[IC] - All the World's a Game

Docks - London

As scheduled, journalists went where Vivec was waiting them. A crowd of confused and stunned people started to gather at the docks. For the ten first minutes, he watched the Tv screen in the restaurant from the terrace. After this time elapsed, the magical words that he awaited so much appeared on the screen : LIVE; Vivec learned that he means that everyting said in front of a camera is immediatly broadcasted to a large number of people.
He then left his chair, walking through an increasingly excited crowd and finally arrived near the cameras, not without any difficulty.

He focused the attention of a cameraman taking footages of the crowd thanks to his unique appearance and charisma..
First he showed himself making panicked mimics as many people around him did, but when the cameras went back he focused them again, taking advantage of an interview of "victims"...
Vivec then gave his opinion on the events, and then subtly let heard that he knew the truth, using an old arguing technique. He then easily convinced the journalists around him that he is a truthworthy source of information, and then he engaged in a long speech, a pillar of rhetoric that lasted 30 minutes. In his argumentation, Vivec made up various logic theories about the mist, completely disforming the truth that he didn't know.
Then he subtly changed of topic, and after scaring the masses by concluding that a huge terrorist network is threatening the world's safety, after captiving both the crowd in front of which he is standing and the spectators behind their TVs, Vivec began to talk of his cult, as freely as if it was a tribune or a propaganda spot. He spent 15 additionals minutes to talk about it, explaining the nature of his cult, comforting (conditioning indeed) people to the idea that a living god can protect us from the dangers of the dark era they're living. Then he given a heavier weight to his arguments by performing cheap but impressive tricks, mesmerizing his public.
When the Live was finished, Vivec became a strong symbol, the symbol of an overwhelming and wise force that you can blindly trust in.

He then proudly walked to the divided crowd.

A cult rises from his ashes. Now the New Restored Temple will live and shine. Words will stop at VI.

The Consumer

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"Abort that plan, John. The Extractor can't be damaged, nor can their weapon system be hijacked. Trust me, what do you think I've been doing when I sent you out there alone?"

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Hakurei Shrine

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"It's okay, I got it." Ran wobbled up and broke the chain that was surrounding her wrist. "I'll have to thank your partners later."

The Consumer

"Why don´t let my enter it´s electronic system? Im data after all" Sakuyamon suggested to Yukari

Hakurei Shrine
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Frost Man had wandered into the woods in an attempt to explore the surrounding area, however he ended up walking in a full circle back to the shrine?

"Huh? Frost Man must have taken wrong turn..." He said to himself as he scratches his head. He then stands there looking around the area looking quite confused.

The Consumer

(Damn.)

All of a sudden, John had an idea.

"I've got an idea. Yukari, you know how you said that you can't break the Extractor? I might have an idea to find a weakness, but we need to get to a terminal. I'm going to start downloading it's schematics and look throughout the design. Every machine has a flaw, even my suit does. Destroying the Extractor is just a matter of knowing where to strike.", John said.

John then quickly turned to Renamon.

"In the meantime Renamon, tell Nera to gather the team together. We'll be there in less than an hour."

The Consumer

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"I thought Patchouli told you that the Consumer is a biological being?" Yukari frowned. "It's a valid idea, but only on mechanized ships."
"Listen. Before we can do anything to the Extractor, we need to establish our foothold on the Youkai Mountain before they break through and massacre the Kappas and the Tengus. You dont want them to die off, right?"

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Hakurei Shrine

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"By the way..." Ran stopped and turned to Nera. "Are they here yet: Renamon and John?"

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As Frost Man was dazed, looking around in confunded attitude, a small blue fairy approached him, curious as to what sort of thing this could be.
"Hi! Eye'm Cirno!" Cirno shouted, looking up to Frost Man with a dignified look. "Who are you?"

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Kappa Village

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"What is that thing? Kappa." The Kappa gasped. "That's an ugly-looking goblin, Kappa. If you thought that was a Kappa, I'll have Nitori execute you herself, Kappa."

Hakurei Shrine
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Frost Man continued to scratch his head as he heard a female voice call out to him.
"Huh?" Muttered Frost Man as he looked down at the small blue fairy.

"I'm Frost Man." He said quite simply as he plops down onto the ground. Creating a loud thud, and causing the ground around him to shake a little. As he sits there a cold mist can come out of the vents on his knuckles, forehead, and feet. "Who are you?" He replied.

Hakurei Shrine

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"Oh, you can make things cold too!" Cirno squealed. "But I can do it better. Because Eye'm the strongest. See?"
Cirno touched Frost Man's arm and, as impossible as it sounds, the bit of Frost Man's arm began to freeze, a cold ice encasing the area over time.

The Consumer

John didn't really want to leave. He felt as if he should have done more, perhaps find a way to kill the ship, or try to find a way to help the battle down below.

Finally, John gave in to Yukari's request.

"Okay. Let's go. I'll come up with a plan later.", John said to Yukari and Renamon as he entered the gap.



Hakurei Shrine

John walked out of the gap and looked around.

(Now all I have to do is find Samus and HM.)

John looked over at the wolf-woman and her child, then at Ran.

(Well, it's good to see that Ran's doing fine. I hope she'll be okay. As for the Nucleoids, well, perhaps they aren't all bad. At least they aren't.)

John reloaded all of his weapons and tried to get his suit to turn back on.