i don't know. it was the mall one: people got a message on their phones, then if they went to the mall, they got locked in. then the crazy shit with the mannequins and lights happened.
i wasn't going to go except some friends got trapped inside. i guess if you want to be sure, you'd have to find someone who stayed back but didn't care about our experiment either
[ ...ah. ] i might know someone. i'll talk with him later
Thank you. I would be interested in his perspective. The mall was my first exposure to the experiments recorded under that recurring classification system, and I chose to visit the location myself.
Correct. I wondered what the significance was of a specific building being advertised as "reopening" while others in the same district were already accessible. Of course, now we know why we also received that odd announcement via our devices on the same day.
Did similar messages precede the events at the bank or the welcome party?
[ In other words, only the mall and the haunted house are associated with the same set of steps so far, from the announcement and classification number pattern to the survey, presumably. ]
Yes. That suggests that the mall and the haunted house were the only such instances to date, in that case. I'd like to confirm the precise meaning of their classification numbers.
That was my assumption as well, yes. I also wonder whether it's significant that all previous references have involved what appears to be the 47th iteration of experiments, not another number.
does the experiment on the file sound anything like the experiment everyone just had? i know the haunted house had different levels but i dont know anything else
if they sound the same then maybe they don't do the same experiment each october. but in 47 they did so 47 and 50 had the same oct experiment
The legible sections may reflect enough to infer that the same experiment was conducted then. Your conclusion seems plausible, as it's possible that 47 introduced "changed factors" for the first time.
deciphering or guessing what everything says in the report would help. and finding more files. i'll go back to the university and see if i can find anything if we want to find more
but someone must be making us find these on purpose. we got the note on the newsletter and then we found the 47 report
[ A pause, and then another message: ]
we can't take out the original 47 report from the office but everything is redacted.
[ ... ]
it has to be on purpose. but the fact it's a redacted file makes me think it had to be to see how we would act than to help us
[ Sorry, dude, Robby is now texting and looking at his own copy of the report and trying to think!! ]
[ Truthfully, Yesod is grateful for Robby's input. October was not ideal in terms of finding the time to think with proper clarity — he has been preoccupied with certain events and revelations that have nothing to do with the current circumstances. Deciphering this report at last, however, seems worth some dedicated effort. While reading Robby's messages and responding, he retrieves his copy on his end. ]
I agree that it's deliberate and unlikely to be for our benefit. Nevertheless, I also intend to search the university further, particularly given that the light in that office no longer appears to be permanently turned on.
Additionally, I believe all of us received a numbered key recently. Though to my knowledge, its purpose remains unclear for the time being.
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[ The documents made readily accessible at the university in the weeks prior were unusual as well, after all. ]
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i wasn't going to go except some friends got trapped inside. i guess if you want to be sure, you'd have to find someone who stayed back but didn't care about our experiment either
[ ...ah. ] i might know someone. i'll talk with him later
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what made you go? just curiosity?
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Did similar messages precede the events at the bank or the welcome party?
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that's how i knew it even opened
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[ In other words, only the mall and the haunted house are associated with the same set of steps so far, from the announcement and classification number pattern to the survey, presumably. ]
Were you asked to rate your experience then?
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i haven't been keeping track of them
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do you think the 50 means it's the 50th time they did that experiment? if it was the same one
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if anyone found more files i don't know about them
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if they sound the same then maybe they don't do the same experiment each october. but in 47 they did
so 47 and 50 had the same oct experiment
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but someone must be making us find these on purpose. we got the note on the newsletter and then we found the 47 report
[ A pause, and then another message: ]
we can't take out the original 47 report from the office but everything is redacted.
[ ... ]
it has to be on purpose. but the fact it's a redacted file makes me think it had to be to see how we would act than to help us
[ Sorry, dude, Robby is now texting and looking at his own copy of the report and trying to think!! ]
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I agree that it's deliberate and unlikely to be for our benefit. Nevertheless, I also intend to search the university further, particularly given that the light in that office no longer appears to be permanently turned on.
Additionally, I believe all of us received a numbered key recently. Though to my knowledge, its purpose remains unclear for the time being.
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last time we found keys it was in the bank. no special delivery