to: everyone(?)

[ordinar]

[The following messages come in sporadically. Some words appear smudged in the recipient's field of vision, as if their eyesight has suddenly failed, or spilled water has blurred the imaginary ink. (Hover over the creepy text for a translation.)]

Lucifer?

I'm probably supposed to be praying to God or whatever right now, but I've gotta be honest, you've been way more reliable. Anyway, I'm, like, pretty fucking bad at ḑ̸͈̒̉ọ̶̈́̽į̴̻̾ṉ̴̢̆g̶͎̕ ̷͔̾̄w̵̝͚̏h̵̫̾̅͜a̶̹̾t̵̜̘́͘ ̴͉͑Ỉ̷̳̍͜'̸̹̊͊ḿ̸͉ͅ ̸̧̛̚s̸͓͇̽u̵̖̿͐p̵̹̹͝p̵̹͊o̸̱̊ś̵̡̬̃e̵̤̲͆̄d̷̖́̚͜ ̷͇̝̒t̶̔ͅó̸̪ͅ.

Lucifer, Lucifer, L̴̛̘̲̙̱̀͒̈́ǘ̶̧͎̦͖̿̑̕c̵̡̖̼̜̤͐̌į̶̱̝̹̬͂f̸̹̑̋e̶̜͒̌r̴̛̰͔̱̖̿̍̚.

If I say it three times, you're supposed to appear. Except I think there's ŝ̷͇͎̥̭͂͂̅u̵̪̣͙͔̽̀͊͂p̶̝̃͒̋͒p̸̡̱͕̉̋͊ò̷̡͉̙̄͆̄ŝ̴͕̠͠ê̵̮̟͎̝͐͊ḋ̸̫̙̼̾̓̇ ̷̦̦̏ť̶̺̙͌͐̏ò̸̩̖̽͘ ̸̣̓̌͐̄b̸͕́̈ḛ̷̄ ̸͖͊̉a̵͕̻̗̖̅̽̉̅ ̶͖̰̈́͒m̷̰̗͓̄̀͆i̵̼̫͜͠r̴̭̣̓r̷̻͐͘͜o̵̬͖͔̣̅̇̉͝r̷̡̟͍͚̃͌̇͝, and I don't have a mirror.

Oh, I lost your knife too. S̷̛̖͖̻̘̹͌̇͂o̷̥̯̒̍͘͜͜ͅr̶͔̈́̾̕r̷͓̩͝y̸̢͇̙̥̽̍͗̚͜.

I don't know where I am, but it's the worst fucking place in the world. Istredd ĭ̷̧̯͚̜̫s̷̤̖̺̝̹̅̈́̕ ̵̧̪͈͔̈́͠h̸͓̋̉͒ē̸̱͓̐͝r̷̘͌͒ĕ̴̡̧̮̲͋ ̸̞̱͈̭̠̀͋t̶̨̼̘̂͒́̅ờ̷͔̰̪̻͉̎̅ǫ̶̗̇̚

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[ushiri]

[ This is the second or third one of these messages he's received this week. He is struggling to keep a lid on his anxiety.

Considering how badly these get jumbled and cut out, he tries to keep it short. ]

What do you see around you?

[ordinar]

A lot of fucking rocks.

It's like a big cave or ṣ̸͇̿o̷̤͍͠ͅm̴̱̟̉͝ḛ̸̂t̸̛̝̭̪͍͌h̵̢̟̲̐i̴͎̝̊̂̂n̴͓̘̣͚͐̃͘͘g̶͈̐̾,̵̧͖̜̞̒ ̴͇̪̰͌Í̸̤̤̥̱̉͋̑ ̶͓̠̀͑̍d̵̺̾̓o̶̠̿͘ń̸̮̤̗͒̉͛'̷̱̯̝̙̂̇̌͋t̸̬̪͛̄̃̀ ̴̞̞̭̦̈́̈́̋͘k̷̨͉͖͙͑ń̴̞̳͖̟̊o̶̗̪͗͗w̶̝̞̖͚͐͐.

[ushiri]

How many others are with you?

Have you seen Jack?

[ordinar]

I don't know. A̶̡͛̀̌ ̷͔̉̆f̷̖̩͆̇̚e̴̫̓̐̔̉w̶̭̥̹͆̏̚ dozen?

There are people from t̴̹͕̯̐͐̀ḧ̸̳́̾ē̵͔ ̷̧̖̺͓͌Ḟ̵̣̅̍̈r̸̹͔͛̃͂e̸͈̜͆ȅ̴̙̳́ ̸̢̳̘̌̇̉C̷̙͙͍̼͝ȋ̵̔ͅt̸̙̞̟̀̀i̷̡̩̯̠̔é̶̢̤̉̄s̷͔̠̈ ̶̜̦̉ȁ̶̫͉͕n̷̡͒d̶̹̕ ̶̡̛̘͍̍̀͌S̴̢͚͍̩̈̈́̄̅ó̸̤̻l̴̟̥͖̀v̵͍̕u̶̼̐n̶̞͝n̴͙̹͔̿̋̌́ here too. And not just summoned.

[ushiri]

Your messages are garbled.

Try to find Jack or Istredd. Stick with them.

We will find you.

[ordinar]

Yeah, I found I̸̖̫̋ś̵̳̞̑ṱ̵̢̐͐r̸̡͗̕e̶̢̬͌̕d̴͉͑d̶͕̺̓̑.̸̟̣͐͆ ̴̩̋͂J̴̬̩̿a̸͕̕c̶̭̒͑k̶̟̽̿'̷͕̖͋ṡ̵̝ ̷̱͙̀h̶̟̀e̸̳͠r̵̮̯̊̅e̸̱̞͗̏ too.

I don't know ḧ̸͚̟̻́ö̷͍͖͎̈͒w̷̡̭͔͔̾́̐͘ ̸͙̦̼͙́̇͂ỳ̴̰̆o̶͇̦̯̥̎́͐̕ú̷̢̯'̴̧̘͖̊͊͗̕l̵̺̙̕l̸̦̈́̉̚ͅ ̴̡̮̹̽̇̂f̶͙͍̦̘͂̀͑͝į̶͂ň̷̡͚̙̫̌̒̀d̵̘̘͙̓̈́ ̷̜̄̽͠û̸̙̕s̸̩̹̈́̎̃.