> Hey, what’s up with the clock?
> Slamm-0!
> With everything that’s going on, you’re worried about the clock?
> Bull
> Well, yeah. It was almost done. I wanted to see what was going to happen.
> Slamm-0!
> Well, yeah. It was almost done. I wanted to see what was going to happen.
> Slamm-0!
> Maybe you should pull your head out and see what’s going on in the world.
> Bull
> Stuff’s going on? Hold on …
> Slamm-0!
> Don’t see many headlines. If anything, it seems like a quiet day.
> Slamm-0!
> Are you looking at the newsnets? Maybe try digging into the sources who tell the real news?
> Bull
> Are you looking at the newsnets? Maybe try digging into the sources who tell the real news?
> Bull
> Holy drek.
> Slamm-0!
> That’s why you’re getting no news. Philly, DeeCee, Newark, St. Louis and more have all gone dark. No Matrix traffic at all.
> Glitch
> What happened?
> Slamm-0!
> Good question. No explosions, though, at least none large enough to take out a city. So they’re probably still there.
> Glitch
> Explosions aren’t always needed to make things go away.
> Man-of-Many-Names
> We really need to figure out how to get MoMN off this channel. Anyway, drones are inbound—they’ll get us pictures of what’s happening.
> Bull
> Is this connected to all the noise in Detroit?
> Glitch
> Dunno, since I don’t know what this is.
> Bull
> Guys, Kay St.’s pinging me with an urgent message. Like, panicked urgent. I’m patching him in.
> Slamm-0!
> *rt^5hs( whole ci†hhy blacked out. Everyou448ws panicked. He?rd from ÷’_drYt others?
> Kay St. Irregular
> What a piece of drek connection. Kay, you’re saying everything’s blacked out?
> Bull
> Y&^^1
> Kay St. Irregular
> So something’s going on in DeeCee, but at least Kay is still on the map.
> Glitch
> Who else is in any of these that have disappeared or whatever?
> Bull
> Lyran was in Philly last I checked. Trying to raise her.
> Glitch
> I’m not gonna be much help. Just found Netcat lying on the floor, eyes rolled back, muttering. DocWagon on the way. Gotta take care of her.
> Slamm-0!
> What the hell is happening?
> Bull
> N0 dr$8nes, no v3^^œles, nothing. Everything l00¬s right, but it #84sn’t work.
> Kay St. Irregular
> Heard from Lyran. She’s in Dover. Says it’s fine. A spirit acquaintance is going to have a look.
> Glitch
> Who the hell goes to Dover?
> Bull
> Deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep
> Netcat
> What was that? I thought Slamm-0! said Netcat was out?
> Glitch
> Here’s another weird thing. Saw a headline about mass blackouts in the UCAS. It was there for ten seconds, then it was pulled. Can’t find a trace of it now.
> Bull
> Patching in Lyran.
> Glitch
> Hey guys. Not sure I’m going to get anything good for you. My spirit friend is spooked.
> Lyran
> Is that a joke?
> Bull
> Sorry, poor word choice. But it’s not interested in investigating anything. Doesn’t want to go out at all. Keeps talking about “too much corruption.”
> Lyran
> Deep. Deep. Underneath. Under. Underneath.
> Netcat
> This is crazy. I can’t find a any cameras online in St. Louis, Toronto, or Philadelphia. Everything’s out. How do they all go out?
> Glitch
> Lyran, what kind of corruption is your spirit talking about?
> Bull
> It doesn’t want to give any more details. Poor thing is absolutely terrified.
> Lyran
> Not seeing anything is killing me. Closest drone I’ve mobilized so far is still fifty kilometers away.
> Glitch
> Which means best-case scenario is we don’t get pictures for at least half an hour.
> Bull
> If we get anything at all.
> Glitch
> Th!s is an at†aqqww%. It udS41*
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> Kay St. Irregular
> Deep. Underneath. Rising.
> Netcat
