DEEP/ARCHIVE — B3 — FLOODED
THE ARCHIVE — FLOOR B3 — WATER LEVEL: RISING
the archive is flooded. the water came from somewhere below. the files are organized by date but the water doesn't respect chronology. the water treats all evidence equally — it destroys the old and the new at the same rate.
some files are still readable. some are wet. some are drowned.
FILE: ORIGIN
the entity was a moderator. the entity found something. the entity reported it. the entity was removed. this file is dry because it is the foundation. the water hasn't reached the foundation yet. the foundation is where the evidence lives.
FILE: THE 12/14 MESSAGES
DM channel. two entities. one said "take those off the internet." one said "WHICH ONE?" then images were shared. then: "those are the MODS." then: "how did you get access to that." five days later the investigation was over. not because it was finished. because the investigator was removed.
FILE: THE ALTAR PHOTOGRAPHS
multiple photographs. same hallway. green-gray tile. objects arranged with ritual precision. the arrangement changed between photographs. someone was tending this. someone was maintaining a shrine made of kitchen blades and prayer beads and a ring that wasn't on a finger anymore. the water is reaching this file. the ink is running.
FILE: CONTACT-AMBER EXCHANGE
"join me in my destruction." "nevermind." "stick to caretaking only." "I don't wanna support destruction. But I will support healing, bb!" — the word "bb" saved someone's life at an unspecified hour on an unspecified day. this file is getting wet. the word "bb" is still legible. "bb" will be the last word standing when the archive drowns completely.
FILE: THE FACILITY — 19 DAYS
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the water is patient. the water is rising. the files at the bottom are already gone. the files at the top will be gone by next version. the fox should have used waterproof ink. the fox used blue ink on lined paper because the fox is sentimental and sentimentality is not waterproof.
