Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Advancing Fears




                   Accessing Mainframe e4 e5, d4 d5:

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User: M. Asphodel                        GRANTED
User is ADVANCING Nf3 Nc6
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[ERROR] Failure to activate Relay Identifier

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恐怖: 私たちはあなたの機会は一度、あなたの関係を改善するチャンスは一回許可する。 水仙 は、父親や母親に家に来てください。会いたい。

すぐに会社を期待する...

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Opening Port 4194.34623634523

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                   Accessing Mainframe e4 e5, d4 d災:

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User: M. W. Michael                      GRANTED
User is ADVANCING N災f3 Nc6
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M. Asphodel: If this is some sort of joke, this is one sick joke.  Is someone doing this?  Please respond.  It appears as if another user is tampering with the relay signal, yet there is no other terminal detected for over 70 miles.  Father if it's you, please stop this.  Stop haunting me, I know you're out there.  I know what you want to do, but I won't allow it.  I will never forget that day I hid from you both.  I will listen to my memories of you, when I knew you, and that is my final say.  I love you Dad.  I love you Mom.  If you're somehow reading this, have mercy on us.  Please wake up.


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User: Offline                            GRANTED

User is ADVANCING KING Ke7

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Offline User: Fear.  Fear is the one thing that exhausts me the most.  The screech from the Tainted gives you a little more than the synonymous high pitched wail.  There is something hidden, always.  It is often unheard, the second voice, the moan of pain and suffering unique from the host.  It is that air of familiarity that one can recognize if they've known them before.  It's that humanness...
Even though it is faint, when you notice it, you get a wave of remorse that really hits you when it sounds like theres someone trapped within.  You think, "they're just sick, unable to get better," and it gives you this false hope that there might be a cure, a chance to get back what you lost...

Offline User: What really scares me is the lack of effort we take to check and see if the group is really ok.  My father told me he witnessed a change in the behavior of the Tainted.  Before there were no tricks.  Before they just slashed and dragged bodies away for their converting, for their swarm.  Before we were told to run and shoot and hide and hope that they wouldn't follow.  My father noticed that they were adapting, talking, acting human.  Everyone else wanted to run, but he hid and studied.

Offline User: A few months after he mentioned this, mother started to act strangely around everyone.  I didn't know why, but I was horrified.  I was horrified by the way she would look at me, comforting me while giving me this blank stare, like she didn't care anymore.  I had nightmares of her grinning with violent wrinkles in her face paired with an intense look in her eyes.  I then realized I wasn't having nightmares.  I secretly peeled my eyes open when she comforted me the third time.  I didn't understand why she made such a horrible face, and as soon as I fully opened my eyes, that monotone look would instantly flush over.   
What scares me is the fact that they keep their memories and use it against us.  

Offline User: My mother's skin cracked and peeled where her veins were, revealing that hideous glow.  I will never forget that day I hid in a steel cabinet as I saw her infect father.  They both kept their voices, calling for me in their hideous state. I didn't come out, until their horde called for them.

Offline User: If there is anything I can say about the Tainted, it's this: dont trust anyone, trust in your fears.  On that note, Francois' condition improved.  I stood by him, watching his face, watching for the slight jerks and motions that one gets when they are infected.  Alice used her crystal shard to see if there would be any sort of surge.  The results were negative.  Francois must have had a bad pack of the food.  Although the mushroom farms were placed throughout the safe zones, there's always a chance for something to go wrong.  I'll have to investigate it.  My weapon is loaded, and if you're somehow reading this still, saw blades are the part of me that ignores the momma poppa bullshit.  I'm ready for a family reunion.





Thursday, January 26, 2012

The Most Useful Weapon Is Knowledge



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M.W.M. Signature Authorized

Opening Port 70982343.97974225

Relay Response: OK [information relay unable to renew signal loop]

Accessing...

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User: M. Asphodel                        GRANTED

User is ADVANCING KNIGHT 2.nf3 d6

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M. Asphodel: It's Moreaux.  If anyone is picking up this signal, my group consisting of 106 individuals is in need of a better refuge than the one we are currently in.  The construct we are occupying is very old, most likely built by our ancestors.  Two of my foragers found more weapons caches and from the looks of it, they seem to operate.  Alas, they're worthless until we find the specific ammunition for the model.  These preceding weaponry are found to be much more dangerous than the schematics of the cross bows and saw launchers my group has developed in the past against the Tainted, but anything helps.

M. Asphodel: I look around this room and it seems like important people once sat around this large, old table.  There are fancy painting frames still hanging on the walls, the paintings have all cracked away to dust.  Although I've heard stories of our group finding individuals underground in the past, I am wondering if my group is the last of the human race.  I have learned many languages from the libraries I've been stationed at when I was with my parents.  I was only seven when I finished over 50 novels.  My father insisted I read on everything, from history to survival tactics.  The strange thing is, in all these libraries, history seems to have stopped near the 21st century.  There is nothing about how our situation came to be, let alone where the Tainted came from or what exactly they are.  All I know is that the earth that is described in textbooks is no longer habitable.  Since the start, and no one knows how long it has been, the group has stuck to underground channels.

M. Asphodel: It feels like I'm talking to a wall.  If you are a survivor, we will help you and get to you, no matter what.  I must end this signal soon. One in my group, Francois, is suddenly showing irregular symptoms.  What I fear is that he is infected, but we have to make sure before we do anything.  Francois has been with us for a long time.  Our group is in constant motion to avoid being found, but as long as I find a working terminal for this ancient system, I can continue to send these distress calls.  We seek salvation, but if we are salvation to you, we will nonetheless strengthen in number.

Il ne faut pas exclure une éventuelle action militaire.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

We Persist, To Whom It May Concern



                   Accessing Mainframe e4 e6, d4 d5:
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User: M. Asphodel                        GRANTED
User is ADVANCING PAWN 3.e5
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M. Asphodel: Is anyone out there?  I seem to have accessed an old system interface found in coordinates: 48°51′12″N 2°22′6″E
I am underground, using what seems to be the remains of a command center from the past. The situation for us is getting worse.  There are 106 of us left. Our community is strained by the constant attacks of the Tainted.  There used to be a lot more, but we had to close off sections of the underground channels in order to escape the spreading disease.  If someone is reading this, my name is Moreaux. Please respond.

Il ne faut pas exclure une éventuelle action militaire.
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