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The story so far...
In the previous section, the cycles found on Youshouldnthavedonethat.net became more chaotic and artificial. Through the site's glitches and hidden messages, the players discovered that Alex, Kayd, and Thomas were all involved with the Moon Children to some degree. They also learned that Tyler himself was a member of the cult - in an alternate timeline, at least. Amongst the chaos, a familiar face greeted the players - Jarilo. Upon chatting with Jarilo, the players learned that his real name was actually Jeremy. He was once good friends with Hank and later left to join the Lunar Children alongside him. After Hank ascended Ben, Jeremy's brother - the Old Man - was tasked with carrying the Majora's Mask Cartridge - the same cartridge that he would later give to Alex.
Jeremy informed the players that the Kevin they were seeing on Youshouldnthavedonethat.net wasn't another spirit from 2010 - he was actually the present-day Regiminis, who was attempting to break into The Truth and take what was inside for himself. Jeremy explained that The Truth contained a portion of Luna's power. Once the players eventually access The Truth, they will be able to use this power to choose to kill Tenebris's current amalgamated state and end the website's repeating cycles. Jeremy also explained that certain individuals were currently attempting to enact some sort of ceremony to summon Luna. This ceremony involved three things - The Four Giants, Tyler, and a "mask" that was to be placed upon Tyler. Once this "mask" is placed upon Tyler, he will act as a sort of "waypoint" for Luna. At this point, The Four Giants will open the way by which Luna will descend and presumably destroy everything.
As the final cycle drew near, the players were contacted by a young cultist named Hope. Her exact role in all of this and how exactly she was speaking on Youshouldnthavedonethat.net is unknown. Afterwards, the website finally opened. Here, the players were able to contact Kayd and obtain the log-in information from him. With this, they were finally able to access The Turht. Within it was "The Killswitch" - the piece of Luna's power that allowed the players to finally put an end to Tenebris's game.
With the Killswitch activated, the cycles on Youshouldnthavedonethat.net came to an end. Simultaneously, Regiminis's attempt to control the website and all of those trapped inside of it is implied to have backfired, leaving his fate unknown. Before departing, Kelbris apologized for his past actions. Here, it's revealed that he and his wife Diana actually adopted Mat. However, when their son Ben was born, he neglected Mat. It seems that Hank's goal in all of this was to simply reunite with his late wife. However, due to Tenebris's trickery, he instead caused untold amounts of suffering.
With the chaos of Youshouldnthavedonethat.net finally coming to an end, the players were left to pick up the pieces. The intertwining cycles and alternate timelines left many details unclear - along with the fates of several different characters. Regardless, the ARG was about to enter into a new era - one with new friends, new foes, and new mysteries.
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
Tenebris
Other Characters
John
Regiminis
Mat
Hubbard
Patrem
Drowned
Doug
Alex
Spencer
Kelbris
Vincent
Adams
SKM
Old Man
Tyler
(SilentDT)
Ben
Hubbard
Max
Luna
Jacob
Helper
Jeremy
J
Rosa
Chris
Hunter
Diana
Hubbard
Carla
Daniel
Zack Nelson
Kayd
Thomas
David
Danielle
Quia
TheLaw
The Man
Mason
Mason
xxxxxxxxx
Hope
The Gray
Man
Ezekiel
Thoth
Jinn
Kuu
Nathen
Hina
Eddie
SheepDog
HarryM1
Alignak
Kalfu
Igaluk
Losna
Sin_yarikh
Tsukuyomi
William
Reynolds
Justin
Reynolds
The Flying
Child
Guide
Glossary
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Misc.
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A
Absque Fascie
Archive
ARG
Ascension
B
Beacon
Ben Drowned
Blood Moon Ritual
Bloody Mary
Blue Baby
Bomb Plans
Briefcase
Bunny Hood
C
Candyman
Cellphone Tower
Ceremony of the Three Elements
Cipher
Cherrington High
Cleverbot
Conduit
Contact Page
Crescent
Crescent Moon Necklace
Cycle
D
Dark Link
Decoy.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
Fish Ponds
Full
G
Gibbous
GM
Goron Link
Guestbook
H
Hacker Group
Happy Mask Salesman
Harbingers
Harbinger's Link
Haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge
Helper's Hat
Hiatus
Hole
Holy Building
Hubris
Hubris Game
I
Internet Detectives
Inverted Song of Time
IRC
J
Jadusable
Jadusable's ARG
Janus Room
JanusVR
Jumping
John's Cellphone Number
Johnisdead.com
K
Kamaro Mask
Key592
Killing Assignment
King Kong
L
Lens of Truth
Letschasethemouse
Libro Lunarus
Link
Link.exe
Listening
Listening Device
Lostmemory.exe
Lostmemory423
Luna Prophecy
Luna's Parallelos
Lunar Children
Lunar Children Forums
Lunar Children Server
Lunarchildren.com
Lunarum Oculus
Lurch.co
M
M
Majora's Mask
Malagasy
Masks
Mask of Truth
Max Headroom
Messenger
Meta
Methods of Revolution
Minuet of Forest
Moonlight Meeting
Moon Children
Moon Children Forums
N
Neophyte
New Moon
New Wave Bossa Nova
Night of the Father
Novum Ascensionem
O
Oath to Order
Observation Duty
OOC
Overseer
Overworld
Owl Statue
P
Parallelos
Parallelos Child
Parallelos Forum
Parallelos of the Ascended
Parallelos of the Dead
Parallelos of Time
Parallelos Path
Parallelos Symbol
Pididoip
Playing Cards
Portal
Postman's Hat
R
Reading Session
Remember.exe
Red Dot
Redirect Page
Regiminis's Domain
Regiminis Sigil
Revival
Room 592
Rosa
S
Safehaven
Scrying
Scrying Device
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
Strand Sensations
Submitting
Sub-Parallelos
Sub-Traversing
Sun's Song
T
Tatl
Tenebris Symbol
Tenebris.link
Tenor
The Blackout
The Cataclysm
The Factory
The Fishery
The Four Giants
The Glitch
The Killswitch
The Legend
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Misguided
The Misguided Legion
The Moon
The Ocarina
The Orchard
The Poem
The Rule of Three
The Spire
The Three Silver Secrets
The Truth
The Whiteout
TheLinkMissing
TheTruth.rtf
Time Bomb
Time Links
Transcendence
Traversing
U
Undecim Nocte
Usekeb
V
Vigil
Vocaroo
W
Wayward Horizon
Weenie-Licked
Whatisben.com
WireTalk
Within Hubris
Y
Youshouldnthavedonethat.net
YSHDT.com
Z
Zora Link
Story
After the chaotic events involving Youshouldnthavedonethat.net's revival, everything went quiet. Throughout the first month of 2017, there were no updates to be found. This gave the players time to recover after the confusing events of the previous arc. They weren't entirely sure what events were taking place in the present and which ones were simply "memories" from 2010. Additionally, due to the many different cycles involved, it was difficult to determine what events actually took place in the players' timeline and what was simply a remnant of some alternate timeline.
Either way, if they wanted answers, all they could do now is wait.
On February 4th, 2017, Johnisdead.com underwent a familiar update. The site now once again featured "Foggyworld248.jpg" and "background.mp3" - just like how it did originally back in 2015.
However, a few weeks later, this changed. On February 24th, 2017, the front page updated, now featuring a distorted image of someone's face overlaying a copy of the Libro Lunarus. The page was also now titled "construction".
The significance of the Libro Lunarus in this situation is unknown. However, the fact that Johnisdead.com is presumably undergoing some sort of construction is worrying... Despite the destruction of the Lunar Children and the activation of the Killswitch, it seems as though there are still malicious forces at play.
This notion was supported by a Silentdork upload on March 24th, 2017:
The title of this video consisted of glitchy empty ASCII characters. These blank spaces had the unique property of reversing various strings of text when copy-pasted. As for the contents of this video, it featured a simple message:
Tenebris
"Still here."
Later on, a second video was uploaded to Silentdork - "So many still trapped".
This video features a dark screen as @90 by K3v1n plays. This coupled with the video's title seems to suggest that there are still countless souls trapped within Johnisdead.com... Additionally, the video ends with a faint image of the Libro Lunarus surrounded by some masks.
Afterwards, one final video was uploaded - "4/23/2017 ebuTouY".
Disturbingly, this video featured audio of someone drowning - most likely Ben...
Around this time, the players decided to move from Skype over to a different platform - Discord, creating the "Internet Detectives Discord Server" - a new hub for players.
On April 3rd, 2017, the players received two more videos from an unexpected source - Vincent Adams' YouTube channel. The first of these was "show me", which unfortunately was not archived. This video simply contained footage of someone's room while the Lunar Children's theme, "Show Me", was played on a piano - likely by Vincent himself.
The second video was "Foolish child":
Description
march 19th 2015 Did you think you would remember this?
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This video begins with Vincent recording himself outside at night.
Vincent: "(Sigh) Just found my phone on the sidewalk. I don't know what the hell's going on here, what with the waking up in the park bullshit and the kid and the website... those people. (Indecipherable)."
Vincent approaches a building and opens the door.
Vincent: "Stupid..."
Patrem's voice can faintly be heard in the background:
Patrem: "Foolish child, did you think you would remember this?"
Vincent: "...Get on my laptop."
Vincent enters his room and the video ends.
Summary
- This video contains old footage from March 19th, 2015.
- Vincent vents his frustration while finding his way back home.
Judging by this video's description, the footage within it was presumably recorded back on March 19th, 2015. This was the same day that Vincent awoke in a park and spoke with the players on Within Hubris. This video seemingly contains footage of him returning home after this event.
Activity once again dwindled for another month. However, on April 23rd, 2017, a new video was uploaded to Silentdork - "Going to kevins".
Description
oct 11th 2015 never made it shouldnt have went outside shouldnt have opened the door they got me
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This video begins with Tyler walking through a dark house. A timestamp appears in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen: 4/11/15. Footage of Rosa from Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines can faintly be seen warning to "Not open it", as Tyler approaches a door. As he turns the knob, an image of Doug smiling can be seen while strange noises play. Tyler turns to his right as Doug attacks him. We are shown either Tenebris or Regiminis holding a sign that says, "SHE TOLD YOU NOT TO OPEN IT". The video cuts to black as a soft, distorted voice is heard.
"We need to lock him up. But (Indecipherable) question him first. Just don’t let him kill himself."
The video cuts back, now showing the inside of a dim server room. The timestamp now says ??/??/15.
Tyler: "This place is so fucking huge. (Indecipherable). I don't know who the fuck these people are. Hey, at least I found my fucking phone. Now if I can just find a fucking exit. What the fuck is this shit?"
The video cuts to black again before showing Tyler inside of a dark room with the camera pointed at a strange lamp. Loud, muffled drum can be heard in the background.
Tyler: "Okay, I managed to find something like a fuckin’ lamp. This is the only light. This is the only lamp. I don't know what the fuck these people are doing in here, it’s dark as shit. I think the exit might be through this way."
The video cuts to Tyler walking around in a dark room.
Tyler: "It’s always so fucking dark… I don’t think anyone’s in here. Not gonna risk turning the light on though. I think I’m almost out… What the fuck is this fucking…"
The video cuts, as evident by the audio.
Tyler: "Fuck fuck fuck, I’m going in fucking circles… Damn it, it’s so fucking dark. I’m fucking walking through walls or some shit. My eyes are fucking playing tricks on me cause I’m fucking teleporting or some shit through all these fucking rooms cause I keep seeing the same shit again and again-"
Tyler suddenly teleports into a new room, now staring outside through a metal grate on the wall.
Tyler: "Oh wait, wait, what? What the fuck? Fuck it, fucking solid metal fucking door! It’s fucking-"
A loud voice suddenly rings out as the screen flashes green.
“HURRY, STOP DOUGLAS-"
Tyler yells as the video cuts to black. Distorted voices can once again be heard.
"Alright, he's had enough outside time. Did you get Douglas up here? Good. Take the Harbinger’s Link to the interrogation chamber. I have a few questions. ((Indecipherable))."
We are shown some dim lights slowly gliding overhead as if someone were being transported through a hospital on a bed. The video then cuts back, now showing the inside of a freezer. Ice can be seen on the floor. Tyler's breathing is pained and he is obviously freezing.
Tyler: "Jokes on you, I happen to fuckin’ like the cold…"
Tyler begins beating on the door of the freezer.
Tyler: "Fucking pricks... fucking pricks, let me out. Let me out."
Tyler films the fans on the back wall of the freezer. As he does so, distorted voices can be heard:
"You’re wasting your battery."
Tyler: "Maybe I can get out through these vents..."
The video cuts as another distorted voice can be heard:
"Really, you should listen to yourself. Just this once."
The video cuts twice more as Tyler is seen lying on the ground in pain. Just before the video ends, someone enters the freezer and picks Tyler off of the ground by his hair.
Summary
- This video contains footage of Tyler's kidnapping back in 2015.
- Upon opening his front door to visit Kevin's house on October 11th, 2015, Tyler was captured by Doug.
- Tyler finds himself in a dimly lit room with what appears to be some servers or machinery sitting on a shelf.
- Tyler was trapped in a series of dark, looping rooms as a drum beat can be heard in the background.
- Tyler is once again seemingly confronted by Doug and is later taken to some interrogation chambers.
- Tyler is seen locked in what appears to be a freezer.
Judging by the video's description, the footage above shows what happened to Tyler after leaving his home on October 11th, 2015. For context, this was the date that Tyler visited Johnisdead.com and saw a message instructing him to visit Kevin's home. This video reveals that he was immediately attacked by Doug upon opening his front door. However, for some odd reason, a timestamp appears on the video that reads "April 11th, 2015" - the same date that Patrem shared a recording of the Lunar Children's "carnal actions" at the Fishery.
After this, Tyler finds himself in an impossibly large building. He is recording what appears to be some servers or computers on a shelf in a dimly lit room. The timestamps now reads "??/??/15". Afterwards, Tyler finds himself in a different location - a series of dark rooms. While Tyler explores this area, a loud drum can be heard in the background. After a while, Tyler realizes that he's looping through the same series of rooms over and over. Tyler is then seemingly warped to a new location - a small room with a metal grate. On the other side of the grate is daylight. However, Tyler is unfortunately unable to escape before he's seemingly confronted by Doug once again.
Interestingly, we hear a Lunar Child yell out "HURRY, STOP DOUGLAS-". This suggests that Doug was not fully cooperating with the cult. This lines up with the fact that The Four Giants are seemingly under Tenebris's command. Additionally, Doug has been seen taunting the Lunar Children throughout 2015 and 2016, so this lines up with his behavior around that time. Afterwards, another Lunar Child commands someone to take Tyler to an interrogation chamber. We then see Tyler locked inside a freezer. As he attempts to get out, a distorted voice says "You’re wasting your battery. Really, you should listen to yourself. Just this once.".
Despite the fact that this video was recorded back in 2015, the fact that Tyler was once again uploading seemed to imply that he was safe - or at the very least alive. This was a relief for the players, since this was the first time in nearly a year that the players had heard from him - aside from alternate timeline versions of him seen on Youshouldnthavedonethat.net.
Speaking of Youshouldnthavedonethat.net, it underwent a change later that same day. The site's front page now contained what appeared to be an entry from someone's journal:
I guess it's time to clear things up.
Hello. I don't know who's out there, and I'm not sure I want to. Kinda didn't think I'd ever feel the need to come here again, but I feel drawn to this place like there's unfinished business.
I'm going to tell you what's happened so far.
I'm not sure where to start, so it may take a while to get my head in the right place for this.
Maybe it would be best to tell anyone reading this that I used to be involved in the Lunar Children. They had their ways of molding young and impressionable minds. I was one of them and so were several of my friends. I wish I knew why we fell for all of it, but knowing wouldn't change anything. If we'd been smarter, maybe one of my friends wouldn't be comatose right now.
This text appears to be from another Lunar Child who managed to survive The Cataclysm in 2016. However, one of their friends is in bad shape and is currently comatose. However, how exactly they're able to post on Youshouldnthavedonethat.net is a mystery...
There was a big event where we were meeting a while back. I was not told exactly what was going on, being a lowly peon like I was. That was the day of the incident that ruined my life. There was a lot of people, too many people, and I wish I had known about the outsider guy they brought in sooner than I did. God, that day was the worst.
I'm really sorry if it sounds like I'm beating around the bush, I just don't know if anyone who poses a threat to me can see this. I've done well to stay pretty low so far, so who can blame me for being paranoid, right? So, once we made it out of there, a few of us stayed together for a while. I don't know how many actually escaped.
When it had all settled, it was just us hiding out in a motel. I couldn't go back to my parents, we were so far away and I didn't have the guts to return after running away like I did. When we ran out of money, we had to find another way. One of us was very sick from the start, I don't know what happened to make him like this. It got worse. One day, he was just unresponsive. We didn't have anywhere to keep him safe, so we sought shelter in the only place we knew of. We went back to the site of the disaster and hoped that whatever had caused so much pain was no longer there. It wasn't there.
I mean that in two ways. When we arrived, it was just untouched as if nothing had happened. We went inside, and it seemed like the morning of the incident. There was no ruin, no bodies. The sanctuary doors were still attached, like the blast that took them off was just a dream. How was that possible? Even weirder was that later that night, as we slept in the most comfortable pews we could find, I heard a voice that sounded impossibly close to me. I couldn't tell what it was saying, but it sounded familiar.
The Lunar Child mentions a "big event" that ended in disaster - one that seemingly destroyed their place of worship. This is likely referring to The Cataclysm that destroyed The Spire and most of the cult. However the Lunar Child writing this managed to survive along with a few of their friends. Unfortunately, one of them was very sick - likely the same friend who is currently in a coma. Interestingly, they seem to imply that some "outsider guy" brought in by the cult is somehow responsible for The Cataclysm. However, the meaning behind this is unknown.
The Lunar Child and her surviving friends stayed at a nearby motel for a while. However, they were running out of money and the condition of her sick friend was worsening. Hoping to find shelter, they returned to The Spire. Surprisingly, it was somehow completely in-tact as if The Cataclysm never occurred. Having no other options, the Lunar Child and their friends slept inside of it.
The other way that I meant that it wasn't there...well, that's harder to explain. We had to leave in order to find food. Well, I did. The others stayed behind. I wasn't gone for long. I came back to find some kids playing near the entrance to the holy place (why do I still call it that?), and that it was smoking ruins. I panicked. I ran to the entrance and screamed for the others. I was hysterical, and crying, and by the time I got to the door, I noticed that the place was just fine. I was met at the door and assured that everything was okay.
But the kids were still playing. They didn't turn to see me. They just had no knowledge that anything was wrong in the first place. Could they hear me? Were they real? Was I hallucinating the fire? I didn't know at the time.
Hell, I don't even know if I know now. Later, I came to find that no matter what, it's impossible to get the attention of anyone outside the building or its property from within it. In fact, I'm not even sure what they see when they look in its direction. Is it like it was before the incident? Is it just an empty lot? Whatever the case, it looked like we had a safe place to stay and no rent to pay for it.
About a week after deciding to stay there, we became much more comfortable with knowing we couldn't be discovered. I mean, we had lost everything and had no plans for the future, so at least one thing went our way. Turns out that getting a job is much harder when you don't have a home address. I left the property when those kids showed up again and asked what they saw when they look in its direction. They told me it was empty.
I didn't want to believe it, but at this point, who am I to complain?
The Lunar Child explains some strange properties of The Spire. From far away, the building sometimes looks like it's in ruin. However, once up close, it appears normal. Additionally, anyone outside of The Spire cannot see or interact with those inside of it. In fact, several childing playing outside of it seemingly cannot see The Spire at all. This gave the Lunar Child and their friends a sense of security because it meant they could not be found by any enemies. Eventually, they felt comfortable with their new home - despite its oddities.
Time passed pretty quickly after all that happened. It has now been a year since that day. I want things to get better for us. The others aren't too well. I don't have much more time to spend talking here, so if anyone is reading this, I might not be back after this entry. Many people I knew have died, and I'm scared for our friend's health. He hasn't spoken a full sentence in months. We can't take him to a hospital. We can't risk being found by surviving cultists, if there are any. We're the only three left that I know of, and I would rest easy if only I could know the Lunar Children name has truly died.
All I can do now is hope.
The Lunar Child and their two friends are the only survivors that they're aware of. However, their friend's condition is worsening. Supposedly, it's been at least a month since The Cataclysm took place and they're still mostly unresponsive.
However, many players took interest in the final line - "All I can do now is hope.". Many took this as a hint that these journals were actually being written by Hope - the girl who briefly contacted the players via Youshouldnthavedonethat.net's log-in screen. However, the strange experience of her somehow hearing the players' messages in her head and how exactly she has access to the site in the first place is still unexplained...
On April 24th, 2017, more of Hope's journals began uploading to Youshouldnthavedonethat.net:
It is 6:16pm. He has stopped responding to us entirely. No matter what, he just doesn't react. We have no choice but to take him to a hospital, and hope for the best. If you're out there, wish us luck.
Well, it's been about six hours since we arrived at the nearest hospital. He's in the care of people we can't trust, but we couldn't even feed him anymore, so what were we supposed to do? We can't spend the night in the open at the hospital, so we came back. I contemplated telling my other friend to stay there, and that she needed to be seen as well. I didn't. She insists that it's just a cold, and it might just be a cold. We just can't afford the luxury of assuming anymore. I'm still updating here, I guess. If anyone's out there, I sincerely hope we're not enemies. The one thing I'm afraid of now is the others being harmed. It might be a while until I say more here, it might not. I don't know anymore. The last six hours have been beyond stressful.
The condition of Hope's friend has worsened to the point where they had no choice but to bring him to a hospital. Hope's other friend, a girl, is also somewhat sick.
Earlier today, those kids came back. I walked up to them and they ran away. I guess it's for the best since we don't know what's in the rubble that they see. I haven't bothered racking my brain to figure out the deal with that, by the way. After a while you just learn to accept shit no matter how weird it is. And that brings me to this morning.
I woke up really early for some reason, and found that some of our stuff had been moved. Maybe I'm just imagining it because of the stress, but I could have sworn I left my hat next to the pulpit with the rest of my stuff. I found it in the pew next to me.
Anyway, we're going to the hospital to check on our friend. I hope he's okay.
Hope claims that odd things are beginning to happen around The Spire. In addition to the strange voice she heard during her first night back, her belongings are seemingly moving on their own now as well.
We never made it to the hospital. I am okay, she's okay. We just couldn't get close to the place, I can't explain it. Something was keeping us from it.
I left to go to the hospital by myself after that last entry, and ran the whole way. I know how unlikely it is that I'm being followed after so long, but even so, it's still really hard to feel safe out here in the dark with nobody else. I found that he had been put under for whatever reason, and has yet to wake up. They're not sure what's wrong.
I returned to find the place empty, which isn't very comforting this late at night. Some stray drawings were left lying around on her side of the sanctuary. I liked them a lot. She came back a short while later, turns out she just went out to get food for the night. I'm tired of being so paranoid all the time.
Hope and her friend attempted to visit their other friend at the hospital. However, something unknown was inexplicably keeping them from getting close to it... Later on, Hope attempted to visit the hospital on her own. This time, she was able to enter. Here, she discovered that her friend had been "put under" - likely for some sort of surgery... Meanwhile, upon returning to The Spire, Hope found that her other friend had drawn some pictures.
More journal entries continued appearing on April 25th, 2017.
Nothing much going on right now. Woke up at like 6. Really tired. You know how sometimes you can see something once and then it's everywhere? It's very irritating and I want it to stop. I swear I've seen this weird thing six times since I woke up.
Once, just ONE TIME, I would like to have a day where it feels like things are looking up. ONE DAY.
Okay, so I just woke up to the sound of a loud crash from outside, sounded like thunder but the sky is clear right now. Not amused. I think I'll see if she wants to go to the hospital with me later, kinda hope she does since I'm not a fan of walking there by myself. She's feeling a lot better now, so I guess I was just worried for nothing. Now we just need to know what's wrong with him.
Hope claims that she's seeing something "weird" several times upon waking up. Unfortunately, she doesn't elaborate on what this is. Additionally, she heard what sounded like lightning despite the sky being clear... Thankfully, her female friend seems to be feeling better at least.
I came back inside after a short walk, and it wasn't a great idea to even go out there in the first place since it's currently like 50 degrees and I didn't have my jacket. Anyway, I came back inside and decided to kill time by wandering around inside. I came around to a closet we haven't been inside of much, since we really have no need to be rifling around in them, but I was curious and it looks like it paid off. I now hold in my hands a small box, maybe the size of a shoebox, but locked. A three-digit combination lock built into it is keeping me out. I've tried several famous three-letter combinations, yet none have worked so far. I don't know anyone who might be good with this sort of thing, and taking this out into the open is an obvious invitation for trouble.
I looked at more of her drawings a few minutes ago. Very relaxing.
Wow, that was an incredibly obvious solution. I dropped the box on its corner and it popped right open! Also, I realize now that I typed "three-letter combination" but wow, I meant number. Never doing this that early again.
After breaking it open, I recorded the contents. Inside were some unopened letters, a Rubik's cube, six one-dollar bills, a newspaper clipping, $600 in twenties, a necklace, and a Bible. Score???
I like this necklace though, kinda like one I used to have. It would make a nice gift.
Hope searched through a closet in The Spire and found a small box locked with a three number combination. After breaking inside, she found some letters, a Rubik's cube, a bible, over $600, and a necklace. She seems quite fond of the necklace and notes that it would make for a nice gift.
On the way to the hospital, we talked about what was in the box. I gave her $300 and kept the other half for myself. We arrived and were allowed to see him, and he looked much better than when we brought him in. He must be eating again, which is great. He also spoke clearly to us, something he hasn't done in a long time. He says he doesn't know what's wrong with him and he understands if he's been a burden on us. God, I feel so horrible if that's the impression he got from all this. I just want him to be okay again, like he was before the incident. Maybe a little less serious. She drew a picture of him while we talked and gave it to him. She's so adorable. I'm glad he's speaking again. For the last year, he's just been wandering and talking mostly nonsense. In the last month, he stopped moving and speaking. I don't know what they did to make him better, but I'm glad they did. He hasn't been discharged yet, not sure how long it'll be before we can take him back. Or how long it'll be before he's back to the way he was before we brought him here.
Hope and her friend visited their male friend in the hospital. Thankfully, he's doing much better now. Hope notes that her male friend was a very serious individual before The Cataclysm. However, when he started deteriorating, he began wandering around and mumbling nonsense before eventually becoming unresponsive. He's now doing much better, though.
Unfortunately, this was the final journal entry uploaded, leaving the fate of Hope and her two friends unknown.
Afterwards, things went silent for quite some time. Additionally, players discovered that Lunarchildren.com had gone offline. It wasn't until November 11th, 2017 that the players saw a new update - Undecim Nocte 2017. However, due to the absence of the Lunar Children, the date was mostly quiet, seeing only a single upload on Silentdork - ".".
Description
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The video begins with Tyler playing a game, exploring the bottom of a massive pool. If the user turns on closed captions, strange captions appear.
Captions: "11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111"
Tyler: "...Will kill my character? I'm hoping for like a drain or something."
Captions: "this story is older than all of you and now you show up"
John: "A drain?"
Captions: "but so late"
Tyler looks up as a diving board comes into view.
Tyler: "I guess I never suffocate. Oh."
Captions: ". ...Filed missing persons report just before 2017 new years eve... Do you really think he is still alive? ...deaths all linked to members of local religious group Dimensions Where is Tyler? W h e n"
A drain comes into view. We can hear John begin to laugh as the video ends.
Summary
- This video contains old gameplay footage recorded by John and Tyler.
- This video was originally uploaded back on October 23rd, 2013.
- The captions on this video allude to the Lunar Children, how now seem to be either missing or dead.
This video contains some old gameplay footage recorded by John and Tyler. Interestingly, this video was uploaded back on October 23rd, 2013. While the video itself seems fairly mundane, turning on subtitles on YouTube revealed some hidden messages. "this story is older than all of you and now you show up but so late" seems to imply that the events of this story date back further than the players realize... There was also another message - "-filed missing persons report just before 2017 new years eve- -deaths all linked to members of local religious group-", which seems to reference the fact that many Lunar Children are now missing or dead.
However, there was also another ominous message - "Do you really think he is still alive? Dimensions. Where is Tyler? When?", which is seemingly calling into question Tyler's fate...
On November 12th, 2017, the players were hoping to spur on some more activity. However, they no longer had access to the Lunar Children Forums to utilize The Ocarina. Instead, they turned a source that hadn't been used for quite some time - the Pididoip email account on Johnisdead.com. The player ARGdov sent the email account a message that contained the "Sonata of Awakening" in an attempt to test out their powers. Shortly after this, the front page of Johnisdead.com update. The page was now titled "Comatose" and contained a distorted image of Tyler named "Awaken.jpg" and the audio "Awaken.ogg".
Seeing that the Pididoip account was indeed still active, the player ARGdov contacted it once again, believing that perhaps Tyler himself were somehow trapped within it.
Tyler, are you there? Can you hear us or speak?
Where are you? What's happened?
Who's Tyler?
Unfortunately, it seems that the Pididoip has once again connected the players with a random spirit within Johnisdead.com - not Tyler.
Later that night, the players discovered that "https://johnisdead.com/hole" had updated. The page was now completely black aside from the following message: "whats lost can be found m /" - clearly hinting towards the existence of a new page. After some trial and error, the players realized this message was referencing Tyler's lost memories, leading them to the answer - "https://johnisdead.com/memory". This page was titled "Forget" and contained the audio "ForgetMe.mp3", which featured a deep voice asking "Did you forget me?".
Remaining on this page for too long would redirect players to another one - "https://johnisdead.com/memory/john". This page was titled "J" and contained a blue-tinted image of John. Additionally, it contained a somewhat groovy theme titled "Hello_again.mp3". This implies that the question being posed on the previous page was actually from John himself - likely directed at Tyler. Additionally, this page also hid the following message in its source code: "New Year New You".
Shortly after this discovery, the player ARGdov received another email from the Pididoip email address - one that simply asked "Where did that suitcase go?". This is likely referring to the briefcase containing the camera that Tyler found in the video "5646" - the one that the players asked Helper to deliver to him.
After discovering the cryptic messages on Silentdork and Johnisdead.com, the players were concerned about Tyler's well-being. Thankfully, on November 13th, 2017, a new video was uploaded to Silentdork - "Hello again", confirming that Tyler was indeed still alive.
Description
Meant to upload this yesterday but had some problems and was not feeling too great either'Edit: I dont know who you people are but I am going to make the poor assumption you hold no ties with that cult. I dont know how to speak spanish and I dont think google translate is very reliable so I am sorry I cant really communicate with all of you but assuming you are here because you are on some level concerned, thanks I guess. Ill be uploading more soon when I can get my thoughts together more clearly to try and sift through all of this shit.
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This video begins with Tyler recording himself in his room at night.
Tyler: "So hey. It's been a while. Probably about a... year? I don't know... Yeah, about a year- a little over a year. Since, uh... I've been involved in any way with this YouTube channel."
Tyler is often seen squinting and rubbing his head as if he is having trouble remembering something.
Tyler: "And... I've just decided to come check it out because if there's still one thing I can remember it's that today's, uh... kind of an impactful day on my life, and... in some ways this YouTube channel is involved... it just crossed my mind to come check it. And... I suddenly see I have like 14,000 subscribers, I was never expecting that, I'm- I'm a little shocked, I'm a little concerned, confused... I don't know why. I... really don't know why I have so many subscribers. I don't- I don't know where this has all come from or why there, I guess, why you're all mostly from South America, I'm not sure why that is, either. But... I guess I should start with introducing myself. Again. Or... maybe for the first time, I don't know. Hello, my name's Tyler. I, uh, started this channel I think... first upload was... two, maybe three years ago. It's really kinda hard to remember. First upload was a video of me and John and, uh... Kevin..."
A very faint image of Regiminis can be seen on the screen. Tyler takes a long time attempting to remember Kevin. His memory seems to be deteriorating.
Tyler: "This YouTube channel's mainly- its main purpose was just I- I... I wanted to archive some old videos of just friends before my life, you know, just started turning into shit. And I don't mean to soapbox, I mean... actually, that's exactly what I mean to do because that's what this channel is for to begin with in a way... Just me bitching about my life, a kind of video diary... Not like very orderly kept or anything, but you know, just uh... Just my thoughts. My thoughts from my- my very... sometimes complicated, sometimes not-so-complicated mind. It wasn't ever really meant to be a show or anything. And... I guess there's been some weird happenings in my life..."
Tyler has a pained look on his face as he appears to be reminiscing.
Tyler: "...And I mean really weird. Really hard to explain."
The video cuts ahead. Tyler is now looking at his monitor.
Tyler: "...But, uh, let me try to organize my thoughts here. Um... last year something happened to me. I'm... pretty sure in the month of June."
The video cuts several times.
Tyler: "I don't know if I got in some kind of accident... I... don't remember if it involved a break in or.. it- a- some person at all. I... don't really remember anything. I don't remember if it had anything to do with the people stalking me. It probably did. Those people, but... I was injured and I was in a coma, and I was in that coma up until a little bit after New Year of this year. I guess I woke up on January 1st. And... I've been having a really hard time remembering my life before that even happened, I mean, it's- it's not like anything crazy, it's not anything really crazy, like I can still remember my name, I like obviously remembered how to get back to my house. I remember, like, key details of my life. I remember John. I remember, uh... I guess I think I had a girlfriend at some point, um... I think... Um..."
Tyler continues rubbing his head.
Tyler: "I remember those people. Who they hell were they... The... something children. I don't know... The, uh, the... Sky? Space? Moon... Lunar? The Lunar Children? And I mean they never formally introduced themselves, they just kinda started invading my life. I'm... to assume it had something to do with, uh, the disappearance of Kevin, and uh... maybe John's death, I don't know. I've just been having a hard time remembering really anything. You know, finer details. I feel like a lot's happened in the last few years, but I- at the same time, I can't be sure, because... I can't remember. Makes me kinda glad that I have these videos, but looking through these videos it just kinda fucks with me more because... there's a lot of weird shit happening in the videos that I really don't remember, and then in some situations I'm... looking desperately for videos that I was sure were there, but they're- they're not."
The video cuts once again.
Tyler: "...Life's been good for me though for the past year. I haven't seen those, uh... those cultish people that literally kidnapped me at a point. I haven't had any run ins with, uh... the police, which is a blessing, because..."
The video cuts several more times.
Tyler: "I mean... I probably look like a sociopath saying this, but I- I know they're working with them... some of them, maybe all of them, I don't know. I'm- I'm blessed that even though I live in this town, I live pretty far off the grid, so I mean I don't have to be right up in their, uh... right up in their domain, I suppose. Probably a bit of a pain in the ass for them to, uh, get involved even if they can or want to anymore, I don't know. I don't know what's happened, it's almost seemed like they've died off..."
Tyler takes a long pause, appearing to be deep in thought.
Tyler: "But... You know... Something just doesn't sit right with me. It's... not like I forgot about this YouTube channel all together just because, you know, I forgot things. I still remembered, in some aspects, this YouTube channel. And, for about a year I'd been avoiding it, and for sensible reasons. A lot of shit's happened in my life. If you've paid attention to anything on the channel I've- I've been stalked, uh... some evil shit has gone down in my life, so you know, I don't really feel comfortable uploading every day, but... It's been rattling around in my brain you know, the uh... the memory of John and the disappearance of Kevin, and... I think about it more and more, and... while I never really got any answers, you know it was a hostage situation, I don't really have a full explanation in my own mind as to how I even got the hell out of that, but uh..."
Tyler takes another long pause.
Tyler: "I can't help but think... maybe this is somehow connected to John and Kevin. You know, against my better judgement I've decided to just get on this YouTube channel, and I guess just bitch about it. Bitch about my life. Bitch about how I miss my friends, I miss having a life. I mean, I shouldn't say I miss having a life, it's not like I don't have a life. Since I woke up I, uh, I've been having the most peace I've probably had in a long time. No, uh, no need to look over my shoulder 24/7, uh, no need to, uh... constantly look out my windows. Yeah, I got tinfoil on my window over there, but I mean it kinda at this point... I know I put it up a long time ago out of, uh... paranoia of being watched, but now it's just, you know... now it's just kind of a comfort thing, you know? Leave it up because, you know, it feels nice. No light coming in and hitting me in the face in the morning when I wake up, you know? But, uh... I don't know. I haven't really wanted to say this to myself... I wouldn't really say I've been an atheist necessarily at any point in my life. Uh, I know- I know John was, but uh... Some magic shit has definitely gone on in my God... God... Some magic shit has definitely gone on in... in my life during all of this shit... and I've seen some things that I frankly just don't know how to put into words for anyone on camera right now, or even to myself... And sometimes I feel like... I don't know. I feel like... Maybe I'm... this is all happening to me because I'm like fucking chosen or some shit, and I mean that sounds, now, that sounds really conceited, I guess. I don't mean chosen like I'm something fucking special, but like I'm chosen by something nasty. Something fucked has business with me. It would explain, you know, why what seems to be a, uh, cult has become very particularly obsessed with my life. I mean, there was a point where I thought you know, maybe you know, just... just cult things, just you know, wanna fucking find somebody and sacrifice them to whatever personal fucked deity that we have, uh, constructed for ourselves. But... I've managed to be lucky enough, you know, I haven't... haven't died, and it seemed like they were going through, you know, a lot of stalking, a lot of bullshit to get me, but... in retrospect, if all they wanted was to just kill someone or fuck with someone or abduct someone, they could have switched to somebody a little more accessible. Somebody who's not all the way out in the middle of bum-fuck nowhere in the woods, away from everything. But they didn't. They... seemed to be obsessed with me for years. And I don't know why. I do know whatever the fuck they're fucking with... it's real. When I was in a coma I had this dream, and... they don't want me to remember... They don't want me to remember anything, uh... Faceless... What am I talking about? I- I, uh... What was I talking about? Um... Fuck. Uh... Uh... when I woke up, I yeah, I just remembered, when I woke up I had this necklace, and I don't remember anything about this, I... it's weird because I remember something about a necklace, but I don't remember this at all."
Tyler pulls a bullet necklace out of his shirt.
Tyler: "This... bullet. I know I used to have a gun at some point, or... maybe I wanted one. I'm- I definitely would have wanted one, but... I don't remember having a gun that would hold bullets like this. But, uh... it's like a bullet keychain, I don't know what it is or where it came from. I don't think it's- it was mine, or maybe it was I guess, because I woke up with it around my neck... And I haven't been, like, wearing this thing forever, since I- since I woke up. I don't know why I felt the need to specify that... Yeah, yeah I've been taking it off and stuff and, uh..."
The video cuts.
Tyler: "But what did I receive in the mail? What? From the postman, uh, what, uh... the suitcase... I had a suitcase, uh... I had a suitcase?"
Awaken.jpg appears on screen as Tyler gets close to the camera. A distorted sound plays.
Tyler: "...Where did that suitcase go?"
Summary
- This video seems to be a general update from Tyler.
- Tyler notes that his YouTube channel suddenly has many more subscribers.
- Tyler claims that something happened to him in June of 2016 that led to him falling into a coma that he didn't awake from until January 1st, 2017.
- Tyler's memory seems to be even worse - he has difficulty remembering the Lunar Children and Carla.
- Tyler claims that life has been fairly uneventful throughout 2017. He's had no encounters with the Lunar Children or the police.
- Tyler is no longer denying that there's something supernatural going on in his life and he's accepted that it likely involves John and Kevin.
- Tyler claims he had a dream during his coma that he's having difficulty remembering - something involving the word "Faceless".
- Upon waking up from is coma, Tyler had an unfamiliar Bullet Necklace around his neck.
- Tyler claims he received "The Briefacse" in the mail, though he isn't sure where it is.
This video is a fairly casual general update from Tyler. Here, he reveals that something happened to him in June of 2016 that caused him to fall into some sort of coma. During this coma, he had some sort of dream that he's having difficulty remembering. In fact, he claims that "they" don't want him to remember it... Who exactly this is referring to is unknown. However, the only thing he seems to recall is the word "Faceless" - likely a reference to the Absque Fascie...
Tyler didn't wake up from his coma until the beginning of the year - January 1st, 2017. Upon waking up, he discovered that he had a Bullet Necklace wrapped around his neck. He's still wearing this Bullet Necklace now and is often seen fidgeting with it throughout the video. Additionally, his memory now seems worse than ever. He is seen having difficulty remembering Carla and the name of the Lunar Children. However, he does seem to recall being kidnapped back in 2015 and is now fully accepting the fact that there is something paranormal occurring in his life - he's even willing to accept that John and Kevin's disappearance is likely involved with the Lunar Children. He also speculates that "Something nasty - Something fucked has business with me".
Despite these odd occurrences and Tyler's failing memory, he claims that his life has been fairly peaceful recently. He hasn't had any encounters with the Lunar Children or the local police - clearly a result of them being destroyed back in 2016. However, towards the end of the video, Tyler seems to be remembering something... He suddenly recalls being given a Briefcase by "The Postman" - likely referencing the same Briefcase that contained the camera that the players asked Helper to deliver in 2016 - the same one seen in "5646". However, Tyler has seemingly misplaced The Briefcase, as he suddenly asks himself:
Tyler
"...Where did that suitcase go?"
After this video was uploaded, players noticed several odd changes on Silentdork. First, many past videos on the channel were now privated. Secondly, the video "Paranoid knocking" was now named "did you think I would just vanish?". Additionally, the video's thumbnail had been changed to an image of Regiminis. This seems to imply that Regiminis survived his failed attempt to break into The Truth in 2016.
On November 15th, 2017, Silentdork underwent even more changes. "5646" had now been renamed to "Its Tyler" and the description read as follows: "YOU MUST KEEP MOVING TYLER. DO NOT LET YOU WHO. WE ARE LATE FOR SOMEONES BIRTHDAY. HAPPYBIRTHDAYBEN". Shortly after, the description changed again "Whats a few more moments to the man from the dawn of time? Who am I? The liar? The child? The Governor? The first son? The liars body? You know who you are.". This is likely a taunting message from Tenebris, given the fact that he's been described as predating "this realm" - something that would fit the description of "the man from the dawn of time". The message itself seems to imply that he's willing to wait a bit longer in order to achieve his goals.
On November 16th, 2017, players discovered that the tags of the video "5646" now read "Daniel was a short lived tool, so many have I used. Closer closer and closer". Additionally, its description was now simply "Who is he?". This implies that Daniel was a tool used by Tenebris - possibly not too unlike how Tenebris used the Old Man back in 2010.
Afterwards, players discovered that the video that featured Daniel, "I am not safe in my home", now contained secret messages hidden in its subtitles at different points in the video - presumably from Tenebris himself:
They want you to forget over and over.
Stalling tactics.
But what is a few more moments to us?
"Why did you do that Daniel?"
"He was not supposed to see you!"
We see.
"Regiminis is not to be brought to him yet, we are not ready."
Impatient.
I flick the domino.
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Don't know how [ got away.
No where to go.
Me.
Awaken.
Not even her.
You know who you are.
These captions seem to imply that Tyler repeatedly losing his memories is a stalling tactic being employed by someone. However, Tenebris doesn't mind waiting. They also once again call into question Daniel's decision to leave the Beacon outside Tyler's home. Considering the fact that Tenebris was using Daniel as a tool, this implies that the Beacon may hold some deeper significance...
After this, the ARG once again entered into a relatively quiet period. The new year came and went with no new activity from Tyler. It wasn't until March 4th, 2018 that the players witnessed more activity - a sudden update to Johnisdead.com. The front page was now titled "ERROR" and contained a distorted image of the Elegy Statue. This image also contained the following message: "Enemies will attack even if you’re not ready!". This text originates from Chrono Trigger - an old RPG for the Super Nintendo.
On April 23rd, 2018, the players discovered that Lunarchildren.com was once again online. Though the site seemed to be relatively unchanged, the front page now contained an announcement from a new user - "TheArchiveGuy".
Update
Posted on April 23 by TheArchiveGuy
You may not know me, and that is fine. I am the current owner of this website “Lunar Children”.
Some of my friends knew people a part of this cult. I wish to help them out by reconstructing this website. I discovered this server in a fishery that had no power. Hell, the system must of been running on battery power or something. Wires were coming out of the ground connecting to the server room. I must of done something wrong cuz as soon as I got the server home, most of the files were lost or encrypted. I also linked another domain to this one by the name of “johnisdead.com” which also acted strange once I got this server home... It’s been a long day, just finding this thing was a hassle. I will post the encrypted files here for anyone to solve. I see am getting some traffic, so if anyone is able to solve anything, send me an email to “pididoip@johnisdead.com”. I will be uploading some files once I get my Internet working better. fucking 10 MBPs right now...
TheArchiveGuy is not actually a member of the Lunar Children - he only has some friends who knew some members. In order to help out his friends, he's recovered the Lunar Children servers from the Fishery. Strangely, he claims that the servers had wires running into the ground. He also notes that Johnisdead.com was running on the same servers. Regardless, he invites the players to email him via the "Pididoip" email address on Johnisdead.com if they make any discoveries or solve any encrypted files he finds.
Eager to make contact, the players began emailing TheArchiveGuy:
((The player Jos asks if TheArchiveGuy has any encrypted files to solve.))
I will be uploading the files directly on lunarchildren.com, so wait for them there.
Did you know anything at all about the cult? Are you a member or something?
The players proceeded to send TheArchiveGuy a response explaining who they were and more information regarding their current situation. Unfortunately, they never received a response... However, later that night, Silentdork updated with a new upload - "The usual".
Description
YOU ALL HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THINGS USE IT
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The video begins with Tyler looking at his computer screen.
Tyler: "You know... I remember reading that this day is supposed to be important to those fucking people."
He pulls the camera away from the screen. We see that he is viewing the Lunar Children website and Johnisdead.com.
Tyler: "It has something to do with, like... one of their fucking kids dying or some shit. Ben? ...Any information on anything regarding these people is so scattered all over the fucking place. And no matter how hard I try to focus I still feel like I'm under some kind of trance... Like, my mind is just really... hazy. ...Oh, something I just remembered that I should say before it leaves my brain again. You might not believe it because I didn't bring my camera with me because that was before I got my new phone. I have a new phone, by the way. But, I went walking in the woods one more time and I found that fishery again. But... it was empty. The... homeless black guy or whatever wasn't there anymore, and... I remember a while back- before this time there was one other time I went there, I didn't have my camera then, either. But... I went there and there was like this big stack of fucking computers in a room that I couldn't get into before because there was too much shit falling down, but I got in there... and there's just a big stack of like computers... like, machines and shit and... some of them were on... like, on beeping and flashing but not plugged into anything, just the cords were like running into the fucking dirt... I didn't bother digging, obviously, but... There's no cords of really any kind- there is a power line running by the building but it doesn't hook into anything, it's just passing through the woods heading over to like actual civilization. That's just... weird. It's just, fucking... the cords just go into the ground. It's fucking weird... But I went back, though, and those weren't there either. I-I mean, I'm not a fucking computer wizard or anything, but... were those, like, the fucking servers for this shit? Lunarchildren.com? And... My-best-friend-is-dead? Oh, and somebody messaged me this link a while back. Or emailed me or something, I don't fucking know, I can't remember anymore, which is depressing because I think that that was literally just yesterday."
Suddenly a loud bang is heard as if someone threw something at Tyler's house.
Tyler: "God fucking damn it..."
Text briefly appears on the screen:
"key592"
Summary
- This video contains another general update from Tyler.
- Tyler comments on how this date, April 23rd, was seemingly important to the cults.
- Tyler claims that he's been attempting to learn more about the cult's history. However, he implies he's under some sort of trance that's making it difficult to focus.
- Tyler claims he visited the Fishery again a while back and saw the Lunar Children servers.
- Tyler claims he visited the Fishery a second time later on and found that the servers were no longer there.
In this video, Tyler acknowledges that the current date, April 23rd, was fairly important for the Lunar Children. He also says that he's been attempting to learn more about them and reveals that he knows a little bit about Ben. However, he claims that it's difficult for him to focus and process much information regarding the cult - almost as if he's in some sort of trance... Tyler also claims he visited the Fishery again a while back. However, this time it was completely empty and Doug was nowhere to be seen. Additionally, he saw the Lunar Children servers plugged into the ground - just how TheArchiveGuy described. He also visited the Fishery again at a later date. However, this time the servers were gone - likely because TheArchiveGuy already recovered them.
Tyler is suddenly interrupted as he hears a loud bang on the side of his trailer. As the video ends, "key592" briefly flashes on-screen. This led the discovery that Key592 had updated. The directory now contained a link to a new page - "https://johnisdead.com/key592/control". This page was actually an image board that was being hosted on Johnisdead.com - presumably for the players to submit videos and images to use The Ocarina. Unfortunately, not much of this image board was archived.
Later that night, Tyler uploaded another video - "Unusual".
Description
Getting tired of this shit
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This video begins with Tyler filming outside.
Tyler: "It's funny because I was just getting ready to record a video, actually. And... I was just going to talk about... try- I was just going to try to clear my thoughts, just try to collect everything together for the first time in my life, everything nice and organized... just... my- my understanding now on... the Lunar Children and everything based on these books I've been going through and public records and shit, and... you know, I feel like this has happened before to me, actually. I'm sitting there minding my own fucking business and... something hits the wall of my house, and I'm... I'm assuming it was this!"
Tyler pans the camera over a bucket lid on the ground.
Tyler: "But you know, it's fine. It's fine. I've had people in my yard before."
Tyler pulls a knife out and begins walking through his yard.
Tyler: "I feel like this exact... this exact thing has happened to me before... in fact I think I might even have it on video, I don't know."
Tyler walks up to an old white truck that's sitting in his yard.
Tyler: "...But nothing on my truck. Or... that guy's truck. ...Wait... what the fuck is that?"
Tyler sees an orange 'Detour' sign sitting in the woods.
Tyler: "What now? And more importantly, who? The Mathew guy? SKM? That, uh... the fucking Patrem guy? John-"
The video stutters and turns green when Tyler says John's name.
Tyler: "Kevin?"
Tyler begins walking up to the sign. As he gets closer a low sound can be heard. He begins walking away from it.
Tyler: "No... I'm- I'm not fucking with it right now."
Tyler walks away from the sign but somehow ends up right in front of it once again.
Tyler: "...I said I'm not fucking with it right now."
He walks away from the sign only to once again appear right in front of it.
Tyler: "Wait... What do you want!? I'm not fucking fucking with it right now, I said."
Tyler again tries walking away only to come upon the sign once more.
Tyler: "...Alright, I've played this game before, fine."
He begins walking backwards while keeping his eyes on the sign.
Tyler: "I've played this exact fucking game before, that is fine. It is fucking fine. You can't move me if I do this because that's not how your little stupid fucking game works. You can't move me if I do this. Oh yeah, that pisses you the fuck off, doesn't it?"
Some strange sounds are heard in the background as Tyler gets further away.
Tyler: "You can't fucking move me if I do this!"
Tyler turns around and begins walking away. The video corrupts and he once again appears in front of the sign.
Tyler: "God fucking damn it! (Laughs) ...What do you fucking want? What, do you want me to walk around it? What stupid fucking thing do you want me to do? What pointless fucking thing do you want me to fucking do? Do you need to fucking... stab it?"
Tyler jabs the knife at the sign.
Tyler: "What do you want? (Sigh) Do I need to fucking touch it?"
As Tyler touches the sign the parallelos symbol appears and a scream is heard. Tyler realizes he is in a new location when he pulls the camera away from the sign. This new place has a lot of strange stuff sitting on the ground.
Tyler: "More of this shit... More of this shit. Thanks. Thanks. (Sigh) Fucking thank you."
He moves past the sign and sits down. He turns the camera around and records himself. Tyler is holding his bullet necklace in his hand.
Tyler: "(Sigh) Thank you. I need a fucking smoke..."
Tyler pulls some cigarettes out of his pocket but can't get a good flame on his lighter.
Tyler: "Fuck this."
A low growing voice similar to Patrem's can be heard as the screen cuts black:
Voice: "Consider yourself fortunate that I have allowed your friend to present this gift to you."
Summary
- This video contains footage of Tyler investigating a sound outside his home.
- Tyler claims he's been trying to learn more about the Lunar Children by reading through books and public records.
- Tyler discovers that a bucket lid has been thrown at the side of his trailer once again.
- Tyler finds a strange "Detour Sign" has been left outside his home.
- Tyler attempts to walk away from the Detour Sign. However, it repeatedly teleports him back next to it.
- Tyler touches the Detour Sign, resulting in him teleporting to a different part of his yard.
In the video above, Tyler investigates the sound he heard at the end of his previous upload. Upon walking outside, Tyler discovers that a bucket lid has once again been thrown at the side of his trailer - a situation similar to that seen in "I am not safe in my home". However, upon scanning his yard, Tyler notices something odd - a Detour Sign. Upon approaching the sign, a low, breath-like sound can be heard. Unnerved, Tyler attempts to head back inside. However, he doesn't make it far before he's teleported back next to the sign. He attempts to leave the Detour Sign several times only to be warped back each time. Fed up, he eventually touches the sign, causing the Parallelos Symbol to flash on screen as he's teleported to a different section of his yard.
As the video comes to an end, a deep voice similar to Patrem's can be heard saying the following:
/Patrem\
"Consider yourself fortunate that I have allowed your friend to present this gift to you."
The purpose of this strange Detour Sign, who left it here, and for what purpose is unknown... Regardless, it seems as though the supernatural activity plaguing Tyler's life is far from over.
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