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.

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[probablynoteren]

i mean that i don't know if we can see each other's.

[Though he can't think of any reason for the app to hide itself from people with the same app, unless the app -- he's starting to feel like he's giving it a personality at this point, which is ridiculous -- doesn't want them to identify themselves. For some reason.]

i don't know anyone personally that specialized... unless the app gives us more information, we're in the dark.

[torching]

oh.
yeah, still gonna test it on the people i've confirmed have the app.

[ he knows his family's got it, at least. lil bro, exchange sis. ]

for now. but i'm not giving up. there's gotta be a way to find out at least something
more than just...this.

[probablynoteren]

you can message me here if you find out. or just... the whole room, there's at least 3 of us.

[Too bad Kidou hasn't proposed his extremely useful solution yet at this point, so they'll just have to flail onward for the moment.]

no, i'm not giving up, either. but if the app is this good at hiding itself, i'm not sure where to go.

[torching]

alright.

i'll be looking up some computer science things for the next few days. everyone's gotta start somewhere.

[probablynoteren]

i don't know if i'd be much help in the technology side. i've been looking for mentions of the app or something like it online.

[There's definitely a lot of different threads yelling about various breeds of malware and bad apps, but nothing quite seems to fit the description. It's a rather unique app.]

... but maybe i should go back to the tech club and have them look at the inside.

[Of the phone, that is.]

[torching]

you can try...at the risk of making yourself sound dumb. but it's up to you.

[ the tech guy sure did look at mako like he was silly, after all. ]

i guess we don't have much else to lose.

[probablynoteren]

it's an old phone. they wanted to have more of a look at it anyway, so i can hit two birds with one stone.

[The advantages of having a shitty old phone, apparently?!]

[torching]

then i say go for it.

good luck.

[probablynoteren]

you too.