[MOD POST] Network Unlocked!

[vrdr_mods]

It's in the wee hours of the morning that all residents of the Velvet Room receive a message on their phones.

Good morning.

In the interest of strengthening community bonds and preventing further vandalism on what was intended as a community board, I have elected to expand the capabilities of your communications within this realm.

Every device with network capabilities may now access a specialized social network designed for your convenience.

I have been told there is a similar application in reality, but for our purposes, you may call it Flutter.

Fortunately, it is closer to what you may consider a forum or a blogging apparatus. A limited character count would undoubtedly provoke misunderstandings. Someone could state that they enjoy pancakes, and others may assume they despise waffles.

Please do enjoy, and best of luck on your endeavors,

Igor

P.S. While vandalism is not strictly illegal within this realm, it is important to remember that there are children present. Use your abilities wisely.

[Any attempts to respond to this post will be redirected to a Flutter post. Feel free to threadjack and gossip amongst one another. Perhaps you'll even get a reply if you're lucky...]

[ooc: Congratulations! You have unlocked a network. Its functions are about on par with most networks in DWRP. You can do text posts, audio posts, insert videos if the device has a camera (e.g. phones or a computer with a webcam).

The difference between network posts and IC inboxes is primarily that network posts are accessible to any character. When posting, you can clarify a post is network via post prompt or in the post title. Posts can include action and network prompts as well!]

Comments

[pheasantboy]

If it's not too much to ask, I do hope all of you will remember your trigger warnings.

[seekerofjustice]

Trigger warnings quite literally harm no one, so I for one agree that we should use them when needed. I certainly will.

[pheasantboy]

Thank you, Dove.

This is all a little unexpected, isn't it? I suppose I should have learned.

[seekerofjustice]

It's no trouble at all.

And yes, it's quite unexpected. Not necessarily unwelcome, but it's certainly a surprise to know we suddenly have social media here.

[pheasantboy]

Putting it mildly. If past experience is any guide, I'd say it will become very silly, very fast.

Either that or extremely abusive. In fact, it will be that, won't it? Imagine the Gorbs.

[seekerofjustice]

I would like to hope that it won't end up abusive, but I suppose it's likely. Probable, even.

As for the Gorbs, I still haven't entirely wrapped my head around them. What are they?

[pheasantboy]

As far as I can tell, the Gorbs are the multiverse gone insane, then given soft, plush-filled form for man.

[seekerofjustice]

I feel as though that has explained so very much, and yet so, so little.

[pheasantboy]

That was my aim.

With luck, what you feel now is exactly what the Gorbs are intended to make us feel.

[vrdr_mods]

Yes, I do believe it would be polite to warn others before pulling the trigger, but that would completely destroy the element of surprise.

It's a kind gesture, but incredibly impractical!

Still, I'm obligated to mention that we in the Velvet Room do not condone guest on guest violence. One death was already more than my master had hoped for, but I suppose it's fortuitous that it took so long for it to happen.

[pheasantboy]

[...]

I don't want to be rude, but I think you might be even more out of the loop than I am.

May I suggest that if you didn't want anyone to die, you should perhaps have intervened?

[vrdr_mods]

We had hoped that Crow's intervention would be enough. Sometimes even we get caught off guard, and it wasn't as though we knew with certainty how that particular guest would react.

A pity we can't simply scoop him out as he presently exists, but there are certain steps required for that to happen, and many of them fall upon your shoulders.

[pheasantboy]

What do you mean?

[He still doesn't know the identity of Ren's killer.]

[vrdr_mods]

Hmm... Well, I suppose to put it in a way I hope you can perceive, the one who did it is connected to you. Think of it like a thread of fate. Neither of you can live without the other.

Now, if you were to somehow bypass your unfortunate tendency to forget after certain provocations, I believe it could be possible for you to develop a greater independence from him.

You'd need only find those with abilities tailored to assist you, which isn't entirely impossible.

[pheasantboy]

I'm *connected* to the one who killed Ren? What are you talking about?

[Careful, Sparrow. Careful, Elizabeth, for that matter.]

[vrdr_mods]

[Quite the conundrum this is. One wrong word, and she may render this conversation dead in the water. So hm... How to put this.]

Think of it like this.

Everyone is multifaceted, and everyone has a hidden side of themselves.

Not necessarily opposites, but in some cases, it's an applicable description. Fire and ice, protons and electrons, a glass half empty versus a glass half full, even if the latter is functionally the same thing viewed through different lenses.

You didn't cause this, but the one who did bears a deep connection to you.

[pheasantboy]

And *you want me* to disconnect myself from this - person. To liberate him, by the sound of it.

[He's skimmed over the part about "a hidden side" of himself.]

You'll forgive me if I say I'd rather cut off my arm?

[lilcomputer]

I don't think anyone should bring things triggering to the table like [sensored for everyone's ease of mind, thank BMtaba for her standards]

[pheasantboy]

Like what, an atom bomb?

['taba. No.]

[lilcomputer]

I mean I guess that counts, but I was thinking more like the things you find when you have unfiltered access to the internet with very few safe guards or monitoring. Those you do have are too easy to bi-pass.

[pheasantboy]

Wait. Do you mean me personally, or me in general?

Nothing in my search history is interesting.

[lilcomputer]

You are a boring boring man then. Where's your spirit huh?

[pheasantboy]

Trapped in last year, with my media and detective career.

I promise you, it doesn't take a lot of interesting before boring starts to sound intensely appealing.

[lilcomputer]

How do you even live? Your like an 50s Romcom formula.

Yuck. Someone needs to add excitement into your life.

[That someone might be her. Beware. ]

[pheasantboy]

Is that a threat?