Threads/Forum Games/cool game

[21:56] minotaur56: anyone want to play a cool game?

[22:14] minotaur56: bump

[22:32] minotaur56: anyone?

[22:34] Cupio_Dissolvi: Don’t ask to ask. Just post. Otherwise you’re doing nothing but spamming the board.

[22:35] minotaur56: [Image Attachment: babel.png]

[22:35] minotaur56: have fun

[22:37] solami: What is this? it’s literally just a photoshopped pic of one of those old music players, clicking on it does nothing

[22:38] DareToRun: it’s called a phonograph

doesn’t do anything for me either btw

probably just a troll

[22:39] Cupio_Dissolvi: Care to explain yourself, @minotaur56?

[22:42] treeisfun: >[Image Attachment]

what have you been smoking man lmao that looks so trippy

[22:49] Cupio_Dissolvi: It’s been 10 minutes and still no answer. @Staff

[22:50] solami: Trolling is supposed to be funny you know

[22:50] DareToRun: i don’t think you understand what a troll is

[22:51] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: Thread locked for spamming. Please refrain from making nonsensical posts in the future, @minotaur56. Further offenses will result in a temporary ban.

[22:51] System: Thread locked.

Threads/Community Chat/The most vivid dream I ever had

[5:56] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: I’m still sweating as I’m typing this.

I think I had a supernatural experience last night.

I went to sleep normally, no changes in schedule, diet or anything. I didn’t take any hallucinogens, never have, never will.

Instead of slipping into unconsciousness like every other night, I immediately found myself in an underground parking lot. It was basically pure teleportation. None of that dream fuzziness or anything. It’s like I was there, fully awakened and everything. One second I’m in my bed, I blink, and now I’m there. You get the idea.

I remember a concrete wall behind me, with yellow lines going across the top and the bottom. The number one was painted in that same color next to a metal door.

And worst of all, that wall was the only vertical surface I could see. Everywhere else, it was just the asphalt floor, stretching into infinity. A pattern of white parking marks repeated endlessly across its surface.

I was about to piss my underwear.

I rushed for the steel door, wanting nothing else but to get out of there.

And there I was, panting, feeling the familar press of my mattress on my back. It was over. I immediately got up from my bed, turned on my computer and started typing this.

I’m genuinely terrified. Please tell me I’m back in the real world. Has anyone else ever had a similar experience?

[6:04] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: Oh god… Where is everyone? The streets from my window are empty. Is anybody reading this? This cannot be happening.

[6:06] treeisfun: LMAO calm your shit man it’s early as fuck here

you sure about that no drugs thing? lol, i take dmt and the worst i’ve ever had was pretty similar to what you said

you get used to it

anyhow I stayed up all night for my shift at the store, probably going to catch some sleep now

peace man, I’m sure you’ll be fine, there’s a car driving on the road outside atm

[6:07] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: I definitely didn’t consume anything outside of the ordinary. Have I been drugged?

I’m jumping to unlikely conclusions. Thanks for reassuring me. Have a good night. Or should I say day? Sleep well.

[6:10] Ancient_Archivist: That sounds a lot like a lucid dream! I’m still a beginner, but I’m making good progress. I’m jealous, looks like you had a fantastic experience randomly! Maybe I’ll be able to get those kinds of results eventually if I keep my dream journal updated.

[6:11] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: Yeah, I know about those. Never had one, until last night, that is. “Fantastic”, that’s a weird way to put it. I think you mispelled “horrifying”. How could anyone want this? I suppose it’s not as startling if you know that it’s a dream, and that you deliberately caused it.

[6:12] Ancient_Archivist: It’s VR with your brain! If it ever happens again, just remember that none of it is real. Get yourself superpowers or something. Crazy that this kind of stuff is even possible.

[6:15] Cupio_Dissolvi: Just woke up. I lived the exact same thing as you did, @Oxymoronic. I wanted to make a thread about it, but I suppose you beat me to it.

[6:20] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: Well, don’t leave me hanging! Do you have any idea how desperate I am for an explanation?

[6:20] Cupio_Dissolvi: I was about to hit post the moment you replied. Breathe deeply. Calm yourself.

I got in that same parking lot, in every bit similar to the one you described. Extreme levels of realism. I too headed for the door, but I remained unfazed. As real as it seemed, people don’t randomly teleport into infinite spaces. It had to be a dream. Where you felt terror, I felt curiosity.

[6:21] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: Alright, sorry. You do have to admit that this is beyond weird. I’m just glad we’re okay.

[6:26] Cupio_Dissolvi: Here’s the thing, though. I didn’t wake up like you did after I opened that door. I got somewhere else. In a cathedral, to be precise. A beautiful gem of gothic architecture, easily beating in size the one in my city threefold. The stained glass letting in radiant beams of sunlight all bore the same patterns. Instead of saints, they were all representing the number two.

[6:28] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: This is beyond creepy. Please tell me you’re joking. I know you’re not one to fool others, but please tell me you decided, just this time, to play a trick on me by making me believe I took part in some messed up experiment without my consent. Tell me it was all just a random lucid dream like Ancient said.

[6:34] Cupio_Dissolvi: I’m afraid I won’t be giving you that luxury.

In the center of the cathedral moved a giant pendulum shaped from clear crystal. Attached to the ceiling, each oscillation swept a gust of wind across my face. It’s clear that I would have been knocked unconscious were I to have stood in its path. At the other end of the structure stood a large wooden door with dark, metallic hinges.

[6:34] DareToRun: wtf? is this a roleplay thread?

[6:35] Ancient_Archivist: Hey, let’s try to be respectful of people’s experiences. Even if it didn’t actually happen, they probably felt like it happened.

[6:37] Cupio_Dissolvi: An eerie calmness blanketed the air. I stepped forward, bracing myself to dash through the center of the room right as the pendulum would be on one of the highest points of its movement. I waited, building up an explosive tension in my legs, ready to be released at the right moment. A strange glimmer seen through the transparent crystal interrupted my focus.

[6:38] DareToRun: alright you guys have fun lmao

[6:40] Cupio_Dissolvi: The pendulum swung again. This time, the glimmer had become a vaguely humanoid shape. A Golem, as in the jewish legends, yet made of glass instead of clay. I could only get a one-second glimpse of the creature. Another sweep of the crystal trap sent a burst of air on my cheeks. This time, the golem had risen its fists in a defensive position. A droplet of sweat flowed across my forehead, soon blown away by yet another swing from the pendulum. This time, the creature had vanished.

[6:42] Ancient_Archivist: With all due respect, maybe we’d take you more seriously if you weren’t telling your story like it was a campfire horror tale

[6:43] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: What would he gain by lying to us? Attention? There’s only a dozen active people here. If you had been in my place, you’d be finding this very believable.

[6:46] Cupio_Dissolvi: The cathedral appeared empty, yet I knew the Golem was still there, now in front of the pendulum, preparing its attack. I dashed, not caring for the crystal trap’s position. My shoulder scraped against a cold, smooth shape that I could not see. A whoosh of air brushed my hair. This hit had missed, but I wasn’t willing to push my luck. Three strides further, the pendulum whizzed behind my back. One step back, and my entire body would have been instantly crushed.

[6:47] Ancient_Archivist: okay, tell us the name of your novel so we can buy it

[6:49] Cupio_Dissolvi: I rushed for the exit. One word bounced around my mind: “Escape”. I swung open the wooden door, and bolted through. I expected yet another room, perhaps even more dangerous than this one. But, instead, I was relieved to see the familiar decor of my bedroom.

For the skeptics, do note that the most exceptional events are best told with the most evocative prose. This was an experience like no other.

[6:53] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: Interesting. Thank you for sharing. Now, what caused this? How did we live through something so similar? We live hundreds of kilometers apart. It can’t have been a local event. There’s zero mention of something like this on the Internet, either. No news, no forum posts, nothing.

[6:54] Cupio_Dissolvi: Well, think about it. Did anything special happen to both of us recently?

[6:55] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: What kind of question is that?

[6:55] Cupio_Dissolvi: Something unusual. Use your brain.

[6:56] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: You’re toying with a person in shock. This is not okay. Just say it.

[6:57] Cupio_Dissolvi: That image. From yesterday’s spam thread. Numbers, rooms, doors, enemies… Don’t you find all this very game-like?

[6:58] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: This is the most ludicrous shit I’ve ever seen.

[6:58] Cupio_Dissolvi: And yet you did see it. We know this stuff exists now. The psychics, the mediums and the seers - were they correct all along?

[6:59] Ancient_Archivist: Cupio, please. I have no idea what you’re talking about.

[7:02] Cupio_Dissolvi: I suppose this should help you understand. [Image Attachment: DELETED BY STAFF]

[7:04] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: What are you doing? We have no idea what we’re messing with.

[7:05] Ancient_Archivist: Well, I saw it right before the delete. It’s an old record player? Edited to have some kind of drug trip filter over it? What?

[7:06] Cupio_Dissolvi: @DareToRun saw the image too, yet they didn’t relate to our experiences. It’s just a theory. Maybe it only affects certain people. Maybe it had nothing to do with what we lived through. We need more data.

[7:09] DareToRun: why was i tagged? i ain’t reading all that

[7:10] Ancient_Archivist: I’m so confused. I’ll be coming back here when you guys want to engage in actual discussion.

[7:12] Cupio_Dissolvi: So, @DareToRun, what would have done in our place? In that parking lot? Would you have opened the door, or ran into the infinite space?

[7:13] DareToRun: just fuck off mate

[7:13] Cupio_Dissolvi: Answer my question.

[7:14] System: User @Cupio_Dissolvi has been muted for 4 hours.

[7:15] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: Enough. I don’t want anymore discussion on this topic. This is a traumatizing event, not your personal science experiment. I just want all of this to go away like it never happened.

[7:15] solami: What the hell happened here

[7:16] System: Thread locked.

PRIVATE MESSAGE: Cupio_Dissolvi -> solami

[11:19] Cupio_Dissolvi: You saw it too.

[11:26] solami: Yes I did see that image

No I didn’t have any parking lot dreams

Oxy told you to stop talking about this

I read the convo

Take your meds

[11:27] Cupio_Dissolvi: What would you have done in our place?

[11:28] solami: If it gets you to shut up

I would’ve ran into the distance

A door like that is an obvious trap

[11:29] Cupio_Dissolvi: Interesting. Thank you. I won’t bother you again.

PRIVATE MESSAGE: Cupio_Dissolvi -> Ancient_Archivist

[11:32] Cupio_Dissolvi: When you see the parking lot, run into the infinite space. Don’t touch the door. I want to see what happens.

[11:40] Ancient_Archivist: You just don’t know when to quit. Oxy will hear about this.

[11:41] Cupio_Dissolvi: Remember what I said.

[11:41] System: Your message was not delivered. Reason: You have been blocked by the recipient.

MODERATION TICKET: Cupio_Dissolvi (Rule 2: User harrassment)

[11:50] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: Stop. Just stop. You’re my friend. I don’t want to remove you from the forum. You usually bring interesting stuff to the table. But here, you’ve gone too far. Our mental health could be in danger and you’re treating users like your test subjects.

[11:54] Cupio_Dissolvi: How can you not be curious? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to discover something truly supernatural! We need to get to the bottom of this.

[11:55] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: What we need is some time to return to our senses. And we won’t be having any as long as you’re around, it seems.

[11:57] Cupio_Dissolvi: Correct.

[11:58] Oxymoronic [Moderator]: Well, I appreciate the honesty.

[11:58] System: You have been banned for 24 hours. Reason: Rule 2