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@lilmonix3 | text | day 309

[thesystemisdown]

hi
if this is actually real and anyone can see this
pls send some blankets+pants+coffee
tia

@guardian; text;

[phaseshifter]

Hello! Unfortunately, coffee and pants are in pretty short supply (as is a way to get them to new arrivals quickly and conveniently).
Blankets are a little easier, because the resident AI ghost is kinda fond of giving them out to people who are nice to her. Assuming I didn't just jinx that, anyway!

 

 

I swear none of that is me trying to troll you

[thesystemisdown]

oh
Well, that is
really inconvenient?
Not the part about the blankets, that sounds useful.
Pants would be really useful though because I only have a skirt right now and it's very cold outside.

Also can you tell me what you mean by AI ghost?

[phaseshifter]

Yeah. You kinda get used to everything being as inconvenient as possible around here. It goes with the territory - if it isn't the snow stopping you, it's the monsters, or the nonsensical outdated rules or the douchier residents.
You should read the guides to get yourself caught up on all that. They're really useful!
Not as useful as pants, though (I got here without shoes, and that was bad enough).

And the AI ghost is named Andromeda! We aren't entirely sure what happened to her yet? AI ghost is just the easiest way of describing her. She has no corporeal form (we think?) and might be dead?? Death is kinda weird here in the first place so who freaking knows

[thesystemisdown]

[There's a long pause before the next reply while Monika takes the time to read those guides. Eventually:]

huh
sorry, this is all kind of a lot to take in
I'm not sure how to feel about everything

[Even aside from the whole snowhell thing, she's going through an entirely separate moment of existentialism that's making things a little hard to cope with.]

[phaseshifter]

That's a common reaction!

[ Well. Aside from the whole bit-she-doesn't-know-about thing. But what newbie doesn't feel overwhelmed on arrival? ]

Try not to worry too much, at least for now.
Your priority should be to try and work out where you are! Then it'll be easier to figure out where to go or what to do from there.
You may even be able to find someone with spare pants!! Or find someone in general. Being alone here isn't really recommended.
(I'm Angel, by the way. Hi)

[thesystemisdown]

Yeah, I guess I'll do that. Having a goal is always good.
(especially if the goal involves not freezing your butt off!)

[She can deal with this. She definitely can. And if she can't, she can at least pretend she can. Everything is fine.]

Anyway, it's nice to meet you, Angel!
For given values of "nice" and "meet" at least.
I'm Monika.

@jwatson; text

[jumpthegun]

Can you tell us where you are? I'm afraid I don't have any extra trousers, but I do have a long coat, a kid's blanket, and a knitted sweater that we could maybe re-purpose that way.

[He's assuming this person means trousers and is just American... because asking for pants on the open network... In any case, he'll offer what he can.]

I'm also on my way to assist someone else, but if you're on the way, we can meet up. Or I can store the supplies I have in one of the houses for you to pick up. I'm John, by the way. Who are you?

[thesystemisdown]

[By now, she's calmed down from her initial confusion and moved on to faking as much confidence as she possibly can in this situation. Which isn't a lot.]

Hi, John. My name is Monika.
I think I'm in one of the buildings around the town square?
If you're anywhere nearby it would be super helpful if we could meet up

[jumpthegun]

We're actually in the hospital nearby, Monika. I'm looking to meet up with a patient, but helping them shouldn't take more than a day. I can head over to you with the supplies I have. How old are you? I might have a pair of snow boots for you, as well, if you're short on sensible shoes for the snow. They're sized for an adult, though.

[thesystemisdown]

Oh that would be really great! Thank you so much!
I'm 18 so adult sized shoes should fit assuming they're not like MASSIVE
But even then they'd probably be better than the shoes I've got now.
I'm really not dressed for the weather at all.

[jumpthegun]

I think they'll fit. And I don't suppose most of us came in dressed for this weather. Do you think you'll be able to move at all? just short bursts. I'd like to get to you as soon as possible, but it can be difficult to get downtown or out of downtown if the weather takes a turn for the worst.

Can you check if there are any sort of cloth in the building your in that you can use? You can rip up furniture or take down curtains here. Anything is fine. It's for survival, so don't feel like you have to worry about making a mess or stealing. Anything you can find, you can take.

[thesystemisdown]

I'll manage! My legs will get chilly but I can wrap them up in my jacket while I'm not moving. And maybe I'll find something useful in another building. All I've found in this one is books, which I would normally appreciate but they're not much use for me right now.

I'll start heading to the west toward the hospital, then. Where and when should we meet up?

@zd; text (Welcome back <3)

[swatsflies]

Yo! You can find coffee over in the entrance area south of the aquarium.
Sometimes it's warm!
And I'm real.
Maybe?
I definitely feel like I'm real.

(it's good to be back <3)

[thesystemisdown]

ooh thank you for the tip! I'll need to check that out.
Anyway yeah you're probably real
You're talking to me after all x3

[swatsflies]

Yeah I am :) Hi I'm Zell.
Oh there are burgers, fries, and chicken nuggets!
Hot food.
It's one of the best spots in town
There aren't any short cuts down to that area though :(
Or downtown.
Guess they really didn't want us getting to the good stuff.
I'm over in the new area.
It's cult town over here.

[thesystemisdown]

Hi Zell, I'm Monika!
Does it have vegetarian stuff? Worrying about my carbon footprint might not matter so much in a post-apocalyptic snowy wasteland but I'd still rather keep it up as much as I can.

so what's cult town like? Not a lot of burgers I assume.

[swatsflies]

Nice to meet you!:)
Do fries count? There's also ketchup.

[ Good source of your veggies \o/ ]

Not a lot of burgers.
Or anything really.
Creepy eyes and blood stains all over the place.

[thesystemisdown]

Fries definitely count
At least in this situation.
Good excuse to cheat on your diet I guess x3

And that sounds pretty bad.
I think I'll just stay away from all that stuff.

@dickcheese, text; i'm not late at all shh

[headjacked]

Heya hiya, I see the blanketcoffeepants thing has been covered pretty extensively. Good luck with that.

So. Unless you're secretly freaking out over there, you're taking this all pretty well.

SUPER LATE

[thesystemisdown]

Haha there is a reason why I'm sticking to text here! I know freaking out in a situation like this is entirely expected, but for some reason I still feel like it'd be embarrassing to show that.
Weird, huh?

UnU

[headjacked]

Oh. Wow. You really are green.

Don't be embarrassed about being embarrassing, it's gonna happen 1) a lot and 2) sooner rather than later. I'm all for getting it out early.

[thesystemisdown]

Of course, everyone does something embarrassing every now and then. And there's no point in trying to hide from that! In my experience, the more you try, the more you'll just end up worrying about letting others see you mess up. It's one of those nasty cycles.

All that said, I'd still rather not let everyone see me freaking out.

[headjacked]

I take back what I said about you being green.

I mean you still are as far as Snowcrap goes buuuuut you sound pretty smart. Maybe you won't die horribly here!



That wasn't some awful attempt at sarcasm, I'm seriously hoping you won't. Die. Horribly.

[thesystemisdown]

I hope so too! Though it seems dying isn't always permanent here, so maybe we should just be hoping that I don't die horribly and STAY dead.

By the way, my name is Monika. What's yours?