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[darkcharge]

Been scrolling through this thing for hours now.

This really needs a filtering function so I don't have to scroll through all the "this can't be real" or "this must be a hoax" bullshit. My wheel can't take the abuse.

So, right. It's too late in the night... Or too early maybe? To process all of this crap.

I'm going to bed.

Tell me why I should care to get involved or how I can avoid these pluses/echoes/whatever you are all calling them.

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[ex_elude798]

Get involved or don't, it's nobody's job to convince you.

[He's...not much for texting]

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[darkcharge]

[ are you serious... way to go, big bro. you're one of the guys that just sort of doesn't do the anonymous thing.

still... Van is a little surprised to hear that voice.

and rubs his face. listening again... yeah didn't imagine that. ]

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[darkcharge]

Don't tell me that's you, Suzaku.

Your sweet, melodious tones can't be talking to me already.

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[ex_elude798]

...

My what?

[Those words make zero sense to him]

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[darkcharge]

Sarcasm, Suzy. That's a thing, you know.

[strikeraid]

avoid the network
unless you're me and come on here to make sure the invasion isn't gonna fuck us all up
then you're kind of screwed

avoid the police either way

[darkcharge]

Since I don't plan on committing some kind of felony, that shouldn't be a problem.

[strikeraid]

avoid them anyway
if you get a really obvious echo in front of the wrong cops you're boned
they'll fucking shoot you
it's happened before

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[ursoreckless]

this is not a forum or any internet run service otherwise there would be a filtering service in place.

this is the secret numbers club. your life is going to get a lot crazier from now on.

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[darkcharge]

I'm just saying there should be one.

Well gee. Here I thought I was joining the secret baking club.

My mistake.

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[ursoreckless]

wrong forum. to get there, you need to know the correct sequence of the secret spices and herbs.

this one just needs numbers.

there would be if there was actually a network here. this is just smoke and mirrors. you can tell because it appears when you write the numbers on a piece of paper.

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[umbrael]

[Ah, memories.]

I've been here before, so I'll save you some reading and ruminating:

"Why should I get involved?"
I can think of plenty of reasons not to get involved, honestly. Investigating any of the weird shit happening to us seems to inevitably involve poking around abandoned subways and shady parts of the dead district, or running up against the police.

But - and this is the fun part - you're kind of damned if you don't: Most of the cops are on the enemy's side, and they're looking for us. They'll make up a reason to book you if they have to, and if they bring you in you might not walk out of the station. There's other stuff out there too, like snake statues, weird mutant animals, giant, living hunks of pink rock moving beneath the towers, etc, etc., so you'll at least want to keep checking the network to see what to watch out for this week.

So those are your options: Be proactive and help us with whatever it is we do here, or keep your head down, play it safe, and hope the cops don't get you with a mutant sniffer dog or something.

Point two: "How can I avoid these pulse-echo-whatevers?"
As long as you're in the city, you can't. I've tried, you just can't. You figure you'll avoid network stuff so you don't see anyone's weird echo-triggering power displays, but then next thing you know, you get in a argument with a thirteen-year-old on the internet and that's significant enough to trip one anyway. You never know what'll give you an echo, so you might as well accept that you're going to get them as long as you're here.

If you leave, you lose what you have, as well as the memories of the network. So if you've echoed back kaleidoscope eyes and crazy powers, those are gone when you're past city limits. I can back this up - and so can half of the network, so it's not really unique, but there you are. If you're lucky, you might just forget and revert on your own while you're still in town. Some people 'come back' from that, but some people don't. So, those are your options there: accept it, move out, or hope you forget on your own.

Welcome to the club, kid.

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[darkcharge]

You can't see it, but I'm giving you some applause.

Most helpful thing I have read tonight.

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[umbrael]

Anytime.

That's about as helpful as I'm going to be, though - I just got back in town a few days ago and I probably missed some shit, so you're still going to have to scroll through a month of 'oh my god are you guys serious lol' and so on.

And accidental posts.

God, at least you logged in here on purpose.

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[darkinferno]

if you just spent hours reading this thing, you know how unbelievable it all sounds. there are plenty of people curious when they first find the network, but not ready to jump in yet. you can't blame them for thinking it sounds a little farfetched

anyway, to answer your question, there's not really a way to avoid them from what i've seen. i only managed three days before someone else posted to the network and triggered a whole flood of them

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[darkcharge]

And if other people had taken the time to read through some of those entries, they'd know they would get the same kind of responses.

Read enough of those and so what if it's hard to believe? It's pretty obvious not everyone could keep this up for so long if it was just a joke.

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[needsmorezippers]

Getting involved is up to you, and you can't avoid the pulses.

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[darkcharge]

So I've heard.

Multiple times.

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[needsmorezippers]

Ask a simple question, get a simple answer.

Has anyone given you the FAQ yet?

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[moarnomsplz]

Lots of people have already told you that you can't avoid pulses and thats true.

I never thought about not getting involved because I want to know the answers. What's really happening to us and why us and did someone cause it and if so who?? Trying to pretend this stuff isn't happening won't make it stop. I'd rather look for the answers than not!

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[darkcharge]

And what happens if what you find out is something you don't like?

Like I said. I sort of like my life as is.

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[moarnomsplz]

It would still be true whether I knew it or not right? I'd rather know.

did you want to with some vague school recollection if they hear names or faces?

[septette]

Not everyone has the astonishing ability to swallow the fact that their lives are permanently changing.

if you want, i am okay with that

[darkcharge]

You don't have to like it to know it's not a joke.

okay o/

[septette]

So? It can seem awfully like an elaborate scam at first glance.