WEBVTT 00:00:02.479 --> 00:00:05.540 This Vox channel is purity checked in real time. 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:10.400 Distortion equals doubt. Doubt equals recalibration. 00:00:14.500 --> 00:00:20.079 Good evening, citizens of Hive Gloriana. This 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:22.719 is your sanctioned voice in the static. Your 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:26.679 comfort in the Recyc Wind. Your reminder that 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:30.289 there are worse fates than monotony. The Hive 00:00:30.289 --> 00:00:34.310 has returned to routine. The host has been reset. 00:00:35.030 --> 00:00:38.929 Please continue your duties. Breathe calmly. 00:00:39.570 --> 00:00:43.030 If you can smell the air, you're already one 00:00:43.030 --> 00:00:48.189 of the lucky ones. All is as it should be. All 00:00:48.189 --> 00:00:52.630 remains precisely as it must. Please do not make 00:00:52.630 --> 00:00:59.560 eye contact with the walls. Civic announcements. The 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:01.939 Departamento Sanitas reports that structural 00:01:01.939 --> 00:01:04.920 damage from the previous cycle has been mostly 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:09.000 stabilized. Some HAB walls continue to weep gently 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:13.459 from stress fractures. This is normal. Do not 00:01:13.459 --> 00:01:18.400 repaint. Do not anoint. Do not ask where the moisture 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:23.980 is coming from. Lift networks have been declared nominally 00:01:23.980 --> 00:01:28.329 safe. Please note that nominally has been redefined 00:01:28.329 --> 00:01:31.409 to include screaming noises and partial descents. 00:01:32.209 --> 00:01:36.170 Blessed are the patient. Blessed are the ones 00:01:36.170 --> 00:01:41.510 who reach the ground floor in one piece. Water rations 00:01:41.510 --> 00:01:45.969 remain unchanged. Drink reverently. Sip slowly. 00:01:46.329 --> 00:01:50.489 And remember, if it tastes metallic, that's the 00:01:50.489 --> 00:01:52.989 emperor watching over you from inside the pipes. 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:58.299 Food substitute version 4 .9 is now approved 00:01:58.299 --> 00:02:01.219 for consumption pending confirmation that it 00:02:01.219 --> 00:02:06.560 is, in fact, food. Glow thread used for emergency 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.180 stitching is temporarily unavailable. Citizens 00:02:11.180 --> 00:02:13.759 should avoid emergency situations that require 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:21.080 stitching until supply stabilizes. Manufactoria 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:24.469 output has resumed at full capacity. Servitors 00:02:24.469 --> 00:02:28.129 now move in what are being described as reassuringly 00:02:28.129 --> 00:02:32.810 predictable patterns. The supervising Servitorian 00:02:32.810 --> 00:02:35.370 has been successfully rebooted after what we 00:02:35.370 --> 00:02:38.189 are calling a brief episode of musical enlightenment. 00:02:40.550 --> 00:02:42.930 Maintenance teams confirms that the hum detected 00:02:42.930 --> 00:02:47.169 in the last several cycles has stopped. If you 00:02:47.169 --> 00:02:50.770 still hear it, it's probably in your head. If 00:02:50.770 --> 00:02:54.020 others hear it too, congratulations. You have 00:02:54.020 --> 00:02:56.780 achieved spiritual resonance and are now technically 00:02:56.780 --> 00:03:01.039 property of the Anima Mechanicus. All servitors 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:05.060 remain within acceptable parameters. Any deviations 00:03:05.060 --> 00:03:08.259 should be reported via the standard form, 9a, 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:17.599 shrieking metal in the workplace. The Ecclesiarchal 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:20.379 choir will resume rehearsals in their usual sub 00:03:20.379 --> 00:03:23.479 -chambers. Below the newly Heretical Chapel of 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:26.860 Beneath Light. Attendance is encouraged for those 00:03:26.860 --> 00:03:31.340 with ears to hear and knees to bend. Please refrain 00:03:31.340 --> 00:03:34.879 from touching the walls, floors or ceilings during 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:38.099 rehearsal. Last time someone made contact during 00:03:38.099 --> 00:03:40.479 a high note and was absorbed into what we're 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:45.900 generously calling the acoustics. Should you feel the music 00:03:45.900 --> 00:03:49.419 moving through you, remember... Music shouldn't 00:03:49.419 --> 00:03:54.300 literally move through you. Report all ecstatic 00:03:54.300 --> 00:03:59.360 transcendence to your nearest purity officer. public confession. 00:04:02.219 --> 00:04:10.240 Forgive me, Father. I awoke. All seemed as before. 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:19.050 I walked the halls. The walls were silent. I 00:04:19.050 --> 00:04:24.730 think that's worse. Forgive me. I dreamed of 00:04:24.730 --> 00:04:29.670 the song below. It stopped singing. Now I just 00:04:29.670 --> 00:04:36.629 hum. And the pipes hum back. Forgive me, Father. 00:04:38.050 --> 00:04:44.089 I am whole. I am myself. The hive hums no longer. 00:04:45.550 --> 00:04:57.759 But I swear the card was breached. All confessions 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:01.139 have been received and archived. The Emperor 00:05:01.139 --> 00:05:04.740 hears all voices, even those that vibrate at 00:05:04.740 --> 00:05:10.600 unsettling frequencies. Community Participation 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:14.180 Highlight In recognition of civic dedication, 00:05:14.500 --> 00:05:17.439 intentional or otherwise, the administration 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:21.959 congratulates several citizens. Marella Jynn, 00:05:22.100 --> 00:05:25.620 Hab Delta who remained perfectly motionless for 00:05:25.620 --> 00:05:28.759 27 consecutive hours after hearing a rumour that 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:33.459 movement might be interpreted as defiance. Her 00:05:33.459 --> 00:05:36.540 devotion to stillness has been deemed exemplary. 00:05:36.939 --> 00:05:39.939 She will be permitted to move again next cycle, 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:45.980 pending further study. Child Unit Cero, who found 00:05:45.980 --> 00:05:48.899 a lost object and returned it to the Lost Item 00:05:48.899 --> 00:05:52.250 Reassignment Office. The object, which is now 00:05:52.250 --> 00:05:54.870 classified, attempted to leave the office several 00:05:54.870 --> 00:05:58.329 times. Sero will receive a commendation for bravery 00:05:58.329 --> 00:06:00.949 once the object stops trying to follow him home. 00:06:01.930 --> 00:06:06.589 Elder Gen Vatir, who loudly shouted, "I am absolutely 00:06:06.589 --> 00:06:10.629 complying", during a routine inspection. This 00:06:10.629 --> 00:06:13.730 kind of pre-emptive obedience is rare and, frankly, 00:06:13.910 --> 00:06:17.629 touching. We thank all citizens who exceed expectations 00:06:17.629 --> 00:06:21.839 by accident, fear, or sheer ambient resignation. 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:27.540 Maintenance Bulletin. The Anima Mechanicus requests 00:06:27.540 --> 00:06:31.819 volunteers for sub-level recalibration. Qualifications 00:06:31.819 --> 00:06:36.079 required. Opposable thumbs, minimal screaming 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:40.399 and a strong sense of irony. Unreported anomalies 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:45.139 are still considered mildly heretical. Compliance 00:06:45.139 --> 00:06:49.000 ensures continued blessing or at least non-dismemberment. 00:06:51.689 --> 00:06:57.410 Lost and found. Found. A variety of small, suspiciously 00:06:57.410 --> 00:07:01.069 pulsing objects. Catalogued as devotional relics 00:07:01.069 --> 00:07:06.110 until proved otherwise. Lost. Several sub-level 00:07:06.110 --> 00:07:09.730 crews. Their devotion has been recorded as ongoing. 00:07:11.269 --> 00:07:15.310 If found, please remind them that wandering off 00:07:15.310 --> 00:07:20.170 is not a recognized form of penance. The Department 00:07:20.170 --> 00:07:23.430 of Interpretive Order has issued several clarifications 00:07:23.430 --> 00:07:27.149 to ensure your thoughts, behaviors, and involuntary 00:07:27.149 --> 00:07:29.829 reactions remain within acceptable variance. 00:07:31.589 --> 00:07:34.509 Standing still for more than six seconds while 00:07:34.509 --> 00:07:37.850 looking even vaguely contemplative now qualifies 00:07:37.850 --> 00:07:42.569 as cognitive loitering. If you must pause, please 00:07:42.569 --> 00:07:46.449 adopt the sanctioned hollow stare. This indicates 00:07:46.449 --> 00:07:49.189 to observers that nothing of value is occurring 00:07:49.189 --> 00:07:54.310 inside your skull. The list of seditious colours 00:07:54.310 --> 00:07:57.470 has been expanded to include vigorous yellow, 00:07:57.689 --> 00:08:01.790 hopeful blue, and whatever that shade is on floor 00:08:01.790 --> 00:08:05.730 17 that makes people smile. If you see a forbidden 00:08:05.730 --> 00:08:09.790 colour, avert your eyes. If you cannot avert your 00:08:09.790 --> 00:08:14.050 eyes, close them. If your eyes refuse to close, 00:08:14.509 --> 00:08:17.209 Please report to optic compliance for routine 00:08:17.209 --> 00:08:23.750 surgery. All enthusiasm remains suspicious. Proper 00:08:23.750 --> 00:08:26.410 enthusiasm is only permitted on days that end 00:08:26.410 --> 00:08:30.449 in a vowel. Excessive enthusiasm will be drained 00:08:30.449 --> 00:08:32.870 and redirected to more deserving departments. 00:08:33.549 --> 00:08:36.649 Thank you for adjusting your behaviour before 00:08:36.649 --> 00:08:43.269 you were told to. Faith report. Faith remains 00:08:43.269 --> 00:08:48.649 high. possibly artificially. Attendance at Mass 00:08:48.649 --> 00:08:52.350 is stable, if you discount spontaneous levitations 00:08:52.350 --> 00:08:56.870 as unplanned enthusiasm. The morning bells of 00:08:56.870 --> 00:09:00.070 Sector Epsilon rang as scheduled, though some 00:09:00.070 --> 00:09:02.250 listeners reported the tone carried a faint, 00:09:02.389 --> 00:09:06.370 pleading quality. Scholars assure us that this 00:09:06.370 --> 00:09:08.990 is simply the sound of metal remembering it used 00:09:08.990 --> 00:09:15.309 to be alive. Devotional Reading From the Liturgy 00:09:15.309 --> 00:09:20.409 of Order, verse 4. We endure as we always have. 00:09:20.750 --> 00:09:26.370 We serve as we always do. The hive is ours, our 00:09:26.370 --> 00:09:32.470 duty, our home. Obedience is peace. Routine is 00:09:32.470 --> 00:09:40.330 salvation. Routine is life. Addendum. Those unable 00:09:40.330 --> 00:09:43.419 to maintain routine will be redistributed to 00:09:43.419 --> 00:09:48.539 more routine forms. Infrastructure Mood Report 00:09:48.539 --> 00:09:52.200 Today's assessment of Hive Gloriana's emotional 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:56.820 architecture is as follows. The ventilation stacks 00:09:56.820 --> 00:10:00.059 are brooding again. While this is within their 00:10:00.059 --> 00:10:03.460 typical seasonal mood cycle, citizens are reminded 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:06.080 that sighing vents are not an invitation to use 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:09.700 as confessionals, cry into, or attempt to climb. 00:10:12.139 --> 00:10:16.179 The East Rail has declared a sabbatical. This 00:10:16.179 --> 00:10:19.980 was not authorised. The tracks simply curled 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:23.340 slightly. Mechanicus morale teams are attempting 00:10:23.340 --> 00:10:26.000 to coax them back into a more obedient geometry. 00:10:27.820 --> 00:10:31.139 Civic Centre 7 has begun shedding extraneous 00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:34.759 rooms overnight. This is considered to be an 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:37.639 efficiency measure. though residents are reminded 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:40.179 to retrieve personal belongings before they are 00:10:40.179 --> 00:10:44.480 architecturally discarded. Citizens should feel 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:46.740 reassured that the hive continues to express 00:10:46.740 --> 00:10:52.279 itself in predictable, if resentful ways. Weather 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:55.919 Report Mist remains steady across lower levels. 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:59.460 Please avoid breathing deeply near the condensation 00:10:59.460 --> 00:11:01.860 vents unless you enjoy the taste of recycled 00:11:01.860 --> 00:11:07.600 faith. Ashfall continues across Mid Habs. Residents 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:09.840 are advised to collect it for devotional use, 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:13.320 or just pretend that it's snow. This illusion 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:16.580 comforts children, and the children comfort no 00:11:16.580 --> 00:11:21.899 one. And that concludes tonight's broadcast, 00:11:22.299 --> 00:11:27.100 citizens of Hive Gloriana. I am your humble host 00:11:27.100 --> 00:11:31.960 servitor, number 241. The hive hums quietly. 00:11:33.289 --> 00:11:39.110 All is stable. All is routine. All is slightly 00:11:39.110 --> 00:11:43.570 damp. Continue your duties. Remain obedient. 00:11:44.370 --> 00:11:51.330 Remain diligent. Remain tuned. Until next cycle, 00:11:51.490 --> 00:11:56.149 this is Vox Sanctum signing off. Stay faithful. 00:11:56.710 --> 00:12:03.440 Stay mostly human. And remember, Silence is the 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:08.059 sound of everything working perfectly. Ave Imperator. 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:16.100 Host Servitor 241 was played by Richard Roberts. 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:20.360 This week's penitents were Tate Devonald, Philip 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:24.740 Roy and Andrew Clive Early. Vox Sanctum Gloriana 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:26.440 is an Evil Lighthouse production.