Day 230 audio; @dreamsnhonor [cw: anomaly body horror]

[heroproceeding]

Hey, Zack here. So, Enoch mentioned this earlier about our anomaly buddies coming around again.

Thing is... there's something off about all of this. Not only is the one that's been following me different?
But Zell and Kuns have been telling me they see 'em like a mess of something or other. You know, your typical anomalies. But for me and Jim, it's different. The anomalies almost look like someone we know. Just faceless.

[ It would have sounded crazy maybe six months ago. But right then, if anything, Zack just sounds tired as he makes note of that. That's before the video comes on to capture one of the anomalies in question. To those who've had their lights stolen, the anomaly looks like a young lady in her mid-teens. Innocent looking enough, right? Well- expect her face is gone as he mentioned.

Those who haven't had their light stolen will see something more akin to the Norfinbury flavored expectation. An oversized flower curls and spins, the leaves that remain with it red and curled almost like a bow behind it. The creature crawls along on multiple lithe hands with eyes running down the sides of them. They look worse and worse for wear the further down you look, black and cold with frost bite though only iced over with a blue hue. Sometimes Occasionally, the flower opens wide enough to reveal its center to be a mouth lined with tiny, sharp barbs for teeth. Typically when it seems to get off balance which also reveals what at first looks like to be a long braid behind it to be a set of roots that uncoil from one another and help balance it out.

Zack flicks the video back off with a frown. ]

I feel like we should do a tally of who's seeing what and maybe then we can figure things out from there. So, shoot me a message and let me know what you see. And if you have any theories, I'd like to hear 'em right about now.

[ He's just about to cut it off there when one last thought- if not a slightly distracted sounding one -occurs to him. ]

I'm also attaching an updated list of those who've been discovered and identified in the morgues, too. You can thank Davesprite for the help.

[ An attachment can be found along with this message. ]

( ooc: Durp. Slight edit in the brackets due to a reading error. This is why you don't read the new plot in the middle of the night. )

Comments

[rubikscomplex]

look like regular anomalies to me
and i'm in the same boat as helmethead
wasn't a monster
no one got my light

maybe that has something to do with it
if you lost your light you're seeing the faceless creeps
has yours been saying anything to you, by the way?

mine keeps calling me an ungrateful brat
and telling me to give it something
it won't actually say what

[heroproceeding]

well that would make for three seeing monsters but weren't monsters themselves and didn't get their light taken because it's the same with Zidane and same with Karkat.

mine hasn't been saying anything to me though no. not a word. she hasn't even been going after me like the others have. if yours is saying stuff like that though and you didn't lose your light I'm really starting to think that's what they're after like some kind of last ditch effort.

[rubikscomplex]

the asshole's had ample opportunity
so either he's not actually capable of taking it
or he doesn't want it as bad as he says he does
it's interesting that yours turn up normal, but faceless
do you remember what yours' face is supposed to look like?

[heroproceeding]

of course. I dated her for a while back home before all of this so I'd hope I'd still remember.

[ Doesn't make it hurt any less to admit that. For never being here, she sure looks freakishly accurate. Which gets him leaning back on old theories that make something in him twist again. ]

but maybe you're right. maybe they aren't able to take it now. it's not like you can see it anymore. I don't see Kuns' anyway so maybe that's part of the problem for them.

[ And good for those who didn't have their lights stolen. Maybe. It's hard to say with this place. ]

[rubikscomplex]

i'm asking to see if you guys lost something with your lights
and that's why you can't see the faces

no telling what the problem is for now
as long as they don't get whatever they're after
should be fine
maybe

[Who the hell even really knows?]

[heroproceeding]

that's a big maybe there.

but no. I still remember her. you're thinking of that program or whatever you wanna call it aren't you. the one that messed with our memories.

maybe that's how they'll end up leaving again.

[ Though the very thought of it leaves him bitter and resentful all over again. ]

[rubikscomplex]

that's more like probably
unless evie worked out the kinks in her system
and not the fun kinks in her system

i don't really care if i lose something about mine
maybe write down the important things for yours

[Look at him offering legitimate advice! Today is your lucky day, Zack. You were useful and should be rewarded.]

[heroproceeding]

[ He has his moments, man. More than you might think! ]

you've got a point there. doesn't mean you shouldn't either. they could be any memory after all. if it has ties to a way out of here we might end up losing out on a big hint without even realizing it like where we need to go next or something.

[rubikscomplex]

there's nothing i can think of about him that'll get us out of here

[He'd joke that his dad is one of the reasons he'd want to stay in Norfinbury, but he has enough people on his case.]

i'll think of some things or whatever
and keep an eye on your post

[heroproceeding]

think that's the best thing any of us can do.
thanks.

[ Whatever further issues are going on... he's not about to press. It's enough that House cooperated this much. ]

[rubikscomplex]

[House doesn't bother to reply. He just hangs up and watches as the other responses come rolling in.]