broadcast mind is go!

[imperfect]

Hi folks, it's skarme who plays Ed again o/ For those of you taking part in the telepathy miniplot (last OOC reminder, I swear), actual handing out of the comm devices will be handwaved along the lines of the details in that post. The important thing is that by the time you're reading this it's probably after 7 AM, so the devices should be in your characters' hands, and... working flawlessly! The first malfunctions start to happen three or four hours after that, so around late morning (and through the afternoon, evening, night...), but "normal" posts with them are fair game whenever.

Quick rundown of stuff that's pertinent now, because it was kind of a wall of text:

• The comm devices are audio only.
• Recordings can either be captured from the environment or created by deliberate thought.
• Malfunctioning recordings can also pull from conscious thoughts, subconscious thoughts, dreams, daydreams, memories, the neurological equivalent of garbage data or any combination thereof. But audio only, remember!
• They can broadcast to every device currently active, a single person, or multiple people at once. Malfunctions may also affect when messages are sent and who receives them even if the actual message is fine.
• They're shaped like ordinary rings, and are only active while worn.
• It's up to you whether natural telepaths pick up public messages without a device! They won't be able to pick up filtered ones, though.
• Posts made with telepathy go on the network comm exsilium and should be labelled "telepathy" somewhere instead of voice, video, action etc.
• There'll be an IC post tomorrow asking for the devices back which will call an end to the nonsense, but backdating is A-OK!

Also, hello to all you lovely new people! I stress you are all totally able and encouraged to take part in this whether or not you hit up the IC announcement, as long as you can vaguely justify characters having seen the call for volunteers and found their way there.

As ever, if you have questions or ramblings or any other things to say, feel free to direct them here or there. ♥

Comments

[curatesecrets]

Will the thoughts be broadcast as audio to tablets, or will they be straight telepathy to other users? I want to make sure I get this straight before I do anything. >_>

[imperfect]

Straight telepathy to other users! Hence why they should be labelled differently. :>