savetheearth | [ laptop / text ]

[You know how it sometimes helps to write stuff down when you've got too much on your mind? Well, there's this number, see, that's been plaguing John for a while now, and he figures, "Hey, maybe it'll go away if I just jot it down somewhere." If nothing else, if it's written down, he'll still have it in the case that he forgets it--highly unlikely, but let a man dream!

Anyway, the result of scribbling down said number on a post-it note ends up with him awkwardly scrolling on that tiny pad of paper for a few minutes before he gets pissed off at the resolution size and switches over to a bigger piece of paper, then over to his phone, and finally to his laptop. It's been about an hour now since he started reading (or rather, skimming over posts while stuck somewhere between disbelief and amusement), and John's finally decided to join the fray.]

You know, I'd be tempted to write this whole thing off as a really bad joke, but I could've sworn I saw some mentions of people I actually know on this thing. I suppose they could be in on whatever this is as well, and if they are, I'm definitely going to be asking who switched out my post-it notes for the iPhone seventy or whatever number they're on now.

But it doesn't feel right. People pretending to be other people--real people--on the internet? Sounds a bit too much like fraud to be fun. So what's going on here? Anyone feel like filling me in on the whole story? I'd be here for days if I tried reading everything.

[As he stares at what he's just written up, John wonders, "Christ, I haven't just stumbled upon some secret forum run by crazy people, have I?" Hm, maybe he shouldn't have posted anything. Oh well, too late now.]

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Six degrees of separation yeah? There's a guide around. Try looking through the more recent ???? posts like yours someone's bound to have linked it

[ like regina's post, perhaps? this is the guide he's referring to. ]

And here I was hoping someone would tell me I'd just found a LARP group. Or is it D&D? Something of that sort. Anyway, thanks. I'll give it a look.

[A couple minutes later, there's another message:]

I feel like I should be asking about the paranormal stuff going on, but something's just bothering me. Do you have to get something back when you get the number?

[Because John doesn't feel like he has. Chalk it up to denial.]

[ "have to"? alex ponders that for a bit. ]

Idk. That's the trend I think? I got a memory

A memory. And how does that work? You remembered something you'd forgotten? From when you were a kid, for instance?

In my case no. I remembered something that looked like it took place in medieval times. You didn't get something?

[ renaissance would be more accurate, but alex sure as hell ain't a history buff. ]

Well, there was something, but I'm pretty sure it's just from when I was younger. Nothing from the medieval times or even remotely out of place.

Well the only pattern we've discovered so far is that when you feel like you're empty and hear a loud heartbeat that's a 'pulse' or 'echo' and you get something from it. Could be delayed. Some of mine were

I'm not sure whether I'm disturbed or comforted by knowing that because I do remember a pulse happening.

Huh. Idk then. Fluke? Systems gotta have one sometime

Maybe it's just delayed. You said that happens, too, right? Guess I'll just have to hope whatever it is doesn't show up at a bad time.

[ he sure did. get yo shit together, alex. ]

Hopefully not while driving. Almost ran two reds that way

Oh, Christ, I'm not going to want to drive at all now.

There's just the pulse, right? No chance we'll have seizures when it happens?

Positive someone would've said if that happened to them. There's little we can say with certainty. IE we don't know what the fuck. There was a forum at one point the enemy/"gardeners" told us to step off. The "Sage" told us we're supposed to save the earth. We're getting various supernatural changes but we really don't know what we're supposed to do besides lay low about it

A more helpful lot I have never seen.

All right, so we're all turning into magical beings to save the planet, but we might get killed in the process. Wonderful. What has been the most bizarre... attribute that anyone has picked up thus far?

[ anthony's zombification comes to mind, but alex isn't sure that's appropriate to share. ]

One guy can talk to fish

[ that's pretty bizarre. ]

[That is bizarre.]

And... how did he discover this?

[Because now he has an image of a guy walking into a pet shop and cooing at fish stuck in his head.]

When he heard the ghost of his sushi haunting him? Idk

...Right then.

I'll just look forward to a lot of trial and error and surprises in the near future then. Thanks for the help; you've helped this stranger out quite a lot. Any last tips or tricks for someone like myself?

Besides keeping all of this craziness on the down low? Man idk. You saw LSR okayed yeah? If you need immediate first aid you can hit me up too. I'm a paramedic. Name's Alex

Yeah, I've swung by LSR a few times in the past; good to know they're on the trusted list. Thanks for offering your services, too, Alex. I'm John. Not sure what I can do for you in return. Emergency social services? Haha.

Don't sweat it. ~~We all~~ [ pause, consideration, backspace. ] Most of us try to watch each other's backs. Comes with the territory

Well, thanks all the same. I'll be seeing you around. Maybe even in person some day. ;)

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