EVENING NEWS BULLETIN

[hackitude]

"In our first news item this evening, America's ministry of imPort affairs has confirmed that it has suffered a serious data breach, claiming its networks were intercepted by a mysterious hacker.

The ministry has provided little detail on the incident, saying it applied to "the internet-based network where open information and data of the lowest classification level are handled."

Data with higher security classification is still secure, the ministry has said. Intelligence and security services are currently investigating the breach, and invite any citizen or imPort who might have information to come forward. The--"



We interrupt your regularly scheduled program for a message from our sponsor of this particular news segment.

Citizens. ImPorts. The government is not as all-seeing or all-powerful as they would have you believe. Stand up and demand government transparency. Demand answers. Do not be complacent.

They know nothing about the Porter. They do not have control. Its origins lead to the Atlantic Ocean where it was pulled near the coast in 1985. They have no idea how it works. It is a mystery to both the government and their scientists. They have no control over it whatsoever. Any control you might think they have is an illusion. I have seen their files. They know no more than us.

Their main priority is trying to find ways to control the Porter so that way they can send back imPorts who have no interest in this world. Why have we not been told this?

Additionally, it is currently unknown why people suddenly go home. It is not the government's doing. They believe it is the fault of Lachesis. Additionally, it's been confirmed that the Porter has its own automated defenses that prevents anyone from prying too much information out of it-- even those already gifted with extreme powers it brings in from other worlds. Lachesis is

[The message suddenly cuts out, and you return to a confused-looking news anchor, who apologises for the break in programming and hurries on to the next segment, some boring item about a vacuumer cleaner scam.]

((This kicks off the mini-event I spoke of two days ago! I will not be running this post, though Skye will be around later! Please use this post to react, treat each top level comment like it's a new post in the community, for characters to gossip about and share their reactions, or maybe actionspam your character's realtime reaction as they watch at home or perhaps in the street. Jump each other, have fun!))

Comments

[lyingheart]

[ look of surprise, meet... milder look of surprise. (at least she does know first names are more intimate, he's told her that, but she runs by the rules of what else he's said - and in other cases, what annoys someone who'd been jerking her chain first, because annie is always mature. [not.]) her eyebrows quirk up, a gentle sort of disbelief. ]

That's up to you.

[ which is kind of the point here, Kaneki. Annie's leaving all of this up to you to decide on. ]

[anthropophagite]

[ the answer seems to relieve him and Kaneki nods softly, as a gentle smile returns to his lips ]

Then... I will see you next week.

[ like that.

Because a kind person only needs love and kindness to be happy. And he hopes the same for others. ]

icon just because

[lyingheart]

... Next week, then.

[ kaneki, a kind person might never be happy, and love and kindness don't always find their ways to them. which means it's baffling, but also - gratifying, on some level, when annie turns away and makes her way out, trusting kaneki can handle turning off what electronics need to be turned off, because he's still willing to go through with this.

... this being dance lessons, but it matters to her. she hates that it does, but she recognizes it, and she doesn't have it in her to deny realities forever. annie wants to have bonds with others. she's just very good at doing what she can to sabotage them for her own safety along the way.

nonetheless, she brushes her hair back off her face as she slips out into the night air, rubbing the back of her neck. ahh... damn. how many times is she going to need to do this? and is it ever going to get easier?

maybe she'll know the answer one day. ]

wraps up this thread with a pretty bow on top c:

[anthropophagite]

[ shhh don't say that, let kaneki find out about that the worst way possible! by being tortured until his hair turns white c:

Kaneki will stay behind, watching the girl leave. He figures he should give her some time and space, so he will very slowly begin to pick up his things. Though there is much crossing his head right now, the news report and the hacker during it also weight on his mind.

His life is never easy, is it? He has already accepted that by now.

But hey. At least he is glad he spoke to Annie about this. Getting to know others, becoming closer, too. Such things are good, specially when he is so alone in this new world. ]