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[lightmischief]

After the vision, and realizing that they still have an hour before the curfew, a message shows up on their program...

Luci: Finally! Human minds can be so fragile...

Luci: You saw it, right? What do you think?

Luci: Does it make you angry or terrified?

Luci: I don't really care but if you answered yes to either of those, good!

Luci: I've got presents for you, lambs.

Luci: Once an apple falls from the tree, it's hard to stop gravity.

Luci: They will try.

Luci: Already a few of you didn't make it.

Luci: But you are all stronger than you look! Amazing, I know.

Luci: SO LISTEN UP! See that dot on the map?



Luci: No? Maybe arrows will help?



That's where you saw that vision.

Luci: It's just about twenty minutes away from the central part of Green Valley's fancy-ass school. You know the 'World Famous' apple orchards out in the back? The very first subway station?

Luci: If you want to know more about what you saw and any other questions that might be burning in your mind, I suggest you hop into the underground city subway and wait until midnight strikes then sneak out to it. Don't think the city will care for less than fifty people going there anyway. Staying after darkness is normal anyway, right?

Luci: When we get there, you'll get a brand new message.

Comments

[kokuyoyo]

I mean, I'm sure they're great, but

I mean I'm trying not to judge too hard, but we might be fighting people with flamethrowers? So....




But what kind of takeout?

[blackdogdown]

Listen.
Those people had guns and that didn't do shit.

If I'm going to die tonight, I'm at least going to pop a few painkillers and not go out screaming like a bitch.

Well that got surprisingly dark.

Oh. And I was thinking burgers.

[kokuyoyo]

[....Yeah, that's sure some dark shit. Thanks for the reminder.]

I doubt we're just being sent there to die, or else we wouldn't be told any of this at all.




Burgers are good. Do you have a place picked out?

[He's getting mild whiplash here.]

[blackdogdown]

I don't trust this app as far as I can throw it.

Thats about 10 feet anyway, my phone throwing is shit.

That vision didn't feel to friendly, I'm not going to get my hopes up.

[The whiplash continues]

Out'n In's got good stuff and they should be open. You want something?

[kokuyoyo]

...You might want a different metaphor then.

Nothing about this has been really "friendly" since day 1, but we're stuck with it.

And hamburgers, apparently. Can you get two, and a strawberry shake? I'll pay you back.

[blackdogdown]

My metaphors are great shut up.

I know but murder is a bit of a step up.

...Yeah and that's fine. You can message me for them later.

[kokuyoyo]

Sounds fake but okay.

....It took you saying that for me to remember it is. I think these visions have been messing with my head more than I thought.

Thanks.

[blackdogdown]

Hate to say it, but relatable. This thing really makes you forget how reality works.

[kokuyoyo]

Reality doesn't usually mean running off to fight weird shadow monsters, so even that is kind of getting twisted for me.

[blackdogdown]

I guess the conclusion is reality is fake, this app is fake, and we're all just a bunch of suckers.

[kokuyoyo]

Or we're collectively losing our minds. I *still* haven't ruled that out.

[blackdogdown]

Dunno. Are mass hallucinations even a thing outside of TV and cover up conspiracies.

[kokuyoyo]

No idea. Not what I'm studying. There *is* mass hysteria, which has been proven to give unreliable memories, but not quite the same thing...

[blackdogdown]

Huh, fuck that theory then. I haven't been feeling super hysterical. I'm pretty sure you know when your hysterical.

[kokuyoyo]

So you're one of those people who prefers getting pissed off to getting scared then.

[blackdogdown]

Oh absolutely. What does being scared get you? I work best when I'm pissed off.

[kokuyoyo]

Well, there's this thing called "survival instinct", and "fight or flight"....

[blackdogdown]

Sounds fake. Bullrush your problems.

[kokuyoyo]

If this is the horror movie I've been saying it is, you're definitely dying first. I can tell.

[blackdogdown]

Oooooh. Fine by me. You wanna be hapless virgin or comic relief?

[kokuyoyo]

Virgin. "Death by Sex", right?

[blackdogdown]

Why of course. Hopefully this is one of those movies where you get some before they kill you off.

[kokuyoyo]

Well if it ends up a "Kill 'Em All" type horror movie, maybe someone should just try for it at the subway station. Die in one of the better ways.

[blackdogdown]

Third rail deaths are _not_ the coolest way to go. Pushed off a building and impaled on a fence or something is way more fun.

[kokuyoyo]

I mean, your idea of fun sounds pretty debatable there, but okay.