01. handwritten

[waltharius]

[ The handwriting that appears on the network is thick, blocky and impeccably neat; almost typeface-like in its uniformity ]

All right, I'll be honest. I have no idea what I'm doing here. I've been reading this... network over the last couple days, but everything I've seen here sounds absolutely insane.

[ Several dots appear as Walter taps his mechanical pencil against the paper, struggling to articulate his feelings. How are you supposed to react to this kind of thing?? He starts again, erases, tries again, erases again... this cycle continues for another minute or so, until -- ]

If anyone can give me a quick rundown of what this all means that would be ideal. Additionally, if anyone wants a sword one kind of

appeared in my room


I really don't know what I'm supposed to do with it. If my parents find it they're going to have a lot of questions that I can't even begin to answer, so I think it's best if someone takes it off my hands. For now, at least.

[ A few more pencil dots, and then he feels obligated to finish this message with a small -- ]

Thank you.

-WP 

Comments

[TEXT]

[synonymouswithdookie]

See the aliens are the us being doomed part. Doesn't make anyone any less insane, though.

handwritten;

[waltharius]

We're only insane if there aren't actually any aliens. Or possessed animals, apparently those exist too. And past lives. And massive conspiracies.



Okay, writing this all down is just making it seem even crazier.

[TEXT]

[synonymouswithdookie]

Yeah, but what are the odds of all of us being crazy, though?

handwritten;

[waltharius]

Well, you could all by my hallucination. Still not that likely, though... it feels too real.

[ He's never hallucinated before but WHATEVER; he still figures that would feel somewhat dreamlike ]

[TEXT]

[synonymouswithdookie]

More like a bad acid trip. Either way, I'm pretty sure I'm not a hallucination.

handwritten;

[waltharius]

That sounds like something a hallucination would say.

[TEXT]

[synonymouswithdookie]

Can hallucinations send text messages though?

handwritten;

[waltharius]

No, but if someone was truly crazy they could probably imagine the text messages. Alien conspiracies theories fit in well with paranoid schizophrenia.

But for now I'm going to cautiously agree that this is all happening for real. My family doesn't have a history of mental illness.

[TEXT]

[synonymouswithdookie]

Well hey, at least you're not in this mess alone, right? Could be worse.

handwritten;

[waltharius]

Agreed.

So.... where do we go from here?

[TEXT]

[synonymouswithdookie]

I dunno. I guess we could help with the... thing. Or whatever. I have no idea where to start, though.