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The story so far...
In the previous section, Kaiden seemed to slowly be turning against Nocta - likely due to the tragedy that involved Yuukichan. Instead, he now seemed to be growing a bit more fond of Moonman and the players... He also uploaded an abridged retelling of his and Yuukichan's various roleplay stories. Around this same time, another member of the Astral Observatory finally returned to the forums - IsocelesAssassin, who claimed that he had been working with some like-minded individuals for a few years despite only being gone for around eight months...
Meanwhile, the players were approached by a somewhat callous but powerful ally - GHOSTBABEL. GHOSTBABEL was an entity akin to a sentient computer virus who was now assisting the players because they owe a favor to IsocelesAssassin. GHOSTBABEL's main objective was to slowly chip away at the security surrounding the Subspace. However, this would take quite a bit of time... In the meantime, they would occasionally bargain with the players. The players offered to assist GHOSTBABEL in the future with The Ocarina if they told them a secret. GHOSTBABEL accepted this offer and revealed a startling truth to the players - most of their Astral Timeline counterparts were betrayed and killed.
Moonman later elaborated on this, claiming that this took place in either late 2017 or early 2018. The only survivors were himself, a Spanish Internet Detective named Yugi, and IsocelesAssassin, who is revealed to be the Astral Timeline version of the player Circlehunter. Additionally, Moonman reveals that Nocta himself actually joined the Internet Detectives in early 2017, only to later leave shortly before the others were killed. However, despite how suspicious he is, Nocta is supposedly not responsible for killing off the Astral Internet Detectives... Aside from Nocta's presence, another strange difference between the two timelines is that José never appeared in the Astral Timeline.
Shortly after revealing this, Nocta banned Moonman from the Astral Observatory Forums. However, GHOSTBABEL informed the players that this was just a simple cover story and that Moonman was actually in far greater danger. GHOSTBABEL offered to help the players rescue Moonman. This came with a cost, though - GHOSTBABEL wanted the players to find Helper's Hat and give it to them. Thankfully, this wasn't too difficult. After breaking open a small portion of the Subspace on Astralobservatory.net, the players were able to enter it and find Helper's Hat - specifically the one from their timeline, as Helper's Hat from the Astral Timeline was in IsocelesAssassin's possession. Strangely, they also discovered what appeared to be a dead version of the player Circlehunter within the Subspace as well - despite the fact that Circlehunter and IsocelesAssassin were both still alive...
Regardless, the players returned to GHOSTBABEL and gave them Helper's Hat. GHOSTBABEL then proceeded to use it to retrieve a transmission meant for Nocta - one that revealed where Moonman was currently trapped within Astralobservatory.net. However, upon finding this location, the players weren't entirely sure what to do next... Unfortunately, they waited too long, resulting in their eventual submission of the "Song of Time" glitching the website. Astralobservatory.net's situation worsened with the accidental submission of the "Elegy of Emptiness". Luckily, GHOSTBABEL was able to revert the website back to its previous state, allowing the players to fix their mess and save Moonman. However, doing this also allowed an unknown "orange" entity to slip into our world... Regardless, Moonman was safe for now.
Meanwhile, back on the Silentdork YouTube channel, two strange entities were seemingly struggling for control over one another. One of these entities was far more malicious while the other was a bit more friendly... The malicious entity seemingly wanted to kill someone or something so that it could finally die. The friendly warned that the malicious entity wished to confused and mislead the players. The friendly entity also claimed that it would soon have to begin using some sort of symbols to speak with the players.
While all of the above was taking place, these two entities continued conversing with the players over Discord...
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
IsocelesAssassin
GHOSTBABEL
Yuukichan
Kaiden
Zoromichi
Entity #1
Entity #2
Orange
Entity
Tenebris
Other Characters
John
Regiminis
Mat
Hubbard
Astral
Tyler
Yugi
NotAHoax
Doug
Alex
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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423
592
727
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
Wyndstrom Institute
Y
Youshouldnthavedonethat.net
YSHDT.com
Z
Zora Link
Story
Before beginning this story page, please note the following:
Notice: Most of the events that will be covered on this page were actually happening simultaneously with the events found on the previous story page - Chapter 25. These two different plot threads have simply been split across two separate pages for the sake of readability and clarity.
Notice: This story page follows the plot thread of the two enigmatic entities that were previously seen speaking through the Silentdork account. If you need a refresher, please read the first section of the previous story page - Chapter 25.
Back on July 9th, 2019, two entities began speaking through the Silentdork YouTube channel after the video "| | | | | |" was uploaded. The first entity, which we will be calling "Entity #1", was a malicious trickster who enjoyed misleading the players. This entity claimed that he wished to kill someone or something so that he himself could die.
Meanwhile, the second entity, which we'll call "Entity #2", was a bit more benevolent. This entity took time to warn the players about Entity #1. He also seemingly implied that two out-of-character actions from Jadusable in the past were somehow involved in Entity #1's trickery - specifically "Methods of Revolution" and an April Fools prank titled "king kong.wmv". Entity #2 also claimed that it would be using some sort of symbols to speak to the players in future conversations.
This was all very confusing and unexpected for the players, but they didn't have much time to mull it over as their attention was pulled back to the Astral Observatory Forums. However, while all of the events of the previous story page were taking place, these two enigmatic entities continued interacting with the players elsewhere...
On July 22nd, 2019, the player Jos noticed that the Silentdork YouTube channel had left a comment in a rather unusual place - a music video by nelward for a song titled "getting better". This comment read as follows:
This goes out to an old friend. hope to see you again Jacob.
Given the Silentdork channel's recent activity, we can assume that this was actually posted by either Entity #1 or Entity #2. However, given the cryptic nature of these entities and the fact that they're both speaking through the same account, it can be difficult to tell which one is speaking at any given time...
Regardless, one of these entities was clearly missing Jacob - Tyler's friend who disappeared back in 2009. The player ARGdov responded to this comment with "who do you mean?". In response, the Silentdork account shared a link to another player's comment - one that simply read "IM GOING TO CATCH YOU". However, scrolling down further revealed that the Silentdork account responded to this player with a link to another music video from "nelward" - "GHOSTS".
Here, the players found another comment from the Silentdork account. However, this one simply contained empty corrupted spaces - similar to the ones that were previously used in a video presumably from Tenebris uploaded on March 24th, 2017.
On July 26th, 2019, the players saw a surprise visitor in the Internet Detectives Discord server - a user named Tyler00.
Hello, you’ve been looking for me.
Tyler00 also posted the following image:
Tyler00 seemed to be in a strange green-colored environment - presumably the Parallelos, as suggested by Entity #1 back on YouTube. Additionally, he had a sign that read "Help me" followed by a series of lines - not too unlike the title of "| | | | | |".
Being honest with you, I don’t know where I am.
Everything is... dark. I can hear birds and the sounds of the leaves being crushed on my steps.
But there is nothing. No space. No dimensions. Yet, I have a feeling of being outdoors.
I feel like i’m l̖̣̘o͔̘s̗͙ͅţͅ ̩̹i̪̮̕n̲̩ ̜̀f͇͘o̜͖̗r͔e̟s̖̥͙t͖̟ͅ
Here, Tyler claims that he's "lost in forest" - a quote that's been said many times throughout the story. It seems as though he's currently lost within a section of the Parallelos that's akin to a forest... However, several players noticed that Tyler was speaking a bit oddly. This led to some believing that this may not actually be Tyler - or perhaps that this was actually a gamejack. For context, a "Gamejack" is an event in which a player pretends to be canon and misleads the players, essentially "hijacking" the story.
Parallelos?
Lvl 100 spooky
That word... Where did I hear it?
I don’t know, it's dark and they are coming.
They want me - a ritual that started years ago must be finished.
Wait, why do I know that? This is confusing.
Uuuh
The song! I need the song
Wait, fuck. I can't find it on the archives
What song? What are you talking about?
We used to link music on the forums.
Wait, why I know this - who is telling me all of this? What the hell is happening!
GET THE FUCK OUT
I AM IN CONTROL NOW
YOU ARE JUST A INSIGNIFICANT ONE NOW
NO I DONT WANT TO GO BACK
Tyler seems to remember the word "Parallelos" and recalls how the players used to use The Ocarina on Within Hubris. However, he isn't quite sure why he knows this. Suddenly, another entity seemingly takes control of his account, calling him insignificant.
Shortly afterwards, another video was uploaded to Silentdork - "Slinking", which is possibly a reference to the player Slinky.
Description
That is what I caught this urchin doing
Just like the rest they must all use faces
Just like the rest they must all use names
Its been a long time. We are just like them but better. I cant stop it. The game will continue soon. #yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.finish
Maybe this one will keep this face, but never take MY name.
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This video simply features a darkened image of the player Mugen Kagemaru's face as a slow, disturbing track plays in the background.
Summary
- This video features a dark image of the player Mugen Kagemaru's face accompanied by a disturbing track.
This video contains a distorted image of the player Mugen Kagemaru. Additionally, its description spoke about using and taking faces and names. What exactly this is referring to and its relevance to the player in question is unknown... Regardless, this all sounds very reminiscent of the Absque Fascie - Luna's faceless followers who are said to take mankind as their "masks".
Back in the Internet Detectives Discord server, the Tyler00 account became active once again:
which one are you?
It’s me, Tyler
Do you remember speaking to us back in 2015?
Yes, I do... Can i ask for something? I’m looking for substance, can I have some?
I was refering to £å¢ê§, the essence.
I need them.
faces?
We must 𝒶丂ѕ𝓲мιｌάｔᗴ them for Ꮇą₴ｋᔕ
It's clear that whoever is speaking through the Tyler00 account is not Tyler, given their sudden request for "faces" and their desire to "assimilate them for masks". It's likely that the entity speaking here is the same one seen speaking in the description of the video above.
Afterwards, another video was uploaded to Silentdork - "fascie".
Description
And they will take more. They will build up my world with you. His world was fake, ours will be real, because it was never his it was mine and ours. g𝐢𝓋є υŞ 𝓶ｏ尺ᗴ m̷͇̮̭̫̰̼̯̦̬̈̈̈́͊̉̀͗͠αʂƙʂ
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This video consists of several photos of people quickly flashing on screen. These photos are the avatars of various users who commented on the Silentdork video "Slinking".
Summary
- This video contains various distorted faces of users who commented on the video "Slinking".
This video contains corrupted photos of various users who commented on the previous upload - "Slinking". Judging by this video's description, it was uploaded by the same entity that was speaking through the Tyler00 account. Interestingly, this entity claims that "they" will take more - possibly referring to the Absque Fascie taking more faces. Afterwards, "they" will build up this entity's world by using these faces. Additionally, this entity claims that "His world was fake, ours will be real, because it was never his it was mine and ours." - possibly referring to Fakeworld. However, the context surrounding this is rather vague...
On July 27th, 2019, the player Slinky discovered another YouTube comment from Silentdork. This comment was posted on another video from "nelward" - specifically, his music video for the song "Sleepwalk":
Vincent, wake up
This comment was similar to his previous one in which he mentioned Jacob. At the very least, this seems to imply that Vincent is still alive despite the fact that he hasn't been heard from since 2016.
As mentioned on the previous story page, Johnisdead.com was locked on August 6th, 2019. Again, the sign-in text simply read "Aggregation in progress".
However, on August 9th, 2019, the players would receive a very interesting update. For reference, this was the same night that the players broke into a portion of the Subspace to find Helper's Hat. It was also the seven year anniversary of Within Hubris's deletion back in 2012.
On this same night, a strange Discord account became active - "IIIII". This account was previously named "Glad Mans" and was used for Tyler's various out-of-character interactions with the players. However, on this night, the account suddenly underwent a change and was now being used for canon purposes... The five I's making up its name were eerily reminiscent of the |'s that made up the title of a recent Silentdork video. Additionally, the account's avatar of a pixelated soda can now had some Elder Futhark runes on it that seemed to read as follows: "ᚨ ᚲᛖᛃ", or "A KEY". For context, these were the same type of runes that Tyler was studying back in 2018.
The following conversation with the enigmatic IIIII account took place in both a text chat and a voice call within the Internet Detectives Discord server:
((A voice can be heard yelling in the Discord call.))
is tyler dying or something
I see a M on that
FXMH, what does it stand for 🤔
Read the runes my friends
One of the few things I have right now that he cant catch up with fast enough
should we use a weather song or something
NO
You cannot use these things just yet for me
The entity using the IIIII account refers to the players as his friends. He also confirms that the symbols in his avatar are runes and claims that he's using them because "he can't catch up with them fast enough". This seems to imply that this entity is currently running from someone. Alternatively, it may suggest that they're simply using these runes to keep something a secret from someone who can't read them...
Also, this entity quickly shuts down a players' suggestion to use The Ocarina and claims that the players cannot use their powers on them yet.
are you 'our' tyler?
ASK
fascie
The players took this as a sign that they should submit their questions in the comment section of the video "fascie". The player otherLiam attempted this, asking the following:
Would you like a key?
The
What exactly this meant was a mystery... However, the fact that the same entity was able to continue the conversation onto YouTube implies something rather important - the entity currently speaking through the IIIII Discord account is either Entity #1 or Entity #2. It is most likely Entity #2 given the fact that it is somewhat benevolent. Also, their use of Runes is possibly the "symbols" that they said they would have to use later on.
Likewise, this might suggest that the character that Entity #2 is running from is actually Entity #1, as it was seemingly implied that the two were in some sort of struggle.
Shortly afterwards, the Silentdork account posted another message:
one of his names
This is likely referring to the video's title - "fascie". However, who exactly "he" is referring to is a bit unclear. It could be referring to either Tyler or Entity #1.
Back on Discord, Entity #2 continued chatting:
return to othila with the name and key
this riddle shall give you but a glimpse, it is all I can give you now with my power.
a key The a user an absque
The "Othila" mentioned here is an Elder Futhark rune - "ᛟ", or "O". However, the rune also represents "home" or "heritage". Essentially, this message is telling the players to return home with the name and key. Many players took this to suggest that Entity #2 was attempting to give the players the username and password to access Johnisdead.com.
Afterwards, the IIIII account posted two heavily distorted audio files:
please dont leave just yet
missed
I
I did it.
Faut... Missed...
This is a reference to an old player named Faut who is no longer active.. It seems Entity #2 is claiming that they miss them...
Afterwards, Entity #2 gave the players a more direct hint:
user: f
pass: T
This was enough for the players to put the pieces together. After some trial and error, the finally uncovered the login information to Johnisdead.com. The username was "fascie" and the password was "The key", explaining some of Entity #2's previous cryptic comments.
The front page of Johnisdead was now completely different. The page was now titled "enter" and contained an image that was also found in the Subspace - "portal.gif". It also featured some distorted audio titled "landingpage.mp3" and hidden text within its source that read "/door".
Back on Discord, Entity #2 said the following:
{{{0}}}
I can’t hold it for long.
He's watching.
Is Nocta the one watching you?
No... Nocta's just another-
Here, Entity #2 implies that they're the one currently holding Johnisdead.com open for the players. However, they cannot do this for very long because "He's watching" - possibly referring to Entity #1.
Back on Johnisdead.com, the players discovered a few new pages:
openup.gif
johnisdead.com/door
This page was titled "knock knock" and contained text hidden in its source code that read "LET US IN". It also contained a pop-up:
giants.mp3
((Unarchived Audio))
The following was a pop-up on the page above:
wearehere.gif
johnisdead.com/door/inside
This page was titled "INSIDE".
The pop-up above also contained a second image overlaying the first - one that was titled "fallin.gif":
The symbols in this image are yet more runes that spell out "ᚺᛟᛚᛖ", or "HOLE".
This led to the discovery of more updated pages:
hole.gif
johnisdead.com/hole
This page was titled "hole".
future.mp3
((Unarchived Audio))
Remaining on the page above for too long would redirect players to...
fall.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall
This page was titled "fall".
future.mp3
((Unarchived Audio))
Over on Discord, Entity #2 gave the players the following hint:
Rise.
This quickly led to the discovery of another new page:
a.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/rise
This page was titled "rise".
future.mp3
((Unarchived Audio))
Back on Discord, Entity #2 continued:
I’m behind a gate.
Once again, leading to another new discovery:
notready.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/rise/gate
This page was titled "gate".
future.mp3
((Unarchived Audio))
Meanwhile, Entity #2 gave more clues:
When the bastion fell.
Behind brisgate.
when it fell was seven years ago today
Miss you...
This led to the reveal of another new page:
ggg.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/rise/gate/brisgate
This page was titled "gate". It also featured the following four pop-up's:
The following four pages were pop-up's on the page above:
1.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/rise/gate/brisgate/1
This page was titled "gate".
2.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/rise/gate/brisgate/2
This page was titled "gate".
3.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/rise/gate/brisgate/3
This page was titled "gate".
4.gif
johnisdead.com/hole/fall/rise/gate/brisgate/4
This page was titled "gate".
The full context of what exactly this gate and the "Bris Gate" are is unknown. Regardless, Entity #2 claims that he is currently behind it.
He's still building.
Kevin.
Three are gone.
History always repeats.
One... Two... Three... and Me.
good night old friends. Hopefully you will see this because I cant send another one.
We are watching me closely now. I'll be waiting with the dark.
I can only change once this ends. but once this ends we change. "I miss us"
O.s.i.K. remember this, only me and john ever said it. Its how you can find the real me
Entity #2 claims that Kevin is still building - possibly referring to Johnisdead.com itself. This means that not only is Regiminis still active, he's also somehow empowering the portal that he was once said to govern - Johnisdead.com.
Afterwards, Entity #2 wishes the players goodnight. Strangely, he claims that "We are watching me closely now. I'll be waiting with the dark.". This is possibly referring to how Entity #1 is pursuing him. The strange wording is possibly a reference to how the two of them are seemingly struggling for control and are a "spectrum" - in a sense, they are one in the same...
Finally, Entity #2 gives the players some sort of code word - "O.s.i.K.". He claims that only he and John ever said it, so the players can use this code word to find the "real" version of himself. This seemed to suggest that Entity #2 was some version of Tyler - something that was further supported by the fact that he was utilizing Tyler's accounts. Additionally, his voice over Discord calls also sounded like Tyler's. However, the players still didn't have many details to work off of, so much of Entity #2's identity was still a mystery.
Despite the goodnight wishes above, the IIIII account continued to exhibit strange activity... Later that night, it posted six audio files that all sounded very similar to one another. Here is a compilation of all of them merged together:
The names of these audio files spelt out "Scout3" - the name of another old player who had since become inactive.
Later on, the IIIII account sent the player Scrublord a private message that contained the image "Tnersebi.png" - an anagram of "Tenebris". This image was a distorted version of an old image from 2015, "mislead.gif".
This image was accompanied with the message "IIIIIoIIIIIIIsIIIwIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIhIIIIIIIIIIIeIItIIIIIIImIIIhIIII". Remove all of the I's in this text and rearranging the remaining letters reveals the message "show them".
Shortly afterwards, the player Scrublord did just that, sharing the image above in the Internet Detectives Discord server. This was accompanied by the IIIII account saying the following:
I am he who is we
Given the IIIII account's sudden change in demeanor, players speculated that they were no longer speaking with Entity #2. Instead, it was likely that Entity #1 was now in control of the account - similar to how both entities struggled for control over the Silentdork YouTube channel.
Also, considering the fact that the message above was accompanied with an image titled "Tenebris", the players were left with the concerning implication that Entity #1 was Tenebris - something they had theorized given his previous behavior on YouTube... The following messages from Entity #1 seemed to support this theory further:
forgotten who I am
more than one controls
Shortly after this, Entity #1 once again sent the image "Tnersebi.png", only it was now titled "mg.gif". They also sent a heavily distorted song titled "spire.mp3":
aint a building of the lunar children called the spire
Yeah
It exploded or something
We take
This is not Tyler btw
Your friend can't wait to see you all again.
This is very funny to us
playing our game gives us so much
you give us masks
Given the reference to masks, this implies that Entity #1 is indeed the malicious force that took over Tyler00's account. Also, given the constant references in file names, it's basically all but confirmed that Entity #1 is also Tenebris. However, for the time being, the players didn't have enough details to fully confirm this.
Instead, the players gave Entity #1 and Entity #2 different names - the Mask Entity and the Rune Entity respectively. For clarity, here's a comparison:
Mask Entity: Previously known as Entity #1, the Mask Entity is a malicious entity that speaks in broken, cryptic sentences. It claims that it wants to kill someone or something so that it itself can die. It also enjoys toying with the players and wishes to take the faces of others as masks. This entity is heavily implied to be Tenebris.
Rune Entity: Previously known as Entity #2, the Rune Entity is a more benevolent entity that refers to the players as his friends. As the name suggests, he often uses runes in his sentences and imagery. He presumably uses these because the Mask Entity cannot read them. He is heavily implied to be some alternate version of Tyler.
Shortly afterwards, the IIIII account's avatar changed to a distorted, mirrored version of Majora's Mask:
hello
The Mask Entity also posted a strange image titled "The_one_known_as_suth.jpg". However, what exactly this is referring to is unknown. They also send two other heavily distorted images that appear to be corrupted paintings - "paths.jpg" and "split.jpg".
A distorted, mirrored painting.
A distorted, mirrored painting.
The strange image that supposedly depicts "suth".
As the night came to an end, the IIIII account made the following post, which seemed to contain a message from both the Rune Entity and the Mask Entity:
IIIII
"forgive me friend tonight has been very painful and I knew I would be punished across the board for such escapades I am truly trapped in many ways AND HE WILL NEVER ESCAPE NOW"
Afterwards, the IIIII account's avatar reverted back to what it was before - the pixelated soda can with runes.
On August 10th, 2019, the IIIII account posted a distorted screenshot of a conversation that it supposedly held with the player scout at one point:
Here, it seems the IIIII account is saying "you can make parallels here between like". However, the context of this message is unknown... Shortly afterwards, the IIIII account posted another distorted screenshot - this one featuring a conversation between itself and the player Lady Cynthia:
The text within this one reads "I have always had a certain degree of respect for you from a distance despite what anyone would say at any point". For context, Lady Cynthia was somewhat of a controversial player because of how they interacted with the ARG. Instead of acknowledging that the ARG was fictional, they instead treated it as though it were real - something that led to mockery from other players.
Afterwards, activity from the IIIII account continued - presumably from the Rune Entity:
brother perthos
IIII II III PM
Brother Pertho’s Rune
The IIIII account also proceeded to post the following image:
This is the "ᛈ" or "P" rune - the same "Pertho" rune mentioned above. For context, "Pertho" is a rune that sometimes corresponds to "amusement" or "games". Afterwards, the Rune Entity began repeatedly posting the "ᛏ" or "T" rune. This rune is the "Tiwaz" rune. Given the fact that it's shaped like an arrow, it seemed to be pointing up towards something...
The Rune Entity was seemingly attempting to lead the players to something. Unfortunately, they couldn't quite put it together... This led to the following response - presumably from the Mask Entity:
terrible
He is doomed at this rate, this is hilarious.
The IIIII account then sent the player otherLiam an audio file titled "httpsdiscord.ggcDHc5M.mp3".
The name of this audio file seemed to be referencing the URL of a Discord server... Unfortunately, the players were still having difficulty finding where they needed to go. In response, the Rune Entity posted the following:
barrier I cant open
until you complete your current quest I must wait behind this bastion
Afterwards, the IIIII account gave the players another hint - a distorted screenshot titled "miss.jpg" that featured a post from IIIII posted in an unknown location. This was also accompanied by an audio file titled "miss.mp3".
Eventually, the players realized that "Brothers Perthos" was referring to "BroGaming" - an out-of-character Discord server created by Jadusable that was meant to be used to discuss his Twitch stream that shared the same name. Upon checking the BroGaming Discord server, the players discovered that the IIIII account had posted a strange image titled "A.jpg" one day prior on 4:23 PM, or "IIII II III PM", as he put it.
This image contained a distorted, green environment - possibly the Parallelos. It also featured more runes - "ᚾ/ᚦᚠ/ᛗᛖ". Eventually, the players discovered that these runes were actually pointing towards a specific date. Switching out the runes with the numbers they represented revealed the following - "10/31/2019" - Halloween.
On August 12th, 2019, the players had another brief interaction with the IIIII account:
ask
Where is Tyler?
I
II
III
Sleeping among the parallelos is the IIIrd.
Behind nullstorms is the II.
Runes.
IIII II III. II II II. ‘s
When asked where Tyler currently was, the IIIII account claimed that the "IIIrd" is sleeping somewhere in the Parallelos. Meanwhile, the "II" is behind something called a "Nullstorm". This led to the players speculating that the various different I's within "IIIII" were actually all representative of different characters. It's also possible that the Mask Entity and the Rune Entity were represented by some of these I's as well. Going forward, these pages will keep track of these various different I's and who they could possible represent:
I - Unknown - Unknown
II - Unknown - Behind a Nullstorm.
III - Unknown - Sleeping in the Parallelos.
IIII - Unknown - Unknown
Also, the players weren't sure what exactly a "Nullstorm" was. However, it likely holds some connection to the Mask Entity's desire to "bring things to null".
Many cautions I must take here and always I am moving.
Mainly while here.
Fuck I'm low on battery
Ummm ill be on home by 10
After this, the IIIII account posted a distorted photo of the player Slinky:
Afterwards, the IIIII account uploaded several more photos along with the following message:
some of what i see out here
some of what we see out here
fascie.jpg - A heavily distorted face.
fascie.jpg - A heavily distorted face.
lost.jpg - A heavily distorted face.
This message seems to imply that the Mask Entity and the Rune Entity both in the Parallelos as well. Additionally, these horrifying faces are some of the things that they are witnessing there...
Around this same time, the IIIII account's avatar changed once again. It retained the same pixelated soda can image though the runes on it were now different, spelling out "ᚨᛏ ᛞᚱᛁᛗ", or "At Dream". Additionally, the image now contained a "ᚸ" or "Gar" rune in its center.
On August 13th, 2019, the IIIII account posted more cryptic messages:
fascie
"He has stolen his face and is gathering people."
nother name I have moved in to help I bleed through
bIIndIIIng
for I am of the true one
This further supports something that the players speculated earlier - "Fascie" is a name that's often used to represent the Mask Entity. Also, the Mask Entity proceeds to refer to itself as "the true one", which is very similar to how Tenebris used to refer to himself as "the true father"...
On August 14th, 2019, the IIIII account continued interacting with the players:
if any of you know Tenebris, you should ask him how he feels about his likeness being used to make terrible My Little Pony fanart?
terrible
Shortly afterwards, the players began discussing the history of the various different player groups involved in Johnisdead. They also briefly discussed some old drama surrounding the player Mugen Kagemaru. Around this same time, the IIIII account posted the following disturbing image:
Unfortunately, who exactly this was meant to depict is unknown...
On August 15th, 2019, the IIIII account's avatar briefly reverted back to the same distorted Majora's Mask image from before:
I am the true father llll ll lll mistaken for father
Unlike him I have no reason to hide however
This will be very funny
Here, the Mask Entity claims that they are the "True Father" - the exact same title that Tenebris often afforded to himself.
At this point, the similarities between the Mask Entity were undeniable. Both of them are implied to "hate" someone for keeping them "trapped". Both of them seem to be seeking destruction. Both of them use Majora's Mask-related imagery. Both of them are associated with the word "Fascie" and use others as masks.
Because of all these details and many more, many players began safely assuming that the Mask Entity was indeed Tenebris. However, which "I" they represented was still a mystery...
I - Unknown - Unknown
II - Unknown - Behind a Nullstorm.
III - Unknown - Sleeping in the Parallelos.
IIII - Unknown - Unknown
IIIII - Unknown - Unknown
Likely candidates but unknown "I" placements:
Tenebris - Mask Entity
On August 17th, 2019, the IIIII account invited a player from the BroGaming Discord server to the Internet Detectives Discord server - "Miss Jackson". The also posted a screenshot of one of Miss Jackson's messages that read "Are you a Moon Children or BEN Drowned".
Upon further investigation, the players discovered that Miss Jackson was fairly similar to the player Lady Cynthia from earlier - someone who interacted with the ARG as though it were real. This led to some further mockery and confusion from the players:
wtf
why jesus, why
Hang on, you believe that IIIII might be an actual, literal, evil spirit as depicted in the story BEN Drowned and your first thought is to ring them up and ask them shit?
nope
i dont thought he was a spirit, it seems like he is kidding me .-.
Oh no, everything else is fake but IIIII is the real deal.
That account’s haunted.
are you kidding me?
no, we aren't
and why he sent me a binary code with this invite?
dreaming
wtf
so, all of you, are telling me, that you dont know what he really is?
Alright I’ll stop shitposting.
It's ARG things.
who cares? why he send me binary code?
Because that’s how the game is played.
Oh no guys the elegy of emptiness statue just appeared as my desktop, what do
i dont wanna play this fucking game, i already have BEN Drowned on my fuckin' ass!
You don’t.
yes i do because, i admit it, invoke him with my best friend. one years ago
and now i am paranoid
Out of curiousity, how old are you? I’ve been out of school for awhile and I’m wondering what grade they teach kids ghosts aren’t real these days.
i invoke him with cleverbot
Ahahahahhaha
I love how everyone latches onto the cleverbot part of the story and ignores the rest of it
you are having a nightmare
i knew it
cleverbot is just a chat bot that grabs things that users say and spits them back out
if you say a bunch of ben related things he will say them back to you
yes i know
if Ben does not exist, then with whom did I speak and how did the cleverbot card close on its own?
It didn't.
While the players were mocking Miss Jackson, the Rune Entity briefly returned and shared a different opinion:
Miss Jackson yours is a spirit IIII seek to kindle
However, the players continued their mockery. Additionally, Tenebris quickly regained control of the IIIII account and posted the following:
this is funny to us
you will all find it funny and this is how I will finally gain what I desire
The players continued telling the player Miss Jackson that none of this is real and not to be taken seriously. Additionally, they came to the conclusion that the IIIII account's messages on this night were simply a prank at the expense of the player Miss Jackson. In response, the IIIII account simply posted the following:
miss
It seems that Tenebris took enjoyment in the players mocking Miss Jackson... Concerningly, he implies that this sort of attitude is how he will ultimately obtain what he desires...
Later that night, the Rune Entity sent the players an image of a distorted room with a chair in its center titled "sleeproom.gif". This image also contained runes that spelled out the current date - "8/17/2019".
On August 18th, 2019, the IIIII account became active once again:
hey IIIII, how much do you know about runes?
Teach me
well, you should already know some things
You are speaking to a fascie
They need words
I
am nothing without your words
friends
Teach me
I mean, us doing nothing is getting us nowhere.
May as well humor it.
Strangely, the IIIII account suddenly asks the players to teach it how to use runes. This suggests that this is actually Tenebris attempting to learn how to use them so that the Rune Entity can no longer hide his messages...
Meanwhile, the players speculated that the singular "I" within IIIII represents Tenebris. This makes sense given Tenebris's recent use of "I" in many of their messages. Additionally, several players noticed that the Rune Entity previously referred to himself as "IIII". This means that the current identification of the five lines is as follows:
I - Tenebris (Mask Entity) - Seemingly pursuing the Rune Entity.
II - Unknown - Behind a Nullstorm.
III - Unknown - Sleeping in the Parallelos.
IIII - Rune Entity - Behind the "Brisgate" and presumably fleeing from Tenebris.
Despite the players' suspicions of Tenebris, they decided to humor him and continue chatting...
Friends
Please
we are not your friends
you guys have tyler
YOU DAMN FOOLS
Rude
when I talks don't believe him
I mean, can we really lose anything by humoring him a bit?
"You could be of assistance to me in this moment"
TEACH me
Tenebris continued asking the players to teach him how to read runes. In response, one of the players posted a link to an online Elder Futhark Rune translator. This resulted in the Rune Entity posting the following:
NO, DONT
DELETE
The players obliged, quickly deleting a link to the rune translator. In response, Tenebris began speaking by posting old messages sent back on Skype:
"Internet detectives?"
"Oh"
"YEAH"
"This place is named that lol"
I think he is using olf messages from the wiki to speak to us
He is learning from there
Friends
"You must all be friends of john and I probs forgot"
"He had a few groups of internet friends he would often try to intorduce me too I recall"
Teach me
ok I think all of these are from conversations we had with tyler
((A link to a tutorial about runes is sent.))
use that.
DELETE THE DAMN LINK
Whats wrong helping it to communicate?
Everytime someone posts a link to a rune translator something posts from the same account like "NO"
I CAN'T READ THIS
The players become a bit split. Some of them attempt to assist Tenebris, unaware of his true identity. Others warn against this, believing this to be a mistake. Thankfully, it seems Tenebris was unable to use the link that the players provided.
"Maybe you would like me to say I am "Tyler""
"I"
"can't"
"read this"
"website"
YES
okay, he can't read
Maybe, we should post rune instructions directly here
Thing is, we don't even know if we should trust him
Whenever we post a link to runes or whatever some other entity gets all mad
look, at the moment, they're yelling and screaming
runes have only been used to communicate to us
if anything us teaching it runes will give us more information
okay fuck it lets teach him
((The player ARGdov posts a rune translation chart as an image.))
we're dicked im calling it
I'm glad you did that
we're fucked
told you
Oh great, well done.
Told you it was Tenebris.
yeah okay that was probably tenebris
great.
Bomb plan 2.0
Ultimately, the player ARGdov shares a rune translation chart with Tenebris, effectively teaching him how to read the Rune Entity's messages. The players jokingly refer to this as "Bomb Plans 2.0", referencing how the player ARGdov showed Doug the "Bomb Plans" back on Letschasethemouse, bringing the YSHDT Arc to a cataclysmic and sudden end back in 2015.
Shortly afterwards, the IIIII account initiated a Discord call with the players.
((A loud scream can be heard.))
((A creepy laugh can be heard.))
He can’t help you.
STOP.
Please... you have... to solve... the riddle.
The numbers. The text will be broken.
((More disturbing sounds can be heard.))
Both Tenebris and the Rune Entity were now speaking through the account, making the conversation a bit difficult to follow... Eventually, the players decided to submit the "All-Night Mask" - a mask from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask that prevents Link from falling asleep. This was likely done in response to the strange "Sleep Room" mentioned previously.
((A loud scream can be heard.))
I'm awake. Hurry, do something to get him out of the room, now-
I'm awake. Get him out of the room! Hurry-
((Some strange growling sounds can be heard.))
Get- Get him- Get him out of the room!
The "All-Night Mask" seemingly woke the Rune Entity from some sort of sleep. He's now frantically asking the players to help him get rid of Tenebris. In response, the players submit both the "Stone Mask" and the "Song of Soaring", hoping to make the Rune Entity invisible and warp Tenebris away.
Stop! Don't post anything...
I have a very short window I can speak.
Good job. You gave him the secret code.
It's okay, I have other ways I can communicate.
But, it's gonna get a lot more complicated now...
Give us a name please
I'm another-
"I'm anoth-"?
No, I’m another-
Well, whatever.
This must be really confusing to all of you.
Don't worry. You'll probably get it on video later.
god I swear we weren't always this fucking panicky
It's okay Dov, these are trying times.
are you a giant or are you tyler?
I'm not a giant... but I am another-
Oh, and uh... Good job on making him invisible, by the way.
It's okay, I think that wears off after a while.
WEE DIDI IT!!
Buddy, I don't know what you're celebrating for.
You made him fucking invisible.
But you also sent him out of the room, so it's okay.
Don't worry. This will be less confusing later.
For right now there's a ceremony I've got to get to, and like I said, things are going to get a lot more, uh, complicated from here.
You'll see it as it plays out, don't worry buddy. But thanks for, uh... for waking me up, uh... turning that guy, uh, invisible, and... giving him the boot for me.
You really are some good old friends.
A portion of this conversation was recorded on video:
It seems the "Song of Soaring" successfully warped Tenebris away from the Rune Entity. Unfortunately, the "Stone Mask" also made Tenebris invisible. The Rune Entity chides the players for teaching Tenebris how to use runes. However, he claims that he has other ways he can communicate with the players. Unfortunately, it will be more complicated from here on out...
When asked if the Rune Entity is Tyler, he claims "I'm another-" before being cut off. Many players speculated that he was going to say "I'm another Tyler.", given the fact that his voice sounded like Tyler's, he was using Tyler's accounts, he knew John and the players personally, and was using the same runes that Tyler was studying. However, the fact that he's "Another" Tyler suggests that he's some other version of Tyler - perhaps from a different timeline... However, because the details are still unclear, we'll still be referring to this character as the Rune Entity.
Interestingly, the Rune Entity also claimed that he had to depart to take part in some sort of ritual...
On August 20th, 2019, the Rune Entity held a brief conversation with the player Jos:
wish me luck friend I am sleep fasting today it is part of the ceremony I must preform
There is a darkness wthin me I must purge myself of frankly
But with great meditation and help from people with connection to very positive forces I am starting to pinpoint what it is
Are you sure you have darkness or you been told you have it?
I know this of myself without anyone else telling me this but I am gaining a lot of power
The Rune Entity claims that he has a darkness within him. In an attempt to purge this darkness, he's partaking in a ceremony that involves meditation and sleep fasting.
With this, our timeframe has caught back up to where the previous story page left off. As a reminder, here is the current understanding of the enigmatic five lines:
I - Tenebris (Mask Entity) - Seemingly pursuing the Rune Entity.
II - Unknown - Behind a Nullstorm.
III - Unknown - Sleeping in the Parallelos.
IIII - Rune Entity - "Another Tyler" who is behind the "Brisgate" and fleeing from Tenebris.
In the next story section, we will continue progressing forwards through the Our Horizon Arc as both the Astral Observatory and Five Line plot threads begin to merge into one...
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