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Bucky Barnes ([personal profile] sidecars) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2016-11-13 11:01 pm

I Wish I Had a Castle in the Sky ( OPEN )

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: All over America
WHEN: Nov. 14th-24th
WHAT: The Cosmic Cube is creating multiple realities for all the imPorts. Where are these "universes" coming from and who is wielding it? Are you strong enough to withstand the temptation of a new reality and thwart this misguided attempt at happiness?
WARNINGS: N/A

Hey, Davis! Did you move anything? I've got that Barnes kid's stuff logged. [ He has a digital tablet propped up on a clean, steel table full of plastic bags and baskets filled the different paraphernalia. It's rather reminiscent to an experience in the American security line at the airport. One such basket belongs to James Buchanan Barnes. ] Think something's missing. Says six item's logged, but only—Davis?

[ The man was right there a second ago, wasn't he? Looking around there's no signs John Davis had been there at all, except for in his memory. Shit, has he been talking to himself this whole time? Well, it isn't anything important. The string bean isn't going to miss one dumb little paperweight or whatever it was.

Little does he know just how powerful it is... ]



[ John spares no time or energy leaving Cap Canaveral. He doesn't even put up his cleaning cart before he's zipping through security at the blink of an eye. People've been calling him crazy for so long it's isolated him from the regular rhythm of society, but it's all been worth it for this chance. He will be a hero finally, just like the rest of the imPorts he idolizes. People will start to think twice about him and everyone else with powers. They will have the rights they need to protect this country and keep the Commies out.

This is the energy driving him to hold a dangerous item in his possession. He doesn't know a whole lot about it, only what he's gleaned from gossip rags and conspiracy theory websites. But it's worth the chance to find himself in prison, or worse. In the security of his lonely little apartment he holds the Cube in his hands as it pours out tremendous power. Without words it becomes in tune with his inner self and his wishes. It feeds off of it to create something more than itself. In his world imPorts will have just what they want, whatever it is, however contradictory.

But in truth, what good can come out of a thief too wrapped up in his own fantasies? That is no hero, and John cannot truly control the power he is playing with. As it feeds, the air around him turns hot—too hot to even breath. It's like the oxygen is burning up before it reaches his lungs. The world around him begins to fade as he holds on for dear life, but in the end his consciousness is snuffed out; a small sacrifice for a new world. ]

hypnotherapy: after me comes the flood (apres moi le deluge)

BATTLE NETWORK AU

[personal profile] hypnotherapy 2016-11-18 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
top level
[ As soon as you're overtaken by this bubble, it's...a nice feeling, actually? Buildings are colourful and bright, and the streets are bustling. Kind of crowded, but not too much. There's some invisible collision detection at work, making sure nobody really bumps into each other on accident.

And when you pull out your communicator, it appears to be something else entirely. People comment on it, too - "Isn't the newest PET model amazing? I heard it can even project little holograms of your netnavi!"

What is a netnavi? Why, it's your AI companion, of course. Maybe you've only been with them a short time, or you've had them your entire life, but you've certainly been by their side, and they've been by yours.

There's plenty of places to go. Why not look around?
]

exploration (netnavi)

[ If you're an AI, or simply because of the whims of the cube, maybe you're not a human with a navi partner - you're a netnavi with a human partner. It could be someone from your memories, someone completely new, or a mix of both - whatever your brain pulls out as appropriate.

Or maybe you're going solo. Who knows? In any case, you can access both the physical world, where humans live, through a copybot - or you can wander around the network, where it's netnavi territory. Simpler programs go about their business, and navis chatter and wander here and there. Everyone's friendly, and perfectly happy to see you in some way or another.
]

distortion

[ But sometimes, things glitch a little bit, or fade out. If you're a netnavi, this might be especially disconcerting. But it seems to happen more near a certain blue-wearing individual, conspicuously tall in the human world and conspicuously bright and highlighted in networks.

If you greet him, even if he doesn't know you - he's happy to talk. He seems placid enough.
]

Oh, hello there.

Enjoying yourself?
snarkbot: (seeing stars)

OTA

[personal profile] snarkbot 2016-11-18 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Open/netnavi:
[ Skeets slips easily into the role of a navi. After all, he was already an AI who was a human's companion. But in this version his hologram/copybot looks like a chubby gold boy with a round helmet with fins and dark goggles. And his name is GoldMan.

His human is Booster, of course. To natives unaffected by the bubble it looks like Skeets is talking to himself, but in the Battle Network AU there's a cheerful Booster Gold -- or at least, Skeets' idea of Booster. They've been together for ages now.

Regardless of where you run into him, Skeets will nod politely.
] Hello. How are you?

Distortion:
[ Skeets doesn't know this other netnavi, and it's a bit odd how bright he is. But he's friendly and Skeets is polite. ]

Is there something I should be enjoying?
hypnotherapy: (sinister looks)

[personal profile] hypnotherapy 2016-11-22 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
...This world, of course. [ It's the world he belongs in, the world that he wants to go back to. The one he misses desperately. ] Do you like it, being here?
snarkbot: (the brave and the gold)

[personal profile] snarkbot 2016-11-24 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ What an odd question. Skeets has to consider it a second. But him and Booster have fun -- isn't that all that matters? ]

I think I do. What about you?
Edited 2016-11-24 03:05 (UTC)
hypnotherapy: (glasses aesthetic)

[personal profile] hypnotherapy 2016-11-26 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
It's...all right. [ An odd thing to say, in a bright and happy world like this. But it is all right, maybe.

Though the vague distortions, sounds not sounding the way they should, colours flickering in and out - doesn't make it entirely pleasant.
] ...Good enough, I suppose.

Your operator means a lot to you, don't they? [ They're a recognisable person, and that means it drew on memories of someone who existed. ]
snarkbot: (more than bAIt)

[personal profile] snarkbot 2016-12-01 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's something odd going on here, but Skeets doesn't really have the capability to understand exactly why there's distortions or what's causing it. It makes him cautious, and observes carefully. ]

Of course, sir. Booster is the best operator I could have.
tadeadshi: ruddyowl @ dw (148)

[personal profile] tadeadshi 2016-11-22 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Tadashi definitely feels something shift, some piece of reality changing and when he turns around everything changed. Heropa is not this bright and his comm's different. Familiar in a way he hasn't thought about in a while.]

A PET?

[With Megaman and Lan both gone, that leaves only one other this could be related to. He holds the PET closer and fiddles with some of the controls. It's unlikely but he has to try.]

Magicman?
hypnotherapy: (ready!)

[personal profile] hypnotherapy 2016-11-26 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
Hello, Tadashi. Can I help you with something?

[ This bubble makes him fall into autopilot, makes him fall into old routines. It's not home, but it's enough to let him pretend for a while.

His consciousness is a bit scattered by all this. He's slower to respond than he would normally.
]
tadeadshi: hxneylemon @ tumblr (09)

[personal profile] tadeadshi 2016-12-05 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
I-- [That's not really the reception he expected and he stares down at the PET.]

Are you okay? What happened here?

[He's worried. Magicman usually isn't that slow to respond nor that... detached from him, of all people.]
hypnotherapy: (sinister looks)

[personal profile] hypnotherapy 2016-12-05 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm, what happened?

Well, this isn't an ordinary day, I suppose. I don't know what caused all this.
[ His world, he means. This small pocket that is just enough to make him feel...peaceful, maybe. For a little while. He sounds vague, disconnected. ]

But it's nice, I think? It's nice. For a little while.

I'm okay. Are you okay?


[ Well, maybe he isn't, but that's future magicman's problem, ha ha ha! ]
tadeadshi: hxneylemon @ tumblr (64)

[personal profile] tadeadshi 2016-12-05 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
No, it definitely isn't an ordinary day.

[He takes a slow breath and tries to focus. Not panic because this isn't normal, not for them, not after this long. He at least has the sense to move out of the street and somewhere a little quieter.]

I'm fine. Worried about you.
hypnotherapy: (wonder of the wonder)

[personal profile] hypnotherapy 2016-12-05 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
Worried about me? That's okay. I'm fine. I always am. [ He speaks in that rambling, distant tone that suggests he's not really thinking about what he's saying too much, letting words come spilling out.

He feels like he's in a bubble, or floating. Disconnected. Is he sick again? Maybe he is. Is it possible to be sick like this?
]

I'm worried about you, too. How are you feeling? Everything all right? Have you been adjusting well? [ Like he doesn't already know, like he hasn't been hovering at Tadashi's shoulder. ]
tadeadshi: ruddyowl @ dw (142)

[personal profile] tadeadshi 2016-12-05 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
You know how I've been. [Magicman always has the first access to Tadashi's vitals. Magicman should know the answers to these already.]

I don't think you're okay. Can you come out of there and talk a bit?
hypnotherapy: i do what i can ([h] i see you hurting)

[personal profile] hypnotherapy 2016-12-05 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
So I have. Haven't I?

All right. I will.
[ He doesn't sound disgruntled, or annoyed, or even mildly bothered. He just sounds like he's parroting some response already generated.

It's worrying.

But he does pop out, as Tadashi asks. He looks the same as he always does, albeit a little stranger in this bubble of...something. The glitches and flickers, the various errors in this simulation, become more obvious.

But he does seem tired. Like he's running on empty. (But isn't he always?)
]
tadeadshi: (26)

[personal profile] tadeadshi 2016-12-05 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Once Magicman is in front of him, Tadashi reaches for his arm, just to touch at him. This is wrong, the whole scene. And it's obviously not anyone's fault that he knows of. He's just worried about how robotic Magicman sounds. It isn't like him.]

I really don't think you're okay. Something's wrong here.
hypnotherapy: ([h] just trying to land)

[personal profile] hypnotherapy 2016-12-05 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Tadashi touches Magicman's arm, and there's a flicker of - well, not life, exactly - behind his eyes. Awareness, maybe, is closer to the word. Like he was dreaming, and he's being brought out of it.

The world fades in and out, the one they're in overlaid with the dream of the one they're not. He feels tired, and homesick.
]

I'm --

[ I'm okay, he should say, but it's a polite lie that he can't get away with any more. ]

Well, maybe I'm not really feeling okay. [ He seems about to say something more about how not-okay he is, but it seems that even that is a significant effort. He just sighs, and the world flickers again. ]

And this is - wrong, too. And silly.

[ He sounds defeated, when he says that. ]