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

Koujirou Genda ⚔ Marchosias

[beastfang]

Saying no is a potential lie, as there is a chance there were others before us, thus we do not know if such happened before.


For the second, the only thing that likely has any meaning regarding such at this point is to look back at everything you have 'answered' before now.

However, also recall some of the sensations that accompany such things and whether you wish to pursue too much down that path at this moment.

[possedere]

So it hasn't happened while you've been aware of this?

So then that's what the talk of 'head's exploding' is. Do you think that's happened before?

[beastfang]

While I don't take such at face value, you have experienced odd symptoms at times correct? Regarding this application or seeing something that doesn't fit with the life you have led to this point?


Sometimes what we see and believe can contradict and cause problems for us in time. Too much of that contradiction and denial may take things into its own hands.

[possedere]

Correct. And it seems as if Luci can make them happen at their bidding, so forgive me if I'm not ready to fight anything that they mark as my enemy.

Though you make it sound as if you believe in these 'memories'.

[beastfang]

While the level of trust regarding Luci fluctuates between people and even between each comment posted, there is still the matter that now it's more a devil you know circumstance. Fighting though is the last thing anyone wishes at present. Just for all to remain safe and still here once it's deemed safe again.



Regarding the memories. They exist and cause reactions within us when they appear. Even causing pain due to the conflict they cause. Whether they are true or mere illusions is up for debate of others. Simply they are real in that sense if nothing else.

[possedere]

And if it's never safe?

I suppose that's fair enough to say. Perhaps at this point it's mere stubbornness to not want to believe in them.

[Because the memories that had surfaced were hardly pleasant ones.]

[beastfang]

There's no such thing as being truly safe. Just states of lesser danger.

[possedere]

Have you always thought this way or has this app helped this line of thinking along?

[Not that this person is incorrect. It just seems odd considering Eddan had always been relatively safe.]