This topic has 31 replies, 20 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 3 months ago by Lawrence Meyers.
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August 30, 2017 at 4:10 pm #23391AnonymousInactive
At the risk of breaking NDAs I’m throwing caution to the wind and posting this.
Darren just called me. It was his number. It wasn’t a No Caller ID.
I pick up.
Me: Hey man!
DLB: ….*long pained sigh* I’m so sorry.
Me: Um… what happ-
DLB: *audibly upset* Don’t ever contact this number again.
Click.
So… Something is happening with DLB.
And he’s sorry for something.
I wasn’t chatting buddies with DLB by any means, but we’ve known each other for a long time through the horror world. Worked together on a few things and I was looking forward to picking his brain on directing at some point in the future… so this is kind of heart breaking that this whole fucking thing would take that away.
I can really only say… 🙁
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August 30, 2017 at 4:11 pm #23393ChelseaParticipant
This has been the week of “welp”.
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August 30, 2017 at 4:11 pm #23394MeganParticipant
oh my god…. 🙁
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August 30, 2017 at 4:11 pm #23395Lawrence MeyersParticipant
“What if this is not theater?”
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August 30, 2017 at 4:11 pm #23396Brad RuweParticipant
Shit…. that’s an incredibly tough call to take. I’m sorry to hear that man.
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August 30, 2017 at 4:12 pm #23397CristenParticipant
Jesus that’s heavy. Worth noting also that when Steph called me on HIB day she also called from her own number, likely for the same reason: no ambiguity, I guess.
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August 30, 2017 at 4:13 pm #23398SageParticipant
Could that have been Clint’s “just do it?”
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August 30, 2017 at 4:14 pm #23399BlondieParticipant
Saying I hope he’s ok is clearly redundant… But jeez, I can’t even imagine what he’s going through right now that led up to that call… </3
And I hate to say this, but is he apologising for something that is going to happen to Buz that he has no control over?
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August 30, 2017 at 4:15 pm #23400KevinParticipant
Damn, anything and everything has gone sideways in the last 24 hours.
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August 30, 2017 at 4:16 pm #23401Meghan MayhemParticipant
For what it’s worth, because I’m a woman of legal loopholes…
He didn’t say “never contact me again”, he said “don’t ever contact THIS NUMBER again”
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August 30, 2017 at 4:17 pm #23402Bryan BishopParticipant
And I hate to say this, but is he apologising for something that is going to happen to Buz that he has no control over?
Or… something that they’ve done to all of us by bringing us into contact with the people they’ve been working for?
This feels 50 shades of bad.
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August 30, 2017 at 4:17 pm #23403BlondieParticipant
Because he now has evidence that that number is compromised?
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August 30, 2017 at 4:57 pm #23404CaraParticipant
That certainly seems like DLB is suggesting that number is no longer safe to call. @thebuz have you tried reaching out via different means?
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August 30, 2017 at 5:45 pm #23405JackieParticipant
Anarchy is reigning supreme.
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August 30, 2017 at 6:21 pm #23406Andrew KaschParticipant
That’s heartbreaking. I really hope Darren and Clint are okay.
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August 30, 2017 at 6:48 pm #23407KristinParticipant
This bums me out and also terrifies me. ?
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August 30, 2017 at 7:04 pm #23408Hannah SchenckParticipant
Hoping whatever he is saying sorry for, isn’t as bad as it sounds. Maybe he is referring to his number being jeopardized and not a safe place to use for communication anymore. Perhaps it is like @bcbishop suggested, and he is apologizing for something that will happen to all of us, leaving the mods with no avenues to make it stop or less of a blow.
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August 30, 2017 at 7:06 pm #23409MeganParticipant
Maybe he’s just sorry for the phone call? For having to tell you not to call him again?
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August 31, 2017 at 8:30 am #23418Bryan BishopParticipant
For a long time now, we’ve all been able to find some comfort in the consistent rhythms of this Experience. Paintings and quotes in the morning, songs in the evening — and generally speaking, consistent communication with the members of the cast that had become part of this community’s collective family.
This quiet… I don’t know how to take it. I don’t like it at all. And I’m extremely nervous about what it could portend.
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August 31, 2017 at 8:50 am #23419MikeParticipant
This makes me wonder if this is the Community’s version of “You can’t save her, just let her go”. Because DLB and Clint mean EVERYTHING to us…just like Stephanie means a ton to @larry and Sabrina means a ton to @russell
But you know what, fuck that. They’re a part of this just as much as we are. We can’t just let this happen. Too many times in life we bow down and let things happen that we think we could never change. We CAN make change things. We are The One goddamnit! Look at last year with @thebuz and III. He didn’t take threats to @kasch very well and made that change to defend his friend (and ultimately the Community) instead of chalking it up to theatre and laughing it off. Maybe we should start posting gifs about Mason to draw him out or something?
The question is what can we do right now?
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August 31, 2017 at 9:04 am #23420AnonymousInactive
But what if the best thing for him is to escape? If we keep trying to contact these people are we potentially putting them in danger? Are we potentially putting each other in danger?
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August 31, 2017 at 9:12 am #23421MikeParticipant
With the data OSDM has on them, and all of us, there doesn’t seem that there could be an escape. They can always find us. We’re probably screwed either way, but have a much better chance at survival as a group, looking out for one another, than running away from this.
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August 31, 2017 at 9:32 am #23422RussellParticipant
@thebuz I think for all of us the old horror / action movie cliche of “You can run, but you cannot hide,” holds true. If there is true danger, it is present, no matter what we choose to do.
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August 31, 2017 at 9:39 am #23423Brad RuweParticipant
@russell Makes me think back to when Sarah had the visitor to our apartment a few weeks ago. She was insistent Sarah run and leave the apartment. I don’t know if that would’ve made much difference then, but it sure as hell won’t make much difference now if the level of bugging our apartments / phones is really that high.
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August 31, 2017 at 9:45 am #23424
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August 31, 2017 at 9:46 am #23425SeanModerator
As part of the email exchange that Kasch so… graciously provided, it was noted that Darren was going through a rough time right now. It is highly likely that the recent days’ events only helped to exasperate that and cutting people off during times of strife is not unexpected
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August 31, 2017 at 9:55 am #23426Andrew KaschParticipant
@mike We don’t need to “draw out” Mason. He’s already here. He has stated that he wants us to actually LISTEN to him.
That seems like a good course of action. Do I trust him? Hell no. He’s weird as fuck. But I also think he deserves the benefit of the doubt. He might just be the key to unraveling the OSDM.Something is brewing and I have a gut feeling that LUST is about to implode. This whole experience seems like it’s about to come tumbling down like a house of cards. Remember what they whispered in our ear back at the very beginning of TENSION: “This isn’t what you think it is…”
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August 31, 2017 at 9:59 am #23427
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August 31, 2017 at 10:04 am #23428Andrew KaschParticipant
III was a petty asshole who did nothing but go on power trips and make lots idle threats (plus, he tried to kill Special Agent Dale Cooper). Mason seems more genuinely concerned with the road we’re going down.
So far, Mason’s been pretty responsive to me ever since he appeared, and ended yesterday’s call by saying he’ll be in touch. So far, I think I’m in a pretty good position to actually meet him and see what the fuck he’s all about. Maybe all the Exhibit C people will be called upon again? We’ll just have to wait and see.
- This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by Andrew Kasch.
- This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by Andrew Kasch.
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August 31, 2017 at 10:07 am #23429
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August 31, 2017 at 10:42 am #23437VioletParticipant
I definitely don’t trust Mason, but right now, I think he may be a lead worth pursuing.
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August 31, 2017 at 12:28 pm #23466Lawrence MeyersParticipant
@mike An impassioned call, to be sure. However, there is a bigger picture here.
1) Sabrina told me to my face at the OOA. “I don’t need saving”.
2) Stephanie said to me, to my face, in no uncertain terms, “I don’t need you to save me. I don’t need you to protect me. I can take care of myself.”
3) I am (was?) easily manipulated having exposed my weakness. And you’ve exposed yours. How many scenarios have I foreseen whereby I get a call from a distressed Stephanie, only to find myself barging into a warehouse and ____________ (fill in black with bad consequence). I’m still not certain I wouldn’t. I’d like to think I’m not that stupid.
4) I am not much for prophetic dreams, but I have had them. The unconscious delivers us insights via dreams. And you know I had a dream (now telling everyone else) Sunday night in which I was kidnapped by the OOA, indoctrinated, drugged to be compliant…and Stephanie ends up dead. Thank you, no. (Well, maybe a sex retreat ritual is acceptable, but I digress).
5) As I told @111error, unless someone asks me directly for help, or there is a clear and present danger someone is unaware of, it is not my place to interfere. “We cannot save anyone. We can only love them”.
Finally, if one is to believe that our entire journey is about the Ouroboros, that means not succumbing to our complexes — including the Savior Complex.
As for Mason, seems like he’s a perv after my own heart, and while he’s been pushy in contacting people, I don’t see why anyone shouldn’t meet with him — in a public place, during the day. Hell, I’m up for it. I know 5 of the actors from Tension and can tell him what little they have told me. Hmm, guess I should let him know that….
- This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by Lawrence Meyers.
- This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by Lawrence Meyers.
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