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cordibus ([personal profile] cordibus) wrote in [community profile] applenet2017-06-24 10:11 pm

COUNTDOWN: FACES OF FUTURE & PAST 2.0

It's been 7 days since the first network post, and predictably for those who where here the first time, a second one makes it's appearance a week afterwards.

Some have tried to best the program, others have already tried to figure out more about it, but nothing has been working. Others might have warned the Unawakened, but ow they're finding out for themselves. Bringing the phone to a repair shop to get it looked at? No programs found. Even getting the phone completely wiped did nothing, as the icon just showed up a few minutes after they walked out of the store. Showing it to a family member? The minute you blinked or turned it around to show them, it simply wasn't there.

It's taunting you. Whoever programmed this is really good. Frighteningly so. Also possibly an asshole, from the way Luci has been taunting and abusing his posting privileges.

Saturday night rolls around and still nothing from the application. The news this Saturday is nothing special. The festival of the longest day went off without a hitch, although the population had trouble getting into nightly shelters due to too much partying. A higher amount of robberies during daylight hours than last year, but nothing to raise cause for alarm. The peace continues at night.

The warning bells of the nightly curfew ring across the city as a few people finish locking their doors for the night. Civilians are settling in for a late supper and preparing for work tomorrow.

Not you, however. The Unawakened have been victim to a damn headache building for the past hour and by now their ears are ringing. Food doesn't look appetizing and they feel an urge to go to bed early. Didn't the other people in the channel warn them it might happen?

Either way, a little shut-eye would be welcome at this point. You don't even think too hard about it, and the headache fades into blissful sleep.

...I am thou...thou art I...your chains will soon break away....

2AM and you snap awake. The strange foreboding voice of...something echos in your head. It's the only thing you can hear now that your headache is gone andthe city is fast asleep. You're not sure why, but the voice makes you get up and grab your phone.

It's humming softly. The icon is glowing again. Before you do, you take a look around and suddenly notice...nothing's moving. Nothing but you. Almost as if time was frozen.

Is that even possible?

You can't back down now. Pressing the button reveals another terms of agreement, but it looks quite different. It's almost...gentle?


It may take a while or it may happen in an instant, but you eventually take your finger and trace your name over the signature area to continue. You've gotten this far in any case and this one isn't trying to kill you...at least you think it isn't. Yet as your hand moves to write your name, it gets replaced with other letters. Another name that tells you nothing. Somehow you feel like you should know it, but it's...it's...

It stays there for a few more seconds, leaving you with your thoughts before the contract disappears.

You're back into that chatroom again. Questions pop up in rapid succession before you're even permitted to type anything else. Once more, it seems that you find yourself typing things that aren't matching up with what you really want to say.

At least...you think...

What is your name?
Write it here.

Do you think the future is unavoidable?
Yes | No

Do you consider yourself a bad person?
Yes | No

Have you ever killed someone/something?
Yes | No | Yes, but (insert your reason here)

Did you enjoy it?
Yes | No | It's complicated (but yes) | It's complicated (but no) | It's just complicated

Now share one or two of your darkest secrets with the rest of the group! Two makes it more fun!
Write it down here.

With questions like that and nothing around you moving, you feel like it's going to be a very, very, very long night.

[OOC: The network posts will now allow users to post their names, but they will show up as their CANON ones. The user's persona can be added at the end, or not show up at all. Additionally, the occupations will still be censored.

MEMORY REGAIN: Right before their answers are posted, they will also get a longer flash of someone calling them by this name. The memory HAS to be someone calling them by their name. It could be both a good or a bad memory, that is up to you.

FOR THE AWAKENED: Awakened will be able to answer the questions again if they want. They'll also find themselves in their fancy new outfits and will able to summon their weapons during this time. Sweet indeed.
]
moonlitknight: (Throw Down the Chain)

Zero Kiryuu ⚔ Naberius

[personal profile] moonlitknight 2017-06-30 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ What is he talking about?! ]

What countdown?
truthkills: (talking)

[personal profile] truthkills 2017-06-30 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
some kinda fight probably given the way other stuff has gone

and search for the reason why the hell all this is happening too
moonlitknight: (Hunter Leader  †  Explain Yourself)

Zero Kiryuu ⚔ Naberius

[personal profile] moonlitknight 2017-06-30 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ As far as he can tell, there's nothing happening in the city. So... what did he mean? What was happening? ]

Then there's no point in continuing.

[ He'd do his own research. See with his own eyes what was happening. ]
modulating_phase: (13)

Zack Fair ⚔ Beleth

[personal profile] modulating_phase 2017-06-30 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that makes sense. I mean, I don't know what's going on, but I doubt this will be the end of it.
modulating_phase: (12)

Zack Fair ⚔ Beleth

[personal profile] modulating_phase 2017-06-30 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Would it really make a difference if I did?
modulating_phase: (06)

Zack Fair ⚔ Beleth

[personal profile] modulating_phase 2017-06-30 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Is it?

I can't remember who made those wishes, but it might be important.
modulating_phase: (02)

Zack Fair ⚔ Beleth

[personal profile] modulating_phase 2017-06-30 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah.
possedere: (Default)

[personal profile] possedere 2017-06-30 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[What a sincerely odd reaction to this whole thing. Faustino was curious as to why this person seemed to be tripping all over themselves to apologize, and not for the first time, he despised the anonymous function of the app.]

I'll hold you to your word, then.
possedere: (bored | uninterested)

[personal profile] possedere 2017-06-30 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
The app questions. It seems they happen in cycles.

How boring that they keep recycling them, if you've seen them before.
possedere: (condescending | hypnotizing)

[personal profile] possedere 2017-06-30 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[What an interesting distinction.]

What makes you think you'd be so adept at handling something supernatural?
failedhandjob: (Default)

[personal profile] failedhandjob 2017-06-30 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
i wouldn't go so far as to say adept, but...supernatural stuff usually has a set of rules they can't break. once you figure out which ones they're following it's not too bad.

not that i'm saying i'd absolutely make it out alright! ( ̄▽ ̄*)ゞ but i'd at least have a fighting chance.
megacurious: (Tired)

[personal profile] megacurious 2017-06-30 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I just hope that whatever this "Awakening" is, the admin might explain everything about why we are chosen to use this app.
pouringrain: (☁ To make yourself unwilling.)

[personal profile] pouringrain 2017-06-30 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
[He's glad the headaches go away, at least, but it's difficult to focus on that aspect when Chikusa's particular wording catches his attention.]

... ???
You know him?
Who is he?
Is he a friend of yours?
pouringrain: (✧ YOU PUNK!)

Takeshi Yamamoto ⚔ Glasya-Labolas

[personal profile] pouringrain 2017-06-30 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't have a job like that ever!!
And what kind of job does that, anyway?
That's not funny!
osakanpride: (Annoyed; thats wrong)

Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago

[personal profile] osakanpride 2017-06-30 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: The worst that could happen is the results are inconclusive, but it doesn't hurt to try.
osakanpride: (Contemplating; deep thought)

Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago

[personal profile] osakanpride 2017-06-30 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ It is rather unusual, and there's no proper way to explain it. Not even medically, to his knowledge. ]

Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: We might experience another phenomenon next week with more questions, as well. If this pattern keeps up.
osakanpride: (Thinking; Of a solution)

Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago

[personal profile] osakanpride 2017-06-30 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: But why continue? Are there not enough participants? If this is the second occurrence, who's to say there won't be more.
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: Why?


[ He needs a damn poster board to keep up with all of this. ]
osakanpride: (Annoyed; dumb answer)

Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago

[personal profile] osakanpride 2017-06-30 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: I'm still trying to organize the data.
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: The first experience and the questions have little in common. This one has more of a theme.
osakanpride: (Determined; to reveal)

Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago:

[personal profile] osakanpride 2017-06-30 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: The clear difference between lucidness and subconsciousness.
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: Neither of my submitted posts to this application were done in clear conscious.
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: I can fill in my own name, and this isn't it.
Edited 2017-06-30 07:02 (UTC)
osakanpride: (Serious; conversing)

Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago

[personal profile] osakanpride 2017-06-30 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: It's not uncommon for victims to normalize unwanted behavior. Most often, it's used as a coping mechanism.
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: If we can't get rid of the app no matter what length we take it to...
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: It's no surprise that the first round of participants have already conditioned themselves to deal with it.
osakanpride: (Serious; infromation reveal)

Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago

[personal profile] osakanpride 2017-06-30 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: And are you okay?

[ It was entirely possible they suffered from the same symptoms Harley did before the application engaged them. He was still recovering from the discomfort.

Being the workaholic he was, though, he was still compiling notes.
]
megacurious: (Thinking)

Augustine Sycamore ⚔ Foras

[personal profile] megacurious 2017-06-30 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'll see what I can do in my end.

Maybe I should try posting another post about that matter if I have the chance.
kouteipenguin: (Question.)

[personal profile] kouteipenguin 2017-06-30 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kidou tends to assume his wheel sets him apart. The other Eligors might need to maintain their numbers after reveal for new people to follow, but he was distinct enough, wasn't he? Though .... apparently, he might have to revise that standpoint, given that it's called into question.

It's at least something that's easier to focus on than certain other things he's determined to not focus on right now.]


That's correct. As for the numbers... they are the names we got to choose for ourselves. I preferred 10 myself, not too long ago.

['I' of course is used loosely. It wasn't him. Still, no one gets to pick the names they're given, do they? Not Kidou, although he's immensely proud to carry that name. Certainly not Yamashita, which Kidou is way less fond of. There's something to be said in defense of usernames.]
kouteipenguin: (uh?)

Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor

[personal profile] kouteipenguin 2017-06-30 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
About what?

[What does THAT mean. Does it mean she knows who his Eddan identity is? That she's worked out something else? What does she suspect???

Time to delve deep into conspiracy theory land.]
failedhandjob: (with a paintbrush)

Reimi Sugimoto ☸ Orias

[personal profile] failedhandjob 2017-06-30 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
i don't think i could say it here anyway, even if i really wanted to.

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