Welcome to the Network! ;video

[truthchanges]

[ The camera opens onto a somewhat cluttered office. It didn't seem like it was cleaned often, if at all, with several cabinets only half closed, notices and sticky notes pinned about the wall, the window letting in the city lights from outside through shifted, broken blinds. The NSO building was a nice place, but some people had issues with tidyness. And Aya Hosada, the bespectacled woman smiling at the camera, was probably the worst case of it. Hey, she did used to be a programmer. She was used to this.

On her desk was her holokeyboard, a coffee thermos... three of them, actually, strewn papers, and several small, cute statues of anthropomorphized animals. This was basically home for her, though she supposed she could present it better. Ah well. ]

Greetings, everyone! If you're new around here, my name is Aya Hosada, Director of Personnel and Resident Liaison for the Neo Sapien Organization. And this is the Neo Sapien Network! It's a new feature we're going to be putting out from here on, programmed by yours truly~!

[ She's pretty proud of it, giving a wink at the camera before sipping her coffee. ]

Here's how it works; it's essentially a city-wide semi-private intranet. The NSO catalogs nothing, nor do we attach any software for tacking or conservation of data without user consent. It's basically the ultimate "safe" internet for people who don't particularly trust communications networks run by other companies. [ They knew the one she meant. ]

You can do test posts, voice posts, video posts, holo posts, you name it! Think of it like a social media service with, like, actual free speech. Try it out!

Let's see... [ Aya adjusts her glasses, taking another sip of her coffee and going over some other notes ]

Alright, a big special thanks to everyone who attended the fundraising gala. I know they can be a bit of a... hard pill to swallow, sometimes, but it's really important we keep up impressions! And look, Dr. Annan didn't get into a fist-fight this time with some rich heckler! Be sure to congratulate him when you see him next~! [ Aya giggled, winking again ]

Also, NSO efforts to restore power in the Parish were successful, and the shelter directors there send their regards. I won't name names, or call anyone out on a public post like this, but you know who you are when I say thank you, from the deepest place in my heart. You're the good we work for in this world, in action. Again, thank you...

... Although, I do fear I have to report that Yakashbah's stunt in Arcadia has lead to a lot of arrests and spiked security. Please be careful out there, okay?

[ Aya let out a heavy sigh, her expression drooping for a moment before picking up another sheet of pepper, pepping up once she saw what it was. ]

Oh! Also, the roommate assignments for this year are out, so be sure to check the roster postings at the nearest terminal to know who your new roomie is! The roommate program is Dr. Annan's way of helping us all socialize a little more, in an otherwise kinda hostile world, so hopefully you manage to make a new friend! Let's see, who did everyone get... [ She sips her coffee, going over the list until her eyes go wide and she spits out a bit of her drink, immediately reaching for a terminal beside her. ]

Um! Dr. Annan! This is Ms. Hosada, and I just saw the roommate roster, and I noticed my name was on it despite explicitly not volunteering [ said through her teeth ] Could you please explain?!

[ There was a long silence on the other end, leaving Aya looking progressively more nervous until Dr. Annan's familiar chuckled came through over the voice channel, before calmly saying...

"Your congratulations, Ms. Hosada, are graciously accepted. Thank you."

Aya's hand slowly drew back and she slumped in her desk some. ]

Oh boy... Welcome to the network, everyone.

[ Another dramatic sigh from Aya before she reached to shut the video off. ]

OOC: Welcome to the game! The network and log comms are now both open to be freely posted in, but feel free to use this post as a network mingle if you like! There will be a sub-header for threads specifically for Aya, if you want them, but otherwise feel free to make your own top level comments and respond to others!

Comments

threads for Aya

[truthchanges]

[ have at her ]

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[fonewearl]

This explains why you wanted to see dad's tablet last week.

[That was to make sure it was properly set up for all of this stuff, probably. ...and then the tablet was returned to her instead of taken to HQ or put away with the rest of Dorian's other stuff, so it appears that Mirys is expected to make use of it—and this new network—now.

Good thing she's more-comfortable with online interactions than she is with in-person ones.]

[truthchanges]

Sorry I couldn't be more forthcoming at the time. I don't like talking about a project until its finished. It helps me stay focused on it instead of chasing the validation high that comes form "oh that sounds cool!" comments, you know?

[fonewearl]

Yeah, I get it. Don't want distractions, don't want to run the risk of someone trying to go and screw things up for you after they hear about it, all of that.

You know me, though, if you told me about it back then I would have just been "eh /shrug" and then just forget about it for the whole week. Totally get why you'd wanna do it, though.

[The daughter of the late Dr. Hargrave prefers keeping to herself quite a bit, so she's right, her response to learning what Aya was doing before it was all finished wouldn't have been anything particularly enthusiastic. Understanding the intent, however, would have been a given either way.]

[truthchanges]

Oh, no no, it's not anything like that, I just literally become more prone to procrastination if I actually announce a project.

[fonewearl]

Aya, it is REALLY HARD to imagine you actually procrastinating.

No offense. [Would that even be taken as one? Could it be taken as one? ... Is Mirys implying that Aya's something of a workaholic?]

[thezekeinator]

If you need to escape, you can always drop by my room, Aya! Seems like it'll be quite comfortable!

[Some things will never change. Such as Zeke addressing her so informally. Or flirting.]

[truthchanges]

No

[thezekeinator]

I'll stay heartbroken as ever, then.

[carvedintostone]

Brilliant work, Aya! Not that we would expect anything less!

[truthchanges]

Thank you~! It's nice to have something launch so smoothly, to be honest.

[carvedintostone]

I think we can attribute that to a lot of hard work. Well-deserved results!

[truthchanges]

You call it hard work, Dr. Annan calls it masochism.

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[nephtunium]

Oh, it looks real good, Ms. Aya! Good job.

[She's curious after that reaction, though, and looks...

Huh. Aaaaalrighty then. At least Ms. Aya's nice! Although, Nephenee, as the handout calls her, can't help internally wincing at that mess.]

Well, ain't sure how ya got on here, but looks like we're rooming together. Need help moving anything?

[She's not nervous about suddenly having a roomie what are you talking about? But she's going to try to be helpful!]

[truthchanges]

That definitely, certainly, 100%, will not be necessary.

[nephtunium]

Alright, if you're sure.

[Nephenee has comparatively little to move; she's been in the lower ward for a bit just as part of trying to get better and be independent, but she's gotten to where she figures she could handle a roomie now...and also the NSO is a much better landlord.]

I'm afraid I haven't had a roommate before, but I'll do my best to be a good one. Maybe whenever you get a chance, we should talk about that and get to know each other better?

[She's trying very hard to push past her nerves regarding this.]

[truthchanges]

[ Okay, even over text, this feels rigid. Aya can tell there's some anxiousness behind the screen... ]

Don't worry too much. I do have some ground rule that I'm going to draft up, but knowing me, you're not going to see me that often anyways. And you seem like the sort who will respect others privacy, so I'm not worried, either.

We'll make it work.

[crusaderess]

u left urself open for that one hosada.

[truthchanges]

Oh trust me, he's got a counter attack coming his way. I don't even care that he can read this, I hope he strains his neck looking over his shoulder, that petty jerk!

[crusaderess]

hell yeah keep him sweatin

congrats on getting this thing up and running btw

[truthchanges]

Oh, well, thank you~









Though I'm going to assume you're going to be as scarce on this thing as you are in other social activities, right?

[ayoungman]

okay.
so you SAY this is a completely safe new intranet server right?
but who's to say that we can trust something just because you put your word to it?
i mean, the network established by douman zaibatsu claims very little information gathering save for ads and we all know how truthful their word is...

[truthchanges]

Try me.

If you can find a single tracker on this network, I'll slap a full grand worth of credit on your desk myself.

[ayoungman]

it's not even trackers i'm worried about.
i mean, this is a completely open free-roaming form of network communication, right?
who's to stop some rando employee from the government or someone from the yakashbah from just logging in and recording and tracking anything we say simply by following our ip numbers or profiles?

feels kind of stupid to me to call this place even 'semi-secure' if you ask me.

[truthchanges]

Try it. Seriously.

Try to even take a screen cap.

[ he'll find that he can neither copy/paste text, take a screenshot, or extract source-code from any post on the network onto any external program or browser, if he does. no ip data seems to be logged, either. ]