[He doesn't even check the number twice, at least for now. Akira doesn't label his contacts: a huge mistake, in this situation. As far as he's concerned, this is his intended recipient.]
I'm surprised you haven't figured out who I am by now. but that's fine. your landlord won't know about your pug if you manage to obey my command. don't mess up. here are your orders:
I'll be texting you periodically. all you need to do? acknowledge that you've received my messages until I tell you we're done. if 30min pass and I'm silent, you will tell your landlord that her nephew is in trouble at the Retrospec building.
bro this plan sounds kind of thin but sure ill keep reading your messages however does your auntie know about retrospec b/c if not im not sure how well she could mount a message people who dont know about that shit get weird about that company as in they think its normal
idk youre the one who texted me lucky for you i now where the building is and i can pick locks so like if you go missing i suppose bro and i can rescue you? im just saying i imagine they COULD turn a blind eye to it since everyone can turn a blind eye to like horses going away
you have a point... in any case, you seem to be more coherent than my original recipient, so I'll tell you. instead of a samurai sword or smiling, trembling fruit, I got an invitation to come to the building. it doesn't say why.
and ok that sounds like the setup to a horror movie and i should probably tell you not to go dramatically setting myself up as the friend slash chick character who will almost certainly also die but i cant be fucked so cool be careful keep updating me or ill have to launch a rescue and that will take away precious video game time? like did the invite have anything else to it or just yo akira hit us up we promise not 2 murder you dead (maybe ;) )
that, word for word. I think the bit about murdering me is sarcasm? so I'm going to go anyway. in fact, I'm already here, inside. too late to turn back now that I've received the obligatory warning from my sidekick, so I just have to avoid the rest of the tropes if I want to stay alive.
dude im pretty sure that is also a trope you should avoid like mysterious abandoned places? total horror movie shit as your designated sidekick im obligated to keep up the doom and gloom warnings until someone stabs me obviously
try the elevator maybe it stopped being super fake or like dramatically make a speech about how they called you there and see if that lures anyone out hope you brought a weapon dude
I talked to the cameras when I got in and nothing happened so I threw my shoe at one. it broke
it really did, but it's not broken anymore. it was hanging down, visibly brokeen, but now it looks as good as new
and I don't know when the last time was that you came in here but the elevator is MYSTERIOUSLY nowhere to be seen. so? there will be no floor ascent for me.
so it's not just me, OK, that's SO reassuring that I'm not the only one witnessing self-repairing security cams! but whatever. the elevator's more strange, so I suppose I'm primed for this witchcraft. moving along.
well that sounds like a clear invite to murder as your loyal sidekick im gonna say wait dont go bro but as the dude who knows youre going through the door im gonna say what do u see
[There's a longer delay before this message. He's dead.]
there are just five files in here. that's it. still reading them.
there's one for the guy with the pug I was trying to text, Jyushimatsu Ono. it's about him, from his childhood until now. it even mentions his pug, how long he's had it, and the fact that he's hiding it from his landlord.
[ TIME TO MOUNT THE RESCUE MISSION. he can't let random akira die? this is clearly how you forge a friendship in fire. by being the sarcastic text backup for a person. ]
had me worried there dude
what are the other four files is the jyushimatsu dude on the retrospec network? are they user files?
hm ok i havent spoken with any of these people but im pulling up the app now and i dont think any of them ARE users anymore? i cant find them to message anyway i can see you on there but not these people ?
janet has terrible handwriting holy shit and yeah none of them i just checked i can double back and see if any of them have posted before give me a little while as you try not to get killed i dont mind doing a little footwork here since youre doing the legwork
uh i assume whatevers in the files but so far youve said its like onos history? that has seriously unfortunate implications i gotta admit this little adventure is living up to the horror movie hype quick look behind you in case someones about to knock you out
it's a nice change from doing ALL the work. I prefer people working for me that do what they're supposed to, so do that.
Ono's history, Sparda's history, Miller's history... it's everybody's personal history. Miller's file that needs rewriting starts from when he was adopted by friends of his mother, went to private school, blah blah rebellious teenage years, and culminates with him attending RU and his creation of a paranormal show called "Poulterguys #Hexposed". he's apparently partners in this endeavor with this Dante Sparda guy... buuut I don't care about paranormal things, so that's beyond me. that's paraphrasing the details.
every file is just the user's history. or so it seems.
do i get paid for this if im working for you or is it like top sidekick status i like to be above the rest when it comes to minion positions
so presumably the note refers to rewriting those histories either in terms of the files like shit you did a terrible summary here matt in intelligence you better redo it RIGHT NOW or in terms of a weirder possibility as in rewriting the people themselves much like horses were rewritten
ftr irene definitely posted but it was early last month havent found anything later than that
you get paid in the satisfaction of being my sidekick, yes. congratulations on that. whatever keeps you going, all I need is your cooperation.
as for the history bit.. it could just be that this Janet person is cracking down on her scout for gathering stupid data, misleading data, but.. I was thinking about that as well. if horses can be eliminated, rewritten, what else can?
speaking personally? physical traits sure fucking can i feel like emotional ones might be possible or might be a side effect of too many hms (hms = hallucinomemories) i know a few people who have had their language skills overwritten
so
it might actually be possible to overwrite someones entire life tho i think we could get semi philosophical here and wonder if we are in fact being overwritten or if were the overwrites ourselves you know this shit is weird and way above anyones paygrade
of course it also could just be the scout did bad data and janet is Done that would be the preferable meaning here which is why im hesitant to say its the correct one since when have we had luck?
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oh no not my pug
what do you need mr blackmailer
[ DAVE WON'T CORRECT HIM UNTIL HE KNOWS WHAT'S UP? ]
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I'm surprised you haven't figured out who I am by now. but that's fine. your landlord won't know about your pug if you manage to obey my command. don't mess up. here are your orders:
I'll be texting you periodically. all you need to do? acknowledge that you've received my messages until I tell you we're done. if 30min pass and I'm silent, you will tell your landlord that her nephew is in trouble at the Retrospec building.
simple. got it?
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bro this plan sounds kind of thin
but sure
ill keep reading your messages
however does your auntie know about retrospec b/c if not im not sure how well she could mount a message
people who dont know about that shit get weird about that company
as in
they think its normal
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[WAIT A DAMN MINUTE]
hold on... you're not Ono. who is this? what's the meaning of this??
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lucky for you i now where the building is and i can pick locks so like
if you go missing i suppose bro and i can rescue you?
im just saying i imagine they COULD turn a blind eye to it
since everyone can turn a blind eye to like
horses going away
this is dave btw who dis
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that's weird.
[checks... number...]
you have a point... in any case, you seem to be more coherent than my original recipient, so I'll tell you. instead of a samurai sword or smiling, trembling fruit, I got an invitation to come to the building. it doesn't say why.
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and ok that sounds like the setup to a horror movie
and i should probably tell you not to go dramatically
setting myself up as the friend slash chick character who will almost certainly also die
but i cant be fucked so
cool
be careful
keep updating me or ill have to launch a rescue and that will take away precious video game time?
like did the invite have anything else to it or just
yo akira hit us up we promise not 2 murder you dead
(maybe ;) )
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too bad there's nobody HERE
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like mysterious abandoned places?
total horror movie shit
as your designated sidekick im obligated to keep up the doom and gloom warnings until someone stabs me obviously
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the note didn't give any specifics, but this is looking to be a waste of my time. ughhhggghhhhhhhhhhh
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or like
dramatically make a speech about how they called you there and see if that lures anyone out
hope you brought a weapon dude
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it really did, but it's not broken anymore. it was hanging down, visibly brokeen, but now it looks as good as new
and I don't know when the last time was that you came in here but the elevator is MYSTERIOUSLY nowhere to be seen. so? there will be no floor ascent for me.
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fixed itself
for some reason
wait the elevator doesnt exist now
what the fuck
i dont understand how this building works
are there any doors or anything
maybe stairs
???????
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no stairs still. this is stupid.
actually... one of the locked doors opened.
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that sounds like a clear invite to murder
as your loyal sidekick im gonna say wait dont go bro
but as the dude who knows youre going through the door
im gonna say what do u see
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there are just five files in here. that's it. still reading them.
there's one for the guy with the pug I was trying to text, Jyushimatsu Ono. it's about him, from his childhood until now. it even mentions his pug, how long he's had it, and the fact that he's hiding it from his landlord.
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had me worried there dude
what are the other four files
is the jyushimatsu dude on the retrospec network?
are they user files?
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Dante Sparda, Irene Greenland, Machi Tobaye, Matt Miller
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ok i havent spoken with any of these people
but im pulling up the app now and i dont think any of them ARE users anymore?
i cant find them to message anyway
i can see you on there but not these people
?
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alsoooo look at this. this is the only file like this. rewrite what????
[sketchy attachment.jpg]
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and yeah none of them i just checked
i can double back and see if any of them have posted before give me a little while as you try not to get killed
i dont mind doing a little footwork here
since youre doing the legwork
uh
i assume whatevers in the files
but so far youve said its like
onos history?
that has seriously unfortunate implications i gotta admit
this little adventure is living up to the horror movie hype
quick look behind you in case someones about to knock you out
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Ono's history, Sparda's history, Miller's history... it's everybody's personal history. Miller's file that needs rewriting starts from when he was adopted by friends of his mother, went to private school, blah blah rebellious teenage years, and culminates with him attending RU and his creation of a paranormal show called "Poulterguys #Hexposed". he's apparently partners in this endeavor with this Dante Sparda guy... buuut I don't care about paranormal things, so that's beyond me. that's paraphrasing the details.
every file is just the user's history. or so it seems.
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or is it like top sidekick status
i like to be above the rest when it comes to minion positions
so
presumably
the note refers to rewriting those histories
either in terms of the files like shit you did a terrible summary here matt in intelligence you better redo it RIGHT NOW
or in terms of a weirder possibility as in rewriting the people themselves much like horses were rewritten
ftr irene definitely posted but it was early last month
havent found anything later than that
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as for the history bit.. it could just be that this Janet person is cracking down on her scout for gathering stupid data, misleading data, but.. I was thinking about that as well. if horses can be eliminated, rewritten, what else can?
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physical traits sure fucking can
i feel like emotional ones might be possible or might be a side effect of too many hms
(hms = hallucinomemories)
i know a few people who have had their language skills overwritten
so
it might actually be possible to overwrite someones entire life
tho i think we could get semi philosophical here
and wonder if we are in fact being overwritten
or if were the overwrites ourselves you know
this shit is weird and way above anyones paygrade
of course it also could just be the scout did bad data and janet is Done
that would be the preferable meaning here
which is why im hesitant to say its the correct one
since when have we had luck?
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