HEADLINE: Panic! But Not At The Disco
Wed the 9th, 4:00pm, Convergence's own AdaNet went dark. Citizens experienced rolling blackouts, momentary connection drops, and an all around media block. As the city roils with the outages and confusion from vital information now coming forth by word of mouth, the robots of the city appeared to overwrite their protocols. At 5:00pm, they moved into the streets as a collective, and waited, seemingly for additional commands.
Many people attempted to penetrate the commands, but to no avail. Then, after fifteen minutes of uneasy silence, violence erupted in the city. The robots struck, lashing out at everyone that was not one of their ranks. Not even pacifist robots are spared.
Some, not content with violence to the citizens, erupt into riot-like activity and attack the buildings and infrastructure of the city itself. The carnage is perfectly timed, and brutal.
Numerous businesses of the city sustained damage. Some damage is extensive, while other businesses managed to endure only superficial damage to facades, windows, and doors.
Looters filled various vocational buildings and took advantage of the situation. Reports on the estimated total for damage and theft is considered to be near one million. The only major structures that were reported to elude damage were the Nexus and the Library.
The Silk District was not spared damage, as it is noted that many of the workers of the district were also robots. The high surrounding wall and part of the side of the mansion, while still structurally sound, were the most badly damaged.
The baths were a scene of extreme carnage. An employee of the Silk spoke to us recalling, "God, yeah, so, tin [redacted] cans everywhere. They started grabbing customers and just... God. We had to drain the Bath House. It's safe now, but... God."
There was reported minor damage to the side of the Bistro. It was suggested that something of significant weight was thrown against the wall. It is believed the bistro will need some brickwork, but otherwise, is still structurally sound.
The Nexus opened its doors for triage, and others, the lesser injured were tended in the streets.
At 6:30pm, two large explosions tore into the sky. Later investigation revealed the locations to be the front of the City Library, and a small home located adjacent to the recently added greenhouse. The house is completely demolished and deemed unsafe. There were signs of looting discovered later at the scene.
At approximately 7:15pm, all of the robots returned to normal or fled. Many of those who returned to normal began immediately bringing their brethren to repair stations or trying to repair one another in a strange display of fellowship that was entirely absent just moments before.
At 7:30pm, communications resumed, and a message was sent to all media and communication able devices which declared, "Timestamp: 4:00pm Main System. All systems under attack. Critical nature of attacks requires all citizens to get to safety. All systems under attack!!! [sic] Citizens please return to your homes or nearby shelter."
The time stamp suggests that someone prevented ADA from being able to send out her warning.
For now, the city recovers, and prepares for what is tentatively assumed will be an additional attack.
Reporter: Alexi Alkaev
