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[unfearing]

Hello, everyone!

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I've been doing a bit of reading on your archives (which I apologize if are intended to be private in any way) and it seems to me that we're all in the same predicament.

I've also taken the liberty of filling myself in on the Paul Ben incident. I can understand that tension must be high at the moment in the wake of that. This has raised a few questions for me personally.

First and foremost, how secure do we believe this network to be? There have been no direct consequences so far that I can tell, but it's possible that this is a false sense of security we are being led into. At the same time, I do not feel that being too paranoid will serve us well in the long run.

Furthermore, I have seen a great deal of note-trading between members of this forum, but I didn't notice any attempt thus far at a centralized database. I do strongly believe that it will be beneficial for all of us to have a cohesive compilation of everything we individually know so that we might cross-reference it and begin to search for patterns and clues.

Unfortunately this draws me back to my previous concern. Because we do not know how secure this network is or who we can even trust, consolidating our knowledge poses a considerable risk. That said, I believe the risks are well worth what we could learn, provided we entrust this project in the right hands.

This must be very confusing for everyone involved, but it's more important now than ever that we help one another.

If you have any questions to ask of me at all, please do not hesitate. Thank you all for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you!

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[scramasax]

What kind of information do you want to collect?

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[unfearing]

The nature of these changes that have been documented, any advancements or clues in the Paul Ben case, any observations about the nature of this network, etc.

I feel that we should set down a baseline for everything we think we know, then begin to test the boundaries. For example, when you join a new internet forum there are usually special features you are unaware of until you have explored the website fully.

In that respect, there may be aspects of the network we are still completely unaware of. There is no way to test for those aspects until we form a basic and cohesive understanding of the network as a whole, however.

It's like the old saying. We can't know where we're going until we know where we've been.

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[scramasax]

I like the idea. [Honestly, above all else, he's been curious out of his mind as to what everyone else has been getting and experiencing from those "moments" that they have, what the differences or consistencies could mean about and for each of them and for what they've all got in common - and knowing who everyone is, solidly, period! Wouldn't that help them keep each other safe?]

What would you need from each of us to start something?

[He'll play the question off as hypothetical for this second, himself, at least until a select few of the others seem convinced, but what are the odds that yet another new person on this network that seems almost meant to keep the wrong ones out - Paul's last message shut straight off after he faded, after all - was trying sabotage?]

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[unfearing]

For now I think I would be content with just any changes people have undergone and also anything out of the ordinary that has happened that people have noticed. Also if there are features of this network that people have stumbled upon, I would be interested in hearing that too.

I'm also looking for people who are aware of the risks and capable of defending themselves to release their full names to the network to see what happens, if they are willing. I myself will be among them.