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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.
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[personal profile] nemophila 2013-04-21 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Excuse you astrology was totally cool and not pointless at all oh man Horoscopes this was his JAM man]

Leo and Aquarius have some of the worst compatibility with Scorpio-- but as for Taurus, that's usually nebulous... they're exact opposites, but sometimes it's argued that it makes them an ideal match. That's probably what you were thinking of, and why those people had problems last time.

On the other hand, Scorpios are usually seen to conflict with Aries and Gemini as well, if it's a romantic relationship we're talking about.

For Taurus, they have just as bad of a compatibility with Leo and Aquarius as Scorpio does, but a Taurus getting along with a Libra is arguably even more difficult, due to their typically instinctual and intellectual sides respectively.

Perhaps it's following the same pattern because of elemental dominance in the signs? Leo, Taurus, Scorpio and Aquarius are usually viewed as the strongest representation of Fire, Earth, Water and Air signs. Though it doesn't make much sense for Taurus to come next if Scorpio was what happened last time, since Sagittarius should've come after.
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[personal profile] nemophila 2013-04-21 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Haha whoops did he come on too strong--]

I read and researched this sort of thing back home a lot. It was one of my favorite things to read about, but only a few of my materials made it here with me, I'm afraid.

That's right; Leo and Aquarius are opposites, while Scorpio and Taurus are opposites too. Leo and Aquarius oddly enough, are usually seen as being good matches, while Scorpio and Taurus are more varied in whether they're a good match or not. Some people think the opposite traits of each sign balance each other out though, just like Leo and Aquarius.
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[personal profile] belfire 2013-04-21 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
wow you're like astrology detective - crackin' the cases on zodiacs and misconceptions of relationships between this and that sign.

but srsly, that's kinda troubling. so like anyone could flip out and go crazy? well i mean taurus ppl are obvs gonna be the main flippers, but everyone else = ????
trollsdragons: (Oh! How peculiar.)

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[personal profile] trollsdragons 2013-04-22 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Have one chin-scratching Xellos, Atsuro.]

Well then. This world gets stranger and stranger every day, it seems. Is there any known source for these changes and creatures?
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[personal profile] nemophila 2013-04-22 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'd be more than happy to be your source for astrological information in the future, if you may need it. For the uninitiated, it may be a bit tedious.

Not entirely, but it does make sense, if that's indeed why the others were acting strange during the last situation.
In the end I suppose we could all be entirely wrong and be forced to start from square one again, but science never got anywhere assuming you would fail.

And cosmic entities usually take delicate care choosing their victims.
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-04-22 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Miyako find this post far more informative than the government's notice, and taking her own notes on this. Astrology is one of the few things she never took too seriously. And the star associations would simply remind her of a certain someone.

After she's done writing some quick notes, Miyako reply to the post.

If Atsuro ever met a certain Hotsuin, this person resembles him to an almost frightening degree. Only her voice and feminine features denote her gender.
]

How difficult would you consider the monster to be, if one appears?

[If it's tough, it potentially means dealing with it while watching out for affected people.]
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[personal profile] nemophila 2013-04-22 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
True-- predicting something like this I feel would require much more trial and error, but I'm not sure we have the resources to spare a few extra zodiac incidents.
Although I can safely predict that it's going to be a hard job either way, so at least we can be sure of that.

Perhaps it's better to forget our current preconceptions about what happened during the last incident, and watch this one with a fresh perspective? Whatever might happen may just be completely nonsensical.
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[personal profile] belfire 2013-04-22 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
nice to know you're focused on the important things, astrology detective.

maybe you should take over the horoscope column in the teen beat magazine.
echo_of_a_jedi: (everyone on this ship is an asshole)

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[personal profile] echo_of_a_jedi 2013-04-22 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I was about to say, if there's a different "main" sign being affected, wouldn't the secondary problems hit a different set of people, too?
all_wound_up: (no no no no)

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[personal profile] all_wound_up 2013-04-22 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no, not again... last time was so scary!
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[personal profile] all_wound_up 2013-04-23 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
But I can help this time! I've been practicing with my Personas, and I got a new one that isn't creepy like that laughing bunny rabbit Igor-san gave me before!
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-04-23 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[For a brief moment, Miyako almost consider responding back with her perfected Yamato voice. But for the sake of gaining information, she resist the urge.

After a brief moment to clarify.
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Miyako Hotsuin. I'm his sister.

[After a moment to allow him to digest that, she continues.]

"Hard"? As in it's easy to die against them?
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[personal profile] all_wound_up 2013-04-23 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'll do my best. I need to try to be strong for my friends.

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