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[So very private to Persona users.]

First of all - I'm really not supposed to talk about this. Really not supposed to talk about this. There were incidents with news reporters at the time, trying to get answers anywhere they could when the company couldn't give them and- I've been forbidden to talk about this. Please, please don't share anything I say here.

Secondly - Everything I say here, I am saying as an individual. All views expressed are my own, I do not represent and have never represented Jupiter Corporation.

Two years ago, there was an incident. I'm sure many of you have heard of it - it was all over the news at the time. The Tokimori University Hospital fell victim to a malicious cyber attack. Every failsafe, every backup, failed. From the outside, there was nothing that could be done as every system in the hospital shut down. It lasted for one hour. People died. Dozens of people. It was a tremendous tragedy.

The perpetrator was never found. Jupiter Corporation has accepted responsibility for their failure to prevent this incident. It shouldn't have happened. It shouldn't have happened on every possible level. It was a horrible incident that shouldn't have been allowed to happen, of course, but it also should never have been possible.

You all know about inactive 'ghost' servers, yes? Those are the stability features that are in place for things as frivolous as shopping centres and cafes. I can't disclose the kinds of safety features that are in place for systems that people's lives depend on - even if I could I don't know that much about them, only that they're there, that there's backups of the backups of the backups and failsafes for the failsafes, they have backup power sources enough to weather any natural disaster you can think of - these aren't new. These were all in place before the incident, and have since been checked and checked again and again and no independent expert that was brought in - and a lot were brought in - could find any point at which the systems could fail completely. The most skilled, clever cybercriminal in the world couldn't have brought down every system completely at once, let alone done so without leaving a trace. Even if they could, systems failed that weren't even connected to the main servers.

Because of this, I suppose it was only natural that people would assume there was a conspiracy involved. They investigated any connections between Jupiter's higher-ups and the hospital, it's directors, the people who died - there were none. They investigated the people who oversaw the failsafes at the hospital - nothing. My family still get questions about it to this day.

I think that's everything. I don't think there's much I know that you couldn't find out if you searched around, I just happened to be caught in the middle of it all, but if you have questions, I'll try to answer them.
hoshizorahe: (hmmm.)

[Posted to Persona Users]

I love coffee. I didn't used to in middle school, but now I do. I'm going to invent a coffee machine that works in space so I can bring it up with me when I become an astronaut.

Does anyone want to go for a cup after school? I've only had 2 today so far.
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[Email to Persona-users]

Ah, ah! So I was getting awfully worried about you all. You never write, you never call, and I half-suspected you got gobbled up by shadows, which would have been awful!

Then I, uh, remembered I never gave anybody my contact information. Whoops! My daughters are telling me I'm too old for this.

So, on that note, there's some things we need to go over. Meet up at the Gold Turtle Online Casino at midnight, and we'll go from there, 'kay?
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[personal profile] paranpcs2014-05-15 01:05 pm

School Public Health Announcement

[ Well, the way it's flagged as an official notification on the school's VR bulletin board suggests it's something very formal. The language used... maybe less so. ]

Hello, students! This is your nurse, Uchikoshi-san, speaking! With “departure syndrome” all over the news recently, I’ve had several students come by my office with questions or concerns. There’s been a lot of misinformation and rumors going around, so I’d like to clear up what it really is.
Stay a while and listen! )
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[Posted to "Persona Consortium"]

 Hey everybody! It's me, Kaito- second year, baseball club, yellow samurai dude, you know.

Since we are going to be fighting more shadows, I think it'll be a good idea to train ourselves to be better at fighting in general! Even if our avatars and personas give us strength beyond what we can get through training, technique and stamina are important!

That's why I'd like to extend my personal invitation to anybody who would like to join the Martial Arts Club! It's a great place to practice fighting and build your reflexes, stamina, discipline, and technique, and full of great friends as well!

If you can't make it for some reason, however, I strongly recommend you join at least one of the school's sports clubs! The lessons and training you get there will undoubtedly serve you well in the Midnight World!
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[personal profile] ships_you2014-04-21 08:47 pm

Matsubayashi High School Times

[ A week into classes finds the first release of the Matsubayashi High School Newspaper. Hot off the virtual press is the newspaper, found all over the high school's private sim on Sefira. Avatars of teachers and students alike pick it up and browse through it, commenting how different it seems this year. ]


Matsubayashi High School Times

New Principal Shakes Up Old Traditions
Report by Azusa Kannagi - 1C

Two weeks ago the student body was introduced to our new principal, Naomi Nagasawa at the annual entrance ceremony here at Matsubayashi High School. The former principal Saito Fujisawa left behind a strong legacy on the school, one that Nagasawa-san intends on redefining herself.

At her speech our new Principal spoke about how she wants to change Mastsubayashi to be more focused on the future. She spoke about how the new computers donated by the Jupiter Corporation are part of her platform of changing the way things are done in this school. She said "We as educators cannot pretend that the old ways are always best, and must try to prepare you students for what comes ahead." At the end of her speech many students stuck around to speak with this reporter of their thoughts, both positive and negative.

While many students agree with her focus on technology as an important factor in student's lives, it was the Student Council President herself, Momoko Terada, who summed up many of Mastubayashi's returning students' opinions. She said she would would work the new principal closely to make sure that student's lives positively affected by all the new changes.

Continued on page 3...

Departure Syndrome On the Rise
Story by Hideki Araragi - 2A

In the years since Sefira, the worldwide virtual reality network, came into the spotlight, more and more people are coming down with what has been dubbed the "Departure Syndrome". Many know of its symptoms, giving up on real life responsibilities, deciding to live in the fantasy world of the virtual reality instead. Some sufferers have gone so far as completely neglect their own physical body, forgetting to eat and dying in their apartments only to be found sometime later.

Doctors relate it to a simple addiction, the same as some people have for gambling or illegal substances. At the same time, prolific spiritual leaders call it out as something different, as a gathering of impure spirits infecting a person's body, causing them to be unable to discern whether the real world or Sefira is truly reality. Many have even related it to the early 21st century "Apathy Syndrome" that plagued Japan, causing people to give up on living, too apathetic to care for themselves.

Continued on page 2...

Tokimori University Hospital Remembrance
Report by Azusa Kannagi - 1C

This week the Tokimori University Hospital will be hosting a memorial for the lives lost two years ago. For those unaware, the hospital was struck by a new computer virus at the time that hit every system in the hospital. The doors were locked shut, and power went out in the entire hospital for exactly one hour. The deaths of over two dozen patients has been blamed on the Jupiter Corporation, as their servers were the ones affected, causing even the backup generators not to turn on. It's been called a national tragedy that the multinational company has promised will never happen again.

Continued on page 4...


[ While much of the newspaper is pretty boilerplate, many students find it well written, far different than the sloppy mess of reporting done in the last few years. Perhaps the newspaper club had been given some new blood to freshen things up. Though why there were so many mentions of magic and spirits in the later pages, is hard to say.. ]
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[On a Popular Gaming/Geek Message Board]

[Shino's posting, not that you'd know it. Right now she wants to know if the group she was in was the only bunch of crazies this happened to or what - of course, no way she's outing herself as one of them, so she's posting as Konoha, a well known poster of GameFAQs /V/ wherever it is nerds in 2055 Tokyo post these days, generally seen as reasonable and "actually not a douchebag".]

So rumor has it, if you visit the Midnight World, you'll get special powers. You guys think it's a secret program or what?

I hear someone at Matsubayashi High already got it. Anyone who goes there got deets?


[There's already various responses, but it doesn't look like anyone has any real knowledge - a lot of "does to" "DOES NOT" and conspiracy theorists.]
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[personal profile] ships_you2014-04-15 08:15 pm
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Private Message Board - "Persona Consortium"

[ An invite to the message board is sent out from Azusa, making sure to send to everyone added to her friends list automatically by Mara, a day or two after. The page is decorated cutely, with magical sparkles and things. Obviously Azusa put some work into trying to make it look presentable. ]

Hi everyone! If you found this message board that means you're one of us, the magical users of Matsubayashi High.

[ Okay, she might be a little delusional. ]

I thought it was best for all of us to maybe talk here, and introduce ourselves. So I'll go first!

I'm Azusa Kannagi, a first year in the Newspaper Club! My avatar is the kitsune fox maid, it cost me a lot of money to get the tails, but it was totally worth it!

I've always believed in magic, and I'm sure we all must have been chosen for a reason! The spirits gather at those people whose mana is highest, or who have been marked by prophecy! It always works that way in the stories I read anyway.

Well, you guys should all introduce yourselves too, we might be seeing a lot more of each other now after all.

[To all members of Group One. Shinobu is included, but only the alt that Reina met.]

Good news! I woke up early to go to the office and there's no unfinished paperwork at all to be done. We're all safe!

Please enjoy your first day of classes! If you need it, you can get cans of coffee from the vending machines at the far end of the cafeteria. Remember to eat a nutritious lunch and drink plenty of water for an energy boost!

And here- for motivation!

[Attached is a video of a small puppy trying to climb up a slide.]

You can do it, puppy-chan!
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Video conference time~

[Thirteen students from Matsubayashi receive an invitation to a video conference, scheduled to begin an hour and a half from the end of classes on the first day of the term.]
Read more... )
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[Private group message to all the Group 2 peeps]

So I think I got everyone's user names saved!

Is everyone okay? Feeling better after some rest?

And has anyone managed to work out who 'that person' is irl? (Looking at you here Mako)
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Posted on the school message boards by the hacket known as "Mako"

Subject: Contemplating the whole Midnight World rumor.... It's kind of an odd rumor isn't it?
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[School Network Bulletin Board][Monday, April 5th, 2055]

 [An official-looking school notification has been posted to the school BBS by an account that may be recognizable to students as that of the Japanese Literature teacher, Mr. Ishinomori. Evidently, managing the school's online presence is a task that has been primarily delegated to him.]

Hello, students. Although classes have not yet started, the school year is already set to blossom, like a bud on one of the many cherry trees on campus. In the coming week before classes begin, we have several events you will not wish to miss.

Tuesday, April 6th: Campus Tour. Some upperclassmen have graciously volunteered their time to introduce incoming first-years and transfer students to Matsubayashi's facilities and grounds. Tours will be running throughout the day, starting at the front gate and ending in the Activities Building gymnasium, where refreshments will be provided.

Wednesday, April 7th: School Club Fair. Each of the school's registered sports and cultural clubs will have prepared a booth on school grounds to promote their club. Come to the fair and discover the clubs that will be like a second family to you for the coming year, or come and support your fellow club members and teacher sponsors. Forms for the establishment of new school clubs will be available for those students interested in establishing a new club this year.

Thursday, April 8th: Class assignments posted. Check the school bulletin board online or the physical bulletin board in the main school building to learn who your homeroom class will be for the rest of the year.

Friday, April 9th: VR equipment distribution assembly. This is a mandatory-attendance event, located in the school auditorium. Staff will be distributing VR glasses, brought to you by the generosity of the Jupiter Corporation, to the entire student body. These glasses and the access they provide to cutting-edge VR tech will be your partners in enhanced learning throughout the year, so if you do not arrive in time to receive yours alongside the student body, please contact school staff so you can still receive the equipment. But you probably won't get the color you wanted if you do, so please show up to the assembly.

( school message board )

I've been thinking of joining a club this year, but the big question is what club do I actually join? There's so many good ones that it's really hard to choose...
not_a_peach: (Sparkle sparkle bitch.)

[School Message Board]

Greetings everyone! I am Momoko Terada your new School Council President, I just thought I'd introduce myself here and ask if there are any issues you'd like to raise with me! Or anything else you want to ask me about, or inform me of.

I look forward to working for you all and working hard for the good of the school!

on the school message boards

MISSING:

One hair bow. Pink, covered in glitter. If you have it, you are probably also covered in glitter. It sheds.
If found, do not inhale glitter.


Also return to Inoue Yuzuki please.
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[personal profile] ships_you2014-03-18 07:41 pm

[Message Board]

Does anyone know where to get the "Heart Axes" in World of Magical Combat? I'm stuck on the quest that is supposed to give them, but the NPC isn't giving me the next part! I'd really appreciate the help.

-Kannagi Azusa
geekykomori: ([Death Club] Ne~)

[Anonymous Post][Off the School Network][Video + Text]

[So maybe someone linked you, or it got linked on the school network, or maybe you just like browsing the 2055 version of EpicFailVideos.com in your spare time: regardless, there's a nice video titled "Blackout During Matsubayashi High School Commencement".

The actual video starts in the middle of the blackout during the commencement ceremony, so everything's dark except for the many phones and other things people are turning on lighting up like little wavering stars. Finally the lights come on and the video catches the rest of the Principal's speech before ending during the applause. There's a text description underneath:]


wwwwww WA☆RA☆U
Looks like Jupiter didn't donate enough!
If this is supposed to be the school of the future, we're SC☆RE☆WE☆D


[Anyone who somehow does try to dig into the poster's identity will just end up finding the VR account for Death Club, which of course, is pretty heavily disassociated from any real life persons or organizations. Still, it's pretty clear the video was taken by someone inside the gymnasium at the time, though the poster might have gotten it from someone else.

Looks like they're active and responding to commenters though, so maybe you can get them to talk?

Assume all responses to be from the same anonymous poster of the video]