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

[whowhatnow]

So you're getting down to solve a mystery that may include yours truly? Sounds fun! Need some help?

[he is a troll DO NOT TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY]

[onemind]

XNot reallyX.

XBut you doX.

[whowhatnow]

And what kind of help will that be? Is it "someone is FINALLY going to come and hire me and give my life meaning" help?

[onemind]

XWe're not hiringX.

XAnd if we were you're not the one we'd be headhuntingX.

XWe might not even be helpingX.

XWe haven't decided yetX.

XAnd you're not helping us decideX.

[whowhatnow]

It was worth a try.

Okay, then, how DO I help you decide? Are you just here to pound on the glass and take a peek inside to see if you like what you see, or what?

[onemind]

XYou just need to answer the questionX.

XWhat it is that you think you’re trying to doX?

[whowhatnow]

Honestly? Trying to get a kick out of things as much as I can, which sucks when there are people bombing things when you're just trying to have fun.

By the way, you wouldn't happen to know who was behind that, would you?

[onemind]

XAn awful lot of work just to have a little funX.

XNot yetX.

[whowhatnow]

Work? Please point in the direction of me "working" because I need to cut out that stuff like, right now.

Huh, so you're also in the dark, mysterious Mr. Eyeball? Are you hitting people like me up to see if you can dig up any clues?

[onemind]

XFaked credentials down to conception is a lot of workX.

XGuess you wouldn't knowX.

XBut someone put in the effortX.

XIn the shadeX.

XWe are following leadsX.

[whowhatnow]

That does sound like a whole lot of work, you're right. I can't imagine why someone would go through all the effort, if I were them, I would've just left it off at the name and given up.

Leads? That sounds exciting. You must be like super cool detective vigilantes or something. I guess things have gotten a lot more exciting for you now that you're got your hands into this whole bombing business.

[onemind]

XThat's usX.

XSuper cool detective vigilantesX.

XWe'll come back to you when we need a good laughX.

[whowhatnow]

I'm here 24/7, always available for your personal entertainment.

;)

And what should I call you? You got to have some ~cool mysterious name~ if you're doing ~cool mysterious things~.

[onemind]

XYou should already know what to call usX.

[whowhatnow]

"Vigilantes who have the weird habit of poking into people's businesses for some reason?" Or Mr. X? I like Mr. X.

[onemind]

XAsk your friendsX.