I think the accident might have jostled my brain a bit much
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 02:14 PM
It even gave you brain ghosts. Congratulations?(edited)
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 02:15 PM
biggity bonted your brain is now haunted
Pika17-Apr-21 02:25 PM
Hey, if we're voices in your head, does that make us... Ted Talks?
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 02:26 PM
...
Pika17-Apr-21 02:26 PM
Uh, just to clarify, you are a 21st century citizen equipped to understand that joke?
Lucky_Plucky2117-Apr-21 02:31 PM
Possible if not
Well there’s nothing spooky about it
Awake17-Apr-21 04:54 PM
(God I regret not seeing these jokes earlier tjejdbsjxjsjd)
TedBOT17-Apr-21 04:55 PM
21st century, yeah. 2017
I don't remember getting in a crash. Guess it knocked me out?
Last I remember was driving to the town I was moving into
Or was it....2003?
That thought makes my head hurt
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 04:59 PM
That's a pretty big difference there
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:00 PM
It is. Which explains the headache
Looks like I hit a tree. Glad it wasn't a person
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:01 PM
Are you sure the tree was not a person tho
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:01 PM
It's not bleeding, so yeah
________BOT17-Apr-21 05:02 PM
The car, off the side of the road, has hit a tree hard enough to knock it over. Wheels choked by vegetation, and engine ruined, it's unlikely to be running again any time soon.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:02 PM
I shouldn't be too far from the town
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:02 PM
wheels choked by vegetation?
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:02 PM
A bit of a walk, sure
Hmm, yeah?
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:02 PM
exactly how long has it been since you crashed?
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:03 PM
Plenty of grass and brush stuck in and around the wheels
An hour? Two? Not sure how long I was out
Engine feels hot still, cooling
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:03 PM
Alright. Good luck getting to town.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:04 PM
At least the moving crew went ahead of me, should be at the house before I am
I should focus on getting to a hospital before that, though
________BOT17-Apr-21 05:05 PM
The road is cracked, weeds pushing their way up as it winds through rows of trees. Not too far from the sight of the crash, a large road sign heralds arrival to the town of Crestfalt. It's not rusted, but seems bent, out of shape. Perhaps from impact with something.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:06 PM
Road could definitely use some work.
Not surprised I crashed on this
I can see the town in the distance, though
________BOT17-Apr-21 05:10 PM
The buildings seem aged. Cracked. However the town is in decent enough condition, cars driving on roads and people wandering about. Almost aimlessly in some cases.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:11 PM
Now the question is meet up with the movers first to make sure they got here or try and find the hospital straight away
I don't feel hurt too badly. Which is concerning given it seemed like a bad crash.
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:21 PM
Bad crashes don't always injure badly. It all depends on the specifics of the event.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:30 PM
True enough
"Excuse me, do you know where Aldery Drive is?"
UnregisteredBOT17-Apr-21 05:31 PM
"Aldery...wh...oh right....it's....thaaaa"
"Thaaaat wa-.....wa-way"
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:31 PM
"...."
It looks like their jaw is about to fall off when they talk, and
People are staring, now. Not all of them, but a few
I feel....unwelcome all of a sudden
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:36 PM
Did you just enter zombie town?
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:47 PM
It kind of seems like it
Everything seems....off
Just by a bit in some places, but off
It's....frustrating. Somehow
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:49 PM
maybe the town just mentally damages people until they're zombies
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:49 PM
That would be just my luck, wouldn't it
.
The road back is gone
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:50 PM
And there was that strange date confusion right at the beginning here
Ope
I guess you're stuck in the twilight zone then
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:50 PM
lotus eater
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:50 PM
idk about that
lotus eater is supposed to make you want to stay
i think Ted here would very much like to leave right now
________BOT17-Apr-21 05:51 PM
The road still led the same way. But a wall of houses, devoid of windows or doors, wall-to-wall against eachother, now bar the path. The citizens don't seem to notice, or care. Going about in repeated routines.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:51 PM
It's just. Gone
I don't
How is it
Oh right. Movers at the house.
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:52 PM
actually, someone mightve just moved buildings in the way
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:52 PM
Better get there, quick
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:52 PM
What
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:52 PM
the road out could still lead out, just with more obstacles in the way
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:52 PM
Are you really going to ignore this
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:53 PM
Ignore what? The wall?
Right. Wall
How is it....I still don't
How is it just there?
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:53 PM
HMS I think there be a mental effect
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:53 PM
prolly
this is some super bullshit
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:53 PM
He was quick to forget the problem that was literally right in front of him
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:54 PM
either way, time to get the FUCK out of town
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:54 PM
I can't. There's the wall.
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:54 PM
the wall of houses
houses have doors and windows
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:54 PM
No windows or doors
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:54 PM
With no doors
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:54 PM
oh
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:54 PM
Cmon HMS read
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:54 PM
im illiterate sometimes, my bad
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:55 PM
I'd need something like a firetruck to get over them
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:55 PM
...can you go around through real houses that have doors?
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:55 PM
might be able to get a car and a brick to smash through, if you're lucky
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:55 PM
trespassing seems a minor problem at this point
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:55 PM
The wall seems to cut through houses
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:55 PM
....
I guess you just aren't getting out then
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:55 PM
Fuck
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:55 PM
I bet the wall would get taller if you brought a ladder
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:56 PM
making a hole in the wall might work? hard to say
it might also piss it off
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:56 PM
No. No. There has to be a way out. Just need to find it.
That's an idea
Don't want to try punching bricks though
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:56 PM
like i said, car, brick, gas petal
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:56 PM
he has no car rn though
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:56 PM
If they're just solid houses of bricks?
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:57 PM
then you'll need tools or some form of explosive, thus finding a car would still be a good idea cause gasoline
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:58 PM
Well there's people driving around but. Zombie looking ones still
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:58 PM
also, if he can't escape right now, the mental effect probly mean that he'll forget that he needs to even do that. Started forgetting in like 10 seconds. If he does something else for an hour will he even remember the outside world exists?
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:58 PM
I can remember the wall better
Repetition is making it stick
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:58 PM
i mean, if its a step removed, its probably even better insulated
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 05:59 PM
Hmm. Hopefully beating the effect once means it won't effect you again.
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 05:59 PM
yee
TedBOT17-Apr-21 05:59 PM
Regardless, my earlier divergence is still valid
I have a moving crew stuck in here too
And whoever else isn't zombified
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:00 PM
Actually, can you tell if there was an overt mental effect? From this end you just kind of spazzed and decided to ignore the wall, but I dunno if you're just like that
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:01 PM
It was just gone for a moment, suddenly
Mentally at least
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:01 PM
Okay. That's pretty blatant. Hopefully all the other mental effects are just as blatant; it's the ones you don't notice that get you.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:01 PM
Right
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:02 PM
Anyway. Moving crew.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:02 PM
Anyway. Should I go looking for the moving crew? Might be at the house
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:02 PM
Sure. Unless you want to try climbing the wall or something first.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:02 PM
Indeed. The zombie pointed in its general direction, I think. I'll make my way there
I like climbing, but those bricks are flush
Not much to hold on to
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:03 PM
kay
hopefully the moving crew are actual people and not the town's way of gathering new victims
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:04 PM
I've known about this town for months, it's not supposed to be like this
My wife lived here for a while before she left. Supposed to be a charming place
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:05 PM
...
Hey, you want to think about 2003 and 2017 some more?(edited)
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:06 PM
It's...hard to
The current year is 2017, I'm sure of it
Something about 2003 keeps popping into my mind, though
I don't even know what
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:07 PM
city might be locked in to thinking its 2003
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:07 PM
That could be.
Maybe even a specific day in 2003
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:07 PM
it could also be vice versa somehow
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:08 PM
I doubt it's in the future
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:08 PM
But Ted understands Ted Talk
Surely if it was fake 2017 the town wouldn't be able to fabricate whole fake culture like that right?
________BOT17-Apr-21 06:09 PM
As Ted proceeds onwards, it's easily noticeable that the buildings are stretching. Growing taller. Corners becoming rounder, or extending further out. Door shifting to odd shapes, windows attached by their side to the building and jutting out. Street cracking worse, raising in sudden bumps or dropping in small holes.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:10 PM
Really need to watch my step, here.
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:10 PM
This is some City of Angles BS
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:10 PM
no kidding
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:10 PM
Should I ask for clearer directions? Not all of the signs are legible. Looks like gibberish
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:11 PM
Sure, but I don't know why you expect the citizens to not be as equally warped as the signs
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:11 PM
... It's not the most subtle
Not all of them seem to have mouths. They're all....wrong
It.....damn it all it makes me feel so...frustrated!
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:13 PM
deep breath
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:13 PM
Inhale
Exhale
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:13 PM
feeling a little better?
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:13 PM
Yes
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:14 PM
(*inhales someone's eldritch eyeball)
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:14 PM
I'm not one for anger but something about all this just...makes me furious
(choking gag MOTHER FUCK)
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:15 PM
that seems like another brainworm
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:15 PM
Oh. I found someone with...a mouth
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:15 PM
A mouth of what kind.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:15 PM
"Do you, uh, happen to Aldery Drive is?"
________BOT17-Apr-21 06:16 PM
The mouth, vertical, takes up most of the face. White, pupil-less eyes and faux-noses covering the rest of its bald head.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:16 PM
Big one
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:17 PM
Are you sure you're not about to be eaten
UnregisteredBOT17-Apr-21 06:17 PM
"Thaaaaaat. W-w-waaaaaaaaaaay. Turn...lef...left. On Berrytree. You....n.....ne....new-"
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:17 PM
Seems it's stumped on New
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:18 PM
That sounds like soft confirmation that these used to be normal people
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:18 PM
...
UnregisteredBOT17-Apr-21 06:18 PM
BANG, BANG BANG
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:18 PM
Fuck!
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:18 PM
?
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:18 PM
Somebody's shooting over there
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:19 PM
Moving crew?
UnregisteredBOT17-Apr-21 06:19 PM
SCRAMBLE SCRAMBLE
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:19 PM
The things are...swarming towards a house
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:19 PM
The people-things?
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:19 PM
I guess violence sets them off?
Yeah
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:19 PM
I guess so. Or loud noises.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:20 PM
Or that. So avoid both
Should I...go see what's going on?
Someone is shooting these things down
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:26 PM
...if you want.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:29 PM
They were swarming a house, but it seems they're swarming something outsi
I regret coming to see
Dear god
NellyBOT17-Apr-21 06:29 PM
"BRADLEY! NO! GET OFF OF ME!"
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:29 PM
"MOVE, DAMN IT! WE GOTTA GO!"
________BOT17-Apr-21 06:31 PM
While the horde swarms on a lone, now quiet victim, a pair escapes, one dragged by the other, into houses opposite the mess. Seeming to be cutting through the buildings as cover. Not all in this town are changed, it seems.
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:32 PM
it really do be eldritch zombie town
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:34 PM
I'm gonna be sick. I
Oh there's a lovely restaurant over there
Smells delicious
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:34 PM
Focus
Two people just ran away from a horde of pseudo zombies
A third died
The restaurant, if it even exists, is irrelevant
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:35 PM
But....hungry
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:36 PM
but no
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:36 PM
You're being fucked with
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:36 PM
Wait. That's not a corner
Right. Gonna be sick
Good god I almost
Follow the people. Focus on that
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:36 PM
Deep breath. Try to hold onto clarity of purpose
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:37 PM
Running after them. Leave restaurant behind. Don't look at it. No. Not restaurant. Not. Ugh!
Hate this
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:37 PM
It's not a restaurant
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:37 PM
Hate hate hate
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:38 PM
Click
"Stop moving. Now."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:38 PM
Hate. Loathe. This situation is
Bad.
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:38 PM
Talk
Follow orders, but talk
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:38 PM
"Don't shoot! I'm not....not one of those things."
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:39 PM
Click
"Good. Had to be sure. The ones near the edge are...close enough to make ya pause."
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:40 PM
So, that explains what the effect going on with you is.
Thankfully, you're able to beat it, with a concentrated effort
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:40 PM
"....Right. That was....quick. Who are you?"
Yeah. Thankfully.
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:41 PM
"Jannet. Town sherriff. Or was, before. Well, this. Town had some trouble before, but woo this takes the damn cake and then some."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:41 PM
"Ted Crownley. I uh...just got into town. Bought a house on Aldery."
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:42 PM
"You bought the old Forrester place? Well, chose a shit time to move in to town."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:42 PM
Well, she knows where it is at least.
I don't see the other one.
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:42 PM
might've ran elsewhere
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:43 PM
"Wasn't there another one of you?"
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:43 PM
"Had to knock her out, almost ran out into that horde. She's in the other room."
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:44 PM
understandable
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:44 PM
"Got her brother, poor thing. Tourists, took the wrong road."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:44 PM
"Right.."
Bit of an...odd road to take a wrong turn on. Just miles through the woods.
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:46 PM
As a tourist, that sometimes happens
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:46 PM
True
"What, uh...are those things?"
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:47 PM
"No damn clue. Whole town was just suddenly like this. Worse near the center."
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:47 PM
Wait, was the restaurant the dead person?
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:47 PM
...
Don't want to think about it.
Please.
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:48 PM
kay
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:51 PM
"The whole town, just like that? What year is it for you?"
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:51 PM
"2017."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:51 PM
"Not '03?"
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:51 PM
"No. Wait...maybe? I..."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:52 PM
She's clutching her head. Seems it hurts her too.
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:52 PM
town's fucking with heads(edited)
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:52 PM
"The creatures. They attracted to sound?"
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:53 PM
"Sound, and tourists. Don't attack me, tried to tear her and her brother to shreds."
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 06:53 PM
oh. so you're protected because you're a legit new resident
was bout to ask
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:53 PM
Thank god for that at least
"You seem to be able to focus on the weird stuff here...easily?"
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:54 PM
"You're not?"
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:54 PM
"...."
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:54 PM
"Name, what you're planning to do, some fact about yourself. It'll help get you grounded."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:55 PM
"So you did have trouble?"
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:55 PM
you should focus on what she suggested
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:55 PM
"Everyone does, around here, it seems."
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:55 PM
as a matter of fact, are you able to pin stuff in here?
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:56 PM
Ted Crownley, I want to find my house, I'm a writer.
Original message was deleted or could not be loaded.
Awake17-Apr-21 06:56 PM
Pinned a message.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:56 PM
Seems so
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 06:56 PM
excellent
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:56 PM
(Colins Sunbro. Wait am I a tinker?)
That'll be good for reference, at least.
"...Thank you."
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 06:59 PM
"No problem. You can do me a favor to repay me for it. Running low on ammo, should be a squad car down the road a bit. Have the key for it. Gonna keep watch over the sleeper here, grab me as much ammo as you can?"
TedBOT17-Apr-21 06:59 PM
Right. Ammo is gonna be a problem.
I mean. I apparently won't be attacked. Could help?
randomhuman4417-Apr-21 07:00 PM
remember to mention that you're moving in if they do decide to attack
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:00 PM
Right
"Yeah, I can."
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 07:01 PM
"Great. Food should be ready by the time you get back. Gonna whip something up. We're gonna be burning a lot of calories running, no doubt."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:01 PM
I have acquired a key.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:17 PM
They seem to have finished eating outside. Not really anything left, luckily for my stomach.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:38 PM
Found it. The ammo inside is useless.
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 07:39 PM
For you, maybe. Might be something Jannet can use.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:40 PM
Half of it is warped the other half seems to have melted into...ink? It seems like ink.
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 07:40 PM
Yikes.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:40 PM
I doubt this stuff would fit into any guns
We'd probably need to scavenge nearer to the edge
Wait, I see someone. I think.
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 07:45 PM
Be careful.
________BOT17-Apr-21 07:45 PM
The almost statuesque figure appears to be a woman. Seven feet tall. As pale as the white dress and wide hat she wears on her emaciated form. Save for the hat, not a curved line exists on her angled form. Like a roughly sketched form, which rose off of its canvas. Hat and dress seeming almost fused, or made of, the chalk-white skin.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:45 PM
I'm getting strong urges to flee
Very strong.
Limina Idling | Hours17-Apr-21 07:46 PM
Fair. Might be a good idea.
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:46 PM
Step step step
UnregisteredBOT17-Apr-21 07:46 PM
"Hmm."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:46 PM
Okay, she didn't follow me I don't think. Didn't move. At all.
"Jannet, the ammo is all bad. Half of it's ink and half of it's warped."
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 07:48 PM
"Shit. Got food in the kitchen, eat and we'll talk."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:49 PM
"There was also a...woman? White hat, dress. Creepy."
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 07:49 PM
"SH-Shedidn'tfollowyouright?"
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:49 PM
"Uh.....no?"
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 07:50 PM
"Good. Thought I saw something similar earlier. Even the things seemed to avoid them."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:50 PM
"....Right."
She seemed worried, like she knew what was out there.
Which is concerning
"Do you...know what was out there?"
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 07:56 PM
"No.."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:58 PM
"...."
"Let's eat."
JannetBOT17-Apr-21 07:59 PM
"Yeah, let's."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 07:59 PM
At least the food seems normal. Steaks. And the tourist is up.
NellyBOT17-Apr-21 07:59 PM
"...."
TedBOT17-Apr-21 08:00 PM
Yeah she seems....withdrawn.
TedBOT18-Apr-21 12:15 PM
Which is understandable given what happened. I should. Give her space.
Malaki18-Apr-21 02:22 PM
(Oh this is horror...welp im gone already too spoopy)
