[network] @guardian; day 367; text [open]

[phaseshifter]

[ Soon after this happens mid-morning, a text appears on the network. Gotta clear up any confusion as soon as possible! Even if Angel herself isn't in the talkiest of moods. ]

Hey, um, me again with more app-related updates
Did everyone get the galaxy key thing on their tablets just before? Or was distribution limited to the people I'm with??
I assume everyone got it, it'd seem kinda dumb for people *not* to, but. Norfinbury, am I right? :V
Anyway, that seems to be the end result of decrypting the file left by Andromeda, so
I'm assuming it'll unlock the bunker. Probably. I hope.
Anyone who heads out that way to check: PLEASE be careful!! For all we know that could be where Miller is hiding. Or it could contain unstable equipment or volatile chemicals or
idk spiders??
My point being stay safe! And keep everyone informed of what you find ♥

Comments

@ASolomons; audio

[devoutish]

We got it here, yeah.

Some sort of plan for this should be developed, don't you think? Coordination.

[phaseshifter]

I suppose. I just kinda get the heebie-jeebies whenever I try to organise things on a scale larger than my own travelling group, what with. All the bad things that tend to happen when I do.

[ SHE'S CURSED, ALFALFIE ]

...That said, Rhys might still be in the right area to check it out? Witchy Rhys, I mean.

[devoutish]

Is he traveling on his own?

[phaseshifter]

I think so. Unnnnfortunately.

@PetertheGreat, audio

[zunesareawesome]

Yo. We're pretty close to the place with that creepy coffin room, so we're gonna check it out and see if we can get in.

The Guardians of the Galaxy don't work for free, though.

audio;

[phaseshifter]

[ They don't work for free? What would that m-- ]

 

 

 

 

Peter, is that your way of telling me that you're in need of another recharge.

[zunesareawesome]

No...

...yes. [He needs one so bad, help!]

But also we really don't work for free so, people need to pay up if we're doing this service for everybody.

[phaseshifter]

You don't think potentially saving your own lives counts as payment? When using other peoples' efforts as a springboard to start with? It isn't a service if you benefit too, dude.

@zd; text

[swatsflies]

Spiders. It'll always be spiders.
Also maybe a skeleton or two.
Man I hope the cult shit is done with after the bunker.
I don't know if they ever got that far.

[ Since it's pretty locked tight. ]

[phaseshifter]

Dude I swear to frick that if this just unleashes a tidal wave of spiders on the town I'm going to find a table for the sole purpose of flipping it :||||
I gotta agree about the cult stuff, though. Hopefully they never made it in?
I mean, it took a buttload of non-cult-affiliated peoples' apps to get the key, so
that's a good sign, right??

[swatsflies]

Maybe we can use them.
Flip the table on them and we can go spider surfing.

[ It's what Steph would want them to do. ]

Yeah they seem pretty
idk
gone.
I mean just look at what they've done to the town alone
Without seeing the weird freaky shit we got from the Church

Anything you're hoping we find on the other side?

[phaseshifter]

Well, now you've *kinda* got me hoping we find spider surfing equipment :IIIIII

[ She can't help but think of Steph too, because. Yeah. YEAH. ]

I'd also accept a sauna. A spa? A secret private beach???
Or some sweet undemolished technology for me and Rhys to slobber over. THAT would potentially be the jackpot prize!

@hexappeal, text

[sleight_of_fate]

I'm about a day from the bunker, really close. I don't want to do anything stupid, though. I can just try the door, then back off and wait for backup if someone wants to catch up?

There's a good chance that if there's machinery or anything else complicated in there it will take a group effort to figure it out anyway, I'm just checking the door to save people the trip if it's still not opening yet.

[He doesn't mind a little risk but he really doesn't want to get stabbed again.]

[phaseshifter]

Yessssss!! ♥
Our group is a couple of days off, so if no one else is closer we can be your backup? Maybe??
Iunno, whatever. I trust you to be careful when attempting this more than most people, honestly
I mean you have experience of how nasty some of the defenses here can get, sooooo :|||||

[sleight_of_fate]

You know I'd be happy to see you. =)

I have a lot of bad luck with this place. A lot like home, heh. I need a better career. I'm kind of tired of getting wrecked, so I'm going to play it safe for a while. Hopefully.

But it looks like I'm in the right place at the right time so I'll see what I can do as the advance scout. Then go from there?

[phaseshifter]

Uh-huh. And Rhys, right?? :P

[ HUES ]

And don't push too hard if your wounds are still healing, okay
I know I'm preaching to the converted, here, but advance scout =/= sacrificial lamb and/or meat shield!!
So yes playing it safe sounds like the best plan :U

[action]

[bookofnope]

[Being the polite vampire he is, Beckett gives Angel room to type, and waits to read the message on his own tablet. It's all as expected, except something about the little heart she adds at the end tugs at him. He goes back to the video of Andromeda's last moments, mutes the tablet to rewatch it.

Then he comes closer to lay a hand on Angel's shoulder.]

Whatever is left of her here, I imagine she's pleased.

[phaseshifter]

[ Distracted as she is by Stuff and Things, Angel jumps slightly in response to the shoulder-touch. She's been a little preoccupied and spacey since the previous evening, but it's easy enough to put it down to the general stress of the last few days.

As opposed to the actual reason, which she obviously isn't telling anyone about because durr duh she's Angel durrrrrrhhhhh. ]

You think so? Iunno if I should even be hoping that there is anything left of her. Or of Winter, either. It feels a little selfish.

[ She tilts her head to rest her cheek on his hand. SAffectionate gestures always help, at least a little. ]

[bookofnope]

[He was expecting as much, as he doesn't move, except to shift his fingers a little because he always likes to run them in her hair a bit. Secret softie, etc.]

Selfish, of all things? [He shrugs.] Even if it is, I don't care. You're trying to save them. Selfish altruism is the most common form, really.

@beyonce | audio

[thewarningafter]

...Fill me in; where did this come from?

[phaseshifter]

From - from Andromeda. Ginger and her friends found the body, and downloaded a heavily-encrypted file from her. It wasn't just me who decrypted it - Rhys, Quark, and Jim did the bulk of it. Memory problems?

[thewarningafter]

Damn.

[A confirmed death, then. He probably found that out days ago and forgot it again within minutes.]

Death price; I wasn't forming new memories until this morning. I get the feeling I missed a hell of a lot.

@funyarinpa | text

[fiftheclipse]

We better not all have it because we need to be in the same place to make it work.

I've got a door I can try tonight. If the network doesn't go and shut down again, I'll let you know how that turns out.

[phaseshifter]

Don't jinx it!!
Although I suppose if we could rely on *anywhere* to protect us from mass anomaly attack, it'd be the reinforced bunker :TTT So even if that happens, it could be worse!
Probably.
Unless *I* just jinxed it.

Where's the one you're trying?

>private

[fiftheclipse]

Watch when we get it open and there's even more anomalies on the other side.

[... But he should probably answer that, huh? He'll switch over to private, then.]

You can cross 68 off as covered. Don't share that, though, alright? Last time I told you where I was, it didn't go so well.