Video | un: calledtothewater

[findingways]

WHO: Moana and maybe you
WHERE: The network
WHEN: April 24
WHAT: Another person finding the strange app on her phone
WARNINGS: None that I can think of

Sooooo...what's up with this weird app? Because I definitely didn't download it.

It's not some malware is it? I just got a new phone and my dad will freak if I have to get it replaced.

...Again.

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video, un: Mariposa

[nonmagical]

[Mirabel gives a little wave.]

Hey Moana! They finally gave you the Libra app, huh?

[findingways]

Oh, Mirabel, hey! You're on here too?

[ It's still weird, but at least there's someone she knows. ]

I guess so. At least I didn't have it when I first got this phone a few days ago. But I've never heard of Libra. It's some kind of social media app?

And who's "they"?

un: Mariposa

[nonmagical]

Yep! I'm on here too.

"They" is Zodiac. They usually make some kind of post once a month.

[findingways]

Zodiac? That one big organization that's pretty much everywhere?

I didn't realize they were into the social media business too. Though I guess that makes sense, they gotta keep tabs on everything. [ Sarcasm. ] So is this app part of their research?

voice | un: blackbirdtarot

[drewthetower]

Blame Zodiac and welcome to the supernatural bullshit.

[findingways]

The Capitalists? The group who people say have their hands in just about everything? [ She'd heard about Zodiac doing some stuff regarding the Spirit Realm, but while she'd had her suspicions, she hadn't been able to really turn up anything about them before. ]

So what, are they putting these apps on our phones to keep tabs on us or something?

[drewthetower]

Yeah, those guys. They say the people who have this app--the ones from this Earth, anyway, because yeah we have people from other worlds here now--but the people with the app apparently have "abnormal energy readings".

[findingways]

"Abnormal energy readings"? Like our spirit power?

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they have a way to measure something like that. But the fact that they can find someone's phone to force the app onto it is kind of creepy.

[drewthetower]

Creepy but also very expected. I mean, some companies shove bloatware onto their phones. At least this is useful. Mostly.

[findingways]

I suppose that's true. Though I'm guessing we still wouldn't be able to contact them directly even with this app.

[ Because that would be too easy. ]

So what do they want with us?

[drewthetower]

They want us to go into the Spirit Realm and poke around and get them shit. I don't know how many of the locals do that anymore, honestly. The people not from Earth might still, if they can't find another job.

[findingways]

Wait...they want us to go into the Spirit Realm?

[ ...don't sound so excited, Moana. ]

[drewthetower]

[Oh boy.]

Yeah, and honestly most of us woulda gone anyway. It's dangerous as fuck most of the time, but these gates keep opening so...

[findingways]

And the gates can turn up anywhere? Is the realm the same behind each gate, or does each one lead to somewhere different?

[drewthetower]

Somewhere different. March's went to the faerie realm, April's went to some weird farming village.

[findingways]

A farming village? [ The faerie realm wasn't surprising, but she'd never imagined a farming village as something really supernatural. But maybe there was more to it. ]

Has there ever been a realm where people could...I dunno, meet the dead?

[drewthetower]

Not here, not yet. Not sure I'd want to even if there was, though, since the spirit realm is real fuckin' dangerous.

[findingways]

...Yeah, that makes sense.

[ She has no illusions about that, no matter how curious she is overall. ]

I just thought...well, I guess it doesn't matter. If spirits have already moved on, they probably wouldn't be found in those other worlds anyway.

[drewthetower]

Probably.

[Poor kid.]

You new in town or just new to the supernatural bullshit?

[findingways]

[ She's not giving up on the idea just yet. But she'll let it go for now. ]

Um, not really either? I moved here over a year ago...close to two soon. And I've been able to see ghosts for a while.

I guess it just took Zodiac a while to find me?

[drewthetower]

Oooh. I am so sorry.

[findingways]

Yeah. I guess I'm not really surprised, though, if the rumors about them are true. I'm more surprised with how long it actually took.