User:NyanCat2006/NOT FOUND: The Fire at CT Studios, 2018

It was one winter day in 2018. I was in my room watching Rick and Morty on CT, the oldest privately-owned TV station in Patagonia. Little did I know that one fire would bring down an entire network...

5:32 PM

Halfway through the episode, it froze and went black. After fifteen minutes, there was a caption, that read:


 * There is a major problem at our studios. We hope to correct the problem as soon as possible. CT will return shortly, or we will use our backup feed to continue transmission.
 * Please remain tuned in case transmission resumes. You can also find us on our backup feed.
 * Thank you for watching CT.

I was stupefied. I tuned in to all the CT channels and all of them displayed the same caption. I could not believe what was happening.

6:08 PM

The caption cut to another caption. This time, this was what it read:


 * Fatal studio fault
 * CT is off-air due to a major fire at the Downtown Monttsburg studios. We are currently trying our best to prevent further damage to our studios.
 * All our equipment is in peril and will be considered lost and unusable if the fire keeps spreading.
 * Channels affected: All CT channels. CT will resume transmission within 30 minutes.

6:45 PM

30 minutes passed. The episode still hadn't started, but this caption did appear, and it was nothing good.


 * Important message
 * CT's service has been interrupted due to a major fire at our studios in Downtown Monttsburg. The fire, as this message was typed in, continues to spread.
 * The Municipal Fire Brigade has been dispatched to deal with the situation and are arriving shortly.
 * You may now tune in to our backup feed from our Rivadavia studios.

7:28 PM

And there was still nothing from the studios. Until...this happened. The caption changed, and the layout was black:


 * The 2nd floor of our studios is now engulfed.
 * For more programming and updates on the fire, tune in to our backup feed transmitted by our station in Rivadavia City.
 * We are NOT advised to enter our studios at this time or more loss of life is likely to occur.

And then the caption changed.


 * We cannot hand over to our Rivadavia feed ourselves. Please tune in to the backup frequency.
 * We are fighting for the life of this network. If you live in Downtown Monttsburg near the studios, you can assist by handing over your fire extinguishers to us staff.
 * Consider this our possible last day on air.

7:45 PM

I cried when this caption appeared...


 * Our studios will be considered permanently damaged regardless of the action taken.
 * The top floors of our studios have been engulfed. They are likely to fall on the rest of the building any moment now.
 * Our studios have been fully evacuated. The fire is likely to spread to other major buildings.
 * We are currently transmitting from the studios of fellow network Red.

Then a new caption appeared, and it did not look good. It was an older caption using something akin to an Atari. It said...


 * We are trying to extinguish the fire at our studios. If the red fills up the entire bar, this means the studios will be permanently damaged.
 * We will try our best to put it out.
 * Tune in to our Rivadavia backup feed while you still can.

And I listened. I just tuned in to ComTwo, which was currently transmitting CT's backup transmission from Rivadavia.

But at 8PM, the worst happened.

8:03 PM

I tuned back in to CT, but the red was now beginning to fill up the entire bar, meaning the fire had completely wrecked the studios. The screen just went black, and then this dreadful caption showed up.


 * FATAL STUDIO DAMAGE DETECTED
 * EQUIPMENT NOT FOUND
 * PLEASE TUNE IN TO RIVADAVIA BACKUP FEED
 * (Ct)

The last line of text was supposed to emulate the logo...but it uncannily looked NOTHING like the logo. I freaked out because of this, and went back to watching ComTwo, which still showed the backup feed. I looked outside and there was the orange glow coming out from the fire.

The next day, June 29, I tuned back in to the main feed, and all there was was this dreadful, but hopeful, caption:


 * We cannot continue broadcasting due to the extent of the fire damage. From now on, all our operations will be moved to Rivadavia until the studios are rebuilt. We thank you for expressing your condolences and best wishes to us all in these dark and unfortunate times. Until we meet again, goodbye for now.