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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What about?

you know what about.

I promised honesty, not to bear my soul voluntarily.

Kit.

Kurama.

Since you asked for honesty.

[WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS]

not for another seven days, no matter what you'd like to happen. you can't discard your shell until the insides are ready.

I'm not an egg.

definitely not. they've got the common sense to stay put until they're ready.

They don't have common sense at all.

And they don't even stay put if a clever fox happens to be hungry.

[that's the point, Kit. you have less common sense than a temporarily inanimate object. that's the literal point.]

that's only if the hens aren't keeping a close enough watch on them.

The eggs belong to the hens. It's in their nature to want to watch over and protect their offspring.

But I don't belong to you and I do not require your protection.

I know who I am. I'm not going to run from that. If my decision frightens you, you should ask yourself why. Is it really for my benefit, or does the root of your concern lie elsewhere?

my concern is that this has killed people in the past. it's not about being overprotective or mothering you or feeling afraid. if you really think that then you must have never listened to anything i've ever said.

you're my friend, whether you feel the same way or not. and i'm tired of watching my friends cross through that final alleyway.

no one's asking you to run away from your true self. but if you get there ahead of your heart then something else will fill that void, and it's going to tear you apart.

Every waking moment of every single day people run the risk of dying.

With the passing of every hour, every minute, and every second, we're all a little closer to the end.

Death is not a nightmare, but a natural part of life. Using it as an excuse not to do something doesn't demonstrate wisdom, but fear.

Fear can be a beneficial tool for survival, but pointless fear can stunt one's growth and cause a person to wilt away into nothingness.

I have no doubts. My heart is ready.

i've seen the other side, Kit. there's nothing there for anyone. it's just hungry.

if you die now, it won't be with the memories you're trying to hard to unlock. you'll have thrown everything away for nothing, all because you couldn't be just a little more patient.

i'm not begging you to be afraid. i'm asking you to trust me.

You're asking me to give you what you won't offer in return.

I refuse.

i've always trusted you. but you don't have all the facts here. the two have nothing in common with each other.

And you have all the facts?

All of them?

for this part of it, yes.

Then tell me why the app presented the option to select "no" to Awakening.

because some people aren't ready. if your heart isn't strong then trying to awaken can be devastating.

You saw my answer, didn't you?

and the question. it's about whether you want to, not whether you can right now.

Have you ever seen the option to refuse Awakening presented before?

the people who awakened with me didn't even have the option to say yes.

I'll take that as a no.

But your answer tells me something else.

If the results at this stage vary so greatly, then perhaps there really is a way to Awaken early.

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