FINAL WEEK

[akudamods]

Starting Saturday, the layer of clouds in the sky is more solid than ever. Overcast, reflecting the neon light of the city. By Sunday, you'll see more colors than ever, as several new areas are added to the span of your probation. And some areas aren't, but might see an approach anyway. Do the pods containing six weeks of treatment daunt you in the slightest now that judgment awaits at the end of the fourth week? Though faithful treatment participants only experience flashes on the upper third of their bodies now, their counterparts will experience occasional waves of isolating existential coldness. Does your physically present overseer have anything to say for herself? Just remember one thing: Kanto is watching and waiting.

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[superstructure]

[ EXACTLY!!!!!!! even if rideaux is a cat himself but that's neither here nor there –

Anyway, he'll sit in front of one of the terminals when they get in the control room, punching in the code and seeing what's loaded in here.

Rollo decides to meander around, before parking himself on the sill of one of the big observation windows, looking out at his kingdom. ]

[pr159]

[ He'll take a second terminal, I guess?? Is there a different code for each one? ]

[akudamods]

[That is indeed how this works. Though at first, they'll be using the same code just to log in. Meanwhile, opportunities to pet Rideaux are above this mod's paygrade to provide.

Rollo will be looking up at the crescent moon. Once Julius puts in the second code, that same moon will be on his screen, along with another code entry box. The code for this section is a bit strange - it seems to be for turning something off.

Rideaux's screen, after entering the third code, will show a bird's eye view of Chuo Square similar to the one in the artwork. This one has even more code entry boxes, involving both on/off toggles and coordinates.]

[superstructure]

[ ... hmmm. Not exactly a great sign, given what he's assuming this controls. ]

Might as well check the last one before sending everyone into a panic.

[ He's gonna push back and move over to the third terminal, punching in the codes to see what sort of feed and/or toggles show up for that one. ]

[pr159]

[ Hm. All right, what can we toggle on and off on this Chuo Square one, then? ]

[akudamods]

[It appears to be fog. Though, since he's here controlling it, it wouldn't be hard for Rideaux to guess that this is simply a realistic illusion.

The third terminal is pure code, a lot more complicated - and it requires additional levels of authentication, that the Commissioner herself didn't have.

However, what's here can be compared against coordinates - whatever this is, it's similar to the fog in that respect. It's also clear its effects travel to many different parts of the city.]

[superstructure]

[ Luckily Julius has some experience with this, being one of the lead developers in Spirius' network division, to a degree. Getting past the authentication is way above his pay grade, but the coordinates aren't. Is there any way to tell what they line up with?

Once he hits the wall, he'll glance over at Rideaux's screen, messing with his glasses. ]

I don't suppose you picked up anything of that might help with this during your meeting yesterday?

[ The annoyance is implied. ]

[akudamods]

[The coordinates seem very random. Then again... could it be a coincidence that the coordinates for Chuo Tower come up? Twice?]

[superstructure]

[ i meant to ask this earlier and just forgot lmao but are the like. both the same coordinates? or are at different spots/elevations but still within the tower? ]

[akudamods]

[The coordinates are XYZ coordinates that are right at the top of the tower!]

[pr159]

Oh, you don't think I did enough? My sincere apologies.

[ He takes out his phone to check those notes again, though he's pretty damn sure he'd remember anything relevant. ]

I got his GHS — an old piece of junk — and copied his notes over onto mine, but unfortunately, I don't believe those included any... phony atmospheric control codes, or whatever we're looking at here.

[ Actually, putting it that way... ]

Honestly, it's funny we never needed anything like this to fool people about the Kudlak.

[ One of the many upsides to being such an influential and trusted business, he supposes. ]

[superstructure]

I think you did more than enough, actually.

[ He grumbles before moving back to the first terminal, pausing for a moment before toggling this set of controls off. Let's maybe create some mass panic! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ ]

[akudamods]

[For the record there are some "are you sure" messages for this but this is panic mode, we are just going to assume he is sure. Commissioner did have the codes for this one, anyway.

So here we go. Julius turns off the moon hologram, and that crescent slowly fizzles out... but what's left of it still glows in the sky. It is just debris.

That artist is gonna have a field day with this one.]

[pr159]

[ Oh, he's just. Going to laugh quietly at that. Incredible. ]

[superstructure]

[




Yeah, that might as well happen, sure. He's just gonna. Take his glasses off and rub his eyes. ]

I'm not sure what I expected.

[ hey, look on the bright side: no sky fetus? ]

[pr159]

[ Well. Once the irony of that wears off a little, he does have a few thoughts on it, at least, but he's not sure how relevant they are to their situation, so. ]

You can't tell what the coordinates for that last one might go to, then?

[superstructure]

Most of them seem randomly placed around the city, though two of them look like they're set at the top of this tower.

[ Y'know. Where they currently are at the moment. ]

Without the right authorization, I can't get any further than that.

[ So he's just gonna DM Gai and just. Have him help get through this authorization so they don't have to make a return trip. ]

[akudamods]

[The underlying principle of the authorization is simple enough. They know for sure that it is simply a matter of producing legitimate credentials to enter. But the code underneath takes time, much like the Kanto-made metal bands on their legs took time—days. Perhaps it'll be best to put in some kind of script that will continue running on the tower. Because they do want to eventually turn this off, and not just leave it on the setting that was last found.

After all, the glitches that have followed them throughout the city are simply a powerfully broadcasted illusion.]

[superstructure]

[ Great! Who could have seen this coming.

Though now it's pretty clear what the coordinates are for, so going back to them, are there like. Inactive ones that could have theoretically been attached to the dead, or are they in random unimportant coordinates? ]