Un: Zodiac | Mid-Month Update

[kaisoumods]

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Libra App
WHEN: April 15th
WHAT: Zodiac Network Post
WARNINGS: None!

[We've reached the middle of April. By now, the folks who were trapped in their own personal dungeons have been rescued, and the peach has been recovered from Zodiac and destroyed. Undertown has gone back to normal, while Zodiac's been very quiet. The post begins like the previous one had, with notifications of peoples coming and goings]



Dante, Vergil, Nicholas, and Kara have joined the app. Say hi everyone!


Suzume and Diluc have left the app.

[The post then continues on as normal.]

Hello. Thank you for using the Libra App.

It's me again. Could you stop telling people I'm dead? I was just visiting my family out of state and I forgot to turn off the auto-post function, for crying out loud. Have none of you people ever heard of taking a vacation?

Anyway, I'm not sure what happened, but there's something going on with head honchos. They cancelled their big announcement and took the rest of the month off, citing that "they deeply regret their greed-filled actions and wish to take time to reflect". I was skeptical at first, but then they offered to increase everyone's pay and give us a better benefits package. There's even been talk of donating to charity, and not just for tax purposes. It's like all of board members had a change of heart.

Well, the surviving ones. Two of the board members died all of sudden. It was a pretty grisly way to go, black fluid started coming out of their eyes and then they keeled over. No one knows what happened, but it's got a lot of people freaked out. There's been sanitation crews and exorcisms all over the place.

Crap, I rambled. Anyway, Zodiac's going through some restructuring so if you don't hear from us for a bit that's why. And seriously you weirdos, stop saying I'm dead.


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[Well that was weird.

Anyway, Users will have the option to choose their own display names and user pics if they haven't already. If nothing is chosen, the app will use their real name and a quick photo taken of them from their camera's phone. Like always, there'll be no responses from Zodiac.

Note: Even if the event is over ICly, please feel free to continue backtagging the event logs for the month!]

Comments

voice (un: thorn)

[poisontippedcure]

Are you kidding me? The last two weeks, and that’s all you have to say?

Do you have any idea what we’ve been through?

[No Rose the intern doesn’t know.]

UN: hikari-vi

[whiteshroud]

The entire plan hinged on us using a realm that acted as a backdoor to Zodiac without their knowledge.

So...no, they probably don't have any idea.

un: silverrose

[fionnuisce]

color me shocked he lived. more shocked that zodiac gives vacation days, though

then again, sounds like they've had an abrupt course correction. guess the three ghosts are either very early or very late for christmas.

[Or: 'lol. lmao.']

text: UN: hotgoss

[bebest]

I'm waiting for the singing frogs dancing around Michael Caine at like, ANY second.

[fionnuisce]

we're nowhere near that lucky, we're probably stuck in a low-budget adaptation with bedsheet ghosts.

[bebest]

Ewww gross. Like the sort of thing you'd see on the Hallmark channel. Like, no real effort, just shoddy effects and some schmaltzy music to make it LOOK like they made an effort. That's EXACTLY the sort of vibe these guys give.

text · un: vinviv

[mehjin]

sometimes i can still hear their voice...

text; un: riftdancer

[thavnairian]

despite all attempts to the contrary i have been allowed to live yet another day and now i'm making it everyone else's problem

sorry about the guy who got the... too-close shave. it really was an accident. but since your leaders were threatening to hurt someone very dear to me i'm actually not that sorry

did you really have to shoot dushan though???? he only eats bad guys and pastries

[Amal is confessing crimes on the network again.]

un: deadpeopletea

[four_quarts]

Amal. Dearest friend of mine, who I love and respect. I need you to make at least some effort at hiding your crimes, lest I end up having to bail you out of prison when you finally admit them to someone who might actually do something about it.

[thavnairian]

[He pauses. Reads the post again.]

wait there's no mention of

ah

well i didn't admit to anything they're talking about. it's fine probably

[four_quarts]

Eventually probability is going to bite you in your money maker. You realize that, right?

[droptheious]

[Father, don't crave violence. ]

I don't think they actually know who did anything - pretty sure if they did they'd be looking for you.

[Or maybe they don't care. Who knows at this point. He can't really talk about admitting to Crimes Against Zodiac on the network after last month, so-]

I'm still sorry about Dushan.

[thavnairian]

[Sometimes you just have to stab a guy.]

nah i'm pretty sure they know it was me

who else is this good-looking and covered in tattoos?

[V isn't in the game yet.]

ah, no need. he's definitely okay, he's just having a nice vacation. in order to kill voidsent they have to be fully manifested on this plane or have their aether stolen, and he was only ever halfway here. that's why he has no legs!

i think.

voice; un: shadeshift

[sunforging]

Quit admittin' to shite they ain't proved you did, what's th' matter with ya?!

text; un: eunietheboss

[medicgunner]

HES DONE THIS SHIT MORE THAN ONCE???

voice;

[thavnairian]

I didn't admit to anything! Technically.

Besides, it's not like someone's head came off during a staff meeting.

[Amal is not helping.]

text; UN: darkSlayer

[kowase]

I take this means that not everything went...

...Smoothly.
As it could have gone.
What is more surprising is that they are giving their employees more wages while they went through an apparent tragedy.

[drewthetower]

if you want details I can get you those later

it was insane

there was a swan

[kowase]

I would be lying if I were to say I was not interested in the details.

And I suppose you would rather tell the story in person.

[ not giving details over the app, etc ]

text · un: vinviv

[mehjin]

complete shitshow you have no idea

[kowase]

I am guessing you had front row seats.

text: un: trienemybest

[droptheious]

[Hrm. He doesn't know how to feel about this. He's actively worked in Zodiac, so he knows only the higher-ups are to blame, but he heard NOTHING good about them while he was there. Also, they did actively threaten him and his boyfriend and made them abandon their home.

...But also Varian believes in redemption. Deeply and unshakingly. He needs to, in order to even find any kind of peace with himself and his own actions. He doesn't know how to feel about this. ]

I guess we'll see if they really mean all of that or not. Words don't mean anything, it's action I care about. Y'know, actually doing what they say they're gonna do.

I'm glad they decided to pay their staff better. Guess that's a start.

[Christ, does this mean he can leave the house now without being afraid for his life? He's been cooped up for like a month. He loves his new home, but he misses seeing Other Places. ]

[mehjin]

yeah least something good came out of this absolute clustermunch ig

[droptheious]

One tiny thing. I'm glad, most of them were decent people just struggling to get by. At least they might be able to afford a better life now.

Not Here

[not_a_possum]

[Oh. This is awkward. He'd kind of gone to the whole 'killing is the right way of handling this' conclusion because after the intern disappeared and then the guys at the top posted that all their employees were 'very much alive', well...he got a bit paranoid. And did a murder.

Well, he's not replying to this post, because he doesn't need the head honchos knowing that he's not dead so he'll just...quietly be glad the intern is alive. And not use the Libra app for a while.]