01010100 01001000 01001001 01010010 01010100 01000101 01000101 01001110 | glitch

[out_of_beta]

[ At exactly 1.59 pm, all communicators linked up to the Network and that do not have been modifications to the point where GLaDOS's overrides do not work on them, have a loud twisting digital noise erupt from the speaker. If you were in the middle of a conversation, it cuts through that -- a sound like feedback mixed with static mixed with the noise that comes after a modem dials up. Technopaths will be able to hear what sounds like an animal snarling and some unintelligble screaming as well. This sound will last 3.25 seconds and then the following code will cascade across the screen: ]

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c3lzdGVtINTIALIZINGSELFDEFENSEMECHANISMIHJlc3RhcnQgcmVxdWlzZ

GOODNIGHT_

[ Immediately following this, the communicator glitches once and then returns to normal, as if nothing had happened.  ]

ooc; miniplot.  obviously replies will be spotty if at all.  talk amongst yourselves.