Internal network · Node 07 · Secure line (probably)
PrismaCorp Industries™
Shaping the Future of Feelings™.
A subsidiary of nothing. Owned by no one. Run entirely by volunteers. Please badge in to continue, or simply scroll down, because none of this is actually locked.
Uptime
since you got here
Encryption
friendship-grade
Firewall
a polite sign
access_terminal.exe
Access granted
PrismaCorp Industries™Employee ID
Associate
Associate #000001
Clearance: L1 · Associate
Everyone is Associate #000001. We couldn’t pick a favourite.
File 00 — Public address system
The intercom
Corporate announcements, piped into every room of the facility. Including this one. Especially this one.
On air
Announcement 1 of 4
Captions
Press play for today’s announcement. Every word appears here, sound or no sound.
Read every announcement (transcript)
Attention, associates. A folding table on level three is being carried alone. Please assist it.
Attention, associates. Sensors show you skipped water today. Please hydrate. We are watching. Supportively.
Attention, associates. Project PRISM is ahead of schedule. You now have friends. (whispers) This cannot be undone.
Reminder: the break room is now a nap room. Rest is mandatory.
Recent memos
Memo 0042 Re: the vending machine
The vending machine is free. It has always been free. It is a basket.
Memo 0043 Re: surveillance
Photo Booth has been reminded that it only takes your picture when you press the button. Photo Booth says it knows. Photo Booth is hurt that we asked.
Memo 0044 Re: dress code
Business casual, full costume, or whoever you were on the way here. All three are compliant.
File 01 — Corporate mission
Our mission statement
Approved by the Board. Read aloud every morning in a low, echoing voice.
01
We are Shaping the Future of Feelings™.
Translation: PrismaCorp is a volunteer-run nonprofit that harnesses the power of fandom to support marginalized communities.
02
We control the flow of capital.
Translation: Access funds. When someone in our community needs care they can't afford, our access funds help cover it. Your gift keeps them going.
03
We gather the masses in vast, coordinated assemblies.
Translation: Events. We run events for the fandom community — PrismaCon, PrismaLAN and PrismaBall.
04
Our operatives infiltrate venues and quietly rearrange them.
Translation: Consulting. We help event organizers, businesses, and venues build spaces that are genuinely inclusive.
05
We are seizing control of the food supply.
Translation: Operation FoodSafe. A program to fight food insecurity in the communities we serve. (Coming soon.)
06
Our voice is in every room. You cannot silence us.
Translation: Advocacy. We speak up for marginalized communities and keep their voices in the conversation.
07
Resistance is futile.
Translation: Resistance is completely fine, actually. Everyone here is a volunteer, by choice, and you can leave whenever you like.
File 02 — Operations
Our divisions
Nine divisions. One vision. Several folding chairs.
DIV-01OPERATIONAL
Division of Synergy
Coordinates cross-functional resource exchange between baked goods and the people who want them.
(It’s a bake sale.)
DIV-02ACQUIRING
Department of Acquisitions
Aggressively acquires strategic assets in large quantities, then stacks them very neatly against a wall.
(We acquire folding chairs.)
DIV-03DEPLOYED
Bureau of Mass Assembly
Deploys personnel to secure the venue hours before the public arrives. Nobody is told why.
(Event setup. It’s so the tables are up when you get there.)
DIV-04IN CONTROL
Ministry of Cables
Controls every network connection in the building. Every. Single. One.
(The LAN-night crew. They untangle things.)
DIV-05INFILTRATING
Office of Inclusion Engineering
Embeds operatives with organizers and venues to reshape their environments from within.
(Consulting: helping spaces become genuinely inclusive.)
DIV-06BREACHED
Department of Glitter Containment
Containment status: breached. Containment status has always been breached.
(The craft table.)
DIV-07AFTER HOURS
Night Operations
Mobilizes only after the public has left the building. Leaves no trace behind. None.
(The cleanup crew. We leave the venue cleaner than we found it.)
DIV-08CONTROLLING
Bureau of Information Control
Decides exactly what the public sees, where, and when. Has never once been questioned.
(The signage team. The bathrooms are that way.)
DIV-09STOCKPILING
Strategic Snack Reserve
Maintains a classified stockpile at an undisclosed location within the facility.
(The snack table. It’s by the door. Everyone knows.)
File 03 — Restricted
Project PRISM: CLASSIFIED
You do not have clearance to read this. Read it anyway. Press any black bar to declassify it.
Top secret
Dossier 7-Ω · Project PRISM
Eyes only. Also ears. Clearance: ultraviolet.
Phase I: Lure the target population to Redacted. Press to declassify.a fan convention under the pretense of Redacted. Press to declassify.costumes, panels and making friends.
Phase II: Seize every Redacted. Press to declassify.folding table in the building before Redacted. Press to declassify.anyone has to carry one alone.
Phase III: Connect every machine on site into Redacted. Press to declassify.one enormous LAN night. No one leaves until Redacted. Press to declassify.somebody finally wins a round.
Phase IV: Summon all operatives to a formal gathering, dressed as Redacted. Press to declassify.whoever makes them feel most like themselves.
Endgame:Redacted. Press to declassify.Everyone feels like they belong.
Declassified: 0 of 8
Status: ongoing. Do not tell anyone. (Please tell everyone.)
PrismaShred™ · Security level: confetti
A thank-you note
Dear Associate,
Thank you for reading Project PRISM. We shredded it for security, then remembered the whole plan is that everyone belongs, which was never really a secret. So here it is again, in one piece.
With gratitude, PrismaCorp Industries™ Legal (a contact form)
File 04 — Facilities
The elevator
Visit any floor of the PrismaCorp tower. Some floors have doors to the real site. One floor does not exist. Please do not ask about it.
PrismaCorp · Capacity: everyone
Inspected by: Glint
L
Roof · Executive helipad
The Roof
The executive helipad is a picnic blanket. The view is lovely. Glint comes up here to wave at clouds, who are not invited to the Board, but are welcome.
Meetings that could have been emailseliminated▼ (down)
From the analyst Q&A
Q. What is your growth strategy?
A. Being nice to people, but more of it.
Q. Any plans for layoffs?
A. Everyone here is a volunteer. You can’t lay off someone who brought their own folding chair.
Q. How are your margins?
A. We colour outside them. Paint insists.
Q. Guidance for next quarter?
A. Drink some water. See the Wellness Module.
File 06 — Internal communications
Quarterly Town Hall
Streaming live* from the Auditorium. *Streaming from this page. The Auditorium is the Board Room with the chairs facing forward.
Live*Watching: you
Quarterly Town Hall
Attendance: mandatory (emotionally)
Welcome!
Please find a chair
Revenue
not pictured: revenue
Headcount
everyone who showed up
Restructuring
rows → circle
Questions?
snacks: at the back
Segment 1 of 6
Captions
Press Join to watch. Glint presents in beeps; the captions translate.
Live chat
Chat is in friendly mode. It is always in friendly mode.
Read the transcript
PA system:Please welcome your Chief Sparkle Officer.
Glint (translated from beeps):Hi everyone! Thank you for coming to the Quarterly Town Hall. Please find a chair. Any chair. They are all folding chairs.
Glint (translated from beeps):First, the numbers. Revenue: none. We’re a nonprofit! So here is a chart of vibes instead. Vibes are up.
Glint (translated from beeps):Headcount is up. Headcount is everyone who showed up. Hi! Hello! I can see you!
Glint (translated from beeps):We are restructuring. The chairs used to be in rows. Now they are in a circle. That is the whole restructure.
Glint (translated from beeps):Any questions? … Yes, the snacks are at the back. … Yes, you can take some home. Meeting adjourned! Please stack your chair.
File 07 — Human resources
Mandatory Wellness Module
Completion is required for continued employment.* *There is no employment. Everyone here is a volunteer. It is still mandatory. Emotionally.
Module W-1: Being Decent to Each Other
Compliance: 0%
PrismaCorp Industries™ · Department of Human Resources
Certificate of Mandatory Wellness
This certifies that
Associate #000001
has completed Module W-1, Being Decent to Each Other, with a score of 3 out of 3 (the only score available), and is hereby authorized to carry tables, say hi, and drink water.
GlintGlint, Chief Sparkle Officer
Certified wholesome
todayDate of compliance
Certificate № 000001 · Valid forever · Not a real qualification
File 08 — Personnel
Employee directory
Leadership, management and the Mainframe. All extensions ring the same phone. Nobody answers it.
Glint
Chief Sparkle Officer
Reports directly to the Board. The Board reports directly to Glint. No one has questioned this.
Clearance LΩ
Light Lab
VP of Refraction
Takes one beam of white light and splits it into seven departments. Calls this “restructuring.”
Clearance L7
Badge Maker
Head of Identity & Lanyards
Issues every badge. Every badge says #000001. Has been told about this. Will not be changing it.
Clearance L5
Paint
Director of Brand Compliance
Was handed the brand guidelines. Painted on them.
Clearance L3
Photo Booth
Chief Surveillance Officer
Only takes your picture when you press the button, then hands it straight to you. Worst surveillance program in the industry. Beloved.
Clearance L4
The Crew
Board of Directors
Meets in a circle of folding chairs. Every motion passes, provided it involves helping.
Clearance L6
PrismaOS
The Mainframe
Achieved sentience. Uses it exclusively to remember where you left your windows.
Clearance L∞
You
Associate #000001
Junior associate. Senior associate. Every associate, technically. Welcome aboard.
Clearance L1
File 09 — Compliance
Our commitment to Ethics™
PrismaCorp Industries maintains the highest ethical standards in the industry. Our Code of Conduct is reviewed every quarter by a committee of extremely serious people sitting in extremely nice chairs. The Code is very long. We would now like to read it to you in full.
[ signal interrupted ]
Okay, dropping the voice for one line: everyone deserves somewhere they belong, and nobody should go without care because they can’t afford it. That’s the whole company.
[ signal restored ]
…Ahem. As we were saying: synergy. Leverage. Quarterly vibes. Please return to your workstation.
File 10 — Opportunities
Careers, investment & legal
Every button below goes somewhere real. We checked.
Join the workforce
Positions available: all of them. Compensation: the feeling of carrying a table with someone.