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DAY 1. UNKNOWN SENDER

UNKNOWN SENDER[133-274-3437], UNKNOWN SENDER[133-985-9524]

[6:34 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> hello?

[6:35 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> yo

[6:37 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> who are you?

[6:37 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> you fuckin tell me ur the one who messaged me

[6:38 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> youre the first number i saw in my phone contacts. i dont know where i am.

[6:38 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> L

[6:39 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> where are you?

[6:39 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> what r u a cop

[6:39 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> i woke up in some house or hotel i dont recognize. theres no door out.

[6:40 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> dope

[6:41 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> are you in a room too?

[6:41 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> maybe

[6:43 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> i need help. any information you can give me would be useful.

[6:44 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> do you have a kitchen

[6:45 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> yes. theres a tv here too.

[6:45 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> then youre fine

>

> watch some fuckin basketball or some shit

>

> eat a hot dog

[6:46 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> i dont belong here. i need to get out.

[6:46 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> you need a fucin chill pill

>

> find one in yur medicine cabinet

[6:49 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> how long have you been awake?

[6:57 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> hello?

[7:04 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> ill talk to someone else.

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UNKNOWN SENDER[133-274-3437], UNKNOWN SENDER[133-883-6490]

[7:05 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> hello?

[7:07 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> are you there?

[7:10 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> i need help.

[7:14 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> there are a lot of numbers in my contacts i dont recognize and you were one of them

[7:16 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> im trapped in some kind of hotel. there are no windows and theres no exit.

[7:23 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> if you get this, let me know. my name is lennon.

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UNKNOWN SENDER[133-274-3437], UNKNOWN SENDER[133-436-3822]

[7:24 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> are you there?

>

> my name is lennon. i need help.

>

> im trapped in some room and theres no way out

>

> theres a kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, and living room. its like any other apartment

>

> i dont know how i got here

[7:24 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> Whoa, slow down

[7:24 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> i tried messaging 2 other people but they didnt help

[7:25 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> I'm in the same boat. Just calm yourself

[7:25 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> where are you?

[7:25 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> I'm Geneva

>

> I have no idea. I woke up in a room just like you

[7:26 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> do you see any way out?

[7:26 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> No

>

> No windows or doors

>

> There's a couple air vents blowing, but nothing I can fit my arm through

[7:28 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> what are we supposed to do?

>

> The author's tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.

[7:28 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> We could try breaking the walls

ALERT: ANY ATTEMPT TO FORCIBLY BREAK OUT OF YOUR ROOMS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. FAILURE TO ABIDE WILL MEAN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION FROM THE GAME.

[7:28 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> what the hell?

[7:28 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> Guess not.

[7:28 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> what was that?

>

> whos running these phones?

>

> what is the game?

[7:29 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> Probably the same people who put us here

>

> And your guess is as good as mine

[7:29 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> fuck. this is fucking weird. i need to get out.

[7:29 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> Calm down. We'll figure out what this is all about soon enough.

[7:30 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> how many people are in your contacts?

[7:30 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> A lot

>

> Definitely over a hundred

[7:31 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> and my number is in them?

[7:31 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> Yeah

[7:32 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> and everyone is labeled unknown sender?

[7:32 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> Even I'm labeled "UNKNOWN SENDER"

[7:32 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> is there a way to change that?

[7:34 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> Yeah, I found it. If you hold down on your name in the contacts menu, you can change it

[7:35 A.M.] lennon bridger

> do you see mine?

[7:35 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> No

>

> Did mine change for you?

[7:35 A.M.] lennon bridger

> no

[7:36 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> Could you try reloading the app?

[7:39 A.M.] lennon bridger

> it didnt work

[7:39 A.M.] UNKNOWN SENDER

> Damn. I think only you can see it.

>

> Wait, you can change the name of your contacts by holding down on them as well

[7:41 A.M.] lennon bridger

> oh

>

> so should we try to get in contact with everybody else?

[7:42 A.M.] geneva

> I've already started talking to a couple people, I can forward you their numbers

>

> Tyrina Davis - 133-386-2424

>

> Eliza - 133-293-7333

>

> Jia - 771-2578

[7:44 A.M.] lennon bridger

> what are the first 3 for jia?

[7:44 A.M.] geneva

> 133

ALERT: THE GAME IS NOW BEGINNING. YOU WILL REMAIN IN YOUR ROOMS FOR THE NEXT 150 DAYS. STARTING THE SECOND WEEK, ONE OF YOU WILL BE ELIMINATED EACH DAY AS DETERMINED BY A RANDOMLY SELECTED CRITERIA RELATED TO YOUR ACTIVITIES DURING IT. THE CRITERIA WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF EACH DAY. EACH OF YOU OPTED TO JOIN THIS GAME ONE MONTH AGO AND AGREED TO LOSE ALL OF YOUR OLD MEMORIES TO ACHIEVE FULL IMMERSION. ONCE ELIMINATED, YOU WILL GET THEM BACK. ALL OF YOUR FELLOW PLAYERS ARE IN THE CONTACTS OF THE PHONE THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU. BY THE END OF THE DESIGNATED 150 DAYS, TWO OF YOU WILL REMAIN AND ONE WILL RECEIVE THE GAME'S ULTIMATE REWARD. FURTHERMORE, ALL FOOD AND DRINKS YOU WILL NEED ARE RESTOCKED EVERY NIGHT ONCE YOU FALL ASLEEP. ANY SPECIFIC REQUESTS CAN BE WRITTEN ON A STICKY NOTE LOCATED ON YOUR KITCHEN COUNTER AND PLACED ON YOUR BEDROOM DOOR. YOU HAVE FIVE MONTHS. TREAD CAREFULLY.

[7:45 A.M.] lennon bridger

> holy shit is this blaring from your tv as well?

[7:45 A.M.] geneva

> Yeah. Listen

[7:48 A.M.] lennon bridger

> holy shit.

[7:51 A.M.] lennon bridger

> are you still there?

[7:53 A.M.] geneva

> Yeah, sorry. Everybody is texting me at once.

>

> Insane.

[7:54 A.M.] lennon bridger

> how do we even know they're telling the truth?

>

> our memories are gone, they could have said anything and we would have no choice but to believe it.

>

> how did they even wipe our memories? does that technology exist?

[7:56 A.M.] geneva

> No idea

>

> But if they were lying, this would be a very strange way to do it

>

> If someone was going to kidnap over a hundred people, I imagine they would be upfront about it

>

> The Iran hostages weren't exactly playing a Great British Baking Show ripoff in a bunker for 444 days

[7:57 A.M.] lennon bridger

> how do we remember the iran hostage crisis and the great british baking show but not anything about our lives?

[7:58 A.M.] geneva

> That's certainly a question.

[7:58 A.M.] lennon bridger

> and whats the reward supposed to be? and why would we opt to get our memories wiped for it?

>

> none of this is making sense to me. i have no idea what to believe right now.

[7:59 A.M.] geneva

> Then believe what makes it make sense or believe nothing. I have nothing to offer in terms of reassurance because I don't have any more information you don't. All I can say confidently is that this is far cry away from anything truly sinister. There isn't much here to warrant concern for your safety or distrust in the people running this

[8:02 A.M.] lennon bridger

> but why would they wipe our memory? thats an incredibly tall risk to take with such a giant pool of people, and leaving them with nothing but that vague announcement doesn't strike me as professional handling.

>

> are we on tv? do you see cameras anywhere?

[8:03 A.M.] geneva

> Maybe they're just lazy. We could be test cases for some study of human behavior. Like guinea pigs

>

> I haven't seen any obvious cameras. There's probably some hidden in invisible corners around here. If they have the tech to wipe a part of our brains clean, they must have covert cameras

>

> That doesn't necessarily mean we're on TV though

[8:05 A.M.] lennon bridger

> i just havent seen anything to put me at ease. i cant see myself agreeing to that sort of experiment on myself.

[8:06 A.M.] geneva

> Maybe that's what you knew you were going to think. The vagueness in the announcement might have been intentional to stir us all up. It adds up.

[8:08 A.M.] lennon bridger

> fuck. i dont know. we can believe anything we want, but only one thing can be true. i just cant wrap my head around this. i dont know.

[8:09 A.M.] geneva

> Are you religious?

[8:09 A.M.] lennon bridger

> i might have been before this. i dont feel very religious now.

[8:11 A.M.] geneva

> Well imagine that you are. You're stuck in that room in the same way all humans are stuck on this planet. You don't know why or how, and you're nowhere close to getting answers. So in place of those answers, you create your own. You choose what belief makes the most sense to you and keeps you at ease and live your life keeping that in mind. It makes existing much easier.

[8:12 A.M.] lennon bridger

> if i was religious, that would certainly be where my head is.

[8:12 A.M.] geneva

> And now it can. Your old life is gone for the next five months, so you decide what you do with it

[8:12 A.M.] lennon bridger

> well ill at least try to not slip into an existential crisis.

[8:13 A.M.] geneva

> Look at us, the researchers behind the walls are probably going nuts seeing what's happening here

[8:13 A.M.] lennon bridger

> i hope it gives them a fucking heart attack if theyre there.

[8:16 A.M.] lennon bridger

> so im just supposed to keep myself occupied alone for 150 days and thats it?

[8:17 A.M.] geneva

> Pretty much. Better find a TV channel you can get used to.

[8:18 A.M.] lennon bridger

> ill see what i can do.

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