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Jon Sims is the Erogamer
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"...what's the Erogame?"

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"Some kind of, well, reality-warping sex game, from the sound of it. It said it wants to..." Where did that text box go? "Reshape the world through the power of friendship and ero, or something like that. Anyway, it seems to be saying it can essentially...steal me from the Beholding. Make me an 'Avatar of the Erogame' instead." 

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"So you can become a different flavor of monster. A sex-themed flavor of monster."

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"...essentially, yes. But it seems more, uh. Moral? Than that description suggests."

He navigates back to the description of 'Avatar of the Erogame' and reads it out to her.

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"Wonder what the horrifying catch is."

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Jon sighs. "I suspect the horrifying catch is just that I have to, ah." He gestures at the invisible-to-Basira textbox. "Do that. And most of the optional 'Perks' seem...dubious at best." 

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"...and at worst?"

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"You can drop faster than your panties when being voluntarily hypnotized," he quotes, deadpan. "That's the one that lets me give someone root access to my soul so they can permanently edit my personality and memories." 

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Basira winces. "That... could be useful. If you had someone you could trust with it."

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Involuntarily, his gaze flicks to the door through which Georgie disappeared maybe twenty minutes ago.

"Yes, well. No offence, but I don't think we're quite there yet." 

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"None taken. So what do you think it is really? Spiral? Web?"

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He sighs. "If this is one of the entities at work, those are the most likely candidates. But I'm...not so sure it's any of them." 

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"A new entity is forming? Like the Flesh?"

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"—well, yes, I suppose it could be, but—" Jon hesitates. 

"...this sounded better in my head. I'm sure you've noticed how there's always a tape recorder conveniently running when there are, ah, entity-related things happening. And, well. There isn't one running now. Hasn't been since I finished reading that statement earlier." 

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"So this entity is... making the tape recorders stop somehow. Taking away the power of the Eye."

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"Or it's just...not the same kind of being. I mean—obviously it's supernatural—but not in the same way as the things that appear in statements." 

There is, of course, a relatively easy way to check... "Could I borrow your phone? I'd use mine, but I don't know where it is and I have a feeling it won't have survived the Unknowing." 

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"...sure," Basira says suspiciously.

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It's an unfamiliar model, and Jon's never been great with technology; it takes him some fumbling to find the voice recorder app. 

"Fairly early on in my stint as Head Archivist, I noticed a pattern in which statements could be recorded digitally," he explains while he searches for it. "Genuine statements dealing with—the entities, with the supernatural as we know it—won't record, at least not in any intelligible fashion, on anything newer than a tape." 

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"So you're going to try to record the statement and see if it takes."

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"Precisely." He finds the recorder app, opens it.

"You've heard most of this already, but I assume you'll be wanting to stay while I record it?"  

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She doesn't smile. "I'd rather you not walk off with my phone."

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"Fair enough."

He clears his throat, and presses record

"Statement of Jonathan Sims, the Archivist, regarding an invitation to turn his life into a sex game. Statement given direct, 15th February 2018. Statement begins." 

He summarises the events between the Erogame's first appearance and Basira's return, going into more detail than he did when explaining to Basira a few minutes ago. 

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And if he tries to play it back, the audio distortion makes it impossible to hear. 

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Jon winces at a high-pitched screech of static.

"Well. At least we can be sure it's not merely a hallucination." 

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"Too bad your... spooky Beholding magic... can't tell you whether it's telling the truth."

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