[network] @hsiaoke; video; Revelations [Day 161, morning] [open/closed - see cut text!]

[heavensreader]

[This strange post is actually a video loop showing a piece of paper with a message written on it - the handwriting is actually Steph's, to those who know it. The continued glitching obscures different bits of the text, but by watching the video for a while, it's possible to make out the whole message.]

My name is Kesara Freamon. Some of you know me. I discovered the northeastern tunnel, Hsiaoke Pass. I need to tell you about the Prophet.

Quark and me saw the Phophet at the school and they pointed us east. Samantha Stevens also spoke to us there and told us to find the tunnel. Quark will tell you it's true. Samantha's ghost also gave me a card with an application that has an eye symbol. It does a few things. When it's on, the anomalies are scared of it. They cower when I hold up my tablet. It also makes the eye symbols on the walls glow. I found a house in the Pass with a doll it in, that turns into this floating eye symbol when I film it with the app on.

I have a plan. I want to try to activate all the eye symbols at once, the same way using all the keys at once opened the lake tunnel. Winter says she can make some copies of the app, but it might not be enough. I need another way to make copies and I need people to go to the houses with the symbols in them.

I know some folk won't agree to this. They'll say that they don't do as I say, or don't trust others to work with them. I am very tired of arguing and I am through with it. You all know time is running out. If you want to help then stop all that foolishness and work with me. If not then stay out of the way.




[A video again, with a different message on a different paper.]

I met the Prophet again last night, in the house that I think belonged to a teacher. They appeared when I mentioned Samantha's name. They gave me this.

[Attached is a photo of the eye tattoo on Kesara's hand.]





[This time Kesara speaks - slowly, deliberately, almost as though she's reading out a message, although in reality she's reciting a prepared one from memory. The static interrupts, but she repeats the same few sentences five times, beginning to end, so it is again possible to piece it together. It is as follows:]

I need to speak to you all, too. It's about how people here keep fighting. I want to stop it. I have a plan. Frisk knows. We need to meet. Let's all meet. We need to talk about secrets.

Comments

@hotstud_xxx; text

[rubikscomplex]

[Okay, so House has been generally keeping quiet around Kesara, but if she's being 'let's work together,' then he wants to take advantage of that.]

i've got a copycat program
you wanna copy your eye program and send it back
we're in the tunnels still
heading out to get food
but we'll be back

voice

[heavensreader]

That's one more copy. It'll help.

[Serious as anything, no games.]

You want to solve the mystery, right, Dr. House?

@duster, audio; private

[bywolves]

They gave you that. What does that mean?

voice; private

[heavensreader]

I went to the teacher's house - I thought there might be a ghost there. Maybe there w[static] wouldn't talk to me. But when I said I needed help everything went dark and the Prophet appeared, right there on the desk. And then it just... appeared, on my hand.

[She is a little unnerved - possibly very unnerved, but she's trying to look at it as an achievement.]

Not here

[darkincrement]

[ Thanks for confirming that the prophet might have a soft spot to kiddies. ]

@godsend, text

[termineur]

I agree, we don't have time to double-check any theories. Unfortunately.

When I was in Building 33, I asked if anyone was there, and something said 'east' as well. Maybe this was what it was talking about?

We're probably headed the wrong way. We're going towards the hospital. But if you need help with this, let us know- me and @spliceoflife.

voice;

[heavensreader]

33 on Dr. House's map? I haven't been there yet, I'll go and see! Thank you.

[Another delay from returning to her pass... but she needs all pieces of the puzzle.]

There are houses in the tunnels that have eyes, and downtown, too, if you go there. You can look in Miss Natasha's file. They're all over town.

@hotstud_xxx; text

[rubikscomplex]

that's shelley derricks' house
one of the data ghosts that possessed quark a few months ago
we got the same message listening to the walls and humming the tune i heard in the retirement home
everything is east
it's the only viable passage we've found

@caitsith; video

[catricide]

How interesting. It is quite plain these symbols mean something, and are of importance. I think your plan to activate them all at once could spell for us eitherrr something valuable, or our ruin.

I like myself a game of chance, perrrsonally. If there is anything I can help with, I will be glad to do so.

voice;

[heavensreader]

We're already going to be ruined. I'm not afraid of taking chances! You're the owner of the chocobo, aren't you, sir?

not here;

[mrcreamsicles]

[If there's one thing that sucks about death, it's literally everything, but right now it's especially the part where he can't use words. After the urging of the static shadows the other day, it's hard not to wonder what all this Prophet nonsense is about. Prophet of what? Prophet for what cause? And now there's some weird ghost involved, and the whole eye thing Winter was flipping her shit about, and he can't ask a single thing about it. Not unless he wants to play doodled guessing games with a literal child, and that sounds massively tedious at best.]

[At least he can observe what other people say.]

@donner; audio

[imgonnatouchit]

[Oh, right, Kesara! Hange was supposed to message her, but... got a little distracted. With monsters and digging. Oh well, she's here now (or at least a video from her tablet is). What better time to chat?]

Hello there! This is Hange Zoe. I'm part of the team clearing rubble at the end of your tunnels. Zell told me to contact you, but I've been a bit busy.

We found quite a few more of those eye symbols in the apartments here. So those symbols belong to the prophet? [But it seems that, unlike the religious leaders in Hange's world, this one actually does something! Eyyyyy-] Once you find a way to duplicate that program, I'd love to have a copy. I can also give you the locations of the other eyes we found, if you like. I have videos, too! Compiling a list of all the eyes in the town would be a good first step to this project, I think- but you probably already knew that.

video;

[heavensreader]

[Now that is the kind of response Kesara was hoping for. It's not quite enough to break her serious facade with a smile, but her eyes brighten with interest and gratitude.]

Thank you, that would help very much! I'll give everyone who wants a copy when I have enough, but if you give me the locations, I'll give you one first. You're with House, aren't you? He has a program that can help.

[She's giving away a privilege, but if Hange is in the tunnels then they're best positioned to use the app... and she's done playing her power games. They've done no one any good. She's only an explorer now, not a spy.]

I don't know if they belong to the Prophet, but they're connected. They have to be. After all it was Miss Samantha who gave me the card.

Morning 161, @Kid, voice

[equal_shots]

[Kid inadvertently flips on the tablet in the middle of a coughing fit, but he still wants to talk with Kesara about her plan. When he stops, he clears his throat before talking.]

--Ah, excuse me. [The glitching unnerves him, the way it did when it first began.]

I would like to help you, if I am able. I assisted with unlocking the doors simultaneously as well, and it proved to be a worthwhile endeavor.

video;

[heavensreader]

Thank you, Kid, I know I can count on you.

[He's made a deeply positive impression on her in their conversations, which is why for him, she also breaks from business for a moment to ask, cautious:] Are, are you quite well?

@totheark; text

[0thingsonmymind]

doyou kno wif
eye app li cat ion
does any thing with
dup li cated eyes
?

if we draw





iwantto know what
hap pens
if iwe get
eye app
ican test

Voice; sorry it's late, had to wait for mod confirmation on request!

[heavensreader]

It made the one Steph drew glow. [She's still very surprised by this.] She just drew it on a piece of paper and it worked... what could it mean?

[private] @zd; video

[swatsflies]

[ Zell can feel his stomach drop when she shares the mark. He miiiight need to have some words with spook teacher or spook kid for making Kesara. Tattoos are cool, but putting something on Kesara that could have people believing she's the prophet is not really so cool. ]

Whoa. At the house with all those graded papers? [ He's been there before. Might have to see if they could check it out later on. ] Need a list of locations for the downtown eyes?

video; private

[heavensreader]

Yes, that's the one. [She pauses for a moment, chewing on her lower lip. She can trust Zell, can't she? She knows she can trust Zell. And it's past time to act on trust.]

There's something wrong with them, did you see? I asked Alexander to read some of them for me, from the ones that have the smiling faces on them, and some of them have mistakes that even I could tell. The teacher just gave them all good marks for no reason. It's wrong.

@spectreone, video

[dumed]

You got a list of these houses with eyes? I'm willing to do anything that helps, but I still don't have a clue what's going on around here and I haven't come across anything like that yet.

video;

[heavensreader]

Miss Natasha noted all the ones we know of in her compilation. It's really terribly useful. But anyway none of us know what's going on around here and that is why we need to try as many things as we can.

@username; audio; private

[advanced]

[He can't really do text at the moment, he's missing an arm which means his only free arm is holding the tablet. Not ideal, but he'll deal with it because this is potentially important. His voice is low, slightly slurred.]

I'll do it. If you can get me a copy of the app.

[He wants to do something to help, is desperate to after Watson, and this is ideal. He can help without having to be near or put anyone else in danger.]

audio; private; in which a smol builds castles on false assumptions

[heavensreader]

[She balks slightly at this. Mr. Username, her mysterious teacher... what could his business with this be? It could be the obvious, but then...

It's the slightly off-colour tone of his voice that tips over her indecision, though not in the way he aims for probably. He wouldn't send such an important message at less than his best; hence, he must be faking.]

I need a way to duplicate it. When I have one I'll talk to you.

[A neutral response. When she has one she'll think again.]

@majesty; audio

[empireofrats]

Everyone is an adult, and adults always fight. It's really hard to stop them, and sometimes you get hurt trying.

voice; private

[heavensreader]

[Kesara's voice is dark and dry.] I got hurt already, and so did a lot of others. If we are going to be frightened of that then we should at least find a good bed to stay under forever.