applenet | COUNTDOWN: THE SMALL VOICE THAT RINGS OUT

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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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[The clock counts down, 1:00AM practically sneaking up on those distracted or unsuspecting.

Kit was neither. He was tired but unwilling to sleep, cooped up in his bedroom to avoid disturbing the guest he had staying with him at his dorm, but very aware of what day it was. If the app stuck to the pattern of behavior it had displayed already, becoming active at 21 days and then again at 14, then tonight they were due for another questionnaire or something.

And there it was, right on schedule, but the question asked of them this time was simpler than before. There was little pageantry to its presentation, no squawking from the infamous Luci, and most noteworthy of all, no provoking of horrid memories.

Kit wasn't sure if he liked that or not, but as he read the question over again, he supposed it didn't matter.

It came as no surprise to him that the answer inevitably pulled from his heart was the answer he would have picked on his own...]

Do you want to remember?
Yes

[There was no hesitation in his response. He wanted to remember.

He'd wanted that from the moment that he'd been able to confirm this life of his wasn't real. He just wished he had the option to embrace 'Awakening' now rather than wait. Seven days wasn't so far away, but it was seven days more of being imprisoned in the wrong life, of not having all the answers, and worst of all, having someone else decide for him if he was ready or not.]

I want to speak with Luci.

take a fucking number

[is he still sassing Kit here? more importantly, is he texting him while literally sitting in the other room?

...the answer to both questions seems to be 'yes'. at least some things never change.]

I have taken different numbers already. We all have.

21.
14.
7.

I'm tired of waiting. It serves no purpose at this point except to delay the inevitable.

if youre so pissy about waiting youve got enough kitchen knives
i might even clean up when youre done

Fool.

says the one yelling at nothing on the internet

Your assessment of my 'tone' is incorrect.

More importantly, if you know of a better way to secure an interview with Luci, I am all ears.

your tone but not your intention
you can talk at him all you want but you already know hes not going to give you anything you need
youve read his conversations the same as i have
dont embarrass yourself