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[Oh hey guys; Chris hadn't really planned on making this post, and it's going to be a quick one, but he'd had a thought that seemed important to mention.]

So uh, just thought I'd remind everyone that awhile back I made an app that lets you send out an SOS if you're in trouble. It's pretty easy to set up, but if anyone needs help I can probably walk you through it.

[And it's surely obvious why this announcement is being made at this time.]

That's uh, pretty much it, but yeah. Stay safe, everyone, okay?

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Anyway this can open a backdoor for someone to get a location on someone without them using the app?

[The function sounds great. Being able to call for help and summon it to where you are is useful. But Matt is on edge right now.]

...yeah, I've never heard about any of that.

[Here's a sheepish-looking dwarf who's still learning the fine art of angling this device. Technology-minded, she is not.]

It's a kind of alert? How does it work?

Not with my app, no, though um, the GPS function is pretty easy to access to find people. It's part of why people were so hesitant to vote in Confusion.

[Double-edged sword and all that.]

Yeah, I figured new arrivals um, might not know about it.

[That's okay; she's in good company with people who are less than tech-savvy.]

Basically, once you install the program you can set up a list of people you trust, and a message you'd want to get sent to them in an emergency. Then once everything's programmed in, all you have to do is hit a button on your phone and it'll automatically send your message and location to everyone on your list.

[And, hopefully, someone will be nearby and able to help quickly.]

「Guess it wouldn't hurt...」

Yo. A little help here?

Who does it send that message to?

Sure, um, what part are you having trouble with? Or all of it?

Whoever you choose to put on the list; you can pick from everyone registered on the network.

And that can't be sent to anyone else, like those null? Just making sure.

I mean, it shouldn't, but I can't say completely for sure. But you just pick names from the list of who's registered, and it contacts them the same way as if you'd deciding to message them normally, only it's automatic; I guess if the Null are watching people's incoming messages then they might be able to see the alerts, but they won't get sent directly to them or anything unless you want them to.

It's better than nothing.

[She pauses, realizing how that might sound.]

Sorry, my manners are shit with lack of sleep. I'm grateful. A lot of work must've gone into this app thingie.

Is there a limit of how many people?

I haven't tested it, since that would probably have really annoyed people, but I don't think so. Theoretically you should be able to alert the whole network if you wanted to.

Hey, it's cool, no worries. We've all been there.

[He's not at all bothered.]

And thanks. It um, wasn't so bad to make once I got the hang of the coding though. Oh and um, I'm Chris Hartley, by the way.

[He doesn't usually give his full name but that's how it appears on the Null's list, so might as well since she might've seen it there.]

Good, that could be handy.

Yeah? Last person who wanted to know about that possibility wanted to use it for trolling, I'm pretty sure.

[Which... Would've been funny, but still.]

I just have a handful of people who would need to know if something happened.

Thank you for your kindness. (His family needs this app. Centuries ago. Millennia.)

I was worried about that, but my technological know-how ends right around getting speech-to-text working.

[Though see now he's confused.] I think that was before my time. What about voting in Confusion?

I'm Aren Brosca.

[She cracks a tired smile, then angles the phone -after some fumbling, to reveal the large, muscular dog sprawled out on the floor at her feet. He was lightly dozing, but perks up and sniffs at the phone.]

This is Barkspawn. He doesn't like the Null, either. So if people need to be protected, here's two more ready to knock some heads. [Barkspawn backs that up with an enthusiastic bark, wagging his tail.]

Just wanted to thank you for making this app. We have a setting for the Fire Brigade. And we already have the Guard version. I've set mine up with several lists, some official and some personal -- the Brigade, the Guard, the Clinic, my family, and a bunch of friends. And I've got one list that includes all three emergency services. I used that one when the city was burning down.

[ OOC: I'm pretty sure Curufin asked him for one for the Brigade a while back, so I'm assuming it was used during the recent fires! ]

I'm not entirely sure of how those things work but- thank you. Hopefully this will help saving someone.

Oh uh, whenever Hope was going to bring back one of the other gods, he let us vote on which one. Whenever one of them came back they also like, brought stuff to the city, and Confusion set up the GPS when she came back.

Oh, cool, more big dogs.

[He genuinely means it, grinning a little; hold on a sec while he finds a big grey timber wolf who is very lazily sprawled out on the couch.]

I've got Wolfie here myself, so I'm good, but yeah. I'll let anyone else know you and Barkspawn're around.

Then yeah, it should work fine for you.

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