applenet | COUNTDOWN: I SEE YOU

Seven days remain.

The warning bells of the Nightly Curfew ring across the city. There's a faint hum from the phone this time before the icon appears. This time it displays a time: 1:00AM

The rest of the night is normal. Perhaps you've cuddled up with family, or you've gone to bed early to wait, but sure enough, time tick by right until 1 in the morning when....

You're back into that application again. A single question before you're even permitted to type anything else. And while it seems to be overwritten by something inside of you, it feels a lot more natural than before. Which is, truthfully...troubling.

But then something happens...

WƎ☹C!ERROR!OMƎ ▒ O ▒ HƎ FIN⟡☹ QUIZ!!ERROR!!ERROR!
⟡nƧwƎ!ERROR!r from ▒ hƎ hƎ⟡r▒ , ▒ hƎ p⟡r▒ of you ▒ !ERROR!h⟡▒ h⟡Ƨ bƎƎn dƎniƎd for f⟡r ▒ oo ☹ong.

Is your ☹ife here ⟡ ☹ie?
YƎƧ | DƎfini▒ Ǝ☹y | ƧurƎ | I'vƎ hd my !ERROR! doub▒ Ƨ bƎforƎ, bu▒ yƎƧ | HƎ☹☹ YƎƧ | ▒ hƎrƎ iƧ no o▒ hƎr conc☹uƧion | I wiƧh I cou☹d dƎny i▒ nd ☹ivƎ hƎrƎ pƎcƎfu☹☹y !ERROR!bu▒ i▒ 'Ƨ ▒ ruƎ.

▒ h⟡nk you...!ERROR!▒ h⟡▒ wi☹☹ bƎ ⟡☹☹. ☹Ǝ▒ uƧ ƧƎƎ wh⟡▒ your hƎ⟡r▒ b☹oo!ERROR!mƧ in▒ o...

I SEE YOU.

What had just happened? Before you can think about it for too much, and as your heart beats faster, the screen returns to normal, and another message flashes.

Well shit. Lets try this again. Answer from the heart, the part of you that has been denied for far too long. DO IT QUICKLY!

Is your life here a lie?
Yes.

Sorry lambs, this time we can't kid around...

Once you are done, you are tossed once more into the main chatroom. Is fear rising? Is your heart beating faster? There's a lot more at stake now it seems. Fortunately, your user names are the names that you wrote down in the last survey, but with all those questions it's....hard not to think of them as your own. Maybe you'll be cursing at this device, but it looks like you're already deep down the rabbit hole by now.

And now...something's might be looking right back.

[OOC: This is one of the final network post before Awakening. ALL Users will now be able to speak of who they are in their AU life without the information being blocked by the application.

Additionally, while speaking, Applenet might spazz out, like above. If this happens, a random painful memory will hit both Awakened and Unawakened (please warn if the visions are graphic for other players). They might find themselves writing down things afterwards regarding the memory (for example, getting shot, they might write down the pain they are felling, etc) and regretting it. This can happen up to 5 times per user.]

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and what happened was what exactly?

Something bad. Be very careful about what you say.

what do you mean

Don't say anything that could hint about your identity. Don't say anything about where you are. There's something watching us.

whats watching us

The enemy. That's all I know.

why are they after us

[While he's got some idea, he could never begin to say. Not to someone like this. Not now. He hesitates.]

I have a feeling we'll find out.

[Technically true, and it's also true that Kidou honestly doesn't know a lot of what's going on, or why. But it's also a lie by misleading insinuation; he's got a much better idea than this person.]

i didnt do anything that bad i swear i just !ERROR! ▒ol⟡ ☹m☹Ǝ ⟡☹n☹Ƨ

[The guy is standing there right in front of him. He knows that this isn't going to end well. He reaches into his pocket and flicks on the tape recorder.

'You know why I'm here.'
"And you know I can't really fight back."

The tengu laughs, taking out a knife. He doesn't need it, given his claws, but he knows that it's just in case police come around. He swallows, feeling his heart pound in his chest, and waits.

And the creature rushes forward, and he feels the knife plunge into his heart, and he cries out, gripping at the knife and trying to pull it out. He's scared, he's terrified, and all of his bravado is gone and he just wants... he just wants...]

iwant to live i want to im sorry we just need the truth but i waant ti live

[Kidou pauses. That's... unexpected, to say the very least. They all do want to live, it's true, and he's sure they all need the truth in order to do that, but... he's going to have to ask the same thing he did earlier, all over again.]

Are you alright? What was that error?

i didnt type that

i dont know what happened

my head hurts

[A memory? he almost asks, but catches himself.]

A vision?

i guess you could call it that

[What kind of life did this person lead?? There's little there that isn't concerning so far...]

I see. Don't focus on it for now. Anyway... I doubt all this is because of things we've done.

this is stupid

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