??? (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

[helpdesk_hero]

Oh I don’t want the soylent green answer here. But yeah, you’ve got the right cult classic. 

[ichoosefight]

which one had veggie burgers made of meat

[helpdesk_hero]

That I don’t remember. But that’s just wrong 

[ichoosefight]

I might be thinking of a TV show

whatever

[helpdesk_hero]

I didn't get much time at television when I was growing up, but I get what you mean.

Still, if you season it right, a vegeburger can be good. Well, a lentil burger.

[ichoosefight]

I'll take your word for it

I'm a devout junk food-ivore

[helpdesk_hero]

Yeah, I had friends like that back home. It's a reasonable way to live provided you sometimes get some protein and salad into you.

But you know? The best way to handle it is to have a friend who knows how to cook and make good for you foods that are sorta like junk food?

[ichoosefight]

sounds nice. but did you know that mcD's serves salad now?

[helpdesk_hero]

Yeah, if you can call those salads.

[ichoosefight]

they're not made of meat are they

[helpdesk_hero]

Let's just say you don't want to know a lot about their processes.

[ichoosefight]

but where else can I get vitamin k for $5 with protein included?

[helpdesk_hero]

Okay, I'll give you that, it's pretty hard to beat that.

[ichoosefight]

just what you need when the vast majority of your income goes to your caffeine habit

[helpdesk_hero]

Maybe chip that money in to a pot for someone to make you meals. Just saying. Five from a few people and I could make a great meal.

[ichoosefight]

is that perhaps an offer

because idk if I know anyone who can cook without a microwave

[helpdesk_hero]

I'm a five star chef. More or less.

[ichoosefight]

i made waffles once

i burned them

(tbh i can't figure out if he's flirting or not. ???)

[helpdesk_hero]

In your defense, waffles are temperamental assholes.

it's always safe to assume steph is flirting

[ichoosefight]

they are! thank you.

I mean obviously we ate them anyway but that took m&m waffles right off the docket

[helpdesk_hero]

Wait... What kind of waffles?

[Steph, he thinks he's found your problem here.]

[ichoosefight]

chocolate rainbow waffles

[ excuse you this is the opposite of a problem.

athletes need a lot of calories, okay, there's no reason a full third of those can't come from candy. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

[Okay, there is a LOT of reasons for it, but David's not going to argue.]

You used mini m&ms, right? The normal size would work poorly.

[ichoosefight]

I didn't use any m&ms

because I burned the plain waffles

I didn't see it going any better if I tried to get adventurous

[helpdesk_hero]

It's an experiment worth trying out on another occasion. But don't do sprinkles. Those things look weird in waffles.