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Lost Carnival Mods ([personal profile] ringleaders) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2016-11-27 06:13 pm

⇨ THE MATRIX

Who: EVERYONE!
When: S1:D22 - S1:D??
Where: Visiting the Matrix.
What: The carnival arrives at its next location, as outlined here. This is a general mingling log for convenience purposes, but players are welcome to make as many other logs for this purpose as desired.
Warnings: Could be a lot of things.

THE MATRIX


"What IS the Matrix? The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it."




► INSIDE: On the inside, it all seems so normal. Beyond what you know of the reality you've stepped in, every bit of this place feels just as real as it did back in the carnival. If you were to forget where you'd just come from, would you know any different? The simulation of Chicago is identical to how it would have been in the early days of the new millenia, to anyone who comes from a similar Earth. Humans bustle around you, oblivious to the world outside of the Matrix that they were born into. One bright side to it all is that this hyper realism means the coffee tastes just as good as it does in real life. Anything you could do in real Chicago you can do here - and perhaps even more.

► WHITE ROOM: But before that, you were here. The White Room is a loading program, intended to port objects and people into the Matrix. You arrive as a reconstruction of your true physical form, but common sense suggests that for some of you, entering the mundane world looking like yourself isn't the best idea. It's in this empty world that you will be able to load in whatever physical objects you are, and change the way you present your own body to the system. Changes can be little, or big, but whatever you do, the body has to be able to function according to Earth's physical laws. Don't forget, if you die here, you die in the carnival too.

► DEJA VU: It doesn't matter what you're doing, but at some point you'll notice it - something around you has repeated itself, like a line on a skipping record. Maybe it's the same person bumping into you twice in a row, or the same cab driver yelling at you to get out of the way. It's like reality has rewound and repeated itself, and after the fact you have no proof of it happening beyond the memory of what you saw. You don't know what it means, but something about it is chilling. It may be a good time to find a buddy.

► THE ONE: It won't necessarily come naturally, but in a moment of need you may find yourself bending the world of the Matrix through sheer belief and force of need. How you bend it will always stay without the rules of the universe, at least for now, but when it comes to enhancing your own physical characteristics, just about anything is possible. It will not be easily reproducible, not now, but it could be your first view into the window of what's possible.

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-03 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes it would have!" He isn't even trying to comfort her, he just knows it's the truth.

"If it wasn't you it just would have been someone else, Carly this is not your fault!"
insidescoop: (MMMMMM...)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2016-12-03 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
That's not what I mean..!

If I had told you about the letter...then maybe instead we...

...maybe I... [She stumbles on her words, face red as she looks down.] ....i thought getting a coffee together would have been better, really...

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-03 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
He really has no idea why she's turning red. He blushes a lot, but like most teen boys the feelings and actions of a woman are still a mystery to him.

"I don't mind eating with you really. I just didn't want to be in that place any longer."
insidescoop: credit - haptisms @ lj (>3>)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2016-12-03 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
N-No I definitely agree, it was getting really intense in there..!!

Ah, it's just...normally when two people go out to a place like that, it's for a very romantic thing! Or it's a holiday, or someone's birthday...

A-Anyways, [she continues.] ...We've only really talked when things were intense like that... ...so, that was why I thought 'maybe coffee would be nice'...

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-03 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Lauren hesitates before finally admitting, "I've... Never had coffee."
insidescoop: (HEH?)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2016-12-03 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Ah? You haven't?

[He lived in the WOODS, Carly.]

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-03 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"No."

To be honest, he doesn't even really know what coffee is.

"I don't think they have it in Phlan."
insidescoop: credit - haptisms @ lj (HEY.)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2016-12-03 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Well now we definitely have to have coffee!

Real coffee too, [she insists] not computer coffee!
mylastchance: (🍃 Windswept)

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-03 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Computer?? The fuck is that...

"Um. Okay. Where do they have real coffee?"
insidescoop: (MMMMMM...)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2016-12-03 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
...Well, in the Carnival obviously...

...We're in the computer matrix right now...

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-03 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh... Right."

Obviously he knew that. He was a very smart and capable person and no one should think otherwise. Ever.
insidescoop: credit - alpha-graphics @ lj (Yeeeeeheheh)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2016-12-03 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Right! So we'll log out right now then!
mylastchance: (☔ Grey Skies)

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-03 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
He looks surprised, and then guilty.

"I can't. I can't leave without Susan."

He could get hurt, or scared, or attacked, or any number of things.
insidescoop: credit - haptisms @ lj (hwauuuuhhh)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2016-12-03 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought you weren't worried about him..?

[Remember that radio conversation that happened...]

A-Anyway though, how are you going to find him now...
mylastchance: (🍃 Strong Winds)

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-03 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"He doesn't worry about me, but I worry about him. I worry about him all the time!"

And now he'd run off to do who knows what who knew where.

"He's the only family I have left."

Why wouldn't he worry about his own brother, even if that wasn't the case?
insidescoop: credit - haptisms @ lj (hwauuuuhhh)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2016-12-03 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hmm. She crosses her arms.] ...You two have a lot of things to work out huh...
mylastchance: (🍃 Strong Winds)

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-03 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
He's completely thrown off by the statement, it feels like it's come out of nowhere.

"What do you mean?"
insidescoop: credit - haptisms @ lj (HEY.)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2016-12-03 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, he doesn't seem to understand danger at all, but you don't understand fun at all!

If you two don't find a balance, it's not going to work out in the long run...
mylastchance: (☔ Downpour)

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-03 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
He frowns. He knew how to have fun!!

"Of course he doesn't understand danger. He's only 12 and he can already cast spells it takes adults years to learn!"

It's not easy to make someone see they can get hurt when they're that powerful, especially not if they're still a child.

"He's just a kid, he doesn't understand that kind of stuff yet."
insidescoop: (well shoot)

quietly laughing bc she's probably thinking of the twins oops

[personal profile] insidescoop 2016-12-03 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
That's no excuse!

There are people his age and younger who learned...if you're not having luck making him realize that then...then you need to get someone to help with that, before it's too late..! [Probably not her though. She's not good at that.]

...I'm not saying he definitely should know already but...you definitely both have things you have to work on, it feels like.
mylastchance: (⚡ Lightning)

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-03 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Who can I get to help me Carly? Everyone I know except Susan is dead! They died a long time ago! It's been just me and him since I was ten and he was four. That's not exactly an ideal situation!

[He can't help shouting, he's so frustrated, and it's not like he hasn't thought these things before. He knows they have problems, he knows he needs to get through to Susan, but how the hell does anyone suppose he does that!? He's been trying to do that his entire life!]

He doesn't even remember them.
insidescoop: (well shoot)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2016-12-03 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
....But you're not there now.

[...It's all she can say-she feels like logging out right now but honestly that would be rude and hardly help her point. She's not crying though. She just looks to the other, and swallows.] ...You're not there.

...And now you have time.
mylastchance: (⚡ Lightning)

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-03 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
What does that even mean!?

[God! He doesn't even understand her. He had time back home, which is where he wishes he was. Not here in this idiotic carnival with all it's stupid idiotic people! He wasn't anyone's slave. He was his own person and he could do whatever he wanted to.]
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[personal profile] fortuneglass 2016-12-03 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean you have time..!

When you go home, you'll remember everything, but nothing would have happened..!

I've worked here for three years and I...

[She chokes, and swallows, clutching her arms.] ...I was really scared of a lot of things when I first came here. ...I did a lot of terrible things... ...and I didn't think I'd see anyone I loved ever again...

But! But not only do I get to go back and fix that now...over these few years, I've learned a lot! The things I need to know to fix what happened, the things I need to know to keep living..!

...The things you need to be happy.
mylastchance: (☔ Downpour)

[personal profile] mylastchance 2016-12-04 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[He deflates, feeling totally lost and confused, and without his frustration and anger pushing him forward he just feels tired, and empty.]

I don't... I don't know what I need.

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