uprisenheart: (heart)
the heart ([personal profile] uprisenheart) wrote in [community profile] dualislogs2019-09-22 01:10 pm

ever since you’ve been my ace of hearts -

WHO: Open to all Dualizens
WHAT: A heart-to-heart with the Heart
WHERE: A run-down warehouse on the outskirts of town.
WHEN: Sept. 21-22
WARNINGS: Please use these in comment subject lines if applicable!



Random text messages happen sometimes, though maybe not as often in Dualis as where you’re from. But there’s one today, and this one comes to your inbox from the number 432-78, which is definitely not a standard phone number. If you open it, there’s an image file, one you likely recognize - an anatomical heart. You’ll need to zoom in on the image a bit, because there’s a short message written along one of the veins, and it’s very small: LET’S TALK.

Below the image is a shortlink, and if you click it, you’ll be taken to a page that is blank except for one of those “Prove you’re not a robot!” messages with a box to check. Once checked, a series of six images appears - five are cartoon hearts, and the sixth is the same anatomical heart illustration that led you to this page. The instructions to pass through this virtual gate are to “Click on the Heart,” and choosing any image except the anatomical illustration redirects to an error message that bricks your phone until you perform a hard reboot.

Choosing the correct image takes you to a page of strange clusters of colored dots. If you look closely (and aren’t color blind), you’ll be able to read the real message: TOMORROW, AT SUNSET and a set of coordinates. A blinking banner scrolls along the top of the page and warns THIS MESSAGE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN 10 MINUTES, and the 10 counts down after one minute to 9, then 8, and so on. It’s probably a good idea to write this information down somewhere else!

The inbox message also deletes itself 10 minutes after it’s been opened. All unopened messages are auto-erased 12 hours after the original sent timestamp.

If you happen to be interested in following this rabbit down the rabbit hole, plug in those coordinates on your phone’s Dualis GPS app, and you’ll be directed to a run-down, empty warehouse on the outskirts of town. Be sure to take the time estimate to get there into consideration!

The warehouse is mostly dark inside, lit only by sparse flickering overhead lights; it’s dusty, empty except for the people gathered. When the sunlight outside has all but disappeared behind the horizon, a burst of loud electrical humming echoes through the warehouse, and the lights shut off. All electronic devices inside the perimeter of the warehouse have also been disabled, albeit temporarily.
magneticfields: (unsure)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2019-10-01 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
"No, it doesn't." Erik crosses his arms. By his estimation there are none among their masked leaders over the age of thirty. Wonderful. "So what do you plan to do with your little self-selected band? Other than assume there are no agent provacateurs who have infiltrated along with the true revolutionaries."
itwasworthit: (pissed and bloody)

[personal profile] itwasworthit 2019-10-01 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
One would think so, but the young man across from Erik was more than he looked. After Erik spoke on, he pulled his half mask off looking much younger, sadly.

"We plan to stop the head, and save everyone we can. This isn't my first rodeo, I mean, its my first revolution, but I've been fighting since I turned twenty. I have never really stopped, and I never will. I can't stand for injustice, my mentor taught me better than that."
magneticfields: (go away)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2019-10-05 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Erik is a brilliant man, but he has his blindspots. Youthful dilettantes are a thorn in his side, and he's quick to dismiss those who appear to be just that. "Since you turned twenty. Long time." All of two years, by Erik's estimation. "That's a good place to start. What do you know of the Head's plans?"

Credit where credit's due, and all that.
itwasworthit: (scratch the stubble)

[personal profile] itwasworthit 2019-10-17 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"A very long time." He spoke, his eyes staying on Erik, "You wear your age, I like Dorian Gray and his bloody picture do not.

As for the Head's plan, we think the head plans to bring great harm to us all. Something we must stop at all costs. Lives are at stake."

magneticfields: (resigned)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2019-10-21 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't hear that often." He's sixty-three, something that usually surprises people when they find out. "Gray's picture did age. That was the point of the story."

His opinion is not lowering, because it doesn't have much further down to go. This is probably ageist of him, or something. "I don't doubt that. I find that mass kidnappers tend to have ill-intent toward their victims." Like stories of sending trains full of beaten-down people to some place they could be free, only to pull the rug out from under them once they arrived at their destination. "I imagine most of what it tells us is designed to keep us docile until it's too late. How do you propose to save these lives?"

This oughtta be good.