Darkly selving

This petal is believed to achieve many of its effects by connecting to the mesh, where an AI observes and controls some of the event flow, and only works for multiple trippers. Like Forgotten Hand, it works by overlaying AR perceptions on the real world, but because of the effects, it’s highly inadvisable to take in places where any non-trippers will be present. Darkly Selving creates an epsilon fork of each character tripping and sleeves the fork in an infomorph that looks like a demonic version of themself, using visual input from the character’s co-trippers. AR overlays cause the characters to perceive themselves as angelic beings, while the realseeming demonic infomorphs appear as AR overlays on their real world perceptions. What happens next varies, but generally both the characters and their forks are subjected to a series of strong chemical and narcoalgorithmic stimuli, ranging from Hitherlike effects to massive doses of MRDR (or sometimes both). The effects directed against the forks are generally much more intense. The objective — hinted at via environmental clues — is to merge with one’s fork, which can be accomplished in a variety of ways, ranging from hunting them down and eating their heart to solving a puzzle or reaching a goal before their forks can.