ʀᴏʏᴄᴇ ᴍᴇʟʙᴏʀɴ
Characters: Royce, Alfie, Tifa, Emily, Claire, Peter
Location: Building 141
Date: Day 183
Summary: Ragtag team of weirdos make it better after the event that split them in half.
Warnings: None yet!

I'll be a thorn in your side, for always )
 
 
John Watson
[Anyone with access to the Shadownet - text only - app will be able to see this message and respond to it; though, John intends it for one person, in particular.]

@dulcedeleche
Winter? It's John here. I'm not sure if you'll get this, but I have to try. We haven't contacted you since you lost contact with us and shut down. I think there might have been something hacking your system. Maybe it was the same thing that hacked us two nights ago.

That eye symbol and the Prophet that people told you about last time? It appeared again. We're currently exploring an apartment complex that seems to be filled with that eye symbol. We've been tasked with a puzzle, looking for ragdolls with that symbol on their faces to find what I presume is a key to get to the next area.

Two days ago was Day 180 since the first people arrived in Norfinbury. Everyone's eyes suddenly changed. They were either like that Prophet eye symbol or they were glowing. A little while before that, there was strange static that covered the whole town, made it seem like we were alone. In the middle of that, the eye symbols started appearing everywhere. We were forced to make a choice before it ended: draw more of the symbols on ourselves or mark them out on the walls. I chose to draw symbols and my eyes changed to look like the Prophet eye symbol. I'm not sure if that was universal. For the people who weren't here before, I'm not sure how they were assigned. Perhaps by whether the system thinks they would have drawn or marked out eyes?

Regardless, in the morning on Day 180, I went very suddenly blind for about 10 minutes. That's when my eyes changed. I could see perfectly well with them after that, even though it shouldn't have been possible. In the afternoon, the rest of my group experienced shooting pains in their stomachs. Then their eyes started to glow. Night came along with the standard lockdown. But that's when everything else changed. The doors unlocked and time in the world just seemed to stop. It wasn't cold, the snow was frozen in the air. And those of us with the Prophet eyes had a sudden and nearly irresistible desire to hunt down and murder everyone with glowing eyes.

I can only speak for myself on what was going through my head, but there was a thought that everyone with glowing eyes was trying to destroy Norfinbury. They were sinners and heretics who needed to be killed to protect the town. I was able to resist the urges early in the night and managed to handcuff myself so I couldn't hurt anyone. Not everyone was so lucky.

When it was getting close to morning, I felt a pinch in my arm like I usually do when the Admin gives us NIMA booster shots. I fell asleep and when I woke up, the urges were gone, my eyes were back to normal, and everything had reset. All of the people who were killed that night are alive again like it didn't even happen.

I don't know if whatever was hurting us might have destroyed you, but if you are still here, I wanted you to know so we don't have to explain it all to you next time you're able to speak to us. I hope you're all right, Winter. Please talk to us when you can.
 
 
Davesprite
[It's in the evening, after lockdown when this goes up on the network. Instead of his usual text, Davesprite is posting in audio.]

Hey, guess who found something? I got to talking with Natasha the other night when we were all messed up with the eyes, and we got to thinking, you know who else had glowing eyes? Andromeda. Plus people saw her in the dreams, and Winter said she might have a backup at town hall... My point is I thought it was worth asking her about this, since she might know something, y'know? Turns out she did. Check it.

[Davesprite uploads an audio file of two women speaking.]

So, I can hear Winter first, but I'm not sure who the second is. I'm guessing Andromeda since it's her house, but I ain't exactly heard her voice. I know some people talked to her in the dreams before, so can one of you confirm?

Point of interest speaks for itself, though. Cult hates robots, lady number 2 thought she could fix it, and I'm pretty sure that didn't work considering the situation we're under. We know they both died, after all. But if you ask me, that only raises more questions about the prophet.

Go ahead and talk if you've got your own ideas. I've been reading up a lot, but I'm still a newbie next to most of y'all.