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Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2016-01-10 01:31 pm

JANUARY 10TH, 2016

THE MAJORITY REPORT: JANUARY 10TH, 2016

GOOD TO BE SELFLESS
As seen initially on all major news networks, then on the RSS feeds of news sites:
The gala event of the season was sixty-five million years in the making. Sorry, that's 3.5 billion. The history of life on Earth was on display at De Chima, featuring appearances by some of prehistory's most famous faces. But it was a real, baby T. rex that stole the show, and the hearts of those present. Funds raised by the event benefitted SELF, a new organization providing help to non-humans.

HE'S GOT GAME
As seen on Lulzfeed, Rumblr, BlueTube, everywhere!:
Do you follow Agito and Hiro? Do you like twenty-four hours GAMING LIVESTREAMS? DO YOU SUPPORT CHARITY? Then good news! Agito and Hiro, technologically savvy imPorts, have already played to fundraise (a la Extra Life) on the 1st to raise money for the Heropa Health Clinic.

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
As seen on reporting from national news television, international news cycles, newsprint, amateur BlueTube videos mostly of the green fog descending, botanists discussing the jungle that had replaced Heropa:
Crisis had struck dear Heropa on the day of January 2nd 2016. We thought we could at least have some relative peace in the new year but it only took one day before an incident struck. On the 2nd imPorts were alerted to another imPort causing trouble. What appeared to be a criminal running a rampage turned far worse. A heavy green fog would roll in that day and consume all of Heropa. Many of the citizens and some of the local imPorts were lost inside the fog but the fog was not the only unwelcoming and ominous thing that took place.

When the fog lifted Heropa no longer stood the marvel that we all knew. Instead a jungle took it's place and one can only describe it as a frightening sight. Clearly the work of an imPort had been at hand. Only but a few hours later did we receive a video that revealed the cause of the jungle landscape, one that we dare not show. In short, it had turned out that someone we thought a hero was merely wearing a mask to hide darker intentions. Many would know him as a sprightly character from fiction, one we all grew up with and loved, but instead has proven to be more sinister than we realized. His name, is Peter Pan.

Many imPorts gathered to the edge of the Jungle to thwart whatever spell he had cast and didn't return for four days. On the sixth of January on lookers outside of what could be considered Peter Pan's twisted Neverland saw a golden light spread out from the center of the jungle and like it had never happened, Heropa stood once more.

The locals who had been trapped in Neverland had this to say. "We were trapped, not just inside there but in our own heads. We didn't remember anything about ourselves, but this warped nightmare we were made to think we lived. I don't remember much of it but it was just horrible. The things I saw, the things I did..."
More people commented that it was like some mass brainwashing, that made them do Pan's bidding or worse: be his play things for his brainwashed mass. It can only be described as insidious. Formerly cursed witnesses had said some people had actually died inside the jungle, though the proof of that is still unclear. Ongoing investigations are looking into finding some of the missing people that were inside Pan's Neverland.

In related news, officials believe that in a string of kidnappings that have happened in Maurtia Falls was done by none other than Pan himself. Care takers of some of these children often commented that before the victim was taken they would often speak of a figure playing pan pipes, something that Peter himself is known for. There is no trace of these missing children yet but we are assured that they will be looking into this.

We are still looking from comments from the brave imPorts who thwarted such an evil but we remain here to ask; Where is Peter Pan now? Is he alive? Do we have to fear another curse?

OUT OF YOUR SIGHT
As heard on international air waves:
The girl that Moscow claimed to be Lachesis is now missing.

OUT OF YOUR MIND
As seen in the 24-hour national news cycle:
Moscow has been issuing threats against imPorts. They claim that unnamed imPorts have made attempts against the native human they claim to be Lachesis, and now they have finally succeeded in their plot. The Secretary of State to the US has issued this statement: "Moscow does not have Lachesis, and our imPorts have made no move against this fable. This is but base propaganda intended to spark tension."

But word from Moscow is adamant. ImPorts will pay.

CODE SWITCH
The Homeland Security Advisory System has moved from PLUM to STYGIAN BLUE because of Pan's antics. Thanks, Pan.

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akito: akito (pic#9241607)

[personal profile] akito 2016-01-10 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Because it's so easy for ImPorts to sneak out of the U.S. and across the oceans to infiltrate Moscow and kidnap a child.
Meanwhile I can barely make it from Florida to Virginia without security having a fit.
timeshares: (How about NO ONE kills me again)

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[personal profile] timeshares 2016-01-10 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
So, I'm just going to start the good old fashioned disclaimer train... That was not me.

[Not that he hadn't been seriously considering offering to go check out the rumors.]
abandon_hope: (double cuddle)

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[personal profile] abandon_hope 2016-01-10 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
... Castellan ...
sleight_of_hand: (Er... if you say so)

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[personal profile] sleight_of_hand 2016-01-10 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh sure.

Because if I could travel overseas so easily, the exact place I'm going to go is somewhere stupidly cold to kidnap some kid.
timeshares: (You have my attention)

[personal profile] timeshares 2016-01-10 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
What? Preemptive disavowal is a time honored tradition for Eleven. I'm just keeping up with it.

By the way, you don't look any better than I do. The code is even in your color.
abandon_hope: art by minuiko at tumblr (SIGHHHHhhghhhgh)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2016-01-10 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Stygian blue is not a real color.
timeshares: Not that that ever got me out of trouble (Kronos? He was a shitty roommate)

[personal profile] timeshares 2016-01-10 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a faint hum of amusement, then,]

It could be a really light black.
ringen: (47)

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[personal profile] ringen 2016-01-10 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This. This is the face of someone who's pretty much Done with Cold War bullshit, both from home and from this place. ]

You could have stopped at "Moscow was issuing threats." I nearly forgot what year it was.
abandon_hope: (double cuddle)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2016-01-10 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
If it were I'd have heard of it.
timeshares: (They have your picture next to IMPULSIVE)

[personal profile] timeshares 2016-01-10 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
The right line is "No, that's grey."

[There's a moment, then another. Luke's eyebrows go up and he laughs.]

Okay, I take it back. It's actually a real thing.
abandon_hope: art by minuiko at tumblr (SIGHHHHhhghhhgh)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2016-01-10 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The blankest of looks from Nico. ]

It is? How?
doesntdomuch: (*Weirdo*)

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[personal profile] doesntdomuch 2016-01-10 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Geez, was this really what it was like to live during the Cold War?]

I really hope this doesn't all end in a huge battle over nothing.
failureisntachoice: (Armor 31)

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[personal profile] failureisntachoice 2016-01-10 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd like to know what the government is planning to do about these threats.
timeshares: (Don't waste your worry on me)

[personal profile] timeshares 2016-01-10 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[The links to the optical illusion appear on Nico's screen in another window.]

You stare at it.
glowsferatu: porrim, thought (pic#6650708)

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[personal profile] glowsferatu 2016-01-10 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
sorry to disappoint
but this is almost definitely going to end in a huge battle over nothing
abandon_hope: art by minuiko at tumblr (shiiiiiiiiiiit)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2016-01-10 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
... If this is another stupid jump scare ...
doesntdomuch: (Heinz why do I even bother with you)

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[personal profile] doesntdomuch 2016-01-10 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Great.

We can't have two minutes without something stupid happening, can we?
timeshares: (And that's why they call it Fleeced)

[personal profile] timeshares 2016-01-10 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
There is absolutely nothing I can say that will convince you it's not.

[It WAS amazing that they kept working, honestly. The one with the ghost had been hilarious.]

But, this is actually something I'm curious about.
abandon_hope: (double cuddle)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2016-01-10 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Reluctantly, Nico opens the link. Braces himself ... ah. It's just some weird dot blinking. Okay, he sees it now. ]

What happened to her? Did something else kidnap her?
timeshares: (The same thing we do every day)

[personal profile] timeshares 2016-01-10 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Good questions. If she never existed and it was a trap, then they got tired of waiting and just turned it into an excuse.

There's a possibility someone did go, too. Either from here or another country that stands to profit from both powers destroying each other. [That was a favorite tactic of his own, after all.]
excessivehubris: (intrigued)

[personal profile] excessivehubris 2016-01-10 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, this is an interesting read. ]
abandon_hope: (turn around bright eyes)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2016-01-10 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
... Who profits from a war then?

[ He asks Luke pointedly. You're the expert. ]
timeshares: (A nine iron will do)

[personal profile] timeshares 2016-01-10 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Arms dealers. Mercenaries. Industrial countries looking to cut in on a market opened up by two giants falling. Or just long standing enemies of both. Those with interests in the imPorts and the technology being created around us and for us.

I haven't really gotten enough unbiased television programming, honestly, but that would be my guesses.
abandon_hope: (double cuddle)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2016-01-10 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
That describes almost everyone.
timeshares: (Sounds like a challenge)

[personal profile] timeshares 2016-01-11 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
Basically.

Whatever's probably coming has a lot more disposable money and forces than us biting at each other.

[As Nico was there at Finland as well.]

It'll be interesting to see if this government can stop it or plans on using us to defend it.

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