<⚠︎> ok so are we going to name it or just call it "the thing" forever?

<꩜> i sticked to Imagonivorus

<⚠︎> Image-eater?

<꩜> yeah. i would also add obscurus, like species. kinda fits to most of them

<⚠︎> ok but let's use something shorter. Imagon maybe?

<꩜> sure. and the mimicking ones would be daemonomimus

<⚠︎> you mean those "demons" we kept hearing reports about?

<꩜> yes

<⚠︎> okay. minecraft tho... why do they keep showing up there? like, I know sandbox games with procedural worlds make sense but...

<꩜> procedural generation, complete silence, lack of narrative. empty space with infinite possibilities. players have to fill the gaps. basically perfect for them

<⚠︎> they often don't even try to spawn as mobs. their visual form begins to stabilize only when someone starts asking questions the game has no answers for. like "who built this?" "why is that there?" "am I alone here?"

<꩜> yep. single player or tiny servers are the worst. small friend groups. nobody checks anything, everyone trust each other. and when someone suddenly jokes about herobrine, next thing you know the world feels alive

<⚠︎> and they adapt. they aren't as smart as humans, more like... responsive. they are more like a weird liquid. you make a frame, and they happily flow inside

<꩜> demon stuff btw, that's scary efficient. the whole reaction is prebuilt in the culture. like you said, they just assume the premade role. zero effort, max effect

<⚠︎> i heard that some people could "break" them by ignoring them. no fear, no attention. it makes them collapse back into background noise

<꩜> not everyone can. and that is why it is dangerous. mental stuff, like anxiety, feeling watched, dreams blending with the game. the world simply stops being contained in the monitor

<⚠︎> ARG and horror stories spread it. users become like vectors, creating new templates for them without end

<꩜> exactly. it feeds on projection, attention, emotional reaction. our feedback is their fuel

<⚠︎> so minecraft is basically the perfect shadow-casting machine. good thing most encounters are harmless

<꩜> until someone obsesses and gives it too much attention

<⚠︎> or gives it meaning it hasn't earned?

<꩜> yes. and then you can't ever unsee it

