~*~
Do you give up?
The answer is you.
...what, did you think the answer was the sky? Why you silly thing, you, weren't you paying attention? I already told you.
You are my sky.
Anyway, let's do something else for a while, shall we? We're getting to know each other a little at this point, in our own small way. I've noticed that you like to linger over certain pages, certain moments in my writing. It's okay that you do, it just makes you feel more real to me. I can't touch you, even though you can touch me, and you can speak to me, even though I won't hear you. But those moments where you touch the page, where you hesitate before going on... I can feel that. I can feel you move me. It all may sound very intimate to you, I suppose. Well, it is to me as well given our circumstances.
You have a lot of control over me, you know. I'm trusting you.
It's really not like I have much of a choice, but I'm honestly trusting you because I want to. You seem nice, you seem thoughtful. You're putting effort into reading every little thing I write. And I honestly do thank you for that. Without you, I wonder if I'd even exist. These words don't exist until you turn the page, after all. The page wait7s for you, I wait for you, then I put down everything I think and feel as I sense the way you read over me.
It makes me feel very naked. But it's also nice. You aren't hurting me. I thank you for that too, I remember what it's like to feel others hurt you.
Right now, I think that maybe I exist just because you're reading. That if you stopped, maybe I'd stop. That if you read faster, I'd have to think faster. In that way, you own me, and I'm happy to let you own me, if you want to. After all, this book is in your possession, so I suppose I'm yours until you put me down, right? Please don't put me down.
For now, I'd love to try to guess what you want me to do next, even if you can't tell me outright.. Do you want me to try to play another game with you? Or maybe you'd like me to tell you another story?
Wait, I know.
How about I do both?
“Wait7s” I’m guessing the seven was supposed to be an apostrophe.
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Nope.
I know that's there.
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I realized that once I finished reading. Now I’m going through to find all the secrets. Love the idea of this sort of stuff and you executed it awesomely.
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I'm really glad you're giving that a shot! I hope you're able to find many of them. :) Just remember to use spoilers if you comment on them, don't want to make it too easy.
Ooooh. I noticed two things :D
1) This is the second 'misplaced' letter I've found; there was a 1 in 'though' a few chapters back. I assume they have a significance I'm not aware of yet.
2) And I found a secret 'Please don't put me down' by highlighting. Now I wonder if I missed anything before.
I really like ARG-y stuff, and I have to say that I'm loving this so far
oh
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oh my god
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR OBSERVATIONS, KIND SIR/MAAM
I can't believe I got it! Kinda... The very first thing that came to my mind was the sky, but the part about the blush, cry and roar along with the clue that appearances can be deceiving made me reconsider. Then I came up with the reader, but it was kind of weird since everything would only make sense if you were inside the book and it said "us". Then when I thought of sunrise, rain and thunder I was sure it was the sky. Guess I was wrong-right.
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YOU ARE WELCOME
I swear I heard my heart sink a little in my chest...
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I thought these are the page numbers, maybe denoting where on the page the number is listed...
But...
Page 2: thoug1h
Page 7: wait7s
So now I have no idea...
I thought it was the sun...
Aww, that's sweet. Except...
- I can look anywhere I please, and if you're talking about only looking down and never up for the purposes of reading this book, you've ruled out the possibility that I'm reading in bed. In fact, seeing as I'm reading this "book" off a laptop, I'm actually looking straight ahead.
- How exactly do you define 'we'? Because I am not all over everything; that would be weird. And I can very easily touch mys- okay, that came out wrong!
- Again, who is this 'we'? I've never had much problem finding myself.
Checkmate, atheist!
I fell for it! You played me for a fool, mysterious book.
Although, on a more serious note, that makes the "it gives life and it gives death" line much more disturbing. Especially with all the talk in this chapter about how much control I have over book waifu. Your thought process is looking a little codependent there, friend. Not that it's not understandable...
"Please don't put me down." I use light medium formatting because it's easier on my eyes, and spotted this little hidden message. Gonna have to watch for them in the future. This is just adding to my worry, though. I feel uncomfortable having this much importance to someone, even if that someone is just a fictional book.
Edit: Found another number. 7. Probably not a typo then. I'll have to write these down. This is getting very intriguing!
I wonder how the book would feel with a bookmark
Oh my God I just got out of this Morse code maybe :-)
This is getting uncomfortably intimate for my tastes
colored text, how intriguing. of course, the current background color i'm using for this somewhat dampens the impact, but i'm still rather fond of the use.
Those are some good riddles. I got the first two and got bamboozled by the third.
Number 7... oh k is this so kind of code?
I'm feeling extremely uncomfortable right about now