maskormenace | THE MAJORITY REPORT: NOVEMBER 10TH, 2018

THE MAJORITY REPORT: NOVEMBER 10TH, 2018 What a strange neon oasis, to gain so much attention as of late. Come for a visit, let it seep into your bones.

THE HAT U GIVE
As seen in local Maurtia Falls news, picked up by syndicated national news:
A troubling string of grisly "deaths" in Maurtia Falls—more and more bodies have been littering the streets only to come gasping abruptly back to life. However, upon subsequent police interview, over 90% of the victims have been identified as criminals with existing records. While these records consist largely of misdemeanors, several are persons of interest in other investigations. Furthermore, all claim to have been caught in the act of committing by a masked man in black. This matches both the description and assumed power set of notorious imPort villain dubbed Black Hat, who first brought himself to public attention with his indiscriminate killings over the summer; most notably during the #immortal BlueTube campaign and Maurtia Falls anti-imPort riots. Black Hat had been assumed exPorted after going to ground for some time, but the MFPD is asking anyone with information on the masked man to come forward.

In an even more troubling development, four men were found tied by their hands and hanging from an apartment complex's alley fire escape this morning. While previous victims found in groups had come back in no predictable order, what makes this incident more troubling is that all four men revived at precisely the same second, just after news crews had arrived. These men have likewise been found to have lengthy rap sheets, and have been connected to an attempted burglary of Maurtia Falls First Financial last night.

While the Maurtia Falls Police Department has declined further comment on this on-going investigation, public opinion in the Falls seems to be split. Many are appalled by the murders, but there does seem to be an overall agreement that this may be what it takes to stop petty street crime in their city. One citizen, Randy Snyder, even took our interview as an opportunity to offer his thanks: "If Black Hat hadn't shown up and [expletive] shot that mother[expletive] in his [expletive] head, he would've stolen my brand new mother[expletive] BMW!"

More to come as the story unfolds.

RADIOACTIVE, RADIOACTIVE
As seen around De Chima:
Signs have been cropping up all over De Chima. Some theorize the content is Jeopardy-related, while city officials rebuke the possibility. Ambassador Baal is not around for comment. No word as to why -- perhaps another disappearance. Probably very normal, nothing to worry about.

CARELESS WHISPER
As heard in Maurtia Falls, as discussed on Bwitter:
You must have heard some weird whispering as of late, if you're in the Maurtia Falls surrounding area or the city itself. Oddly soft sounds, almost identified with whispers. The content seems intelligible, however, and difficult to otherwise describe although the Bwitter community has been trying its damnedest. Probably very normal, nothing to worry about.

SOME LIKE IT HOT
As experienced in Heropa:
Does it seem... Brighter to you? Longer days, and not in the Daylight Savings kind of way. Longer, brighter, burning days. It's hard to quantify however, and no one seems to be talking about it. But every step across the asphalt seems a little warming, maybe you've picked up on it. Maybe it's only you thinking it. Probably very normal, nothing to worry about.

LOSING TOUCH
As felt around Nonah:
That doorknob you just touched? Sticky. That bus route sign you tapped? Sticky. That crosswalk signal sensor you palmed? Sticky. Is it just you, or is everything feeling a bit... Stickier? Than usual? Seems like such a silly thing to bring up, though, doesn't it? What, are you going to break the ice being all "yeah I've been touching a lot of sticky things as of late?" You'll be the one sounding weird, won't you? Probably very normal, nothing to worry about.

CODE SWITCH
The Homeland Security Advisory System has moved from VAST AND INFINITE VELVET to CRUNCHED LEAF YELLOW. Step on this color, we dare you.

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Come to think of it, I've been touching a lot of sticky things lately. Is that normal?

Probably. Nothing to worry about. [ y e p ]

Strange, that's almost exactly the fifth time I've heard that sentiment in the last hour alone. I wonder if that's something I should worry about.

Everyone - including the natives and government - is so complacent over everything that has been happening this past year, so I wouldn't blame you if you did not worry about it.

Too late, now I'm curious. And a bit worried, I'll admit. Anything unusual happen around this time of year?

A lot always happens every month. So whenever something weird goes down, we expect it to blow up.

Edited 2018-11-16 23:03 (UTC)

How spectacularly is all this stickiness and whispering and brightness going to blow up on us, then? Since you're the clear expert here.

Honestly, I can't tell for sure. because even after all these years, things that happen here still manage to surprise us.

Not that they happen, that's not surprising at all. But one day you have giant robots destroying a city, the other day you have our own clones trying to cause chaos. Anything can happen.

Giant what. Your own what.

...I've been missing out. Any idea where I can find details of those? They sound [well, not fun, but] very surprising indeed.

[ see? Still surprised you ]

it's a long story- I do have notes on everything, if you ever have the time to read all of that. [ he will send a link ]

[Oh, boy, reading! Not Molly's strongest suit! He's so not looking forward to having to slog through all those notes on a screen, it's hard enough reading a text post. Even with text-to-audio enabled.]

Got an audio summary of all those notes?

Edited 2018-12-05 10:57 (UTC)

Ah- sorry. Not really. I'm an extensive guy.

I can try to shorten some of the notes and tell you the reader's digest, if you want?

Clearly. I'll keep the link, though, I know a few people who might want this, if they ever show up here.

The reader's digest [he says with a hint of irony] will be just fine, thank you.

Well, long story short, there is a group of people called the Otherworldly Technologies Organization - the OTO -who hate us and want us gone. And because of this they've been meddling with genetic engineering, robots, and nuclear energy to kill us all.

For a group that prides itself on otherworldly technologies, it seems incredibly stupid to go after the people that literally came from other worlds. But then what do I know?

[He asks with a look in his eye that betrays the sarcasm behind the question.]

Although I have to say, I’ve dealt with arseholes who don’t like people like me so long as I can remember, and—no, actually, I think they’d approve of the idea. [Propping his chin up on his hand.] Take it nothing’s worked so far, obviously.

Edited (dnd has limited guns jfc forgot that) 2018-12-10 15:48 (UTC)

You'd think. Apparently they want to get technologies beyond imagination without anyone's help but their own. [ it's idiotic. If they really cared about advancement and development they'd have taken the chance to work together with imPorts, but instead they want to kill them all. ]

They do something, we fight back, they do something else, and we fight back again, we investigate some things and find new information, only to find out we were too late and they are doing something already.

It's tiresome, to be honest.

Very unimaginative of them.

[Molly drums his fingers against the table's surface.]

Seems a vicious cycle to me. Have you figured out any way to break it yet?

we are doing our best, we have managed to get ahead few times, but only few times.

How'd you manage it? Break into their offices first or something?

I like to investigate leads, names, whatever shows up that seems worth having a look.

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