[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

@mike Ask @daela where that street photo come from. It’s fascinating.

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

The mass emailing that is going out this morning has a header that states:

“we are not who you think we are… this is not what you think it is.”

This is the same sentiment most or all of the event attendees heard.

It’s also interesting to me that they’ve officially stated: you must be 18 or over to participate. Sorry, @dsapir

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

@thecatnipper189 brought up something I find really interesting. She said we all filled out the very personal Tension questionnaire. I think this does turn us into somewhat of a self-selected group for the cell phone experiment. I’ve heard of various people who chose not to pursue Tension due to that questionnaire alone. Perhaps those people would also be more apt to freak out over these technology privacy issues.

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

@nking is starting to remind me of our very own Kenny from South Park. Dies once per episode.

Put next to each other, the statements presented in the Tension marketing flyers sure create an interesting theme that cryptically hints at what they want from us:

your FEAR is deceiving YOU

Don’t let FEAR consume you.

Will YOU hear our truth?

Find Your Truth Within

WILL YOU accept our message?

Silence is COMPLACENCY

ENLIGHTENMENT awaits you

Bear witness to the LIGHT

only TRUE knowledge can save YOU

realize your TRUE self. ENLIGHTENMENT awaits.

gain your new SIGHT today

Only within ourselves can we find the true source of illumination

We are what fear aspires to be.
We are the dread that precedes the dreadful.
All that was dark, will soon be light.

@gatekeeper4 OOA asks if we will hear their TRUTH. It’s safe to say many of us will, so the question is: What is OOA’s TRUTH?

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

Hmm, well, the biggest unsolved mystery is: What even is this place?! Who even are these people1? Seriously, there is so much unknown at this point. All I can suggest is to take your time digesting everything that has been discussed on the forums, in the podcasts, in the blog articles and start forming your own theories. Then share. We do love talking about it all.

I will say there are some propaganda style videos created by OOA as well as the infamous Sentinel/Brothers of Seraph. Take a look at those, at slow speed if you can. There’s much to see. Also be sure to read the articles sited in those videos. It’s interesting real world stuff. (Note: The Sentinel video may be more difficult for you to get your hands on. When you’re at a point that it makes sense to view, let us know. Many of us saved a copy.)

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

It seems to be the first evidence that they acquired something from one of our phones.

My last photos (prior to OOA taking my phone) were of Daela being led down the street by Talia. If anything like that turns up, we’ll know where they came from!

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

@mrohio What are you afraid they’d do or find? You’re our first to express anxiety. Please elaborate 😀

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

@monkeymuffin333 By chance were you at the corner around 6:15pm that evening? It looked to me like it was you there, clutching your phone, looking conspicuous like all of us probably did. They unfortunately didn’t ask me to stare into the next Apostle’s eyes, but if they had I think you would have been my target. Maybe next time.

So far none of us seem to have cowered under the interviewers technology threat. I wonder if this is really much of a surprise to them. Maybe we are all the wrong age demographic. It seems to me that if they threatened the same to the kids at my daughter’s high school, chaos and tears might break out.

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

@amieexists You just blew my mind.

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

I’m also on Team Highlights. Who would have thought that the golden days of childhood and Highlights would bring us to where we are today… cult membership. Woooo. Go us!

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

@mike I’d forgotten about that! I noticed the next day that my ringer volume was off. It is possible I did it accidentally, although that never happens. My other guess was maybe they didn’t want me to hear the sound of my camera going off just in case I had that sound effect enabled.

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

@reaton

“He firmly pinioned my arms to my sides, letting me know that he was in control.”

He did the same to me, but not until I was placed in front of the mirror, right before I was instructed to remove my hood. It’s interesting how you perceived the action of him holding your arms in place. When he did it to me I actually felt it as a way of saying okay we’ve arrived at your destination. Ground yourself. We’re about to begin. It was actually a comforting sensation.

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

@kingkill33 I wonder what would have happened if you’d sought out the church procession. In retrospect I had similar thoughts that could have been construed as mutinous if I’d have carried them out. What if I had turned my head and looked at the interviewer or the whispering man, or removed my hood while standing in the hallways waiting. Would my experience would have ended abruptly? Would I have been rewarded for acting of my own mind? Maybe next time, if I’m fortunate enough to get a next time.

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

I experienced two significant differences from what @thegilded described.

1) I was not asked to stare at a fellow apostle on the street corner. I was instructed to go directly to my car, not looking at or speaking to anyone, and to continue to my final destination.

2) Once leaving the elevator on my way to the interview space I was left to stand still and reflect on enlightenment for what seemed to be about 7 minutes. While I stood still and silent, I could hear various vague and sporadic things happening. For example, a man sniffed into one of my ears (*sniff sniff*), then the other, then moved away silently. I also heard a couple sudden loud jump scare type noises (the first did make me flinch). At one point I heard a noise and then felt something vaguely brush the side of my ankle. The noise were all of a banging, clanging type. The best I can say is it all reminded me of industrial type sounds. Someone else described it as possibly the work of a golf club, which I could also see as a possibility.

Once my escort came back to take me to the interview, I was pushed quickly and franticly for at least 2 minutes before arriving at the spot I was to stand in front of the mirror. In retrospect, I find it humorous (and fun) that it is very possible I was merely being pushed around in the one large interview room space for nothing more than the effect.

@erin I hate that you feel like the one not invited to the party. Your time will come. Until then you know how to reach me… ask for any clarification you need, it’s no bother at all 😀

[Kimberly @ElectricHippoParticipant]

@mrohio Nicely done with the eye chart!

The simple answer to your question, is no we don’t have a new puzzle to go along with this weekend’s event. The more complete answer is, we might have a piece of a new puzzle in the form of a series of numbers a couple event invitees received. Unfortunately, it doesn’t feel like we can do much with the numbers due to circumstances that didn’t allow them to be written down accurately.

Do check out the My Haunt Life podcast. Our very own @mike and @reaton do a really fun job describing all sorts of great events, including Tension.

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