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The story so far...
In the previous section, the players began privately communicating with Moonman in a secret chatroom - the Safehaven Discord server. Here, they learned many interesting details about the Astral Observatory. Its leader, Nocta, is somehow the same Kevin that the players are all familiar with. However, Moonman implies that there's a bit more to him... As for the Astral Observatory itself, the group has existed since July of 2018 and used to have many more members before the site went offline in October. Unfortunately, there were some things that Moonman couldn't elaborate on as he was seemingly being censored by an unknown supernatural force...
Back on the forums, another previous member made their return - Kaiden Zoromichi, an edgy roleplayer who enjoyed anime and video games. Unfortunately, he was somewhat hostile towards the players, having bought into Nocta's suggestion that they were partly responsible for the website going offline. Around this same time, Nocta discovered that Moonman was conspiring with the players and confronted him. Afterwards, Moonman was seemingly attacked by The Watcher, though the players were able to rescue him. However, the sudden submission of "Epona's Song" resulted in him briefly leaving his home with an unknown visitor...
Moonman also made a startling reveal to the players - he was once a fellow Internet Detective. Specifically, he was Greth - a Greth from a separate timeline. This implied that the entirety of the Astral Observatory was from a timeline separate from the players' timeline - the Astral Timeline. As such, the players began referring to their own timeline as the Prime Timeline. Meanwhile, the player ARGdov began slowly gaining Nocta's trust. This eventually paid off as both he and another player named CelestialLight were granted the "Believers" rank and given access to The Truth. Unfortunately, Nocta had already purged all of the previous information that was once housed inside of it.
Meanwhile, Yuukichan began acting a bit strange after supposedly visiting her haunted childhood home. She claims that the experience was very eye-opening and opened her up to truths that she isn't very comfortable with. Strangely, she somehow managed to unknowingly manifest various files on Johnisdead.com. When asked about her experience at her home, she simply responded by repeatedly posting "the woods".
On April 23rd, 2019, several videos were uploaded to both Greth Vlogs and Silentdork. Here, Tyler gave the players a brief update before seemingly falling into a sort of trance, repeating the phrase "Across the bridge and through the gate". Later on, Alex revealed that Tyler had since been taken somewhere. This presumably happened after he was attacked by Greth and used the Detour Sign to teleport away. On that same day, the players also received footage of someone preforming some sort of ritual with the Majora's Mask cartridge. This ritual seemingly involved Tenebris and the mannequin entity that presumably represents Ben.
Over time, Moonman's acts against the Astral Observatory grew more severe. He began leaking secret videos from their archives to YouTube. He also invited a swarm of spambots to the forums in an attempt to slow Nocta down. This all culminated in him eventually hacking into Nocta's account and granting the players moderator status on the forums. He claims that this was his "final act of defiance", as he knew Nocta would soon retaliate against him. However, thanks to Moonman's efforts, the players were able to recover several deleted threads - one of which contained the startling reveal that Yuukichan had been ascended...
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
Greth
Patrem
The Watcher
Nocta
Moonman
Yuukichan
NotAHoax
Kaiden
Zoromichi
IsocelesAssassin
Spanish
Member
Alex
Tenebris
Other Characters
John
Regiminis
Mat
Hubbard
Doug
Spencer
Kelbris
Vincent
Adams
SKM
Old Man
Ben
Hubbard
Max
Samuel
Charleston
Luna
Jacob
Helper
Jeremy
J
Rosa
Chris
Hunter
Diana
Hubbard
José
Daniel
Zack Nelson
Kayd
Thomas
David
Danielle
Quia
The Man
TheLaw
Mason
Mason
xxxxxxxxx
The Gray
Man
Ezekiel
Thoth
Jinn
Kuu
Nathen
Hina
Eddie
SheepDog
HarryM1
Alignak
Kalfu
Sin_yarikh
Tsukuyomi
Igaluk
Losna
Hope
Hope's
Friend (M)
Hope's
Friend (F)
Tyler
(SilentDT)
William
Reynolds
Justin
Reynolds
Carla
The Flying
Child
Drowned
Guide
Glossary
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Misc.
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A
Absque Fascie
Archive
ARG
Ascension
Astral Child
Astral Observatory
Astral Observatory Forums
Astralobservatory.net
Astral Timeline
B
Beacon
Believers
Ben Drowned
Blood Moon Ritual
Bloody Mary
Blue Baby
Bomb Plans
Briefcase
Bullet Necklace
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
Detour Sign
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
Goron Lullaby
Greth Vlogs
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 Servers
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
Prime Timeline
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
Subspace
Sun's Song
T
Tatl
Tenebris Symbol
Tenebris.link
Tenor
The Blackout
The Bridge
The Cataclysm
The Gate
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
Truth Seeker
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
Before we begin covering this next section of the story, there are a few important things to keep in mind:
Notice: The Our Horizon Arc is very long. Because of this, it has been split into three separate parts. However, this shouldn't effect the structure of these story pages.
Notice: The Our Horizon Arc features many different plot threads - some of which run simultaneously alongside one another. In order to sustain readability, some of these plot threads may be divided up into different story pages despite the fact that they are actually happening at the same time. Whenever this happens, it will be made very clear.
On July 9th, 2019, the Silentdork YouTube channel began experiencing several strange updates. This all began with the upload of a short video titled "| | | | | |".
Description
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This short video simply consists of a dark object moving in front of the camera.
Summary
- This video simply contained dark footage of something moving in-front of the camera.
This video was incredibly short and simply contained footage of an object slowly moving in-front of the camera. However, shortly after its upload, the video's title and description changed to the following:
3 questions will be answered
Boredom and habit has forced our hand yet again.
It seems that some unknown entity was offering to answer some of the players questions - both out of habit and boredom. Before the players submitted their questions, they briefly chatted with this entity within the YouTube comment section:
First thing's first, where are the questions to be submitted?
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This suggested that the players were to submit their questions in the form of YouTube comments under the video above.
However, before they could chat further, another video was suddenly uploaded to Silentdork - "wolfcat22".
Description
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The video begins as a distorted version of the "Song of Storms" plays. Gameplay footage of the online game "Roblox" begins playing featuring a player exploring a dark house. As they look out the window, a figure walks into view and runs towards the camera. A scream is heard and the video ends.
Summary
- This video contains gameplay footage of the online game Roblox.
- In the footage above, someone explores a dark house before they're suddenly attacked by an unknown figure.
Upon its initial upload, the title of the video above was a bit of a shock. Wolfcat22 was the username of the Internet Detectives' fellow players - Wolfcat. Strangely, this video contained a brief clip of the online game Roblox. This is likely a reference to the fact that the player Wolfcat often played Roblox. Interestingly, this video's description contained more of the strange lines found in the title of the previous upload - although they were now accompanied by a "Gar" or "Spear" rune - ᚸ. The meaning behind this is unknown.
Regardless, the players began chatting with the entity from before in the comment section of this video as well:
How did you get this footage?
Play foolish games, get great prizes. We want it to all be over.
I can help you, just talk to me
This may not be changed
What exactly this is referring to is unknown. It's likely in reference to this unknown entity's current predicament. Alternatively, it could be referring to what took place in the Roblox footage above.
Around this same time, the description of the previous upload changed once again, now reading as follows:
Dont bore me, WE Have wAiTed a long timE for this. He'll be taking a bris walk while I May wait.
The entity claims that it has been waiting a long time. Additionally, it claims that someone will be taking a walk - possibly referring to Tyler. Also, this description contained out-of-place capitalized letters that spell out "WE HATE HIM". All of this seemed to suggest that this entity was malicious in nature. However, some other comments from the Silentdork seemed to cast doubt on this...
what do you want?
I want to end this after all these years but It wont let me.
He is always ruining us and bringing it all back to Null.
We will never be free and Im afraid Luna will take everything.
what do you want to tell us?
Please see through this. He always does this kind of thing to throw everyone off.
It happened once before back in april 2012. There is always Methods to his madness.
This is one of the only times I think I of the 3 will be able to speak without my symbols the way I had to set them up. Please stay alert.
A separate entity seemingly begins speaking through the Silentdork account. This second entity seems far less malicious and instead warns the players about the first entity. He describes the first entity as a bit of a trickster who enjoys doing things that "throws everyone off". He mentions April 2012 as an example - the same month that "king kong.wmv" was uploaded by Jadusable as an April Fools prank. He also claims that there are "Methods" to the first entity's madness - a possible reference to the project that Jadusable pursued after placing his ARG in hiatus - "Methods of Revolution".
While it's unknown why exactly this second entity referenced "king kong.wmv" and "Methods of Revolution", the point still stands - the first entity is an untrustworthy and malicious figure. This, coupled with the fact that they were "waiting", wanting things to end, and hated Tyler made some players begin speculating that the first entity was actually Tenebris. However, there wasn't enough proof to say that this was definitively the case, though.
Interestingly, this second entity refers to himself as "I of the three", implying that there may actually be three separate entities at play. However, the players are currently only interacting with two. They also claim that they are currently able to speak freely. However, they will later be speaking through their "symbols". What exactly this is referring to is unknown.
Later on, the description for the video "wolfcat22" changed to the following:
Stolen from him
Laugh
Send toys I my punish to interfering
Detectives
Children
Harbingers
End
Kill all to end
This implies that whatever took place in this video was the result of the first entity sending his "toys" to punish the player Wolfcat. However, again, what exactly this is referring to is unknown - only that this first entity is a malicious figure that enjoys toying with the players. Additionally, it implies that its goal is to "kill all to end" - further emphasis that this entity supposedly wants things to "end".
After this, the entity replied to several more comments:
Why did you disappear for so long?
If we can let it die I can be free.
But "I" still wants to finish.
I will kill him.
How many of you are there?
Spectrum
What is lunarchildren?
A nearly used up tool of ours
Where is tyler?
Parallelos
Our worlds
These replies reveal some interesting information.
The first entity once again reiterates that he wants things to end - specifically how he wants to "let it die" so that he could be free. However, he can't do this because someone he simply refers to as "I" still wants to "finish". So, in response, this first entity will kill this "I".
When asked how many entities there are speaking within the account, the first entities responds with "Spectrum", implying that their state of existence may be a bit more complicated than the players first thought... Additionally, this entity claims that the Lunar Children were simply a tool of theirs.
Finally, this entity also reveals Tyler's current whereabouts - the Parallelos. He presumably ended up there after touching the Detour Sign to escape Greth, as hinted at in the faint footage seen in "g2".
The first entity also replied to one other comment:
So...whats next?.. show me your reality.. I want more ;)
Ok
Shortly after this, another video was uploaded to Silentdork - "Solifera C".
Description
A prisoner
A prison
A prophecy
Just a glimpse
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This video shows a few quick shots of strange images with a song playing in the background.
Summary
- This video contains footage of what appears to be a 3D environment.
The video above was likely uploaded in response to the player Solifera C asking to see more. It contains footage of what appears to be a 3D environment. Within it, two different paintings are shown - one depicting a variety of figures in-front of what appears to be The Spire and another of a crying figure. The final shot seems to be a room with a staircase with another painting on the wall. This video is likely simply meant to be a showcase of things to come.
Afterwards, the description of "| | | | | |" updated, now featuring the entity's replies to the three questions chosen by the players:
What do you mean, boredom and habits have forced your hand again?
I pull us to null but he works the forces that desire us to carry on.
I will be free when this dies but it makes me work more and more.
I'm very tired, this body is a cage.
When I finally stagnate he stabs me again and we must fight all over again.
Over and over, forever.
The entity once again expresses his desire for everything to end so that he can be free. Specifically, he claims that "I pull us to null". However, someone else is forcing him to carry on. Because of this, they're currently trapped within an eternal struggle. Who exactly these two entities are is still a mystery.
Will you kill him ? When you find he or she what are you going to do? Will you delete your channel when this finish?
We will be able to die. It promised me if I die I die.
The first entity claims that he'll finally be able to die if he can kill his target. He cryptically adds "If I die I die" and says that this was promised to him by "It".
Who do you hate and why?
He is us. I want to stop. I want to sleep. I want null. I want to end.
When asked who exactly it is that he hates, the first entity cryptically replies with "he is us".
After this, activity on Silendork ended for the night.
This was all a lot of information for the players to take in. To summarize:
There are currently two separate entities speaking through the Silentdork YouTube channel. The first entity is malicious and a trickster. However, the second entity is more friendly and warns the players about the first entity.
The second entity warns that the first entity is malicious and enjoys misleading the players. As an example, he seemingly references the "king kong.wmv" April Fools prank and "Methods of Revolution" - the project that Jadusable paused his ARG to pursue. Additionally, the second entity claims that he can speak freely for now. However, he will have to use his "symbols" to contact the players after this conversation.
Meanwhile, the first entity claims that it simply wants to die so that everything can end. In order to die, he has to kill someone else. However, the identity of this person is a bit of a mystery. He claims to be stuck in an eternal struggle - possibly with the second entity.
Finally, while the second entity implies that there's currently three entities at play, the first entity instead claims that there is a "spectrum" or entities. This seems to imply that the existence of these entities is a bit more complex than initially thought.
There were still many questions regarding the identities and goals of these two entities. However, the players would have to wait a bit before getting any answers. Instead, they turned their attention back towards the Astral Observatory Forums.
On July 19th, 2019, Kaiden finally returned to the forums and made several posts.
Man is this place dead or what?
Man is this place dead or what?
by NotAHoax_M12 » May 17th, 2019, 9:02 pm
Where did everyone go?
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Re: Man is this place dead or what?
by CelestialLight » May 17th, 2019, 9:10 pm
Long Time, No See! Hoax. It's the same here with me, i too wonder where everyone went.
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Re: Man is this place dead or what?
by NotAHoax_M12 » May 18th, 2019, 8:47 am
I had taken off for some business for a bit and I see the forums EMPTY. Hmmm.
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Re: Man is this place dead or what?
by ARGdov » May 18th, 2019, 9:40 pm
The forums been rather quiet for awhile now. I guess everyone is busy, and it had to get shut down for a bit to deal with the invasion of bots. I'm sure things will become active very soon with any luck.
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Re: Man is this place dead or what?
by Jos » May 18th, 2019, 9:40 pm
I do make search on my head to find good themes of conversation, but there are none, b̴̲͐̈́̈́é̴͕̕c̶̼̬̓͗ą̶͖͇̅u̸͓̱͌s̷̑͒͜͠ȩ̷̈́ ̶͔͕̠͆͐̎m̶̤͎̺͋͐̓ÿ̵̛̭̯̲́ ̶͈̦̈́o̶͎̞͎͑̈̚l̷̪͒d̴̼̗͇̐͆ ̶̨͓̃͒ͅḷ̴̡̱̌ĭ̴͖̘̈́f̷̘̝̥͒̅̆ĕ̴̝̟̼ ̴̡̒͝w̵̛̤̜͐̕a̸̭͐͛̽s̶̮̩͋̆̒ ̷̝̽́̀m̴̤͐ê̵͕͗a̴̤̜̹͌̿̕n̷̖̝͠î̴̹͔ṇ̵̜͖͂g̷̮̀ͅl̸̙̜͐e̵̠͉̓s̵̥͓͂ŝ̸̙͈̠̇̈́.
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Re: Man is this place dead or what?
by Zinzio » May 18th, 2019, 9:43 pm
I tend to lurk, and not much has been happening that's piqued my interests recently
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Re: Man is this place dead or what?
by Bellimor » June 21st, 2019, 11:42 pm
Activity tends to spawn activity. Perhaps more interaction will encourage those to come back into the light.
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Re: Man is this place dead or what?
by Kaiden_Zoromichi » June 19th, 2019, 3:20 pm
I would say there's a reason most of us have been quiet but I wouldn't worry about it too much...
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Re: Man is this place dead or what?
by Wolfcat » June 19th, 2019, 3:31 pm
Hey Kaiden how's be been goin
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Re: Man is this place dead or what?
by Kaiden_Zoromichi » June 19th, 2019, 3:35 pm
Hmmm... Well outside of this place/these people, not terrible. Been working on an abridged lore video for my character... I need some art for it though.
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Re: Man is this place dead or what?
by Wolfcat » June 19th, 2019, 3:37 pm
yo I can do some art, what do you need honestly
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Re: Man is this place dead or what?
by Kaiden_Zoromichi » June 19th, 2019, 3:39 pm
PM sent.
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In the thread above, NotAHoax questions why the Astral Observatory Forums have been so quiet recently. Kaiden chips in and claims that there's a reason for this - possibly referring to Yuukichan's ascension... Afterwards, he claims that he's currently working on an "abridged lore video" to explain the backstory of his roleplay character - something that the player Wolfcat offers to provide art for.
Kaiden proceeded to post in a few other other threads as well. Below, he shares what games he's currently playing:
Re: Favorite Videogames?
by Kaiden_Zoromichi » July 19th, 2019, 3:22 pm
Kingdom Hearts III, Assassin's Creed Odyssey for right now... Well, that's what I'm playing, anyway.
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Also, Kaiden shares his thoughts in a thread about dragons:
Re: Dragons
by Kaiden_Zoromichi » July 19th, 2019, 4:01 pm
I once heard a rumor that Tiamat may be real. That was a long time ago...
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Kaiden claims that he heard once that the mythical dragon known as Tiamat is real... However, this could simply be another reference to a roleplay of his.
Well
Well
by Jos » June 10th, 2019, 11:27 am
It's interesting the new paths that one can I̬̲͙̯̭t̞̺̞̰͉̯'̞̲͍̗̫̻̘s̨͍͚ ̲͙̤į̩̪̯͇n̢͓̺͖te̺̫̰̟̮̣ͅŗ̰e̗̯s̛͙͕̤̼t̢i͜n̟͇̼g̸ ̬t͎̟̤̟̯̠͞h̤̖e̮͙̗̝͙͔͡ ͕ne̼͉͖͠ẁ̥̭ ͏̩̗͈̝p̬̬̞a̰̹̭̫t͏̝͍͇h̪̙̳̬͇̕s̥ ̜͔͚̲̦̪͚t̠̫̫͉̕ͅh̭̰ạ̴̱͓t̡̙͇̦ ̹̲̻̭̫o̥͈̟̥n͇̳̤͎̗̼e̠̣̯̜ ̘͘c͉͖̞̮̦̬͝a̸͕n ̣͘fin̴̖̞d̠̦̲̞ ̯̥͕̕o̬̻͖̦̤̳n̘̭c͔̙͈͙͚̥̭e ̛̞̥̠̲̠ͅy͔̯͔̤͔̺̥ou͏̳̺̦ͅ ̠r̙̭̖̣̟͢ͅe͙̣͕a͖̺̥̜c̡̹͈h̤̤̬̩̠ͅ ̝a̖͔̝̭͕̯ ̱̖͉͖̞͙͠c͓͎͠e͇͔͙rt̷a̙̫i̤͈͍̝̬̬̱͡ṇ̣͖̪̗̯ ̬͕̗͇͕͈͎l͉̣͙͡e̡̹v̮e̢̮l̴̯͍̭̖͎̮̫
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Re: Well
by Kaiden_Zoromichi » July 19th, 2019, 4:02 pm
Tch. Trying too hard to be edgy...
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In the thread above, Kaiden ironically calls out the player Jos for being too edgy.
However, Kaiden's final post was the most interesting. It was posted in Nocta's redacted "Internet Detectives" thread:
Re: Internet Detectives
by Kaiden_Zoromichi » July 7th, 2019, 3:31 pm
Coward.
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This implies that Kaiden is not only questioning Nocta's decisions, he's now grown to dislike him - no doubt due to his decision to ascend Yuukichan.
Later that night, Kaiden created a new thread - one that would go on to become quite infamous... Around this same time, Kaiden also updated his avatar to a more recent version of his roleplay character.
Adventures of Kaiden Zoromichi: Abridged
Adventures of Kaiden Zoromichi: Abridged
by Kaiden_Zoromichi » July 19th, 2019, 7:15 pm
I made a video for some of my RP escapades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI_fltggv6E
If you guys like this, maybe I will make more...
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Re: Adventures of Kaiden Zoromichi: Abridged
by CelestialLight » July 19th, 2019, 7:26 pm
i Love it, reminds me of a certain someones, style of RP Videos.
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Re: Adventures of Kaiden Zoromichi: Abridged
by moonman31 » July 19th, 2019, 11:56 pm
Glad I could help you out buddy
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It seems that Kaiden had finished the "abridged lore video" he mentioned previously. It had now been uploaded to Kaiden's personal YouTube channel in all of its glory:
Description
Abridged version of some of my RPs with Kaiden. Maybe I will make more if you like it?
<--- Click for Video Transcript
The "Adventures of Kaiden Zoromichi" logo appears as 8 bit music plays. Kaiden's sword appears from the bottom of the screen as the word "Abridged" is added to the logo. The logo and music fade out, as Kaiden comes into view, represented by his new Astral Observatory profile picture. He begins speaking with a computer-generated voice similar to Microsoft Sam. Subtitles are also provided.
Kaiden: "These powers of mine have led to nothing but confusion and misunderstanding from everyone. How could I possibly learn to control them?"
A short video of swirling dark energy plays, followed by the appearance of a new character named The Broker of Nokturnal represented by a disturbing shadowy image.
Broker: "Want to learn cool magics and to control your powers?"
Kaiden: "Yes please.
Broker: "Okay soul contract time."
A clip of someone training with a sword is shown with Kaiden's head super-imposed over theirs.
Broker: "Okay you are an agent of shadow and super powerful time traveler now."
Kaiden: "Okay assassin time."
A clip of the Tardis from Dr. Who is shown, signifying that Kaiden is travelling through time to carry out assassinations. A short clip of Ezio from Assassin's Creed killing a target with Kaiden's head super-imposed over his plays, as Ezio's famous line is said:
"Requiescat in pace."
A mock bumper from Spongebob Squarepants is shown as a French voice says:
"Hundreds of deaths later."
Yuukichan appears, taking on an appearance similar to that of her forum avatar.
Yuukichan: "Kaiden, you have to stop!"
Kaiden: "Why, Yuuki-chan?"
Yuukichan: "Just because your power comes from darkness it doesn't mean you have to let it consume your soul! You can use the darkness for light, for good!"
Kaiden: "Impossible, Yuuki, there is no hope for me. The Broker of Nokturnal has my soul under contract..."
Yuukichan: "It doesn't have to be this way, Kaiden!"
An edit of a meme appears featuring Kaiden's face and the text "damn im starting to realize" is shown.
Kaiden: "Maybe you're right Yuuki... Maybe I truly can be..."
The same clip of swirling dark energy appears as the Broker returns.
Broker: "Not so fast bitch lol."
Kaiden: "What?"
Broker: "I'm gonna steal your girl."
Kaiden: "What?"
Yuukichan: "What?"
Broker: "It's ransom time."
Kaiden: "No!"
Broker: "To save her you must destroy ISOCELESASSASSIN."
The swirling energy clip plays and we are shown Yuuki and the Broker fading into darkness. The meme from earlier appears again, now zooming in on Kaiden's face. The Batman transition plays but with Kaiden's face instead. IsocelesAssassin appears, represented by a shadowy figure in a robe.
IA: "Who are you?"
Kaiden: "The one who shall destroy you!"
A clip from Kingdom Hearts plays of Sora and Riku fighting. Sora fights off Riku and yells:
"Forget it!"
IA: "You fool! The Broker is just using you to get rid of me!"
Kaiden: "I know that! But... he has Yuuki!"
IA: "Yuuki?"
Another Spongbob Squarepants bumper is shown, this one reading:
"One long winded explanation later..."
IA: "I see... That is regrettable, but I must not be defeated here!"
Kaiden: "Even still...!"
Kaiden's sword is animated slashing through IsocelesAssassin, followed by a loud scream commonly referred to as the "Loud Nigra" scream. The video cuts to static before returning to IsocelesAssassin.
IA: "But, how!?"
Kaiden: "Because of the power of love."
A meme of a man in a car saying, "Understandable, have a nice day," is shown, but with IsocelesAssassin's head replacing his.
IA: "Understandable, have a nice day."
IA: "But before you kill me, I must pass on the final secret of your power, and my power as well!"
IA: "The power that the Broker of Nokturnal cultivates for his devious plan."
IA: "Time travel!"
Kaiden: "Fool, I can already time travel."
IA: "Yes, but not without your toilet. Nocturnal assassins can travel through time freely."
Kaiden: "NANI?"
IA: "Before you kill me... We could end this... together."
Kaiden: "Perhaps we can..."
A clip of Samurai Jack is shown, depicting Aku sending Jack into the future through time. The following text then appears:
"[AFTER A BUNCH OF SKIPPED RP BECAUSE THIS IS ABRIDGED]"
Kaiden: "Maybe you're right Yuuki... maybe I truly can be..."
The same clip of swirling dark energy appears as the Broker returns.
Broker: "Not so fast bitch lol."
Kaiden: "What?"
Broker: "I'm gonna steal your girl."
Kaiden: "What?"
Yuukichan: "What?"
Broker: "It's ransom time."
Kaiden: "No!"
The Broker is shown as Kaiden's sword slashes through him.
Broker: "What is this?"
Kaiden is shown holding a katana and his signature sword, alongside IsocelesAssassin.
Kaiden: "Not this time, Broker!"
IA: "This time we will defeat you, together!"
The Broker screams "NOOOO" as he slowly slides off the screen.
Kaiden: "Now that time travel is so accessible... what are the ramifications... IsocelesAssassin...?"
IsocelesAssassin is seen fading into darkness.
Yuukichan: "He's gone!"
IA: "We will meet again, Kaiden Zoromichi... My friend... But for now... I must confront another... The G-"
IsocelesAssassin's narration is cut off as strange footage is shown.
Kaiden: "Damn... before I could get answers... or challenge him again..."
Kaiden: "Someday we will meet again... friend."
An image of Mac Tonight appears.
Moonman: "Ok cuck."
The credits begin playing.
"Credits"
"Art by Electra & Wolfcat"
"Various memes & Spongebob French Guy Voiceover - Moonman (I put in that stupid thing at the end, happy?"
"All copyrighted materials claimed under Fair Use and transformative parody."
Summary
- This video contains an animated and humorous retelling of Kaiden and Yuukichan's roleplay sessions. IsocelesAssassin also briefly makes an appearance.
- The story told within Kaiden's roleplay is the following:
- Kaiden feels outcast because he cannot control his dark powers.
- Kaiden is approached by a dark figure known as the Broker of Nokturnal. He promises Kaiden more control over his powers if he becomes an assassin. Kaiden agrees.
- Yuukichan begs Kaiden to stop using his powers for darkness. Kaiden begins to realize he can use his powers for good, but the Broker suddenly appears and kidnaps Yuuki, demanding that Kaiden kills IsocelesAssassin.
- Kaiden and IsocelesAssassin battle. Before Kaiden strikes him down, IsocelesAssassin reveals he has the ability to time travel. The two travel back in time to before Yuukichan was kidnapped and confront the Broker.
- The Broker is defeated and Yuukichan is saved. Before Kaiden can thank IsocelesAssassin, however, he vanishes.
- After IsocelesAssassin vanishes in the video, Kaiden states that he has to confront someone else. As he says their name, the video corrupts and some strange footage is shown.
- The credits reveal that the players Wolfcat and Electra provided art of several characters within the video. Moonman is also credited for providing the voice of the French narrator as a reference to the character from the "Spongebob Squarepants" cartoon. It's revealed that Moonman did this in exchange for Kaiden putting a segment of him calling Kaiden a "cuck" at the end of the video.
As described by Kaiden, this video is an abridged and humorous retelling of some of his roleplay sessions with Yuukichan - presumably ones that took place on the Astral Observatory Forums before they were wiped in 2018. A summation of this story is as follows:
Kaiden has dark powers that have led to him becoming an outcast. One day he is confronted by the Broker of Nokturnal, who offers to teach him more about his powers if he signs a soul contract with him. Kaiden agrees and begins training. After some time, Kaiden gains the ability to time travel and becomes an assassin.
Eventually, Yuukichan confronts Kaiden, telling him that he can use his dark powers for good. As Kaiden's considering this possibility, the Broker of Nokturnal suddenly appears and kidnaps Yuukichan. He tells Kaiden that in order to rescue Yuukichan he must kill IsocelesAssassin.
Kaiden tracks down IsocelesAssassin and bests him in combat. However, before he's struck down, IsocelesAssassin claims that he has a more powerful version of time travel that the two of them can use to defeat the Broker of Nokturnal. The two travel back in time and defeat the Broker of Nokturnal just as he's about to kidnap Yuukichan. Before they can celebrate, IsocelesAssassin suddenly departs to take on another foe - someone whose name starts with the letter "G". As the video ends, Moonman calls Kaiden a cuck.
Due to both his name and his role within the story, many players began drawing parallels between the "Broker of Nokturnal" and Nocta. The presence of IsocelesAssassin is also quite interesting. As a reminder, IsocelesAssassin is the name of an Astral Observatory member who has yet to rejoin the forums. He's also possibly the Astral Timeline version of the player Circlehunter. The video's credits reveal that Kaiden used art created by the players Wolfcat and Electra. Also, Moonman provided some of the video's narration. However, he only did this in exchange for being able to call Kaiden a "cuck" at the end of it.
It's also worth noting that when IsocelesAssassin is about to reveal the name of the individual he's about to fight, the video heavily corrupts. During this, distorted real life footage plays on screen. Unfortunately, it's a bit too corrupted to make out.
Shortly after Kaiden posted the thread above, Nocta responded with the following:
Re: Adventures of Kaiden Zoromichi: Abridged
by nocta » July 19th, 2019, 8:08 pm
...cute, Kaiden. We should talk.
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However, this post was quickly deleted. This seems to suggest that the animosity Kaiden feels for Nocta may be mutual. Alternatively, he may be displeased with something within Kaiden's video.
Later that night, Kaiden posted the following in remembrance of his friend:
Re: G O O D MUSIC
by Kaiden_Zoromichi » July 19th, 2019, 11:53 pm
Yuuki listens to this a lot...
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Re: G O O D MUSIC
by moonman31 » July 19th, 2019, 11:53 pm
<3
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On July 21st, 2019, Kaiden posted the following thread:
Vague Memories
Vague Memories
by Kaiden_Zoromichi » July 21st, 2019, 11:53 pm
Does anyone know how to better access memories that you can't quite seem to fully...grasp? I have a lot of dreams that I believe to be memories. Mostly of my time at an orphanage when I was young and... some other things.
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Re: Vague Memories
by The Sun » July 22nd, 2019, 9:56 am
If you're ready and willing to believe it works, hypnotism/psychiatric help works out real well if you're trying to remember or forget something.
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Re: Vague Memories
by Wolfcat » July 22nd, 2019, 10:01 am
Keeping a dream journal of sorts might help - at the very least it would ensure you don't forget these supposed memories a second time. I draw webcomics from time to time and occasionally I'll have a dream about comics I've never drawn before. It's kinda weird but it lends itself to some good inspiration.
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Re: Vague Memories
by Jos » July 23rd, 2019, 4:21 pm
Smells can bring you back to what you where in the past, try smelling something that were in your memories and are unique to them.
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Here, Kaiden reveals that he grew up in an orphanage. He claims that he occasionally has dreams that he believes to be memories of his childhood at this orphanage. However, he seems to be having difficulty accessing and holding on to these memories.
Meanwhile, the players began speculating about the circumstances surrounding Yuukichan's ascension. They decided that no one would be able to give them more details about this than Yuukichan herself. So, in an attempt to summon her spirit, the player Wolfcat created a thread titled "Controller" in the "The Truth" board and submitted the "New Wave Bossa Nova". However, it wasn't Yuukichan who was summoned.
On July 26th, 2019, the players noticed a new account on the Astral Observatory Forums - IsocelesAssassin. His avatar contained the "Bremen Mask" from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - a mask that allows Link to march with small animals. IsocelesAssassin created his own introduction thread shortly afterwards:
Seems we are back.
Seems we are back.
by IsocelesAssassin » July 26th, 2019, 10:58 pm
Hello, everyone; I see faces old and new.
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Re: Seems we are back.
by moonman31 » July 26th, 2019, 10:39 pm
SHIT IS GETTING REAL
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Re: Seems we are back.
by IsocelesAssassin » July 26th, 2019, 11:42 pm
It's always been 'real', Greth.
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Re: Seems we are back.
by moonman31 » July 26th, 2019, 11:45 pm
Ssshhh that's the no no name in these parts, also where you been? I seriously thought you were dead. No sarcasm.
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Re: Seems we are back.
by IsocelesAssassin » July 26th, 2019, 11:46 pm
Been associating with some other people for a couple of years; we have a mutual interest.
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Re: Seems we are back.
by moonman31 » July 26th, 2019, 11:48 pm
Hey now, you haven't been gone THAT long.
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Re: Seems we are back.
by IsocelesAssassin » July 26th, 2019, 11:49 pm
Don't worry about it right now.
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IsocelesAssassin announces his return, much to Moonman's excitement. Interestingly, IsocelesAssassin refers to Moonman by his old Internet Detective-era username - Greth. This might imply that IsocelesAssassin himself is a former Internet Detective as well - further evidence that they are actually the Astral Timeline version of the player Circlehunter. Regardless, IsocelesAssassin claims that they've been working alongside "some other people with a mutual interest" for a couple years. Who exactly this is referring to is unknown. However, it's worth pointing out that IsocelesAssassin has only been absent for about eight months - not multiple years, meaning there is a bit of a time discrepancy to his claim - something Moonman takes note of.
Not long after this post, Moonman posted the following in the Safehaven Discord server:
Moonman
"SHIT IS BUCK WILD FOLKS"
IsocelesAssassin also began replying to a few other threads as well:
Re: Controller
by IsocelesAssassin » July 26th, 2019, 10:13 pm
Surprised you didn't post a different video.
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The post above was made in response to the player Wolfcat's submission of the "New Wave Bossa Nova". Given IsocelesAssassin's nonchalant nature, his response seems to imply that he's somewhat familiar with The Ocarina and how it functions.
Re: Vague Memories
by Jos » July 23rd, 2019, 4:21 pm
Smells can bring you back to what you where in the past, try smelling something that were in your memories and are unique to them.
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Re: Vague Memories
by IsocelesAssassin » July 26th, 2019, 11:29 pm
Here's an idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOIOhTbSYoE
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Re: Vague Memories
by Kaiden_Zoromichi » July 26th, 2019, 11:38 pm
Not sure what you're getting at IA (welcome back, by the way), but I did remember something. I fill you in on the details. Do you still have Skype?
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Re: Vague Memories
by IsocelesAssassin » July 26th, 2019, 11:40 pm
I'd say we just discuss it here, Kaiden. The others could be of help too.
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In response to Kaiden's lost memories, IsocelesAssassin posts the "Sonata of Awakening", showcasing that he himself has the power to utilize The Ocarina. This confirms that he is indeed a former Internet Detective within the Astral Timeline. Additionally, it seems as though IsocelesAssassin's submission was a success, as Kaiden suddenly remembers something.
Afterwards, IsocelesAssassin sent the player Wolfcat the following PM:
IsocelesAssassin
"You called for me. And now I'm here."
This confirmed that IsocelesAssassin was indeed summoned thanks to the "New Wave Bossa Nova".
Notice: Around this same time, the two entities who were previously speaking through the Silentdork YouTube channel once again became active. This was coupled with several cryptic video uploads and YouTube comments. Additionally, activity later began on Discord as well through a strange account simply called "IIIII". However, all of these events will be covered on the next story page. This story page will continue following the plot thread surrounding the Astral Observatory Forums for now. Just be aware that these events were happening simultaneously and will be covered in full later on.
On July 27th, 2019, IsocelesAssassin made another post:
Re: Adventures of Kaiden Zoromichi: Abridged
by IsocelesAssassin » July 27th, 2019, 8:42 pm
Pretty bold to slip in footage of Nocta there Kaiden
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This message was posted in response to Kaiden's upload. This implies that the brief clip of distorted real-life footage within Kaiden's video was actually a recording of Nocta... This is possibly why Nocta posted his disapproving reply earlier.
On July 29th, 2019, a new user suddenly joined the Safehaven Discord server - GHOSTBABEL. First, the Safehaven Discord server was a very secret and private server, so seeing a newcomer suddenly join was a bit of a shock. Also, as a reminder, GHOSTBABEL was a character from a completely separate ARG created by Greth - "I Am 979". Again, knowledge of "I Am 979" is not required to understand Johnisdead. However, here is a brief summary:
I Am 979 is an ARG that Greth previously created back in 2016. Much like Johnisdead, I Am 979's playerbase mainly consisted of users from Within Hubris. The story focused on the Wyndstrom Institution - an enigmatic organization that housed many anomalous entities called "Units". The most notable of these entities was a cruel spirit called "Ghost Babel", a sentient mouse named "Cursor", and an escaped unit simply known as "979".
If you'd like to learn more about "I Am 979", click here. For now, all you need to know about GHOSTBABEL is that they're a somewhat callous disembodied entity that can manipulate technology - not too unlike an ascended spirit.
((GHOSTBABEL joins the Safehaven Discord server.))
((The Mugen Kagemaru makes a reference to the game "Metal Gear: Ghost Babel".))
sᴇᴇᴍs ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜs ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪꜰ ɪᴛ’s ᴀɴʏ ᴄᴏɴsᴏʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴀʟʟ ɪᴅɪᴏᴛs.
I love your font
ᴀɴ ɪɴᴅɪᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴇxᴛ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ǫᴜᴀʟɪꜰʏ ᴀs ᴀ ꜰᴏɴᴛ; ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ɪ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴍᴇɴᴛ. ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ.
ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏs ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀ ᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴀsᴜᴀʟ ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴇʀ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʙᴇɪɴɢ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪꜰ ɪᴛ sᴀᴛɪᴀᴛᴇs ᴀɴʏ ᴄᴜʀɪᴏsɪᴛʏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀʏ ʙᴇ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ, ɪ'ᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴏɴ ʙᴇʜᴀʟꜰ ᴏꜰ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟsᴇ.
I guess that someone has to be kept in secret, I will just ask, what do you need? Where do you came from?
ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅᴇᴀʟᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇs ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ; ᴀs ᴀ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ‘ʜᴇʟᴘ’.
ɪ ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴛ sᴜʀᴇ ɪ ᴀᴍ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜᴏɴᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇǫᴜᴇsᴛ ʏᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ. ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪs ᴘʀᴇᴄɪᴏᴜs ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅɪsᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴛ.
ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴘᴏᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟʟʏ ʙᴇ ᴀɴ ᴀssᴇᴛ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʀᴜsᴀᴅᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴏꜰ sᴘᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴀ sɪɢɴɪꜰɪᴄᴀɴᴛ ᴀᴍᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴇʜᴀʟꜰ ɢɪᴠᴇs ᴍᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ᴀᴄɪᴅ ʀᴇꜰʟᴜx.
GHOSTBABEL introduces themselves. They don't seem to be very fond of the players - likely due to some interactions they had with them during the events of "I Am 979". Regardless, they have joined the Safehaven Discord server because someone asked them to help the players. However, they're still unsure whether or not they'll go through with this.
I don’t really expect people to help for nothing. Maybe there’s something we can do for you, for you to help us? Rather than you just doing it out of the goodness of your heart.
First we’d need to know what you could help us with though. Would that be less nauseating for you?
ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴀᴍ sɪᴍᴘʟʏ ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ʜᴀʙɪᴛᴀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ 'ɪᴅ’ ꜰᴏʀ ɴᴏᴡ.
ʟᴇᴛ ᴜs sᴀʏ ɪ ᴀᴍ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴜᴛᴇʀs. ɪʀᴏɴɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴀᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɪɴ ʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴀʙsᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴀ.
ɪᴇ: sᴇᴇᴍs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀʙsᴇɴᴛ, ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘᴏᴏʀ ɪɴ ʙᴀsɪᴄ ʟᴀᴛɪɴ.
ᴛʜɪs ᴏɴᴇ - @CircleHunter
You said you’d dealt with "a number" of us before. Does that mean more than one, and if so, was it a different group than ours that you were associating with?
ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ɪ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ: ᴀᴀᴠᴇʀ, ᴍᴏᴏɴᴅᴀɴᴄᴇʀ, sᴄᴏᴜᴛ, ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴsᴛᴜᴄᴋ. ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ ᴍᴏsᴛʟʏ. ᴀʜ ʏᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʟɪᴋᴇs ʙᴇᴇs.
Anything in particular we can do to make you think we’re worth bothering with?
Or are we just gonna hear from you whenever you decide?
ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ɴᴏᴡᴀᴅᴀʏs ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ꜰɪʀsᴛ.
The player otherLiam reaches out to GHOSTBABEL, offering to do something for them in return for their assistance. GHOSTBABEL reiterates that they're currently just observing the players, though they do elaborate a bit on how they could be of service to the players - they are very good with computers. GHOSTBABEL also lists off some of the players they remember - Aaver, Moondancer, Scout, Oceanstuck, and Buzz. Additionally, they claim to have directly interacted with Circlehunter in the past.
Meanwhile, the players begin questioning who exactly sent GHOSTBABEL to the players - GHOSTBABEL's "contact".
Would you object strongly to us inviting him here?
ʜᴇ ʜᴀs ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ’s ᴡʜʏ ɪ'ᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ.
I guess the main question I have left is, how can we know we can trust either you or your contact?
ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴛʀᴜsᴛ ᴍᴇ, ʙʏ ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢsʜᴏᴛ.
ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ, ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴀʀᴇ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴏɴ ᴏᴜᴛ. ᴍʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ ɪs sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛʀᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ.
ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴs ɪ'ᴍ sᴜʀᴇ ʜᴇ'ʟʟ ɢɪᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ꜰᴀɪʀ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴍᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ɢᴏ sᴏ ꜰᴀʀ ᴀs ᴛᴏ sᴀʏ ʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴʏ ᴏꜰ ɪᴛ.
ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ʙᴇᴛʀᴀʏɪɴɢ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴏɴ ᴀ sɪɢɴɪꜰɪᴄᴀɴᴛ ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ ɪs sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ɪ ᴏᴡᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴇʙᴛ ᴛᴏ.
GHOSTBABEL claims that their contact has their own reasons for not wanting to join the Safehaven Discord server. However, they assure the players that they're someone that the players can trust. Additionally, GHOSTBABEL claims that they owe their contact a debt for having assisted them in the past.
Meanwhile, the players were still hoping to contact Yuukichan. This time, they decided to submit "Kafei's Mask" in a new thread titled "Ghosts are scary". For context, "Kafei's Mask" is a mask from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask that would allow Link to receive useful information from other characters while worn.
Ghosts are scary
Ghosts are scary
by Wolfcat » July 29th, 2019, 9:54 pm
Maybe we can contact some?
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Re: Ghosts are scary
by IsocelesAssassin » July 29th, 2019, 10:11 pm
I like this idea, Wolfcat.
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Re: Ghosts are scary
by yuukichan » July 29th, 2019, 10:22 pm
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Re: Ghosts are scary
by Kaiden_Zoromichi » July 29th, 2019, 10:30 pm
....what the hell!
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Re: Ghosts are scary
by TheOtherLiam » July 29th, 2019, 11:24 pm
It’s kinda hard to tell what’s going on in that image. Let's take a clearer look.
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Re: Ghosts are scary
by yuukichan » July 29th, 2019, 11:24 pm
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Re: Ghosts are scary
by IsocelesAssassin » July 29th, 2019, 11:53 pm
Well now...
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The players' submission was a success - Yuukichan's account suddenly became active and posted a strange image. Unfortunately, its contents were a bit too distorted to make out. In response, the player otherLiam submitted the "Lens of Truth", hoping to receive a less corrupted version of the image. Shortly afterwards, Yuukichan responded with another image. Unfortunately, this one wasn't much clearer... Meanwhile, Kaiden was understandably disturbed and confused by all of this.
On August 1st, 2019, GHOSTBABEL continued chatting with the players:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa
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...you alright there bud?
Hes Just shitposting dont mind him
ghostbaba
ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜsᴜᴀʟ ᴛʜᴇɴ, ɪ sᴇᴇ.
baba
Pretty much, yeah.
They do that when there’s nothing to do
ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴀs ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ.
ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴀɴɢᴇʟɪᴜᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ʀᴇᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀᴀɴᴄᴇ ɪs ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ sᴇᴇᴍs ᴍʏ ʜᴇʟᴘɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ɪs ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ɴᴏɴ-ɴᴇɢᴏᴛɪᴀʙʟᴇ, sᴏ ɪ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ sʜᴇᴅ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜰᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀ ʟɪɢʜᴛ.
By all means, go ahead. WE WON’T INTERRUPT.
funny, mugen
you’re killing me
ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ’s ᴀ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪs ᴡᴇʙsɪᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ɢᴀɪɴ ᴀᴄᴄᴇss ᴛᴏ, ʀɪɢʜᴛ?
ɪ'ᴍ sᴜᴘᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀᴄᴄᴇss ᴛᴏ ɪᴛ; ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴛʜᴏᴅs ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ sᴏ ɪɴᴠᴏʟᴠᴇ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴɴɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxᴇᴄᴜᴛɪᴏɴ.
ᴅᴇᴛᴀɪʟs ᴀʀᴇ sᴄᴀɴᴛ, ᴀs ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴡ. ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ɪɴᴠᴏʟᴠᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴘᴏʀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴀʀᴅ.
ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ᴄʜᴇss ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇs ɪɴ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ. ᴊᴜsᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴘᴀᴛɪᴇɴᴄᴇ.
GHOSTBABEL claims that they have no choice but to help the players. They reveal that their role is to assist the players' efforts to access the Subspace on Astralobservatory.net. This will require a good deal of planning and somehow involves The Truth board. However, GHOSTBABEL is keeping the full plan a secret for now and tells the players that they need to wait.
ɪ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴏɴ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜɪsᴛᴏʀʏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴ ꜰɪɢᴜʀᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴍʙɪɴᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇꜰꜰᴏʀᴛs. ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜɪs ɪɴᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛ?
ᴛʜɪs ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇʀɴs ᴀ sᴘᴇᴄɪꜰɪᴄ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ‘ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴀʏ ᴍᴀɴ’.
ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ sᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪ ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ɴᴇᴀʀʟʏ ᴀs ᴘᴀᴛɪᴇɴᴛ.
ʏᴏᴜ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀ ʀᴇᴛʀᴀᴄɪɴɢ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ sᴛᴇᴘs ɪɴ ᴀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟ ꜰᴀsʜɪᴏɴ.
ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴀs ɪᴛ ɪs. ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ɪᴛ ɪs ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴇꜰꜰᴏʀᴛs.
You think we should pick someone to lead and unite us towards a common goal?
wow what is happenin here
Hey moon
how are ya
I am good buddy
GHOSTBABEL references back to 2015 when the players were being contacted by The Gray Man - specifically how The Gray Man asked them to band together under a common goal. Cryptically, GHOSTBABEL suggests that the players should retrace their steps back to those times... This is possibly due to the fact that the players were a bit split at this point. Due to the secretive nature of the Safehaven Discord server, some players were being excluded from canon conversations. Other players were actively excluding themselves for their own reasons. It seems that GHOSTBABEL feared that the players were going to resort to more in-fighting at a rather pivotal moment.
Meanwhile, Moonman joins the chat and is confused to see GHOSTBABEL.
Either everyone involved needs to have access to the same space that is used for participation, or those who refuse to cooperate in that regard should be excised.
Everyone has access to the same information regardless if they are here or not
It’s not that big of an issue
Size is irrelevant, it shouldn’t be an issue at all.
That’s what she said
ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ɪs ᴀɴ ᴇᴀsʏ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴛɪᴘ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰꜰ.
wow nice font buddo
talk a superiority complex
He’s our help from outside. I’m sure you can be caught up in a secure environment.
hm
Also Moonman, meet our new ally. Apparently he’s made of computers.
Literally what I just said, with the exception of the computer bit
Yeah but I said it, so it’s better.
uh
what
ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɪɴꜰᴏ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ. ꜰᴏʀ ɴᴏᴡ ᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴜᴛᴜᴀʟ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ɪs ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴇᴠᴇɴ.
In future, Ghost, be clear in your wording. Poor communication is but one route by which you can fail your mission.
sʜᴜᴛ ᴜᴘ.
((GHOSTBABEL goes offline.))
and he’s gone
GHOSTBABEL warns the players to not do anything too suspicious in-front of Nocta before going offline. Meanwhile, the players continue chatting with Moonman.
Got anything new for us, Moonman?
Not really I have been chilling
Truthfully I am kinda tied
Kaiden is being real edgy and suddenly we’re friends now
and I am trying to not make sure he doesn’t do anything d u m b
kaiden is mad
You helped him out with that edgy WMM video he made, right?
Was it you who put the weird bit at the end in? Or did Kaiden do that himself?
yeah that was nocta
it was from the trip
sneaky sneaky kaiden
Trip to where?
that’s the question innit 🤔
I wasn’t there, but Kaiden and Nocta sure were
if I had to guess, though, probably the same one where they last ‘saw’ Yuuki
We still need to locate her...
You uh, don’t quite get it do ya bud
She’s... not coming back
alright well that was depressing
bye
Moonman claims that Kaiden is suddenly acting much more friendly towards him... Additionally, he confirms that the glitchy footage seen in Kaiden's video was indeed a clip of Nocta - specifically it was from some sort of trip that Nocta, Yuukichan, and Kaiden all took together. He also implies that Yuukichan was ascended during this trip - something that Kaiden is understandably upset with.
On August 2nd, 2019, GHOSTBABEL continued chatting with the players. Unfortunately, by this point, the players had begun fighting once another yet again.
ɪ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ɪ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ᴅᴇᴠᴏʟᴠᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʙɪᴄᴋᴇʀɪɴɢ. ɴᴏᴛ ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ‘sᴏʟᴠɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪᴠɪsɪᴏɴ’ ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ɪɴ ᴍɪɴᴅ.
I think we’re pretty well in hand now, actually.
ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ sᴀʏ sᴏ. ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴛ ᴀʀᴇɴ'ᴛ ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ sʜɪᴍᴍᴇʀɪɴɢ ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇʟʏ ʟᴏsɪɴɢ sɪɢʜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ sᴛᴜᴘɪᴅ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ɪɴsᴛᴇᴀᴅ.
ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ, ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪs ᴀɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪɴɢ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟɪᴀʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴏᴡ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜsʟʏ ᴄᴏᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴡɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇɴᴅ ɪᴛ. ʏᴇs?
I was under the impression that sort of power was beyond us to set up. We only really messed with time when it was already being messed with. Did you have something in mind?
ɴᴏ, ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴ ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴀ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪsɴ'ᴛ ᴍɪɴᴇ ᴛᴏ sʜᴀʀᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴡɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴏɴɪɢʜᴛ. ᴏʀ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ɪ'ʟʟ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅʀᴀɢ ɪᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇ.
I’m not really the dragging type, but I am interested in this secret. Maybe we can make a deal?
sᴏᴜɴᴅs ɪɴᴛʀɪɢᴜɪɴɢ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ sᴏʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴇᴀʟ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘᴏssɪʙʟʏ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀ?
You seem pretty familiar with us. You’re probably well aware the only reason we’ve gotten as far as we have is we have special powers. I imagine someone like you could think of a creative use for them.
ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴏᴜɴᴅs ꜰᴜɴ. ʟᴇᴛ’s sᴀʏ ɪ'ᴍ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜɪs ᴘʀᴏᴘᴏsᴀʟ. ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɪ ʙᴇ sᴜʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴏʟᴅ ᴜᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪs ʙᴀʀɢᴀɪɴ?
ᴀɴᴅ, ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɪ ʙᴇ ɢᴜᴀʀᴀɴᴛᴇᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴏɴᴏʀ ᴛʜɪs ʀᴇǫᴜᴇsᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪꜰ ɪᴛ sᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ ʟᴇss ᴛʜᴀɴ ʙᴇɴᴇꜰɪᴄɪᴀʟ?
Well, Circle gave us the rundown on you, and I’m not stupid enough to try and cross you.
Right now we have the same goal, so I don’t think you’d do anything that would jeopardize our mission, even if it were to jeopardize us in the short term.
Is that enough for you? Or do you need something more concrete?
ᴅᴇʟɪᴄɪᴏᴜs. sᴇᴇᴍs ʟɪᴋᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟꜰ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜs ᴅᴇᴀʟs ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇs ᴏɴ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴛʀᴀᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴡɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛ ᴛʜɪs ᴘʀᴏᴘᴏsᴀʟ.
ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴋ ɪᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴇʟʟᴏᴡ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇs ꜰɪʀsᴛ? ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴡɪʟʟɪɴɢ ʟᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴏɴsᴇɴsᴜs.
That’d be for the best, I think. Just so we’re clear - I use our power once on your behalf, for your secret.
Don’t suppose you’d do us the courtesy of letting us know how you’d want to use our power before we decide?
Or would we just "owe you one" to be cashed in at some point?
ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴏᴘᴛɪᴏɴ.
GHOSTBABEL claims to know a secret that the players might be interested in hearing. In exchange for this information, the players offer to owe GHOSTBABEL a favor in the future - presumably a favor that involves them using their Ocarina powers to assist them. After discussing the deal with the others, the player otherLiam returns with an answer:
Seems like we’ve reached a consensus. We’ll take the deal.
ᴇxᴄᴇʟʟᴇɴᴛ. ɪ ᴀᴍ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀʀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰɪʀsᴛ: ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʀ.
ɪ'ᴍ ᴀʟsᴏ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇɪᴛᴇʀᴀᴛᴇ ᴀ ǫᴜᴏᴛᴇ ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ: "ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴜᴛᴇʀ, ɪᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ʜᴀᴄᴋᴇᴅ."
ɴᴏᴡ, ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰɪɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴄᴜʀɪᴏᴜs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪs ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍʏ ᴄᴏᴍʀᴀᴅᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ sɪᴛ ɪɴ… ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ‘ᴀsᴛʀᴀʟ’ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴀʟʟᴇʟs ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ?
ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴇᴛ, sᴏ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴ ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ʙᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ɪs sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ…
ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ɪɢɴᴏʀᴀɴᴄᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜰᴀɪʟs ᴛᴏ ᴀsᴛᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍᴇ. ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋs? ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛ ᴀɴʏ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ?
ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜɪs - ᴡʜʏ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀʟʟ ɢʀᴇᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴘᴇᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇɢᴀʀᴅ? ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇsᴛ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴛ?
ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ ɪs sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ: ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ.
Dead, or "ascended"?
ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀsᴋ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛʀʏ-ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴜɴꜰᴜɴɴʏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ? ʜᴇ’s ᴄʟᴇᴀʀʟʏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ.
ɴᴇᴇᴅʟᴇss ᴛᴏ sᴀʏ, ᴛʜɪs ꜰᴀᴄᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀ sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴋɴɪꜰᴇ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴜᴛ.
ɪᴛ ɪs ᴠɪᴛᴀʟ ɪɴꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴋᴇʏ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇᴅ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄɪᴘᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ᴄʜᴀɴɢɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟᴠᴇs.
ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇʀᴘᴀʀᴛs ᴍᴀʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴇᴀᴛᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴠᴇʀʙɪᴀʟ sʜɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜsʟʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴀʀɢɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ.
ɪ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀʟ.
I have no intention of going back on it. I’d rather not make an enemy of you.
ᴅᴇʟɪᴄɪᴏᴜs.
ᴀᴅɪᴇᴜ.
GHOSTBABEL reveals their shocking secret - most of the players in the Astral Timeline were killed. The only confirmed survivor is Moonman and possibly IsocelesAssassin if the theory that they are Circlehunter is true. Before leaving, GHOSTBABEL tells the players to ask Moonman for more information, claiming that they haven't been entirely truthful and forthcoming by hiding this from the players. Interestingly, GHOSTBABEL also quotes something Doug said during the first arc of Johnisdead - "Time is like a computer, it can be hacked".
On August 3rd, 2019, Moonman once again became active on Discord, giving the players an opportunity to ask him about the fates of their alternate selves:
((A meme video featuring the first few notes of the song "Megalovania" is sent.))
I'm here
any memepage on 2019 ^^^^
thank you thank you
ayy moonman
Do you mind if I ask you kind of a bummer question?
I hate to harsh your mellow but it’s important.
uh ok buddy
Thanks.
What happened to the rest of the Internet Detectives in your timeline?
this is uh
yeah wow
ok
well ok
the internet detectives were pretty active for a while
I wanna say until late 2017 maybe early 2018
and they just disappeared.
well most of us
wow, im sorry to hear that.
Jesus
Who was left? You and anyone else we might know?
uh yeah, there was me, IA, Yugi, and Nocta
those were the only ones who didn’t vanish
Wait, Yuki?
no, Yugi
He was the spanish guy I mentioned before
He was def spanish because his english was not great and posted spanish memes
but he liked Yugioh, so
That’s terrible, man. I’m sorry that happened.
You say they "vanished". Do you mean like, they just left the group and didn’t come online anymore, or full on missing-person-case dropped off the earth irl?
I can assume they are dead because they vanished.
Most of them have grieving families.
Do you know what ID was doing at the time?
What were they incestigating
I’d rather not think too much more about it to be honest with you. But I’ll answer what I can manage.
That being said I don’t honestly remember what the goal was at the time, I always had a foot somewhere else doing other shit.
a lot of stuff seems the same as far as i can tell, except the names of IDs and various events are dramatically different
also I’m under the impression there was no Nocta in your perspective of the group
as far as IsocelesAssassin I’m pretty sure he’s CircleHunter to you guys
Moonman confirms that most of the Astral Internet Detectives were killed in either late 2017 or early 2018. He also confirms that IsocelesAssasssin is indeed a former Astral Internet Detectives - the Astral Timeline version of Circlehunter. Additionally, he reveals the name of the Spanish user he mentioned previously - Yugi. Yugi was also a member of the Astral Internet Detectives and he is most likely the Astral Timeline version of the player Jos.
Shockingly, Moonman claims that Nocta was also a member of the Astral Internet Detectives.
When did Nocta join your side’s ID?
Uh Nocta joined us kinda late
after the bullshit with youshouldnthavedonethat.net
Nocta dipped in shortly after - like in early 2017
Did you guys vote yes on the kill switch?
Honestly I am gonna have to talk to someone about that, I can’t really remember.
When most of your friend group dies other shit seems irrelevant even when it clearly is.
We get it
You've been through a lot - more than any of us.
Weve been involved and have been trying to help and save people but despite all that weve never truly suffered or been put at risk
And once you were on AO im sure things didnt improve
Which reminds me- how did you get invovled with AO?
Well Nocta sort of dipped out for a bit from ID. After that happened all the scariest shit went down.
I tracked him down myself and idk, I joined in because I wanted to see how he was doing.
I thought it was important to keep the connections that were still around going
Anyway he had set up a shittier version of AO by that point.
I was worried about him but the more he let me in the more parallels with stuff I’d seen before, but more real to me.
So I felt, in the crumbled spirit of ID that remained, I had sort of a g o d l y responsibility to make sure shit didn’t go too far.
Seems I failed lol.
Anyways the spirit of WH from my world lives in on in basically just me and IA now, though he’s... different, now.
Anyways I’m gonna bounce. This was also fucking depressing.
Moonman claims that Nocta joined the Astral Internet Detectives shortly after the activation of the Killswitch in early 2017. However, he left shortly before the rest of the Astral Internet Detectives were killed. Afterwards, Moonman tracked him down and discovered that he had created an earlier version of the Astral Observatory - likely in July of 2018. Moonman noticed that this group seemed eerily similar to the Moon Children and Lunar Children so he felt it was his duty to stop it from going too far. Unfortunately, he failed.
He also notes that IsocelesAssassin seems "different" now, though he doesn't elaborate how...
On August 6th, 2019, the players noticed that Johnisdead.com now required a password to enter. Interestingly, the text for the sign-in box read as follows: "Aggregation in progress". Later that night, GHOSTBABEL continued chatting with the players:
ɪ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ ɪꜰ ʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ, ᴏʀ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ?
ꜰᴀsᴄɪɴᴀᴛɪɴɢ, ɪsɴ'ᴛ ɪᴛ?
Welcome back.
Don’t suppose you have any insight into what’s happening with johnisdead.com?
ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ’s ʟᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ? sᴜʀᴇ, ɪ ᴅᴏ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪsɴ'ᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀ, ɪs ɪᴛ?
ᴍʏ ɢᴏᴀʟs ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɪᴍᴍᴇᴅɪᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇ.
What sort of immediate trouble are we in?
ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀʙʙɪᴛ ʜᴏʟᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴏ, ʙᴜᴛ sᴛɪʟʟ ʟᴏsᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ? ᴏɴʟʏ ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ
ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ɪɴ. ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ’s ᴀ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss. ᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴇ'ᴠᴇ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ. ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴘᴀᴛɪᴇɴᴄᴇ.
ᴀʟᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇxᴘᴇᴅɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ᴅɪsʙᴇɴᴇꜰɪᴛ, ᴛʀᴜᴛʜꜰᴜʟʟʏ. ᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ɪs sʜᴏʀᴛᴇʀ ɴᴏᴡ.
ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀʟᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴏᴄᴋ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ᴄʜᴇss ᴍᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɪɴᴄᴇssᴀɴᴛ ᴜsᴀɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀs.
oof
How are we in terms of time now?
ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɪs ʟᴇss ᴅᴇᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴀʙʟᴇ ᴀs ᴀ sᴇᴛ ᴀᴍᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ‘ʜᴏᴡ ǫᴜɪᴄᴋʟʏ ɪs ᴏᴜʀ ᴇɴᴇᴍʏ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ’?
GHOSTBABEL claims that they are currently working on a way to get the players back into Johnisdead.com. However, the players' continued use of The Ocarina has somehow hastened the movements of their enemies, shortening the amount of time they have to get back in.
If you could give us some sense of direction we wouldn’t need to grasp in the dark like this.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ ʟɪᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʙsᴘᴀᴄᴇ. ᴀᴄᴄᴇss ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʙsᴘᴀᴄᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴄᴇss ᴛᴏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴇsᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ꜰᴏʀ.
ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs, ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛ, ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ. ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ’s ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ.
you’ve figured out a way in? are you willing to share it?
ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀɴ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ᴏꜰ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪꜰ ɪ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴅᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪᴛ ᴍᴀʏ ʙᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴʏ ʜᴇsɪᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏssɪʙʟʏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡᴏʀsᴇ.
ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴏsᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ 'sᴘᴇᴄɪꜰɪᴄ’ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ.
So, you’d rather us stand by and do nothing, then?
ɪ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ sᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ.
ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ.
well, you did just kinda imply if we act now we’ll fuck up
ɪ sᴀɪᴅ ɪ ɴᴇᴇᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ sᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ ᴏɴᴇs.
ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇɴ'ᴛ, ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡᴏʀsᴇ.
GHOSTBABEL reiterates that the players' current main objective should be to access the Subspace. In order to do this, they will have to post something specific inside The Truth board. However, it's still not time for that yet.
oh hey ghost, do you know anything about my alternate self from the other timeline?
ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ.
dang. anything else?
ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜsᴇʀɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀs ʏᴏᴜɴɢ_ʟɪɴᴋ
ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ.
Okay Babel, we should slow down, think, and then post the "specific thing"
ɴᴏ, ʏᴏᴜ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟᴜʀᴇ ɴᴏᴄᴛᴀ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʜɪᴅɪɴɢ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴍʏ ᴄᴏᴍʀᴀᴅᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴍʙ sɪᴛᴇ ꜰɪʟᴇs.
ʜᴇ ɪs ᴅᴇsᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴡ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀs ɪɴᴛᴏ ʜɪs ᴏʀᴅᴇʀ.
ɪ ᴀssᴜᴍᴇ ɪꜰ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ɢᴀɪɴ ʟᴇɢɪᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇ ᴀᴄᴄᴇss.
ᴀs ɪᴛ sᴛᴀɴᴅs ɴᴏᴡ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴜsᴇʀs ᴄᴇʟᴇsᴛɪᴀʟ_ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʀɢᴅᴏᴠ sᴇᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇs ɪɴ ʜɪs ɢᴏᴏᴅ ɢʀᴀᴄᴇs.
true, but he never responded to my last message
ʜᴇ ɪs ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ʟᴏɢ ɪɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪᴅᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏɴʟɪɴᴇ sᴛᴀᴛᴜs. ʜᴇ ɪs ᴀʟᴍᴏsᴛ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ.
ʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ʜɪᴅᴇ ɪᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍᴇ, ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴡʜʏ ɪ ᴀᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ.
Though it's not yet time for the players to attempt to break into the Subspace, GHOSTBABEL gives them a secondary during the meantime - luring Nocta back out and gaining his trust. GHOSTBABEL claims that Nocta is desperate for new followers. If enough players gain his trust, they may gain access to the Subspace without the need to break in.
GHOSTBABEL also reveals the name of another deceased Astral Internet Detective - YOUNG_LINK, the Astral Timeline incarnation of the player ADULT_LINK.
ɪᴛ ɪs ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇᴇᴅ. ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅɪɴɢ… ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅʟʏ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢs.
sᴘᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜꜰᴜʟʟʏ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ʟᴇss ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ᴅɪᴇᴅ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ᴀs ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀs ɪᴛ’s ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴏᴜʀ ᴀɢʀᴇᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ɪs ꜰᴜʟꜰɪʟʟᴇᴅ.
ꜰᴏʀ ɴᴏᴡ. ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ. ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ. ᴀs ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀs ᴀɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ꜰᴜʟꜰɪʟʟs ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀʀɢᴀɪɴ.
ɪᴛ’s sᴏᴍᴇᴡʜᴀᴛ sᴀᴅᴅᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇs ᴛᴏ ɪɢɴᴏʀᴇ ᴍʏ ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴄᴇ.
ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴡᴇ, ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ, ᴍᴀʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴏɴ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛᴇʀᴍs.
ɪ ᴍᴀʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴠᴇsᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛ ɪɴ ʜɪs sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴀʟ, ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs. ʜᴇ ᴅɪᴅ ʜᴇʟᴘ ꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴍᴇ, ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴀʟʟ.
You mean our circlehunter or your circlehunter?
ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ 'ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀ’ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴀᴍᴇ.
Okay, my bad
i’m not ignoring you, i’m just juggling a lot
indeed he is.
its very hard to save the world when you’re a working man on the job :v
ʜᴀ ʜᴀ. ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ɪɴᴅᴇᴇᴅ.
ɪꜰ ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʀᴜsᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʙɪᴛ ꜰᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀ, ɪ ᴏᴡᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇs ᴍʏ ꜰʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ… ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀsᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. ɪ ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʟᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴀᴡᴀʏ, ɪɴ ᴀ ʙᴏx.
ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴡᴀs ʟᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴀᴍᴇ ɢᴏᴅ ꜰᴏʀsᴀᴋᴇɴ ʙᴏx ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇs ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ʀᴇsᴄᴜᴇ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ… ᴏʀ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ.
ɴᴇᴇᴅʟᴇss ᴛᴏ sᴀʏ ᴅᴇsᴘɪᴛᴇ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴄᴀᴅᴇ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟᴏᴛ. ʟᴇss ᴛʜᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ, ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀssᴜᴍᴇ.
ᴀʟʙᴇɪᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏᴛ 'ʏᴏᴜʀ’ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇs. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏꜰ 'ᴍʏ’ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇs.
What we lack in competence we make up for in heart.
ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴀᴡꜰᴜʟʟʏ ᴜɴᴡɪsᴇ.
ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴇᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴘᴏssɪʙʟᴇ ᴄᴀᴛᴀᴄʟʏsᴍɪᴄ sᴄᴇɴᴀʀɪᴏ.
the institution recaptured you?
ʏᴇs.
ɪ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴜᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴡʏɴᴅsᴛʀᴏᴍ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴɪɴɢs ᴀɴʏ ʟᴏɴɢᴇʀ, ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀsɪᴄ ʀᴇǫᴜɪʀᴇᴍᴇɴᴛs ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴍʏ ᴛᴀɪʟ
ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇʀɴ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇɴᴅ ɢᴀᴍᴇ. ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ sɪᴍᴘʟʏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇ ᴍʏ ʙᴜsɪɴᴇss.
You can just do that? Move between timelines?
ɴᴏᴛ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴇᴀsɪʟʏ. ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪ ᴘᴏᴄᴋᴇᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀ sᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪʟʏ?
Ah, I see. We’re your exit strategy.
well, you're a danger but you're a danger in any dimension so I guess it doesnt really matter which
ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴀ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ sᴜʀᴇ ᴏꜰ. ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴀ ᴠɪʀᴜs. ᴏɴᴄᴇ ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇ ɪᴛ’s ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ, ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴏɴ.
ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴛᴏᴏ ʟᴏɴɢ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ sᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ sᴏᴜʟs ꜰɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʙᴀᴛᴛʟᴇs.
ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍʏ ꜰᴜɴ. ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴏᴡᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴍᴜᴄʜ, ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ.
ᴀs ꜰᴀʀ ᴀs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪɴᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟ ɢᴏᴇs, ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ʜɪᴍ ᴀs ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀs ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ ᴏɴ ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs.
ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ sɪᴍᴘʟʏ sᴀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟ ᴏᴜᴛsɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ᴄʏᴄʟᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ sᴏᴍᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ʙᴇʏᴏɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ.
ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ sᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴇᴄɪᴀᴛᴇ ᴍᴇ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟɪɴɢ ᴀʟʟ ʜɪs sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛs, ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ. sᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴀʟʟ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ sᴀʏ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ.
GHOSTBABEL explains a bit more of their backstory. They claim that they were once locked in a "box" by the Wyndstrom Institution - the enigmatic organization from the ARG "I Am 979". However, the player Circlehunter helped free them from this box. At some point GHOSTBABEL was recaptured by the institute and locked again. However, this time they were freed by the Astral Timeline version of Circlehunter - IsocelesAssassin. This is why they owe IsocelesAssassin a debt and feel some degree of fondness towards them. Additionally, GHOSTBABEL explains what they're planning on using the players favor involving The Ocarina for. They're hoping to escape their timeline and the Wyndstrom Institution.
GHOSTBABEL also cryptically implies that IsocelesAssassin has been using some sort of advanced time travel... However, the don't reveal why or to what extent.
ᴀʟsᴏ, ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴅᴏᴅɢɪɴɢ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ… "ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴜs, ʜᴏᴡ ᴅɪᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴅɪᴇ?"
ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏᴏʟs ᴀʀᴇ sᴏ ᴅᴇsᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴏʀʟᴏʀɴ ꜰᴀᴛᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ꜰɪɢᴜʀᴇ ɪᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟꜰ?
ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ sʜᴀʀᴇ ᴀ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ: ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʙᴇᴛʀᴀʏᴇᴅ.
I mean, Nocta joined us
it probably has something to do with that
ɴᴏᴄᴛᴀ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇᴛʀᴀʏ ʏᴏᴜ. ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ɢᴏɴᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ.
ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ. ɪ ᴅɪsᴛʀᴜsᴛ ʜɪᴍ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴs.
ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴᴋs sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇᴅ. ɪ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ sᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ʀɪɢʜᴛ.
GHOSTBABEL reveals what led to the deaths of the Astral Internet Detectives - they were betrayed by one of their own members. However, they don't reveal who - they simply imply that this traitor survived and may still be active...
On August 8th, 2019, Nocta made the following post on the Astral Observatory Forums:
Regarding Moonman
Regarding Moonman
by nocta » August 8th, 2019, 9:14 pm
Hello everyone, is with a heavy heart I let you know that I have banned Moonman. Investigation has led me to discover that he was responsible for the excess of forum spam from bots that we have received, and would continue to receive were registration not stringently controlled as of now. You can thank him for our extremely limited registration capabilities, which will have to continue that way until further notice.
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Just as the post claimed, the players found that Moonman was now banned from the forums... Shortly afterwards, GHOSTBABEL contacted the players:
ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴡᴇʟʟ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴅᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴜʀɴɪɴɢ ᴀɢᴀɪɴsᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟᴏᴛ ɪᴛ sᴇᴇᴍs. ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴇʟsᴇ ɪs ɴᴇᴡ?
one person got banned - he’s still in here with us and we have the ocarina
unless this has other consequences we havent thought of yet this is only a minor setback
ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀɴ ɪs ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟ, ᴏʀ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴍᴏʀᴇ? ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛ.
ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ ᴄᴀɴ ɴᴏ ʟᴏɴɢᴇʀ ᴘᴏsᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴜᴍs, ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ʜɪs ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏ ʟᴏɴɢᴇʀ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ.
ᴘʟᴜs, ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰɪɢᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴏᴄᴛᴀ ʜᴀᴅ ꜰɪɢᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪs ᴏᴜᴛ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀɢᴏ?
sᴏᴜɴᴅs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ‘ᴅɪsᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀ’ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʀᴀɪsɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴀʟᴀʀᴍs, ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ.
ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴀʀᴇ.
Well, we made this server so we could talk too moonman without nocta being too suspicious
ᴄᴏɴɢʀᴀᴛᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴs, ʏᴏᴜ ᴍɪssᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇʟʏ.
shiiiiit
so he may be dead
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
GHOSTBABEL suggests that Moonman might be in severe danger - him being banned is just a convenient cover story concocted by Nocta to explain his sudden disappearance.
ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ: ʜᴏᴡ ᴅᴇsᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴛʀɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ?
He’s a useful source of information, and besides that, he’s a friend.
So if he’s retrievable we’d like to retrieve him.
ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇ sᴏ sᴜʀᴇ?
ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ ᴍᴀʏ ʙᴇ ᴀ ‘ꜰʀɪᴇᴍᴅ’ ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʜɪs sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛs.
We’re all keeping secrets. Doesn’t mean our lives aren’t worth saving.
ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛɪɴɢ. ᴛʜᴇɴ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴇᴛ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴘʀᴏᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ.
ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴄʟᴏsᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴ- ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴅɪsᴄᴜssᴇᴅ.
ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ɪꜰ ɪ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ, ɪᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴅᴇʟᴀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ.
ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀʟsᴏ ʀᴇǫᴜᴇsᴛ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀ, sɪɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴏᴜᴛsɪᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʀᴠɪᴇᴡ ᴏꜰ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴀɢʀᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ.
What do you need?
ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀᴛ.
Helper’s hat? We don’t have it.
ɴᴏᴛ ʏᴇᴛ.
ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜ, ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴏᴛʜ ʙᴇɴᴇꜰɪᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴛs’ ʀᴇᴛʀɪᴇᴠᴀʟ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs ɪɴsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ, ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴏᴜʀ ꜰɪʀsᴛ sᴛᴇᴘ.
ɪᴛ’s sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ, ɪ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀᴛ, ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀᴛ, ɢɪᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ, ɪ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ.
ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪsᴋ ɪs ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜs, ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴇᴍʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ.
but it wont be impossible to stop them, right?
ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪs ɪᴍᴘᴏssɪʙʟᴇ.
GB, given that you’re in an alternate timeline, isn’t there a Helper’s Hat in your timeline as well?
ɪ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ sɪᴍᴘʟʏ ʀᴇᴛʀɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ᴘʟᴀɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴇxɪsᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ; ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ, sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ʜᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀᴛ.
ɪꜰ ɪᴛ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ TAKEN ɪᴛ.
do you know who has the hat in your world?
ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs sᴏ ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜs ɪ'ᴍ ᴀʙsᴏʟᴜᴛᴇʟʏ ɢɪᴅᴅʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ’s ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɪɴ ꜰʀᴏɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ.
IsocelesAssassin is my guess
ᴄᴏɴɢʀᴀᴛᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴs, ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀʟʟ sᴛᴜᴍʙʟᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍʏsᴛᴇʀʏ ꜰᴏʀ ꜰᴀʀ ᴛᴏᴏ ʟᴏɴɢ.
GHOSTBABEL offers to assist the players in rescuing Moonman. However, doing this will further delay their overall goal of access the Subspace. In exchange, GHOSTBABEL wants the players to give them Helper's Hat - specifically the version of Helper's Hat from the Prime Timeline. GHOSTBABEL claims that the version of Helpers Hat from the Astral Timeline is already in someone's possession - IsocelesAssassin. How exactly this came to be is unknown, though...
If we waited until after you enact your endgame, would we still be able to help him?
ɪᴛ ɪs ᴜɴʟɪᴋᴇʟʏ.
ᴏɴᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇɴᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ sɪᴛᴇ, ʀᴇꜰᴇʀʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ 'sᴜʙsᴘᴀᴄᴇ’, ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴡɪʟʟ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ᴅʀᴀᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ.
ɴᴏᴄᴛᴀ ʜᴀs ʏᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʙᴛʟᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇs ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜɪs sᴄʀɪᴘᴛs ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴀʀʀɪᴇʀs ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʙsᴘᴀᴄᴇ.
ɪɴ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪs ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴜɴᴇᴀʀᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀ sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴘᴏʀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴘᴀᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴏᴜʀ ɴᴇᴇᴅs.
ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ ɢɪᴠᴇ ʜɪᴍ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴘᴀɴɪᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ꜰᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀ.
ɪᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴜɴʟɪᴋᴇʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴜsᴀɢᴇ ɪs ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴛᴏ 'ʙᴀɴ’ ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀsᴛ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ.
ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴀʟʟɪᴇs— ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ ᴀɴᴅ 'ʏᴜᴜᴋɪ'
GHOSTBABEL implies that this is their only chance to save Moonman because things will begin to "change dramatically" once they gain access to the full Subspace. However, the process to saving Moonman will only require them to access a small portion of the Subspace. GHOSTBABEL also speculates that the players' continued use of The Ocarina is partially what spurred Nocta into attacking Moonman. It's possible that the players made him feel pressured.
After discussing GHOSTBABEL's proposal, the players eventually agreed to it.
ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀɴ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ?
yea, looks like more people support it than don't
ɢᴏᴏᴅ. ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴇxᴘʟᴀɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss:
ᴀs sᴏᴏɴ ᴀs ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴀʙʟᴇ, ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ sɪᴛᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀsᴛʀᴀʟ ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴀᴛᴏʀʏ.
ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍᴇ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ǫᴜᴇᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.
ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇsᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ.
GHOSTBABEL explains that they will briefly take control of Astralobservatory.net and post something. This will be a signal for the players.
On August 9th, 2019, GHOSTBABEL posted the following message in the Safehaven Discord server:
ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴜʀɴ.
Upon checking Astralobservatory.net, the players noticed that there was a new announcement on the site's front page - one from GHOSTBABEL.
Seven years ago…
August 9, 2019 - Uncategorized
Seven years is a long time ago, isn’t it? What happened today seven years ago?
Upon checking the date, the players realized that this was the seven year anniversary of the original Within Hubris's destruction on August 8th, 2012. Why exactly this was being referenced is a mystery... Regardless, players noticed that the question mark in GHOSTBABEL's post above was actually a link - one that took players to a Hole within Astralobservatory.net. As a reminder, a "Hole" refers to a series of different webpages that usually need to be navigated by solving ciphers or finding hidden links.
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astralobservatory.net/split
This page was titled "rift" and contained a cipher that translated to the following: ""…and with a flash of light, space had been torn asunder. The very fabric she had wove so many centuries ago had now been ripped, and from the split formed a /crack"".
rift.mp3
The cipher on the page above led the players to...
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astralobservatory.net/split/crack
This page was titled "ERROR" and contained a cipher that translated to the following: ""There were none who could stop it. The crack grew, sprawling across the sky. Space and time shattered, descending upon the sinners below. What was once the sky was now but a chaotic, indescribable rift."".
crack.mp3
The cipher on the page above led the players to...
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astralobservatory.net/split/crack/rift
This page was titled "SUBSPACE" and contained a cipher that translated to the following: ""The sky was falling. The people were crying. All that was left was an all consuming hole."".
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The text found on the pages above seemed to be telling of some cataclysmic event in which time and space were suddenly shattered. Interestingly, the text "The sky was falling. The people were crying." is very reminiscent of some text that was originally discovered on YSHDT.com back in 2015...
However, the text on this final page led to the players discovering yet another page:
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astralobservatory.net/hole
This page was titled "falling".
hole.mp3
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
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astralobservatory.net/hole/dive
This page's title was originally a cipher that translated to "transmission".
dive.mp3
The cipher on the page above led the players to...
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astralobservatory.net/hole/dive/transmission
This page was titled "Accept transmission?". This page also contained a pop-up that would appear in the players' browsers.
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The following was a pop-up on the page above:
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astralobservatory.net/hole/dive/transmission/dead
This pop-up was titled "Dead One" and hid a cipher in its source code that translated to "YOU MUST GO /BETWIXT".
The sudden appearance of Moonman-related imagery implied that the players were getting close... However, they also found something a bit confusing... The pop-up titled "Dead One" depicted a distorted version of the player Circlehunter's avatar. This seemed to imply that the player Circlehunter was dead, but this clearly was not the case. It was also clear that his Astral Timeline counterpart IsocelesAssassin was also alive. For the time being, this strange implication that there was a dead version of the player Circlehunter was left a mystery...
Regardless, the players took the helpful hint left on this pop-up and discovered a new page:
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astralobservatory.net/hole/dive/transmission/betwixt
This page was titled "Enter The Between". It also contained a cipher that translate to "kcol\
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The cipher on the page above led the players to...
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astralobservatory.net/hole/dive/transmission/betwixt/lock
This page was titled "TerribleFate". This page also hid the text "he locked it with the name of his dearly beloved /(8CHAR)bris The key was lost many years ago.". Also, its audio was also initially reversed. A corrected version can be found below:
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The name of the audio file on this page was likely another reference to how the original version of Within Hubris was deleted seven years prior. This audio contained a small speech which is transcribed below:
Audio begins playing in reverse.
A distorted version of the song "My Leather, My Fur, My Nails" by Stepdad plays.
An edited version of the characters Harry and Dahlia from the game "Silent Hill" begin speaking:
Harry: "Why are you doing this?"
Dahlia: "It’s been a long seven years. For the seven years since that terrible day, WITHIN HUBRIS has been kept alive, suffering a fate worse than death. WITHIN HUBRIS has been trapped in endless cycle from which she never awakens. He has been nurtured by that nightmare, waiting for the day to be born."
This speech is originally from the game "Silent Hill". However, it has been slightly edited so it sounds like the characters are discussing Within Hubris. Additionally, the song "My Leather, My Fur, My Nails" by Stepdad is playing - a song that several players posted in remembrance of the original Within Hubris back in 2012 shortly after it was deleted.
This page's text also contained a riddle:
He locked it with the name of his dearly beloved
/(8CHAR)bris
The key was lost many years ago.
Who exactly this "He" is referring to is unknown. However, the players quickly found the answer to this puzzle. "8CHAR" is short for "Eight Characters", meaning eight letters. Adding the eight letters of "withinhu" to "bris" gives the players their answer - "withinhubris", which was "lost many years ago", just as the riddle states. This led the players to another new page:
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astralobservatory.net/hole/dive/transmission/betwixt/lock/withinhubris
This page was titled "gift".
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The players had finally found their timeline's version of Helper's Hat, though how and why it ended up within the Astral Observatory's Subspace is still a mystery...
On August 10th, 2019, GHOSTBABEL regrouped with the players.
ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ.
ʜᴏᴡ ᴀʀᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ, ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇs?
good, actually. and you? how are you so happy today?
ᴡᴇʟʟ, ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴇᴍɪɴɢʟʏ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍʏ ɪᴛᴇᴍ, ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ᴇɴᴅᴏʀsᴇᴅ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀsᴇ.
ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇɴᴛɪᴛʟᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴀɴᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇʀsᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ?
yeah, you can always talk with us
also, how is that endgame going?
ᴡᴇʟʟ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ, ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʀᴇsᴄᴇɴᴛ-ʜᴇᴀᴅᴇᴅ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ.
ᴀs ꜰᴀʀ ᴀs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇɴᴅᴇᴀᴠᴏʀ ɢᴏᴇs ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʟᴇᴀᴅ; ʙᴇsɪᴅᴇs, ᴛʜɪɴɢs ʜᴀᴠᴇ sᴜʀᴘʀɪsɪɴɢʟʏ ᴇᴀsᴇᴅ.
ɪ ᴀᴍ ɢᴜᴇssɪɴɢ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ꜰᴏʀᴇsᴇᴇɴ ʙʏ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴍᴇ ᴏʀ ɴᴏᴄᴛᴀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴇᴅ ʜɪs ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ.
ɪ sᴜᴘᴘᴏsᴇ ᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀɴᴛɪᴄɪᴘᴀᴛᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴏᴜʀ ɢᴀɪɴ, ᴀs ꜰᴀʀ ᴀs 'ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ' ɢᴏᴇs.
well, as long as we can still talk to moonman is all nice
sᴏᴏɴ, ʜᴏᴘᴇꜰᴜʟʟʏ.
GHOSTBABEL seems quite pleased with the players' efforts and claim that they're currently following a lead to uncover Moonman's location. Additionally, something has happened recently that has divided Nocta's attention... This is most likely referencing some activity that took place on Discord involving the mysterious spectrum of entities from before. However, once again, this will be covered in the next story page.
On August 12th, 2019, GHOSTBABEL returned to the players with another update:
ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴠᴇɴɪɴɢ.
ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛɪɴɢ.
ɪ ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴛᴇᴍ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇᴅ ɪɴ ɴᴜᴍᴇʀᴏᴜs ᴡᴀʏs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴄᴇᴘᴛᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀʏ ꜰɪɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴏꜰ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛ.
((The audio file "interceptedmessage.mp3" is sent.))
Sound like whispers
It's the beeping that interests me.
Who was this message from and who was it sent to?
sᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ɪs ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ sᴇᴇᴍs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ɴᴏᴄᴛᴀ. ᴛʜɪs ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇsᴛ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴅᴏ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇsᴄʀᴀᴍʙʟᴇ ɪᴛ.
ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs sɪɢɴɪꜰɪᴄᴀɴᴛʟʏ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɢᴀʀʙᴀɢᴇ (ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴄʀʏᴘᴛɪᴄ sᴇᴄ ʟᴀɴɢ) ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ɪ ᴅᴇᴄᴏᴅᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴛʜɪs ᴍᴜᴄʜ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ ᴠᴇʀsɪᴏɴ sᴏᴜɴᴅs sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴄʟᴏsᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴠ sᴛᴀᴛɪᴄ.
ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏs ᴀs ꜰᴀʀ ᴀs ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴛʜɪs ɪɴ ʀᴇɢᴀʀᴅs ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪs ᴡʜʏ ɪ ʙʀɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ.
ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴀɴ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄʜᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇ ʟᴀʙᴇʟᴇᴅ 'ᴏɴ ᴍᴍ'. ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ɪsɴ'ᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪɢᴜʀᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ.
sɪɴᴄᴇ ɪ sᴛɪʟʟ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ꜰᴜʟꜰɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙᴀʀɢᴀɪɴ, ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴡ ᴀ sᴛᴇᴘ ᴄʟᴏsᴇʀ.
GHOSTBABEL reveals that the used Helper's Hat to retrieve a message that was sent to Nocta. This message was labelled "On Moonman", though its sender is unknown. Regardless, the message itself contained some distorted whispering and morse code that translated to the word "ENTRANCEMENT". The meaning behind this is unknown...
As an aside, we haven't heard much from our mutual friend in a long time. Have you?
ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ɪsᴏᴄᴇʟᴇs? ɴᴏ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ʜɪᴅɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ɪꜰ ᴍᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ ɪsɴ'ᴛ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ. ɪ sᴘᴏᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴇᴀʀʟɪᴇʀ.
...ᴡᴇʟʟ, 'sᴘᴏᴋᴇ', ᴡᴇ ᴅɪsᴄᴜssᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴄʜᴀᴛᴛɪɴɢ, ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪs.
ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ?
During our little adventure to get the hat for you, we stumbled upon something of a cryptic message.
We aren't sure the significance of it, but it depicted CircleHunter's avatar with a filter over it. The title of the page was "Dead One."
Given that we're pretty sure our CircleHunter is still alive, our thoughts jumped to the thought that his counterpart in your world might be in danger.
ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ, ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ᴀssᴜʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴇ's ɴᴏᴛ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ. ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴄᴏɴꜰɪᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ.
The players bring up the mysterious "Dead One" mention to GHOSTBABEL. However, GHOSTBABEL assures them that IsocelesAssassin is still alive, leaving this "Dead One" message unexplained...
On August 13th, 2019, the players discovered another new page on Astralobservatory.net:
crescent.gif
astralobservatory.net/entrancement
This page was titled "Prisoner" and the image and audio on it were references to the "Song of Time" from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. This page also contained two pop-ups:
turiya.mp3
The following two pages were pop-up's on the page above:
temporum.gif
astralobservatory.net/entrancement/go
This page was titled "GO".
samsara.gif
astralobservatory.net/entrancement/back
This page was titled "BACK".
At the time, many players were confused about this page's purpose. Some began theorizing that this was a page GHOSTBABEL created as a part of the process to bring back Moonman. This would mean that the transmission mentioning it was actually someone notifying Nocta of its existence so that he could stop the players' attempt to bring back Moonman. Fearing for GHOSTBABEL's safety, the players began relentlessly "pinging" her. For context, "pinging" is a function on Discord that allows users to notify others users in the hopes of getting their attnetion.
However, it wasn't until August 21st, 2019 when they were finally contacted by GHOSTBABEL once again:
ɪ'ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ‘ᴘɪɴɢᴇᴅ’ sᴇᴠᴇʀᴀʟ ᴛɪᴍᴇs.
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍᴇ?
We were worried about you.
https://astralobservatory.net/entrancement
That transmission led to that page
We weren’t sure whether that was your doing or not.
ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴏʀʀʏ, ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴs ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ.
ᴀʟsᴏ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴀsᴋ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛ, ɪᴛ ɪs ᴜɴʀᴇʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪs ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ.
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪs ɪᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ, ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ?
I am guessing that communication you intercepted was them communicating nocta about the page
i think that page was one you did to bring back moonman
but im not sure, so im asking if you did it, and if so, they know it
ɪ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ, ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴅᴏᴏʀs.
ɪ ᴀᴍ sᴜʀᴘʀɪsᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜɪs ɪɴꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.
We’ve been trying to be more patient and weigh options before acting.
ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ᴡᴀsᴛᴇᴅ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴅᴇʟᴀʏ ᴀɴʏ ꜰᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀ.
ᴀs ꜰᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ, ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ, ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ɪɴ.
ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀʟᴇss ʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟsᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇʟʏ sᴜʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ…
ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ, ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ, sᴇᴇᴍs ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜs ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇxᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀɢᴇ.
GHOSTBABEL claims that they did not create the page, disproving the players' theory. This implies that this page was created by someone else - possibly by Nocta as a place to keep Moonman prisoner. GHOSTBABEL also implies that the content found on the page should have been an obvious hint on what the players should do - submitting the "Song of Time".
Afterwards, the player Jos submits the "Song of Time", as instructed. However, this resulted in something unexpected happening... The Astral Observatory Forums began heavily corrupting:
((Unarchived Filename))
astralobservatory.net/forum
This page was titled "fluxed". It also contained a pop-up:
tunccontritum.mp3
((Unarchived Audio))
The following was a pop-up on the page above:
((Unarchived Filename))
astralobservatory.net/forum/isoceles
This page was titled "a grave mistake" and contained a forum post from IsocelesAssassin titled "Re: Ascension" that read "It seems you've really screwed up time. How will you fix this?".
A hint on the page above led the players to...
((Unarchived Filename))
astralobservatory.net/forum/fluxed
This page was titled "UPWARD" and contained a forum post from Kaiden titled "Re: Ascension" that read "Praise be unto Luna for her grace has led us to this moment." and a reply from Nocta that read "It is time.". It also contained a pop-up:
tunccontritum.mp3
((Unarchived Audio))
The following was a pop-up on the page above:
((Unarchived Filename))
astralobservatory.net/forum/fluxedtrapped
This page was titled "scrambled" and contained a forum post from Moonman titled "Re: Ascension" that read "HOW DID YOU MANAGE THIS".
A hint on the page above led the players to...
((Unarchived Filename))
astralobservatory.net/forum/fluxed/upward
This page was titled "are you listening" and contained a forum post from Yuukichan titled "Re: Ascension" that read "Y O U HAVE GLIMPSED INTO THE B E Y O N D". It also contained a pop-up:
tunccontritum.mp3
((Unarchived Audio))
The following was a pop-up on the page above:
((Unarchived Filename))
astralobservatory.net/forum/fluxed/upward/desperation
This page was titled "closer?" and contained a forum post from Moonman titled "Re: Ascension" that read "PLEASE HELP".
A hint on the page above led the players to...
((Unarchived Filename))
astralobservatory.net/forum/fluxed/upward/closer
This page contained a forum post from Moonman titled "Re: Ascension" that featured the word "STUCK" repeated countless times.
potestatemmagnam.mp3
((Unarchived Audio))
The pages all featured strange forum posts from the various members of the Astral Observatory Forums. Some of them were crying out for help. Others were worshipping Luna. Some were addressing the players directly. It's clear that the players made some sort of mistake...
ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ sᴇᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴡᴇʟʟ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ɴᴏᴡʜᴇʀᴇ. ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙʀɪɴɢ ɪɴ sᴏᴍᴇ ʜᴇʟᴘ.
((IsocelesAssassin joins the Safehaven Discord server.))
Before anything, I must ask. You all DO understand how the Song of Time works, correct?
yeah
three days
Not three weeks.
I tried to get them to play it before, but we wanted to practice patience.
It’s good that you all are not rushing in blindly. I’ve warned you of such things before.
However you mustn’t be too afraid to act.
ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɴᴇs ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏᴏ ʟᴏɴɢ, ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ᴡɪɴᴅᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ sᴜᴘᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏɴɢ.
ɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪx ᴛʜᴀᴛ. ᴀʟᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴇɪɢɴᴇʀ ʜᴇʀᴇ.
And now even I am unsure what exactly is taking place in this time-space mess that once was the Astral Observatory.
ᴛʜᴇʏ ɢᴏᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴇᴀɢᴇʀ ᴀᴛᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇ, ᴀssᴀssɪɴ. ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ꜰɪɢᴜʀᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴꜰʀᴏɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇ ʟᴇss ᴇʟᴜsɪᴠᴇ.
IsocelesAssassin claims that the reason why the Astral Observatory Forums are currently corrupted is because the players waited too long to submit the "Song of Time", which usually operates within a three day window. Now, the forums are experiencing some sort of strange time-space corruption, implying that the messages currently found within it are from different timelines.
Interestingly, IsocelesAssassin claims he's warned the players about how to use The Ocarina in the past. However, the players don't recall ever having any interactions like this with him since he joined the forums... This might suggest that they've somehow spoken with him before without realizing it.
At this point, the best we can hope for is if you manage to undo what you’ve done here.
And hope that Greth will not be out of our grasp yet.
by Greth I assume you mean Moonman?
Yes, Moonman.
we could try playing Song of Double Time, and revert the timeline to its original place
Alternatively, the Song of Double Time could cause Astral Observatory to break down twice as fast.
where would we even play a song or use an item?
there’s nowhere to submit it.
That always has been a rather flexible rule, if you’ll remember.
He seems to bend it to his will, constantly changing the rules when needed.
Using your powers here likely would work, though I wouldn’t make a habit of it.
As we’ve seen in the past, it does seem to often rely on set locations, only rarely being used outside of them.
My point is simply that these powers seem to often be anchored in places, though they can rarely be used outside of them.
I have plenty of experience with them, but I don’t truly understand how exactly they work either.
IsocelesAssassin assures the players that they will likely be able to utilize The Ocarina by posting submissions within the Safehaven Discord server. However, he warns against doing this too much. He claims that The Ocarina is often "anchored" to specific places and that attempting to use it outside of those places may not work.
What it sounds like to me is we need more time.
I agree.
How do you feel about the 4th day glitch being invoked?
I disagree.
Compounding this mess with another one would likely only make matters worse.
It’s not yet time to tear it all down.
what song is this on the closer page?
Sounds like elegy of emptiness?
bruh imagine it was that
((The player Slinky uses a Discord bot command to post the "Elegy of Emptiness".))
What have you done.
YOU LITERALLY SHOULDNT HAVE DONE THAT
NOOOBOOBOBO
NOOOOOOOO
Well done.
IM SO SORRY
WE LITERALLY JUST SPENT THE PAST 20 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUBMIT SONGS IN CHAT
NOOOO SORRYYYY
I DIDNT REALIZEEEED
ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ
ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀ ʜᴜɢᴇ ᴍɪsᴛᴀᴋᴇ.
Perhaps Greth was right about there being a traitor among you.
if you guys are pointing at me, im sorry, dont purge me in a fire pls
Slinky’s not a traitor. He’s just a kid.
ʜᴇ’s ᴀʟsᴏ ᴀ ᴍᴀssɪᴠᴇ ꜰᴜᴄᴋ ᴜᴘ. ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇʙsɪᴛᴇ.
I sincerely didn’t believe it was possible for the Astral Observatory to go any further to shit but alas.
Even I have no clue what effect this will have.
While the players were carefully planning their next submission, the player Slinky accidentally submitted the "Elegy of Emptiness" by using a Discord bot. For context, there are various different programs called "Bots" that you can add to Discord servers. One of these bots has a command that can search and embed YouTube videos. In an attempt to compare some audio to the "Elegy of Emptiness", the player Slinky accidentally submitted it in the process.
As a result of the song's submission, the Astral Observatory Forums went completely offline, leaving only a default error screen in their place. In the meantime, the players began asking IsocelesAssassin more details about the Astral Timeline:
Well this is a good time to ask
IA, did you all kill Tenebris in your timeline?
You’re referring to the vote back on Youshouldnthavedonethat.net, correct?
We voted to kill.
thats what I thought. we do have other questions though.
what was your relationship with Tyler like?
Tyler was very distant after some of us failed to explain the situation to him.
He believed we were responsible for Johnisdead.com and were simply trolls. This was back in 2015.
Was he never told to go to Kevin’s?
He was, which was when he was captured by the cult.
did you get him out?
Yes. If I recall it was thanks to the usage of the Song of Soaring and the Stone Mask.
that also matches
So far, the Astral Timeline and Prime Timeline seem to share many similarities and there seem to be no major differences prior to 2017...
ok, one other question
in our timeline, Greth was stalked and haunted by someone possesed by Patrem and forcibly became his new host
it seems unlikely that happened to yours, correct?
Yes, I know Patrem dwells within your Greth.
And you’re correct, Greth in our timeline never became his host.
Who did?
I can’t tell you that.
Or rather, I feel it’d be a bad idea.
A bad idea as in it would get you hurt, or make us suspicious of something?
Both, in a way.
Also, Greth certainly believed there to be a traitor, and I can understand why he did.
Did he have any leads on who it was?
Again, that’s something I can’t say yet.
Unfortunately, IsocelesAssassin refuses to say who Patrem possessed in 2018 in the Astral Timeline. He believes that revealing this would potentially put him in danger and somehow make the players suspicious... Additionally, he also refuses to say who it was exactly that Moonman believed to be a traitor - likely for the same reasons.
IA, you know who yugi is?
Just as Greth said, Yugi was a newcomer in the Internet Detectives. A Spanish user.
do you know if José was around?
I don’t ever recall José appearing at all.
If I’m remembering correctly, the Lunar Children site remained inactive after 2016 or so.
What’s your Tyler’s situation?
I don’t know the exact specifics as details are scarce. Nocta has been playing it a lot more safely as of late.
I only know that Tyler is being held somewhere until further notice.
At least, that’s what I’ve been able to decipher from what information I’ve been able to get a hold of.
After further questioning, the players do manage to find some interesting differences between the two timelines. First, José never appeared in the Astral Timeline. Because of this, Lunarchildren.com remained offline after 2016. Secondly, the Astral Timeline version of Tyler is currently being held somewhere - presumably after being kidnapped again... IsocelesAssassin implies that Nocta is aware of this and possibly involved to some degree.
Isoceles, any chance you could help us with a cipher?
Solve it yourself, "adventurer".
Harsh
I can’t spoonfeed you and time is scarce.
ok
is there anything else you want to tell us?
Only what I’ve told you all in the past.
Before departing, IsocelesAssassin once again implies that they've spoken to the players in the past...
On August 23rd, 2019, GHOSTBABEL returned with another update:
ᴅᴇsᴘᴀɪʀ ɴᴏᴛ ʏᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟs, ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴘᴜʀᴘᴏsᴇ.
Well that sounds good. I for one was despairing pretty hard.
So if you’ve got some good news that’d be great.
ɴᴏ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴡʜʏ ɪ ᴀᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ.
ɪ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ sᴏ ᴘᴀssɪᴠᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛs, sɪɴᴄᴇ ɪ ꜰᴀᴄᴇᴅ ᴀ ʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ǫᴜᴀɴᴅʀʏ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴅᴀʏᴅʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ.
ᴍʏ ᴘᴜʀᴘᴏsᴇ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ǫᴜᴇsᴛ, ᴀs ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇᴅ, ɪs ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʏᴏᴜ sᴏʟᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇs ᴏɴ ᴀᴏ sᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅs ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ ɢᴏᴀʟ ᴏꜰ sᴛᴏᴘᴘɪɴɢ ᴍᴏᴏɴ ᴄᴜʟᴛ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ.
sᴏ ɪ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴄʟᴜsɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ʜᴇʟᴘɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏᴜᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs ᴄɪʀᴄᴜᴍsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴡᴀs ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɢᴏᴀʟ, ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ. ɴᴏ ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ, ɴᴏ ᴛʀᴀᴅᴇs. ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀsᴛ ᴅᴇᴀʟ.
sᴏ ɪ ᴅɪᴅ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴅɪɢɢɪɴɢ.
Appreciate you taking that on. What did you find?
ɪsᴏᴄᴇʟᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴛʜɪɴɢs.
ɪ'ᴍ ʟᴇss ᴏꜰ ᴀɴ ᴇxᴘᴇʀᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀs ᴏꜰ ɪʟʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ᴇʟᴅʀɪᴛᴄʜ ɴᴇʀᴅ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ, ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇ sᴏʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ɪs ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʀɪᴀʟ, ᴇʀʀᴏʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ.
sᴏ ᴡᴇ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀʟʟɪᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪᴅ sᴏᴍᴇ ʀᴇsᴇᴀʀᴄʜ.
ɪ ᴀssᴜᴍᴇ ᴀᴛ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀsᴋ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀʟʟɪᴇs, ɪ ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴡ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢɪɴɢ, sɪɴᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ᴄʀᴀᴠᴇ ɪɴꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡᴇ'ʟʟ sᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ɴᴏᴡ.
I don’t suppose someone had a perfect solution to fix both our temporal fuck-up and whatever the Elegy did?
ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ʜᴏɴᴇsᴛ, ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴇɢʏ ᴅɪᴅ. ɪᴛ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴʟʏ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sʜᴜᴛᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴀᴛᴏʀʏ sɪᴛᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄɪʀᴄᴜᴍsᴛᴀɴᴛɪᴀʟ.
ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴛᴀsɪs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴛᴇ ɪɴ ᴡᴀs ɪɴ ɪᴛsᴇʟꜰ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀꜰᴜʟ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ, ᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ– ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴇɢʏ sᴏɴɢ ɪs ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴍᴏʀᴇ sɪɴɪsᴛᴇʀ.
ᴛʏᴘɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴇɢʏ sᴏɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇs ᴀ ᴄʟᴏɴᴇ sᴛᴀᴛᴜᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇʀ ᴡʜᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏs ɪᴛ, ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ? ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋs ɪɴ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ.
ᴏᴛʜᴇʀᴡɪsᴇ ɪ'ᴍ sᴜʀᴇ sʟɪɴᴋʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ sᴀɪᴅ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴀ ᴡᴇɪʀᴅ sᴛᴀᴛᴜᴇ ɪɴ ʜɪs ʀᴏᴏᴍ.
sᴏ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇᴀʙʟᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪs sɪɴɪsᴛᴇʀ sᴏʀᴄᴇʀʏ sᴏʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏɢɪᴄ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜɪs ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴀꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛs ᴏᴜʀ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ.
ᴡᴇʟʟ, ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛɪᴇs, ɪ ɢᴜᴇss. ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙᴇɪɴɢ sᴀɪᴅ, ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ ᴡᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏɴɢ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴇʀʀɪʙʟᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴛ.
sᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴇᴇᴅ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴅᴇᴄᴏɴsᴛʀᴜᴄᴛɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛs. ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ ɪᴛ.
ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ᴅɪᴠᴇ ɪ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴍᴀʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴠᴇʀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇʙsɪᴛᴇ, ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ.
Well that’s good news, at least. What needs to be done?
ᴛʜᴀᴛ’s ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇsᴛ ɴᴇᴡs ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ. ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ, ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇɴᴅ. ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴄᴀᴘᴀʙʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ.
ʜᴇʀᴇ's ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ…
ᴡᴇ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇʙsɪᴛᴇ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴄᴏɪɴᴄɪᴅᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ sᴘᴇᴄᴛᴀᴄᴜʟᴀʀʟʏ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜs ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛ.
ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ sᴛʀᴏɴɢ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴜʀɴɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇʙsɪᴛᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴏɴ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴜᴘ ᴏᴜʀ ᴅɪᴍᴇɴsɪᴏɴs ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ᴀʟʙᴇɪᴛ ʙʀɪᴇꜰʟʏ, ɪɴ ᴀ sɪᴍɪʟᴀʀ sᴄᴀʟᴇ ᴀs ᴛᴏ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴇɢʏ sᴏɴɢ ᴡᴀs ᴘʟᴀʏᴇᴅ.
ɴᴏᴛ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ, ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ I'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏɴɢ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛ ᴛʜɪs ᴡɪʟʟ ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ.
ɪᴛ's ᴀʟsᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ sᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇɴsᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇʙsɪᴛᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴠᴇʀᴛɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ ᴄʏᴄʟᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ɪɴ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴇɢʏ sᴏɴɢ ᴡᴀs ᴘʟᴀʏᴇᴅ.
ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀʀɢᴇsᴛ ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ɪs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛs ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴜs ᴄʟᴏsᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ʀᴇᴀʟᴍs ᴅᴇsᴄʀɪʙᴇᴅ ʙʏ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴀs ᴘᴀʀᴀʟʟᴇʟᴏs, ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜs ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛs ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴏᴜʀ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛɪᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴄʟᴏsᴇʟʏ ʙʀɪᴅɢᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ.
GHOSTBABEL has offered to fix Astralobservatory.net, realizing that doing so could technically fall under their role of assisting the players in ultimately accessing the Subspace. In order to do this, they will revert the website back to how it was during its chaotic, temporally warped state. However, GHOSTBABEL warns that this will be dangerous because it will potentially allow something from within the Parallelos to slip in...
We know the Astral Observatory website is down, and that it was previously in a state of temporal flux.
What does that actually mean outside of the website, though?
Are the people that post on the website actually effected by these things?
ᴡᴇʟʟ, ʏᴜᴜᴋɪ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴀꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ, sɪɴᴄᴇ sʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴀsᴄᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ.
ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ᴀ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟɪᴀʀɪᴛʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴘɪʀɪᴛs ᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴜɴᴛ ᴊᴏʜɴɪsᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴀs ᴀsᴄᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ sᴏᴜʟs, ɪᴛ sᴇᴇᴍs ʏᴜᴜᴋɪ ɪs ᴍᴜᴄʜ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ᴘʀɪsᴏɴᴇʀ, ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ᴀs ᴀ sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ʙɪɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴊᴏʜɴɪsᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏᴘᴇɴ; ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ.
ɢʀᴇᴛʜ ɪs ᴀʟsᴏ sᴇᴇᴍɪɴɢʟʏ ᴀꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ. ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟsᴇ ɪs ᴊᴜsᴛ ꜰʀᴜsᴛʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴꜰᴜsᴇᴅ, ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɴᴏᴄᴛᴀ.
ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ sɪᴍᴘʟʏ sᴇᴇɪɴɢ ʙɪᴛs ᴏꜰ ᴀsᴛʀᴀʟ ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴀᴛᴏʀʏ ɪɴ ꜰʟᴜx. sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪs sᴛᴜꜰꜰ ɪs ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴛ, sᴏᴍᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ɪᴛ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ.
xᴄᴇᴘᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ, ɪsᴏᴄᴇʟᴇs, ʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴍᴀɴᴇᴜᴇᴠᴇʀ sᴜᴄʜ ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴏʀᴀʟ ꜰʟᴜxᴇs ꜰᴀɪʀʟʏ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ꜰɪʀsᴛ.
Yeah, we saw it. Basically telling us we messed up.
ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀʏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ɪs ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ʜᴀʀsʜ ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ. ʜᴇ’s ᴅᴇᴀʟᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟsᴇ.
GHOSTBABEL clarifies that Yuukichan's spirit is indeed being held as a prisoner. They also speculate that her spirit is being used to bind Astralobservatory.net and Johnisdead.com... GHOSTBABEL also reiterates that the forum posts that the players were seeing were various different timelines.
ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏs, ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪᴛ’s ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇsᴛ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ᴅᴏ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ'ᴍ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ɢᴇɴᴜɪɴᴇ, ᴅᴇsᴘɪᴛᴇ ᴍʏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴄᴇʟʟ sᴄʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ ɪɴ ʀɪɢʜᴛᴇᴏᴜs ꜰᴜʀʏ ꜰᴏʀ ʙᴇɪɴɢ sᴏ ᴋɪɴᴅ.
Well... It’s a massive risk, bringing your timeline closer to the parallelos.
But our other option is doing nothing, being blind to the enemy’s activities and leaving Moonman in stasis.
ɪᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇ ᴍʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇs.
ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴅʀᴀᴡ ᴀʟʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛɪᴇs ᴄʟᴏsᴇʀ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇs ᴡᴇ'ᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴠᴏɪᴅ.
ᴡʜᴏ's ᴛᴏ sᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴀꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴇɢʏ ᴡᴀs ᴍɪɴᴇ?
ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪɴᴏʀ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀᴏ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ?
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʀɪsᴋʏ ᴄᴏɴsᴇǫᴜᴇɴᴄᴇ ɪs ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀs? ɪ ᴛʀᴜʟʏ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ.
ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏs ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴡᴀɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜɪs ɪᴅᴇᴀ ɪs ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ. ʟᴏɴɢᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴛᴇ ɪs ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀʀ ᴡᴏʀsᴇ ᴄʀᴇsᴄᴇɴᴛ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ɪs, ɪ'ᴅ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇ.
Yeah, we don’t really have another option, here.
ᴏᴋ ᴛʜᴇɴ, ɢᴇᴛ ʀᴇᴀᴅʏ.
Shortly afterward, Astralobservatory.net returned - albeit in its broken, time warped state.
The players acted quickly. Hoping to stabilize the temporal chaos, they submitted the "Inverted Song of Time". Thankfully, this submission was a success, undoing the chaos inflicted by the "Song of Time". The Astral Observatory Forums returned, though Moonman was no longer banned and Nocta's post regarding him was gone.
On August 24th, 2019, the players saw a surprise visitor become active in their chatroom:
Tenebris is here already, we can’t undo that, and I’m sorry 4 that again, but we also opened the door for moonman right?
I don’t think so. He’s still trapped.
No i’m not
Oh shit.
How're you feeling?
To be honest not great
I have had a strange time recently
Don’t overtax yourself, I imagine you’ve been through a lot. What exactly happened to you?
I am going to try and explain this best as I can so please don’t think I’m crazy
I can’t really explain it, but it was like I was exactly where I normally am, but also not.
You can tell you’re in a different space, and then eventually you realize it’s a completely different place
and then slowly reality becomes this nightmarish psychedelic vision of echoing traumas - but also maybe not
that is how I perceived it and it was terrible
That sounds so bad
At some point I heard a song. It was soothing and I felt like I was being drawn back towards home
but the second song just ripped shit asunder and i saw something and then it ran off into somewhere
well after that i continued to follow where the first had been leading me, but everything was moving too fast
the third song that played made me realize it was all of you and i reached out you pulled me back here
i saw another thing, just like the second time -it was different, but also scary
let me just say it's literally indescribable, but the only thing i can like really summon up into words is orange, weirdly
Just so I’m sure I get it, you saw one thing when the second song played, then when you were leaving you saw a second, different thing?
yes
two separate entities
Moonman is safe and back home. He describes a bit of what he witnessed. He claims that his surroundings seemed normal at first, but over time they slowly warped and became more nightmarish. When the players played the "Song of Time", he felt as though he were being called back home... However, upon the submission of the "Elegy of Emptiness", his surroundings became much more chaotic. He also witnessed some sort of entity run off somewhere... Later on, the submission of the "Inverted Song of Time" slowed the chaos, allowing Moonman to find his way back home. However, on his way back, he witnessed an indescribable entity that he could only describe as "orange" - possibly something that snuck in from the Parallelos, as warned by GHOSTBABEL.
That lines up with what we know.
The second song being the Elegy, and GB doing his giggery-pokery to bring AO back doing something similar.
wait, GB?
GhostBabel, yeah. You met him. I think you called him edgy and made fun of his font.
it just makes me think of something i saw while i was there
right before the last song was played i saw an image
IT'S ON MY DRIVE
WHAT THE FUCK
ɪᴛ’s sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ, ɪ ᴡᴀs ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴛᴏ ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴛᴇ ᴏɴʟɪɴᴇ. ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ɢᴇᴛ sᴏ ꜰʟᴜsᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴍʏ ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ’s ʙᴇɴᴇꜰɪᴄɪᴀʟ.
wljfhaslkdfg
i didnt type that
uhh.
Hi, GB.
Moonman found GHOSTBABEL's avatar in his computer files, much to his surprise. Shortly afterwards, GHOSTBABEL began chatting with the players. Again, much to Moonman's surprise...
ʏᴏᴜ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀʟʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇ ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴅᴏ ʙʏ ɴᴏᴡ, ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪ'ᴅ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠᴇɴᴇ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴀɴʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴇᴅ ꜰɪɴɢᴇʀs ᴜɴɴᴇᴄᴇssᴀʀɪʟʏ.
this is really fucked
and stop dele
ɪ'ᴍ sᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʏᴘɪɴɢstop
Y’all. Take turns.
eklfa;w;jflalwr56y
i think he’s stopped for now
motherfucker
he took over chrome and put me on EDGE
on my SECOND screen
ᴛᴜᴛ ᴛᴜᴛ. ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀ ʙʀᴏᴡsᴇʀ.
fuck
lol
Why are you in Moonman’s PC?
ɪ ᴜsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴜsᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴇʟᴏǫᴜᴇɴᴛ ʟᴀɴᴜᴀɢᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴡɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇ ɪ'ᴍ ᴀ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴘsʏᴄʜᴏᴘᴀᴛʜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴡᴇɪʀᴅ ʜᴏɴᴏʀ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ?
After the two squabble for a bit, GHOSTBABEL finally returns to using their own separate Discord account.
Moonman, do you have any idea how you actually got into that state?
I know it was nocta somehow, or at least he coordinated it
Well, Babel is a good and classic internet Troll
ᴜɢʜ, ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ ᴀs ᴀɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ᴛʀᴏʟʟ.
ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɢʀᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀɴ sᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ʟᴏᴡʟʏ sᴇʟꜰ ᴀssᴜᴀɢɪɴɢ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴀs ᴛʜᴀᴛ.
ᴍʏ ᴇᴠɪʟ ɪs ʟᴇss ᴊᴏʟʟɪᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀʀᴛ.
psychopath is right I guess
I mean you type in a special way, you mess around sometimes but you also help us, idk that sounds a lot like a hs troll to me lol, jk
ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ sᴜʀᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜs ʀᴇꜰᴇʀs ᴛᴏ ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ʀᴇꜰᴜsᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ. ɢᴏᴏᴅʙʏᴇ.
homestuck bitch
aw he left
I don’t think this is over but thank you all
I am going to eat and rest
No, it’s not over yet. But at least you’re safe now. Take care man.
Moonman confirms that Nocta was somehow involved in the attack that led to his miserable state. Meanwhile, GHOSTBABEL leaves in disgust at the mention of Homestuck.
Ultimately, the players had successfully rescued one of their allies. In the process, they had gained two new ones. Unfortunately, this required the players to invite an unknown "orange" foe into their world...
However, before we continue on, we must first go back to the beginning of the Our Horizon Arc and continue following the complex story of two battling entities...
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