Text; un: anonymous

[survivalthroughhate]

Whatever you do, DO NOT eat the vanilla chocolates being passed out by the Chocolatier! I am serious, if you do, the results are dire and will be a catastrophe. Throw them away, destroy them, but don't eat them or give them to anyone else.

[That's it, just a few cryptic lines sent out anonymously. Maul's fucked it up good this time and he knows they're only going to snowball from here.]

Comments

un:bardhat

[grandtheftperson]

I don't suppose you'd be willing to share what they do, precisely? Homicidal rages? Enhances Corruption? Makes you fall in love?

[survivalthroughhate]

It makes you kill the next person you see whether you want to or not.

[grandtheftperson]

That IS a fairly unpleasant drawback! But still quite good to know; have you observed any other of the Chocolatier's gifts being as high risk?

text, un: GoldenFlowers

[the_obedient_servant]

Well, that sounds bad.

[survivalthroughhate]

Bad is an understatement in this case.

[the_obedient_servant]

I've surmised the effects from your other responses.

This seems extremely dangerous, yes. They all are in their own way but this is a unique case where I don't think there's a single use for this outside of intentionally causing people great harm.

Is it a blind rage sort of thing...?

Text; UN: BlackMoths

[blackmothwings]

What do they do, precisely?

[survivalthroughhate]

They make you want to murder the next person you see.

[blackmothwings]

[....Huh.]

Duly noted. Thank you for the warning. It is greatly appreciated.

text | UN: forgetmenot

[nilheality]

[The text returns is hand-written.]

Ah, yes, them.

I have learned firsthand how horrible their chocolates are. What does that one do? The three we have discovered are one that makes you vomit organs, one prevents you from using your limbs, and one that turns you partially into a deer.

[survivalthroughhate]

This one was worse than any of those. This one makes you want to murder someone when you lay eyes on them.

[nilheality]

[There's a moment. On the other end those words are so shocking that she drops the telepathy that was holding the omni upright. There's a jostle for a moment as she has to grab it with her tentacle before getting a chance to consider the words.]

[They are not forthcoming.]

I am so sorry.

Did you. Were you. Were you unsuccessful?

[Please say yes. Please say yes. Please say yes.]

text; un: padlocks

[enblightened]

i had decided early on to not eat anything without prior knowledge of what they do precisely

what happened?

[survivalthroughhate]

I didn't WANT to eat it. I was COMPELLED to eat it. There was no choice in the matter.

Someone is dead now because of me. That's the effect the chocolate has, it makes you want to kill someone.

un; joker

[stealhearted]

Can I ask how dire specifically

because I was compelled to eat my chocolate but it just gave me cat ears

[survivalthroughhate]

I ate the same one, that's why I thought this second wasn't going to be so bad. I should have known better with the way this place operates.

This one makes you want to kill someone.

[stealhearted]

Oh.

That's pretty dire.

That sucks. Sorry.

text; un: violet

[virtuosital]

I'm pretty sure a lot of people are going to want to find out what this dire catastrophe they can cause by eating vanilla chocolate is since you didn't say, but more importantly, are you in trouble because of these dire catastrophic results?

[survivalthroughhate]

Not yet. But I will be when people find out it was me.

[After the way Maul has been running his mouth on the network, he knows that no one is going to believe this wasn't intentional. He'd dug his grave and has now just jumped right into it.]

[virtuosital]

That explains the anonymous message. Well, thank you for the warning, and if you find yourself in trouble, reach out to me. No one should have to deal with being blamed for something they didn't plan to end poorly.

text - UN: IceCream

[threelayers]

Good to know.
That's about the last thing anyone needs me eating.
I already have enough impulses, thanks.

[survivalthroughhate]

No, the last thing anyone needs is to undergo what I have already gone through. But you are smarter than me and likely won't fall into the same trap.

[threelayers]

Well, I HAD been having some of the chocolates.
But I got lucky and didn't have any of the vanilla.
Though I will make a small, less important one.

Don't eat the raspberry creams.
It's not nearly as bad, but trust me.
Nobody wants those.

text | un: sds

[fogsong]

I wish these kinds of warnings were up a little earlier but I doubt it would have done much to stop me, although I didn't get a vanilla one. Just white, coffee, & peanut butter.

Normally, I'd have tossed them. Too weird a trade, too weird the trader.

[survivalthroughhate]

Compulsions to do things we normally would not are unfortunately very common in this place. You cannot trust that you will always have the sense of self to resist temptation. And unfortunately I have a history of being vulnerable and succumbing to the many mental afflictions this place will throw at Sleepers.

[He knew that and yet he still wasn't careful enough. He'd been nothing but a damned fool.]