DAY :027

[onemind]

[A day after the new arrivals show up and before anyone has really had a chance to settle in, every member of the nest gets an Extranet message at the exact same time from an untraceable source. It doesn't show up in your inbox; instead it opens in another window - don’t mistake it for a pop-up because if you close it, then you won’t be able to respond in line. The chat window's cursor blinks at you as the words scroll across, line by line; the message is accompanied by an unblinking blue eyeball avatar:]

XSome kind of brain trust you areX.

XWe've seen you sticking your noses where they don't belongX.

XOf course, they're not really your noses, are theyX?

XRemind us again: what it is that you think you’re trying to doX?



((ooc: feel free to use this post to respond in-line to EXTRAAA, as well as chat with other hosts via the mental-link or personal interactions. please be aware that this post has a time limit and all responses from extraaa will cease end of day 8/19; this doesn't mean you can't continue to tag this post afterward, just that extraaa will likely have gone silent by that point))

Comments

[adamance]

And just who do you think my nose belongs to?

[Although she would prefer to leave someone else to do online communication, this is a very different ballgame (so to speak). Lexa would never pass up something like this if given the opportunity.]

[onemind]

XNot youX.

XThe person you're pretending to be didn't exist a month agoX.

[whowhatnow]

I'll have you know, I have a very good nice nose and I won't stand for you insulting it like that.

[onemind]

XWe've got a comedian over here folksX.

mental link: ota

[erbier]

( Someone knows more than they should. )

[adamance]

( I wouldn't be so quick to assume. )

[deployed]

( I don't know. They're asking questions. That doesn't mean there's any real knowledge behind it. )

[ yet. ]

[decommission]

( Guess we haven't been as stealthy as we thought. )

[ he has literally been the least stealthy ]

Mental Link: OTA

[vocalis]

[ Aoba isn't believing or falling for it. Not at first, anyway. He's had his share of cyber scares at home. It reminds him of that spam he kept getting on his coil, the retro game that targeted him and his grandmother directly. It's probably like that, except... this time the option to reply is there. But before he does, he has to check with the others, any of them- ]

This is a prank, right? Who is doing this?

[ He keeps his tone gentle, not wanting to be too invasive despite the vague accusation. Even if he is, at least his voice is nice to listen to. ]

[deployed]

( I don't think it's a prank. But I don't think we should answer it with any real information. )

[ When in doubt, stonewall the intruders. ]

[inflori]

( It wasn't me, so whatever. )

[ petre that was fuckin useless ]

[decommission]

You've got my name, who are YOU?

[onemind]

XDo weX?

XYou're sure as silicone not Steve Rogers from the slums of RuxX.

XYou've probably never even eaten at BeepersX.

XWe don't have names. And we don't want yoursX.

XWe want to know what you're trying to doX.

new phone who dis

[vocalis]

That information is for members of the brain trust only.

Who are you that wants to know?

[onemind]

XWe thought it was obviousX.

[deployed]

What are you trying to do? What is this?

[onemind]

XGetting boring, is what it isX.

[unfavoured]

i'll show you mine if you show me yours

[onemind]

XWhat it is I am trying to do: Find out what your game isX.

XYour turnX.

[unsea]

Too much, all at once. Others have no doubt told you some of it already.

We're dedicated to routing whatever has given H+H1 a remarkable and sudden advantage.

[onemind]

XYou would be surprisedX.

XA straightforward answerX.

XGive me a second, I'm a little shockedX.

[frakkincylons]

I'm guessing the Xs here supposed to be indicative. Sorry, didn't realize there were dibs called on snooping here.

[onemind]

XWe don't discourage snoopingX.

XFrom the right kind of peopleX.

XYou might be the first one who to admit you know who we areX.

XThen again, it would be more surprising if you didn'tX.

[inflori]

ur a piss of shit

[onemind]

XStill sore over your lossX?

[narcissithstic]

[Over the last week, Ren's interfacing system has been alight with enough data to have him mentally checked out by the time that pseudo-pop-up makes its purposefully mysterious entrance. The formatting's odd, the sender unknown, and Ren reads it once— twice— before decidedly typing out:]

I'm not interested in any additional contracts.

[#nailedit]

[onemind]

XThe gossip streams were rightX.

XYou really are all looks and no brainsX.

[exhuxperation]

Information that's worth knowing never comes without strings.

I suppose it was only a matter of time before enough toes got stepped on before someone filed a complaint.

If I'm to play this game, what will make it worth my time?

[onemind]

XThis isn't a gameX.

XWhat are you trying to accomplish?X

[greentech]

How should I know?

[onemind]

XHow couldn't youX?

[shiro2hero]

Is this a joke?

We're just here to get a job done. That's all.

[onemind]

XWhat job? Why?X

[batmotif]

And what will you do with the answer?

[Fishing for information is one thing. How newly gained information is used is another. It's always a question of intent.]

[onemind]

XDependsX.

[Hackers are intolerable, text it.]

mental link: ota

[inflori]

( I need a hacker. Now. )

[ Someone is super butthurt about this. ]

[frakkincylons]

[ is he willing to help? sure. will he still be after he sees what has petre's panties in a twist? hahaha nah. but for now, here he is thinking maybe you're actually doing something worthwhile. ]

( Why? Angel not awake yet? )