[ all over taxon ]

[eventextras.livejournal.com]

Somewhere in Wilde there is a flower shop. Every day at noon an Extra man enters this shop, picks up a bouquet of red roses and has the following conversation with the Extra clerk:

“I would like to buy these roses.”

“Are they for your girlfriend?”

“Yes, I hope she’ll like them.”

The transaction takes place, and the Extras go about their programmed business. On this particular day, however, there is a difference in the discussion as new programming is implemented:

“I would like to buy these krzfup.”

“Prl fkjn segknm gogfaf?”

“Aekmn goksn sdokng.”

This happens now throughout the city, language degenerating into nonsense babble even as Extras continue on as if they don’t even notice it. After five minutes of incomprehensibility it’s abruptly cut off and the city is consumed by silence. Not a word or a whisper or a peep is to be heard.

As if on cue, the tablets now only support text transmissions, with any attempts at visual, voice, or holo leading right back to the little tablet typing screen with cursor blinking in anticipation.

Enjoy the silence, Taxon. You’ll have a lot of it to go around.


[ ooc: And so begins the language glitch! Remember, five minutes of gibberish followed by everyone being completely unable to speak. We'll be making another post when the next part of the glitch begins, and if you have and questions or concerns don't hesitate to let us know! ]

SIXTH//ACCIDENTAL VISUAL [ i left on the light by the bed in case you were to call ]

[adeadringer.livejournal.com]

Elena's tablet switches itself on to show her sitting in the window seat in her bedroom - her bedroom, in the house she grew up in. Jenna brought it with her when she arrived in Taxon, and part of her is happy to have it back. She's missed Jenna and their home. But she also misses staying in the boarding house, sharing Stefan's bed and room with him and how it had come to feel like home to her, too. She's writing in her diary about it all now, about everything that's happened since Stefan told her about what he's been doing with Katherine to obtain information about the Sun and Moon curse that she's needed to break, about Jenna and Caroline's arrivals, and how she feels about it all. She's happy to see them both again, but them being here means that things are more dangerous. She's worried that if what Stefan's doing backfires, Katherine will go after her through them.

Those who know her well or just pay close attention to this kind of thing may take note of something: she's wearing her old necklace again. Since breaking up with Stefan, she's been wearing a different one, the one that Damon got her for Christmas. These people may have a few questions for her about how she got it back, ones that she's not particularly eager to answer, so when she looks up and realizes that the tablet is recording her, an irritated expression crosses her face. She rolls her eyes, then picks it up and addresses it.

"Okay, just out of curiosity, has anyone ever tried to figure out why these things like to turn themselves on without warning and when you least want them to? Because if there's a way to get them to stop, I think someone should find it. If I were at all technologically inclined, I might try to fix it myself, but since I'm not...well, a professional might want to give it a shot."

And then she switches the tablet off, sets her journal aside, and leaves her room, heading downstairs.

"Jenna? Are you down here?"