[GAME START] Welcome to Libra!

[kaisoumods]

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Network
WHEN: January 7th
WHAT: Welcome to Libra!
WARNINGS: None

[Wherever you are, your phone will start to ring and vibrate. It doesn’t matter if your phone was off or on mute - it will ring anyway. If you didn’t have a phone? You’ll have found one that has been delivered to your current location with a sticky note attached with your name on it.

The ringing will continue until you check your phone. The entire screen has been locked to a new app that downloaded: Libra. It looks like a social media app, even though you’ve never heard of it before. Worst yet, there seems to be no closing this app until you read and respond to the message displayed]

Welcome to Libra! Libra is an innovative app developed by the good folks at Zodiac™ to connect people with similarities that set them apart from the average crowd!

There’s a lot to talk about, but we don’t want to pile too much on you! Instead, let's start things off with a little icebreaker! It’s a little late, but we hope it's still relevant!


This post is sponsored by the 2021 Kaisou Winter Carnival! Get out and enjoy the cold!

[Users will have the option to choose their own display names and userpics. If nothing is chosen, the app will use their real name and a quick photo taken of them from their camera's phone.

Mod Note: The game has officially begun! The first event log will take place on January 9th, but players are free to make their own logs and posts! There will be no NPC response in this network post, so feel free to interact with each other!]

Comments

[higanbana]

[Don't mind her while she vents about this!]

thin layer of frost over the bed and some of the floor. my bed's right next to the window, so i guess it shut off overnight or something? but i didn't notice it through my blanket burrito and when i went to check it this morning it seemed to be doing ok. doesn't look like anyone changed the scheduling either so i don't know what the hell

sucks, i really don't want to have to call in someone to take a look but what can you do

[whiteshroud]

Huh. That IS strange.

How long have you've had this heater for? Was it old and malfunctioned?

[higanbana]

um... the heater itself is probably older, but google says 15-30 years is expected and i don't even think it's 15 years old yet?

the nest is probably a couple years old but it hasn't caused any issues like THAT before

[whiteshroud]

Yeah, that doesn't sound like it'd be normal for it to shut off then.

[....]

Maybe there was a brown out? Did any clocks in your house reset?

[higanbana]

i thought that too, but all the clocks look pretty normal. there's not even a notifcation on the nest app or anything

[whiteshroud]

Oh...

Well I'm a bit stumped then. Has anything else strange happen to you recently?

[higanbana]

um...

i mean, only thing i can think of is that i've just been... i don't know. really warm recently? or not WARM, i guess, more just

i haven't really needed a jacket the last few times i've been outside or anything and normally i would have swapped over to my winter wardrobe by now. the weather report certainly says as much, but it's just been. not important, i guess?

i kinda just figured it was me running a fever or something though lol...

[whiteshroud]

[...........

Oh. He's not ice element himself, but he's known enough from his childhood that...]

Hey, strange question- but have you noticed anything about the night sky lately?

[higanbana]

can't say i'm much of a stargazer so no

should i have?

[whiteshroud]

Don't worry, you don't have to know much about stargazing to see.

Just look outside and tell me how the sky looks.

[higanbana]

uhh

why is there nothing in the news about freaking aurora borealis. this is not alaska

[whiteshroud]

[Well. That confirmed it]

...I had a feeling.

I can explain, but you might want to sit down. I've heard that helps.

[higanbana]

uhhh ok. i've been crosslegged on the bed since i changed the sheets and put the old set in the wash, so, got that part covered?

[whiteshroud]

Alright.

[A pause as he takes a deep breath, here we go. ]

What you saw in the sky is a Spirit Vein. It's only visible to people with a certain level of spirit power, or -- magic power, if you will. It's like a river, but with magical energy.

For some reason, your own spirit power is strengthening. Not getting cold and ice appearing...those are signs of powers relating to the Water element manifesting in you.

[higanbana]

are

are you seriously telling me there's a magic sky river and i'm turning into the snow queen.

is that really happening right now or did i do some weird shit last night i'm not remembering

[whiteshroud]

[....]

Its really happening right now.

cw: substance use mention, flippant discussions of serious mental health issues

[higanbana]

[Doesn't stop Ris from checking all of her messengers and confirming that the last time she spoke to That Person was, in fact, long enough ago that it's definitely not some kind of weird blackout with no hangover or crash.

There is enough that's seeming to go off the rails at once here that there's a teeny part of Ris that's actually being pulled in by this. But... no.

This is reality, as much as Ris hates it.]

well i mean ok. i can't say that i expected my inevitable psychotic break to be in the form of delusions of magical girl-dom, but hey! guess it could be worse.

[whiteshroud]

It's not a psychotic break, I promise.

I know it's a lot to take in, but your powers are real. What you do with them is up to you.

[higanbana]

[slams the x button to doubt.

The window next to her is getting glazed over with another light layer of frost, but she's not really paying attention. Too much going on on the tiny internet.]

yeah, okay. i'll keep that in mind.

[She doesn't even really have a snarky remark to leave this off on, but she hopes that's curt enough to indicate that she's Done Here.]

[whiteshroud]

[Yeah he can sense the Doneness in her reply. He can't blame her. He's known about this stuff most of his life, but...he's sure it's a shock to anyone.]

...You probably need some time, but if you ever have any questions, feel free to ask me. Okay?

[higanbana]

[Ris wants to be just as curt as before. She really, really does.

But damn her and her bleeding heart, she is forever weak to even small signs of kindness.]

yeah, i will.

thank you.

[She doesn't know if that sounds sincere or not, but it's the best she's got.]