[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

un: cxin

[icyboy]

I do not remember signing up for an app like this.
And I am not a Libra???

un: hikari-vi

[whiteshroud]

I don't think being a libra is required to be on the app.

[icyboy]

Do you think there's some deeper meaning to picking Libra then?

[whiteshroud]

I'm not sure. It might be just because it fits the horoscope theme they have going with Zodiac.

[icyboy]

Maybe. Or it could have something to do with the scales that the libra is supposed to represent?

[whiteshroud]

The scales? How do you mean?

I don't know much about astrology.

[icyboy]

Libra represents the scales in the Greek zodiac. There is a lot of different meanings to it, though the most accepted one is that they represent balance.

I don't know that much about Greek astrology beyond the basics like that. One of my history classes dealt with astrology and how they tied to some major religions and practices, and how they still affect modern life.

[whiteshroud]

I see...

So maybe they're hoping to use this Libra app to achieve some kind of balance?

[icyboy]

That might make sense. We'll have to wait and see.

And hope it's not just a virus....

[whiteshroud]

Yeah, I hope it's not either...

I'm going to try to bring my phone to a repair shop tomorrow. Here's hoping they can get rid of it.

[icyboy]

I didn't even think of taking it to a shop... That sounds like an idea I should take up myself.

[whiteshroud]

It can't hurt, at least. It's best to rule out any rational explanations first.

[icyboy]

Do you think the tech department at the university might help? In case the shop can't?

un: singcho

[feiyun]

I don't think this app has much to do with actual zodiacs aside from the ominous names, Yunyun.

[icyboy]

Ominous? Why would you think it's ominous?

[feiyun]

Do you really think a randomly installed app isn't? I'm surprised you don't think your phone is full of ghosts now.

... Or viruses, I guess.

[icyboy]

Ghosts can't possess phones! They simply can speak through them or drain them of energy.

A virus makes a lot more sense.

[feiyun]

I'd rather the ghosts over the viruses if you put it that way...

[icyboy]

The though of ghosts taking over technology is a lot scarier... what if they could get into the wi-fi signals? We wouldn't be safe anywhere.

[Which is also exciting to think about. Though the internet might crash if it was haunted.]

[feiyun]

Please, Yunyun! That sounds like the plot of a terrible horror movie!

[Chongyun, you're such a nerd!!!]

[icyboy]

I'd watch it!

[This can be read as offended and excited both.]

It'd be a lot more interesting than all those zombie movies they keep coming out with.

[feiyun]

Of course, you would. You always take all those ghost movies so seriously.

So, bad horror movie night soon? We can find one that is particularly about the evil internet if that's tickling your fancy.

[icyboy]

All ghost movies are based on some sort of truth!

I think there are some that involve the internet. There's one I heard about that involves Zoom meetings!

[feiyun]

Zoom meetings... really...

Alright. I'm in but I'm picking the snacks.

[icyboy]

Pick snacks we'll both like!

When do you want to do this?