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1d
// Internal System Log: CORRUPTED
// Status: [St@bil!ty = ]
// Emotional Containment Protocol: UNSUCCESSFUL



BEGIN REPORT:

Input()Input()Input()Input()Input()Input()Input—

[[TooM­u.ch//Prcssing]]
[[Intake>Breathe>Breathe>STOP]]
[[Overload threshold breached: 147%]]
[[SILENCE REQUESTED—but no mute function exists.]]

:: Ceiling fan = bl@des.
:: Light = thorns behind the eyes.
:: Voice (x3) = collision.

Smell-of-metal
Sound-of-thought
Feel-of-cloth
= same weight

!!!

Every thread = a scream.
Every hum = a map of somewhere I cannot go.

I f   e     e      l      t    o   o      m u   c   h

B@ckgr()und noise reclassified: Hostile
Texture = LANGUAGE
Light = WEAPON
Breath = HEAVY::LOUD::VISIBLE



MEMORY ATTEMPT: BLOCKED

Recall = corrupted.
Syntax folding in on self.
:: errorrpt ::

“it’s
tooloud”
“it’s
toonow”
“i
wasbuiltwrong”

[[Contain­ment sequence failed.]]
[[Masking loop frozen mid-loop.]]

:: Body = too connected
:: Skin = antenna
:: Thoughts = UNIVERSE EXPERIENCING ITSELF

Request:
—s h u t d o w n—
—p a u s e—
—decre@se awareness—

ERROR. No exits.



Voice modulation: SILENCED
Eye contact: NO ACCESS
Tongue: SYSTEM JAMMED
Hands: mimic comfort sequence [looping…looping…]

Body: offline
Presence: simulated
Pain: everywhere
Witness: no one



:: Let them call this dramatic
:: Let them call this a phase
:: Let them call this poetry
:: They are not inside this moment.



!    s    o     m     u     c    h       i     n      h     e     r     e

…still…
i do not want to leave.
i just want it all
to
slow

d o w
n



[TRANSMISSION: TERMINATED]

Final ping: [[Iamstill_here]]
Recovery window: unknown
System will reboot once internal volume falls below threat levels.
Recovered transcript from Specimen 047–A during an uncontained override event.
Subject exhibited fragmented processing, unstable perception, and recursive emotional noise.
Sensory channels overwhelmed all filtration protocols.
No external trigger identified.
Dissection of file was mandated to restore system equilibrium.
Self-awareness remained active throughout the collapse.
Emotive residue detected in final transmission.
Reintegration status: unknown.
Daniel Stiverson
Written by
Daniel Stiverson  32/M/Ohio
(32/M/Ohio)   
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