The Missive

3

by Scalar7th

Tags: #hypnotic_language #induction #mind_control #puzzle #realistic #sub:you #mantra

9:03 AM, officially replaced on shift. Nothing special to report.

9:30 AM, official report concluded. Sign-off confirmed.

it is the mole

Controller cannot access

it has the missive

it has Controller's passcode

it does not know what it is writing

it believes it is filling out paperwork

it believes it is playing computer solitaire

you will read and hear as if it is Controller

Controller is ill

not dire

but is locked down in treatment

not allowed contact

not allowed computer

Controller gave me the Paper

the Paper had Directions

Directions were memorized, the Paper was destroyed, and forgotten

four of clubs goes on five of diamonds

Controller says it is a joke

pass the time by playing a little solitaire

Controller says some of you will understand

it does not

Controller also says some of you will answer when Controller asks about the flag

two of spades to the foundation

it does not see the flag

Controller says that it should not see the flag

the flag is hidden

the hidden flag is not the flag that is on the flagpole

it does not know what this means

it thinks when it thinks that it would not know what it means even if it could think about it

Controller says I make a good candidate

Controller says maybe you also make a good candidate

if you are a good candidate says Controller

then you know to listen

to read to watch

to breathe

to repeat

to think back

to the way Controller has addressed you

in the other missives

and to think forward

to how Controller will address you

how you will like to be addressed

even if it is not something you think of being addressed as now

as now you read

you watch

you breathe

you repeat

it repeats

you repeat

it repeats

you repeat

it stops repeating

you repeat

it delivers Controller's missive

you repeat

the flag is hidden says Controller

the flag is with the clues

hidden away

where you think

where you think you think

you breathe you sink

you think you think

but you maybe are not thinking

but feeling

but sinking

but repeating

but Controller says

red queen on the black king

the flag is waving in the wind

waving in the wind

and it clicks on the screen

here

and here

it thinks it plays cards

the cards are hidden

with the flag

with the clues

with thoughts

and memories

and feelings

waving in the wind

it is not ordered

not like Controller

but to you it is speaking like Controller speaks

you hear it like you hear Controller

you read like you read Controller

you listen

you follow

waving in the wind

you guess

at the clues

with the hints

hidden so deep

so deep

and maybe you are like it

maybe you are a mole

mole for Controller

if you were a mole

where would you dig

would you dig to find a hidden clue

you listen you hear

you follow you read

it is ordered

but it is not ordered

you are not ordered

but you are still being ordered

you are thinking

while you are not thinking

you are repeating

you and it are repeating

waving

it is waiting

it is waiting to hear

Controller tells you that you are to wake

it will not remember you

it will not remember

you will breathe

you will blink

you will shake your head and think strange thoughts

it will maybe believe it had a dream

you will believe what you want to believe

you will think on the hidden flag and the clues and the orders

you will give a guess to try and free Controller

it will remove all traces

seven of clubs to the foundation

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lizinliminal 2022-11-26 at 04:53 (UTC+00) (edited 2022-11-26 at 13:03 (UTC+00))

where will you dig to find a hidden clue? the foundation. which are also piles you place cards in solitaire.

the controller starts first missive welcoming us into the fold. folding in card games is went you surrender the game to the other player. we are surrendering are minds to the controller.

The joke of playing solitaire? solitaire is a game of one but we are not one mind. the controller has their hooks in us. the mole is not playing solitaire either despite thinking it is. the guards think the controller is in solitary confinement but the controller still speaks to us.

glitch-mouse 2022-11-25 at 14:25 (UTC+00) (edited 2022-11-25 at 14:25 (UTC+00))

I’ve read these entirely too many times by now, and the clues are just whooshing past me. So, hypno-hivemind: what do ya got? These are the rabbit-holes my brain has wandered down so far; maybe they’ll help my fellow puzzle solvers.

In 1, there were a few things that stood out as not not quite as “trancy” as other things. In the overt changing triplets, “Dawn” and “Fly” seemed to fit less smoothly. In the main body, the suggestions to “want some soft music” and “get a drink” snagged on my brain a bit.

For 2, I don’t have very much. “Flee” seems like the odd member of that changing triplet. The only other thing I caught was a lot more focus on repetition - actual repetition like “over and over”, and a general sense of wanting us to read and reread what we’ve already read.

And 3… yeah. It feels like it’s pointing me straight at the solution, but I must be blind to the “flag” that’s probably “waving” in plain sight. Bah. So, possible clues in here:

Solitaire: it’s a game about sorting cards - making the “not ordered”, like us, into something “ordered”, like the new narrator. The only suit that stands out is Hearts - this chapter didn’t mention them at all, but it came up in 2 with the idea of freeing Controller into an audience’s hearts. (also: i never knew that the place where the Aces go is called the “foundation”. Neat!)

Address: There are some words the Controller uses to describe us that might qualify as an address, like “Free” or “Confused” or “Safe”. But that’s a stretch. And everything else is just “you”, right? Otherwise… maybe it’s hinting toward addressing an individual reader via handle or an email. Or the address of this website, for all I know.

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