Mini Event: Network Misfires... 2!

[seasonshelpers]

It starts with a network post from a generic "researchcentre" account. The video feed shows what appears to be an empty cubicle, and a few employees gossiping in the background.

"Can't believe he brought the cat to work again."

"Who, Gary? Yeah, I heard Helene felt bad for him."

The cat in question creeps into the video, curiously nosing and pawing at the screen, as the conversation continues.

"I don't blame her. I saw his dream a couple weeks back, and Buttercup looked so sad alone at home!"

"Oh, that dream cloud thing? What a disaster. Can't believe Bartholomew holds down a job."

"At least it's been a couple years since the cat caused an incident..."

As if on cue, Buttercup gets bored and starts walking on the keyboard. The feed cuts off.

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Welcome to a Mini Event! Much like last time around, the network server's having cat-related difficulty, so all network messages have a chance of going to the wrong recipient. It doesn't need to happen, but there's a high chance of misfires happening for the duration of the mini event.

This post can be used for sending out messages that can end up for anyone and everyone completely without meaning to. Feel free to also just send a blank message with your character and receive messages from others! Whatever works best for you and is most fun.

This event will happen for the whole weekend, starting from now and ending on late Sunday night (so March 6-9) once they finally manage to fix the mistake. As always, backtagging is encouraged.

Remember to put warnings up if you want to post anything NSFW-ish and especially link pictures; however, if anything gets explicit (e.g. sexting), remember to move it to inboxes or another post.

Comments

un: reiner

[hometown]

1. I can't stop thinking about last night.

2. Were you able to find the egg nog?

3. I have three questions. All of them start with "why."

4. [ a picture of a giant fairy dog apparently made of flowers ]

5. I think we should take the next step.

6. I need your help with something.

2, un:happyaround

[roundandaround]

Eh? Do they sell that these days? I thought it was a Yuletide thing.

[hometown]

[ Reiner frowns when Rinku responds, not the person he'd intended. Maybe he put in the wrong number? ]

That's the problem. This recipe calls for egg nog, but I'm having a hell of a time finding it.

[roundandaround]

I wonder if you can make it? I was just looking for cookbooks in the Amberfall Library and they've got everything! Kaiko-chan even helped me find a recipe for blood cake so I can make something for Hina-chan when her birthday comes around!

[hometown]

That's not a bad idea. How hard could it be? I'll need eggs and whatever "nog" is made from.

[roundandaround]

Spices, right? Nutmeg and stuff. Do you have one of those spice racks from the store that refills itself?

3

[rustyhonesty]

What did I do?

[hometown]

[ Not glancing at the name, Reiner responds, ]

Don't give me that. You know what you did.

[rustyhonesty]

???

I don't have the faintest clue.

[hometown]

You

[ … Wait a minute. ]

... are not who I was trying to text.

[rustyhonesty]

OBVIOUSLY!

Check the username before you start saying shit like that.

5

[wingbound]

You're both adults. You don't need my permission. Thanks for the thought though.

Levi

[ what exactly does he think this is about... ]

[hometown]

I

Thank you?

[ What does he even say to this!! ]

Sorry, I don't know how this got sent to you.

[wingbound]

[ Not a lot left to say! Except he should probably start thinking about those marriage rituals soon before this somehow becomes gossip. ]

No problem. It usually does when you press send.

Levi

6

[abnormalizes]

I'm ready to help! What do you need?

[hometown]

[ Wait, what. ]

Hey, Evangeline. I don't know how I sent that to you, it was meant for someone else. But maybe you can still help?

It's about those little trinkets I make.

[abnormalizes]

Oh, well, I'll do my best? If it's something I can do for you.

[hometown]

The thing is, I'm setting up a shop so I can sell them. I got the business license squared away, but I have to decide on a location. And then there's stuff like figuring out how much each one is worth, figuring out what people like most and what's a rarer seller, deciding which items to enhance magically so they protect people, and all of that.

It's a lot.

I want to do this, but to be honest, I'm out of my depth.

[abnormalizes]

That sounds great! And I would love to help if I can, but also like. I'm not really sure about any of those things? I just learned in the last couple years that stores can get in legal trouble here if their products kill their customers.

So. Not sure if I'm the right person to help with this.

5

[oftheazure]

The next step?

[hometown]

[ Of course it had to go to the ridiculously hot guy!! ]

Sorry, I don't know how this was sent to you. I double-checked the name and everything!

3

[dreamsofwings]

That's pretty vague. Why what?

[hometown]

What? Why did this send?

[ Such a helpful response! ]

[dreamsofwings]

You didn't mean to send me this?

5

[knowsvinewhip]

Oh? What would that be?