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COUNTDOWN: I SEE YOU
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.
⟡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...
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.]
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
there were supposed to still be seven days before
anything happens
and nothing's a lie!!
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
that sounds bad
it was already bad before why did it get worse?
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
He's tried that before. Something has changed?]
i thought we couldn't
it locks
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
It should lock. Do you trust this app will maintain censors when it's already displaying errors?
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
you said it wasn't broken
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
Listen carefully. There are [....People? Things?...] enemies that want to hurt us. They're the ones causing this. They want to find us. We must not be found.
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
why
why are any of us using this app at all then?
they can't find us otherwise right? why are we using some app they gave us??
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
We use the app because discussing what we discuss on here through any other means would reveal us faster. It's not just the app that's watched.
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
why not just pretend nothing ever happened and go back to normal??
you make it sound like we'll be found no matter what it's just a matter of when and that's
really scary
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
Will this be the fate of this person? And if so... would it be something he could have prevented? This person sounds so afraid already... and all the things that they need to know will only escalate that fear. Just telling them the situation isn't going to be enough. They need a guideline... some instructions. Something to do to get some control over this.
He'll do what he can to provide that much.]
Here is what I know. The cards can be watched. Electronics could be watched. It's possible that there's more. However, had they any idea who they were looking for, they would have done something already. As long as they're unsure, they will have to continue to look for anything that implicates us, or for people acting unexpectedly.
Being neither of these things is how to stay hidden. Your idea of acting like nothing happened for now isn't a bad one.
[Luci's sheep come to mind, though he wishes they didn't. He's nowhere near as sure about these things as he sounds right now; these are guesses and cobbled together pieces of information all presented as solid facts. And if he's wrong, or if he's overlooked any factor at all, he'll have to carry that responsibility with him.]
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
[That's genuinely surprising. Morty has never thought of himself as very wise or valuable. He's used to other people having the ideas while he shuts up, buckles down, and follows along.]
the cards? the id cards?
wouldn't it look weird if i suddenly stopped using that?
i hope they can't watch through birds
sorry that was dumb
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
[He should really let that last bit go without comment. He almost does. Almost.]
...I've heard no warnings about birds.
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
[That was dumb. Why did he send that? Someone's probably judging his priorities again.]
i don't really do anything interesting anyway
i
feel a little better now
[A little. It's something.]
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
Good. Does that answer your questions?
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
knowing what's going on would be nice
but i guess i can't so
i really don't want any more of those
whatever they are
the weird flashes
they're awful
they're part of this too though right?
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
Rest assured, that will improve. I don't get them anymore.
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
twice was plenty
are they always
nevermind
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
[And that's the honest truth. Things are different than they were for him. Things keep getting stranger still. Giving a definitive answer that didn't turn out to be a lie relies on luck at this point, not information.]
[CW: EXTREME VIOLENCE, BLOOD] Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
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[He's swept back to the mountaintop, the hexagonal grid of light in the sky threatening but everything else just as it should be except for the two men who should never have been there, two men who together caused so much strife, and then she's moving, she's still fast enough, she can still act but it's not enough--
pitch black tentacles pierce straight through her, just about punch out her entire torso, and his eyes, his eyes ever watchful and always so precise, memorize the exact trails the drops of her blood follow through the air like a ruby shattered by a fired bullet and it's impossible, there's nothing left, they can't--
he's never watched someone die before.]
No no no no no no don't die please don't die please don't-- Why can't we do anything?!
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
[It's typed and sent the moment he sees that devolve into code. Another error. All he can do is sit back and watch, focusing on the error itself for clues to keep himself from thinking back to what Luci himself had warned, not too long ago.
The best case scenario here is that this person will reappear shortly. That they're fine. But when they do, it's like a completely different person is typing a snippet from a completely different conversation. So... a memory then. It has to be. A horrible sounding painful one that he has to wonder about.
Please don't die...]
Are you alright?
[Text is a wonderful tool for sounding calm.]
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
nonononono
rgfaueishjgdsrujh
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
Breathe.
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac
Yuuto Kidou ☸ Eligor
Nagisa Shiota ⚔ Valac