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

text; un: dragnvindr

[burntilldawn]

[In the midst of a potentially paranoid string, here's a new name showing up to the fray. And a passingly familiar name for keen-eyed wine enjoyers.]

When I opened my messages today I'd expected the slew of morning emails, not an app I can't be rid of and whatever other nonsense this intern is talking about.

That being said, I don't have anything to do with this Black Order. My name is Diluc Ragnvindr and if anyone has useful information to get me up to speed, I'd appreciate it.

un: c-z; text

[bolledivita]

[Oh, that is a familiar name indeed.]

i mean the short version is your life is about to get way weirder if it wasn't already

so i guess the best starting place is how much do you know about/believe in the supernatural

[burntilldawn]

The supernatural. As in witches, ghosts, magic and the like? They're aspects of stories thrown around by children and superstitious conspiracy theorists. I don't see how that's relevant, but go on.

[bolledivita]

oh you are in for a very rude awakening i see

the shortest version is magic and apparently other worlds are real. unfortunately

(or maybe fortunately, i guess it depends on how you're looking at it)

honestly just brace yourself for a lot of bullshit, keep in mind that a bunch of us on the app loathe zodiac

but for the most part we all keep an eye out for each other, so there's that at least

[burntilldawn]

[You know, on any other day, Diluc would call this fake. But he woke up this morning and his hair and eyes turned a saturated, cartoonish red. Not to mention that trinket he found among his things...

There's a short delay before a response is sent.]

I would love to believe you're spouting just as much nonsense. But I can't very well do that when there's been proof not just in this app, but in other changes around the city I've seen.

With another useless overseer as well, huh? Wonderful. I presume there's no way around this if I can't delete this app either.

Saying "bullshit" doesn't give me much to go off of. I dealt with that every day before the app appeared. Can you be more specific?

text; un: j.porter

[cantgetanyworse]

Diluc!

I haven't seen you in forever!

[Oh, but...]

How terribly unfortunate that this has to be the way I hear of you again.

[burntilldawn]

[Ah, those are initials he recognized. And if the shown profile was any indication, there was at least one familiar face to him.

Even though these circumstances were horrid.]

It has been a long time, hasn't it? Forgive me for not reaching out. Busy as I am, I haven't had time to make contact with anyone.

[cantgetanyworse]

I'll forgive you this once, though I can hardly claim to have been any better.

You're going to have to make room in that busy schedule of yours for a lot of strange things.

[burntilldawn]

I appreciate it. We've both had our business to tend to.

I'm learning some of the details. That being said, how long have you started seeing this app?

text | un: blackbirdtarot

[drewthetower]

long story real fucking short: supernatural's real, has been this entire time but most people can't sense it, surprise you now can, and Zodiac is dicks who forced the app on your phone somehow. still not sure how.

[burntilldawn]

So I've heard. Clearly this Zodiac is a master class in first impressions.

[drewthetower]

I think we all literally trust the lawyer from the shady church group more than Zodiac

[burntilldawn]

I'd say that speaks more to the lack of trustworthiness that Zodiac offers than the lawyer's credibility. But none the less, noted.

un: jcarter_news

[phoenixwiz]

Well I got some news for you. You live your life as normal, then the app shows on your phone, followed by being distracted by pretty lights in the sky and - Boom!, now you know that weird stuff happens in Kaisou and the supernatural is real this entire time.

Also Zodiac never responses to our questions and concerns. They just drop posts and news about the Spirit Realm and never bother to reply back. They might as well win the worst customer service award if you ask me.

[burntilldawn]

Well, if that isn't an apt descriptor of the past day.

More and more I'm learning about how utterly useless Zodiac is. To think my bar was already on the ground, it only took one post for them to start digging.

[phoenixwiz]

It certainly has been the last several months for many. I have been on the app since late last month.

Yes, Zodiac is really that useless and may have some questionable goals that we might not know of. Right now I am currently looking into the full moon transformations and what kind of the patterns is happening among the affected people on the app and non app users because, ho boy, the phenomenon is shaping up to be a city wide problem.

[burntilldawn]

[Diluc bristled immediately upon seeing the questionable goals. He could arrive to that conclusion on his own, but it made it no less unsettling to hear. As if that wasn't enough...]

Noted. But what's this about full moon transformations? Like werewolves? I'd be grateful if you could share what you know so far.

text; un: riftdancer

[thavnairian]

i'm not even sure where to start.

[He thinks.]

well, half of us aren't even from this planet. i guess we can start there.

[burntilldawn]

[... he recognizes that username. he's going to put that in his back pocket for now and set up the bait first.]

Other worlds are real. That much I've heard already. Are you one such person from "another world"?

[thavnairian]

[Is it really bait if he's just giving it out for free?]

i am. a few of my friends made me explain it to everyone when libra first came out. that was... a year ago. huh, time flies.

reception was chillier than i expected, but most of the time people don't even question the ears now

UN: Thorn

[poisontippedcure]

I wish I had helpful advice to give you. [she doesn't]

The most I can say is "good luck."

[burntilldawn]

[The most useful advice, thanks.

Diluc didn't even bother with a response here. You get this.

✔️ Read

Text | un: Pantsonpyre

[localweirdo]

I think everyone has told you everything.

Just be sure to stay away from the Goose that lurks around.

[burntilldawn]

More or less. To that end I feel I need to ask: Is this a normal Goose or some sort of asinine supernatural Goose?

[localweirdo]

It's the asinine supernatural Goose.

It can and will terrorize you without any warning! Why? Simply because he feels like it. How wonderful!