Accidental Video + Partial Audio Transmission

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Accidental Video

[ The video opens up to a view of shaking scenery and rushing lights and color, as it the device recording it has just been dropped from a significant height. The movement ceases when the device lands on the floor, still recording with its camera pointed upwards.

The foyer it shows is clearly familiar to everyone in Wonderland as the front of the mansion. What's not quite so familiar is the giant glowing UFO now hovering and weaving up near the ceiling. Green lights shoot out, scanning the surroundings, sweeping over every surface with an eerie glow.

Even the fallen phone gets scanned, although once it is, the UFO goes suspiciously still overhead before swooping down towards it with a startling speed. There's a voice, one that sounds suspiciously like a young girl, that gives a quiet exclamation. ]

Oops! Almost lost you. Hello there, my precious.

[ ...And then a metallic-looking tentacle snakes out from the bottom of the UFO to press the button that cuts the feed off entirely.

Just another day in Wonderland, right? There's totally nothing to see here, and certainly not a floating spaceship hovering in your entranceway. Carry on. ]

Audio

[ Although a short while later, a number of phones across the mansion might receive an audio transmission as someone tries to figure out and manipulate the strange network in this place and how to filter it to where she needs it to go. Hopefully she finds the targets she's looking for, but other inhabitants might pick it up accidentally as well. ]

Joker, Queen? Can you hear me? Mona, Panther, anyone, come in??

Comments

[jurisdick]

[ ...... softer this time ]

But how is that possible?

[cakebuffet]

[She pauses a moment before answering, her own voice dropping slightly, still puzzled.]

I don't know. What day did you think it was?

[jurisdick]

November nineteenth.

[ LONG PAUSE ]

Or rather, the morning of the twentieth.

[cakebuffet]

That's...

[How?]

The Metaverse has never messed with time before!

[jurisdick]

It's an interesting twist, I must admit. I hadn't exactly pegged it as having that capability.

[cakebuffet]

How-- how long have you known about it in the first place?

[That would be good to know.]

[jurisdick]

[ ........ ]

Not too long.

[cakebuffet]

So-- all of this has to be even more confusing for you, huh.

[Her tone shifts, panic subsiding as she feels like she's starting to sort things out, sympathetic instead.]

Where are you? Do you know?

[jurisdick]

A long hallway of sorts.

[ he glances around, nothing too distinct catching his eye. ]

I'm afraid I can't be more detailed than that.

[cakebuffet]

Beats where I'm at. Some kind of cave.

[Though she has to be nearing an exit by now. Admittedly, her progress has been slowed by her trying to puzzle out this Akechi situation.]

We're close enough that these phones work, at least. That's something.

[jurisdick]

They don't seem to have the app, either.

[ just a casual observation. ]

[cakebuffet]

I noticed that, too.

[Mm. Lots of question, and nowhere near enough answers.]

My regular phone won't work at all-- I can't even get the app to load.

[jurisdick]

I haven't tried mine yet, but that's not too surprising.

[ not even he has answers. this is bad. ]

[cakebuffet]

[This is bad.]

I guess it isn't, but I thought we've at least be able to access the Nav in here.

[She sighs.]

Once I get myself out of this stupid cave and we've all started getting our bearings-- we should talk more.

[She might not trust Akechi, but as far as she knows, it's just her and Futaba otherwise. They can't afford to exclude him, even if they're wary-- especially if he knows their codenames. She's guessing he knows a lot more than that.]

[jurisdick]

All right. Stay safe until that time.

[ cave, what cave? that sounds like a bad thing. he's rather glad he's not on video, because his face is contorting into something less than pleasant. this may be a bigger problem than he originally deduced. clearly he needs to gather more information.

so peace out panther. ]