[network] @beyonce | night 392 | audio | Check on It [open]

[thewarningafter]

[As usual, Stephen doesn't show his face on the network. He sounds tired, but that isn't new, either.]

Good evening, Norfinbury.

As most of you will recall, two months ago we were able to contact the...remnants of the former residents of Norfinbury and of the people subjected to former sessions. We discovered that they had become a kind of digital hive mind; they were interested in helping us, though they were limited in the ways in which they could interact with us. Since then, particularly since we located Andromeda's body, the town has been going quiet--you may have noticed the feeling of emptiness in many of the houses, particularly those that formerly may have seemed to be haunted.

I propose that we attempt contact again. It's possible that the data ghosts are...dead...but if there's still some remnant of them residing in the recesses of the network I'd like to re-establish that contact, ask their advice, ask whether they have any additional assistance they can offer us at this time...and ask whether they have any final wishes we can still carry out on their behalf.

The seance will take place in three nights' time, on the evening of day three hundred and ninety-five. I have...some experience in spiritual matters, and can provide guidance for anyone who is unsure how to open themselves to that form of communication. Those who volunteer should be aware that the process was...unpleasant for some of us. You may have an out of body experience or undergo an upsetting vision. Those who participated before can share more details if you are concerned, but as far as I'm aware no one was injured in the last attempt.

...And thank you, in advance.

[The OOC post can be found here.]

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[thewarningafter]

It may. Several things have changed since the last time we contacted them. It could very well be that they're gone; that our actions have already put an end to their suffering...but I'd like to know for sure as well.

[warriorscribe]

[He should be relieved at the possibility that someone has found an end to the suffering here. But it unnerves him for reasons he can't quite name.]

I don't know what I'm hoping to find. It's strange.

[thewarningafter]

Think of questions. Anything you think they could answer, anything you think they might want to hear from you. I'm trying not to hope, myself...I just want to know one way or the other.

[warriorscribe]

If they are still there, and they can speak with us again, I think I want to ask them if any of them want to be saved, if we can find a way to do so. They deserve to have that choice, even if it isn't one they would have had without all of this..

[thewarningafter]

Yeah. Yeah, I don't want to ignore the possibility that we can help them in return. One...one way or the other.

[It had sounded to him the last time like they were all ready to rest in peace....]