[network] @jwatson; video [Morning 383] [open/semi-open] [shadownet]

[jumpthegun]

((OOC: The first and third parts of the message is OPEN. The second part is SEMI-CLOSED to anyone with access to the Shadownet - a text only app created by Winter. It works within the Bunker. Please see this post about Shadownet distribution.

John's death price is that he can't interact with anyone. He won't see/hear messages, so he won't be responding to anything.))

Part 1 - OTA
[John wakes with a start inside his body bag. There's a momentary sense of absolute panic as he claws his way out of it, and gets off the slab he's been lying on. It's a moment to get his bearings and realize that he's in the hospital morgue. That's... not as bad as it could be. And he's fairly certain all of his memories are intact. At least one of the most important ones. John goes for his tablet first.

It doesn't even occur to him that Mary's been silent since he woke up. He can occasionally see her standing off to one side, but other than that, he's focused on the present, not the past. John double-checks the network, but there don't appear to be any new posts. Good. That means he's probably woken up the morning after being killed. As far as inconvenience goes, that's a minor one.]

Everyone, this is Dr. John Watson. Please listen closely. Rhys is in severe danger. His last known location was Building 317 on Dr. House's map. Please, if you're anywhere near there, go and check on him. He was injured during a fight a few days ago and Mr. Beckett attempted to kill him last night. I tried to stop him, but was killed in the fight. I don't know if Beckett succeeded. If Rhys is dead, Beckett may be a danger to others, particularly Enoch. Please watch out for him and please someone check on Rhys and Enoch, physically, if you're able to do so.

[He sends that out and waits for replies. And waits. John gathers his things and leaves the morgue, heading upstairs. When there still isn't a reply, he decides that maybe everyone has... somehow headed to the bunker.

'Or there's something wrong with the network,' Mary suggests. It's the first time she's spoken since John had woken up, and he glances over at her with a furrowed brow before switching on the Shadownet.]

Part 2 (half an hour later) - Shadownet Access Only
Hello? Is anyone there? This is John. There's been a serious incident. Beckett attacked Rhys last night. I died while trying to defend him. Rhys may still be alive and Enoch may be in danger. Please, could someone respond?

[Another half hour goes by as John begins walking. And then another. It's two hours later before he switches over to the regular network again. Mary's close to him now, fingers laced with his free hand.]

Part 3 - OTA
Please, I don't know what's going on, but this is Dr. John Watson. I'm heading toward Residential Zone 3. If anyone can see this message, please respond. [He looks to the side as Mary speaks up, the woman only in his own mind.

'John, I don't know there's anyone there.'

But they have to be there. The whole bloody town can't disappear overnight.

'Why not?' Mary asks.

It's a simple question, but it's absolutely chilling.]

Sherlock? Please, answer me. Alfie? Royce? Bucky? England? Stephen? Tess? Kunsel?

Anyone?

Comments

[ninjainviolet]

[ Sheena's just going to be silent for a LOOOONG time while she thinks on this. So long that he may think she's disconnected--until another idea hits her. ]

What if we're the ones charging them?

[jumpthegun]

[What?]

I don't... follow?

[ninjainviolet]

[ She's done it again, hasn't she? ]

Well, not us, exactly. But the nanites inside us? I mean, they're machines, right? What if they're sharing their power with the tablets?

[jumpthegun]

Mm... I don't think... I mean I think the nanomachines are what's charged wirelessly. At least that's the impression I got for those emergency repairs we did.

[ninjainviolet]

Well, yeah, that's true. If I remember right, they're meant to keep us healthy, so why can't they share their power with us while still being charged? Kind of like getting an electric shock?

If there are so many of them, wouldn't all those shocks add up?

[ Sorry, John. Good thing you're patient with her silly questions. ]

[jumpthegun]

[John has absolutely no idea if this is actually feasible.]

I don't... know? I mean, we're not robots. [Probably.] Humans get their energy, their charge, from a different process than electricity. I guess... maybe they might be contributing to the tablet charge?

[ninjainviolet]

No, I know we're not robots. But what if the nanites are collecting those sparks somehow, and they pass the power through us to the tablets?

[ She pauses. ]

I mean, no one else can use our tablets, so maybe there's some kind of signature there that they respond to?

[jumpthegun]

That's biometrics, Sheena. Like... biological and chemical, not so much electrical. [He's really trying to understand what she's getting at, but isn't entirely grasping it.]

[ninjainviolet]

Oh. [ A beat as she thinks. ] For a moment, I thought it sounded like the ECs we use at home. They use what are called ExSpheres to take in mana from the atmosphere and then ejects it back out into the air to make the ECs move.

I was thinking that the nanites were like the 'Spheres collecting the electricity in the air and using us to push it into the tablets.

[ She sighs. ]

I know--it's a stupid idea. Forget I mentioned it.

[jumpthegun]

It's not stupid, I just... Sorry. What you have in your world, I've never heard of anything like it. This might just be getting lost in translation. Sorry.

[ninjainviolet]

[ She shakes her head. ]

Thanks for saying that, but it's stupid.

[ He may understand her thinking if he knows the prime ingredient for ExSpheres is a human. ]

But what haven't you heard about? Mana?

[jumpthegun]

Mana, ExSpheres... I don't have any idea what either of those are. They sound like they're out of, um... like one of those anime things. It's Japanese cartoons. That's a country where I'm from.