[text] (backdated to the 14th)

[terriblemovies]

ok, not to sound like an idiot or anything but... i'm confused.
i know you're all gonna tell me to listen to the schnee girl but i already did!
i get this is a different place where wacky hijinks happen and blah blah blah.
but i have to ask so don't make fun of me if i'm way off.
is this a game?
i'm gonna be kinda annoyed either way but i sort of need to know if it is or not because of stuff i don't really wanna explain because it's SUPER complicated!
and because of all that stuff i don't wanna explain i kind of need to find my friends if they're here.
so if you've seen anyone named dave, rose or jade that would be really good!!!
or any of the trolls except the crazy ones!!!
unless none of them are here.
which would honestly really fucking blow. :(
uh... who's even reading this anyway?
are you guys really actual people or are you fake people?
can fake people even read?
oh man... i confused myself even more!!!!!!

Comments

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[youfool]

I feel very real, if that's any consolation. Welcome to Genessia, whoever you are. We've many Dave's and one Rose, though those names are very common. We've had one Jade, no longer with us. I knew one troll by the name of Porrim Maryam.

As for your question, it depends on what you mean by "game". Literally or poetically? The latter is a very defensible view.

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[terriblemovies]

hm... i guess i'll take your word for it.
IF you tell me your name.
if you're real then you have a name, that's just basic stuff!
i'm john, by the way.
do any of those daves have really cool sunglasses by chance?
and is the rose super smart and sarcastic?
you make it sound like something really bad happened to jade. :(
porrim? i don't even know who that is!
i mean a for real game and i know that sounds weird but i'm being totally serious.

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[youfool]

I'm Ted, at your service. Thank you for giving your own, even if, in my experience, both the real and unreal is named.

If it's the Dave I'm thinking of, with Strider for a surname, he would certainly say so. Blonde hair, similar diction, fond of red text?

Said Rose--surname Tyler--is very intelligent, but too sincere to use sarcasm much. Oh, don't worry about Jade. Leaving this world is like leaving a house: nothing morbid, just tragic. They may return again.

A pity you've no Porrim to know, she is very funny. With luck we may both have the pleasure.

That's certainly very strange. What constitutes a "real" game? A comparison might be made that'd enlighten.

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[terriblemovies]

i mean, i guess?
oh man, that's gotta be him!
do you know where he is or if he's alright and stuff?
i wish my rose and jade were here too but you helped a lot, so thanks ted. :)
i've met a lot of trolls so i probably will meet porrim sometime, i think.
like if you got sucked into a video game or something and then you had to beat the game and all that stuff or you'd be stuck there.
haven't you read fan fiction like that?

[stairsbro]

john honestly wtf man
you have some nerve
its the fucking 14th
youre breaking tradition now
what kind of asshole rebel are you trying to be right now bro
asking dumb fucking questions
is this a game
no man this is real fucking life
and you cant just ask people if theyre fake
jfc
what if they dont know theyre fake
and you went and broke their reality on them
going to set off a bunch of npc ais so they go all hal 9000 on us
thousands of robots set to kill
and none of them willing to negotiate with will smith
theyre not saying theyre not guilty
they meant to murder that innocent son of a bitch
no framing here
were going to have to deal with the robot uprising because of you
i hope youre happy

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[terriblemovies]

hey, fuck you.
not all of us are super aware of time and shit like you, mister time guy smarty pants.
also fuck you again because my questions are important and i bet you asked even dumber ones when you came here!
how am i supposed to know that when the schnee lady TOTALLY was like hey if you don't have a necklace you're FAKE AS SHIT.
god dave, can you stop being an ass for two seconds?

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[terriblemovies]

dave!!!
you're ok, right?
where are you?
how long have you been here?

[stairsbro]

i only asked super legit questions
like where the fuck is the juice
and why nobody kissed me to wake me out of a glass coffin
those are serious worries here dude
but yeah people without necklaces are fake as shit
this is probably a computer simulation or something
also

sup john
im good
are you good??
im gonna just come over to you so that question is another bullshit one
give me like one sec
ive been here for like two and a half fucking years
holy shit

[terriblemovies]

hahaha i can't believe you'd still ask for juice when you know how high the chances are that howie mandell already pissed in it.
no one kissed you because you're not as pretty as snow white, duh.
are you saying this is like the matrix?
is keanu reeves here?

i'm fine but i just really don't get what's going on.
shouldn't rose and jade be here too?
what the hell do you mean you're gonna come over?
we've never met before dave!
i don't know if i'm ready for this!
you've been here HOW long?

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[despairunending]

[Did someone order a crazy troll? No? Too bad.]

Well. I think I'm real. Is that an actual question or an excuse to make people let you grope them to find out?

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[terriblemovies]

ew, what the hell?
are you accusing me of being a pervert?
because i'm totally NOT.
gross.

[despairunending]

Weeeeeeeeeell you say that. But! Maybe you're just freaking out so badly because you got caught. I mean it's possible, riiiiiiiiiiight?

[terriblemovies]

yeah or maybe YOU'RE the pervert and you think you can blame me because i look like an easy target.
i may be new but i'm not fucking stupid.

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[childsized]

It's not a ridiculous question. If this is a game no one has been able to tell, but that doesn't mean it isn't one.

But if it is, you may be able to tell who's real and who's fake. The pamphlets do say that only the people with these necklaces are "real people," after all.

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[terriblemovies]

does really weird stuff happen here?
sometimes that's how you can tell it's a game.
yeah, but that's only if you can see them.
what if all the fake ones are smart and only text people?

[ Text ]

[childsized]

Weird stuff just finished happening, and this whole place is probably stranger than you would think of as normal.

You'd be able to tell the truth as soon as you met them, wouldn't you? And if you never met them in person, it's probably not important.

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[brbgettingwrench]

A lot of people are probably reading this.

I'm also an actual person.

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[terriblemovies]

that's exactly what a fake person would say.
how do i know you're not trying to trick me?

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[brbgettingwrench]

If you are at the Bay I can come and actually prove I am real.

Besides, why would I need to trick you?

[dreamgoeson]

It's kind of rude to assume everyone isn't real. I'm Aira and I'm certainly a real person.

[terriblemovies]

geez, is that the only thing people wanna talk about?
i said other things too but i'll let it slide since you told me your name.
have you been here long enough to know who's real and who isn't?

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[dreamgoeson]

I shouldn't have reacted as badly as I did, and I'm sorry. I'm just as new as you are, and I think I'm still adjusting. I don't think this is some kind of dream, though.

[The feed switches to video, and Aira waves.]

text; ---> voice on her end

[occultfan]

[Ada has never used such a device before so the first text that comes is simply:]

Ignrn sornwnd but I hahwns sejen yoend fdienrm siend i arricnejd

[Translation: 'I'm sorry, but I haven't seen your friends since I arrived.' It might take her a moment to figure out how this works. But instead, she wonders if figuring out that later and instead switches to voice.]

Ah, sorry. I've never used such a device before, so I will be using voice, myself. But you can stick to text if you want. I just wanted to say I haven't seen your friends and that I'm sorry.

bless her

[terriblemovies]

uh...
oh my god hahahahahaha.
i thought you were talking in an alien language or something.
anyway, that's ok since i found out my best buddy is here!
it's cool of you to be so nice though.
can i ask you what your name is?
mine's john.

[occultfan]

No, I was trying to figure out how to text. But I could have been potentially doing a spell or something without meaning to.

Or contacting ghosts. [She knew that wasn't the case, but still.] But I wasn't. That wouldn't be a very good idea.

But I am glad that you have a friend here. As for my name. I'm Ada.