welp; 5/14

[torching]

[ so uh

it's one day after getting the app, and mako did what he said he would: he took his phone over to an IT guy to get it checked, only to be met with a strange look.

"I don't know what app you're talking about."

needless to say, mako is frustrated as hell. (yoshio and minako may notice him pacing the floor angrily at home.) but he said he'd keep everyone posted, so...here it is. a psa utilizing some of the fancy features the app has to offer. ]

VASSAGO vassago@applenet.net
Shared the following message below:

hey guys.

so...i took my phone to an IT guy as i told some of you yesterday to see if he could remove the app.
he told me he didn't know what i was talking about? to him, my phone looked completely fine.
so i tried to pull up the app but it shut down and disappeared. completely.

yeah. don't ask me how that happened because i have no idea either.

they weren't lying when they said that this app was private.

Comments

[torching]

then i say go for it.

good luck.

[torching]

that's fine. just...be careful.

[probablynoteren]

you too.

[torching]

no, i don't mind. this is a forum for everyone on the app, after all.

[ if he wanted something to be private, he wouldn't have said it on here. guaranteed. as for everyone else? it's on them if they said anything personal on here. then again...a lot of that information has been redacted. ]

that's fine and all, but i actually wish it didn't show up on my other devices. i'd rather it not infect everything i own, if that makes sense.

[lovelledup]

Yeah. You too.

let's pretend i said three hundred up there

[catchthishand]

what else is there
its a city that kills people over bread
thats bullshit

⚔ Eligor

[sociallyarcward]

That's understandable. Hope to hear from you soon.

i didn't even notice ahaha

[torching]

it was a hypothetical question to see how morally sound we are, and they probably made it that silly for a reason.

[1in_perfection]

No, it makes sense you wouldn't want it spreading to everything. It's a sentiment I share... but if this is the way things are going, I want to try and optimize the situation somehow. Even if it's as simple as deciding which devices I should do further networking and conversations on.

I don't want to passively accept it. I've never felt satisfied when forced to do that.

[catchthishand]

oh
so whats the right answer
getting a lawyer?

[torching]

i understand. i feel the same. it's frustrating to be thrown into a situation you have no control over, and then being told that you need to accept it.

it's not fair. there has to be a way to figure this out before our days are up.

wow i didn't get a notif for this??? thanks dw

[torching]

was the answer they chose for you the one you wanted?

i guess, but it's hard to say. we don't know each other over this app, everyone's anonymous. if they actually brought kids into this though....that's crossing the line.

[torching]

it's a question about our morals
there's no "right" or "wrong" answer

[catchthishand]

sure there was
that last one the one about sitting back and watching
that was the wrong one for sure

[torching]

that's what i mean.
just because you think it's wrong doesn't mean everyone else would, too. and who knows what the people behind this app are thinking?

>8"(

[plainest]

more or less, though i still think the answers didn't really leave much room for actual choices... all this talk about killing and punishment, it's honestly a little worrying.

>:T

[torching]

what bothers me the most is that they roped us into this against our will. whoever's behind this must have been desperate to get something, though what that is, i have no idea.

[summerorange]

So you also think that it's some kind of warning?

[catchthishand]

yeah but theyre wrong
you dont kill people over bread
thats sick

[1in_perfection]

To... some degree or another. I go back and forth between the severity of what this threat or warning might be.

On the one hand it may be a simple, poor taste prank. On the other... I find myself unwilling to lower my guard too much, considering the countdown and the murders plaguing the news recently.

[1in_perfection]

Thank you, and agreed.

I'm trying to determine some good starting points on this app, to focus on.

I've even visited the local computer science branch at my academy, to see if it may have originated from there. But I uncovered nothing; no project history on any of the terminals, and nothing in the syllabus saying that there's any assignments that might prompt the creation of such a program.

And I admit, I couldn't stay for long after uncovering that; not with the daylight diminishing the way it was, and my own homework still needing attention.

[torching]

okay, nevermind

[torching]

i haven't taken it to anyone at the academy yet. someone mentioned that they'll at least get them to take a look at the inside of the phone and see if there's anything wrong. i don't know if they'll directly mention the app or not but we've got nothing to lose.

well besides our integrity, i guess. since it's taking the risk of sounding crazy and all.

[1in_perfection]

That's the one risk, I suppose. And it's why I try to take a round-about way of inquiring.

But... there's something to be said for the direct approach. We wouldn't have discovered what we did, without you taking the chance you did.

[torching]

just doing what i can to help, nothing special.

figured that it was worth a try, even if the tech guy looked at me like i was an idiot.