< Operation: FINAL BOSS >

[tenminutes]

A. Video; Filtered to remaining SSS members, Accelerator, Yamashita, Ai;
I'm sure everyone's noticed by now how many people are in comas. I've got an idea how it happened, but.. I have no idea how to fix it. The best we can do now is to hope that we can find the Programmer and stop him from taking the rest of us. I had an idea a while ago that I talked over with Accelerator, then I spoke to that Ai NPC about it so she's been working on it. She's almost done writing what we need, so I need to talk to all of you in person. SSS room, one hour. I've texted the password to the phones of the two people I could find that weren't comatose.

action; meeting
[ Yuri's sitting on her desk instead of in the big imposing chair that she normally ran these meetings from. There were people who weren't in the SSS here anyway, it wasn't really a formal meeting. Despite that, it was all business. ]

Welcome to < Operation: Final Boss >. [ She knew the name was corny, but it was her attempt at finding something, anything that they could take humor in so that they didn't all feel like it was hopeless. Because it wasn't, because they were going to win. Yuri hoped, anyway. She crosses her legs, both hands on the desk by her side as she speaks, her expression not showing any mirth, real or false. ]

We've all lost a lot. I'm not saying that this is going to solve all of our problems, and if you think the best way for you to get out of this is to accept your life and disappear, then don't feel as though anyone is going to blame you for that. The choice is yours, and you're welcome to do that. But I want you all to listen to this idea first, and those who want to stay can stay and fight.

[ And with that, Yuri proceeds to explain the plan. The last time she had to go through this, she went off on her own. She'd tried to protect everyone without help, and it nearly caused everyone to fail. She wouldn't pull away from everyone this time. She would be their leader and she would be there fighting with them this time. That was the only way they could win..

{{ Feel free to comment this post for either Yuri OR Ai, as both are at the meeting. Questions, concerns, conversations.. anything can go. The log will go up as described on Tuesday the 12th! }}

Comments

[afterlifer]

I'll add some in, then. Do you have any requests for specific information to be added?

[onewayroad]

No specific requests. Just do what you can to keep him from figuring out the important shit too quickly based on what he can find.

[afterlifer]

[ She gestures in what has to be a perfect salute, save for the smile and the flippant way she releases it. ]

I'll do everything I can to keep him from the important shit!

[onewayroad]

[He's quiet for a moment, at first seemingly satisfied with that response. But then he speaks up again.]

What risks do the rest of us need to know before you go off and release that virus?

[afterlifer]

Anything supported using the Angel Player network should go offline. That includes the phones, the food services, all NPCs, many but not all of the animals, and the town which was built using Angel Player. Anything that doesn't go offline is going to glitch to freeze. All personal data will be deleted from any computers placed into the network. I am inputting a system reboot into my back-up program, so when it is uploaded back to a network computer, it should return the world to its state before its initial destruction. At that point, once I am reloaded, I should be able to find the NPC that you all call "Fantoche" and shut the shadows down. This will all only work if you've captured the Programmer and restored me to stop interference, of course. I should note that unfortunately, this will not affect those who have gone into comas. The only way to recover from that is for them to do it on their own. While the cause of the coma was an altered version of an Angel Player Guard Skill, the damage is already done.

[onewayroad]

[brief glance toward Yuri at Ai's confirmation regarding the comaed people, expression sour. he lets out a low, breathy sigh of annoyance.]

It's like what happened to that Tachibana person, isn't it?

[narrows his eyes]

So. We just need to make sure someone gets to the Programmer once he shows his face.

[another glance toward Yuri. perhaps they should deliberately set things up to increase the chances of the bastard surfacing somewhere specific.]

[afterlifer]

[ Ai nods in response to the first question, then focusing on the second. ]

Perhaps we should set up a false offer to trade me? In which case, he'll have no choice but to appear and will expect each of you to be on your guard, but will not expect me to be the one launching the virus.

[onewayroad]

If we do that, Yuri's the one to plan out the location and setup.

[points over at Yuri]

Back when those bastards first put a bounty on you she'd had some kind of idea like that.

[He recalls listening to all of the responses to Yuri's post back then, and that particular detail was stuck in his mind.]

And if you have shit like blueprints of the school, you can look at them to figure out which locations are the best strategically.

[He and the other members of GROUP had found their way inside a certain building's hidden zones once by looking for suspicious areas on the fire department's copies of the building blueprints.]

[afterlifer]

Nakamura-san should have those already if she got her laptop back from the dormitories. If not, I'll forward them to her.

[onewayroad]

I doubt she did.

[afterlifer]

Then I'll do it.