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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.
]
mirrors_wish: (Worried)

[personal profile] mirrors_wish 2017-07-07 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Is there anywhere we can meet so you can tell me without worrying about that?

At least, anything I can look for to try to identify you?
spoilsfun: (The Adventure of the Yellow Face)

[personal profile] spoilsfun 2017-07-08 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
One of the things in it wasn't possible. Isn't that enough proof?
spoilsfun: (The Adventure of the Speckled Band)

Shinichi Kudo ☸ Andromalius

[personal profile] spoilsfun 2017-07-08 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He stares at that response for a long moment, wondering why it felt like that should feel familiar, even though it wasn't. ]

Like the name that is listed here?
singlefaith: (grieve)

Ran Mouri βš” Zepar

[personal profile] singlefaith 2017-07-08 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[More hesitation.]

I don't know about the last name, but.

Yes.
truthkills: (shades closeup)

[personal profile] truthkills 2017-07-08 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
trying to say exactly where is going to get me censored but yeah there is a place

look for stylish bright shirts

and I wear sunglasses indoors
mirrors_wish: (Calm)

[personal profile] mirrors_wish 2017-07-09 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. I'll look around.
kokuyoyo: (Apparently I kept telling people I was)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-07-09 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not the kind of thing science is capable of here.

So you're suggesting something in the realms of scifi or fantasy.

In that case, doesn't that also open up the possibility that the visions are real?
touketsu: (π—¦π—΅π—Άπ—Ώπ—Όπ˜‚: 122)

[personal profile] touketsu 2017-07-09 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
they're not.

[If they're real, then that means everything he knows isn't, right? And Kouyuki can't accept that. He won't let anyone tell him his life is a lie, or that his family isn't his real family!]
truthkills: (Default)

[personal profile] truthkills 2017-07-09 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
good luck
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-07-09 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
You also said that the first question and the experiences which followed it have little to do with each other, but this second set does, is that right?
spoilsfun: (Default)

Shinichi Kudo ☸ Andromalius

[personal profile] spoilsfun 2017-07-10 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
That's strange. It isn't my name, you know. I wonder if this is someone else's name.
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-07-10 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
It isn't possible as far as you know.
pouringrain: (✧ I don't understand half of this.)

Takeshi Yamamoto βš” Glasya-Labolas

[personal profile] pouringrain 2017-07-10 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Takeshi Yamamoto βš” Glasya-Labolas: At least there's plenty of us around that we can work together.
Takeshi Yamamoto βš” Glasya-Labolas: And even if they can't support us with information, being able to chat with them is still really helpful.
Takeshi Yamamoto βš” Glasya-Labolas: But you're right.
Takeshi Yamamoto βš” Glasya-Labolas: We won't be able to get what they're talking about until we experiencing it for ourselves.
Takeshi Yamamoto βš” Glasya-Labolas: Whatever it is.
pouringrain: (☼ To the blades of their design.)

[personal profile] pouringrain 2017-07-10 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
So he's someone we've both seen, but in different ways.

[Okay. He's not sure what that means, but now he's a lot more interested in whoever this person was on the other end. And if that's a common thing among people on this strange app, but he'll shelf those thoughts for now.]

But I don't think that's true. You don't seem like a person I wouldn't like.
pouringrain: (✧ Hmmmm....)

Takeshi Yamamoto βš” Glasya-Labolas

[personal profile] pouringrain 2017-07-10 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
You're not?
osakanpride: (Unimpressed; more judgement)

[personal profile] osakanpride 2017-07-10 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: If you're referring to the flash memory and the question, then yes. They're unrelated.
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: The second experience both mention the same name, at the very least.
osakanpride: (Contemplating; putting the pieces togeth)

Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago

[personal profile] osakanpride 2017-07-10 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: Their presence does appear to ease some of the wariness a few new users are experiencing.
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: It can't be too horrible if the seasoned users are still around to talk about it.
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: But I doubt it'll be pleasant.
Edited 2017-07-10 15:53 (UTC)
foxhands: (i'm a good student)

Nakigitsune βš” Camio

[personal profile] foxhands 2017-07-10 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
i'm not
kokuyoyo: (I mean I don't even call it a hangover)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-07-10 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You're not going to deal with the end of the countdown well, then.
spoilsfun: (The Adventure of the Naval Treaty)

[personal profile] spoilsfun 2017-07-11 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
It isn't possible at all.
singlefaith: (grieve)

Ran Mouri βš” Zepar

[personal profile] singlefaith 2017-07-11 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
I knew it probably wasn't possible. The name and the situation, along with my images -- it just sounded so similar.

Never mind. I'm sorry.
singlefaith: (brimming eyes)

Ran Mouri βš” Zepar

[personal profile] singlefaith 2017-07-11 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
You've been getting them too?
singlefaith: (brimming eyes)

Ran Mouri βš” Zepar

[personal profile] singlefaith 2017-07-11 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Ran had withdrawn into herself for some time after those images, riding out the wave of emotion they'd brought with them. She wipes tears from her cheeks with her knuckles as she glances back at the app.]

[She might not have replied to someone else, but . . . that way of talking. And that name.]


Yusuke?

[The chat blocks a lot of personal information; she doubts he'll be able to confirm unless they work around it somehow. And she has to know.]

Sorry, I'll answer, but . . . What exhibition did you last see?

[She would have seen it with him, so maybe this will get through any censors.]
osakanpride: (Determined; Serious gaze)

Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago

[personal profile] osakanpride 2017-07-11 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: It lasted all night.
Heiji Hattori ☸ Vassago: I only just started to feel better a little while after the messages being posted here.
kokuyoyo: (Please don't place wagers on my)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-07-11 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I expect you to think otherwise by the end.

[But then Kokuyo has always had a weird response to people not wanting them dead.]

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