ONN: Explosion At Heaven, Inc (Prior-Live Feed)
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Originally Published on January 29th, 2494
Orbital News Network/Jessica Spades and Chet Shear Reporting
A sped up montage of clips flies past the screen before Jessica Spades appears in the studio as the bump version of the broadcast theme is cut abruptly short.
"We have just heard reports of Heaven, Inc. having some kind of strife. The alarms are going off and a fire within. Oh there is another explosion! People are running there is an evacuation in order of the building."
#CocoonStrong displays on the chiron as the feed switches over to a baby-faced freckled young man illuminated by a camera light before the ONN chiron begins running the headline across the bottom: 'Heaven in flames'
"Jessica, Chet Shear reporting on site as close as I can get to the Heavens Inc building, Arc Sec have just arrived and are pushing all elements of the public back to the edges, I surmise out of concern of what may be another explosion, we can see from here areas above ground level that are illuminated orange with black smoke pumping out of the upper floors, I can see people being evacuated but so far Arc Sec is not allowing anyone near survivors and has not answered questions as to the cause, though some citizens reported hearing a series of what may have been explosions in short order, though this has not been confirmed at this time..."
Jessica's voice from the studio, safe and sound, warm and toasty:
"Are there any dead people? Can you get any closer? What is it like on the inside?"
Chet's face shows no emotion at her questions
"Jessica, while my body is willing, the locked and loaded SMGs of Arc Sec are telling me getting closer is a bad idea, I have heard reports that some dead have been found, and several covered gurneys were wheeled out as Responders are making their way in, I have not been inside yet, because of how time and space and imminent threat of being shot works..."
Jessica's voice from the studio, her face now in a box in the lower right of the screen:
"Oh my Heaven... Do we know if the engrams are safe? Are the customers okay to still have their backups?"
Chet remains breathless yet somehow unemotional
"I see what you did there, Jessica, great play on words as always... At this time we cannot confirm what has been damaged within the building, nor to what extent. More floors above are showing plumes of orange as responders are working to assess and mitigate the fires... but as we wait for them to put an end to the spreading chaos your questions are on everyone's minds. If the engram backups are compromised, or the equipment for creating new engrams damaged, then there will certainly be a lot of people having to consider their own mortality... so... are you, Jessica? Worried? ...about your mortality?"
Jessica looks off camera. Then to another person, then back on camera
"I am uh fine Chet, I am fine. I am great! I am sure Heaven, Inc will let us know what the state of things... I am sure. They must let us know.. right? Yes! Of course! Oh can you tell us how the medical people are doing, have our saviors GTT Trauma Team arrived?"
Chet smirks briefly
"You just got an upgrade with your promotion, Jessica, right? Clone backup? Didja... make it into Heaven's Inc already for that engram, or were you gonna wait? Well... you know, luck be a lady... and yes, Jessica, I can see Trauma Team has arrived and are following Responders into areas they've been moving through, we should hopefully have a better assessment of the human cost shortly... well... the human cost of people who were living before this, afterwards is suspect, right Jessica?"
Jessica swallows hard
"Yes I made it and had great service provided there. It is a great safe company to work with. Chet, focus! Tell us are there any more explosions!"
Chet smiles with a very punchable face
"Good... that's great Jessica... There haven't been any new explosions, though Arc Sec hasn't provided any information as they are mission focused on saving lives and trying to keep locals and Responders safe, Heaven's Inc hasn't sent anyone to speak to media yet, probably focused and lost in the whirlwind of...everything... but hey, Jessica, chin up... even if everything doesn't work out and you need to get back in later for a backup, you can always hope that if something does happen to you, shuttle crash or something, maybe they'll fix your thigh gap with your clone and we can finally shoot you from the waist down and you can do standing segments..."
Jessica Gasps hard holding her chest
"YOU KNOW WHAT CHET I LIKE CHET JOHNSON BETTER. YOU - YOU! Just jealous that I got the promotion and not you and confused you with CHET JOHNSON..."
A man comes up behind Chet.
"Hey Hey you! ONN right? Heaven, Inc representative, Louis Moreau. [Flashes ID] I am ready for a statement yeah?"
Chet winces
"We look nothing alike, Jessica, make sure your clone has 20/20 vision upgrades..."
Chet turns suddenly as his realizes his name was called
"Louis Moreau... I am sure the first question my superiors would want answered is do we know at this time if Engram backups have been compromised and have their been any interruptions to the creation of new Engrams? Then human decency would have us ask if your people are alright and do we know how many may be injured or dead?"
Louis Moreau with a quirky mustache clears his throat, fixing his tie
"Yes Yes. We have lost two floors of server engrams, we will gather our list and send it to our customers to inform them as soon as we gather this information. We assume that we should be running again in one or two weeks. No matter. We will start our investigation! Yes! We will find who did this! We apologize for this service delay. We hope you all understand that there are some... um nom eh, unpredictable events. As stated in our fine print you see."
Chet nods to Louis's words with a face that shows he could be thinking about what to get for dinner later
"Yes, of course Mr. Moreau, any word about the engram facilities? Will you be able to resume creating engrams once you've restored the servers?"
A person walks behind ONN, turning his body in such a way Genetectic Trauma Team logos are seen and clear
"Ah, vous are platinum client, magnific! This is un shot of Mobile Biomonitors, which will transfer votre data to our state of le art diagnostic tools." A finger taps at the air. "Je is tres concerned for votre oxygen levels."
Chet smirks at the plug
"Do you have an extra dose for Jessica Spades back in the studio? She's apparently in need..."
Louis goes to answer, stopping with the commotion
"Of course. We will make more of an official statement once... this is all clear, oui?" Turning his head to watch these GTT Trauma Team, oh they are busy bees! "OH Magific! Oui!"
Chet goes back to blank unemotional nodding
"They are indeed, Cocoon's heroes... and you can trademark that, just give me a budge up to platinum...but Mr. Moreau, we've heard reports of a series of explosions before the fires broke out, do we know if those explosions happened within Heaven's Inc and what caused this catastrophe?"
The GTT Figure speaks
"Genetectic Trauma Team is always available on call! We do value our clients et their very important medical needs."
Louis clears his throat
"Again, we are having to investigate, oui? We will have a full report later. I must go. I call you!" [Clapping the guy on the shoulder as if they were chums wandering off into chaos]
Jessica Spades is sitting there with a smile
Chet looks crestfallen for a moment
"But you didn't get my contact... *sighs* Well Jessica, as you can see, some confirmation, but many more questions still to be answered while responders and GTT see to the inferno that's been made of Heaven's Inc."
Jessica Spades smiling
"I can't wait to hear the good report when it is released! Are there any really cute GTT Trauma Team out right now? So hard to tell while they are working... shame..." She pouts. "Well for now we will go on to our normal scheduled programming! We will keep you updated, thank you for tuning in to get your latest and greatest from ONN!"
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