Memories

I've spent days, weeks without a single thought. It might've just been stagnation, repetition, waiting, while my mind blurred the lines between days. I'm not sure anymore, though. I think something else has been blurring it. 

I've not been able to focus for a while now. Marionettes is still broken, for what it's worth. It hasn't been fixed. I haven't heard from Riley, or Edward. I don't really know what's going on right now. 

How long have I been in my house? My stomach hasn't been upset at me, despite not leaving. 

Sometimes, I think I can see my dreams on TV. When I blink, though, they're gone. Just fuzzy eyes, I guess. 

Back in 2006, I remember breaking into Marionettes, and nothing happened. Except when, a few days later, Upstaged closed. I think something else happened. My memories aren't all that reliable. 

I wonder how the three are doing right now. Riley, Wyatt, and Nashiko. They're probably alright. Maybe not. Maybe they're trapped inside the building, everything fluctuating around them while they search for a way out. Maybe they're viewing the encore right now. Maybe they've already stopped the show.

I don't think so. I think the show is just starting. Edward Marion probably would've said something if it was over. Right? Or maybe he was taken, or killed. Is he alive? He doesn't feel very alive.

Everything is making me tired. I've not been able to focus for a while now. Maybe I should sleep some more. I wonder when I'll get hungry.

I keep dreaming

I can see their faces. Lily, Wyatt, and Thomas. They're inside my head, and I'm inside theirs. It's only fragments, but they're growing.

Riley & Penelope: Chat Log 3

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12:01 [Riley] I told you to stop

12:01 [Riley] I'm trapped in station 85 with the others, wyatt and nashiko, because of structural fluctuations

12:01 [Riley] which are being caused by you still being here

12:01 [Riley] why are you doing this to us? to me?

12:01 [Penelope] Riley, I have no fucking idea what any of this means

12:01 [Penelope] I thought I lost you when the company died, but now you're back, and there's more going on than I had ever thought

12:02 [Penelope] And for some reason, you think I'm responsible for this, when I don't even know what this is

12:02 [Riley] you really don't remember?

12:02 [Penelope] No, I don't 

12:02 [Riley] okay

12:02 [Riley] back in 2006, upstaged closed suddenly

12:02 [Penelope] yeah, I remember that

12:02 [Riley] it closed because of something that was spreading

12:02 [Riley] the signal

12:02 [Riley] which started spreading after you broke into marionettes

12:02 [Riley] it was supposedly stopped when upstaged closed, but in 2016 it started to spreading again

12:02 [Riley] I received a package that let me know

12:03 [Riley] then, in 2018, more people got packages

12:03 [Penelope] I got one in 2018

At this point, there was an interruption from Edward Marion.

NECESSARY INTERRUPTION BEFORE COLLAPSE

THE SIGNAL HAS BROKEN FREE OF ALL PRIOR CAGES

THROUGH THE NECROMANCY OF MEMORIES

A DEBT INCURRED BY TWO WAS NEVER PAID

THE LEDGER SEALED IN AMALGAMATE ASSEMBLY

THE PERFORMANCE WAS FOUND LACKING
AND THE LEAD ROLE WAS UPSTAGED

NOW THE AUDIENCE CALLS FOR MORE

ENCORE!

Marionette's automatic threat detection cut him off and prematurely closed the chat thread; however, it was bypassed by something else that began to speak. Direct transcript:

transmission strands secured to amygdala and hippocampus

pendant remote connection active

three receivers located

three errors located

receivers deployed to correct errors

transmission tower #1 has been reactivated

transmission tower #2 currently being repaired

everything is in place

please enjoy the show

At that point, the chat thread continued between Riley and I.

12:04 [Penelope] Did you see that

12:04 [Riley] so you were lying

12:04 [Penelope] Riley let me talk

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(Riley closed the thread, so your message wasn't sent. Try to open a new thread to continue communication.)

Before I could open a new thread, Marionettes encountered a fatal error, and completely crashed. In order to get back into it, it needs to be manually restarted.

I wanted to tell Riley that I didn't know why my old ID photo was thrown up over "transmission tower #1", but I don't think she would have believed me, anyways.

Things have broken down, and something bad has escaped, and is now working again. I don't know how to fix things.

Encore!

Video: https://youtu.be/5W0qBpOpA3o

There is something wrong inside of me

Email update 4

I received an email from Edward Marion, unprompted.

The subject is "Re-Animate", and the text is:

"Time is moving faster and faster as the final cage breaks open

Many secrets still lay dormant but will breathe again

The audience is now seaten

The show will be starting soon"

The tidbit at the end of the signature now reads "Sovereignty reawakened by the necromancy of memories". 

A profile picture has been added. Hard to get a good image of it, so this is the best I can do:

That's a face, but it's hard to tell who it is. I think something will be happening soon.

Marionettes 5 - Signal

Video: https://youtu.be/z61P7rDIDUE

I had a hunch, and looked up signal in Marionettes. There's apparently a page dedicated to it.

What is the signal?

Riley & Penelope: Chat Log 2

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5:25 [Riley] the station is getting more unstable
5:25 [Riley] fluctuations are constant, and it's becoming more difficult to avoid the three memories
5:25 [Riley] you messing with marionettes is part of what's making it worse
5:25 [Riley] I'm asking you for the last time, please, stop
5:26 [Penelope] I'll stop if you tell me what's going on
5:26 [Penelope] Seriously, what's happening? I don't know
5:26 [Penelope] And what have you been doing? I haven't seen you since 2006
5:26 [Riley] I saw you in 2016 and you said you had no idea who I was
5:26 [Riley] then, right after, the signal started up again
5:27 [Riley] and, of course, you were the one that freed the signal to begin with
5:27 [Penelope] I swear that I didn't see you in 2016, you must've got someone that just looked like me
5:27 [Penelope] And I have no idea what the signal even is, or how it's been freed
5:27 [Riley] I don't believe that you don't know 
5:27 [Riley] but it doesn't matter, I guess
5:28 [Riley] just stay out of this until I fix it
5:28 [Riley] I'll talk more then
5:28 [Riley] and again, stay out
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Forgot to record this chat, but I'm putting it here for posterity. She ended the chat thread before I could respond, and to be honest, I'm not sure how I'd respond.

I don't know why she's refusing to explain what's happening to me, or why she thinks I'm lying. I promise that I'm not.