otakuro: (Grim)
Atsuro Kihara ([personal profile] otakuro) wrote in [community profile] compnetwork2013-04-21 03:40 pm

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[VINDICATION YES WEEKS OF WASTING HOURS READING ABOUT THE MOST POINTLESS CRAP HE'S EVER HAD TO STUDY COME TO FRUITION PRAISE THE GODS HE HAD BETTER GET SOME KIND OF MEDAL WHEN THIS WAS DONE

No wait this was a bad thing ahem yes very bad the proper thing to do in this case was to maintain a certain air of decorum and er grave sincerity yes grave.  ...Atsuro can't help grinning slightly anyway as the COMP feed flickers on.]


Look sharp, guys.  Those of you who were around back in October know what this means.  For everyone else...  The news broadcast probably could have stood to be a little more informative.

Let's do a quick recap.  Back in October, about a week before the 23rd, we started noticing that a few of us were acting a little strange.  This escalated over the next few days until some of us were brainwashed into trying to attack people and some of us were brainwashed into being terrified of everything that moved.  And, uh... sometime during all this, all of these giant scorpions started falling from the sky or something; I don't know.  It was probably a totally related natural progression.  Anyway, on the 23rd itself, a really huge scorpion monster appeared, and a few of us had to beat it off.  We compared notes afterwards and realized that the behavioral changes all had to do with what star sign you had.  If you have no idea what that is, just hold on a sec.  The important thing is that the ones who were attacking had the sign of Scorpio and the ones who were frightened were Leos, Taurii, and Aquarius...es...ii.

I know a lot of you aren't from Earth, or if you are from Earth, you're not from the right time period to even have Scorpius or Taurus as constellations anymore.  I can do a quick explanation of astrology if you want, but it's really a lot of trouble for something that's pretty much meaningless for you - It has to do with what day of the year you were born in, and which imaginary pictures formed by stars in the sky were closest to the sun then.  There are 12 of them, and each one is supposed to mean different things about your personality and the people you'll fall in love with or something.  ...Try not to think about it too much.  You can just take a look at the little ID cards you get when you come to the city and your completely arbitrary sign should be listed there.

Anyway, we're already off schedule.  The 21st - that's today - is the first day we're supposed to be under the sign of Taurus.  If a monster appears, it's probably not going to happen for a few days so it looks like the government is trying to quarantine everyone before it does.

The one thing is... I don't want to undermine our great government or anything, but I don't think their predictions are right.  Scorpios were the main targets last time because the sun was swinging into that area of the night sky; Leos, Aquariuses, and Taurii were affected because of something to do with the relationship between the signs. I never could find any consistent information or an exact chart or anything, but I don't think it's just going to be the same people as six months ago.  We'll be able to gather more data after this round, but I think everyone should be on guard for emotional changes, regardless of what your sign is.

...Also be on guard for giant bulls, because that's really not going to be fun at all.
belfire: (well nimrod)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-01 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
they're monster bulls for a reason!!! they may be abominations and have thumbs!!1
blitzkriegzwei: (peeved 2)

[personal profile] blitzkriegzwei 2013-05-01 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I think "every week" is a bit of an exaggeration.

This is true... but can we really just wait for the damages to subside? I don't know if a quarantine will be enough. We may be in for a rough ride again.
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] This reality like)

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-05-05 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
...

I wonder if it has anything to do with that alternate world theory? I mean, there have been a few people here who are almost the same person before, right?

[It's mostly thoughtful musing to himself...]
trollsdragons: (Oh damn you all)

[personal profile] trollsdragons 2013-05-05 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose that's a distinct possibility - but we would need to get outside of it to really know for certain.
nemophila: (2)

[personal profile] nemophila 2013-05-05 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
[He's curious as to where Atsuro was going with that, but-- seems he probably wasn't gonna get anything out of that for now at least.]

Glad to help; now, and in the future, if you need it. Research like this is probably what I'm best at.

My name's Jun Kurosu. Sorry, I'm not very good with pleasantries.
belfire: (whatever!)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-05 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
they cant make mochi without thumbs duh
blitzkriegzwei: (Sadface)

[personal profile] blitzkriegzwei 2013-05-06 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
It sounds to me like we're in for a fight, no matter what. Even if we had a way to control the people who were affected, we'd still have no way to control the appearance of monsters.
belfire: (AH HAH!)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-07 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
but they walk on hooves! itd be all gross and so unhygienic!!!
bondsofsuffering: ([Soft] a never-ending nightmare.)

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-05-07 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry-- I guess it's force of habit to keep calling it that.

Do you know if there's a specific number of worlds like yours represented here? Ones that could have come from the same branch.
capitalbackup: (Default)

[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-05-09 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
If they want to kill us, they should use a more effective method than mind control. No matter how powerful it is, they're working with the risk of their targets breaking free.

However, they wouldn't dirty their hands and leave behind evidence we could use.

[Because it can easily allow them to trace them back.]

They would most likely have another motive behind this.

[Ah...relying on people to keep herself in check. Miyako dislike the idea, but she can't deny the necessity.]
belfire: (ugh)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-09 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
u r gros ew
bondsofsuffering: ([Eat] final conclusion or…?)

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-05-09 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
A single different action leads to a completely different outcome, which leads to a whole other world...

It's probably not too much of a stretch to say that the worlds with matching abilities are all likely from the same root, even if they did end up far different. If just one decision could influence your world to that extent, then a large number of them could easily create a world that's hardly recognizable by comparison.
belfire: (=3=)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-09 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
because its full of misery and woe and because i cant get free ice cream anymore :\

once youre no longer cute no one wants to give you stuff anymore

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