nine. Attacked by some creature, that went poorly for the attacking party just FYI, and saved an unwitting mortal from an AGI auction.

All in a day's work.