COUNTDOWN: I SEE YOU

[cordibus]

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.]

Comments

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[blackdogdown]

Wait how do you know where my car is!

[lightmischief]

Luci: Cause you know where your car is

Luci: Duh.

[blackdogdown]

....

[ That has worrying implications.]

Are you in our heads.

[lightmischief]

Luci: Weren't you reading everything that was said before

Luci: I'll explain later

[transient_specter]

It's done.

[lightmischief]

Luci: You are the best

[transient_specter]

I even talked him into it.

So how do we use the picture function?

[lightmischief]

Luci: I'm gonna turn it on your phone briefly.

Luci: Snap me a picture and I'll enable it.

[transient_specter]

[After a moment, he manages to snap another picture of Guts' car with the sticker on it while walking away.]

[transient_specter]

[You know who else knows where your car is now, Guts?]

[Makoto does.]

[And he's finally pulled himself away from Ciro Chikusa. And he's in luck - someone was scrapbooking in the common areas.]

[So Makoto is outside, ducking into darkness any time he sees something that might be a person. He's in so much trouble if he gets caught, but this is worth it.]

[So he circles around, keeping low to the ground as he approaches Guts' car from behind.]

[blackdogdown]

[ Guess who is literally perched on top of his car like some giant bird of prey. He doesn't have a sword right now, but he managed to dig out the brass knuckle Erika got him before awakening.

He hasn't noticed Makoto yet, but he is watching very carefully, tapping away at his phone intermittently. Dadding Kideou is a full time job. ]

[transient_specter]

[Good, because Makoto has a sticker in his hand, and he's determined to use it. Carefully, he approaches, and he gets close to the car. He's just gotta peel the backing off of the thing...]

guess who rolled a 19 on perception

[blackdogdown]

[It's been many years since Gut's had done a night watch, usually in the cold around a small fire with a few other men unlucky enough to draw the job. He taps the brass knuckle against his leg and scans for movement.

Makoto may be sneaky, but a stray bit of streetlight reflect off the car and outlines him. ]

Oi! [Guts is already jumping down, fists ready. You think he won't kill for this car. ] Get the hell away from my car!

Aaand a 6. Switched to d20 so we match it. AND THEN ROLLED A 20 ON SPEECH CHECK? idk.

[transient_specter]

[Makoto looks up, and then realizes that was exactly the wrong thing to do. Shit. The backing isn't coming off that easily. Maybe logic will do it?]

[Though this is Guts, so maybe not.]

Don't you want more features on the app? It'd be useful for coordinating everyone.

... It's not like I'll leave the sticker on for long.

A NATURAL 20 HES TOAST

[blackdogdown]

[ Oh ye of little faith, he actually freezes, considering. ]

I want the stupid thing off my phone.

[He crosses his arms and glares, considering, but finally sighs and rubs his head.]

Ugh. You're buying the sticker remover but I'll letcha I guess. No point making a fit and giving that guy what he wants.

Hm. Wonder if not getting pissed would piss him off more.

HOORAY

[transient_specter]

Fine.

[He's got enough cash for that, at least.]

[He carefully sticks the sticker on, backing up and taking a picture. Guts' leg might be in the shot. It should be enough for identifying. ... Maybe not, so he takes a picture of the license place, too.]

[blackdogdown]

Please don't post my license plate online.

[ Guts is dying just watching this.]

I can't keep standing watch on this thing forever and I can't spare the macca to get it changed.

[transient_specter]

I'm not going to. It's just for proof to Luci that it's the right car. I'm not going to upload it.

[Luci knows everything to do with their phones, apparently, so.]

[blackdogdown]

Didn't you hear? Luci can read all our minds or somethin. I don't think he needs your pic.

[He rubs his head again. ]

Kinda freaky if you ask me.

[transient_specter]

Just in case.

... But I don't know that he can read our minds. It's got to be something else. It can't be that simple.

[blackdogdown]

Dunno. With all the shit he's pulled, I'll accept pretty much anything.

[transient_specter]

I've seen weird things, but not really full mind-reading.

[blackdogdown]

Check the chat. He did some weird stuff to a kid on there. Sorta confirmed he had telepathy of some kind.

[transient_specter]

I'll look through it. There was only so much I could read at once. Technology isn't really my... thing.

[blackdogdown]

Its cool, I'll paraphrase. Said something about like "stop thinking that" kid flipped. He really was thinking it.