The Conduit Conspiracy
Talk of a mysterious man vanishing into the night with students get the attention of local blogger Brian Monty. The recounts of this phenomenon seem impossible, but so does everything about this place. - CB
Brian’s Open Dialogue
Briannonty@outlook.com:
Hey
guys, Brian here. Welcome to my first open dialogue for Monty Blogs. I want
this to be a chance for all of you to ask me any questions and make suggestions
for my next post.
Jbarrett:
Hey
man, I love your blogs. Keep up the good work. I don’t really have any ideas
for your next post, but can you not do any more pieces on that flasher? Not
that it was bad or anything, but it makes me uncomfortable to walk around
campus at night.
Brianmonty@outlook.com
Thanks
for your support. I actually haven’t heard any news about the flasher for over
a week now, so you’ve got nothing to worry about. Hey but now you know, right?
Kk69:
I
like it when you shave. Do a story about rabid squirrels.
Dtjuggalo
Freak.
Get off the chat idiot.
Leeringtrollface:
Why
do you even try bro? You’re just a hack riding off other people's success. The
day you write something good is the day I jump off the roof.
Brianmonty@outlook.com:
Promise?
Alicencurrard:
I’ve
got a story. Sometimes at night, I see this guy standing in the middle of the
street looking at the school. I’ve talked to some people and they say they’ve
see some weird stuff happen around him. The security guys don’t believe us.
Brianmonty@outlook.com:
Ok.
When did you see him?
Alicencurrard:
We
should meet up in the Res Hall tomorrow. I’ve got some free time at noon. I’ll
tell you everything I know.
Brian’s
Personal Blog
Finally a real story. No more
clickbait bullshit like “the Flasher flashes again,” or “Rabid Squirrel Attacks
Little Girls.” A good mystery should be great buzz for my blog. Alicen is going
to help me out with this one. She sounds convinced this man is really watching
her. Today I’m going to ask around the dorms while she asks people at the
library about this guy. I don’t know how much I’ll get out of this, but at
least it’ll stand out from the rest of the stuff I’ve done. Maybe people will
finally stop lumping me with Ed.
Text Messages Recovered From Alicen’s
Phone:
Alicen:
Did
you find anything?
Brian:
Not much. A few people said they saw
him but I don’t know if they’re making it up or not.
Alicen:
Why
do you say that?
Brian:
I talked to Austin from 106. He said
he saw a flash of light in the plaza at 3 in the morning but his roommate said
he didn’t see anything. I don’t really
know if one of them is telling the truth or if they’re just messing with me.
Alicen:
I
think I saw a flash of light when I saw him. I think it was the moment he saw
me staring at him. Do you think we could have imagined it?
Brian:
You’ll have to keep asking other
people. I got nothing.
Alicen
I
thought you had experience with mystery stuff.
Brian:
Relax. I know a guy.
Brian’s
Personal Blog
Even when I have a solid story, I
have to go ask Ed for help. I should have gone to him from the start. He was on
board the second I said vanishing man. Right off the bat, he told me the flash
of light always happens at 3 in the morning in the same place. I went there by
myself just to check it out. I saw Austin’s roommate standing there. Before I
said anything, he vanished. All the streetlamps started flashing but I swear I
saw someone next to him just before he disappeared.
Brian’s Open Dialogue
Reports
of a figure appearing at night are circulating across campus. This is no
ordinary man; whatever he does causes lights to flicker and others to vanish
with him. Have a thought? Leave a comment and help get this dialogue started.
Leeringtrollface:
Does
Adderall cause you to hallucinate too?
Jbarrett:
Is
this a prank?
mshepherd:
Did
Ed tell you that? This sounds like that story he did about mind control fruit
flies. I know he’s your friend and everything but can you at least
Text Messages Recovered from Brian’s
Phone:
Brian:
Ed!
Are you awake?
Brian:
It’s
Brian Ed. I’m not with the NSA. Pick up your phone before I post your phone sex
story.
EDS:
Could you not use that name? Just
call me D or something.
Brian:
Listen
to me. I found the guy. He showed up in my open dialogue a few minutes ago and
made my screen go black. It’s like my computer got possessed or something.
EDS:
Really? What was his name? Did he say
where he was from? Is it CIA? EBI? NSA? Robots? Martians?
Brian:
I
don’t think we should talk about it like this. My computer shut down all by
itself after he said we’ll be in touch. I’m coming over now.
EDS:
Take a picture for me.
Brian’s
Personal Blog:
I never thought I’d live to see the
day Ed didn’t have a theory. He is just as lost about the Conduit as I am. I’m
more scared now than I was last night. I wish he could tell me it was Martians
or something. Now I feel like someone is watching me too. I see a man in the
distance just standing there and watching me. I can’t tell if it’s the same guy
or not. Maybe I’m just being paranoid. I wish I could talk to Alicen, but no
one knows where she went. Both her and
her roommate were gone when I checked their room. Same with Austin and his
roommate. All their stuff’s gone too. I filed a report with the security
office. I even went to the headmaster’s office. No one even looked at me. Why
doesn’t anyone care what’s happening?
Text Messages Recovered From Brian’s
Phone:
Brian:
Have
you been to the library yet?
EDS:
I’m there now.
Brian:
Did
you look it up?
EDS:
Nothing about it specifically. I
found something about Alicen though. She got an email from someone the day she
disappeared. There wasn’t a return address, but it looked like he sent her some
Spanish word.
Brian:
Can
you find a translation?
EDS:
I’ll get back to you on that.
Alicen:
Brian what did you find?
Brian:
What
the fuck is going on? Is your name even Alicen? You pulled me into some kind of
weird voodoo stuff and now something’s talking to me!
Alicen:
He contacted you? Good give me the
email and I’ll take care of it for you.
Brian:
He
just called himself OPERATOR. Look if you want answers then start giving me
some. What’s this all about?
Alicen:
Those people you interviewed have
been hacking computers trying to get people to believe in it. I knew it was
someone from this school, but I had to draw them out. They must have realized I
was on to them and ran. Probably went to another school..
Brian:
You
used me?
Alicen:
Don’t get the wrong idea. These
people are dangerous. They don’t care what happens to anyone as long as they
can observe them from a distance. They would have gotten to you too. The only
way you can survive it is to avoid all contact. Once it finds you, it’s already
won.
Brian:
But
this thing is real! It spoke to me! Something about a Conduit and transactions
between it and someone else. Are you telling me the rest of it isn’t a lie?
Alicen:
Just leave it alone Brian. You
already have your story. The best thing you can do right now is tell everyone
about what those guys were doing. All that Conduit shit is just a smokescreen
to get people to look for the real thing. With any luck, the news will spread
and they won’t be able to do the same thing somewhere else.
Brian:
You’re
not going to tell me about this group you’re a part of? There’s more of you.
After you got that email yesterday, you left campus too. Who are you working
with?
Alicen:
Where did you hear that?
Brian:
My
sources.
Alicen:
That friend of yours?
Brian:
You
have your secrets I have mine.
Alicen:
All right that’s fair.
Brian:
I
could tell you what I know if you give me the scoop about your group.
Alicen:
What’s to tell? We’re not the ones
indoctrinating people.
Brian:
You
aren’t doing a very good job at explaining. How does that even convince anyone
to stop looking for answers?
Brian:
Alicen?
Brian:
Fine.
Have it your way. The truth always comes out.
Brian’s Open Dialogue:
Hello
everyone. Brian here. If you saw my last blog, you know that we’ve figured out
what was happening with the disappearing man. Turns out it was the
hallucinations of Austin and Jacob. Turns out Adderall can’t function the same
way as water three times a day. Who knew? That’s probably why they were hacking
student’s computers in order to see if we’d start popping pills ourselves. You
may realize that’s the reason they had to leave in the first place. So any
thoughts? Let's get the news out to everyone.
Jbarrett:
I
knew it.
Leetingtrollface:
Still
waiting for a decent blog post.
Ewong
That’s
a relief. I can finally go out with my friends tonight.
Dwilliams
Is it Austin and Matthew? They used to live in my
building. Is that why they’re gone?
OPERATOR
Yes.
Questions.
Brianmonty@outlook.com:
Looks
like they’re in the chat. Can we get a million dislikes over here?
Jbarrett:
Fuck
you guys.
Ewong:
You
guys are sick. Do you know how many people were too scared to go outside this
week? It’s not even funny.
Secret Dombrowski 21:
Cult
confirmed. NSA too from the way they hacked our computers.If anyone’s
interested in virus protection programs, send a few messages my way. We can
bond on our mutual disdain for hackers.
Brianmonty@outlook.com
Okay
guys. Let’s wrap it up. Send me your requests for a new story and I’ll announce
which one I’ll go with for my next blog post. If anyone can give me solid proof
that the cafeteria food is poisoned, I’ll give that person two lifetime passes
to Disney World. Thanks for all your support and good night.