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.]

possedere: (thoughtful | fighting)

[personal profile] possedere 2017-07-02 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[In another lifetime he would have killed you for this slight.]

So helpful. One last question: 'your life here is a lie'? What are you talking about?
lightmischief: (pic#11400417)

[personal profile] lightmischief 2017-07-02 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
[You can kill him for that if you want.]

Luci: Do you pine this life? There's many fallen apples after all
possedere: (no fucks given)

[personal profile] possedere 2017-07-02 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Don't think he won't try.

Also perfect, just what he asked for: a bunch of rude shit posting.
]

Thanks for your time.
lightmischief: (pic#11400417)

[personal profile] lightmischief 2017-07-02 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Luci: Aww done already? I hadn't gotten to the good part.
possedere: (wtf | condescending)

[personal profile] possedere 2017-07-02 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Let me guess: are you going to tell me I'm a 'fine-apple'?

Are you going to ask me why the pineapple stopped in the middle of the road?

Were you going to sing an inane song about living under the sea?


[Wow where was all of this coming from?]
lightmischief: (pic#11400417)

[personal profile] lightmischief 2017-07-02 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Luci: I could make you hate the word pineapple.

Luci: but only if you want :)

Luci: You'll hate it eventually.
possedere: (bored | uninterested)

[personal profile] possedere 2017-07-02 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps the people here are worried about you for no real reason if you have time to waste like this.
lightmischief: (1)

[personal profile] lightmischief 2017-07-02 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Luci: Well, you could use a little eye opening experience.

[Guess who's getting a pineapple-related memory.]
possedere: (down)

[personal profile] possedere 2017-07-02 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Had he struck a nerve? He didn't even have a moment to ponder that too deeply, instead a headache suddenly struck behind his eyes and-

He was sitting in a decrepit bathroom, the plaster flaking off from the walls, with no running water. Sunlight was streaming in through a hole in the ceiling, and though the smell of decay and rot was strong, just outside there must have been a forest since he could also smell pine.

There was someone behind him, his face blurred but his smile sharp, and he was speaking to him excitedly and animatedly. He had rather long nails, but he was gentle as he ran his hand through his hair, tipping his head forward lightly as he started to snip. Strands of dark hair started accumulating on the ground, and he felt content, peaceful even.

Then the other boy holds up a mirror so that he can admire the handiwork. As he was, he only saw it through the lens of sentimentalism, but Faustino can see it for what it was. A pineapple.


It would take him a little bit to even muster up the energy to fight through the pain in his head to respond, but he's not letting Luci get the last word.
]

Petty.
lightmischief: (pic#11400417)

[personal profile] lightmischief 2017-07-02 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
Luci: Nah not petty

Luci: Memories like that define who you are, you know?
possedere: (angry | fifth hell)

[personal profile] possedere 2017-07-02 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
I won't be defined by false or implanted memories. Sorry to disappoint.
lightmischief: (pic#11400417)

[personal profile] lightmischief 2017-07-05 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Luci: Which ones are those, huh? what's real...what's fake?
possedere: (thoughtful | fighting)

[personal profile] possedere 2017-07-05 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
My, my, have you forgotten already? The ones you've implanted are the fake ones.
lightmischief: (pic#11400417)

[personal profile] lightmischief 2017-07-05 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Luci: Nah I'm pretty sure those are real.
possedere: (kufufufu no)

[personal profile] possedere 2017-07-05 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
A rather bold claim. Do you have any proof?
lightmischief: (pic#11400417)

[personal profile] lightmischief 2017-07-05 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Luci: Give it a few days, then yeah, sure.
possedere: (bored | uninterested)

[personal profile] possedere 2017-07-06 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'll be waiting, in that case. Should I report back or will you already know?