??? (rise up, rise up)

[uprisenheart]

[at approximately noon today, no matter what your phone settings, you hear a loud, harsh alarm tone, and the following broadcast. the voice is heavily distorted, difficult to tell its gender or whether it’s human, alien, or robot, though the intonation is much more variable than how the iterations speak. the screen of your phones during this broadcast displays a graphic of a red anatomical heart set against a plain, light grey background. there is no username listed.]

BEFORE THERE CAN BE ANY ACTION, A REVOLUTION MUST WAKE THE SLEEPING PEOPLE.

ARE YOU AWAKE YET?

OR DO YOU STILL BELIEVE THE LIES THEY’VE FED YOU?

WAKE UP! WAKE UP!

LISTEN TO THE HEART.

[the broadcast ends with the same braying tone, and the screen cuts to black. there will be no responses from the poster, and within fifteen minutes, the admins have wiped the message from the network. sure hope some intrepid soul finds a way to download and store the message offline ...

on an ooc note: feel free to use this post as a place to comment around, discuss wtf just happened with your comrades, jump into action threads, etc.!]

Comments

text; un: aleifr

[aleifr]

movie?

[ichoosefight]

[ Well at least it's obvious who he is. ]

like a play. your world does plays right

[aleifr]

[Aleifr is many things. Subtle is rarely one of them.]

Don't think so. Least not the way you mean it.

[ichoosefight]

a story that people act out for an audience?

[ She can't get much more clear than that... ]

[aleifr]

[Fortunately, that'll do it.]

Ah. It isn't the same, but we have skjalds. Storytellers who remember and pass on accounts of the past.

[ichoosefight]

Oh! We call those bards.

Teaching people to read pretty much replaced them.

[aleifr]

Bards. Interesting.

Most of us do know how to read, though. Just find that skjalds are better for this.

[ichoosefight]

Fair. Movies are a lot like bard performances, but it's all bigger and louder and more real. People love it.

[aleifr]

Interesting. I'll have to look into it.

[He's not sure what she means by 'more real' but he's sure it'll become apparent whenever he manages to track a 'movie' down and watch it.]

[ichoosefight]

Heck yeah

[ ... ]

but maybe start with a rental first. ask a friend

[aleifr]

Rental?

[the parade of questions continues.]

[ichoosefight]

ask a friend

[ One with a TV. ]