cordibus: (Apple.net)
cordibus ([personal profile] cordibus) wrote in [community profile] applenet2017-07-01 06:21 pm

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.]

connivingbird: (no you didnt)

Ankh ☸ Andrealphus

[personal profile] connivingbird 2017-07-02 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Do you have an emergency kit? Like one people use for traveling?
rooftopempress: (04)

1/2

[personal profile] rooftopempress 2017-07-02 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
like a medical kit road flares and shit?

dont think so hold on let me check brb
Edited 2017-07-02 01:59 (UTC)
rooftopempress: (02)

2/2

[personal profile] rooftopempress 2017-07-02 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
yeah turns out i do
go figure
connivingbird: (coins)

[personal profile] connivingbird 2017-07-02 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Think of a similar kit but one in case of zombies attack or one in case someone is trying to chase you down the street. To make it tougher, it can't look like you're preparing for a real fight.
rooftopempress: (06)

[personal profile] rooftopempress 2017-07-02 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
are we fighting zombies

is this what things are turning out to be now

FML
connivingbird: (blah blah blah)

[personal profile] connivingbird 2017-07-02 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
No, but it will be something to put together and keep ready. Most humans should have different kits for different scenarios. Not everything is going to be about just getting stuck in a blizzard, right?
rooftopempress: (12)

[personal profile] rooftopempress 2017-07-02 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
sure i guess?
i think my father left his baseball bat from his school days around. that kind of crap will do?
connivingbird: (you really think)

[personal profile] connivingbird 2017-07-02 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you do have to have something to protect yourself with, right? Besides, I've heard that baseball is a fun game.
rooftopempress: (09)

[personal profile] rooftopempress 2017-07-02 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
suppose i could sharpen one of the practice blades if i needed to but that'd be pretty easy to spot a fuck off sharp sword
rooftopempress: (06)

[personal profile] rooftopempress 2017-07-02 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
was too busy to try that kind of stuff before
dabbled in the saber for a while now though
connivingbird: (i call this thinking)

[personal profile] connivingbird 2017-07-02 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Think on this: Weapons are not weapons but what you think are weapons.
Do not run around carrying something so obvious.
Put together a kit that may help you survive the zombie apocalypse using those two guidelines.
rooftopempress: (08)

[personal profile] rooftopempress 2017-07-02 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
huh
i get it then

what else would be good for my kit beyond notweapons?
connivingbird: (coins)

[personal profile] connivingbird 2017-07-09 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Something to eat, something to drink, and probably something to light a fire with. Battery packs and flashlights are also useful.