The Interface
The game-like overlay every crawler sees: tooltips, achievements, timers, health bars, and notifications, controlled with the mind.
System message
[ NOT YET ENCOUNTERED ]
You haven't met this one yet, crawler. Records unseal as you read. The dungeon appreciates your impatience but does not reward it.
Connections
- The Voice:
Presumed operator of the notification machinery, though who runs what is an open questionB1C2
System message
Nothing on file. The Syndicate keeps immaculate records, and this page is immaculately blank.
History by chapter
Book 1
Chapter 2
- TAG System UI: The overlay in every crawler's head; even the cat sees it, and closing your eyes hides it
- RELATIONSHIP The Voice: Presumed operator of the notification machinery, though who runs what is an open question
Book 3
Chapter 3
- TAG Messages from Deceased Crawlers: A folder in the chat interface Carl had never noticed before, holding a final message from a contact who's died; closing the message removes that crawler from his list for good. The system's own note on it closes with an oddly glib "Hey, at least you're still kickin'"
Notable quotes
“It’s okay if you just pissed yourself. You wouldn’t be the first.”
“Killing with your feet. Your bare, beautiful feet.”
“You’ll only want to wear this if you’re a blood-thirsty, raging psychopath.”
“Big stick for bonking. Bonk toad. Bonk mob. Bonk girlfriend and drag back to cave by hair.”
“You’re a murderer! He probably had a family!”
“Hey! That’s my fetish! Seriously. Keep doing it, and you’ll be rewarded.”
“You are so dead.”
Leaderboard
No rank revealed yet at this position.