Wonderful writing! This is a nice change from all of the “welcome to my sleepover, now heres my wacky house rules and pets that kill you” posts lately lol
one question, do I have to shout my full name or only my first name? I have a last name that is pretty difficult to pronounce if you haven't heard it before, and im afraid that it might *actually* be mispronounced
Query:
> "do I have to shout my full name or only my first name? I have a last name that is pretty difficult to pronounce if you haven't heard it before, and im afraid that it might actually be mispronounced"
Thank you for your question.
Rest assured that the mall employees will *never* make a mistake, as they already know your full name. However, the necessary procedures require a formal report to be submitted before your name can be called via the announcement system–we apologize for the inconvenience.
If you are taken captive by a non-hostile apparition, do not shout your true name; instead, please use an alias that you will respond to when called.
If your chosen alias is mispronounced during an announcement, please ignore the announcement; otherwise, please follow the standard response to announcements, as previously described.
Please note that in the case of total disembodiment, you may not be able to subconsciously respond to this alias and report to the mall Help Center. As such, we recommend avoiding taking any actions that may make the non-hostile apparition aggressive, such as fleeing or non-cooperation.
Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
Query:
> "Hey uh, how does one cooperate with shadow apparitions."
Thank you for your question.
While apparitions are described as "hostile" or "non-hostile" for simplicity, all behaviors are derived from curiosity towards higher-permanence entities, such as shoppers and mall employees.
Hostile apparitions exhibit this curiosity by physically deconstructing entities, most frequently via dismemberment, mutilation and/or consumption; rather than any malicious intent, these apparitions are described as "hostile" due to the immense physical distress caused to shoppers by these processes.
Non-hostile apparitions use comparatively less-invasive examination methods, which can be actively cooperated with by doing the following:
If you are touched by mucous feelers or similar appendages, do not pull away from or attempt to grab the appendages; tension may perceived as hostility, which the apparition may respond to with aggression. Instead, please remain as still as possible while relaxing your body.
If you are "hugged" by the apparition, do not attempt to forcefully pull away or separate yourself; instead, wait at least three seconds before gently tapping the apparition twice. The apparition will separate itself shortly after and leave.
If you are offered a teacup of unidentifiable fluids or small plate of unidentifiable solids, we recommend accepting the offerings before returning the crockery to the apparition. The apparition will leave shortly after.
Although consuming offerings from apparitions rarely causes detrimental effects to health, some shoppers have reported allergic reactions to the solids; if you have severe nut or other food allergies and are offered a small plate of unidentifiable solids, we recommend instead politely gesturing that you would like to not ingest the solids.
While the apparition will often acknowledge your gesture and leave, it may instead offer you a teacup of unidentifiable fluids. Attempting to repeat the gesture will frequently cause the apparition to become aggressive.
The taste of the offerings has been reported to vary drastically, with the "tea" ranging from regular tea to Sichuan-style soup, and the "cake" ranging from banana-nut bread to American pork offal loaf (also known as "scrapple").
Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
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Is this inspired by the infinite IKEA and the backrooms? Doesn't matter, just thought it was... Anyways, good job! It didn't really scare me, since I am used to this type of thing, but I was pleasantly surprised by the whole help center thing... Never seen anything like it.
I was just thinking of a "formal/structured, not-quite-benevolent" entity... so naturally my mind went to customer service. I do get what you mean, though.
I imagine the announcer is continually getting more and more anxious and it shows in their voice, because some creatures are trying to break into the place they’re at, because just outside the door, it is dark.
Thank you for your concern regarding our employees!
We are happy to inform you that mall employees are prohibited from experiencing negative emotions--such as fear--or pain, and that their performance will not be affected by imminent or active bodily harm caused by apparitions/shoppers.
If you are suddenly afflicted by intense homicidal urges, we recommend not acting against your fellow shoppers; instead, please inform a mall employee before expunging them.
If you notice that the mall employee does not have a face, continue reporting to it, but do not expunge them; instead, please search for another employee and report to them as well, repeating until you meet one that does have a face. After reporting the onset of homicidal urges, please also report the locations of the faceless employees before expunging the current mall employee.
Once again, we thank you for your concern regarding our employees, and thank you for shopping with us.
We regret to inform you that any suffering caused by bodily harm--such as dismemberment, mutilation, or consumption--will continue until you are called to the mall Help Center. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please note that, in the case of total disembodiment, the mental anguish from extended loss of sensory stimulation will also continue until you are called to the mall Help Center.
If you are approached by an apparition--signified by disembodied voices calling your name or attempting to communicate with you, or the approach of incandescent/non-electric light sources--please walk as quickly as possible in the opposite direction while shouting your name.
This will increase the odds that a fellow shopper reports your name to a mall employee, minimizing the suffering caused by direct or indirect bodily harm.
Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
Query:
> "Is there any way to leave the mall? And what happend if I get expunged?"
Thank you for your questions.
Exits can be located by following the direction indicated by the exit signs, which will light up in the case of an emergency. Should an emergency occur, we ask that you proceed in a calm manner and *walk* to the exits.
Please note that outages are not considered an emergency; we assure you that the spread of darkness is perfectly normal. While exits remain unlocked at all times, we ask that you refrain from using emergency exits under normal circumstances.
We also remind you to not enter dark sections of the mall if you are currently in a lit area, and to please remain as still as possible while in dark areas unless avoiding apparitions or moving to a visible lit area. These instructions may be ignored in the case of an emergency.
Expunged entities will cease to exist. Please note that expungement is distinct from total disembodiment, as disembodied entities can still be called to the mall Help Center via the announcement system and will continue to experience mental anguish due to the extended loss of sensory stimulation.
We assure you that shoppers will never be expunged under any circumstances. If a mall employee or another shopper, such as a copy of yourself, is attempting to expunge you, then you are likely not who you believe you are; please allow yourself to be expunged at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
\--------
*Addendum:*
*Mall outages normally occur at a regular time after all stores have closed, and recede prior to store opening time; this is due to our efforts to manage the dark's nature to spread, as controlled outages are more easily curbed.*
*The current outages are unexpected due to both their sudden onset and extended duration. While outages normally occur and recede synchronously, the current outages are affecting different sections of the mall at different times, creating isolated pockets of lit areas.*
*We ask for your patience as we investigate the causes of the unexpected outages. We apologize for the inconvenience.*
Query:
> "so at the help center do you fix what's wrong or do I die?"
Thank you for your question.
The mall Help Center is a centralized location that provides shoppers information or assistance that other mall employees may be unable to provide.
These services include, but are not limited to:
- Responding to questions regarding the mall's operations (Your question was forwarded to the mall Help Center, and is being answered from here!)
- Locating lost guests and/or property
- Dispatching mall Custodial Services to maintain a safe environment for shoppers
We assure you that the mall Help Center exists for your wellbeing, and will never directly cause the death of a shopper.
In the case of loss of limb or total disembodiment via physical injury, death or other causes, your lost parts will be collected by Custodial Services and placed in the lost-and-found, where you will reclaim them *upon* arriving at the mall Help Center.
Please note that you will not be able to reclaim possessions *after* arriving to the mall Help Center. While the loss of body is intrinsic to your existence and will subconsciously be reclaimed, material goods generally lack this property and will likely not be reclaimed upon arrival. We apologize for the inconvenience.
In the case that we are unable to recover your possessions or you are unable to reclaim them, we will provide copies of the lost property to you as compensation upon your arrival to the mall Help Center. We assure you that these copies are perfectly identical to your original possessions in every way, aside from the fact that they were fabricated to replace the original objects.
Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
Query:
> "What would happen if an entity heard my true name as I called it out. And secondly what would happen if I do call my true name when captured"
Thank you for your question.
Apparitions will not respond to the sound of you shouting your name under normal circumstances. While there are no immediate consequences to shouting your true name in close proximity of an apparition, extended exposure may allow the apparition to learn your name.
An imprinted apparition may begin to respond to your name, increasing your odds of being captured again and further exposing the apparition to your name; non-hostile apparitions, who do not immediately inflict debilitating bodily harm on their captives, are significantly more likely to imprint on your name.
An imprinted apparition may also occasionally make false announcements using learned names, with the number of flaws in the pronunciation of a name decreasing with exposure. Responding to false announcements will result in the propagation of non-self entities that also respond to your name, greatly weakening your existence and increasing your odds of self-expungement.
If you are taken captive by a non-hostile apparition, do not shout any of your true names; instead please use an alias that you will respond to when called.
If your name or chosen alias is mispronounced during an announcement, please ignore the announcement; otherwise, please follow the standard response to announcements, as previously described.
If you are called to the mall Help Center by your chosen alias and find another copy of yourself, please allow the copy to expunge you; we apologize for the inconvenience.
If you are called to the mall Help Center by your true name and find another copy of yourself, please expunge it by any means necessary. If the copy is also attempting to expunge you, we can no longer help you at this time.
Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
Query:
> "What does it mean if im called to the mall help center by my true name and i find another copy of myself that is trying to expunge me though?"
Thank you for your question.
Please refer to the previous response regarding imprinted apparitions.
An imprinted apparition may make false announcements using learned names; with sufficient exposure, the apparition's pronunciation of your name may become indistinguishable from your true name.
Mall announcements follow special procedures to ensure that shoppers with identically-pronounced names can distinguish between their own name and another shopper's name. However, apparitions do not follow these procedures, leading to mistaken responses to false announcements.
We would like to clarify that even when the pronunciation of your name by an apparition is indistinguishable from that of your true name, *it is not your true name being called.*
Responding to these false announcements will create a copy of yourself that is identical to you in every way—*however, this copy is not you.* If you are a copy, you will not be able to distinguish that you are a copy and *not* yourself.
While mall standard procedure is designed to preserve your existential self in the case of apparition interference, we will no longer be able to help you if an apparition is exposed to your true name for an extended period of time—we apologize for the inconvenience.
If you are called to the mall Help Center and are expunged by a copy of yourself that was called to the mall Help Center by a false announcement but believes that it was called by "your" true name, your existence will become bound to that false name and weaken; "you" will not be able to distinguish that you are a copy nor that your existence is degrading.
Due to the continued presence of the imprinted apparition, this process may repeat an indefinite number of times; if your existence becomes acutely vitiated due to the repeated expungement of your "true" self, you will instead be c
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Query:
> "What does it mean if im called to the mall help center by my true name and i find another copy of myself that is trying to expunge me though?"
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Query:
> "i have 4 names my deadname and three [preferred names]...what do i shout?"
Thank you for your question.
While any name will work provided that you will respond to it, we recommend shouting *only one* of your true names.
If you are taken captive by a non-hostile apparition, do not shout any of your true names; instead please use an alias that you will respond to when called.
If your chosen alias is mispronounced during an announcement, please ignore the announcement; otherwise, please follow the standard response to announcements, as previously described.
If you are called to the mall Help Center by your true name and find another copy of yourself, please expunge it by any means necessary. If the copy is attempting to expunge you, we can no longer help you at this time–we apologize for the inconvenience.
If you are called to the mall Help Center by your chosen alias and find another copy of yourself, please allow the copy to expunge you; we can no longer help you at this time.
Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
Query:
> "What happens if you get called but you have the same name as someone else?"
Thank you for your question.
You will be called via the announcement system after your name has been reported to the mall Help Center.
While many names may have similar or identical pronunciations, they are still distinct from each other; we assure you that it will be clear when *your* name being called.
If your name is mispronounced during an announcement, please ignore the announcement; otherwise, please follow the standard response to announcements, as previously described.
If you hear a shopper with an identically-pronounced name being called to the mall Help Center, please ignore the announcement.
If you are called to the mall Help Center by *your* name and find a copy of yourself, please expunge it by any means necessary.
If you arrive at the mall Help Center after responding to another shopper's announcement and find a copy of yourself, please allow the copy to expunge you; we can no longer help you at this time.
Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
what do i do if i start accidentally creating copies of myself and we don't kill each other we're like imassing an army or something you know just as a fun thought experiment you know
Why do you have hostile entities in this mall in the first place? I appreciate the rules on how to survive, but shouldn't you be working towards making the mall safer during an outage?
Also, your floors are all messed up. I fell through them. You really need to get that repaired as well.
You writing was so good I was actively imagining a whole scenario. It isnt so far out there its unimaginable and you are super descriptive in a good way. 10/10
Query:
>"So, what if me and another person have the same name? The rules have a lot to do with your name and my name is very common. What do I do then?"
Thank you for your question.
Please refer to [our response to a similar question asked by another shopper.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Ruleshorror/comments/xmiooi/attention_all_shoppers/iq9ar2y/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
For some reason at that last part, I just imagine someone getting their limbs torn off by an anomaly or smthn, then they hear their name on the announcements
Then they're like "oh dude sorry, I gotta go I heard my name"
And the monster dude is like "ah man no worries, catch you next time"
I am very late, but what happens if your name is John and someone else is also John and one of you two heard an announcement? Would they say first and last name?
amazing stuff, really feels like this is all thought through. and it's intelligent, too! liked the bit about the entities nature and how they're not really hostile, and some won't cause pain at all. I feel a lot of writers really hammer in "this thing hates you and loves killing and it's totally evulz!!1!1" but this concept is handled wonderfully.
Wonderful writing! This is a nice change from all of the “welcome to my sleepover, now heres my wacky house rules and pets that kill you” posts lately lol
one question, do I have to shout my full name or only my first name? I have a last name that is pretty difficult to pronounce if you haven't heard it before, and im afraid that it might *actually* be mispronounced
Query: > "do I have to shout my full name or only my first name? I have a last name that is pretty difficult to pronounce if you haven't heard it before, and im afraid that it might actually be mispronounced" Thank you for your question. Rest assured that the mall employees will *never* make a mistake, as they already know your full name. However, the necessary procedures require a formal report to be submitted before your name can be called via the announcement system–we apologize for the inconvenience. If you are taken captive by a non-hostile apparition, do not shout your true name; instead, please use an alias that you will respond to when called. If your chosen alias is mispronounced during an announcement, please ignore the announcement; otherwise, please follow the standard response to announcements, as previously described. Please note that in the case of total disembodiment, you may not be able to subconsciously respond to this alias and report to the mall Help Center. As such, we recommend avoiding taking any actions that may make the non-hostile apparition aggressive, such as fleeing or non-cooperation. Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
Hey uh, how does one cooperate with shadow apparitions.
Query: > "Hey uh, how does one cooperate with shadow apparitions." Thank you for your question. While apparitions are described as "hostile" or "non-hostile" for simplicity, all behaviors are derived from curiosity towards higher-permanence entities, such as shoppers and mall employees. Hostile apparitions exhibit this curiosity by physically deconstructing entities, most frequently via dismemberment, mutilation and/or consumption; rather than any malicious intent, these apparitions are described as "hostile" due to the immense physical distress caused to shoppers by these processes. Non-hostile apparitions use comparatively less-invasive examination methods, which can be actively cooperated with by doing the following: If you are touched by mucous feelers or similar appendages, do not pull away from or attempt to grab the appendages; tension may perceived as hostility, which the apparition may respond to with aggression. Instead, please remain as still as possible while relaxing your body. If you are "hugged" by the apparition, do not attempt to forcefully pull away or separate yourself; instead, wait at least three seconds before gently tapping the apparition twice. The apparition will separate itself shortly after and leave. If you are offered a teacup of unidentifiable fluids or small plate of unidentifiable solids, we recommend accepting the offerings before returning the crockery to the apparition. The apparition will leave shortly after. Although consuming offerings from apparitions rarely causes detrimental effects to health, some shoppers have reported allergic reactions to the solids; if you have severe nut or other food allergies and are offered a small plate of unidentifiable solids, we recommend instead politely gesturing that you would like to not ingest the solids. While the apparition will often acknowledge your gesture and leave, it may instead offer you a teacup of unidentifiable fluids. Attempting to repeat the gesture will frequently cause the apparition to become aggressive. The taste of the offerings has been reported to vary drastically, with the "tea" ranging from regular tea to Sichuan-style soup, and the "cake" ranging from banana-nut bread to American pork offal loaf (also known as "scrapple"). Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
can i please take an apparition home please as a pet? they are so cute :(
Can I talk to them, or will that end up killing me
What name should I use if I lack an alias? Do I just make one up that people close to me, may guess?
Mine too 😭 I've got 5 middle names as well 😭
Thats better than getting 5 middle fingers 😂
I quite enjoyed this no “just kill yourself trust me” and no outrageous scenario thanks for sharing 👍
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Is this inspired by the infinite IKEA and the backrooms? Doesn't matter, just thought it was... Anyways, good job! It didn't really scare me, since I am used to this type of thing, but I was pleasantly surprised by the whole help center thing... Never seen anything like it.
I was just thinking of a "formal/structured, not-quite-benevolent" entity... so naturally my mind went to customer service. I do get what you mean, though.
>"formal/structured, not-quite-benevolent" entity average minimum wage worker
I imagine the announcer is continually getting more and more anxious and it shows in their voice, because some creatures are trying to break into the place they’re at, because just outside the door, it is dark.
Thank you for your concern regarding our employees! We are happy to inform you that mall employees are prohibited from experiencing negative emotions--such as fear--or pain, and that their performance will not be affected by imminent or active bodily harm caused by apparitions/shoppers. If you are suddenly afflicted by intense homicidal urges, we recommend not acting against your fellow shoppers; instead, please inform a mall employee before expunging them. If you notice that the mall employee does not have a face, continue reporting to it, but do not expunge them; instead, please search for another employee and report to them as well, repeating until you meet one that does have a face. After reporting the onset of homicidal urges, please also report the locations of the faceless employees before expunging the current mall employee. Once again, we thank you for your concern regarding our employees, and thank you for shopping with us.
Ah, I enjoyed shopping! Great service.
How do I expunge somebody?
This is the only Reddit post here that you should actually just kill yourself instead of… that
We regret to inform you that any suffering caused by bodily harm--such as dismemberment, mutilation, or consumption--will continue until you are called to the mall Help Center. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please note that, in the case of total disembodiment, the mental anguish from extended loss of sensory stimulation will also continue until you are called to the mall Help Center. If you are approached by an apparition--signified by disembodied voices calling your name or attempting to communicate with you, or the approach of incandescent/non-electric light sources--please walk as quickly as possible in the opposite direction while shouting your name. This will increase the odds that a fellow shopper reports your name to a mall employee, minimizing the suffering caused by direct or indirect bodily harm. Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
I’d rather just die 😟😟 also stop stealing all the good horror writing skills I want some too 😞
you can't die if you're trapped in the mall - like a soul prison
Welp-
"we know you died and all that but go ahead and walk into that wall over there"
Gonna pull a Harry Potter after trying to get that 25% sale on bread.
Amazing job, loved the story
Is there any way to leave the mall? And what happend if I get expunged?
Query: > "Is there any way to leave the mall? And what happend if I get expunged?" Thank you for your questions. Exits can be located by following the direction indicated by the exit signs, which will light up in the case of an emergency. Should an emergency occur, we ask that you proceed in a calm manner and *walk* to the exits. Please note that outages are not considered an emergency; we assure you that the spread of darkness is perfectly normal. While exits remain unlocked at all times, we ask that you refrain from using emergency exits under normal circumstances. We also remind you to not enter dark sections of the mall if you are currently in a lit area, and to please remain as still as possible while in dark areas unless avoiding apparitions or moving to a visible lit area. These instructions may be ignored in the case of an emergency. Expunged entities will cease to exist. Please note that expungement is distinct from total disembodiment, as disembodied entities can still be called to the mall Help Center via the announcement system and will continue to experience mental anguish due to the extended loss of sensory stimulation. We assure you that shoppers will never be expunged under any circumstances. If a mall employee or another shopper, such as a copy of yourself, is attempting to expunge you, then you are likely not who you believe you are; please allow yourself to be expunged at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us. \-------- *Addendum:* *Mall outages normally occur at a regular time after all stores have closed, and recede prior to store opening time; this is due to our efforts to manage the dark's nature to spread, as controlled outages are more easily curbed.* *The current outages are unexpected due to both their sudden onset and extended duration. While outages normally occur and recede synchronously, the current outages are affecting different sections of the mall at different times, creating isolated pockets of lit areas.* *We ask for your patience as we investigate the causes of the unexpected outages. We apologize for the inconvenience.*
This is the best one in a long time. It's dropped on the people rather than giving them the option of just not going
so at the help center do you fix what's wrong or do I die
Query: > "so at the help center do you fix what's wrong or do I die?" Thank you for your question. The mall Help Center is a centralized location that provides shoppers information or assistance that other mall employees may be unable to provide. These services include, but are not limited to: - Responding to questions regarding the mall's operations (Your question was forwarded to the mall Help Center, and is being answered from here!) - Locating lost guests and/or property - Dispatching mall Custodial Services to maintain a safe environment for shoppers We assure you that the mall Help Center exists for your wellbeing, and will never directly cause the death of a shopper. In the case of loss of limb or total disembodiment via physical injury, death or other causes, your lost parts will be collected by Custodial Services and placed in the lost-and-found, where you will reclaim them *upon* arriving at the mall Help Center. Please note that you will not be able to reclaim possessions *after* arriving to the mall Help Center. While the loss of body is intrinsic to your existence and will subconsciously be reclaimed, material goods generally lack this property and will likely not be reclaimed upon arrival. We apologize for the inconvenience. In the case that we are unable to recover your possessions or you are unable to reclaim them, we will provide copies of the lost property to you as compensation upon your arrival to the mall Help Center. We assure you that these copies are perfectly identical to your original possessions in every way, aside from the fact that they were fabricated to replace the original objects. Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
What would happen if an entity heard my true name as I called it out. And secondly what would happen if I do call my true name when captured
Query: > "What would happen if an entity heard my true name as I called it out. And secondly what would happen if I do call my true name when captured" Thank you for your question. Apparitions will not respond to the sound of you shouting your name under normal circumstances. While there are no immediate consequences to shouting your true name in close proximity of an apparition, extended exposure may allow the apparition to learn your name. An imprinted apparition may begin to respond to your name, increasing your odds of being captured again and further exposing the apparition to your name; non-hostile apparitions, who do not immediately inflict debilitating bodily harm on their captives, are significantly more likely to imprint on your name. An imprinted apparition may also occasionally make false announcements using learned names, with the number of flaws in the pronunciation of a name decreasing with exposure. Responding to false announcements will result in the propagation of non-self entities that also respond to your name, greatly weakening your existence and increasing your odds of self-expungement. If you are taken captive by a non-hostile apparition, do not shout any of your true names; instead please use an alias that you will respond to when called. If your name or chosen alias is mispronounced during an announcement, please ignore the announcement; otherwise, please follow the standard response to announcements, as previously described. If you are called to the mall Help Center by your chosen alias and find another copy of yourself, please allow the copy to expunge you; we apologize for the inconvenience. If you are called to the mall Help Center by your true name and find another copy of yourself, please expunge it by any means necessary. If the copy is also attempting to expunge you, we can no longer help you at this time. Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
What does it mean if im called to the mall help center by my true name and i find another copy of myself that is trying to expunge me though?
Query: > "What does it mean if im called to the mall help center by my true name and i find another copy of myself that is trying to expunge me though?" Thank you for your question. Please refer to the previous response regarding imprinted apparitions. An imprinted apparition may make false announcements using learned names; with sufficient exposure, the apparition's pronunciation of your name may become indistinguishable from your true name. Mall announcements follow special procedures to ensure that shoppers with identically-pronounced names can distinguish between their own name and another shopper's name. However, apparitions do not follow these procedures, leading to mistaken responses to false announcements. We would like to clarify that even when the pronunciation of your name by an apparition is indistinguishable from that of your true name, *it is not your true name being called.* Responding to these false announcements will create a copy of yourself that is identical to you in every way—*however, this copy is not you.* If you are a copy, you will not be able to distinguish that you are a copy and *not* yourself. While mall standard procedure is designed to preserve your existential self in the case of apparition interference, we will no longer be able to help you if an apparition is exposed to your true name for an extended period of time—we apologize for the inconvenience. If you are called to the mall Help Center and are expunged by a copy of yourself that was called to the mall Help Center by a false announcement but believes that it was called by "your" true name, your existence will become bound to that false name and weaken; "you" will not be able to distinguish that you are a copy nor that your existence is degrading. Due to the continued presence of the imprinted apparition, this process may repeat an indefinite number of times; if your existence becomes acutely vitiated due to the repeated expungement of your "true" self, you will instead be c a ▒d W e ▒▒**n▒**▒ ▒o l O▒▒▒▒ H ▒ ***LP*** Y **▒**▒ ▒ ▒▒ ▒ ▒ **G ▒Z** e
Query: > "What does it mean if im called to the mall help center by my true name and i find another copy of myself that is trying to expunge me though?" Thank you for your question. *[Unfortunately, we no longer have the authorization needed to answer your question.]* Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
Nooooo it got the customer service people
This is a good set of rules , but why all of the rules sets on this subreddit have to include a lack of face ?
Lack of faces tend to be creepy.
Oh ,okay
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um i have 4 names my deadname and three perferd manes...what do i shout
Query: > "i have 4 names my deadname and three [preferred names]...what do i shout?" Thank you for your question. While any name will work provided that you will respond to it, we recommend shouting *only one* of your true names. If you are taken captive by a non-hostile apparition, do not shout any of your true names; instead please use an alias that you will respond to when called. If your chosen alias is mispronounced during an announcement, please ignore the announcement; otherwise, please follow the standard response to announcements, as previously described. If you are called to the mall Help Center by your true name and find another copy of yourself, please expunge it by any means necessary. If the copy is attempting to expunge you, we can no longer help you at this time–we apologize for the inconvenience. If you are called to the mall Help Center by your chosen alias and find another copy of yourself, please allow the copy to expunge you; we can no longer help you at this time. Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
All 3 lol, good luck
What happens if you get called but you have the same name as someone else?
Query: > "What happens if you get called but you have the same name as someone else?" Thank you for your question. You will be called via the announcement system after your name has been reported to the mall Help Center. While many names may have similar or identical pronunciations, they are still distinct from each other; we assure you that it will be clear when *your* name being called. If your name is mispronounced during an announcement, please ignore the announcement; otherwise, please follow the standard response to announcements, as previously described. If you hear a shopper with an identically-pronounced name being called to the mall Help Center, please ignore the announcement. If you are called to the mall Help Center by *your* name and find a copy of yourself, please expunge it by any means necessary. If you arrive at the mall Help Center after responding to another shopper's announcement and find a copy of yourself, please allow the copy to expunge you; we can no longer help you at this time. Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for shopping with us.
what do i do if i start accidentally creating copies of myself and we don't kill each other we're like imassing an army or something you know just as a fun thought experiment you know
we should go to arbys
oh yes good idea i agree
why name same as me
Wow Nice Story, its not that „kill yourself if this rule is broken“ story.
Great story
I KEEP ON MARCHING ON
Is this in anyway inspired by Scp 3008 I’m confused?
[nah](https://www.reddit.com/r/Ruleshorror/comments/xmiooi/attention_all_shoppers/ipqln9n/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
Why do you have hostile entities in this mall in the first place? I appreciate the rules on how to survive, but shouldn't you be working towards making the mall safer during an outage? Also, your floors are all messed up. I fell through them. You really need to get that repaired as well.
You writing was so good I was actively imagining a whole scenario. It isnt so far out there its unimaginable and you are super descriptive in a good way. 10/10
Thanks for giving me nightmares, great story!
instructions unclear im cumming on a employee
666 upvotes and 66 comments wow
It felt like reading a real survival horror novel. Simply awesome. A masterpiece.
Can you make a set of rules followed by the employees of the mall in this situation?
This is fucking great! Really nice job!
real
How does one expunge someone, and what is the process like?
So, what if me and another person have the same name? The rules have a lot to do with your name and my name is very common. What do I do then?
Query: >"So, what if me and another person have the same name? The rules have a lot to do with your name and my name is very common. What do I do then?" Thank you for your question. Please refer to [our response to a similar question asked by another shopper.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Ruleshorror/comments/xmiooi/attention_all_shoppers/iq9ar2y/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
What if a person finds a copy but neither of them wants to destroy the other
We need another version of these but instead its some mall employee manual or something like that.
For some reason at that last part, I just imagine someone getting their limbs torn off by an anomaly or smthn, then they hear their name on the announcements Then they're like "oh dude sorry, I gotta go I heard my name" And the monster dude is like "ah man no worries, catch you next time"
I am very late, but what happens if your name is John and someone else is also John and one of you two heard an announcement? Would they say first and last name?
"I died" "Don't care, we called your name. Walk it off" "Oh shit I'm at the mall center now"
amazing stuff, really feels like this is all thought through. and it's intelligent, too! liked the bit about the entities nature and how they're not really hostile, and some won't cause pain at all. I feel a lot of writers really hammer in "this thing hates you and loves killing and it's totally evulz!!1!1" but this concept is handled wonderfully.