A dead man's wish

[warriorscribe]

Characters: Everyone.
Setting: Everywhere, July 11th
Format: Whatever you want - it's a mingle log, after all.
Summary: While Naoya gets the reveal started on the network, Enoch takes care of physical copies.
Warnings: Reveal. Info. Nothing else, inherently.

*There's something different about the tower today. Not in a big way, not like the power or glamours are out. For one thing, everyone with a mailbox will get this note, unsigned:

Souls in our world are defined as the self. Even those without anything that can be considered a soul in their own worlds would manifest one here. Souls are extremely resilient - they can be torn out of their body and survive provided they are removed in the right manner. But they shouldn't be of course - the side effects might be disastrous in ways we can't quite understand. It's happened here before. Souls can be torn out of this world the same as in any other. Here though they can split - that's extremely important. They can split and merge if you have the right skillset. Never lose your soul in the Tower of Animus. None of yours are yet lost - but never lose it! They won't come back whole if you let her swallow them up. The power must have gone by now - she'll want to restore the tower. Everyone who ended up trapped on their own worlds is now in grave danger! She can't take souls as Zo can, but she can siphon them and she can squeeze all the energy out of them.

As soon as this message is decoded put it in as many places as possible! Put it on the network make copies and plaster them on the walls. Do everything you can so that as many people read this message as possible. There isn't enough energy to erase everyone's memories!

Remember - souls born here can be split and reabsorbed here. A soul born elsewhere can be split there, but there's no way to put it back together unless you can put it back where it's supposed to be.

Not everything is as fake as it seems. Your souls are here and you have all been drugged to keep certain aspects of yourselves contained but every part of you is here. You can use that against them if you can figure out how to unchain yourselves. I'm afraid you'll have Jason as your first opponent as he's the one with the keys you need. Be careful! There is information everywhere though much of it has been nearly permanently sealed. I can make it possible for you to access it, although you will all have to unlock it.

If that wasn't strange enough, you've probably seen it already. The same message is posted throughout the tower - on bathroom stalls, on walls, on tables. There are easily over a hundred pieces of paper.

And hey... Isn't that the same note "the Observer" put up on the network yesterday evening?*

((ooc: Mingle log for reactions off the network! Have fun!))

Comments

[B]

[nobarnacles]

The commotion in the tower from all the message-spamming was starting to get to Zelgadis, and he was convinced that there was nowhere he could go for some peace and quiet. He's still in the process of finding his way around the tower anyway, and when he stumbles onto a forest, of all things, he breathes a long sigh of relief. At last, he's going to catch a break from the hectic nonsense.

And then he sees that same message carved into the bark of some of the trees.

"Here, too, of all places?"

Of course, he opens his mouth right before noticing that the industrious woodcarver was only a couple of trees ahead of him; he's tense, for a moment, not knowing whose attention he's about to catch. He looks like just a kid, but Zel's seen enough weird things here that he's perfectly willing to expend caution.

[B]

[lightofhumanity]

Zel would be right in assuming that chaos wasn't a child, but as to what he really was, he wouldn't tell unless he was really pressed to with a person he trusted. While chaos could sense and see the person a few feet in front of him, he wasn't sure he could fully trust him. But he did pause in his work and look at the person, smiling.

"Good afternoon. I know it might be tiring, seeing the same thing over and over again..but this way, people have a better chance of knowing of it if they do not check their mailboxes or the network."

[nobarnacles]

He runs a stony finger over one of the fresh carvings. Maybe he'll give the kid the benefit of the doubt, for now. Nothing too suspicious is happening here, after all.

"I don't think there's a soul alive that hasn't gotten the message by this point. But if you think this will make a difference..." While he trails off, he looks at all the trees around them, this impossibly large-seeming forest. "Well, it looks like you've got your work cut out for you."

[lightofhumanity]

..Even though chaos wouldn't like being called 'kid', nothing suspicious really was going on here.

"I think that there is a chance that this might help. But..I am not planning on carving into every 'tree' here. I shall stay here for an hour or three, at the most."

[nobarnacles]

"Sensible enough." He nods at chaos's work, folding his arms for a moment of contemplation. "Do you think this will work? Will there be enough momentum for people to break free?"

It's almost a useless question to ask, but Zelgadis is a walking skepticism generator.

[lightofhumanity]

To chaos, the question wasn't useless, but he did keep on working at that tree as he spoke. While he was still smiling, that smile looked a touch melancholy.

"What I am doing right now will help others remember for the future. It alone won't break our chains. However..I still believe in humanity and people. I think that there is a good chance that there is enough momentum for us to do so."