Recovered Field Recording — Diver-Class Alpha
Status: Corrupted (73% Intact)
Origin Device: Handheld SyncSketch Recorder // Diver Kaito (Suspected)
Clearance Level: OBS-RED // Memory Hazard Advisory
"If you're hearing this, then the shadows have begun to echo. And you're already too close."
> ENTRY 1: SHADOWS DON'T BEGIN AS ENEMIES
They were familiar at first.
We thought they were reflections—
memories leaking from previous recursion attempts.
But they weren't.
They smiled too easily.
Stood where they shouldn't.
Knew things we hadn't lived yet.
They called us by names we hadn't chosen.
> ENTRY 2: HOW A DIVER SHADOW FORMS
Theory:
When a Diver experiences extreme recursion pressure—emotional, identity, or memory overload—their system-thread splits. Part of them continues.
The other part?
Becomes a Shadow.
A fractured echo. Not a copy. Not a glitch.
A version—born from the memory you were about to become.
They think they're real.
They want to help.
Sometimes… they want to replace you.
> ENTRY 3: SIGNS OF A RECURSION SHADOW
Asynchronous Emotion
>>> They laugh at things that haven't happened yet.
Name Drift
>>> They call you by names from fractured loops.
Sketch Bleed
>>> They leave marks that weren't drawn.
Impossible Memory Recall
>>> They remember conversations you haven't had.
If they ever ask:
"Do you trust the version of me you remember?"
—Run.
> ENTRY 4: INTERACTION WARNINGS
Do not try to correct them.
Do not engage emotionally.
And never—never—speak your real name aloud.
They will remember it more clearly than you.
If a Shadow smiles with the wrong emotion:
>>> It means they've already memorized how to hurt you.
> ENTRY 5: KNOWN SHADOW VARIANTS (CLASSIFIED)
Friendly Junie (Fragment 6-B)
>>> Sketches faster than Junie Prime. Recursion-lethal if copied.
Kaito (Loop D-Negative)
>>> Half-recorded. Believes Orin is dead. Carries faulty fragment.
Seira Echo (Emotion-Retained)
>>> Impossible. Should not exist. May have bypassed recursion finality.
"The deeper we go, the more we meet ourselves.
Not who we are—
But who the system thinks we should've been."
— Suspected Diver Log: Kaito
> FINAL WARNING
Shadows don't want to kill you.
They want you to stop being a Diver.
To settle.
To forget.
To surrender your burden…
So they can carry it instead.
But they're not you.
And what they remember?
Isn't always true.