Have you ever heard of a deepfake? It’s a piece of media so meticulously altered that it makes you believe someone said or did something they never actually did.
A lie, disguised as a truth, designed to make you question your own reality. And if it’s done well enough? You’ll swear by it.
Even with the truth staring you dead in the face.
That’s what you are, isn’t it, Nox? A living, breathing deepfake. Only you don’t just rewrite stories.
You rewrite people’s minds.
The Preservationists? They keep Arcadia locked down with fear. They tell you Zeus is your saviour, that the world beyond the door is a lie, and that freedom is just a dangerous illusion. But fear… it only lasts so long.
Fear breeds rebellion; it makes people desperate. Reckless even.
It makes them want to fight back.
Only Nox doesn’t rely on fear… He doesn’t need to break you.
He just needs to make you doubt.
The things you once knew were wrong start to feel reasonable, the people you trusted are now the liars, and the little voice inside your head telling you something isn’t right? That’s just paranoia… isn’t it?
Nox doesn’t just lie to you, Arcadia – he makes you lie to yourself. He feeds you toxins that distort your senses. He alters your emotions; your reasoning.
Your very perception of what’s real.
And when you start to notice? When you start to resist? He flips the script. That’s the game. That’s the program you’ve been running on for years.
You think you’re free. You think you’re safe. You think Zeus and his enforcers are protecting you.
But the truth? The truth is buried under layers of chemicals and carefully planted doubt, wrapped up in a nightmare you’re too conditioned to wake up from.
And if Nox does his job? If he executes Zeus’ plan to perfection? You’ll never wake up or fight back, because why would you fight something you believe was your own choice?
But here’s where it falls apart. Here’s where the system crashes.
Gaslighting only works if the subject never wakes up…
And me? I woke up a long time ago.
I’ve seen beyond the firewall, I’ve broken through the encryption of Arcadia’s control, and I know the difference between truth and programming.
And now, Nox? I’m going to drag the rest of Arcadia into the light.
Once the people see reality for what it is – once they question everything they’ve been fed – that’s when the firewall fails.
That’s when the system collapses.
And that’s when you lose your grip, motherfucker.
You’ve spent so long manipulating people’s minds that you forgot one simple truth… A deepfake is only as powerful as the belief it sustains. The moment people see through it – the moment they recognise the lie for what it is – the illusion shatters.
The control slips.
The strings snap.
And the truth – no matter how deeply buried – finds a way of rising to the surface.
On Monday night, we pull the plug on you for good.
The deception ends, the reality you’ve so carefully constructed crumbles, and the people of Arcadia will finally see you for what you truly are.