1st Scream [Text; from home desktop computer]

[reapsthewind]

[She starts typing...]

Alright people, it's time to stop fucking around...

[Then pauses, thinks "awww shit there might be kids younger than Bakura, who knows even," deletes that, and starts again. And continues to correct herself as she goes. ]

Alright, people, it's time to stop faffing around. We need to figure out what the heck is going on. Best way to do that is with cold, hard data.

Facts known:

> April 1st, everybody couldn't stop thinking of a number
> These numbers key into a network of some sort
> They even work for fax machines
> Some of you claim they work with your notebooks but you're clearly lying liars, or maybe you typo'd "netbook" but whatever

Things I have since discovered:

> The three people I've talked to have vastly different time frames for when they first encountered their numbers. This ranges from a few days to a few years.

With that in mind, if you lot would kindly report in this thread (I bolded it so my instructions are clear):

> When you first remember encountering your number? Doesn't have to be exact, you can be like "I dunno it was a few years ago" or "Uhhh a few days ago I guess." General timeframes are fine.
> Did anything weird happen around the time you got said number?

Kthxbai

In the interest of full disclosure and fairness, I'll start.

> When? I first remember my number in January.
> Weird stuff? This was around the time my friend Sam and I got lost in the Dead Zone of this city. We kind of parted ways soon after, and then I got my number. Also, I used to be extremely nearsighted; now I can see just fine. Unsure if events are correlated, but I'm noting it anyway.

Got it? Awesome. Now make yourselves useful.

Comments

Text / Smartphone

[shiromadoushi]

I forgot to show you my math notes, didn't I? Because it was in my notebook.

Text / Desktop

[reapsthewind]

Yeah, shit. Sorry. Things got busy and all. Soon though?

[shiromadoushi]

It's fine.

I can show you anyway. Write your number on a piece of paper. Then write mine.

text; desktop FUCK DESKTOP 5-EVA

[reapsthewind]

WJELJ SOME OTHER DUDE JUST DDEMONSTRATED ASJDJKGLJFLJFFFF

THIS IS STUPID

[handwritten, scribbled down on notebook]

[northless]

They definitely work for pen and paper. I should know, I'm writing in one right now.

[text; desktop computer] 1/3

[reapsthewind]

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Also, you didn't answer the questions I actually asked.


Anyway fine I'll test this myself.

[handwritten, on graph paper]

[reapsthewind]

[have some surprisingly detailed doodles of F-15s going ZOOM SWOOSH followed by the words IDK, WHATFUCKINGEVER, THIS IS STUPID]

[text; desktop computer] chain done

[reapsthewind]

...

WHAT THE FUCK HOW

THIS IS BULLSHIT

[northless]

Told you.

And as for how, I still don't know.

[But this is infinitely better than medieval torture implements.]

[Phone call!]

[professorwolf]

[Ring ring, Chris. Someone is calling you on your real phone, now that you've given him your phone number. Much safer, right? ... right? Once she picks up, she hears:]

Ah, hello. This is Randall Lyall. With the biology notes?

[Phone call!]

[reapsthewind]

Oh! Yeah, hi. I take it you're also keeping tabs on the rest of this thread. I got... one piece of data.

[sigh]

Man, I knew this'd be an uphill battle.

[professorwolf]

Well, you can have mine, and I can share what I have from a young man I met with yesterday evening. I started a spreadsheet of my own. Couldn't resist, I'm afraid.

[Among other things. He really ought to share about the dandelion person and the possessed sparrow... he'll get to that.]

computer text

[dorkytracksuit]

Someone else was just asking all this.

computer text

[reapsthewind]

I'm prettier than he is and way cooler and being more specific.

TAG NOT HERE LALALALA

[secondcomingof]

[ Bullshit you're prettier than he is.

You might have him on the cooler part, though. Might. ]

Re: computer text

[dorkytracksuit]

Just look at his thing if it's so important.

[twopercent]

Nobody's found any pattern yet.

[reapsthewind]

Yeah, I'm noticing. All kinds of things, from memories to physical changes, and time spans from last week to four years ago.

This is frustrating.

[comparative_insanity]

when: like half a year ago maybe? idk
weird stuff=i sudenly remembered how to bake something ive never maid in my life before
also i felt really weird for a moment, and i thought i heard a heart or a drum or w/e and that hapened again on monday

[reapsthewind]

Thanks, that's really helpful, actually.

... and yeah come to think of it, I remember drums too. Huh.

[Text]

[thewalkingdork]

last year. my heart went nuts and then i had the number when i saw my dad sick in the hosptial

i didnt get anything else tho

[Text]

[reapsthewind]

That's fine. Thanks bunches, a year is really helpful. Getting a pretty wide spread of dates here.

[struckout]

[ Kallie is in a lecture... albeit at the same time watching the network with her trademark scowl in place and phone muted. The attempts of others to gather information about what's going on still puts her on edge, even while she can technically recognize that it's a good idea.

She's reluctant to even dare asking, but... ]

Have you heard of anyone having a change that's not just physical? Besides the numbers thing.

[reapsthewind]

Yeah, one kid remembered how to bake something.

[struckout]

Is that all?