COUNTDOWN: FACES OF FUTURE & PAST 2.0

[cordibus]

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. ]

Comments

Reimi Sugimoto ☸ Orias

[failedhandjob]

illusionary clothes? that's awfully specific.

[possedere]

It seems like an awful oversight, more like it. What good is being an illusionist if that doesn't even occur to you?

[failedhandjob]

i guess it'd depend on what kind of illusions you're making, wouldn't it? if you mostly do animals or something you'd never really have to think about outfits.

[possedere]

[It's not like these answers affect him in any way, and perhaps it's the linger headaches that make him less argumentative than normal.]

You may have a point. Specialties might exist.

Though if this is supposed to be tied to me, animals wouldn't have been my thirst thought.

[failedhandjob]

no? something a little more complicated in mind?

[possedere]

Why not make your own paradise? Or envision places no one has ever gone before?

[failedhandjob]

that kind of sounds like some of the vr stuff they're putting out now. it'd probably be a lot of fun.

[although maybe less so if everyone in it was naked...]

[possedere]

VR? Do you enjoy those sort of things then?

[He had to admit, despite his unimpressed stance on illusions as a super power, VR was real and thus far more interesting.]

[failedhandjob]

i haven't really had the chance to try too many, but i think they're pretty neat! it's amazing how real they feel even when you know they're fake from the start.

[possedere]

It could be fun to try. Especially the horror games. I have always been curious to see how I'd actually fair in one.

[failedhandjob]

mmm, you'd have to count me out of those. i've already got a pretty good idea about how that'd go for me.

[possedere]

Not one for haunted mansions and the like then?

What about horror movies?

[failedhandjob]

i'm a pretty big fan of spooky things, actually! but that also means i've read enough of them to know that if it's not a supernatural problem then i probably wouldn't make it that far.

[she's only a teenager, after all, and a fairly nonathletic one to boot.]

[possedere]

[What an interesting distinction.]

What makes you think you'd be so adept at handling something supernatural?

[failedhandjob]

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.

[possedere]

I suppose so. It just seems like an interesting distinction.

So then if not horror, what sort of movies or games do you prefer?

[failedhandjob]

it's an important one! not all horror's the same.

mm, well, i don't really get to play as many games as i'd like to. but i like stuff with a lot of energy - and fantasy's always fun, too.

[possedere]

You have a point. Psychological horror seems to be the worst by far. It sticks with you far longer.

'A lot of energy'?

[failedhandjob]

of course it does - that's all the things that could almost happen in the real world, and that's pretty freaky.

yeah, you know. stuff that you can really get into and leaves you feeling all energized when it's finished.

[possedere]

Or perhaps human beings are the worst creatures of all.

I see. I don't think I've played anything like that before. Do you have any recommendations?

[failedhandjob]

i don't think i'd go that far - but i'm pretty optimistic about those kinds of things.

i could probably dig some out if you really wanted them, yeah! like i said, i get kind of busy pretty often, so i don't really have a list ready.

[possedere]

It must be nice.

If you're busy, no need to trouble yourself. This is only a way to kill time after all.

[failedhandjob]

it's not too bad so far, no. ( ﾟｏ⌒)

sure, but it's not nice to promise something to somebody and then drop off on it because you're lazy. how're you going to kill time more efficiently if i don't help out a little?

[she's teasing, of course.]

[possedere]

If you put it that way, then by all means feel free to help me out. You might be doing a public service in keeping me out of trouble.

[failedhandjob]

ooooh, maybe i'll even get a medal if i manage to keep you distracted for a whole twenty-four hours! that'd look pretty neat in my room.