I don’t lol

I’d rather just make it easier for the assassin to get me and end the bullshit on day 1.

I don’t.

I’ll try to send text to the very beginning of the seven-day period, sending each message on two-hour intervals sent to the point in time one second after the last message.

Let’s assume that the seven-day period starts on 2025-05-12 08:00:00.

• The first message will be sent two hours after the seven day period starts, and every two hours thereafter. This first message will be sent on 2025-05-12 10:00:00 and will include:

  1. the timespace-stamp of when and where the message is sent. the time part of this would be written in way that only I can encode and decipher.
  2. all the rules as I understand it so far
  3. what I’ve done from the the start of the seven-day period.
  4. something only I know that will convince myself that I indeed sent the message from the future

• The messages will be sent to the time one second after the previous message was sent. Hence, continuing the example, the next message would be sent on 2025-05-12 12:00:00 to 2025-05-12 08:00:02, and so on.

• The messages will follow the same format as the first one:

  1. timespace-stamp (when and where I sent the message from), the time portion written in the same code as the first one.
  2. any updates to my knowledge of the rules
  3. where I’ve been and what I did since the last message
  4. something only I know, and will reassure myself that the message is indeed from me

• If for some reason I am unable to send any messages (for example, I have been asleep, or out of network coverage area) when I should (two hours have passed since the last message), I will send a message immediately when I’m able. This message will be sent to the time one second after the last sent message. So continuing the example, if the last message was sent on 2025-05-12 22:00:00, to 2025-05-12 08:00:07, and I’m asleep until 2025-05-13 09:00:00, I will immediately send a message to 2025-05-12 08:00:08.

With this, assuming I survive for seven days (exactly) and stay awake the entire time, I will receive the last message before 2025-05-12 08:01:24. The timestamps of the last message will also give me a good indication if I survived the seven days, or how long I survived. If I continue receiving messages past that, maybe my future self messed up, or there’s something more going on, or my future self just decided it’s a good idea to just continue. Nevertheless, I have advance notice of what happens to me.

Of course I will try not to lose my phone. With advance notice, I will try to stay as safe as possible without deviating much from the timeline. Also, I will try to figure out what’s going on, but only up to the point that I can keep myself safe.

I roll to seduce the assassin. If that fails, I’ll barrel roll instead

Every hour send a message back to the start of the 7 day period + 1 second for each elapsed hour “still alive at <current time>” At the first one hour mark send a message to three minutes after the start of the period. 168 hours in a week, texts with survival status will be done a bit before the three minute mark of constant messages. This message describes the situation. Now I have insight into when the assassin will get me, to an hour. Don’t change my behavior until the hour span leading up to the last still alive message, go nuts traveling randomly during that time until the number of still alive text messages changes After surviving for a week send a final message back in time to the very start “your phone is trying to kill you”

I don’t.

“I found the assassin. She’s a 5’10” blonde, 120lbs, with a pixie cut. She’s staying at the Royal Stag. You know what to do.”

I don’t. I’ll share this technology, preferably with trustworthy competent people. At last, I’ll probably figure out how that decision lead to my assassination.

I wouldn’t warn myself because I don’t want to get caught in a groundhog day, butter fly effect scenario.

First of all, if it’s my number sending messages back in time to myself, I could easily convince myself it’s me by sending a list of my passwords back in time.

Second, tell myself that I’m screwed no matter what because there’s no way I could defeat a professional assassin (assuming it’s professional), especially one from the future, and to probably just hang myself or some other form of suicide in order to mock the assassin by not letting them get the kill.

“Oh, a text from future me? Let’s see what it says…”

“FM: Ninja assassins are after you. You know what you must do.”

shuts off phone nods solemnly “Set myself on fire.”

Do I have any information at all about the assassin? Sending back the only info I know, “there is an assassin”, won’t help much, will it?

The problem is that I can’t wait for the assassin to make a move in order to learn about them. It’d be a lot easier if I was trying to prevent someone else’s death, but I can’t send a message after my own death, can I?

I see you’re going for a Steins;Gate reference but this is a significantly harder scenario.

Is this question inspired by the steins;gate anime/VN ?

Send myself the history of all stock movement within the past week, make sure my past self uses it to become multimillionaire in the first day using leverage trades. An assasin could likely kill me if I’m anywhere public, so I need to get myself arrested without being seen. Fastest way I can think is that call the emergency hotline, tell them I’ve shot multiple people and come pick me up, in which will dispatch the officers immediately and I can safely stay in jail for a week throughout the confusion.