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[insantafe]

Maybe, but I figure they could be pulling a fast one on us and give us an actual game for once. Something with a twist, maybe, but who knows with these guys?

But okay, memories of dying or killing people? Are you for real?

[ Thank god none of his have gotten THAT bad?? ]

[darkinferno]

i'll believe it when i see it

because yeah, i'm completely serious. i'm not naming names and throwing people under the bus, but i've talked to a lot of people that have pretty bullshit memories

[Okay, so he's only remembered the post-dying part, but if they're going to keep remembering stuff then it's only a matter of time before he does, right?]

[insantafe]

Knowing their track record? Same here.

[ It was a vague sense of idealism at best. Just think of how relieved Davey would be if it were something like, say, Monopoly... ]

Jeez, and I thought mine were bad.

[ Though they… still are, as far as he’s concerned? Just not quite on that level. Nobody died at least, not that Jack knows of. ]

The more I hear about all this stuff, the more messed up it gets. Just how’re they getting away with all this, anyway? I don’t get how they’re hiding all this from anybody who doesn’t have this dumb app of theirs.

[darkinferno]

pretty simple, nobody on the network notices what's going on

they change your eye color or your hair color, you'll get comments for a little while. but after a couple months they've all forgotten and it's like you've been that way your entire life if you ask them

when we were all six inches tall, anyone not on the network just thought it was normal. it never occurred to them that if we were all that tiny we would've built stuff that size in the first place

they're like zombies aside from the whole brain-eating part

[insantafe]

I’d noticed that when we were small, but I thought it was just some kind of fluke.

[ Or maybe he’d just hoped it was. ]

This gets more messed up the more goes on around here. There’s got to be more we can do than just… sit around and wait for whatever they’ve got planned for us next.

[ Hell if he knows what, though. ]

[darkinferno]

wishful thinking isn't going to get you anywhere

they didn't notice the chocobos when they replaced horses, they didn't notice the fruit developing faces overnight, and they didn't notice when blue and green disappeared. the people off the network almost live in an entirely different world from us, with how little they notice

[Man, does he wish he had something to offer Jack here, though. It feels like he's been repeating the same conversation over and over--they just keep coming up against those walls!]

believe me, if there WAS anything we could do, we'd be doing it already. there are a bunch of us that are always following whatever leads we've got, or checking back in on stuff to see if anything's changed

the problem is that they control the narrative, and it's pretty hard to get ahead of them

[insantafe]

You know, the more goes on without them noticing anything, the more this feels like one big old conspiracy to make us all crazy. I’d even say it’s working to a point, because how can one company, developers of some useless smartphone app, have so much control over everything? We know they’re keeping track of us somehow, through this app or some other way, but how, and why? And why us?

Maybe if they’d give us answers to something, even the small stuff, it wouldn’t be so damn frustrating.

[darkinferno]

if they're trying to make us crazy they're doing a good job of it

life's hard enough without adding another one on top of it all

[On his end, Dante's rubbing his temples. There has to be an angle they haven't considered, right? Something they haven't done that might give them a leg up...?

He just hates feeling so powerless throughout all of this.]

it'd be nice, sure, but it would also make us feel less lost at sea. and i'm pretty sure the confusion and uncertainty is part of what they WANT us to feel, after all, half their posts seem like they're just trying to make sure we know how helpless we are against them

[He doesn't know how much he'll be raging in a couple weeks against Maurice and Jim's doxxing of their secret info club...]

[insantafe]

Tell me about it. Some of us have stuff to do, and now we have to find more time to dedicate to figuring this mess out when no one outside of the app even knows what’s going on?

[ Jack would try developing an exposé about it, if only anyone at his job had half a clue. His hands are tied in that respect. ]

So I’m not the only who thought so. That’s reassuring.

[ It also means he’s been falling right into their trap, and that just annoys him more. ]

Sounds to me like the best thing we could do is try not to be so bothered by the things they keep throwing at us, shrinking us or giving us those… what’d they call ‘em? Hallucinomemories? Easier said than done, I know, but if we can take back that much control over what’s going on, we might be better off.

[darkinferno]

[This is probably where Dante lucks out. He's got so little on his plate right now that he can spend time nosing around and getting into trouble...

They'll see how that all works out when classes start up again.]

flashes. covers all the possibilities and is a hell of a lot easier to say than that mouthful

i can roll with the punches when it comes to waking up tiny or dealing with those stalker photos, but the flashes are a little bit tougher to take in stride

still, you're probably right. if it's a show they want, the best thing we can do is to bore them

[insantafe]

I know what you mean. Some of them aren’t so easy to ignore.

[ Thanks a lot, Miss Lutece. >( ]

I’m still not convinced they’re real. They might feel like it in some ways, but so do dreams, right? As far as I’m concerned, it’s just another layer of those Retrospec folks messing with us.

There’s too many people giving them the reactions they want, though. If we were going to make that work, we’d have to get everyone involved to stop reacting so badly to everything they do or say. Or maybe just stop using the app. It might show up everywhere, but they can’t force us to use it if we don’t want to.

[darkinferno]

believe me, they're real all right

i've been getting them since february and they've got this sort of logic to them, something you can't refute no matter how much you want to

[Don't drag her when it's not even her tag????? Wow Jack, rude]

they can't force us to use the app, but there's no real pro to not using it outside of annoying jim. you can't keep these flashes from happening, even if you try to avoid them. i went into the woods for four days straight and still got hit with one while i was there

[insantafe]

[ Jack does not like that answer one bit. ]

Yeah? If you’ve got some kind of proof of that, I’d love to see it. A strong feeling and questionable logic don’t mean much when they can suck colors right out of the world.

You got any other suggestions? I may not have been dealing with this as long as you have, but I’m willing to try just about anything at this point. You’d think with how they keep messing with us, it’d be easier to get some dirt on these guys, or at least find a better way to deal with all the crazy stuff they’ve been doing, but there’s nothing.

[darkinferno]

what sort or proof do you want? i'm not dragging out what other people have shown me, but i can summon a sword out of thin air, fight with it, and dive off a skyscraper without killing myself now

i remembered it and now i can do it too. pick a time and a place and i'll show you

i wish i had more to suggest honestly but by this point i'm running out of options. the only thing i can think of that MIGHT stop it is to become a hermit and never interact with anyone or anything ever again and that's not exactly doable

right now i'm just trying to get as much info as i can to see if maybe i can get ahead of their game somehow