Glamour Failure

[animusmods]

Characters: any
Setting: all around the Tower
Format: any/party-style
Summary: A general mingle log for the reaction to the beginning of the Idealism event.
Warnings: PG-13; please include any more detailed warnings in your threads if necessary

Comments

Open - event warnings.

[idkworldruler]

Oh wow, this was new. He stood in the middle of what he guessed to be a hall, staring at his hand in genuine curiosity. There was a first time for everything, he supposed. So then, what to do now? This was obviously the doing of one of the admins, which begged the question as to if this was just another illusion, or a form of reality itself? Whatever it was, the truth would most likely reveal itself in due time. That, or he do his own little digging while he awaited for the Tower to resume its regular program...unless this could also be considered part of the norm.

Who knows, maybe everyone here is merely a clone that had been granted the memories and personalities of those who actually exist in other realities? "Then there's the idea that this is all just another experiment..." He clammed up as soon as he realized he was talking to himself.

"This must be what tripping balls is like." Now to find the nearest...person. Could they be considered people right now? And..."coerce" them into helping little, helpless Mitchell. In fact there was someone right now, how long had they been there?

"Hey, are you seeing what I am?"

[megazero_to_superhero]

Turns out that somebody is a short, squat, likely masculine wireframe, filled with an orange glowing liquid.

"What, ya mean da tower turnin' into nothin' but goop an' metal?"

[idkworldruler]

Well hello there strange Emerson who he has never met.

"If you want to simplify it...yes."

[megazero_to_superhero]

The orange fellow seems to be holding a blob of film in his mouth that's vaguely cigar shaped. Still hanging onto his stogies, even after having the glamour systems stripped away to reveal everything for what it truly is.

"Yeah, I see it. An' I've been turned into a bendy wire thing fulla Tang."

Which he still doesn't understand fully. The similarity to how the Arc Server at Architect Entertainment works has him guessing, though.

[idkworldruler]

"Well then that does it, everyone is on the same page...barring the admins that is." He was certain that they were several pages ahead of everyone else. They were meant to be the puppeteers here, after all.

Though that would also mean that this is the reality that they had truly created. "So then, any ideas?" He has more than a few himself, why not add to them?

[megazero_to_superhero]

Mr. Tang Wireframe seems to shrug. "You got me. I ain't been here dat long. But if you're talkin' about admins ... y'mean like admins of some computer network?"

Because that would give him even further notion to suspect this tower works like the Arc Server.

[idkworldruler]

"Kind of..." But at the same time not really. Though he already knew that they were using some form of computer programming within the "Tower" he wondered just what the extent of the program was.

"I mean the administrators."

[megazero_to_superhero]

"Yeah, thought's that who you meant. But if da tower's got administrators, does dat mean dis place is like some kinda computer network?"

The wireframed man regards one of his hands, then looks up and around at the floor. "Well, more dan dat in dis case, but it'd be kinda familiar anyway."

[idkworldruler]

"If what we are seeing is true, then there is a possibility that you could be ran by a computer network." Meaning he wondered how he could corrupt the system. What he would give t have this much control back home. But something like that will probably have to wait for now. First priority should be to gather as much information on the current situation in order to determine if this was the real deal.

"Though we may not necessarily be inside of a computer processor." Because that would be rather silly.

[megazero_to_superhero]

"I don't think dey'd go to dis trouble if we were," the wireframed man replies. "Now I ain't no computer guru, but back home we got dis place called Architect Entertainment. It's got dis fancy thing called da Arc Server. Converts you into a data stream, soul an' all. Dat's what da magic types say, anyway."

"I used to go dere a lot, see. So I got some idea of what it's like bein' in a computer. Dis don't seem like it."

[idkworldruler]

Yes yes, he already knows about digitalizing objects and beings onto computer hard drives and disks. The Illuminati do it to demons and other magical beings all the time. That's why he knew that,while it was possible that they could become trapped in Microsoft Word, he sincerely doubted they were.

Though he will feign surprise for this man's expense. "Really? Seems kind of impossible to do that to me. But you're right, this is something else entirely." Though if this was the dimension's true form it would explain how the administrators were able to alter it to such degrees on a whim. However, that also means that there must be a control room for this reality

[megazero_to_superhero]

The feigned surprise does the job; if there was any hint betraying otherwise, it was lost in the whole wireframe-and-film construction of everyone's bodies. At least for Agent Ohhange over here, it made it hard to discern emotions and expressions.

"Yeah, well, when you live in da City of Heroes, you get to see a lotta stuff you don't see happen much elsewhere. I could tell you all kinds of stories."

[cutestprogrammer]

[After somewhat calming down, Chihiro had grown rather curious about their new (?) surroundings. So everything was a sort of virtual reality then? His programmer self couldn't help feeling a little excited about this! How was this archived? How was it possible? He sets about examining everything. He is busy studying the wall over here when he hears someone addressing him.]

Yes. I am! This... is rather amazing really!

[idkworldruler]

[Well at least someone was rather chipper....isn't that one of the people he lives with but never seems to spend much time with?]

It's good that you seem to be having a blast right now. Though I wonder how long this state will last.

[cutestprogrammer]

[Ah, that is true! Mun didn't realize till now!]

Well, if you think about it, it's almost like we're actually part of a computer programme! Hmmm... judging from how this place seems to work, I guess it shouldn't last too long? A few days maybe to a week?