Story (Full) 13
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The story so far...
In the previous section, Tyler took his findings to the police. Unfortunately, they weren't very helpful and were instead acting very strangely - likely due to them being allied with the Lunar Children. After many hours of interrogation, Tyler was allowed to return home. A few days later, a Lunar Child harassed Tyler outside his home. Tyler chased the Lunar Child through the woods but was ultimately unable to catch him as he possessed some sort of teleportation power. Strangely, the Lunar Child also left a small recording device on one of Tyler's grandfather's old trucks. Feeling unsafe, Tyler decided to spend the next few days in a nearby hotel.
Meanwhile, the players continued exploring the various websites at their disposal. Lunarchildren.com updated, revealing four different classifications of Ascension - Deviums, which hold little to no freedom and cognitive power, and Eulogies, which possess a decent amount of control - mentally and physically. There were also two other types - Transcended and Finitor. However, no further details were added for these. The players also discovered JanusVR - an internet browser that transformed webpages into explorable 3D environments. Here, the players were able to explore Fakeworld - an eerie Janus Room found on Johnisdead.com that contained many distorted images.
A few days later, Tyler returned home. He was fairly optimistic - even returning to work and planning to move to Australia to live with Carla near the end of the year. However, the players began receiving some concerning calls from John's old Skype account. Due to these calls, the players became convinced that Tyler was in severe danger and needed to be informed of his situation sooner rather than later. After some preparation, the players contacted Tyler and tried to explain the truth of the Internet Detectives and how he was involved with them in the past - as well as the current state of the Lunar Children.
Unfortunately, this did not go well. Tyler did not believe the players and all of their proof appeared on his computer as either unintelligible gibberish or completely invisible. Upon hearing the name "Johnisdead", Tyler left, outraged. The players later discovered that Patrem was responsible for censoring all of their proof and keeping Tyler in the dark. He also revealed that it was not John who called the players over Skype, but instead Tenebris, who was now using John's ascended spirit as a vessel.
Having lost Tyler's trust, the players are now scrambling to find a way to keep him safe as the cult's attacks become more drastic...
Character Summaries
Expand the section below to access a list of characters. Hover over their icons to view a brief summary covering their current status.
Relevant Characters
Tyler
John
Kevin
Jacob
Carla
Patrem
Vincent
Adams
Helper
Regiminis
Matt
SKM
Drowned
SKM's
Brother
The Flying
Child
Saint
BEN
Tenebris
The First
Eulogy
The Weird
Guy
Other Characters
Alex
Old Man
Tyler
Ben
Rosa
Chris
Spencer
Kevin
Mr. D
Luna
Kelbris
Kayd
Thomas
Quia
Guide
TheLaw
The Man
Doug
Mason
Mason
xxxxxxxxx
The Gray
Man
Glossary
Expand the section below to access a list of terms. Hover over them to view their definitions.
Misc.
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152
423
592
727
A
Absque Facie
Archive
ARG
Ascension
Ascended Parallelos
B
Ben Drowned
Blood Moon Ritual
Bloody Mary
Blue Baby
Bomb Plans
Bunny Hood
C
Candyman
Cellphone Tower
Cipher
Cherrington High
Cleverbot
Contact Page
Crescent Moon Necklace
Cycle
D
Dark Link
Deku Link
Demon
Devium
Downloadable Files
Drezz
Drok
E
Elder Children
Electro Drek
Elegy of Emptiness
Elegy Statue
Epona
Epona's Song
Eulogy
F
Fairy
Fakeworld
Father
File 59
Finitor
G
GM
Goron Link
Guestbook
H
Happy Mask Salesman
Harbingers
Haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge
Helper's Hat
Hiatus
Holy Building
Hubris
Hubris Game
I
Internet Detectives
Inverted Song of Time
IRC
J
Jadusable
Jadusable's ARG
Janus Room
JanusVR
John's Cellphone Number
Johnisdead.com
K
Kamaro Mask
Key592
King Kong
L
Lens of Truth
Letschasethemouse
Link
Link.exe
Lostmemory.exe
Lostmemory423
Luna Prophecy
Lunar Children
Lunar Children Forums
Lunarchildren.com
Lunarum Oculus
M
M
Majora's Mask
Masks
Mask of Truth
Max Headroom
Messenger
Meta
Methods of Revolution
Moon Children
Moon Children Forums
N
Neophyte
New Wave Bossa Nova
Novum Ascensionem
O
Oath to Order
OOC
Overseer
Owl Statue
P
Parallelos
Parallelos Child
Parallelos Forum
Parallelos Path
Parallelos Symbol
Pididoip
Playing Cards
Portal
Postman's Hat
R
Remember.exe
Red Dot
Room 592
Rosa
S
Safehaven
Shazbot
Silent Hill
Silentdork
Skull Kid
Skype
Sonata of Awakening
Song of Double Time
Song of Healing
Song of Soaring
Song of Storms
Song of Time
Song of Unhealing
SSTV Signal
Steganography
Stone Mask
Submitting
Sun's Song
T
Tenor
The Blackout
The Fishery
The Four Giants
The Glitch
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Misguided Legion
The Moon
The Ocarina
The Orchard
The Path of Parallelos
The Poem
The Spire
The Truth
The Whiteout
TheLinkMissing
TheTruth.rtf
Time Bomb
Time Links
Transcendence
U
Undecim Nocte
Usekeb
V
Vigil
Vocaroo
W
Wayward Horizon
Weenie-Licked
Whatisben.com
Within Hubris
Y
Youshouldnthavedonethat.net
YSHDT.com
Z
Zora Link
Story
Having lost contact with Tyler and access to Lunarchildren.com, the players turned their attention to Johnisdead.com, hoping to find anything that might help them. After some closer examination, the player Eve noticed something interesting about the image "V.jpg" on June 11th, 2015. In the center of the image, some faint numbers were barely visible.
Unfortunately, the players were unable to make these out very clearly. They began emailing the Pididoip account for assistance. Shortly afterwards, they got a response - "2_1_52" and "Night". The players began speculating that these messages must somehow relate to the login information needed to access Lunarchildren.com...
Upon closer examination, the players were able to obtain the site's password - 23152. However, they were still lacking the username... "Night" didn't work. However, it proved to be a valuable clue. Players discovered that the track "patrem.mp3" was an edited version of "Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2". Nocturne was a synonym for Night - and it also turned out to be the username needed to access Lunarchildren.com. Upon re-entering the site, the players discovered that it was the same as it had been a few days prior.
Later that night, the player Eve discovered that Fakeworld had been updated. The Janus Room was now missing a chunk of its wall, revealing a bright, green landscape resting outside the small, dark room.
The green landscape used as Fakeworld's skybox.
The green landscape used as Fakeworld's skybox.
The green landscape used as Fakeworld's skybox.
On June 14th, 2015, the player Wolfcat noticed that Lunarchildren.com now played a relaxing melody titled "theme.mp3". Shortly after this, the players were locked out of the site once again.
On June 16th, 2015, the front page of Johnisdead.com updated with the following text:
HIDE
Nocturne
THIS WILL HAPPEN MORE OFTEN IF YOU LET THEM SPOT YOU
.pi;y+-$H{wa
They know you've been watching
This message, presumably from Drowned, informed the players that the Lunar Children were aware that they've been snooping around their site - likely explaining the recent loss in access... Thankfully, this text also gave the players the new login information - "Nocturne" and ".pi;y+-$H{wa".
Upon re-entering Lunarchildren.com, the players discovered that the site had undergone a big update. It now featured a more unique visual theme - including a banner and an eerie background showing the moon on a cloudy night.
The site also contained an announcement from a new character named Liquidsaint.
General site changes and security improvement
Posted on June 17, 2015 by liquidsaint
Sup chummers it’s Saint here, to those who didn’t catch it in the recent meat space meetings and irc talks. The site recreation has been rather slow as of late due to the rise in needed meat space activity. Our big star aka the “Harbingers link” has required lots of observation as of late, and we can’t afford for him to take too much note of it. The last child with observation duty (yes we are talking to you Daniel) did a fantastic job leaving the beacon with him. Just as well, the task was also his trial to be worthy of the Parallelos path (We all saw your fantastic use of jumping in the video he decided to show to the harbingers, really good work to be fair XD ). However having been seen Daniel’s position in the observation task has been retired and it has been passed on to an elder member, who needs no introduction (You all know who I am talking about XD ).
On another important note, I have been told to inform you all of the fact that some skiddies have been worming there way through our drok. So new security measures have been taken, and the previous sign up area has been removed and will be re added when our screening process has been updated. Just as well the site login info will be regularly updated now as more outsider ip’s are noted by operator, so keep in the loop via meat sace and irc.
Thats all for now, some time later tonight operator is going to forward more of the recovered blood moon ritual to me (he explained that tenebris may have been trying to communicate in it so be hyped ^^ ) and I will put it up in a post for now and he can move it to archive later. -LS
This post contains a lot of new information. First, its uploader, Liquidsaint, is presumably the same "Saint" that was previously mentioned by Patrem. This means he's responsible for creating the "Portal" that Regiminis supposedly controls. Secondly, Liquidsaint seems very similar to SKM... He has a similar upbeat personality and uses many of the same emoticons and slang such as "meat space" and "chummers". The players found this incredibly odd... However, they couldn't concretely connect the two just yet, so they set this information aside for the time being.
As for the actual contents of the post, Liquidsaint discusses Tyler's recent activities. Interestingly, he reveals that the mysterious group referred to as the "Harbingers" are actually the players. As such, the Lunar Children refer to Tyler as the "Harbinger's Link".
Liquidsaint reveals the name of the Lunar Child who was stalking Tyler outside his home - Daniel. Daniel was supposedly on Observation Duty, meaning he was tasked with keeping an eye on Tyler. However, since Daniel was spotted, his Observation Duty is being passed on to another Lunar Child. Though Liquidsaint doesn't reveal who this is, he implies that they are a fairly well known member. He also mentions the recording device that Daniel left outside Tyler's home, referring to it as a "Beacon". However, the purpose of this device is still unknown...
Liquidsaint claims that Daniel's tasks during Observation Duty was also a part of his trial to complete the "Parallelos Path" teachings. He claims that Daniel exhibited a "fantastic use of jumping" - likely referring to his teleportation powers. This implies that some of the powers bestowed upon Lunar Children via the Parallelos Path teachings include some degree of teleportation powers.
Liquidsaint also mentions the website's upgraded security measures. He claims that the site's login information will be changed periodically, explaining why the players were locked out previously. He also claims that "Operator", or Matt, will be sending him the full footage of the "Blood Moon Ritual" later in the night. Interestingly, he claims that Tenebris may have been attempting to communicate somewhere in this video...
On June 17th, 2015, Zack Nelson discovered that Liquidsaint had made another announcement on Lunarchildren.com:
Blood moon ritual part one
Posted on June 17, 2015 by liquidsaint
Wanted to get this out right now since you have all been waiting for it so bloody long. Shame about that new guy, but as you all may already know (as I do very well) when it comes to “her”, sacrifices must often be made.
bloodmoonritualpartone.wmv
As promised in his previous post, Liquidsaint has uploaded more footage from the Blood Moon Ritual. Concerningly, he hints that the nervous Lunar Child seen in it from before may have met a terrible fate... Below is the footage that was found on Lunarchildren.com:
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The video begins in what appears to be an outdoors environment. It is nighttime and crickets can be heard. In the darkness, MattR can be seen standing in front of some sort of pedestal. He is identifiable thanks to his skull mask with the parallelos symbol drawn on it. A nervous voice begins speaking.
Cultist: "Uh... Alright. Is... the device ready?".
MattR reaches down and activates a device sitting upon the pedestal. A purple light shrouds the scene and the device begins emitting a strange sound. MattR stands back up.
MattR: "Yes."
Cultist: "Alright, um... Uhh, Father Vincent..."
Patrem: "Yes, child?"
An image of Patrem flashes on screen.
Cultist: "Um... Might I ask, why have we, uh... Why have we chosen to preform the Blood Moon Ceremony here instead of, uh, in the holy building?"
Patrem: "To contact Regiminis on this night, you must be nearest to his domain to (indecipherable) the grand mother shows on this night."
Cultist: "Um... Yes, yes, of course... Forgive me for my... for my transgressions in questioning. And we'll get straight to the ceremony right now. My most humble apologies. Um, uh, I'm very honored to be able to preform this ceremony... And I'm most honored that you would choose me. I'm very, very privileged to be getting exposed to such grand knowledge. Thank you, thank you Father Vincent. I promise that I shall not let you down."
The nervous sounding cultist walks into the frame. He crouches below the two pillars surrounding the altar, activating a light on each one. He then kneels before the altar and pulls out a book. He flips through the pages before reading off a passage.
Cultist: "Oh, Luna, holy mother of the night. On this night, grant us your blessing. Oh, Father, protect us from the ignorance that is those who do not understand Luna's glory, so that we might keep (Indecipherable) and keep ourselves pure. It is time in which we ascend. On this night, most holiest of nights, when Mother's visage is red, blood shall be spilled in her honor. Death be upon those who do not understand her glory. Death be upon those who are unholy in her eyes. All glory be unto Luna. All glory be unto Father. Now, as the moon is high and her visage red, blood be spilled in her honor. Um... Uh... Actually, um... Father Vincent...?"
The cultist stands up and turns around, walking towards the camera. Matt pulls out a ceremonial knife and begins walking up behind him.
Cultist: "Oh, um... I just noticed, um... Blood is to be spilled on this night, but wherefore is the blood? Um, I mean to say, uh... Whose blood shall be spilled?"
A sped-up version of the "Song of Unhealing" begins playing. The phrase 'I the true' appears with an image of adult Link from Ocarina of Time missing an eye. More text begins appearing on screen:
"WE honored her first. Father of lies, He will bring on her decent with the death of three, He killed that boy for her, He will give us all masks, I gave him all he has, And my mask was a salesman, I am the true controller, He is lying to you all."
A distorted image of the Happy Mask Salesman appears on screen. The video cuts in and out a few times, though it is too dark to tell what is happening. As we hear the cultist yell in pain, the words 'FUN GAME' appear. We hear the Skull Kid laugh as the video ends.
Summary
- This video is a continuation of the Blood Moon Ritual footage seen previously.
- The Lunar Children seem to be conducting the Blood Moon Ritual at "Regiminis's Domain" instead of the Fishery.
- The Lunar Child reads off some sacred rites from a large book.
- A message from Tenebris appears talking about how "WE honored her first" and the "Father of lies".
- The video ends as the nervous Lunar Child is seemingly killed and sacrificed by Matt.
Matt preparing a sacrifice.
This video is an extended version of the Blood Moon Ritual footage that the players saw previously. Picking up where the previous video left off, Matt activates a device that seemingly allows Patrem to communicate. After this, the nervous Lunar Child asks Patrem why the Blood Moon Ritual isn't being conducted at the the Holy Building - presumably referring to the Fishery. Patrem answers with "To contact Regiminis on this night, you must be nearest to his domain.", implying that this ritual is actually taking place at Regiminis's old home.
The nervous Lunar Child proceeds to open up a large, old book - presumably the Lunar Children's holy book. The Lunar Child begins reading an ominous passage about blood and sacrifice. Afterwards, he nervously asks where this blood will come from. At this moment, Matt walks up behind the cultist while brandishing a knife - presumably killing him and using him as the aforementioned sacrifice.
During this moment, strange text begins appearing on screen - presumably from Tenebris, as speculated by Liquidsaint. Tenebris's message contains the following:
Tenebris
"I the true. WE honored her first. Father of lies, He will bring on her decent with the death of three, He killed that boy for her, He will give us all masks, I gave him all he has, And my mask was a salesman, I am the true controller, He is lying to you all. FUN GAME."
While it's not entirely clear who exactly this text is directed at, the players begin to speculate that it's meant to describe Patrem.
Tenebris calls Patrem the "Father of lies", and claims that he intends on summoning Luna by sacrificing three individuals. It's possible that one of these individuals is Tyler. Tenebris also takes credit for Patrem's accomplishments, claiming that "I gave him all he has and my mask was a salesman", clearly linking him with the Happy Mask Salesman - a character from Majora's Mask who was often associated with "The Father" - the leader of the Moon Children. Tenebris also touts his superiority over Patrem, claiming "I am the true controller, he is lying to you all. I the true. WE honored her first".
This text is all very cryptic and the players were still missing many pieces of the puzzle. However, it's worth noting that this text was also accompanied with the "Song of Unhealing" - just like how Tenebris's previous messages were while he was impersonating John. This is yet another connection to BEN...
After this, Johnisdead.com underwent a strange update. Whenever the players would attempt to access a non-existent page, their browsers would now quickly cycle through a a variety of blank, non-existent pages. These included the following:
https://johnisdead.com/404
https://johnisdead.com/recursion
https://johnisdead.com/getout
https://johnisdead.com/goaway
https://johnisdead.com/leave
https://johnisdead.com/return
https://johnisdead.com/go
https://johnisdead.com/escape
After the pages above were cycled though, the players would be redirected to either Lunarchildren.com, Johnisdead.com, or the Silentdork YouTube channel.
On June 18th, 2015, Lunarchildren.com saw an update of its own. The site now featured a new banner and background image, which now took on the appearance of dark smoke. Matt and Liquidsaint also now both had their own avatars. Matt's seemed to be a photo - one that clearly showcased his skull mask adorned with the Parallelos Symbol. Liquidsaint's seemed to be a distorted silhouette of a man.
Matt's avatar.
Liquidsaint's avatar.
Players also noticed that Liquidsaint's previous post had been edited. The link to the extended Blood Moon Ritual footage had been changed, now linking to "https://lunarchildren.com/archives", which was locked. This was accompanied with an addendum from Matt which read "The file is now up in archives -Operator". The title of this announcement was also briefly changed to read "TRUTH".
The players also discovered another oddity - clicking the letter "L" in the page's copyright section would link players to an audio file titled "showmesad1.mp3" - an alternate version of the Lunar Children theme that featured the following lyrics:
She has shown me things that I’ve never seen
Made me feel things I haven’t felt before
I have so much to learn from her
But sometimes she scares me
When I start to feel her kiss
When I hear her voice
Nervousness consumes me
When she holds me in her arms
Nothing else exists
Nothing except her and me
She can make me feel like I’ve gone insane
By making me think I get everything
I cant help but give into it
But sometimes it scares me
When she shows me something new
When I see her face
All of me starts shaking
When she holds me in her arms
When we’re alone in space
She tells me such lovely things
When I start to feel her kiss
When I hear her voice
Nervousness consumes me
When she holds me in her arms
Nothing else exists
Nothing except her and me
When she shows me something new
When I see her face
All of me starts shaking
When she holds me in her arms
When we’re alone in space
She tells me such lovely things
When we’re alone in space
She tells me such lovely things
This song presents Luna as a loving yet terrifying entity, which is very much in line with her previous descriptions. However, the song also has a somewhat sad and tragic feeling to it as well.
Lunarchildren.com also featured a new announcement from MattR:
Theme Update, Security and Forum Progress
Posted on June 18, 2015 by MattR
Matthew here, we recently updated our theme and layout of the main site, as well as some new security features. Our user database has been fixed once again as recent attacks disabled it. If you can’t login, your account has been compromised temporarily for your protection, however, you should not have any issues accessing your account. Security now requires you to update your password once you login. We expect you to use numbers and letters, as well as upper and lowercase and other characters. Our site will never go down again with our new security protocols!
About the forums, they are coming together quite nicely and should be up soon, so expect that soon! -Operator
Matt addresses the website's new theme - as well as their new security requirements. He also notes that the Lunar Children Forums are still under construction. Shortly after this, Lunarchildren.com briefly updated with the following audio:
Upon checking Johnisdead.com, players discovered that it had updated once again:
finduswaitinginthe.jpg
johnisdead.com
This page was titled "Run" and featured an eerie image of a dark forest. The file names urged the players to search for new pages...
searchfornewpaths.mp3
Players began experimenting with various different URLs, hoping to find some new clues. Eventually, the player Eve discovered a few new pages:
a_different_sleep.gif
johnisdead.com/asleep
This page contained a disturbing image of Kelbris's face - along with an audio clip of the boss "Bongo Bongo" from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. These file names seem to suggest that Kelbris was still present - albeit in some sort of sleep or stasis...
sleeptalk.mp3
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
D.gif
johnisdead.com/asleep/rememberme
This page featured a dark, disturbing face and a distorted version of the "Southern Swamp" theme from Majora's Mask. Interestingly, the file names suggest that the players should be familiar with this "D" individual...
LEAVE.mp3
While the players were all too familiar with Kelbris, this mysterious "D" eluded them. Unfortunately, while they were mulling over this enigmatic "D", they found that they were once again locked out of Lunarchildren.com.
On June 23rd, 2015, Johnisdead.com saw several more updates:
FTP0592.jpg
johnisdead.com
This page was titled "Soon" and contained an image of a green moon - the significance of which is unknown...
Players began searching the site for more clues. This led to the discovery that Fakeworld had updated - though only its webpage, not the Janus Room. The page now featured "see.webm" - an eerie video that featured a swinging noose:
Further exploration led to the discovery of another page:
index.gif
johnisdead.com/where
This page was titled "MORE TO DISCOVER" and featured what appeared to be a distorted image of Patrem... The audio on this page was also a piano rendition of the Lunar Children theme. This page's code was also filled with expanded "<hr />" elements, meaning that players could scroll down on this page for an incredibly long time.
she.mp3
Shortly after this, the site's front page updated once again:
foggyworld248.jpg
johnisdead.com
The front page returned to how it first appeared months prior. However, it was now titled "MORE TO SEE".
background.mp3
It seems as though the players had not yet discovered all that Johnisdead.com had to offer. However, before they continued, the players had a rather strange night...
On June 25th, 2015, the players partook in a casual out-of-character night with the GM's of the ARG. Just like with the conversations with The Man during the the previous arc, the events of this night were mostly non-canon. However, the night took a strange turn when the GM's claimed that the player Zack Nelson had supposedly died after his home was struck by lightning. This was clearly a joke and likely a nod to the fact that Zack Nelson was somehow a canon character - something the players had been theorizing in secret ever since they noticed that Tyler was in a Skype call with him.
After this shocking reveal, the players preformed a mock ritual to ascend the spirit of their fellow player. They even went so far as to construct a digital Vaporgrave for their fallen comrade:
On June 26th, 2015, the players returned to find that Johnisdead.com had underwent another update. The classic "foggyworld248.jpg" image was now tiled across the screen as the page was now titled "KEEP SEARCHING". Meanwhile, four separate audio files were blaring at once - "lost.mp3", "hiding.mp3", "keeplooking.mp3", and "KEEPLOOKING.ogg".
After some experimentation, players found a new page on Johnisdead.com, or rather, a series of new, linked pages - something that the players would later come to call a "Hole".
hole.gif
johnisdead.com/hole
This page was titled "Welcome", inviting players into what was about to become a complex labyrinth...
hole.mp3
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
falling.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall
Titled "terriblefate", this page invoked imagery and audio of Link's initial descent into Termina at the beginning of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Interestingly, this page also contained four separate pages that would appear as pop-up's in the players' browsers.
fall.mp3
The following four pages were pop-up's on the page above:
mask1iswatching.webm
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/watching
This pop-up contained a silent video file of a distorted green face - one that's described as "Mask 1".
mask2willfindyou.webm
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/findyou
This pop-up featured the titlular "Mask 2" - a green pig-like mask.
mask3iswaiting.webm
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/waiting
This pop-up contained a green fish-like mask titled "Mask 3".
mask4issleeping.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/sleeping
The final pop-up featured "Mask 4, who is revealed to be Kelbris.
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
lost1.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest
This page was titled "Lost?" and contained imagery and audio related to the "Lost Woods" from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This was all clearly taunting the players, who were now lost in the digital maze of webpages. This page also hid the following text: "est/5 "***** IS SHE"?"
areyoulost.mp3
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
old2.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/they
Titled "Lost?", this page appeared to be a dead end.
wowuk.mp3
This Hole on Johnisdead.com was slowly growing more and more complex. Upon entering it, players were redirected through all of the pages above. While most of the imagery seemed to simply be comparing the Hole to a maze-like location from The Legend of Zelda called the "Lost Woods", there were four entities that stood out - The Four Masks.
Shown listed in the pop-up's above, these four entities labeled masks one through four were all distorted faces that were tinted green. Interestingly, Kelbris himself was revealed to be one of these masks - "Mask 4" specifically.
Eager to find more clues, the players continued exploring into the early hours of June 28th, 2015. They turned their attention to the message found on one of the pages - "est/5 "***** IS SHE"?":
The inclusion of a "/" seemed to imply that this was hinting towards the existence of another page, with "est" being the last few letters of the new page's parent directory.
After looking over the previous pages, the players discovered a match - "/lostinforest", meaning that this new page would be something that comes after that one.
The rest of the text seemed to being guiding the players towards the name of this new page - "***** IS SHE?". This was fairly simple - the only word that fit within this context was "WHERE", giving the players their answer:
After the deduction above, the players discovered a new page - "https://johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where".
struggle.jpg
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where
This page was titled "STOP IT" and seemingly depicted someone who was in pain.
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
eetneq4.jpg
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome
This page contained yet more disturbing imagery of a distorted human being. It also featured another pop-up:
The following was a pop-up on the page above:
letmegoplease.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/stopit
This pop-up was titled "STOP IT" and featured what appeared to be a corrupted photo of a soldier...
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
suffer.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain
This page's file names, along with its title "STOP IT", seemed to imply that the various spirits found within the site were crying out for help...
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
finduswaitinginthe.jpg
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods
This page featured images and audio that were previously found on the website's front page. Combining the file name and the page's URL reads "Find us waiting in the woods", implying that someone is perhaps waiting in the woods for Tyler... This page also hid the following text in its code - "fakeplace, here, I".
lost.mp3
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
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johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods/itis
This page was seemingly empty - aside from an ominous drum beat...
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The players had reached another dead end. Thankfully, just like before, they had another clue - "fakeplace, here, I". Going back to the page this was found on, "/woods", the players began experimenting with the these three keywords:
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johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods/here
This page was titled "STOP IT" and contained yet more strange imagery.
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johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods/I
Titled "FATHER", this page contained more imagery connecting the Happy Mask Salesman character from Majora's Mask to "The Father" - the leader of the Moon Children.
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
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johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods/I/am
This page contained the same distorted image of the Happy Mask Salesman that was seen in the Blood Moon Ritual footage, linking Tenebris to "The Father"...
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
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johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods/I/am/true
This page mirrors what Tenebris was saying during the Blood Moon Ritual footage...
The pages above seem to be further implying that Tenebris is actually "The Father" - the leader of the Moon Children. While Patrem himself has donned the title of "Father" for the Lunar Children, it seems that Tenebris considers himself the "True Father" - likely and extension of this belief that Patrem owes Tenebris for all his accomplishments.
Unfortunately, the full history between Patrem and Tenebris has yet to be revealed...
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johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods/fakeplace
This page was titled "FAKE" and contained yet another pop-up. It also featured the following cryptic text: "THREE OPTIONS ONE IS RIGHT x=FIND x=SICKNESS x=THETHIRD AFTER FAKEPLACE/x".
The following was a pop-up on the page above:
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johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods/fakeplace/___n_
This pop-up featured a distorted image of a woman... It contained text that read "Who am I?" - a question that was presumably being answered by the page's URL - "___n_".
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This page seemed to be hinting towards the existence of a new character. However, the name of this woman is only partially revealed - "___n_". Unfortunately, the players didn't know any characters whose name fit this description yet...
The players had reached another dead end. However, they once again had three more clues to go off of: x=FIND x=SICKNESS x=THETHIRD". This led to the discovery of three new pages:
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johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods/fakeplace/thethird
This page contained the same green fish-like entity from earlier - "Mask 3", though it's now named "The Third Giant"...
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The fish-like entity from before has now been dubbed "The Third Giant". This is likely a reference to "The Four Giants" - four characters from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
In Majora's Mask, The Four Giants were four mythical figures that presided over Termina - the world where the game took place. Each of the Four Giants had their own location that they watched over - the Southern Swamp, Snowhead Mountain, the Great Bay, and Ikana Valley. One of Link's main tasks in the game was to travel to each of these locations and free The Four Giants from malicious spirits sent by Majora to imprison them. Once all four were freed, Link could play the Oath to Order on his Ocarina to summon them, stopping the moon's descent and saving the world.
It now seems that The Four Giants were being given in-game counterparts within the ARG. It is fitting that the fish-like entity is the Third Giant, given their association with the aquatic Great Bay area. However, this also comes with the implication that Kelbris is a giant - specifically the Fourth Giant, which would link him to Ikana Valley...
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johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods/fakeplace/sickness
This page was titled "flight" and contained some psychedelic imagery. It also featured the following pop-up:
The following was a pop-up on the page above:
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johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods/fakeplace/sickness/giant
This page contained more footage of the pig-like "Mask 2" entity - a figure that we can now assume is the Second Giant. This video was accompanied with strange, distorted laughter, as seen below:
The page above gave a stronger link between the "Four Masks" and The Four Giants. Below is a brief summation of what we know so far:
- The First Giant (Mask 1)
- Identity: Unknown
- In-Game Location: The Southern Swamp
- Appearance: A disturbing, smiling face.
- The Second Giant (Mask 2)
- Identity: Unknown
- In-Game Location: Snowhead Mountain
- Appearance: A sickening pig-like entity.
- The Third Giant (Mask 3)
- Identity: Unknown
- In-Game Location: The Great Bay
- Appearance: A strange fish-like entity.
- The Fourth Giant (Mask 4)
- Identity: Kelbris
- In-Game Location: Ikana Valley
- Appearance: A large, bloated corpse.
- This video seems to be a threat directed at Tyler.
- Someone unknown entity wearing glasses seems to be watching and stalking Tyler.
The entity wearing glasses.
The entity wearing glasses.
Tyler surrounded by strange symbols - including the Elegy Statue and a distorted Majora's Mask.
Interestingly, all Four Giants seemed to share a green coloration. This is possibly related to the green moon spotted earlier on Johnisdead.com... Regardless, the players had one more page to explore:
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johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods/fakeplace/find
This page was mostly empty. However, once accessed, it would result in countless pop-up's featuring "D.gif" to appear on-screen...
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
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johnisdead.com/hole/fall/lostinforest/where/whataretheydoingtome/weareinpain/woods/fakeplace/find/you
This page was empty - that is, except for the existence of a single locked ZIP file titled "WhoWasTheFirstAccount.zip".
At long last, the players had finally reached the end of the Hole. Here, they found one final puzzle - a locked ZIP file named "WhoWasTheFirstAccount.zip". It didn't take long for them to crack this one. Upon thinking back to the beginning of the YSHDT Arc, they found their answer - DandP, Doug's account on blogspot. When they unlocked the ZIP file, they found a new video - "alwayswatchingyou.wmv".
Description
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The video begins with some dark footage of what appears to be either the inside of a room or the outside of Tyler's trailer. Slow, reversed music plays in the background. We are shown what appears to be an oven clock counting down from 4:34 - the same image seen in the room on "/fakeworld". Text appears:
"The time is coming"
The video turns purple. Footage of Tyler picking up the recording device left by Daniel is seen. Text overlays the video:
"HOW TO INVITE US INSIDE"
"what he say"
"Regiminis, you are our-" 
The video cuts to purple once more before showing someone, presumably Tyler, reaching for a door knob. Once he grabs it, a green version of 'D.gif' can be seen as the entire screen is enveloped in a green tint. The video fades into footage of someone's ceiling. The video distorts, morphing into a purple screen with the text:
"ITS NOT TIME FOR THAT"
The camera pans up into a window. Through the window we can see the same bathroom seen in 'Fun Night with John and Kevin' as if someone were watching from outside. The video suddenly cuts back to the clock, now counting down from 4:28. The video cuts to a dark image of someone wearing glasses. In the reflection of the glasses we can see the number '423'. The number looks as if it's on a 'state highway' sign hanging in someone's room. The video cuts back to the oven clock, now finally reaching 4:23. When the number hits, the video cuts back to the view of the bathroom, now with a purple tint.
A barely visible image of someone's face appears as Tyler walks into the bathroom. As Tyler walks into the bathroom, multiple faint images begin appearing on screen in this order: a photo of John, a distorted Majora's Mask, a disfigured looking Elegy Statue, a screenshot of the Elegy Statue, a video clip of a pig mask, and a clip of John with a light in front of his face. Tyler walks towards the camera, exiting the bathroom. He takes a moment to stop and look back at himself in the mirror. Once he reaches to turn out the lights, we can see a red face overlayed on the footage.
Summary
Overall, the video above seems to be a threat directed at Tyler. It features several interesting scenes.
Firstly, the video features a timer counting down to "4:23". This is actually the same timer that was seen in one of the images found in Fakeworld. Some emphasis is also placed on the "Beacon" left by Daniel, though its purpose still is not elaborated on...
Secondly, Tyler is shown reaching towards a doorknob. As he opens it, "D.gif" appears as the entire screen turns green. The significance of this is unknown.
Finally, a red-tinted person wearing glasses can be seen watching Tyler from outside his home, though the identity if this individual is not revealed.
Between The Four Giants, Patrem, Regiminis, Tenebris, and whatever other entities may be shown in the video above, the forces hunting down Tyler seemed to only be growing - both in strength and numbers...
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