01 ☠ Written

[goodboybestshot]

[Thad was originally just scribbling a bunch of notes onto a piece of paper. He's just gotten back into Locke City and of course, like every time, those numbers are back, tormenting him at the edge of his mind. So, this time he sits down and writes them out, and went on to write a bunch of notes about Babylonian Numerology or some such- but then the network happens.]

[And he about jumps clean out his seat. There are probably still some half written notes left on the page and it's several minutes before he comes back. When he does, there is a bit more writing.]

What the hell is all this? Either my notebook is possessed by the computer or that milk was a little more sour than i thought.

Good lord im going mad. Can anybody read this?

Comments

text; japanese

[thorny]

[enjoy the beautiful calligraphy slowly scrawling its way across your notebook, Thad]

No. You're going to need to rise above basement level literacy before even the people of this forum can parse your cliche drivel.

text; definitely not japanese

[goodboybestshot]

[Well, that sure is something. He can't read it though. That doesn't mean he isn't copying it down on something that is NOT possessed to decode later.]

That certainly answers one question and raises many more.

text; japanese until she decides outright insults are more fun I'm sorry

[thorny]

[that will certainly be a fun moment of discovery for him, I'm sure]

I'm certain that it does. I'd caution not to ponder them for too long, however, or else that one brain cell valiantly carrying on the fight may simply combust from the stress.

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[reckless_fire]

This is your notebook speaking. Writing. Whatever.

Please stop writing on me. It tickles.

[goodboybestshot]

Har har nice try. Im not THAT far off my rocker!

[reckless_fire]

Really? You DID ask if your notebook was possessed.

So, does it make you feel any better to hear that you've found a secret network that nobody else can see unless they've got one of those stupid numbers?

text;

[eras]

not even a little!
well
probably not??
i can't say with great certainty, i don't know you!
but...
here!

[ after two trolls he could probably use a real answer, maybe. ]

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[goodboybestshot]

[He reads through it, so it takes a few minutes for him to get back to her. He's ...not sure what to make of all this. Especially because, well. The numbers thing, and what he remembered when the numbers thing happened- that's all there.]

I suppose if im mad, i must not be the only one. Is this really all true? [And then there's something scribbled out here.]

I leave the country for a few measly months and it seems like everythings gone insane.

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[eras]

[ Aria doesn't mind at all. She tends to access the network while doing other things. Like watching bad movies or cartoons or sort of reading a book or something. ]

many people believe it but some don't.
personally i think it's true.
i'm not sure what "truth" is the end result here but i mean it would be sort of hard to deny weird things are attacking people and people are regaining weird abilities/body parts/memories when i have seen it happen.
i COULD if i really wanted i guess but i have never been the sort of person to argue w/ something that is right in front of my nose.

:o :o :o
you left the country??
omg where did you go

[comparative_insanity]

[His handwriting is abysmal, but then again, so is his spelling.]

possessions mite be a thing thats happening maybe and your notebooks the least thing too worry about

but I aint sure Ive got the iman imagen imaginasion to be mad and your probly as mad as I am if thats any help?

[goodboybestshot]

[He sure notices that but he's not going to comment. He's getting all kinds of interesting responses.]

What should i be worrying about then?

As long as i am in good company! Madness loves company right? Or is that just misery?

( text, handwritten )

[extricated]

Quite a few people can, actually.

... By the way... numerology? I believe you made a small error in your second to last line.

[ he's carefully marked it and scribbled a correction in the margin. ]

(text, handwritten )

[goodboybestshot]

[He blinks. He is actually surprised someone figured out what he was even doing there.]

I see! I am not terribly proficient in math myself but my father has a few books on the subject so i thought i might try my hand with these numbers.

[text]

[seabeast]

are you from england

[text]

[goodboybestshot]

I am though i havent technically lived there in quite some time.

text;

[drama8om8]

Did you just say "good lord?"
Who even says "good lord." Like who actually trots that out as a valuable part of their daily list of things to say. HOW IS THAT A THING unless you are a sixty-something British guy? Like that one Stephen Fries or whatever. Is that who you are? IS THAT YOUR DEAL.

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[goodboybestshot]

No i am definitely not *sixty-something* thank you very much! The way i talk is NOT that strange!

[gogoghostpowers]

Wow, you tried decoding the number with Chaldean numerology? I didn't even think of trying that!

[goodboybestshot]

tried is the key word there. Im rotten at numbers to be honest.

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[enrages]

i think im looking at the notes of someone who is far more insane than i could ever hope to be...

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[goodboybestshot]

What exactly is so *insane* about applying numerology of dead civilizations to a string of numbers that haunts my subconscious???

[hawaiianheir]

you know
i hadn't thought to throw babylonian stuff into this
that's kind of clever
and yeah as you can tell everyone can
see you already met the network phantom troll
i cant believe she's doing the same thing to you that she did to me
fucking textbook
anyway
sup

[goodboybestshot]

I am starting to get the idea that going straight to dead civilizations for an answer is the reason everyone is calling in for my sanity.

Oh yes she has left *quite* the impression. Its comforting to know she does this to everyone i guess.

Sup! Thank you for being one of the more civil responses to my notebook!

text

[summit]

[ That is some badass code. ]

If it's being crazy, it's a collective crazy. So, welcome to the club.

Re: text

[goodboybestshot]

[It's more like a mess than anything.]

So ive noticed. Thank you regardless.