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Gorgug Thistlespring ([personal profile] tinflower) wrote in [community profile] etraya2024-08-30 11:04 pm

video, un: gorgug (pre-mingle)

[ The camera turns on and focuses in on a motley duo: Riz and Fabian, a Goblin and a Half-Elf respectively (and, it has to be said, the camera has to be considerably zoomed out to accommodate both of their heights) who wear matching expressions of distinct disgruntlement. Behind them is a clue board that Riz refers to every now and then while he talks, his speech quick and efficient, words stumbling over each other in his haste to get them out. ]

Uh, hey everyone. Welcome back to Etraya, I guess? I’m just going to cut straight to the chase: a team of us did some investigation of what was happening back at Moorecroft, and I think there are some things that everyone should know. We went ahead and tried to figure out what the whole curfew thing was about – in case some of you just decided to behave yourselves the whole time, our curfew was being maintained by robots that would straight up kill you if you decided to stay out.

First, some of us went to check out the hospital, which is where most of the suspicious activity was coming from. Something there had the ability to lock away people’s powers, and they were able to somehow mimic people we knew from home, which were sent out to attack us. Presumably, that was to get our guards down. Fabian and I managed to get into the underground, where…
[ He frowns, rubbing the palms of his hand together. ] Honestly? Things there were pretty inconclusive. There were a bunch of hand-drawn pictures along the walls of the corridor, stuff from around town, and it looked like they were raising some sort of… kids down there? Some of the rooms were obviously for teens our age, and other rooms were for really little kids, and it all led to some sort of tracks that led somewhere else. Where and why, we don’t know. But something real fucked up is going on there. You don’t find empty hidden bunkers of kids stuff without it being super fucked up, you know?

The others ran into other stuff around the city – smoke that turned into these big monsters that tried to eat them, the things those robots were trying to protect us from. Others ran into these android kids, who we can pretty easily assume the rooms in the hospital were for. The monsters didn’t try to go after them; apparently they only went after people who didn’t belong. Namely, us. Now, we don’t know what the hell those monsters were, but Adaine could feel what sort of arcane energy they were giving off – it was some seriously powerful reality-shifting energy. Conjuration, but the sort you’d only get from really, really powerful wizards.

That energy isn’t restricted to Moorecroft. She felt it here too, once we got back. That doesn’t bode well for any of us.


[ Riz takes a deep breath, glancing up at Fabian. ]

Did I miss anything?

Yeah, maybe some more emphasis on how fucked up this all is? [ Riz may have sounded relatively composed. Just objectively trying to get information across. Fabian, on the other hand, sounds anything but. He’s not looking majorly upset - yet - but he’s definitely both looking and sounding annoyed as he speaks. It isn’t aimed at Riz, nor even really at the viewers, like it’s some sort of general annoyance at this place. ] We almost died back there. Someone actually did die! And it’s not even the first time, since the stuff with the maze and the stuff with the plushies was just as fucked up!

[ Riz grimaces, a row of sharp teeth on display as he tugs at Fabian’s arm, hissing in a far less officious whine: ] Dude, time and place, this is just the mission report—

[ Unfortunately, Fabian just keeps going, wildly gesturing with his hands at this point as he speaks, the smaller boy visibly giving up on stopping him beside him: ]

We can’t just act like this place is normal! If it really wanted to help us save our worlds or whatever, then it could at least stop constantly trying to kill all of us, right?! How are we supposed to trust anything in this place when clearly it does not have our best intentions in mind in any way? [ His hand gesture arm swing is so wild that he almost manages to accidentally hit Riz. Sorry bud. At least it’s a near miss. ] I mean, the least we can do is for people here to stop holding hands with the companion bots! They’re trying to kill us!

[ Wait, what is that weirdly specific mention—

And a deep sigh can be heard from the other side of the video, which then ends there. Wow, wonder who that could've been!!! ]

( ooc: responses can come from one of the three boys (riz, gorgug, or fabian) just as an fyi! )
revengeisalie: (thinking HARD)

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[personal profile] revengeisalie 2024-08-30 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, she also felt it here? Is... is that what that strange feeling was, after we got back? Even I felt that, and I have absolutely no magical ability.

And I have never trusted Echo or Aurora to truly have our best interests at heart.
decohere: (Default)

@ 000

[personal profile] decohere 2024-08-31 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
why would robots have children? it's not as if they grow or age. what purpose would that even serve.
levelshift: (deadpan)

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[personal profile] levelshift 2024-08-31 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't fucking believe I'm typing this, but if the robot kids don't have anywhere else to go the hospital might be the best place for them.

And don't blame the companion bots for my fuck up.
equivo: (i've been swapping morals in for favors)

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[personal profile] equivo 2024-09-01 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Figurative hand holding, right
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[personal profile] decohere 2024-09-01 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
she's a robot too, right? guess that makes sense. arranging forced family units for people, start wanting your own. maybe she's using the data gathered from the participants to model them after.
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[personal profile] 100more 2024-09-01 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
It sounds like a horrible sight, but you were all very brave to risk yourselves to discover these things. I just wish I understood what it all meant.
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[personal profile] topgradesandbraids 2024-09-01 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
It figures that the challenges wouldn't be so easy. They ARE testing us, correct?

And, I'm sorry if this is crass, but if death isn't a permanent feature here then it would be best if we prepared for similar problems in the future.

Is it okay if I take notes on this briefing? More heads working on it might make it easier to prepare for later.
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[personal profile] matermali 2024-09-01 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I would agree that these the robots were never to be trusted, and only less so with recent revelations, given their concept of protection involved attempting to murder us before something else could.

It is no excuse, but perhaps they thought to be protecting us from something worse than death.
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[personal profile] decohere 2024-09-02 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
or could be the opposite. realized people actually really suck and our worlds aren't worth saving and figured she could do it better.

eh. wasnt particularly a fan.
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[personal profile] equivo 2024-09-02 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Krouse contemplates. ]

okay.

Point conceded


[ Physical reality being what it is, Krouse supposes that's technically broadly true. ]

Listen though

I say this from a place of sympathy

Having a little trouble wrapping my head around the 'want' part moreso than the 'can' part if you follow me
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[personal profile] equivo 2024-09-02 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This message is a rollercoaster ride of a mere four sentences. Krouse lets out a real life whuf at the last one, so...markedly different than where he thought it might be going.

Then he pauses to think again, tapping his fingers on the nearest flattish, woodenish object at hand. ]


That's cool

They could probably use some stabilizing influences


[ Krouse is joining the war on robot hand holding on the side of robot hand holding. He meant it about the sympathy. ]
levelshift: (what a pain)

[personal profile] levelshift 2024-09-02 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
They did. But we were warned beforehand, and I chose to fight them and then made a real fucking dumb error.

[This is why, when your powers are on a time limit, you need to prioritize that instead of other people and weird eldritch chaos monsters.]

It's stupid to blame them for it.
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[personal profile] levelshift 2024-09-02 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright, then he shouldn't use my fucking death to complain.

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