Un: Zodiac | Mid-Month Update

[kaisoumods]

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

[We've reached the middle of January. The Zodiac race was a thrilling success, and the winter is still freezing. Wherever you are, your phone will give a blaring alert sound, indicating a new Zodiac post. As usual, the alert will sound even if you have your phone turned off or on silent, and will take over your phone until you read and comment to the message. The post begins like the previous one had, with notifications of peoples coming and goings]



Crito, Flat, Jusis, Ann, Minwu, and Diluc have joined the app. Say hi everyone!


Dolores, Xingqiu, Roxas, Chongyun, and Alphinaud has left the app.

[The post then continues on as normal.]

Hello. Thank you for using the Libra App.

Because you all reacted so positively to my post last month, my bosses has assigned me to write these mid-month updates from now on. Which means I have extra work now. So thanks for that.

Congratulations on everyone who completed the Zodiac race. Hope you enjoyed yourselves somehow or learned something. If any of you took a peach but decide you don't want it, Zodiac will take it off your hands for a payment that's higher than my salary. Which is depressing me just thinking about it, so let's move on.

We're aware that Jusis Albarea from the Black Order has joined the app. It was part of the deal we made with them to help deal with Professor Willow. There will probably be more of them in the future. The Order has insisted they are only here to monitor and assist in what's going on. Zodiac is not liable if any of you manage to do something that makes them decide to take you out, so try to play nice.

Anyway, my shift's over so that's it. Seeya.




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[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.]

Comments

un: Shroud | voice

[whiteshroud]

[Jun will change his username, change to voice and summon his uniform so when he speaks, the familiar modulated voice is heard]

I wouldn't feel suspicious of the new people.

The Black Order's skilled at avoiding detection. If they planned to plant an operative among us without our knowledge they would've done it months ago.

[So. Rather than be suspicious of the new people? Be suspicious of EVERYONE]

private | voice

[drewthetower]

Jun.

private

[whiteshroud]

What? It is true.

[drewthetower]

Don't encourage the paranoia! I haven't figured out how to make "sense sketchy person" charms yet.

[whiteshroud]

Don't bother trying, it'd just alert you to half the app users anyway. My past self worked for a group like the Order. They specialized in avoiding detection, even from groups with magic.

[drewthetower]

Dude, it'd probably alert me to me.

[He was not serious.]

Yeah, but don't say that. People like sleeping at night!

[whiteshroud]

[A pause.]

Fine. I won't say anything more.

[drewthetower]

At least not to Varian. Absolutely say shit like that to Moxxie though.

[whiteshroud]

Moxxie is already aware there's a holy knight in the city. I don't think intimidation will curb his bad decisions.

[drewthetower]

Dammit.

[whiteshroud]

[Speaking of Moxxie...]

He says he needs clothes, he's been getting by with doll clothes.

At his size, it might be a good way to use up leftover fabric.

[drewthetower]

Seriously? I told him to come talk to me if he needed shit months ago, fucking hell. Good thing I have a scrap basket.

[whiteshroud]

Pride's a difficult thing to overcome sometimes. Seems the reason he sold the peach was to help get himself a job again, so he probably wasn't willing to accept a handout.

Try offering clothes in exchange of doing a task of some kind. Maybe that'll go over better.

[drewthetower]

Yeah, I told him next time he needed grocery money or something to just come over because I have so much shit I could use help sorting. I'll throw clothes into the mix, I guess.

[whiteshroud]

Thanks August.

[droptheious]

[Ugh THIS GUY again. Still, he's got a point.]

...Yeah, that's a real possibility. They showed up a while ago- it honestly a little strange they only JUST started to use the app now. Heck, they might have just had one come up to talk to Zodiac about it to divert THEIR suspicion, too. You don't immediately announce you're on the opposing side if your infiltrating a group- you'd wanna send someone in real quiet like first. Because people will immediately be suspicious, ergo: this.

[whiteshroud]

Basically.

I wouldn't try to smoke them out, if they do exist. We likely wouldn't know unless they choose to reveal themselves.

[droptheious]

By which time it would be too late to defend ourselves. Great.

[whiteshroud]

[He could elaborate or try to reassure, but August just scolded him that he shouldn't say more. So-]

-- !

It seems I said too much.

[He then signs off his phone for a moment, so it reads as "Shroud is OFFLINE.]

[droptheious]

[Varian will remember this. ]

voice; un: riftdancer

[thavnairian]

[Can his adoptive sonthings please stop stoking the mayhem for one minute?]

Turning on each other isn't constructive at all. For many reasons.

[A pause.]

Unless you want someone to confuse you for the 'bad guys' in the future. Personally, I'd rather get beaten up on my own schedule.

[whiteshroud]

[no.]

I'm just pointing it out. It's what organizations like that do.

[thavnairian]

Sometimes there's a thing called being too honest. I know all sorts of dark horrible truths about the world but I'm not going to tell everyone and their mother because it might ruin their lives.

[Like how every single so-called god he's met has been a fake and very much killable.]

So maybe keep that as-of-yet untested theory in the back pocket, all right?

[whiteshroud]

[There's a pause. This is the second time someone he respects told him to keep quiet over this, so he's pretty quick to shut down.]

Understood.