EMOARMY
Background:
Story by Luke Hickox, from 2021, made into a group chat, became an army, started The 2021-2022 War (the ded war) (the muffin war)
Story:
It was a another lonely night in my study. I was chatting with my friend on Teams, when suddenly, a new comment popped up. 'That's funny,' I thought. 'This is a private chat and my friend's name is not EMOARMY. Whassup with this?'
[Wednesday 2:34 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
All the chat said was, '💀💀💀💀 '. I ignored it, assuming it was one of my friends being annoying. I kept up the other conversation.
[Wednesday 2:35 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
Suddenly, another popped up from the same 'EMOARMY'. This time all it was was; "😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀"
[Wednesday 2:37 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
'That's really annoying,' I thought, but still ignored it and kept typing. All of the sudden, three new comments popped up, each exactly like the last. 'This is really weird,' I thought. 'Who is doing this?' So I chatted, "BTW who is this?"
[Wednesday 2:37 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
All that came back was, "😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑".
[Wednesday 2:39 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
'This has got to stop," I thought. So I said, "Whoever it is, go away plz." Another chat came up: "😡😡😡😡😡😡".
[Wednesday 2:41 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
"That's kinda creepy," I thought. I decided to stop chatting for the time being. I told my friend I had work to do, and settled down to a video game elsewhere. However, mere seconds later, I got a ping. I looked, and 'EMOARMY' had pm'd me! All it said was, "❄️⚠️nt🪀u”
[Wednesday 2:42 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
'That's extremely weird,' I thought, and replied, "Please go away. I am trying to do cough cough schoolwork."
[Wednesday 2:43 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
Then, "😠😠😠😠😠"
[Wednesday 2:44 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
"Good grief." I thought. "They are taking this way too far." Then, as if he/she/it/they had read my mind, another reply came: "🏋️🎨e🧑💼y"
[Wednesday 2:47 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
Then I noticed something. In two of 'EMOARMY's replies, there had been letters. After thinking about it a bit, I figured it out, and chills ran down my spine. The first read "We want you," and the second, "We are many." The way it worked was simple. However many letters they could use (e.g. + u = you), they did, and then added on necassary letters.
[Wednesday 2:50 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
I felt slightly ill. I closed my laptop and went into a different room. I tried to read a book, but I was still thinking about EMOARMY. And then, the sound of a ping came to my ears. "HOW?!!" I thought. "I closed the stupid thing." I went over to make sure it was off, then opened it and checked Teams. The first message that met my eyes was, "🪀u🍈🦶l🙃s,🕹️hn."
[Wednesday 2:51 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
The first thing I realized was that they had used my name, John!!! How did they know it? It must be one of my friends, I thought. But then came: "🙀🚛e📓🪀ur🍳nds"
[Wednesday 2:52 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
The messages in order said, "You can't fool us, John," and "We are not your friends."
[Wednesday 2:55 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
I shut down the computer, turned off my Bluetooth speaker, and went to the other side of the house. It was very quiet. I played Minecraft for the next 10 minutes, until.....
[Wednesday 2:57 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
"ping" came the sound of Teams. "Oh no," I groaned. "How on earth...?" The screen on my Nintendo player had suddenly gone black, and this message had appeared: "😩⤴️e☄️ing🔜"
[Wednesday 3:00 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
"Oh my goodness," I thought. I kinda panicked. I looked around the room wildly for a weapon of defense. I picked up my bat from the floor and sat down again, trembling. I waited. Nothing happened. For the next 10 or 15 minutes I sat there, waiting for nothing. Finally I laughed nervously and got up. I switched on the TV and watched the Three Stooges.
[Wednesday 3:02 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
Suddenly, again, the TV screen turned black, and the message appeared: "💒⤵️e🥴🌑ar🚷" We are very near now. That's what it said. I absolutely panicked. I screamed, "Avast, ye swabs!!! Prepare do meet thy doom, foul fiends!" Well actually I didn't. I just plain yelled. I ran into my room and shut the door.
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[Wednesday 3:03 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
I got into bed and pulled the covers over my head. I fell asleep almost immediately.
[Wednesday 3:05 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
When I awoke, I yawned, looked out at the blue sky through the window, and thought, "What a scaredy cat I am. It was all just a dream." I looked at my digital clock to see the time. But instead of the time, in big, red, form, stood this message: "🍀bye🃏hn." I froze. That couldn't be right. Goodbye John? But it was supposed to be all a dream!!!
[Wednesday 3:06 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
I got up and took out my Glock from it's hiding place under the dresser. I cocked it and stood waiting. Suddenly I heard a knock on the door. I screamed and unloaded all six chambers at the door.
[Wednesday 3:07 PM] Luke Hickox (Student)
Newspaper clipping: "And in other news, a local man has gone mad and killed his cat when it tried to get in. Rumor has it that the man was muttering something about an 'EMOARMY' when he was taken into custody, but those rumors have yet to be confirmed"...…