Network: A Survey

[whiteshroud]

A few questions:

1) For those who just arrived in Vitae: Where were you before and what year was it?

2) For those who live in Vitae: How long have you lived here and before receiving this app, have you ever had an experience that you'd describe as unexplainable by science or "supernatural"?

3) Please tell me which of these brands are familiar to you:
- a) Duel Monsters, Magic: The Gathering, Vantage Masters
- b) Rolex, Kronos Orden, TimeKeepers Inc
- c) Xiphone, Apple

Thank you.

Comments

[whiteshroud]

How is your dad weird? Can you be more specific?

[And...making note of that. Considering Timekeepers was the one he made up, he has #doubts. He won't say it though]

No. It's a popular phone brand where I'm from.

[infolds]

no

That's what makes him more weird because you can't like..... describe it

He's an enigma. Hell I live with him and can't do it myself

And what's with the brands?

[whiteshroud]

Right, okay....that sounds more like a family issue than a paranormal one.

[And ergo, not his problem. So! Moving on]

I'm testing something. I've noticed there's a lot of popular brands back where I came from that are non-existent here, while there are brands here that I've never heard of.

So I have a theory that the people who came from outside the city might not just be from other parts from Earth, but from different Earths altogether.

[infolds]

you mean countries






Countries.


Right????

[whiteshroud]

I'm afraid not.

For instance, I'm from Japan in the year 2015. Even if we assume the Xiphone is only sold in Japan or fell out of favor since 2015, you'd still be able to find information about it online. But I couldn't find anything, even after an extensive search.

As it seems, the phone model I'm using right now doesn't exist on this Earth. In other words, it had had to come from a different Earth.

[infolds]

huh..... I guess search engines are still the same then

But that sounds way too weird, even for me..... guess I'll look some stuff up too and hope it hasn't sunk into the dark web or anything

[whiteshroud]

Not exactly. I would use something called "NiAR". But I couldn't connect to its server, so I had to switch to "Google". It still had the same basic principle though!

You have access to the dark web...?

[infolds]

it would be cool if i did but no

I was hoping it wouldn't because idk how to get there

Aside from xiphone, what's from your place of the stuff you listed? Maybe if I keep talking about this I'll gradually accept it......

[whiteshroud]

[... 💧 ]

Oh, I see.

Vantage Masters is a card game, and Kronos Orden is a watch company. [it is not a watch company] Though I haven't found anything about them in this world either.

[infolds]

that sounds like a fancy ass name for a store

Though I'm surprised timekeepers was on there because it was a small security company my dad worked at for a while

I thought no one knew about it.... the reason why he stopped working for it was because it flopped

[whiteshroud]

Haha, yeah, but isn't that always the case with expensive brands?

Oh, it is?
Haha, that was actually the one on the list I made up to see if people were paying attention.
Sorry.
Talk about a coincidence though.

[infolds]

I guess

Something something Louis Vuitton and gucci shades or whatever

It sure was convincing... I thought it was gonna be another weird thing where people could dig up my info even more than what the profiles already give

[whiteshroud]

Mm, exactly.

Oh oops - nope! Just a coincidence. I wasn't trying to dig up information about people. I'm not a hacker by any means.

[infolds]

would have been nice if you were so that someone can try to crack the app

But like... isn't that basically dimensional travel? Everyone showing up into a single place from different places. Even if it was all from the same world and different countries, that's still a big feat....

So whoever behind it got some impressive backing going on

Damn and I thought life at vitae was super boring

[whiteshroud]

Mm, you're right. Whoever did this must be very powerful.

Well, I think it's safe to say your life isn't going to be boring for long. At least until this is resolved.

[infolds]

i like it not being boring!!

actually, idk if we have a governor. if we do, you should try talking to them. it seems to be related to the city after all

[whiteshroud]

Mm...considering I'm technically in the United States illegally, I don't think it'd be a good idea for me to chat up government officials.

[infolds]

I don't think anyone's gonna ask for your passport if you want to talk to the governor or something... you can just say that you're a tourist or something

[whiteshroud]

No thanks. I already saw a cop shoot someone, I'm not gonna test my luck.

Besides, even if there's a chance the governor is aware of the barrier, it's likely classified as confidential information. Unless we have someone with the right security clearance, we won't get anything from them.

[infolds]

don't cop's shoot someone everyday?

That must have sucked to see it in person


But does that also mean we should play espionage

[whiteshroud]

[ 💧 ...

He doesn't even know where to start unpacking that first statement, so moving on.]

I'll pass on that.

[infolds]

did you leave your sense of adventure at home

:(

[whiteshroud]

[What's that? Oh-

Read ✔]

[infolds]

:'(

[ sadface

He will pester Jun another time... ]