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The story so far...
In the previous section, the players Ocarina powers were seemingly locked away on Within Hubris for later use. Meanwhile, strange activity began taking place on the "M" YouTube channel - likely due to GHOSTBABEL using Helper's Hat. Here, the players witnessed a strange video of what appeared to be the player Circlehunter travelling to the Cellphone Tower from 2009 - not too unlike The Gray Man. Additionally, the players were informed that a second Data Bomb exists.
After some searching, the players discovered the second Data Bomb hidden on Doug's blog - Letschasethemouse. Still having access to The Truth on the Astral Observatory Forums, the player ARGdov posted the Data Bomb within it, corrupting the site and allowing the players to finally enter into the Subspace - much to Pumpkinhead's dismay. The Subspace was heavily distorted. Here, the players found glitched remnants of pages covering a variety of spiritual and supernatural topics - including one that covered AggregationThe process of "linking" to different versions of yourself from alternate timelines. Supposedly, this allows you to travel between these timelines..
The Subspace also contained a File Directory that housed a variety of uploads from different members of the Astral Observatory. While many of these were corrupted and inaccessible, their existence added some more context to Astral Observatory activities throughout 2018. For example, Nocta had initially uploaded some sort of introduction video to the site. Also, various members submitted their own footage of aliens, haunted houses, and others things as well. Strangely, there were also two audio transmissions that Nocta had found and uploaded. These were from someone named SethSeth, or "Mase", was the name of a Lunar Child who infiltrated the Moon Children alongside Kevin - though which timeline this took place in is unknown. who was attempting to contact SKM.
There were some other odd files as well - such as a copy of Greth's "Escape Pt.2This video featured someone driving to a nature trail. It was later renamed to "Joyous Parallelos". Its origin is a mystery." video. Additionally, two of the videos featuring the "Majora's Mask Cartridge" from April 23rd, 2019 were also present - "sacredartifact.mp4" and "guidance.mp4". These were both uploaded by the enigmatic Samuel Charleston, who has still yet to return to the Astral Observatory Forums.
The players also discovered a corrupted chatroom in the Subspace. Though they could not access this chatroom themselves, they were able to discover a variety of old chatlogs hidden within secret pages and distorted files. Some of these chatlogs dated back to before the players had even become aware of the Astral Observatory's existence. Here, they players got to witness Yugi chatting with the other members of the site. Unlike Moonman and IsocelesAssassin, Yugi did not hide the fact that he was once a member of the Astral Internet Detectives. Despite this, he still managed to gain Nocta's trust and was given an important mission - to go back in time and retrieve the Lunar Children servers from the Fishery. It's implied that Yugi was somehow going to be travelling from the Astral Timeline over to the Prime Timeline to do this. Given the fact that "TheArchiveGuy" José possessed the servers in the Prime Timeline, it's possible that Yugi and José are actually the same person.
Other chatlogs revealed more interesting tidbits, such as the fact that NotAHoax had been removed from the Subspace due to him being too obsessed with alien conspiracies and also the implication that Nocta was somehow aware of The Gray Man. The players also discovered a conversation between Astral Wolf and Yuukichan's spirits - presumably from around mid-2019. Here, Astral Wolf confirmed that his spirit had been moved and placed within Astralobservatory.net by Pumpkinhead - while Yuukichan's was placed there by Nocta. She claims that Nocta is conflicted and believes that he's only capable of hurting others.
The players eventually found a page that possessed a timer - one that was counting down to April 23rd, 2020. While waiting for this timer to reach zero, BUP took complete control over Greth's account - revealing just how much influence over Greth. When the timer finally reached zero, the timer transformed into a link to Johnisdead.com, which had been completely expanded and revamped.
Table of Contents
Expand the section below to access a table of contents for this chapter.
- Start of Chapter
- Checkpoint #1After discovering returning Janus Rooms and a plethora of Redirect Pages, the players return to the "Temple Hole".
- Checkpoint #2The players learned more about the identities and pasts of their Astral counterparts. Now, they turn to the "Cavern Hole" to hopefully find a way to José's spirit.
- Checkpoint #3After completing the "Cavern Hole" and the "Temple Hole", the players are contacted by BUP and Pumpkinhead.
- Checkpoint #4The players explored the "Under" Janus Room and met three enigmatic brothers. Now, they receive a concerning message from TheLaw.
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
BUP
Pumpkinhead
IsocelesAssassin
GHOSTBABEL
Moonman
Patrem
Greth
Erika
Synchron
Tenebris
Other Characters
John
Regiminis
Mat
Hubbard
The Producer
TheLaw
Yuukichan
Astral Wolf
Vincent
Adams
Unknown Allies
The Great Author
The "GIRL"
The "Angel"
Father Alphonse
Munnin
SKM
Astral
Tyler
Tyler00
Yugi
Kaiden
Zoromichi
NotAHoax
The Watcher
Nocta
Doug
Alex
Spencer
Kelbris
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
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
Aggregation
Alex's Hall of Fame
Amiibo
Anima
Archive
ARG
Ascended E-Girl
Ascension
Astral Child
Astral Observatory
Astral Observatory Forums
Astralobservatory.net
Astral Timeline
Awakening
Awakening Discord Server
B
Beacon
Believers
Ben Drowned
Blood Moon Ritual
Bloody Mary
Blue Baby
Bomb Plans
Briefcase
BroGaming
Bullet Necklace
Bunny Hood
BUP's Group
C
Candyman
Cellphone Tower
Ceremony of the Three Elements
Ceremony of the Thurses Quintessence
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
Dream Sphere
Drezz
Drok
Dungeons & Dragons
Dyad
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
Gamejack
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
Holy Dyad
Hospital
Hubris
Hubris Game
I
IIIII
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
Layered Being
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
Nullstorm
Nullspace
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
Pumpkinhead Gamejack
Q
Quiet Family
R
Raven Figurine
Reading Session
Remember.exe
Red Dot
Redirect Page
Regiminis's Domain
Regiminis Sigil
Revival
Room 592
Rosa
S
Safehaven
Samsara
Scrying
Scrying Device
Shazbot
Silent Hill
Silentdork
Skull Kid
Skype
Sleeproom
Sonata of Awakening
Song of Double Time
Song of Healing
Song of Soaring
Song of Storms
Song of Time
Song of Unhealing
SSTV Signal
Sphere
Steganography
Stone Mask
Strand Sensations
Submitting
Sub-Parallelos
Sub-Traversing
Subspace
Sun's Song
T
Tatl
Tenebris Symbol
Tenebris.link
Tenor
The Blackout
The Book
The Bridge
The Cataclysm
The Gate
The Factory
The Fishery
The Four Giants
The Fourth World
The Glitch
The Killswitch
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Machine
The Misguided
The Misguided Legion
The Moon
The Ocarina
The Orchard
The Paths
The Poem
The Rule of Three
The Secrets and the Thurses
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
Vampire
Vigil
Vocaroo
W
Wayward Horizon
Weenie-Licked
Whatisben.com
WireTalk
Within Hubris
Wyndstrom Institute
Y
Youshouldnthavedonethat.net
YSHDT.com
Z
Zora Link
Story
On April 23rd, 2020, Johnisdead.com had returned, along with many of its older pages - some of which dated back to 2015. However, most of these returning pages won't be document here unless they contained some sort of change or update. The site's front page was now also different. It now featured a distorted image of "The Paths" within the Parallelos, aptly named "parallelos.gif". The page was now titled "Find your way".
This page also featured a flashing image of the Parallelos symbol - the same one that was found in the Subspace. Clicking on this would link players to a new type of webpage on Johnisdead.com - a "Path Page".
Path Pages all featured the same basic layout - an image of a distorted environment and one of four different audio files. These audio files were all recordings of someone walking near a busy highway:
Progressing through these Path Pages was not done through ciphers or hidden URLs. Instead, the players were expected to click on certain parts of the environment to access the next Path Page. This invoked the feeling of the players actually travelling through the Parallelos and The Paths themselves.
Some of these Path Pages would occasionally split off into secondary "Offshoot Paths" - similar to how previous page Holes in the past would occasionally split into two different Holes. Unlike the "Highway Paths" above, these "Offshoot Paths" all featured an audio file titled "realms.mp3":
Let's go over the main set of Path Pages found on Johnisdead.com as an example.
Notice: For the sake of performance, the images below are low-res and not animated. Click them to view their original animated counterparts. This also applies for other templates covering traditional webpages further down on this page.
Page and Image
Description
Progression
A highway within the Parallelos.
Click on the road's horizon - where the Parallelos symbol is flashing.
A highway within the Parallelos with a small side-road going off to the right.
Path 1: Click on the road's horizon.
Path 2: Click on the side-road.
A highway within the Parallelos with a small side-road going off to the right.
Path 1: Click on the road's horizon.
Path 2: Click on the side-road.
A highway within the Parallelos with a small side-road going off to the left.
Click on the road's horizon.
A highway within the Parallelos with a small side-road going off to the right.
Click on the road's horizon.
As you can see, this main set of Path Pages continues down the distorted Parallelos highway. However, there were two Offshoot Paths that branched off from them. Let's go back up to that Path Page where the first branch could be seen:
Page and Image
Description
Progression
This first Offshoot Path was rather small, consisting of only one additional page. However, clicking on the end of this paths' road would link the players to a familiar page - "https://johnisdead.com/tyler". This page was largely the same to how it appeared back in 2015, featuring the iconic "linebusy.mp3" and "operator.webm".
This page also still contained distorted, scrolling text. However, instead of panicked pleas from ascended spirits, the text now all simply read "II". Given this page's heavy focus on Tyler, this could be implying that two lines - "II" - is meant to be representative of Tyler himself... However, there isn't enough evidence to fully confirm this one way or another quite yet.
The other Offshoot Path mentioned above would prove to be far more substantial:
Page and Image
Description
Progression
A highway within the Parallelos with a small side-road going off to the right.
Path 1: Click on the road's horizon.
Path 2: Click on the side-road.
A small road in some woods with a strange creature standing near the treeline.
Path 1: Click on the road's horizon.
Path 2: Click on the creature.
A small road in some woods with a trail going off to the left.
Path 1: Click on the road's horizon.
Path 2: Click on the trail to the left.
A road in an open field with a side-road going off to the right. There's also a ciphered sign that reads "CROSSROADS".
Click on the road's horizon.
A road in an open field with a side-road going off to the left.
Click on the road's horizon.
A road in an open field passing by a dilapidated building.
Click on the road's horizon.
A road in a wasteland passing by a structure in a fence.
Click on the road's horizon.
A road in a wasteland passing by a structure in a fence.
Click on the road's horizon.
This path led through several varied environments, including some woods, a field, and a wasteland. Ultimately, it led players to a massive temple within the wasteland - specifically the "Spirit Temple" from "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time". This was housed on its own page - "https://johnisdead.com/temple/gates". This was the entrance to the "Temple Hole". As a reminder, a "Hole" is a long series of pages linked together through ciphers and puzzles. However, we'll cover the "Temple Hole" later.
One of the Offshoot Paths above featured a strange entity:
Page and Image
Description
Progression
This Offshoot Path led players to a new page - "https://johnisdead.com/melter". This page featured the strange creature seen on the side of the road - an entity that the players dubbed "Melter". This page was also titled "COMINGAPART" and featured the audio "melter.mp3".
Meanwhile, the other Offshoot Path led the players deeper into the woods:
Page and Image
Description
Progression
A small road in some woods with a trail going off to the left.
Path 1: Click on the road's horizon.
Path 2: Click on the trail to the left.
A small trail leading through some woods.
Click on the trail's horizon.
A small trail leading through some woods.
Click on the trail's horizon.
A small trail leading through some woods.
Click on the trail's horizon.
A small trail leading through some woods.
Click on the trail's horizon.
A small trail leading through some woods.
Click on the trail's horizon.
This Offshoot Path led to a dark tunnel in the woods - one that eventually led to yet another hole - the "Cavern Hole". Both the Cavern Hole and the Temple Hole would prove to be quite important. However, before we cover them, we should take some time to cover various other changes on Johnisdead.com.
Several old Redirect Pages from 2015 and beyond had returned. However, many of them now acted as miniature Holes in-and-of themselves, possessing hidden secondary pages. However, many of these pages were still rather inconsequential, so they'll be formatted similarly to Redirect Pages below:
johnisdead.com/back/home
Image: home.gif
Audio: home.mp3
Details: This page was titled "GO". It was accessed by remaining on its predecessor for too long.
johnisdead.com/occasions/chance
Image: calculated.gif
Audio: cyfnos.mp3
Details: This page was titled "mistake". It was accessed by remaining on its predecessor for too long.
johnisdead.com/oooooo/IIIIII
Image: llllll.gif
Audio: IIIIII.mp3
Details: This page was titled "Warning.". It was accessed by remaining on its predecessor for too long.
johnisdead.com/oooooo/IIIIII/111111
Image: 111111.gif
Audio: 111111.mp3
Details: This page was titled "Warning." It was accessed by remaining on its predecessor for too long.
johnisdead.com/hold_on/let_go
Image: let-go.gif
Audio: dont.mp3
Details: This page was titled "SOLVO", which is Latin for "RELEASE". It was accessed by remaining on its predecessor for too long.
johnisdead.com/hold_on/let_go/splat
Image: pulp.gif
Audio: stain.mp3
Details: This page was titled "CADERE", which is Latin for "FALL". It was accessed by remaining on its predecessor for too long.
johnisdead.com/breathe/inhale
Image: APartOfYou.gif
Audio: sense.mp3
Details: This page was titled "flowing". It was accessed by remaining on its predecessor for too long. Staying on this page for too long would redirect players to a non-existent page - "https://johnisdead.com/trip".
johnisdead.com/lost_forever/found
Image: paradise.gif
Audio: paradise.mp3
Details: This page was titled "NeverLost". It was accessed by remaining on its predecessor for too long.
johnisdead.com/help
Image: andagain.gif
Audio: help_me_out.mp3
Details: This page had updated - it was now titled "Try again?" and featured the text "Continue? Yes No". Selecting "Yes" would redirect players back to the front page.
johnisdead.com/help/no
Image: maybe.gif
Audio: no.mp3
Details: This page was titled "NO". It was accessed by clicking the word "No" on its predecessor.
johnisdead.com/blue_flame/bottle
Image: ablaze.gif
Audio: blues.mp3
Details: This page was titled "contained". It was accessed by remaining on its predecessor for too long.
johnisdead.com/gone/forgotten
Image: saint.gif
Audio: heart.mp3
Details: This page was titled "insignificant".
johnisdead.com/misIeading
Image: misIead.gif
Audio: gnidaelsim.mp3
Details: This page was titled "mislEADing". It was accessed by remaining on its predecessor for too long - "https://johnisdead.com/misleading" (Spelled with an "l" instead of an "I"). Remaining on this page for too long would redirect players back to its predecessor.
johnisdead.com/pray_for_rest/please
Image: help.gif
Audio: please.mp3
Details: This page was accessed by remaining on its predecessor for too long. Staying on this page for too long would redirect players through a series of nested, identical pages - each with their own title. These included "PLEASE", "IT'S COMING", "HIDE ME", "INSIDE", and "HELP", before looping back through.
johnisdead.com/cant_swim/couldnt
Image: eulogy.gif
Audio: drowned.mp3
Details: This page was titled "sunk". It was accessed by remaining on its predecessor for too long.
johnisdead.com/getout
Image: E.gif
Audio: getout.mp3
Details: This page was titled "GETOUT". Unlike its 2015 counterpart, remaining on it for too long would redirect players through a series of nested, duplicate pages.
The final "nested, duplicate pages" mentioned above all followed the same format - though their images slowly became more distorted with each layer as they spelled out the word "TENEBRIS".
"E.gif"
"EN.gif"
"ENE.gif"
"ENEB.gif"
"ENEBR.gif"
"ENEBRI.gif"
Remaining on this final page for too long would redirect players to a new page - "https://johnisdead.com/null/void". While here, let's also cover the new Redirect Pages found on the site - ones that were largely unrelated to any 2015 counterparts, unlike the list above.
johnisdead.com/null/void
Image: paradise.gif
Audio: darkness.mp3
Details: This page was titled "forever". It was accessed by going through the "GETOUT" pages up above.
johnisdead.com/suffer
Image: torment.gif
Audio: suffer.mp3
Details: This page was titled "it hurts".
johnisdead.com/null
Image: ((No image))
Audio: ((No audio))
Details: This page was titled "...".
No Audio
johnisdead.com/happy
Image: joy.gif
Audio: enlightened.mp3
Details: This page was titled "LAUGH".
johnisdead.com/shadows
Image: tenebrae.gif
Audio: march.mp3
Details: This page was titled "dark".
johnisdead.com/fishery
Image: house.gif
Audio: adrift.mp3
Details: This page was titled "Fishery".
johnisdead.com/trapped
Image: trapped.gif
Audio: hahaha.mp3
Details: This page was titled "trapped". This page would repeatedly open duplicates of itself in new tabs.
johnisdead.com/truth
Image: fantasy.gif
Audio: truths.mp3
Details: This page was titled "LIES".
johnisdead.com/clan
Image: tribe.gif
Audio: clan.mp3
Details: This page was titled "fascie".
johnisdead.com/limbo
Image: lost_again.gif
Audio: welcome_back.mp3
Details: This page was titled "welcome back".
johnisdead.com/grave
Image: fossors.gif
Audio: trophies.mp3
Details: This page was titled "hole".
johnisdead.com/watched
Image: mask.gif
Audio: seeyou.mp3
Details: This page was titled "PEERING".
johnisdead.com/dandp
Image: scape.gif
Audio: dyp.mp3
Details: This page was titled "It's me.". It also featured a faint, distorted version of "D.gif". Clicking on this would redirect players to the 2015 "Lostinforest Hole".
As mentioned above, this final page led players to the "Lostinforest Hole" - the original "Hole" from 2015 that led to the players discovering The Four Giants and finding the video "alwayswatchingyou.wmv". As the players retraced their steps through this hole, they noticed that some things had changed. For example, the text "Lost?" was now "Still lost?". Players also found a strange message - presumably from Doug himself, given the "DandP" link that led them here:
Doug
"fakeplace here I am waiting STILL IAWAITSOMEWHEREDEEPER IF YOU FINDME YOU CAN TRY YOU WILL FAIL CLAIM MY MASK"
Doug claims that he's waiting "somewhere deeper" and he challenges the players to find his mask. What exactly he means by this is unknown...
Further exploration led to the players discovering that another page from 2015 had changed - "https://johnisdead.com/where". This page actually contained several hidden layers and branches:
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This miniature hole is centered around Patrem and the various different stages of his life - though there isn't much new information to be gleaned from this.
While searching for more updates to older pages, the players discovered that "https://johnisdead.com/fakeworld" now contained text that read "Your old Lens of Truth". Clicking on this text would download a newer version of JanusVR - the same program that the players used back in 2015 to explore 3D webpages. Upon booting this program up, players discovered that the "Fakeworld Janus Room" had indeed returned.
Notice: From this point onwards, the contents of various Janus Rooms will mostly be covered via interactable maps such as the one below. If they are not working on your device, please ensure that you have Javascript enabled for this wiki. Click on various different parts of the environment below to learn more about them.
Notice: Most of these Janus Rooms were later updated. Because of this, the screenshots accompanying these Story Pages may not be fully accurate as they may be of these newer versions - not the older ones. Please keep this in mind if any visual discrepancies arise.
Fakeworld Janus Room
Overall, Fakeworld was still mostly the same to how it appeared back in 2015. Using their newfound tool, the players began searching through the rest of Johnisdead.com. They quickly discovered that the site's front page now featured its own Janus Room - the "Path Janus Room".
Path Janus Room
As the name suggests, this was clearly meant to be representative of The Paths within the Parallelos. Sadly, there was much that could be found here quite yet - all the players could do is walk the paths again and again.
Checkpoint #1
It's time to return to the two holes the players found via the Path Pages. First, we'll cover the "Temple Hole".
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Click the temple's entrance.
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Click on the left doorway.
Click on the right doorway.
Cipher Solution
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Click the bottom of the stairwell.
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The "Temple Hole" immediately splits in two - one going through the "Halls" and the other going to the "Library". The "Halls" tell the story of someone who wanted to help his friends and the various spirits trapped within Johnisdead.com. Unfortunately, this individual was attacked by a masked individual. The identity of this helpful individual is unknown - though they're now supposedly being held captive within Johnisdead.com by "the slayer of your others", which is presumably referring to whoever is responsible for killing the Astral Internet Detectives.
The players would uncover some more answers over in the other branch of the "Temple Hole" - the "Library". Let's temporarily leave the "Halls" and visit it.
johnisdead.com/temple/gates/chamber/library
archives.gif
This page was titled "Answer". It also contained the following text: "You will be tasked with travelling back to a very specific moment in time - a moment in which various timelines twisted and weaved together as one. You know what year I'm referring to, don't you?".
guessing.mp3
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johnisdead.com/temple/gates/chamber/library/2011
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This page was titled "Answer". It also contained the following text: "I shouldn't have to tell you that that year in particular is of significance. For the sake of the mission, as well as your own personal wellbeing, I forbid you from tampering with time surrounding that year. There's already been enough of that as it is.".
guessing.mp3
johnisdead.com/temple/gates/chamber/library/2016
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This page was titled "Answer". It also contained the following text: "That's correct. The year of temporal chaos that cursed me to this terrible fate. This merged chaos will allow you to slip into an alternate timestream where you can carry out the remainder of your duties. You know where to go, correct?".
guessing.mp3
These pages seem to be revealing the conversation that was held between Yugi and Nocta - the conversation where Yugi was tasked with retrieving the Lunar Children servers. Here, Nocta specifies that Yugi will do this by travelling back to the year 2016 and taking advantage of the various inter-mingling timelines of that era to enter into an "alternate timestream" - no doubt referring to the Prime Timeline. This was presumably only possible due to Youshouldnthavedonethat.net's return causing various different timelines to briefly intersect during 2016. This adds further evidence to the fact that Yugi may in fact be José - TheArchiveGuy - as it explains how he managed to travel from the Astral Timeline over to the Prime Timeline.
The players could also access two optional pages by entering in different years. Answering "2011" leads to Nocta forbidding Yugi from travelling to that year - no doubt due to the importance and danger of Undecim Nocte. Strangely, answering "2009" results in a rather unusual response from Nocta in which he references some "FOOL" defying him. Supposedly, Nocta would have been able to kill this fool had it not been for "THE DARK ONE AND JO-" - likely referencing Tenebris and John. Sadly, there aren't enough details to discern what exactly Nocta is referring to here...
Regardless, the "2016" page asked another question - where was Yugi being asked to go?
johnisdead.com/temple/gates/chamber/library/2016
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This page was titled "Answer". It also contained the following text: "That's correct. The year of temporal chaos that cursed me to this terrible fate. This merged chaos will allow you to slip into an alternate timestream where you can carry out the remainder of your duties. You know where to go, correct?".
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johnisdead.com/temple/gates/chamber/library/2016/orchard
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This page was titled "Answer". It also contained the following text: "That place is useless and has been for quite some time ever since Mat became a slave of the wheredidigowrongmyoldfriendsimissyouwasthismyfaultwhydidmat the book from that place.".
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johnisdead.com/temple/gates/chamber/library/2016/spire
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This page was titled "Answer". It also contained the following text: "By that point, the Spire would have been gone - completely removed from our realm of existence and sealed away. Where exactly did it go? I don't want to know.".
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johnisdead.com/temple/gates/chamber/library/2016/fishery
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This page was titled "Answer". It also contained the following text: "At the fishery, you will find the old servers belonging to the Lunar Children. Once you've taken them to a safe location, you must begin the aggregation process so that the two site may become linked between our two timestreams. This will I'm sorry I didn't do it he made me do it I was only trying to help but The J".
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The conversation between Yugi and Nocta continues, with the obvious answer being "The Fishery". Here, Nocta confirms what we already know - Yugi was tasked with retrieving the Lunar Children servers. However, he also reveals the true nature of Yugi's task - to aggregate the websites across the Astral and Prime Timelines. This possibly explains the "Aggregation in progress" message that players were previously greeted with when attempting to access Johnisdead.com. Additionally, it explains how the players are even able to communicate with the Astral Timeline in the first place...
Nocta's message is suddenly cut off - possibly by Yugi himself. Yugi claims that he was initially attempting to betray Nocta and help the players - just like how he and IsocelesAssassin planned. However, he was presumably discovered by an unknown individual and forced to complete the aggregation. Unfortunately, we don't know the identity of this individual - Yugi simply refers to them as "The J-", before being cut off.
Given the fact that Yugi never returned from his mission, it's likely that this "J" individual killed, ascended, or trapped him somewhere... Because of this, the players began speculating that "Yugi" is actually the same individual that the spirits in the "Hall" branch of the "Temple Hole" are referring to - the individual who attempted to help them before being attacked and trapped within Johnisdead.com. This is all very likely...
The two other answers to this question also have some interesting results. Nocta claims that The Spire had been completely removed from the Overworld by late-2016 - no doubt due to The Cataclysm that took place earlier that year in April. This lines up with Hope's journals, where she claimed that The Spire was seemingly completely non-existent at times. Nocta also claims that The Orchard has been completely useless and irrelevant ever since Mat killed off the Moon Children. However, while saying this, another voice suddenly takes over. This voice expresses regret and sorrow over their lost friends... Who exactly this voice belongs to and why it's speaking here is a mystery.
This concludes the "Library" branch of the hole. Now, let's hop back over to the "Halls" branch where we left off earlier:
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The "Halls" branch split off into three separate pages. The first of these seemed to be centered around the individual who killed the Astral Internet Detectives - same person who's currently holding Yugi captive. While the identity of this individual isn't revealed, this page presumably features a heavily distorted photo of them...
The other page centers around Mason. Interestingly, it references the strange "Eight of Clubs" card that The Gray Man gave him in exchange for Helper's Hat back in 2009... This page seems to suggest that The Gray Man was originally given this card by someone else - possibly by the same individual who killed the Astral Internet Detectives. The significance of this card is still unknown, however.
This page also refers to Mason as "Mase". As a reminder, "Mase" was a nickname used by Seth - the Lunar Child who infiltrated the Moon Children alongside Kevin in 2010 in an alternate timeline. Considering the fact that Mason presumably drowned in 2009 in the Prime Timeline, we can assume that the version of Mason that the players are familiar with is NOT the same Mason who infiltrated the Moon Children a year later in 2010. The movements, motivations, and circumstances surrounding this alternate "Seth" Mason are still very mysterious... For the time being, all that's known is that this is a version of Mason from a different timeline who's supposedly attempting to contact SKM - as seen in the transmissions found in the Subspace.
The middle page above also split off into several other pages:
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These pages were centered around the three Astral Internet Detectives who survived. They also reveal quite a bit of new information.
First, the page focusing on IsocelesAssassin seems to contain a distorted frame from the video "N" - the same video that featured what appeared to be the player Circlehunter travelling to the Cellphone Tower. This assumption was partially correct - the individual seen in "N" was actually Circlehunter's Astral counterpart - IsocelesAssassin. This page's audio file and title add further context - "Gray" - as in "The Gray Man". This heavily implies that IsocelesAssassin is indeed "The Gray Man".
It's being implied that IsocelesAssassin also used The Ocarina to travel back in time - just like Yugi. This would explain his absence from late-2018 to mid-2019. It would also explain the various implications that he had been temporally displaced for a while... Regardless, instead of travelling to 2016 like Yugi, IsocelesAssassin presumably travelled back to 2009 and became The Gray Man. This explains how The Gray Man possessed both Ocarina powers and various similarities to the player Circlehunter.
While this finally explains the origins of The Gray Man, it also raises several other mysteries...
- What was IsocelesAssassin doing with the Cellphone Tower?
- What was the strange device he left for SKM to find in 2014?
- How was IsocelesAssassin able to communicate with the players in the Prime Timeline prior to YSHDT.net's return?
- What significance does "Dead One" have - the alternate, deceased version of IsocelesAssassin found in the Subspace?
Strangely, "Dead One" also seems to be referenced on this page - specifically in regards to how an alternate version of IsocelesAssassin presumably died after travelling back in time. The IsocelesAssassin that the players have been communicating with is confirmed to be alive, so the origin of "Dead One" is still unknown. Unfortunately, the players would have to wait to eventually re-contact their allies before finding any answers to these questions...
Yugi's page also contains several important pieces of information. Firstly, the image used for Yugi is undoubtedly the player Jos, confirming that Yugi is indeed the Astral Timeline counterpart of Jos. Additionally, the following pages fully confirmed that Yugi is indeed José - TheArchiveGuy. This means that José's timeline goes something like this:
Summary: José - also known as Yugi - survives the murder of the Astral Internet Detectives alongside Moonman and IsocelesAssassin. The three join the Astral Observatory to presumably investigate Nocta. José eventually gains Nocta's trust and is given a special mission to go back in time, travel to the Prime Timeline, retrieve the Lunar Children servers, and aggregate the websites across the two timelines.
José informs IsocelesAssassin of this and the two decide to use this as an opportunity to undermine Nocta. José goes back in time as planned and successfully enters into the Prime Timeline in late-2016. In early 2018, José retrieves the Lunar Children servers and briefly contacts both the players and Tyler as "TheArchiveGuy". José attempts to assist the spirits within Johnisdead.com but he's eventually discovered by an unknown masked individual simply known as "The J-".
José's spirit is presumably trapped inside Johnisdead.com as punishment. He is now being held captive by the same individual who killed the other Astral Internet Detectives.
The final page discovered by the players seems to be a prison - the same prison where José's spirit was presumably being held. Unfortunately, they were unable to get inside... However, they were given a clue in the form of a keyword - "Violet". Unable to progress any further into the "Temple Hole", the players instead turned their attention towards the "Cavern Hole" - the other hole found within the Path Pages earlier.
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johnisdead.com/cavern/fall/tunnel/womb
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This page was titled "deep". It also hid the following text in its source code:
"we went out again to the art exhibit, really beautiful murals on display. I miss when it could always be this way but I know with her condition Ill have to value every second we have".
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johnisdead.com/cavern/fall/tunnel/womb/subterranean
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This page was titled "STUCK". It also hid the following text in its source code:
"NO I am being serious I can't remember if I threw him in the / or just threw him in a hole in front of it. I almost remember it like I did both. Those parts of the story dont matter anymore, what matters is what the next step made me realize. After It sent him to knock on my door. I woke up and now I finally see what the important parts of the story are now in the grand scheme. I can see the entire story, I know what to do with it now. Its all just".
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The "Cavern Hole" split into two separate branches. The first led down a narrow tunnel that opened into a large underground lake - one that ultimately ended up being impassable thanks to a powerful whirlpool. Unfortunately, this ended up being a dead end for the players. Regardless, this branch featured some interesting dialogue...
NO, I am being serious. I can't remember if I threw him in the lake or just threw him in a hole in front of it. I almost remember it like I did both. Those parts of the story don't matter anymore, what matters is what the next step made me realize. After It sent him to knock on my door. I woke up, and now I finally see what the important parts of the story are in the grand scheme. I can see the entire story. I know what to do with it now. It's all just-
This text seems to be Mat recounting the events that took place in 2010 - namely how he disposed of Hank's body. Strangely, Mat can't remember if he buried Hank in-front of the lake or tossed his body into it. Instead, both seem to be true at the same time. Afterwards, Hank's body - now the transcended Kelbris - was sent by Tenebris to knock on Mat's door. As we all know, this ultimately led to Mat somehow being infused with Tenebris's will, resulting in him killing off most of the other Moon Children.
Mat adds onto this, however. He claims that when he woke up afterwards, he could "See what the important parts of the story are in the grand scheme" - almost as though he had undergone some sort of enlightenment. He claims that he could "See the entire story" and knew what he had to do now. Sadly, the true nature of Mat's epiphany isn't revealed here.
The other branch seemingly led to yet another dead end as the players were faced with an image of distorted murals. However, this page did have one clue to go off of - ciphered text that read "/ejrpvjoerk". This was clearly a ciphered URL. However, running it through different Caesar Ciphers didn't seem to work - it was keyed... However, players quickly realized that they in-fact received a key back at the end of the "Temple Hole" - "VIOLET". By entering in this key, the players managed to solve the cipher - "/entranceto" - leading them further down the hole...
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Surprisingly, the "Cavern Hole" had looped back around into a hidden section of the "Temple Hole" - one that would hopefully allow the players to access José's prison within it...
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The players had indeed managed to find a way into José's prison. Unfortunately, his spirit was no longer there. Instead, it had presumably been moved somewhere else - presumably by whatever entity killed the Astral Internet Detectives - José's current captor. However, José did manage to leave a message for the players:
I dont have much time to talk. he is coming for me, the one who killed all the other detectives. he is angry i escaped i think. This website is a monster. I tried for months to map it and discover its secrets, but it did something to me and now i cant even tell whats real anymore. its connected to those parallelos the cult spoke about. i think its a window or a gateway into them, but i cant be sure. its not fucking normal i know that much. i can feel him getting lcoser im sorry i cant do more for you friends. i will try to activate my scripts soon they will help you dive deeper into the site and find t-
It seems that after obtaining the Lunar Children servers, José attempted to map out Johnisdead.com. Unfortunately, something happened and he could no longer discern what was real or not. He eventually became trapped within the website itself - presumably due to the aforementioned masked "The J-" individual. José claims that he's going to attempt to activate some sort of scripts that he's set in place on the site to help the players access more of it.
It's worth noting that the page containing this message was accessed by clicking on a "Ten of Clubs" card. This is now the third instance of a playing card coming into play:
- Eight of Clubs - Left by the Astral Internet Detective's murderer for The Gray Man. Later traded to Mason in exchange for Helper's Hat.
- Nine of Clubs - Left in Astral Wolf's seat in the Dungeons & Dragons game.
- Ten of Clubs - Left by the Astral Internet Detective's murderer in José's empty prison cell.
Each of these playing cards seems to be associated with a member of the Astral Internet Detectives - presumably left as "calling cards" by their murderer... While the identity of this murderer is still a mystery, it seems as though they have a strong association with playing cards - a possible clue towards their identity.
Though the players had successfully managed to complete both the "Temple Hole" and the "Cavern Hole", it seems as though José's spirit was still out of reach... However, they managed to uncover some valuable information during their journey.
Checkpoint #3
Back on Discord, Synchron suddenly posted several cryptic messages:
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"At what cost. Did it not all come to pass? It is better to be alive. The living can keep the cow. Already flames warmed the wealthy empty home. Will I save a corpse cold lying at his door? Wait willfully. What thy gain will be goodly gotten."
Around this same time, some players began expressing frustrations regarding the lack of YouTube content:
At the moment I was expecting more from this 4/23
I know that it is not over yet
I expected a lot more too
It was to hyped
Excuse me?
This is a game to you?
Yes
And you are displeased?
yes
I see.
Why do you think stupid videos on Youtube are the only thing worth your time?
You disgrace me
i didn't say that
only i said: I expected more
Tsk.
You expect to be given answers but you do not work hard for them.
You want to be given it all.
Then perhaps you deserve nothing
your reward for insolence
at least we take the thumbnail
You probably thought that was a joke
But I did in fact delete that video.
Have fun knowing that piece of information is gone.
Forever.
You are the enemy bup
I could take more if you like?
I could...
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I have to the take the time to rem𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦 𝔢𝖝𝖎𝖘𝖙
𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖒𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖒𝖊 𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖚𝖓𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖞
Annoyed with the response from several players, BUP decided to delete a previously unseen video on the Greth Vlogs YouTube channel. He then threatens to lock Johnisdead.com if the players continue to displease him - something that would undo all of their hard work... In response, several players banded together to create a secret group - the "Alliance Against BUP" Discord server. Together, they began formulating a plot to capture BUP. In the meantime, a video was suddenly uploaded to Kaiden's YouTube channel - "kaiden_abridged_2.mp4".
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This video begins with the same title card from Kaiden's previous video, reading:
Adventures of KAIDEN ZOROMICHI ABRIDGED Part 2".
Kaiden fades on screen and begins speaking.
Kaiden: "Truly this world is cursed. Lost, for I am, without sweet Yuuki. It was my own hubris that brought this cursed fate to me. My own poor decisions. I should have known. I should have realized what it meant to be one of them, but now I am the very one responsible for my life without her. Perhaps it is in the Internet Detectives that I-"
The video suddenly begins corrupting. A distorted version of BUP's avatar is shown.
𝔅𝔘𝔓: "𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔬"
𝔅𝔘𝔓: "𝔡𝔦𝔡𝔫'𝔱 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔪𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢,"
𝔅𝔘𝔓: "...𝔡𝔦𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲?"
𝔅𝔘𝔓: "𝔬𝔥, ℑ'𝔪 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲,"
𝔅𝔘𝔓: ""𝔡𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔰""
𝔅𝔘𝔓: "𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔶 𝔫𝔬𝔱..."
Distorted footage of Greth is shown.
𝔅𝔘𝔓: "𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔭 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤..."
More distorted footage is shown.
𝔅𝔘𝔓: "𝔩𝔢𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔩..."
The word "control" flashes on screen, followed by loud, distorted footage of Greth.
Summary
- This video is a continuation of Kaiden's roleplaying adventures.
- Kaiden ponders if he should join the Internet Detectives before BUP takes control of the video.
- BUP leaves a threatening message for the players, Kaiden, and presumably Greth as well.
This video starts off as a continuation of Kaiden's roleplay adventures. Here, Kaiden can be seen questioning whether or not he should join forces with the Internet Detectives... However, before he can come to a decision, the video's suddenly hijacked by BUP. BUP cryptically taunts the players and showcases footage of Greth, urging someone to stop thinking and allow their nature to take control - possibly in reference to BUP's presence within Greth.
On April 24th, 2020, a new video was uploaded to Silentdork - "FINALKRIEGKOMMEND", which roughly translates to "FINAL WAR COMING".
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This video begins with footage of the page "https://astralobservatory.net/subspace/inner/open-index/gate". Pumpkinhead begins speaking using Minecraft text.
Pumpkinhead: "You've broken the final seal."
The video corrupts and shows footage of a dark library in what appears to be a yet unseen Janus room.
Pumpkinhead: "The realms beyond are spilling out."
Pumpkinhead: "They are reaching for you."
Pumpkinhead: "But... Will you be able to save your link in time?"
Distorted footage of the "Path" Janus room begins playing.
Pumpkinhead: "Or will you become lost in the endless abyss with him?"
Footage of a long, dark hallway in a Janus room begins playing.
Pumpkinhead: "I'll be searching for my mask."
Footage of a dark room in a Janus map is shown. A dark figure moves across the room.
Pumpkinhead: "Don't keep me waiting."
Pumpkinhead: "OR I'LL TAKE ANOTHER"
Summary
- This video seems to be a message from Pumpkinhead.
- Pumpkinhead taunts the players, doubting that they'll be able to rescue Tyler from the Parallelos.
- Pumpkinhead claims that he's currently searching for his mask - Astral Wolf.
- Pumpkinhead threatens to take another spirit as his mask.
This video features a threatening message from Pumpkinhead. Though the players managed to outplay him a few days prior, he's still taunting them, doubting that they'll be able to rescue Tyler from the Parallelos. He also claims that he's still searching for Astral Wolf. However, if he's unable to locate him, then Pumpkinhead implies that he might take a different spirit to use as a mask instead... Interestingly, this video also showcased several other 3D environments that had yet to be seen - such as long, dakr hallways and cramped rooms with a dark entity roaming around... This implies that there's more Janus rooms that the players have yet to discover.
Back on Discord, the players reacted as expected to this upload.
wot
erika
we need your help
to save tyler
W
WHAT
we are LOST
johnisdead.com is up
lol yeah I know that ^^
Ill admit Im kind of scared to mess with that place too much ^^;
Afterwards, strange activity began taking place on JanusVR. First, a massive entity named "Deadman" appeared. As the name suggested, this entity used a textureless model of a "ReDead" enemy as it slowly slumped across the "Path" Janus Room.
"Deadman" in JanusVR.
"Deadman" in JanusVR.
Around this same time, another entity appeared - "Fascie". This name was an obvious reference to the "Absque Fascie". However, it could also be a reference to Tenebris himself. This was strengthened by the fact that this entity took on the appearance of a monochrome gas mask-wearing creature:
As the players observed Fascie, they followed him into the "Fakeworld" Janus Room. Here, they discovered that Fakeworld had actually updated, now featuring a new location in the lakebed area:
Fakeworld Janus Room
The players followed Fascie down to the new cavern in Fakeworld's lakebed. Here, they found a portal to a new webpage - "https://johnisdead.com/under". While this page appeared to be blank, its code hid another Janus room - the "Under" Janus Room.
Under Janus Room
As the players were led through the "Under" Janus Room by Fascie, they found three other entities within its halls - "Trapped", "Stackoverflow", and "Halicord". These three entities seemed to be "brothers" and their avatars mainly consisted of strangely colored polygons:
The entity known as "Trapped".
The entity known as "Stackoverflow".
The entity known as "Halicord".
Halicord and Stackoverflow began interrogating the players, questioning why they've suddenly intruded into their home. It seems as though these three "brothers" are strange entities that are native to Janus rooms... Unfortunately, the players were unable to learn much about their nature, origin, or motives. Instead, they simply wished for the players to leave. While all of this was taking place, Trapped was simply shivering in the corner of the room, seemingly unable to communicate. Before the players could question them any further, the three "brothers" and Fascie all jumped into the circular hole found in the "Hole Room" shown up above. After this, they disappeared.
With all four entities now gone, the players were able to explore the Janus room more thoroughly. While doing so, they discovered that the two audio files found within it hid spectrograms. One of these contained a message reading "WHY ARE YOU HERE" while the other featured an important symbol from the Silent Hill series - the "Seal of Metatron".
The "Seal of Metatron".
The ominous message.
Checkpoint #4
Later that night, players discovered that a new post had been made on Letschasethemouse:
Allies.
Before I'm removed, I need to get in contact with you. Not here; oh no, there are many interlopers. Hackers.
What I would once call my friends.
What I would once call my enemies.
I'm at my limit. I've been on the run for too long. There's very little good I can do left-- I must always abide by the world's law. You have an ally in me, if you are truly one who seeks to strike out.
It may be hard for us to understand each other, though. Language is not the only thing we don't share. I have a much higher understanding than yourself. An understanding that put me above all else once before, but now it's a hindrance. Even that being the case, I'm still below those that I now oppose.
It's what will end me. But there is something I know I can share.
Come find me.
-L
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This seems to be a message from TheLaw. This might imply that the blog's previous post asking for help was also from TheLaw. Regardless, TheLaw is once again confirming that he has turned against BUP and is now an ally of the players. Unfortunately, BUP is well aware of this, meaning that TheLaw is in grave danger. However, he's willing to share some more information with the players. TheLaw claims that he has a great amount of "understanding" - presumably referring to the same sort of extended knowledge that the other Layered Beings possess. He claims that his knowledge once allowed him to be positioned "above all else", but now this knowledge is nothing but a hinderance for him.
The final portion of TheLaw's post was a code - one that, once decoded, led the players to a hidden page on Letschasethemouse - "https://letschasethemouse.blogspot.com/p/l.html". This page was titled "L" and contained a link to an unlisted video on the "M" YouTube channel - "L".
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This video begins with footage of someone's desktop. They have the program "RX-SSTV" open - a program used to decipher SSTV signals. They begin deciphering an SSTV signal, revealing a distorted image of BUP's Discord avatar. The following pop-ups appear on the screen:
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The screen in the program RX-SSTV begins playing a video of BUP's Discord avatar. The following pop-ups appear:
THE DEADMAN'S SWITCH
TRIGGER [DEADMAN SWTICH]?
Yes No
THE DEADMAN'S SWITCH
TRIGGER [DEADMAN SWTICH]?
ARE YOU SURE?
Yes No
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The video in the RX-SSTV screen suddenly changes to an image of Toad's face from Super Mario 64 with an "X" over it. This was the avatar currently being used for the "Alliance Against BUP" Discord server. Distorted numbers begin appearing on screen, rapidly counting up in minutes. The video in the RX-SSTV screen shows a Discord screenshot of someone about to ban a user for the given reason:
"You shouldn't have done that."
The video on the RX-SSTV screen then shows a screenshot from Majora's Mask with a text box reading:
"You shouldn't have done that."
The timer reaches "4080 MINUTES" and the video ends.
Summary
- This video seemed to be a recording of TheLaw's desktop as he attempted to decipher a message from BUP.
- BUP's influence seemingly causes TheLaw's computer to corrupt as something called the "Deadman's Switch" is activated.
This video seems to be a recording of TheLaw's computer. He appears to be deciphering a message sent by BUP - one that simply revealed BUP's avatar. However, once the message is fully deciphered, TheLaw's computer begins to act strangely - possibly due to BUP's influence corrupting it. Suddenly, something called the "Deadman's Switch" is activated as a countdown appears. While the specifics surrounding this aren't too clear, it's obvious that TheLaw is under constant threat thanks to BUP...
Seeing that BUP was now placing more of their allies in peril, the players decided that it was time to spring their trap on BUP. They added him to their secret "Alliance Against BUP" Discord server and submitted a custom "Binding Rune" in an attempt to capture him. This was accompanied by the following incantation:
BUP's Binding Rune
"O wayward toad, heathenish fool that walks through time, heed our spell! May the ice of the Nords permeate your skin, enveloping you as the timeless force of nature freezes you to the bone. Straysinger, may the ice immobilize you as the esoterics and unknown stagnate your mind down to the unmanifest, halting even your primordial desires. Mind us, O man of many layers, as your frost-bound being is washed over by water, revealing your collective memory for what it truly is. May your unconscious come forth, and allow us to talk to those who compose the sum of your parts."
While impressive and well-researched, the players' rune unfortunately did not work, as BUP was seemingly unscathed:
ℑ𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤.
𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥...?
𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔦𝔫𝔳𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔪𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔞𝔨 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔢?
Speaking is what this was supposed to accomplish.
But we want to speak to what you actually are, not what you've evolved or amalgamated into.
𝔏𝔬𝔩
𝔚𝔢𝔩𝔩, 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔡𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱?
Alright, first of all, what actually are you?
Like, what is your makeup
We know you're Greth in some way but some more details would be nice
𝔜𝔞𝔴𝔫, 𝔫𝔢𝔵𝔱.
Alright, What's TheLaw been up to?
𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔢𝔶?
𝔄𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶, ℑ'𝔡 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣. 𝔖𝔢𝔢𝔪𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔱 𝔞 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰.
BUP decides to humor the players and answer some more of their questions. He claims that he's not entirely sure what TheLaw is currently planning - though he implies that he's well aware of his treachery. As time goes on, BUP becomes annoyed with the players' questions:
A while ago you said you needed us to exist if I'm recalling correctly
Why? And is it the hate you need, or just the relevancy?
𝔊𝔬𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔰𝔨 𝔞 𝔩𝔬𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔬𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰, 𝔛𝔢𝔫𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶.
𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔥𝔶 𝔦𝔰 𝔓𝔞𝔨𝔬 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢? ℌ𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔭𝔩𝔬𝔱, 𝔫𝔬? ℑ𝔰𝔫'𝔱 𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 '𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔯' 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰 '𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢'?
𝔚𝔞𝔰 𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔬 𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 ℑ 𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔯𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔞 𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔬𝔩𝔱 𝔰𝔲𝔟𝔰𝔢𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔡𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔰? 𝕴𝖙'𝖘 𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖚𝖘 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞.
Does "annoying" just translate to questions you don't want to answer?
𝔉𝔦𝔫𝔢, 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔪𝔢?
𝔒𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔲𝔭𝔬𝔫 𝔞 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 ℑ 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔰𝔩𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢, 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲.
ℑ 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔪𝔞𝔫 𝔴𝔥𝔬, 𝔲𝔭𝔬𝔫 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔪𝔞𝔩 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔰-- 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔣𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔰 '𝔟𝔢𝔫 𝔡𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔫𝔢𝔡' 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶-- ℑ 𝔡𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔲𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔰𝔢 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶.
ℑ 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔞 𝔐𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯'𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔈𝔰𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔠 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔬𝔩𝔬𝔤𝔶, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔰𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔡𝔢𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔢𝔰. 𝔑𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔪𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰. 𝔓𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔤𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣.
ℑ 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔠𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔣𝔲𝔩, 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔰𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔞 𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔪𝔞𝔩 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔶 ℑ 𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 '𝔄𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔒𝔟𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔳𝔞𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔶', 𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔧𝔬𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔴 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔬𝔡.
𝔄𝔱 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔭𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔱 ℑ 𝔡𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔩𝔢 𝔪𝔶 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔨 𝔬𝔫 𝔞 '𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔤' 𝔬𝔫 𝔗ℌ𝔄𝔗 𝔴𝔢𝔟𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔢. ℑ 𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔞 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 ℑ 𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔨𝔢 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔴 𝔞 𝔣𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔤. 𝔄𝔰 𝔑𝔬𝔠𝔱𝔞.
𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔑𝔬𝔠𝔱𝔞 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔪𝔢. 𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡 𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔢𝔟𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔢--- 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 ℑ 𝔫𝔢𝔢𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯. ℑ𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔡𝔢𝔳𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔤𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔭 𝔬𝔣 𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔣𝔦𝔱𝔰.
BUP finally reveals some more of his past. He claims that he was once an ordinary mortal just like the players. During this time, he wasn't too unlike his other alternate selves - Greth and Moonman - as he was also partook in "Ben Drowned". However, unlike his other selves, this inspired BUP to pursue a degree in "Esoteric Theology" so that he might research paranormal activity on a more profession level. This eventually manifested in BUP creating the first incarnation of the "Astral Observatory", the original purpose of which was to serve as his paranormal research study.
This could imply that the "Researcher Greth" seen throughout the Astral Observatory albums is actually BUP - or rather, BUP's original mortal form from that unknown third timeline.
Regardless, BUP created Astralobservatory.net and began going by the name Nocta. This website and username would both later be stolen by "Kevin Hendricks" - the "Nocta" that the players are all familiar with from the Astral Observatory Forums.
Notice: As a reminder, the Nocta that the players are familiar - "Kevin Hendricks" - with is NOT BUP. "Kevin Hendricks" simply stole BUP's username and website, transforming it into the Astral Observatory Forums that the players joined in 2018. This all took place in the Astral Timeline, while BUP and his original version of the Astral Observatory hail from a mysterious third timeline - one that has yet to be seen outside of BUP's brief excerpts as "Researcher Greth", presumably.
𝔇𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔴?
Relatively
How did you get to be what you are now, though?
𝔄𝔤𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫
Aggregation of yourself from other layers?
ℑ𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖘𝖊𝖊𝖐, 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝕴 𝖗𝖊𝖋𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖉𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖚𝖘𝖘 𝖎𝖙.
ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔱𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔤𝔞𝔪𝔢.
ℑ𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔣𝔲𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥.
ℑ 𝔪𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔰𝔞𝔶, 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔩𝔩 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔠𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔢𝔡 𝔲𝔭 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔞𝔪𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤.
𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 ℑ 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔪𝔶 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢.
BUP claims that he was able to achieve his current status as a Layered Being partially thanks to Aggregation - presumably with various other incarnations of himself, as claimed previously. However, he refuses to reveal any more information regarding it.
Before departing from the "Alliance Against BUP" Discord server, he posts a strange image titled "METATRONCIRCLE.gif".
This seems to be related to the concept of the "Metatron Cube" - something that BUP also posted back in mid-2019. However, its significance is still unknown...
On April 25th, 2020, the players entered the "Under" Janus Room and found another strange entity roaming its halls - a distorted, armless figure named "Child". This entity took on the appearance of one of the "Moon Child" characters from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - albeit heavily distorted:
As Child slowly walked through the halls of "Under", it would occasionally turn around and stare at the players. Whenever this would happen, the players would have to stop moving and wait for Child to turn back around and continue walking. Eventually, Child opened up a portal to a new webpage - "https://johnisdead.com/pillars", which contained a new Janus room as well - the "Pillars" Janus Room.
Pillars Janus Room
Around this same time, the players began wishing they could use The Ocarina. Believing that the "Inverted Song of Time" may be connected to several mentions of José's time travel on Johnisdead.com, the player otherLiam submitted it, hoping for a result. However, this submission was immediately deleted by the IIIII account. This was accompanied by the Internet Detectives Discord server's banner briefly changing to an image of Patrem. This all seemed to be implying that The Ocarina could no longer be used on Discord, as it was now tethered to Within Hubris.
If the players wished to utilize The Ocarina, they would have to do so in the Johnisdead thread on Within Hubris. Unfortunately, this thread was still locked... While theorizing how they might regain access to it, the players were suddenly given a password-protected file from the IIIII account - "key.7z". Eager to find the password for this file, they began exploring Johnisdead.com. Here, they discovered that Trapped was active in the Fakeworld Janus Room.
hide and seek?
Sure!
...I think
Who's hiding?
me
It seemed that Trapped wished to play a game of hide-and-seek with the players. After searching through the dark, expansive landscape of Fakeworld, the player Xenquility finally found Trapped's hiding place.
good
Ill tell you a secret
I WISH I KNEW MY
father
After this, Trapped suddenly left. Despite this strange admission, the word "father" seemed to be of some importance... After some experimentation, the players discovered that it was actually the password needed to unlock the mysterious "key.7z" file. Inside the file was a video titled "key.mp4" - a brief clip of someone saying "This is the key to, um... This is the key to the dungeon, right?".
Having gained access to this hypothetical "key", the players discovered that the Johnisdead thread on Within Hubris was now unlocked, meaning they could both freely use The Ocarina and continue chatting with Patrem:
/Patrem\
Group: Characters
Member: #609
Joined: February 19, 2015
Apr 25 2020, 07:20 AM Post #1079
As foolish as ever, you brats.
RealXenquility
Group: Players
Member: #766
Joined: Apr 19, 2020
Apr 25 2020, 07:23 AM Post #1080
Wow, quite the change in demeanor from last time. What's the cause?
MaskedSheikah
Group: Players
Member: #5
Joined: Aug 10, 2012
Apr 25 2020, 07:24 AM Post #1081
:(
haou
Group: Players
Member: #596
Joined: Nov 10, 2015
Apr 25 2020, 07:26 AM Post #1082
Calling us brats? How unappreciative and crass. Lol.
/Patrem\
Group: Characters
Member: #609
Joined: February 19, 2015
Apr 25 2020, 07:27 AM Post #1083
Confuse not my sterness for a method by which to make your faulty judgement of alliances child. My path is holy I can assure you yet still. The path by which you may use power is open in this moment.
RealXenquility
Group: Players
Member: #766
Joined: Apr 19, 2020
Apr 25 2020, 07:28 AM Post #1084
So we should be acting now?
/Patrem\
Group: Characters
Member: #609
Joined: February 19, 2015
Apr 25 2020, 07:35 AM Post #1085
Decide child
RealXenquility
Group: Players
Member: #766
Joined: Apr 19, 2020
Apr 25 2020, 07:40 AM Post #1086
Time is of the essence. We need more!
/Patrem\
Group: Characters
Member: #609
Joined: February 19, 2015
Apr 25 2020, 07:49 AM Post #1087
DaS7u8kN/b3B8iJD/Wo:Df9Z)@rHND004/nFED0
RealXenquility
Group: Players
Member: #766
Joined: Apr 19, 2020
Apr 25 2020, 08:06 AM Post #1088
Thank you Father
Patrem seems to be acting a bit more sternly than last time. However, he assures the players that he's still retaining the same "holy" path as before. Additionally, he allows them to use their powers and submit the "Inverted Song of Time". In response, Patrem posts an audio file - one in which he claims "This ancient power starts to sway. Wait patiently.".
Around this same time, several players began questioning Patrem's motivation for helping them. In response, Erika posted the following:
Erika
"What if he is just being merciful >~> To you wankers =p (myself included too I guess)"
Afterwards, several Russian players suddenly became active, having taken a keen interest in Johnisdead. Despite the language barrier, they were still able to interact with the Internet Detectives and the ARG as a whole. This led to the following exchange:
The beauty of english as a language is you can utterly butcher something but if you may often still understand it if you are a native english speaker
But it is also one of the most dynamic languages on the planet and is really complicated to learn at an elaborate level.
just my two cents sorry <w<; how did you like my hidden joke there lol XD
im blind I don't see it erika D:
I kind of fumbled my wording when I typed that up but left it as is to prove my point =p
oh
yeah
Its so dynamic you can just "get it" even if its fuckedup where as other languages can be much less forgiving
Afterwards, the players discovered that Trapped was once again active in Fakeworld. Here, he said the following:
Trapped
"Is it always lies? Or is it too many truths in all the wrong places?"
While the players weren't exactly sure what he meant by this, further exploration led to them discovering that Fakeworld had actually updated once again - now featuring a small cave that linked to the "Pillars" Janus Room:
Fakeworld Janus Room
On April 26th, 2020, the IIIII account became active and posted several strange images. These all seemed to feature the same 3D evironment found in the "For Solifera C" video back in mid-2019. Additionally, one of these screenshots seemed very reminiscent of a location where Tyler was held while he was kidnapped by the Lunar Children back in 2015 - presumably within The Spire...
A screenshot similar to the location where Tyler was held in the video "Going to kevins".
A screenshot similar to the location seen in the video "For Solifera C".
A location featuring some strange graffiti in a concrete environment.
Shortly after this, the player Dawn began acting strangely. The last time the players head from him, he had supposedly been trapped within "The Machine". Now, his username had changed to "|||||". He also posted a strange image of what appeared to be Stackoverflow:
Upon checking Letschasethemouse, the players found another new post from TheLaw:
The time has come.
Come find me in the place you used to talk in. In the place that I know only you know of.
http://realwithinhubris.chatango.com/
Notice: This chat website was often used by the Within Hubris community before Skype. However, it is now deprecated and potentially unsafe to visit.
It seems that TheLaw was now directly reaching out to the players - presumably in an attempt to help them rescue Dawn. However, given his recent betrayal of BUP, it's likely that TheLaw himself may also be in grave danger...
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