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[true_noir]

I haven't decided how I feel right now myself, whether I'm entertained or just distracted from a night out. This whole thing is very strange.

[borntoolate]

Strange because of yetis?
Or strange because of mystery app?

[true_noir]

The mystery app. First there were these weird sounds the other day, and now this thing has installed itself. It's confusing.

[borntoolate]

It is pretty weird.
We can't get rid of it.
But it doesn't seem like it wants money.
And what kind of scam doesn't want money?

[true_noir]

I really don't know that much about scams, but I've changed all my passwords just in case. I wonder what it is meant to do. After all, they have to make money somehow, right?

[borntoolate]

Hey, maybe they'll charge us to remove the app from our phones.
I bet a lot of people would shell out for that right now.

[true_noir]

I've heard even factory resets don't work, so it must be something else. But you're probably right, though you don't sound like you want to just yet.

[borntoolate]

They don't.
Neither does buying a new phone.
But I decided I'm not gonna worry about it.
It's just another social media app.
No big deal.

[true_noir]

Wait.

What do you mean buying a new phone doesn't work?

[borntoolate]

It installed on the new one too.
I think I'm just stuck with it.

[true_noir]

That worries me. Assuming you're not lying to poke fun at me, how could they do that? It's like they know our identities and they're tracking us somehow. That shouldn't be possible.

[borntoolate]

Why would I lie about that?
Anyway, I'm less worried about how they're tracking us than why they're tracking us.
I mean, what are they actually getting out of this?

[true_noir]

I didn't mean to say that you were lying. I just don't know you is all. The whole situation is strange, so neither of us has reason to trust each other truly, not yet anyway. But you might be right. how is not as scary as why.

If it's just some weird ad, it's a lot of work for that, isn't it?

[borntoolate]

It doesn't really work as an ad anyway.
What are they even selling?
And they haven't asked for credit card numbers yet.

[true_noir]

Which I definitely wouldn't be giving them. But, they found us without them, so that makes me wonder if they found out more. It seems so much effort for so little result.

[borntoolate]

Yeah gonna pass on that too.
But they'll probably find a few suckers.
Scammers like this always do.

[true_noir]

(OOC: Continued here)