Konvergenz
Konvergenz
| Title | Konvergenz |
|---|---|
| Alt Title | Convergence (Translated) ᚱᛖᛗᛖᛗᛒᛖᚱᛝ Remembering (Translated) Remember |
| Location | Silentdork |
| Upload Date | 6/19/20 |
| Runtime | 42:32 (Original) 25:57 (Cut) |
| Type | Canon upload |
Konvergenz is the sixty-eighth video of the Our Horizon Arc, and the two-hundredth canon video in Johnisdead. This video was a 40+ minute long premiere that covered various plot points across the ARG. This video begins with a threat from Pumpkinhead, followed by a monologue from The Man, which leads into a segment revealing the fate of TheLaw. After that, Tyler's journey through the Parallelos is shown, where he explores a strange hotel-like environment. Here, he meets Erika and experiences some of his lost memories. This video ends with Tyler and Erika trapped in an elevator after being pursued by Regiminis. After this video's initial premiere, nearly half of its content was removed - mainly the segments before Tyler's Parallelos journey. Fortunately, the original version has been archived by players.
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Konvergenz
This video begins with a fake version of the YouTube Premiere countdown. The song "Ivich" by Al Stewart begins playing as the countdown slightly corrupts. As the countdown reaches zero, the video goes dark. Pumpkinhead slowly fades in and begins speaking. Footage of what appears to be a Janus room containing tunnels of brickwork can be seen flying past in the background. A disturbing audio track begins playing.
Pumpkinhead: "Lost?"
Footage of the hidden attic from the "Spire" Janus map is shown before cutting back to the previous footage.
Pumpkinhead: "Frightened?"
More footage of thie hidden attic from the "Spire" Janus map is briefly shown before cutting back once again. The footage then cuts to what appears to be the fountain from the "Spire" Janus room lobby.
Pumpkinhead: "Confused?"
The footage moves through one of the hallways in the "Spire" Janus map before warping to the "Emptiness" Janus Map.
Pumpkinhead: "Your link felt the same before entering his eternal slumber."
The footage cuts back to the fountain found in the "Spire" Janus map before moving through another hallway. Footage of the "Solace" Janus map slowly fades on screen.
Pumpkinhead: "If you keep searching maybe you'll see him..."
The footage cuts back to the fountain found in the "Spire" Janus map before moving through another hallway. Footage of the "Mortus" Janus map slowly fades on screen. Some footage of someone walking through the "Another Path" Janus room can also faintly be seen.
Pumpkinhead: "Though he might not be very happy to see you."
The "Mortus" Janus map spins around before the camera focuses on the symbol of eight intersecting arrows found on the tree. The video then cuts to black. The "Sun's Song" can be heard as a screenshot of the player Xenquility's submission of the "Sun's Song" on Within Hubris fades in on screen. The video cuts to black again before fading back in with footage of the same mountainous environment seen in the video "Outro". Dawn begins speaking as "The Man" - the GM of the first arc of Johnisdead:
The Man: "...And as they made their way towards that Wayward Horizon, they felt an end coming. It was inevitible. An end always follows a beginning. The open book always runs out of pages. The creator always meets his creation. But, what if that were not the case? As The Man, my creation met its untimely end, and yet, something new was born from it. In essence, the story moved on passed what I could only vaguely perceive. The god created, and when that god fell, a new god rose to take its place. The story moved on. The book found another chapter. The creator passed a torch on to one more suited to create. So, I would like to ask... Does a horizon ever truly end? One my find themselves in a situation where they feel a story has met its ultimate resolution - all questions answered. All loose ends tied up in a nice bow. But... does that mean where they find themselves if the end of the horizon? If they choose to keep going, would that not mean the horizon would keep expanding past their vision? Forever being a point they would never achieve. If this story were to meet a point where everything fell into place... would that really, truly be the end? What if a lone reader chose to continue adventuring? Forever driving forth until their legs gave out and their eyes could no longer see. I was in that position once. I saw a story that nobody else wanted to tell, and so I chose for myself to adventure passed that line - passed what others thought would forever be the end. So, adventurers, tell me... What will you choose once all of this is over? What if your old allies came back? Would you cherish them, or use them as tools to reach the destination you so depserately want? What would you do with the information that I am playing second fiddle that is now a grand chorus? Tell me, adventurers... If this were all to end one day... Would you carry the torch? And on this last question, I have one other thing to share - a startling revelation, maybe, but something one must-"
The video suddenly cuts to black as a glitchy sound is heard. A distorted version of the "Frog Song" plays as the following text appears on screen:
Kerapac 
The video suddenly corrupts and cuts to footage of someone in a park at night. Loud croaking can be heard in the background as they stand to their feet. As they examine their surroundings, a faint, blue entity can be seen walking at a distance. As the person explores their environment, they are suddenly attacked by what appears to be a large, frog-like beast. The video cuts to an image of the character Judge Dredd screaming over a red background with distorted text reading:
THE LAW
Judge Dredd's face slowly morphs into a skull. The skull slowly disappears as the video cuts back to the footage taken by TheLaw, who is now lying on the ground and reaching for his flashlight and mask, which apppears to be a "Guy Fawkes" mask. The video cuts to black. A green tint is slowly applied to the video and the heart monitor from previous videos can be heard. The following is said in reversed, distorted audio:
Alex Hall: "Yeah, I think, I mean, probably. ((Inaudible)) My diary. My DMT diary. Whatever. But, I am pretty happy though. I was just worried again... You know, going into this, that I wouldn't be the same person. You know? Well- Not- well- I guess maybe, you know I haven't had a breakthrough yet so I can't again speak to that level, I think that y'know, I'm still me. Just a better idea. A better picture. More sense of clarity, or something. It's a- it's a- it's a thirst for more knowledge. To try and extract more out of that. It's a- it's a curse man."
Unknown: "A sense of life, ((Inaudible)) spirit in stories."
Unknown: "Do you think that guy has some type of entitlement?"
The same green monitor distortions around the edges of the screen can be seen from previous videos. Footage of Tyler lying in a hospital bed is shown once again. The camera once again zooms into the screen, showing some distorted, green footage. Some images of Tyler lying on the ground are briefly flashed on screen. A gas mask can be seen lying on the ground to his right, and another mask is seen lying on his left. The follwing text flashes on screen:
Erika: "Can you hear me?"
Text from Jadusable's video "Transmission.txt" from the Awakening ARG can also be seen on screen. The video cuts to footage of what appears to be a bamboo grove. The camera zooms out of the altar seen in previous videos. Morse code begins playing that translates to the following:
WAITING
A deep, reversed voice is heard saying the following:
"It awaits at the altar."
Footage of Tyler standing in the bamboo grove fades in. He is shirtless and is ripping off various hospital bandages. The deep, reversed voice begins speaking again:
"Long enough have you bid the Dark One to punish thee. This death is a farse. Though I serve the fourth, my power over your mind has waned child. But I bid your soul lost memories."
A small object with an inscription on it can be seen faintly over the footage. Tyler then stares at the camera as the video cuts to black. Some old footage of John and Tyler talking in Tyler's room begins playing.
Tyler: "So what do you think of all the "Internet Detectives" shit?"
John: "The what? Oh yeah, that."
Tyler: "Do you think this is just a game, or do you- ((Laughs)) do you actually think there's a Doug guy right now waiting for us to un-fuck his life?"
John: "It's... It's a game. That's all it is. It's just a game. Like, nothing really more. Do you think people have the power to manipulate fucken rain with song? Played on... ((Laughs))"
Tyler: "Fucken rain... I mean, allegedly, the Native A- ((Glitch)) Was that the Native Americans that did that shit, or was that the fucken Africans that did the rain dance shit ((Glitch)) shit?"
John: "I have no idea. I'm really not. I feel like I have to say Native Americans, but I'm not sure. ((Sigh)) Oh yeah, do you remem- ((Glitch)) What's up with some of the puzzles in that?"
Tyler: "Like, what do you mean, like, quality wise?"
John: "Yeah ((Glitch)) It's a game, it's clearly a ((Glitch)) -me. I mean, it's just, a whole bunch of ciphers. It's... ((Laughs))"
Tyler: "Ciphers and uh... Jesus."
John: "Yes. Fucken, ascension. File 3."
Tyler: "I guess you're kind of right. I mean, the website feels."
John: "I- I password cracked that. Nobody else could figure it out, and when I did, I told everybody."
Tyler: "With everything that was going on, it kind of felt like a, I don't know, a really obvious answer. What the fuck did Jesus Christ have to do with anything that was happening? That whole website is just a bunch of rand- it's like, it's a fucking running youtube poop."
John: "Yup."
The video cuts to black. Reversed audio of tyler speaking is heard:
Tyler: "Jesus Christ is- Jesus Christ is- Jesus Christ is-"
The conversation between John and Tyler resumes.
Tyler: "I feel like I remember somebody mentioning something to me about another place called youshouldnthavedonethat."
John: "Youshouldnthavedonethat, yeah... I've actually gone a couple of times."
Tyler: "Dot net?"
John: "Yeah."
Tyler: "What is it?"
The video cuts to black. A shot of the moon in a wooded area can be seen. The video then cuts to footage of Tyler exiting his home to record the night sky.
Tyler: "Huh. That is complete bullshit. Why are you like this, you piece of shit? 'Subject is in theory now too dark' Why can you still film? Fucken 'subject is too dark'."
A helicopter is seen flying above Tyler's property.
Tyler: "What do those motherfuckers want from me? Fucken p- ((Glitch)) for days didn't have a copter. Not a plane or helicopter ever passes by this bitch. But three days straight now. Helicopters, helicopters, helicopters. Why? Why? Is it gone now? You gone now? Is that it?"
Another helicopter is heard.
Tyler: "What the fuck is that? Ohhh motherfucker. Gone for now, I guess. But for three days straight now, had helicopters ((Glitch)) helicopters fly- ((Glitch)) Who are they? What do they want? Is it those mask fucks? They manage- ((Glitch)) once. I don't know what the fuck... methods by which they did it, but they're pretty resourceful. Wouldn't put a helicopter stalker team past them at all!"
The video cuts to black once again before footage of Tyler walking down a sidewalk is shown. A large cloud appears to be forming a middle-finger in front of Tyler. Behind him, a large storm cloud is forming.
Tyler: "Okay god, I know I've been an asshole, but come on, you don't gotta give me the bird buddy. ((Laughs)) You're a real joker. Uh, by the way man, you gonna turn the lights on? People really need to see. Jehovah the joker, if I'm uh, calling you by the proper name which I kin- ((Burps))auisdhauiwshd excuse me, I kind of doubt it, considering it's a little bit of an old testament thing. We'll just call you the "Absolute Comedian". Oh shit, your middle finger broke. You okay buddy? ((Glitch)) -point out, yeah, I believe that middle finger was probably intended for the wall of darkness that is coming from this way. Oh- they coming? The lights are coming, slowly but surely. But will we be able to turn back ((Glitch)) the ((Glitch)) of darkness? What the hell was that uh ((Glitch)) quote from Silent Hill?"
The camera turns to Tyler but quickly cuts away.
Tyler: "-moments- I think it's gonna rain. The wall of darkness is approaching at top speed. Let's freaking go."
Tyler passes many construction markings on the sidewalk, including ones shaped like the Harbinger's Link symbol and an Eihwaz rune. The audio distorts and cuts to Tyler infront of a detour sign. He continues passing odd symbols, including multiple red lines.
Tyler: "Detour to where? What the hell do these fucking lines mean? Y'know sometimes I just, see shit walking around in this town that really makes me have to question... I'm sure there's a practical reason for that, but like, really? Just some lines on the ground. Just some like, lines, trailing to what. And also, detour in the direction I was already walking. Nice ((Laughs)). I've never really liked the sight of construction work though, I'll admit. Because I see it and I associate it with the idea... which it's- it's pretty dark right now so I mean you can't see very well, but like, this is a nice little forested place that I live in. And, actually, still a pretty long walk from my actual house, but... me and John walk up and down this bitch all the time. And I appreciate the quaintness of it. It's not like walking around in like a big nasty city. This is my little slice of heaven, you know? Yeah, it can get a little ghetto, it can get a little uh, little uh, little freaky sometimes. We got drunks ((Glitch)) other kinds of people. But I mean, you know, it's a little slice of heaven. When I see shit like... when I see shit like that, I get worried. I think, 'Damn, now what the hell are they gonna do?' you know? The hell are they gonna do now? What's gonna get knocked down this time? And how many years do I got until, you know, it's just irrevocably changed. Ah shit, the wall of darkness. Yup, here we go. The rain's coming. Here comes the rain again, falling on my face like a memory or whatever the hell. Time to run, let's go."
The video cuts to Tyler at a closed sidewalk.
Tyler: "We have reached an impass, and my options are: Definitely break the law, or ambiguously break the law. You know what? I'm feeling ambiguous today. Is it really breaking the law if I'm technically not walking on the sidewalk at all? Break my stride now assholes! And in seriousness, how the hell was I actually supposed to fucken do anything there because the entire sidewalk is blocked. Like literally what do you expect me to do. There is liter- there is no back road back that way. There is literally no way around. So like, how do you even get through here on foot assholes? 'Why don'tcha get a car?' well then why do you have sidewalk in the first place bitch?"
Tyler comes upon another Detour sign.
Tyler: "Detour, in the direction I'm going. Don't mind if I do."
The video cuts to footage of Tyler and Kevin walking down a path while talking.
Tyler: "Talk to John lately?"
Kevin: "Uh, not really, no. Everybody's falling out and everything. I mean, hell, dealing with stuff in my life ri- ((Glitch)) You looking for a roommate?"
Footage from a plane is overlayed in the background. Loud music begins to grow in the background as Tyler speaks about his roommate.
Tyler: "Uh, nah not really off hand right now. I mean I was, but more for college. And uh, actually I got a guy right now I'm with, uh, his name is-" ((Glitch))
Kevin: "Alex?"
Tyler: "Yeah, kind of weird. He's, uh, he's been a little weird lately."
Kevin: "What do you mean?"
Tyler: "Uh, he's got this whole thing going on with like uh, a video game he's playing?"
Kevin: "Mhmm."
Tyler: "Like, a Nintendo 64 video game which- ((Glitch)) I mean there's not really much to say. Uh, like, he just, plays that fucken game a lot, really. Like-" ((Glitch))
Kevin: "-if you uh, kept tabs on him for me?"
Tyler: "Uh, why ((Laughs)) Uh, why?"
The video cuts to discoloured footage of a plant. Tyler is talking to John on the phone, but John's voice cannot be heard. Reversed music plays in the background.
Tyler: "No, of course not. Well yeah, he actually asked me, but I ended up telling him no. Come on. College is a freaking scam anyways. I'm just gonna end up with a shitload of debt. I don't even know what I wanna do right now ((Glitch)) -is, like, come on. No it's not just for the game! And stop calling it a game. Cause it ruins the immersion. Really taking care of Doug and Mason now, you know? Once in a life time nothing man, come one. It's ((Laughs)) it's, yeah, they're not- I don't know where you heard that. They're not really that prestigious. And besides, it's a really, really long drive. I'm young, I got plenty of time. I should at least wait until I know what I want to do anyways. No, a really long drive same dis- ((Glitch)) 30. Yeah. He'll be fine, he's not going to die without me. Just get a single dorm. I'm actually testing it out right now. It's pretty good. I think I'll take a walk in a little bit and, I don't know, find something nice to film. I mean, but first I should probably go inside and hit him up on skype just to see... No, no, something happened recently with Mason. Ah, I'm not completely filled in. Some shit about a storm drain. Alright John, alright man, I'll call you later."
The video cuts to footage of Tyler in the bamboo grove in the Parallelos. He continues to pull bandages off of his body. A deep, reversed voice can be heard saying the following:
"I will guide you now to it, and so to shall I be waiting. Worry not for thy lost trinkets. The answers you seek come in the forest. You will find thyself in once again child."
Tyler seemms to have lost his jacket and is searching for it on the ground. More reversed audio is heard:
"It's hubris. And the gods don't take hubris kindly."
The video cuts to some first person footage of Tyler walking through a clearing in the woods. The video distorts several times as Tyler approaches a shopping cart. In this shopping cart, Tyler finds his jacket. Beneath the jacket is a shirt depicting Link from the Legend of Zelda series that Tyler has been seen wearing in previous videos. Beneath this is the Majora's Mask cartridge. Tyler picks up the cartridge and examines it. As he turns around, the white, mannequin-like entity comes into view, distorting the video. The footage cuts to black. Some distorted gameplay footage of Majora's Mask is shown. The player is in the "Stock Pot Inn" in Clock Town. They are speaking to Anju, who appears similar to Erika's avatar. The in-game text corrupts as the player is asked a question. They select "Yes", resulting in the video cutting to black once again. An item screen reminiscent of the first Silent Hill game appears. A spinning cell phone is shown with the following text:
There is a cell phone.
Take it?
Yes
No
The player selects "Yes". Text from Erika begins appearing on screen:
Erika: "Alright, that should be all your things. You should be all sorted now."
Erika: "I'm so happy! I seem to be rather close to you now, considering I can do this."
Erika: "This is very..."
Erika: "Exciting~"
Footage of Tyler exploring the "Alex Hall of Fame" begins playing. It's now clear that it is a hotel of sorts.
Erika: "Back at the hotel again are we?"
Erika: "Or, did we ever leave it?"
Erika: "Mr.ALEX lead you to these halls didn't he?"
Erika: "Its ok I know what you are thinkg!"
Erika: "I am in the perfect position for that really XD"
Erika: "I wouldn't worry myself too deeply, over the "Trial". The fact you are still moving I would say means you certainly must have passed it. ALEX is no longer here."
Erika: "Though I am sure you will see him again."
Erika: "I think there might be someone else here looking for you though."
Erika: "He is an old friend, I'm pretty sure."
Erika: "I'm SO excited for the point where you are allowed to speak again (nor too sure when myself) I absolutely LOVE the sound of your voice. I used to spend all da-"
Erika: "Sorry"
Erika: "I've just been so excited and full of energy thinking about all of this. I was so scared of how everything was going at first but now I feel so lucky!! The last thing I was expecting was to get to be born back in as a "navi" type"
Erika: "Sorry ^^;"
Erika: "I know you can't say anything yet"
Erika: "but I must be making your head spin by now."
The camera begins to spin.
Erika: "Wait... something is wrong."
Erika: "I can feel someone approaching us"
The camera stops as Kevin comes into view.
Erika: "RUN!"
Tyler begins running through the hotel.
Erika: "ELEVATOR"
Erika: "ELEVATOR"
Tyler calls the elevator and enters it. The door narrowly closes out Kevin. The camera cuts back to the green computer screen.
Erika: "Well that was something XD"
Erika: "I wonder what he still wants with you?"
Erika: "Atleast now we have some "privacy""
Erika: "Minus all you lovelies out there watching XD"
Erika: "Maybe now we can get a chance to walk together like I always hoped we could!"
Erika: "Till then why dont we watch something else? I have something really cool I saw a long time ago I'd love to show you. It really inspired me and I think its worth showing since I have some say now too."
Erika: "I can't wait for us to get out of this elevator! I wonder whats going to happen next? I REALLY want to explore the hotel more with you~
Aha! There it is, lemme just press play."
Another "AMV" type video is shown. An unknown song plays in the background. Multiple masked men are seen throughout. The song involves many references to "Waking up" and "Telling truthes in this place". Text from zelda begins to appear:
"BEN is getting lonely..."
"You will be given one last chance..."
"Back to where it all began..."
"Come play with us."
"Dawn of The Final Day
"-24 Hours Remain-"
The Majora's Mask file select screen appears with "L i n k" and "B E N" as the two options. A message from someone named REMNANT117 reading "help" is shown. The "Dawn of The Final Day" appears a last time, ending on a screamer with the Happy Mask Salesman.
