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thinking I might have to make that twist. And soon.
     
    ENTRY END

JOURNAL 03BILL
    ENTRY 004
    DATE: 1/22/2075
     
    I think Kim wants to do the same thing I do. He's trying to
manipulate me with sex. But he's really shitty at it. We did the deed, which I
guess means that footage is out on the internet and everything, now. Or it will
be soon, so any presidential aspirations either of us had are over. But
afterward, he started asking me for things. To help keep him safe, and to go
get food. I played into it a little bit, just to string him along. I was going
to track down some food anyway, so it worked out.
    But it's funny, him thinking he can really do that. Maybe if
I wasn't onto him, it would work a little better. But I am, and it won't. I
guess it's going to make it harder for me to convince him to do what I want,
too.
    I feel bad for him, I really do. It was a good plan, and
could have worked on someone else. But I don't get that attached from sex.
Never have. Doesn't mean I won't stick around to get my rocks off for a while.
And I could still play him. It just means a bit more work than I intended. Not
sure how worth it that is, now, though. I’ll have to wait and see.
     
    ENTRY END

TO: Niels Evenstad
    FROM: Edward Andel
    SUBJECT: URGENT: Live and Breathe Down
    SENT 1/21/2075 AT 6:58 a.m. EST
     
    Niels, this is bad. All the servers have been taken down for
Live and Breathe. All of them. And when anyone tries to get into the game,
either from our end or from the player end, the screen just shows the same
message: END THE KILLING NOW AND REPENT. There's no way off the screen other
than a complete reboot.
    I hate to say it, but I think the servers were hacked, and
hacked down deep, if they did this kind of damage. The only other explanation
would be someone on the inside, like one of the tech guys working on the
update. I don't want to think that's what happened, and I don't think anyone
else does, either. I do think you need to get someone you personally trust to fix
everything so we can regain control and take care of this. Hopefully, they can
try to track it back to where it came from. I don't know if that's possible,
but I hope so.
    I'm sorry about this. It happened on my watch. I'll keep a
much more vigilant eye on everything, if you give me the chance to stay on
after this.

Dear Valued Evenstad Media Customer
     
    It has been brought to our attention that The Park: Live and
Breathe recently suffered some technical difficulties. In the spirit of full
disclosure, we do believe that the servers we use to house the game were
hacked. However, upon thorough examination, there is no proof that any personal
information was compromised. For the sake of safety, you may wish to change the
password associated with your account, as well as the password of the connected
email account.
    We are sorry for this inconvenience, and are working on
getting the game back up and running. It should be secure and available for
gameplay again by the end of the week. As a token of our deepest apologies, all
players will be credited with a free month's subscription.
     
    Evenstad Media

JOURNAL 10ALEXA
    ENTRY 005
    DATE: 1/22/2075
     
    I'm sitting around here, wasting time. I could be trying to
make the bookstore more secure, or maybe trying to actually play this game
somehow. Instead? I'm reading books. I'm checking out, and worse is that I'm
lying to myself about checking out. I'm telling myself that I'm reading all
these books on self-defense and survival and doomsday prepping, because those
are going to be useful to me once I absorb all the information.
    The problem is that's complete bullshit. You can't learn
self-defense from a book, the survival stuff is all about getting along in the
wild, and I don't have the skills to do any of the stuff in those prepping
books. Or the supplies. Which brings it back around to me just sitting here,
wasting time, trying to ignore what's happening