CONCORDIA, DAY :40 - :047

[onemind]

CURRENT EVENTS

     CONCORDIA, DAY :40 - :047

As far as acts of terrorism go, things have been relatively quiet in Concordia since the bombing at the Royal Gaming Parlor less than a month prior. While huge chunks of extranet broadcasts and political conversations continue to revolve around discovering the culprit behind the bombings and Public Security continues to be seen in force on the streets, it seems like the average Concordian has begun to (consciously or unconsciously) slip back into their standard routines. Though a few well rooted organizations such as Mind Life and Goram Saffit's most die-hard sychophants continue to stage protests and rallies, most social tensions have eased to the point where it seems the only people currently feeling the brunt of increased public security presence continue to be those living on the fringe of Subspace. Presumably if Ngozi's promise to uncover the bombers is the truth, there are more subtle Public Security efforts being made throughout the city blocks - but if there are, they're so subtle that the only people who know seem to be those involved.

"What's being done to track these people down, Commissioner?" asks Kalani Gostislav on a popular early morning news broadcast. "And I don't mean working over teenagers in clubs."

Ngozi, with her patented cool demeanor, answers, "With all due respect, Miss Gostislav, you and I both know that Public Security has a long reach and a lot of hands. Necessarily so, in most cases. Don't think that because we're investigating subspace right now that we aren't looking into other options as well."

"So you're saying the investigations in Subspace are just a distraction?"

"No. I'm not ruling out any possibilities." She's lying. Don't puke on your shoes, Sam Alexander.

With public demonstrations on the downswing while Concordian media continues to be (rightfully, someone might say) persistent, politicians and high-rollers move to fill the void left by the average Concordian. Meaning: we hope you're ready for some run of the mill celebrity-driven discourse! Where most Concordians don't have the time to devote their lives to anti- or pro-synthetic organization, a subset of the Concordian upper elite seem to have plenty of time on the hands and the motivation to start organizing things like charity benefit balls, fundraisers and social media awareness campaigns. Currently the most visible awareness trend involves wearing a silver bangle on the right wrist to support Shya Gafar, a young women injured in the Royal Parlor bombing who's been comatose since. Those hosts familiar with the memory data recovered from one of the androids destroyed in the bombing recognize Shya as the frightened woman swept up by the crowd.

But where Concordian's average population seems determined to keep living their lives as normally as they can in the wake of these attacks, the hosts of Bearings haven't been sitting on their hands. A number of different investigations have been posed, and it's looking like things may soon fall into place to make those happen. Thanks to the hard work during and after the Bout It Out tournament, Mind Life's Sheena Frey has provided the hosts with A LIST of political and social contacts that she either trusts implicitly, or known enemies she thinks are unlikely to be involved in H+H1. It might not be a faultless list, but it at least serves to narrow down the pool of obvious lines of inquiry and hey-- that's something.

Sheena Frey isn't the hosts' only potential 'ally' either, though the rest are significantly less clear cut. EXTRAAA is evidently lurking, watching and evaluating the hosts movements from the shadows. Ilde, Mara Jade and Sam Anders have been in frequent contact with a subspace hacker who calls herself "Y". There's also a stripped down android currently cycling through repair processes in a corner of Bearings who might have answers if he's ever conscious for more than a few minutes at a time.

With questioning piling on top of each other, it might finally be time to start racking up a few answers. That means pushing the hacker Y until she gives a few salient answers, getting close with Goram Saffit to potentially uncover his involvement with H+H1, and - despite being hugely dangerous - breaking into Public Security Headquarters to get some concrete information about what or who is motivating Commissioner Ngozi to tarnish her spotless record.

Strap in, hosts. Things might get bumpy.

     IN OTHER NEWS...

Despite every day tensions having lowered since the vigil, most public service androids continue to be extremely business oriented. In general, most androids (even public security operated androids) are very wary around strangers.

Confetti! It's a parade! The annual Arista Parade, to be precise. Nominally a part of Aristana, the celebration of the ribbons of life, it's a holiday who's origins are nearly forgotten. Nowadays it's a big, raucous celebration pretty dedicated much entirely to drinking and partying. Almost all those in attendance will be wearing ribbons tied around their hair, their wrists, off of their belts and the edges of their sleeves. Pull one off, and you will be rewarded with a kiss - on the cheek, usually. The parade itself showcases a number of performers, costumes, and moving art pieces. It's route covers a number of the main streets of town (which will be closed, sorry traffic), and it lasts from dusk till nearly dawn on DAY :040. Have fun, if it's your kind of scene.

The Royal Street Gaming Parlor's re-opening ceremony is on the Day :043. It's not supposed to be a big spectacle, but that doesn't mean it won't be. The press is expected to be there in force - possibly more force than customers, who are likely to remain wary. There's a race being televised.

One of the primary commuter train lines from Beta to Gamma block has been closed due to a large fire. Public Security doesn't expect foul play; it's just really annoying for public transit overcrowding.

Ven Diagrams has announced it will soon be releasing a new version of its mental storage chip. This model's recording interface will be activated by a pattern of eye blinks customized by the chip's user.

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TIMELINE OF EVENTS

(Please note the weirdness of these OOC dates - these windows are to accommodate for a) us getting you relevant plotting information, and b) backtagging. Feel free to overlap, forwarddate and backtag as appropriate!)

DAY :40 (October 2) - Ilde falls into a coma.

DAY :042 (October 5-7) - Kellix holds a few conversations. (This will be posted early to accommodate as much backtagging as possible)

DAY :043 (October 8-10) Aoba and Nirad track down Ahtaliah Ven then report back; new hosts hatch on the Station and late in the evening Nirad ollies off Concordia to pick them up.

DAY :044 (October 9) The new hosts land on planet.

DAY :45 (October 11-20) - The hosts break into Public Security headquarters in an attempt to uncover Ngozi's motives.

DAY :046 (October 21) - Ilde wakes up from her coma.

DAY :47 (October 22-26) - The hosts cozy up to Goram Saffit at one of the politician's famous fundraisers.

There WILL be a log posted for Kellix's conversations. Players are invited to make logs covering any other events or plots.

OOC UPDATES

Hey guys and thanks for your patience as we've worked to get all these ducks in a row. In the comment sections below, you'll find some information resources and subthreads with plot compilation links and mission details. These are as complete as we've been able to make them, but it's (very) likely we've overlooked a few things. If you have links or information to add that we've forgotten, don't hesitate to tack them on. In general we want these subthreads to give you all the information you need to draw up and post your respective event catchall logs. Since these are primarily player- and character-driven plots, we've decided to leave the posting of logs up to you guys and poke our noses in as it seems relevant to the action. We'll be providing you with as much information as we can ahead of time, though expect some holes for player (and character) flexibility. We realize this potentially makes for a lot of reading, but please don't feel compelled to look at everything; we just want to make sure those resources are easy to find if you want them.

In general, we've done our best with this calendar to allow for a reasonable amount of time for backtagging and threading. That said, there's a lot happening here and we're faintly concerned about a pacing stall to accommodate backtagging. You'll notice the IC:OOC date correlations are a little wonky this time around in hopes of giving everyone enough time to plan and backtag. We also want to emphasize that no one's required to participate in absolutely everything happening in this calendar. We've seen a lot of division of labor in plotting posts and think that's a great way to keep some of these events running even if there's some OOC time overlap. But! If it feels like things are moving too quickly or there's too much downtime, we're open to feedback and adjustment. If you guys need more or less time to get things done, don't hesitate to chime in so we can make those adjustments.

As far as non-plot related announcements go, please remember to take some time to add a section for host vs. host ability (canon and symbiote) usage in your current permissions post! We'll be checking for these during the next AC period, so you've got a month to get your ducks in a row.

As always, feel free to use this space to plot and plan; if you have any questions for us, don’t hesitate to ask them below if they’re related to current events and plots, or on the FAQ or the MOD CONTACT posts if they’re more general!

-Abby and Donna

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Comments

SHEENA'S PEOPLE

[onemind]

Sheena's provided the Hosts with two lists - one of trusted associates, the other of old enemies she doesn't think have anything to do with H+H1. These lists were provided in hardcopy (on paper?!) and Sheena's insisted that neither be replicated digitally.

FRIENDLIES

VETTED ENEMIES

Roi Taliesen Orrin Halborjn Riss Polyhymnia Ahtaliah Ven Amyntas Antiochos Kris Denni Fedelmid Aran Nerva Filippus Lonna Artis Luetta Burdette Song Queen Minh Laree Sandlin Turnbull Donella Lilley Syreeta Holden Marva Swain Malka Morrell (The friendlies list also includes the head of every neighborhood Mind Life chapter...but that'd make this list like 200 people long and that's just ridiculous so assume that's there too.)

Goram Saffit Despoina Canute Adair Loane Rodrick Dhososlav Janina Lennart Hunfred Jupe Thirza Solon Nojus Ólafur Verna Bridge Mariel Dob Tennille Gard Trinh Benoit Leyva Roggins Virgina Cooke Venessa Reece Royal Estep Synthia Evin Alayn Branham Maire Hassan Barden Albers Melda Barajos Oneida Quick Kellum Luttrell Veta Whiteside Wirth Jeannout

If you'd like information about any of these people, let us know and we'll give you the basics that an extranet search would pull up.

[tropism]

not sure if this is the right thread to put it in but ... in one of the previous infodump posts you guys wrote "Private security employment and integration has risen by 7%; it turns out that tragedy is great for select wedges of the Concordian economy."

questions! .... which wedges of the economy did well, which people are mostly the figureheads for these sections, and are those people in sheena's list? 8Ia

[onemind]

Good question! In general private security is that 'wedge' profiting from the attacks, though this also filters down (up?) the pipeline to minor companies producing tech for use in private security. Most private security companies large and small have seen some bump to profits since the bombings including Digital Solutions, Manufacturing Progressive Insurance, Spencer Aerocorp, and Ming Imperial Digital, along with a number of smaller private companies. Tech companies that have seen there stocks rise include I&D INC., Moreno Technics, Fabribank and Woodward Innovations and whole bunch of miscellaneous smaller companies. Other industries that have seen some uptick has been the extranet media channel For Your Viewing (FYV) whose CEO is Richards Soft, and any companies developing personal datachip storage like Ven Diagrams, Fabribank, I&D and so on.

Some of Sheena's list would be in these sectors, but not all of them; her list tends to focus on politicians and activists more than it does those in the private sector.