⤿　❛ paranoia

⟪ sᴏ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ᴇsᴄᴀᴘᴇᴅ. ⟫

we shall meet again sometime soon, beloved friends.

—ᴀʀᴍᴀɢᴇᴅᴅᴏɴ

Firmly, the doors of the abandoned warehouse shut from the outside, cascading the unfortunate rescue group in darkness. The door is decorated with a hefty lock from the inside, and cannot be opened unless the lock's code is entered. One last game starts for the night.

⟪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ғᴜɴ! ⟫

the stage:
- abandoned warehouse locked from the inside with a 7-digit code consisting of both letters and numbers
- all hostages are present, still restrained and blindfolded
- a small, wooden desk equipped with numerous items (a)
- satanic ritual setup; sigil of baphomet inscribed on the ground, lit wax candles around it (b)

the setup:
- a book with 1000 numbered pages, all blank *
- a cheap laptop with limited access to two websites: https://world-unknown.github.io/ and https://lowest.world/ *
- a note with “a new start” written on it *
- wax candles that have been lit *

* - denotes that setup items have either been taken from the wooden desk (a) or the ritual setup (b).

[ posted in the lounge by the newly released hostage, moon byulyi ]

her head is still pulsing from all that’s happened, barely able to grasp onto the reality that she has escaped from her captors after delivering what they sought. she had been found in the fields by officer shim, the very spot she had sacrificed herself at. and now she stands in the lounge, having been escorted here after she was found. and of course, her lovely captors sent her with a message for the other tenants—a piece of paper which had been placed on her.

⟪ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɪɴᴠɪᴛᴇᴅ! ⟫

tomorrow, just near the fields,
we shall meet, for we will not yield.

your beloved persons await, in a place dingy and dark,
seen on occasion just near flowers; the end of an arc.

we’d love to see you face to face,
unrelenting but tucked up my sleeve is an ace.

meet us half past noon,
for we shall meet soon.

—ᴀʀᴍᴀɢᴇᴅᴅᴏɴ

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[ a video clip has been sent ]
- bright chivaaree is seen at the center of the screen, restrained, blindfolded, and clouded in darkness. the following can be heard from the video:

"Lisa..Lisa that girl she isn't what everyone thinks she is, she's just a who gets what she wants... How can someone like her walk around with her head held high when she caused this? We're all suffering because of her. And Changmin that waste bag of an officer, he's ruining our reputation with his ed up drinking habits, needless to say they both deserve to rot in hell."

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[ a video clip has been sent ]
- ariana grande, the kidnapped veterinarian student, is seen at the center of the screen, restrained, blindfolded, and clouded in darkness. the following can be heard from the video:

"if we're having an honesty circle, i think the town would be much better if officer chang killed himself. i'm tired of keeping it in... y'know he almost killed me? and to think he thought i forgot.. that anyone thought i forgot. how could anyone be so stupid? it won't be long until we find him with his wrists slashed, don't you think?... lisa on the other hand -- lisa lisa lisa. how could anyone like someone like her? someone so selfish and skimpy."

[ two video clips have been sent ]
- moon byulyi, the kidnapped prosecutor, is seen at the center of the screen, restrained, blindfolded, and clouded in darkness. the following can be heard from the videos:

“couldn’t you already fathom yourself that perhaps those i indict aren’t always guilty?… so what of it? forging evidence just so i can win cases.”

"might i say that perhaps lisa herself is a sinner for dragging me down in my work? it was a joke of her to intern under me, for i could do much better without her useless self. yeah, that's right—i hate her guts, and yet she thinks i treat her all special. kim yongjin? i honestly wish he'd die. to think that he believes i reciprocate his feelings, hah. how foolish."

⟪ ᴡʜᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴡᴇ? ⟫
① does such a role in law justify what i have done?
② no one could’ve seen this coming but myself.
③ i always seem to slip by undetected.

—ᴀʀᴍᴀɢᴇᴅᴅᴏɴ

[ inside the chest is a note. here are the contents of the note. ]

⟪ ʏᴇsᴛᴇʀᴅᴀʏ's ʀɪᴅᴅʟᴇ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏᴛ sᴏʟᴠᴇᴅ ᴀs ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ. ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ, ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ. ⟫

they call it a stanza, each group of lines.
have faith, have trust in thine,

thine sins which must be soon confessed
for you shall no longer be oppressed.

twice multiply that for the love of our devil.
now soon deduct for your consecrated bethel.

⟪ ᴛᴀʀɢᴇᴛs. ⟫
18 7 18 15 25 7
9 14 7 20 13 19 14 20

—ᴀʀᴍᴀɢᴇᴅᴅᴏɴ
the devil’s number will prove useful.

[ a chest with a 5-digit lock on it has been found at the pool area with a note attached to it. here are the contents of the note. ]

⟪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʀɪᴅᴅʟᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ғɪɴᴅ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴜsᴇғᴜʟ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ. ⟫

a, b, c, d... formation can be such a drag.
anomalies and inconsistencies are better, might i brag?

to the sea and back.
what one might “see,” another may track.

to where one rests, and where the sacred Apple may lay.
to the next, back to the sea, and that’s how the game plays.

and of the diverging paths, such a total might be combined with
the first being the fifth,

and the digits of the devil laying at the center.

—ᴀʀᴍᴀɢᴇᴅᴅᴏɴ
a layout map of your beloved apartment complex will prove useful.

https://i.imgur.com/JnGi9VV.png

don't take me so lightly, i warned you.
good luck finding him now.
this is just the beginning,
you all shall repent.

dnorau lal stanent eth ym renigf. [i've]
trust no one.

⟪ ᴘᴜʀɢᴇ ᴛʜʏsᴇʟғ ᴏғ sɪɴs ⟫

the time has come to purge this world.
come forth and confess thy sins.
your two beloved are already on their way to rehabilitation.
now we must extend our offering to you, in asking for a divine sacrifice.
shall you refuse this task, our taking will only double.

—ᴀʀᴍᴀɢᴇᴅᴅᴏɴ
⟪ 62 72 69 67 68 74 ⟫