So Familiar a Gleam: Diagnet!

[voidtreckermods]

This post are for network posts using the phones that all citizens of Diagad own. The phone connects to the internet- which is mostly full of the latest heroics of the city, warnings from the government and plenty of cat videos.

There is a popular forum space for the city where people can post in text, video or voice notes. There is also a phone book that lists everyone in the city for direct messaging.

Comments

@Gabriel Agreste, Day 5

[motherofresistance]

Hello. Just a quick question, but does the term 'Nautilus' mean anything to you? Aside from the sea creature.

Re: @Gabriel Agreste, Day 5

[papaillon]

[He had a choice to make, but in this case... honesty behooved him. Getting caught in a lie would make people question other aspects of his life. So even had there been a perceived benefit to a lie, without a plan to protect it, truth was clearly the best option.]

[But of course... said truth needed to be couched. Shaped. He needed to respond in a way that did not make him seem weak or less.]

"Ah, I had not realized that you were here as well. The answer is of course, yes. Whatever this Storm is, it is breaking oddly. And as it is interfering with my work, I would rather it simply end. Will you be in tomorrow for Adrien's lessons as usual?"

Re: @Gabriel Agreste, Day 5

[motherofresistance]

[Well at least he remembers her; that saves her a good deal of explaining.]

Unfortunately, we're no longer in Nautilus, and this is no storm. Long story short, we- and a great many others- have been captured by a dangerous entity capable of both creating highly realistic illusions and affecting people's minds. Just to tell you how realistic, near as we've been able to surmise, everything we see around us right now aside from the people is an illusion. Most likely including the devices we're speaking on right now.

Re: @Gabriel Agreste, Day 5

[papaillon]

"I am getting rather irritated with entities kidnapping us as if we were playthings. Supposedly we have heroes in this world, the last, and at home, why are they not doing the job they claim?"

Re: @Gabriel Agreste, Day 5

[motherofresistance]

In both cases, because no one- hero or otherwise- is capable of preparing to defend against something that's completely outside the context of their reality. The entity that brought us all here seems to be outside the context of most realities, and- unlike Nautilus- unfortunately seems to actually be malevolent. It's been the cause of several disasters, including two that nearly wiped out entire populations.

Re: @Gabriel Agreste, Day 5

[papaillon]

"And what is it that it wants of us? Can we not just give it that so we can return home and to our lives?"

Re: @Gabriel Agreste, Day 5

[motherofresistance]

That may be difficult, since I suspect that what it wants is us. Maybe not us specifically, but people to populate its illusory city.

What we need to figure out is why. Though that's likely to be easier said than done.

Re: @Gabriel Agreste, Day 5

[papaillon]

"There are plenty of people who would love the adventure of living on some other world, it could take them and let us get on with our lives!"