applenet | COUNTDOWN: THE SMALL VOICE THAT RINGS OUT

Seven days remain. Or so it would seem. Somehow you might not still be convinced. This is all just a strange coincidence, but to go as far as to claim that you have other memories... can it?

But things have already been set alight inside the hearts of those chosen few who have received the app on their phones. For some, it's just the first bite of the apple. For others, it's been like shaking down an entire tree. Things are beginning to look... strange. Surely there are more burning questions on their minds by now.

The warning bells of the Nightly Curfew ring across the city. There's a faint hum from the phone this time before the icon appears. This time it displays a time: 1:00AM

The rest of the night is normal. Perhaps you've cuddled up with family, or you've gone to bed early to wait, but sure enough, time tick by right until 1 in the morning when...

You're back into that application again. A single question before you're even permitted to type anything else. And while it seems to be overwritten by something inside of you, it feels a lot more natural than before. Which is, truthfully... troubling.

WELCOME TO THE FINAL QUIZ!
Answer from the heart, the part of you that has been denied for far too long.

Do you want to remember?
Yes | Hell Yes| Definitely | Of course I do!

And yet, a tiny little font at the bottom. A bit hard to miss but if you hover your finger over it will answer for you...

No. Not yet...
Once you are done, you are tossed once more into the main chatroom. Now your user names are the names that you wrote down in the last survey, but with all those questions it's... hard not to think of them as your own. Maybe you'll be cursing at this device, but it looks like you're already deep down the rabbit hole by now.

[OOC: This is the final network post before Awakening. Users will now be able to speak of who they are in their AU life without the information being blocked by the application.

As a note! Characters who select "no" will not need to Awaken next week and will be able to delay to later. Instead, the character will be able to proceed with logs as a Pre-Awakened, be aware of certain issues happening in the city, however their memories will not be complete and they will be unable to fight back (apart from their own weapons). Note that they will be unable to use a Persona until they fully Awaken. There will be more details to follow, if you pick this option.

As always, while they will not get any new on their own, speaking with Luci might grant the Awakened more memories... be careful that they don't get more than they bargained for.]

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I wonder if I was this annoying when I was in denial, too.

Tch.

[his gaze grows even more irate, if such a thing was possible, and Vincent shakes his head viciously. for someone so smart, Kit really did seem to repeatedly fail to consider safety precautions for himself.]

You're painting a goddamn target on your back.

[and that bothered Vincent because...because what? because he lived with him now, he supposed. any malevolent forces seeking out the obvious weakness and desire here would certainly not balk at the chance to consume two marked people such as themselves.

that's what he thinks, anyway. the other possible explanations were simply too far-fetched.]

a talk, maybe. if you'll let me.

and a way to stay alert in case things go really wrong.

depends
did you have any redeeming qualities you lost when you awakened

[because after their encounter he clearly doesn't possess any now]

[Without fail, Kit met Vincent's gaze and held it, his own piercing and yet also lacking in any of the other boy's irritation.]

Someone has to, yes?

[Civilizations evolved by being willing to take chances and make mistakes. Without people who were willing to be pioneers, no progress would ever be made. That wasn't something Kit could tolerate. He wanted...to be better than he was, and to do something worthwhile. So why shouldn't he be the one to take those first steps?

It wasn't as if he hadn't had a target on his back all this time. Or all his life, even.]

If you're worried about backlash...I can go someplace else.

[The curfew didn't matter to him. He knew how to come and go unseen, and besides...there were plenty of places around campus where he could carry out his business at no detriment to his guest.]

We are talking.

[Rude.]

You know you don't really lose any qualities when you Awaken, right? Everything's still there, just jumbled up inside with the rest of you. The real you.

You'll probably be more jumbly than most. You seem like a messy person.

theres your answer then
youve always been an enormous pain in the ass
congratulation

i make my own order
its the only one that matters in the end

I'm not worried. It's just annoying to be associated with someone so embarrassing.

[someone had to take those big steps into the unknown, yes. the most common term for them was fodder.

let the expendable others on that godforsaken network prod and poke the invisible beings which ruled their fate and bring down the lightning. infuriating as he was, Kit was also far too good for such pointlessly reckless behavior. even if right now he wanted to put his head through the desk.

but that's why despite the sharp way he rebukes his companion, Vincent makes no attempt to accept the offer of throwing the other boy out until things resolve himself. if he went elsewhere then he couldn't keep an eye on him easily.]

we're just throwing words at each other right now.

Mm...I guess that's true.

But there's a lot about this that isn't in your hands. It'll be really embarrassing for you when you're forced to eat your own words.

this whole thing is about how strong your heart is
thats what everyone babbles on about
if thats the case then it doesnt matter whos holding my destiny now
ill take it from them

If you want to talk, you'll have to make do with using the app.

will you actually talk back here? or do i need to call you?

There's a simple solution to that problem.

[Kit enjoyed Vincent's company. He enjoyed it far more than he had allowed himself to enjoy anyone in a very long time. What's more, they were friends and 'partners' in their other life, their threads of fate intricately woven together, and the depths of their trust for one another fathomless.

Despite that, Kit would not fault the other boy for leaving if that was what he wanted to do. He'd made it clear the first night Vincent stayed that he was welcome to leave, and the same freedom applied to associating with him.

Fate might have had one thing in mind for them, but they were both fighters, both of them determined to be masters of their own destinies. It was easy to cut ties with someone...]

I'm not alone. It's easier to talk here.

like i give a shit about your conversations

You might be surprised by what's really in your heart...

is that a promise for the truth?

Then why are you butting in?

nothing ive seens surprised me yet
i doubt anything will at this point

Yes.

principle of the thing

How much of that other life do you really think you've seen, though? There's probably a lot left. And there's bound to be something surprising in it.

That at least seems to be the same for everybody.

[for a long stretch of silence Vincent merely holds the other teen's gaze, expression void of anything - including the ire which had populated it just moments before. with so little to go on it's difficult to say if he's contemplating or merely dragging things out for the weight of it all.

eventually, he speaks.]

There is, but apparently you're allergic to common sense.

[it was more than easy to cut ties with someone. especially someone who, despite their swift rapport, could really only be termed an oddly close stranger at this point. after having made his point clear the first night he'd stayed here, Vincent knows that there's nothing holding him to this place, this boy.

but he never was particularly good at following the orders of others. whether he'd allow himself to embrace the true reason behind the decision or not, he was here for the long haul. Kit would need a scalpel and more than a few bottles of whiskey to remove him now.]

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