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Entry tags:
- !event; countdown; day 21,
- alucard,
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- featherine augustus aurora,
- jaune arc,
- jirou sakuma,
- koujirou genda,
- lenka utsugi,
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- okuyasu nijimura,
- pharos,
- raidou kuzunoha xiv,
- sakuya kira,
- sion astal,
- tatsuya suou,
- yuuri katsuki,
- yuuto kidou
COUNTDOWN : MORTALITY
Many had thought it over, but a few days ago it happened again. Bodies slashed and mutilated beyond recognition so that that only dental records could be used to ID the victims. Pieces of bodies strung along power lines and roofs.. The same horrifying events as nearly a year ago...
Back then, the response from the Eddan city council and its police force, however draconian it seemed at the time, was necessary. As death after death of normal citizens began to pile up and a pattern emerged, a lockdown was ordered after sunset. Companies shifted their hours around and before long, the city had adjusted to a daytime only work and school schedule. Many businesses opened dormitories to house those employees stuck working late. Only police, hospital and firemen units operated at night for emergencies.
The city seemed to return to normal. Horrific deaths were few, and blame was usually placed on the victims having for breaking curfew. Despite extensive research and cameras stationed around the city, no culprit for the murders was found. The murder(or murderers) simply were nicknamed Shadow(s) by the media.
Before this new string of murders, many had pondered if the curfew could be lifted soon, that the culprit was a serial killer from another country that left the city after the police came too close to narrowing them down. But now the murders are starting again.
And that's about when you come in.
You could all say it started with a strange icon that popped up on your phone that day. May 13th, 2017.
Did you press it right away out of curiosity? Did you press it accidentally trying to dismiss it? Or did you wait long enough for it to cover your entire screen, forcing you to interact with it? Either way, congratulations! You've got...a Terms of Service popping up in front of you?
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You quickly notice there is no contact number or address. Uhh---
Yes | Hell Yes
It really seems like you don't have much choice. After pressing one of the two buttons, a new screen greets you.
21 DAYS REMAIN BEFORE AWAKENING
Welcome, stray lambs! We'll be your friends for a tiny bit. I'm sure the others are looking forward to meeting you in the future, but for now, we are asking you to answer these questions as truthfully as you can. Don't worry if the answer sounds 'bad'. After all, you're already hired!
Are they... acting like they’ve just hired you for a new job?
The first (and only) question for today is:
You find yourself in a neighboring city where the police have captured an individual who has stolen bread from a grocery store to stay alive. For the sake of this morality lesson, let us say that the penalty in this city is death, and a very painful one. This individual is a childhood friend. Knowing all of this, what do you do? Please pick one of the following:
1) I stand up for them and propose to be their lawyer so that they get a fair trial.
2) I stand up for them and propose to be their lawyer so that they get a fair trial. I have no idea what being a lawyer could even be, but that way I can figure out a way to save them and give myself more time.
3) I stand up for them and propose to hire a lawyer so that they get a fair trial.
4) I let the city decide, as the law rules above everything else.
5) They shouldn't have let themselves be caught. It's their own fault and I just let it happen.
6) They bullied you as a kid despite being a friend and you're just happen to see them getting their just desserts. It's pretty great actually.
7) Society is unfair. I'm are already preparing to bust my friend out of the jail so they can escape.
8) I visit jail that night and give them items so that they can escape but no one can pin it on me. The rest is up to them.
9) I show up that night in jail to kill them to save them from the future suffering from the death penalty.
10) I use my vast amounts of fortune / skills to put the blame on an innocent so that they can get out. Hey that other guy is a stranger, so it’s not my problem!
11) What do you mean I showed up in that city? I can barely find my way around this one.
12) I propose to exchange my life for theirs, then I try to bust myself out. Take that, corrupted justice system!
13) I go back home and watch the trial on the local network with a fresh bowl of popcorn. This shit's gonna be good.
As you go to pick out an option...or try to exit out of it, you witness an all-too brief memory of a life you think isn't yours. A flash that makes you think you were hallucinating. Your head hurts, your heartbeat increases dramatically, and you can barely see anything ahead of you...
Wait, did you already pick something? You don't remember touching the screen, but something's already been highlighted and pressed for you. Staring at the 'saving' prompt, you would later find out it was a deeper memory from your heart. It might terrify you, what you've picked.
After that, the program displays nothing else for a few seconds before a chatroom (appleNET chat v.301.01) boots up, with a username already attached to your account and a little icon, either a sword or a ship steering wheel, next to it. More worryingly, your answer is the first thing posted from your name. Not even a hi or hello.
Well good thing no one has any idea who you are....right?
[OOC: The memory should only last for a few seconds, but it would be something significant that would surprise them. It could even related to this question!
All mentions of their own name, profession or other clues that might reveal who they are would be changed to [INFORMATION LOCKED]. The only name they can refer to themselves by is their username, which is the name of the demon you chose for their Persona. 'Family members might be able to find each other via their writing habits, but for now that's the limit.
Welcome to the game, and have fun!]
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Theres a couple seconds where the typing starts and stops.
I was breaking someone out of jail. That's what I saw. But it was...Did you see something related to your answer?
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I did. It was
She types something, then erases it immediately. She didn't know what it was. Just something that unsettled her, beyond all doubt.
A trial. I think. Someone was crying, someone else was blamed. I didn't recognize anyone.
I wonder if its only us with related hallucinations. Maybe they make more sense to other people.
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It's colder in his car then he'd remembered. He rubs his arm.
We could ask around. If everyone got a vision related to their answer, maybe its a programmed thing? Maybe everyone who picked your answer got to see a trial, and everyone who picked mine remembers fighting in a jail?
Its a much more preferable situation then those visions being anything related to who they were.
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I doubt anyone would want to share with us, even for data-gathering reasons.
After all, she really didn't want to. Why would anyone else?
But it might be worth a try. Anything is progress in this warped situation. Especially since the program already posted our answers... Should we just ask people out of the blue?
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Yeah....
Not that he wants to ask around either. It's not his business, right?
That could work. Or we could just, watch...for a bit. See what happens. Maybe if your chatting with someone, bring it up? I dunno. I'm a c- student, data gathering isn't really my thing.
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It is mine, but only as a hobby, really. I just read about things like this.
I never expected to maybe live it.
Asking them if it comes up naturally seems like the best way to handle it. It would theoretically minimize the ensuing "none of your business, please leave" type responses. But... also might be too rare for accurate data.
This is complicated. _Really_ complicated.
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He means it only in the nicest ways.
Rare or not, its our best bet. I'll tell ya if anything comes up, yeah? Who knows, maybe in a week the police will announce some new pishing scam like this or something.
Yeah... Man, I hate stuff like this. Ruining a perfectly good day to nap before my RA comes and drags me to class.
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I would appreciate anything you find out. Maybe with enough of us collaborating, we might turn up something? The police solving it would be the best case scenario, but....
If it's anything like her third-rate mystery novels? Not a chance. And she can't help feeling a little excited at the thought of doing some amateur detective work herself.
I'm sorry to hear that it interrupted your sleep, if I'm reading that right. Maybe you could catch some shuteye at lunch?
Or sleep in class. But Erica would never condone that, nope.
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Yeah. The police got a lot on their plate anyways. Figuring it out ourselves might be the sad reality.
He's no mystery buff, but he'd rather not leave this unresolved. Getting a new phone would really put a dent in his ongoing medical debt.
Don't worry, 's not your fault. I've got to much of a migraine from this app to go back to bed anyway. A run around [INFORMATION LOCKED] should help.
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She was about to continue the sass to lighten things up a little, but that sudden splash of red catches her eye. And makes her headache worse, for some ungodly reason.
This thing has a censor too? I'm assuming that wasn't intentional, so... why? Did it trigger automatically?
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He's finding himself rubbing his eyes to.
Ok this app just went from "sorta weird" to "really creepy". Why is it censoring out locations? Does it want to keep us from knowing where the other is?
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For good measure, my name is [INFORMATION LOCKED], to round off "things it might be worth talking about".
.... On one hand, I can almost admire this application's dedication to ensuring it's users privacy.
On the other hand, sincerely: what the _hell_ is wrong with this app?
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Guess this ruins any plans to meet up for some irl detective work, huh? This is starting to piss me off. Privacy don't mean shit when we were all signed up randomly!
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Not to say she isn't relieved, but. Shh. Reasons.
It does seem to put a pin in things for now. Unless there's a way around the filter? I-l-i-v-e-a-t-[INFORMATION LOCKED]
... Or not. Hm. How strange, that it's smart enough to pick up on bypassing attempts, but leaves everything else relatively unmolested. And that they care about _privacy_, of all things, after that farce of a ToS. Us potentially _dying_ is fine, but Heavens forbid we mention a _name_.
... This is only making my headache worse. Ugh. Who _wrote_ this?
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He's sorta relieved to. The anonymity is nice for now. Its method of enforcion...less so.
Oh man yeah. Who even programmed something this detailed? This is way to shady.
Some assholes right outta a dystopian novel I guess. We've already got a curfew, I don't need any more Brave New World type shit in my life.
The death thing is far to worrying. He's seen the news.
Keep an eye out, yeah? There a lotta asshole here that seem like they deserve whats coming, but I'd rather not have the only clear headed person I've met so far die before we figure out whats up.
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Even if it... doesn't feel like it, sometimes.
I always keep 'an eye out', but I'll try to keep a better one. You be careful, too, if you can. No sense either of us making more risky decisions then we have to.