Astral Observatory Forums

Astral Observatory Forums

The front page of the forums.

Name	Astral Observatory Forums
URL	https://astralobservatory.net/forum/index.php
Type	Forums
Affiliation	Astral Observatory
Date	October 31st, 2018
Status	Active

The Astral Observatory Forums are the main form of communication used by the members of the Astral Observatory. Though players only first discovered them on October 31st of 2018, an earlier incarnation of them had supposedly existed since July of that same year. These forums hosted countless character interactions for the players, making them a very important location.

Story

The Astral Observatory was founded sometime in July of 2018. It is implied that along with the creation of Astralobservatory.net, the forums were created around this time as well. While IsocelesAssassin, Moonman, and José all joined the site with the intention of putting a stop to Nocta's plans, other users such as Kaiden Zoromichi, Yuukichan, and NotAHoax all flocked to the site naturally with no secondary motivations. The users all seemed to get along well. Kaiden, IsocelesAssassin, and Yuukichan all participated in a roleplay together. There was also supposedly a "Kemono Friends" thread with over 1000 pages.

Nocta later created a board titled "The Truth" on the Astral Observatory Forums. This board was locked and the login information was only given out to users he trusted. For an unspecified amount of time, the password to access this board was "pqbxhtlopa". This board contained a thread detailing the group's history and a link to the Subspace - a secret section of Astralobservatory.net that contained the group's more occult knowledge. Over time, the Astral Observatory Forums were revealed to be more of an indoctrination tool that Nocta uses to gain more members for the Subspace.

On October 21st, Astralobservatory.net went offline, resulting in massive data loss and the corruption of the forums. Nocta blamed this on Johnisdead.com supposedly stealing the site's bandwidth. The players discovered Astralobservatory.net on October 24th. Due to their past involvement with Johnisdead.com, Nocta portrayed the players as if they were potentially responsible for the loss of the forums. On October 31st, the Astral Observatory Forums had been recreated. The players were now able to chat with the other members of the forums. Around this time, Nocta made a post about the players in "The Truth" board. The exact contents of this post are unknown, however.

An example of a thread on the Astral Observatory Forums.

Players began prying for more information about the Astral Observatory and their connection to the Lunar Children. On November 11th, Moonman reached out to the players in PM's, offering to give them more information in a secure location. This led to the creation of the Safe Haven Discord Server, where players could chat with Moonman in a more controlled environment. On November 13th, Nocta reached out to the player ARGdov, seeing potential in adding him to the group's inner circle.

On November 26th, Nocta discovered that Moonman was a traitor who had been giving the players information. After this, the login information for "The Truth" was changed to "mindconstruct". Moonman was not given this password and he no longer had access to the cult's inner circle. Despite this, Moonman later found his way back into the board - possibly though being given the password by another member or by simply hacking his way back in. Here, he discovered that the players ARGdov and CelestialLight had both been granted access to "The Truth" as well.

At some point in early 2019, Yuukichan was ascended and her spirit was trapped within Astralobservatory.net. Despite this, she was seemingly able to continue using her account as if nothing were wrong - similar to Jeremy Jarvis as seen on the Lunar Children Forums. Over time, however, oddities began cropping up surrounding her account, such as her sending the player Wolfcat a message simply reading "thewoods" repeated over 100 times.

On April 23rd, the Astral Observatory Forums went down - presumably both as a threat from Nocta and due to Yuukichan's spirit slowly corrupting the site. On June 5th, Moonman hacked the forums and gave all of the players moderator access. Here, they discovered that Yuukichan had indeed been ascended earlier in the year. On July 26th, IsocelesAssassin finally returned to the forums after the player Wolfcat submitted the "New Wave Bossa Nova". IsocelesAssassin soon joined the Safe Haven Discord server and began chatting with the players there alongside Moonman.

Over time, the forums slowly corrupted more and more - both because of Yuukichan's presence and due to an influx of "spambots" summoned by Moonman. On August 8th, Nocta announced that Moonman had been banned from the forums. In reality, Moonman had been trapped within the Parallelos within a section of the site's Subspace. IsocelesAssassin's ally, GHOSTBABEL, assisted the players in saving Moonman. This process caused the site to undergo some strange sort of temporal flux, however, resulting in posts from the forum members from different timelines appearing for a brief period of time.

The Astral Observatory Forums experiencing temporal chaos.

With Moonman saved, the players managed to scare Nocta away from the site, who was likely fearful considering the temporal chaos it had just underwent. This chaos also allowed Pumpkinhead to enter into the Astral Timeline, who then proceeded to pretend to be the player Wolfcat. On April 20th, 2020, IsocelesAssassin, Moonman, and the Hacker Group began to enact a plan to get the players into the Subspace and, by extension, Johnisdead.com. This required the use of a Data Bomb. It was then that Pumpkinhead made his move, destroying the Safe Haven Discord server and stealing away the Data Bomb. Fortunately, the Hacker Group was able to send the players a second Data Bomb, which was then posted in "The Truth" by the player ARGdov. This resulted in the site corrupting further, allowing the players to access the Subspace.

On May 12th, players began using the Astral Observatory Forums as their main form of communication once again. On July 3rd, Pumpkinhead attacked once again by locking the players' Ocarina powers within the Astral Observatory Forums. The players were then forced to explore a labyrinth of pages in the Sanctum Hole in order to regain access to the forums. The "Sanctum" hole was finally completed on September 1st, as the players discovered the username was "finalastralbarrier" and the password was "fleetingdream".

On December 21st, IsocelesAssassin and GHOSTBABEL informed the players that they had hatched a new plan to regain communication with the Hacker Group. The players were to scour Johnisdead.com for a transmission code that they would then plug in to a new page on the Astral Observatory Subspace. The players accomplished their mission on December 22nd. On December 23rd, GHOSTBABEL would begin occasionally posting transmissions from the Hacker Group on the Astral Observatory Forums, offering the players to send questions in the form of posts to ask the group.

Archive

Below is an archive of all threads that contain canon interactions.

Forum

Welcome

Helpful topics for those new

Help & FAQ

A board for asking questions that either nocta or another can answer; the board rules are also posted in here.

7/28/18 - "Forum Rules" - nocta

nocta 12:00 PM: "These are the rules of the Observatory's forums by which you must abide. Do so and you will enjoy your stay here.
-No spam. All automated messages, advertisements, and links to competitor websites will be deleted immediately.

-Post in relevant sub-forums only. Messages posted in the wrong topic area will be removed and placed in the correct sub-forum by moderators.

-Respect other users. No flaming or abusing fellow forum members. Users who continue to post inflammatory, abusive comments will be deleted from the forum after two warnings are issued by moderators.

-Harassment. No threats or harassment of other users will be tolerated. Any instance of threatening or harassing behavior is grounds for deletion from the forums.

-No Pornography, please.

-Bandwidth. All signatures must be 500 x 500 pixels or smaller. Posts containing over-sized images and signatures will be removed.

-Illegal content. No re-posting of copyrighted materials or other illegal content is allowed. Any posts containing illegal content or copyrighted materials will be deleted.

-Do NOT try to break into the Truth!"

Summary

• Nocta outlines the basic rules of the Astral Observatory Forums. These also include a warning for users to not to try and break into "The Truth" board.

Introductions

Introduce yourself here

10/31/18 - "We starting over?" - moonman31

moonman31 1:32 PM: "Y'all know me, still the same OG."
nocta 1:34 PM: "Welcome back moonman. Keep the trolling to a MINIMUM this time?"
moonman31 1:35 PM: "I promise nothing. (kidding)"
yuukichan 1:40 PM: "MOONIE!!!!"
NotAHoax_M12 2:06 PM: "Of course you'd be the first back besides Nocta and Samuel"
moonman31 2:06 PM: ((A gif from "The Simpsons" is posted))

Summary

• Moonman introduces himself on the forums. His past trolling escapades are alluded to.

10/31/18 - "AAAAH WE'RE BAAAACK" - yuukichan

yuukichan 1:41 PM: "Hello everyooooone~"
nocta 1:42 PM: "Hello again Yuuki"
yuukichan 1:43 PM: "Nocta! Pls fix my group status QwQ"
nocta 1:44 PM: "I'm working as fast as I can as everyone sees the message and re-registers... patience."
moonman31 1:50 PM: "Welcome back kiddo."
yuukichan 1:55 PM: "Where is grampa? He's registered but he hasn't posted yet... TTwTT"

Summary

• Yuukichan introduces herself on the forums. She makes reference to Samuel Charleston, who had not made a reappearance yet.

10/31/18 - "Nice to be back." - NotAHoax_M12

NotAHoax_M12 2:01 PM: "Glad my favorite group of people are back online. Well, soon to be. What's up with the avatars? Uploads are broken."
nocta 2:01 PM: "I know, just use TinyPic for now. I will get it fixed."
NotAHoax_M12 2:05 PM: "I'm sure this is really frustrating. Take your time, Nocta."

Summary

• NotAHoax introduces themselves on the forums.

10/31/18 - "What's up, spookboys" - Wolfcat

Wolfcat 2:30 PM: "I stumbled across this place while looking up some rad music from Majora's Mask. I expected this place to be some sort of Zelda fan-board so I was a bit surprised to see people talking about aliens and stuff, lol. That's good, though. I've always been interested in listening to theories and stuff on YouTube, even ones that people say are a bit "out there" like the hollow Earth and hollow Moon stuff. Anyways, yeah, I'll probably stick around a bit, so what's up guys."
NotAHoax_M12 2:34 PM: "Very cool, someone new! Welcome friend. You will get used to the crazy lot that tends to lurk this place, and you will definitely learn a thing or two!"
moonman31 2:35 PM: "salutations newf-... newfriend."
yuukichan 2:38 PM: "WELCOOOME~"
Jos 4:44 PM: "Yeah me too, me too, i'm new, I been waiting for the forums to come back online so I could tell you guys about me lol."
nocta 5:56 PM: "Welcome, detective."

Summary

• The player Wolfcat introduces himself on the forums. The various characters greet him warmly. Nocta seems to already be aware that both the players Wolfcat and Jos are members of the Internet Detectives.

General Discussion

Talk about anything not relevant to the other discussion forums here

10/31/18 - "A N I M E" - yuukichan

yuukichan 2:12 PM: "WE GOT TO A 1000 PAGES LAST TIME LET'S DO IT AGAIN! TALK ANIME HERE!! o(〃＾▽＾〃)o"
NotAHoax_M12 2:12 PM: "I remember a lot of double-posting, is what I remember."
Wolfcat 2:31 PM: "Where my Kemono Friends at."
yuukcihan 2:40 PM: ":o ! I LIKE THE NEW GUY" ((An edited gif from the anime "Kemono Friends" is sent))
Wolfcat 2:53 PM: "https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/244/430/a3d.gif"
yuukichan 4:20 PM: ((A fan created gif for the anime "Kemono Friends" is sent))
Dense 6:31 PM: "My all life waifu"

November 1st, 2018

Wolfcat 10:18 AM: "Every now and then I have to go back to Dragon Maid because I forget how legitimately good of an anime it is. The scenes with Takiya and Fafnir being bros always warms my heart."

November 3rd, 2018

F.N 12:19 PM: "danganronpa is my favorite anime, who here like this Anime/Game?"

November 6th, 2018

Darkzero 9:32 AM: "I did not know if I really should share about this. but I'm also a fan of the anime ... I've seen many series in general. in a certain way the anime, manga and light novels. They have a lot of information. It may be useful for your life or it may not. but it also helps cultivate your general knowledge. It's how I see it."
Wolfcat 10:38 AM: ((An image related to the anime "Kemono Friends" is posted))
Darkzero 10:45 AM: "Kemono friends... the only way in which the CGI seems good to me."

November 7th, 2018

CircleHunter 1:04 AM: "Anyone here keep their ideals?"

November 11th, 2018

moonman31 5:42 PM: "Darkzero wrote: ↑November 6th, 2018, 10:45 am Kemono friends... the only way in which the CGI seems good to me. Ok cuck"
moonamn31 5:42 PM: "CircleHunter wrote: ↑November 7th, 2018, 1:04 am Anyone here keep their ideals? Is this a reference to BNHA"
Jos 5:44 PM: "what is an " BNHA "?"
Dense 5:55 PM: "Boku no Hero Academia, one of the best animes I've watched (BUT JOJO'S STILL BETTER)"
Jos 6:15 PM: "Pardon me, but one of the best are Ueki Law and Death Note"
Jos 6:15 PM: "Oh and this is not an anime but CODE LYOKO ROCKS."
moonman31 10:48 PM: "French people can't anime you silly gaijin"
Dense 11:05 PM: "Moonman you are the best one in here"

November 12th, 2018

Jos 5:17 AM: "Oh bonjour bonjour oh dare you You will pay saqueble"

November 23rd, 2018

Z3R0 2:18 PM: "I do enjoy anime, as well as anime art I can find online."

November 29th, 2018

Kaiden_Zoromichi 1:42 AM: "I watch plenty of anime."

Summary

• Yuukichan creates a thread for anime discussion. It is implied that there was a thread centered around anime on the original Astral Observatory Forums that reached 1000 pages. General anime discussion proceeds to take place between players and various characters.

Safehaven

Theories and Discussion

Aliens & Visitors

Ghosts / Demonology

Political Conspiracy

Supernatural, Folklore & Etc

10/31/18 - "JohnIsDead.com" - moonman31

moonman31 1:46 PM: "So let's get down to brass and talk about it, and this seemed like the most appropriate section. How does someone redirect bandwidth from one website to another? I smell a conspiracy about this 'johnisdead.com' :ugeek:"
nocta 1:46 PM: "It was some asshole messing with us. I'd suggest letting it go."
yuukichan 1:52 PM: "I'm gonna fight them (ง •̀_•́)ง"
NotAHoax_M12 2:03 PM: "I'd be scared of whoever you try to fight, Yuuki."
Dense 4:34 PM: "|...by which a new vessel' may then be obtained. The flesh must be made weak. the mind must be made weary. the upon one who ye hath chosen shall descend lunar wisdom. Exalt him upon the hour of choosing and then through worldly works father thine children anew.|=ll"
Jos 4:47 PM: "Ok I join the fight to WHERE IS THE GUY *starts throwing punchs into the air*"
moonman31 7:15 PM: "Shut up Hoax"
Jos 7:48 PM: "Moonman, be nice."

November 1st, 2018

Wolfcat 10:16 AM: "You guys haven't had any connections to Johnisdead in the past? Like, you guys didn't piss off any spooky deep web people, did you? I mean you guys don't really seem like the type that'd go out and anger anyone purposefully. Well, except for Moonman, but he seems to do it in an endearing way."
moonman31 12:26 PM: "You are learning fast"
NotAHoax_M12 12:33 PM: "No, this john is dead website is new to us. I am convinced it is controlled by some otherworldly force to stop US from SPREADING OUR TRUTHS"
Jos 1:03 PM: "May I hear from those Truths too? I want to learn."
yuukichan 1:12 PM: "Stick around and you will find out!!"
nocta 1:40 PM: "I don't like where this thread is headed. Locking."

Summary

• Moonman creates a thread questioning the logistics of Johnisdead.com supposedly stealing bandwidth of Astralobservatory.net. Nocta suggests that they all drop the subject. The player Dense posts the description of J J S K K N V G H, which is later deleted by Nocta. After the players begin asking about the various characters' knowledge of Johnisdead.com, Nocta locks the thread.

The Truth

Only those chosen may enter here; the greatest truths that only the ready minds are capable of discussing are within here; to access you will need to belong to the 'Believers' usergroup or above