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+ | <h2>May 6th, 2015</h2> | ||
+ | <ul> | ||
+ | <li> | ||
+ | At 10:59 PM, Mason became active in the Skype group and briefly chatted with the players. Unfortunately, the player Sengi submitted the command "<b>.root</b>", causing the connection with Mason to be severed. | ||
+ | </li> | ||
+ | </ul> | ||
+ | <div class="transcript mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> | ||
+ | <p style="display:inline;"> | ||
+ | <b> | ||
+ | 5/6/15 - Chat with Mason - Skype (Internet Detectives) | ||
+ | </b> | ||
+ | </p> | ||
+ | <div class="mw-collapsible-content"><poem> | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[10:59:36 PM] Mason xxxxxxxxx: Possible connection modulation event soon.</span> | ||
+ | [10:59:46 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: Oh my god | ||
+ | [10:59:48 PM] Le lune 'Jayckup': WOAH | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[10:59:50 PM] Mason xxxxxxxxx: Time estimation processing.</span> | ||
+ | [10:59:56 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: .root | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[11:00:18 PM] Mason xxxxxxxxx: Process aborted due to user input.</span> | ||
+ | [11:00:31 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): Override | ||
+ | [11:00:36 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: Whoops | ||
+ | [11:00:38 PM] Oceanstuck: O FUCK MASONS HERE | ||
+ | [11:00:39 PM] Oceanstuck: I MEAN | ||
+ | [11:00:39 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): Continue proce | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[11:00:41 PM] Mason xxxxxxxxx: You do not have the required rights.</span> | ||
+ | [11:00:41 PM] Oceanstuck: hi mason | ||
+ | [11:00:50 PM] Tylep the rotaerc: .groot | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[11:00:53 PM] Mason xxxxxxxxx: Powering into sleep mode.</span> | ||
+ | [11:00:57 PM] Oceanstuck: abort | ||
+ | [11:01:07 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): .root | ||
+ | [11:01:12 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): Resume | ||
+ | [11:01:26 PM] Wolfcat: he's crashing into slumber | ||
+ | [11:01:41 PM] Tylep the rotaerc: nigga wait | ||
+ | [11:01:44 PM] Tylep the rotaerc: what is your os? | ||
+ | </poem> | ||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | <h2>May 14th, 2015</h2> | ||
+ | <ul> | ||
+ | <li> | ||
+ | At 9:00 PM, The Man joined the Skype group and began chatting with the players. He announced that this arc of the ARG was now over and revealed his identity. | ||
+ | </li> | ||
+ | </ul> | ||
+ | <div class="transcriptsum mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> | ||
+ | <p style="display:inline;"> | ||
+ | <b> | ||
+ | 5/14/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives) | ||
+ | </b> | ||
+ | </p> | ||
+ | <div class="mw-collapsible-content"><poem> | ||
+ | <span class="vip"> | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:04:50 PM] *** Brittany added The Man ***</span> | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:05:04 PM] The Man: Hello.</span> | ||
+ | [9:05:07 PM] Brittany: Hi | ||
+ | [9:05:11 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: nice | ||
+ | [9:05:16 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: What's up, Man? | ||
+ | [9:05:47 PM] Brittany: Whats your annoccment, kind sir? | ||
+ | [9:06:00 PM] Tylep the rotaerc: Wo I tried to join call | ||
+ | [9:06:05 PM] Tylep the rotaerc: But it pooped | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:06:13 PM] The Man: I am trying to figure out how many members are here.</span> | ||
+ | [9:06:18 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: 24 | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:06:27 PM] The Man: Online.</span> | ||
+ | [9:06:33 PM] Brittany: roger, roger. | ||
+ | [9:06:45 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: I see about 9 | ||
+ | [9:07:16 PM] Grey: Why hello. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) | ||
+ | [9:07:19 PM] Grey: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) | ||
+ | [9:07:20 PM] Grey: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) | ||
+ | [9:07:21 PM] Grey: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) | ||
+ | [9:07:22 PM] Grey: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:07:22 PM] The Man: Thanks. | ||
+ | [9:07:28 PM] The Man: Anyways.</span> | ||
+ | [9:07:34 PM] Tylep the rotaerc: U picked a good time mane | ||
+ | [9:07:43 PM] Tylep the rotaerc: I just got off work Xp | ||
+ | [9:07:48 PM] Grey: I'm always the best at timing ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:07:58 PM] The Man: I guess I will announce this anyways, even though not many members are on.</span> | ||
+ | [9:08:20 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: can't join call | ||
+ | [9:08:23 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: the blacklist | ||
+ | [9:08:33 PM] Grey: I can't either, no headset near me | ||
+ | [9:08:33 PM] Tylep the rotaerc: Gimmie one second | ||
+ | [9:08:47 PM] Tylep the rotaerc: I can join in a sec when I get inside | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:08:51 PM] The Man: My arg isn't going to be finished in the forseeable future.</span> | ||
+ | [9:08:58 PM] Grey: D: | ||
+ | [9:09:01 PM] Brittany: :<< | ||
+ | [9:09:09 PM | Edited 6:09:31 PM] Grey: Is it because we suck at puzzles? | ||
+ | [9:09:16 PM] Brittany: or your busy? | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:09:28 PM] The Man: I have decided to stop updating.</span> | ||
+ | [9:09:28 PM | Edited 6:09:39 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: Do you mean that we're not close to endgame? | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:09:38 PM] The Man: I will not announce my reasons why.</span> | ||
+ | [9:09:42 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): Ohai d00d | ||
+ | [9:09:48 PM] Grey: Aw man | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:09:51 PM] The Man: Because I do not want to point fingers. | ||
+ | [9:09:56 PM] The Man: However.</span> | ||
+ | [9:10:02 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: is it my fault | ||
+ | [9:10:04 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: im sorry | ||
+ | [9:10:04 PM] Grey: Is it because finals are near? | ||
+ | [9:10:07 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: don't kill me | ||
+ | [9:10:10 PM] Brittany: no, thorin... calm down | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:10:13 PM] The Man: A leading cause of this is the group dynamic.</span> | ||
+ | [9:10:25 PM] Grey: Oh | ||
+ | [9:10:26 PM] Grey: that | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:10:27 PM] The Man: I have finished my finals last week.</span> | ||
+ | [9:10:30 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: We need to stop being asshats | ||
+ | [9:10:31 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: :L | ||
+ | [9:10:32 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: I think I know where this is going | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:10:42 PM] The Man: Anyways. | ||
+ | [9:10:51 PM] The Man: I have a more hapoy announcement.</span> | ||
+ | [9:10:54 PM] Mando 寒山: hapoy | ||
+ | [9:10:55 PM] Brittany: GO on. | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:10:55 PM] The Man: Happy. | ||
+ | [9:11:01 PM] The Man: My arg.</span> | ||
+ | [9:11:05 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: [9:11 PM] The Man: <<< hapoy o3o | ||
+ | [9:11:11 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): @Grey Apparently at least one person here is to blame, but we won't know who because we don't want trouble. | ||
+ | [9:11:12 PM] Grey: Mhm | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:11:17 PM] The Man: Was actually just an introduction to a bigger one.</span> | ||
+ | [9:11:19 PM] *** Missed group call. *** | ||
+ | [9:11:27 PM] Grey: : O | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:11:39 PM] The Man: Another group has been crafing a story for you all.</span> | ||
+ | [9:11:50 PM] Grey: But wait, does that mean we're going into another ARG? | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:11:50 PM] The Man: And hopefully a bigger group than this.</span> | ||
+ | [9:11:51 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: how nice of them | ||
+ | [9:11:55 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): Was it going to be connected to BEN as well? | ||
+ | [9:11:55 PM] Brittany: PLOT TWIST | ||
+ | [9:12:02 PM] Brittany: PLOT TWIST | ||
+ | [9:12:07 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): SEEKER | ||
+ | [9:12:09 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: wait | ||
+ | [9:12:10 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): STAHP | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:12:14 PM] The Man: I will not announce anything about it other than it is a thing.</span> | ||
+ | [9:12:15 PM] Brittany: Love you too, Mugen. | ||
+ | [9:12:15 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: did the other group fuck something up? | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:12:20 PM] The Man: For it is not my story</span> | ||
+ | [9:12:24 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): No | ||
+ | [9:12:24 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: um | ||
+ | [9:12:27 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): Thorin | ||
+ | [9:12:28 PM] Grey: Is this one just stopping completely then? Or stopped until we get a beter group dynamic? | ||
+ | [9:12:28 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: I am so confused | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:12:31 PM] The Man: And it is not my place to mention it.</span> | ||
+ | [9:12:33 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): It was one or some of us | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:12:49 PM] The Man: My story is not continuing, sadly.</span> | ||
+ | [9:12:49 PM] Mando 寒山: [9:12 PM] Grey: <<< one just stopping completely then?It's going to lead into the bigger one, which the man won't be running | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:13:07 PM] The Man: You will not see an end to the doug and mason story.</span> | ||
+ | [9:13:08 PM] Mando 寒山: Lead into being the other group will pick up where this left off and segue it | ||
+ | [9:13:21 PM] Grey: WEll damn | ||
+ | [9:13:28 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: mason's... no one cared for Doug after the blueprints o3o | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:13:33 PM] The Man: I am sorry.</span> | ||
+ | [9:13:40 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: it's okay | ||
+ | [9:13:47 PM] Brittany: its ok, dude! | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:13:49 PM] The Man: I have a few more things.</span> | ||
+ | [9:13:49 PM] Brittany: X3 | ||
+ | [9:13:57 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: This means everything we've done so far is pretty much irrelevant at this point? | ||
+ | [9:13:57 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): When the big one ends, I hope you come forward without the mask so we can thank you properly for the awesome ride. | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:13:58 PM] The Man: First, the site has updated.</span> | ||
+ | [9:14:01 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: You, as an author, made a decision, and i'll respect that, even if I don't agree | ||
+ | [9:14:08 PM] *** Brittany nods *** | ||
+ | [9:14:18 PM] Grey: OH GOD MY EARS | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:14:23 PM] The Man: Second, I have made a sign out video. | ||
+ | [9:14:27 PM] The Man: Third</span> | ||
+ | [9:15:00 PM] Grey: Well, the site just killed my hearing. | ||
+ | [9:15:01 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): Yes? | ||
+ | [9:15:02 PM] Tylep the rotaerc: I cna't join call now fuk | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:15:03 PM] The Man: No.</span> | ||
+ | [9:15:04 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: Escape to the future to return them all. -R | ||
+ | [9:15:09 PM] Tylep the rotaerc: someone add me plz =[ | ||
+ | [9:15:09 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: whos r | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:15:15 PM] The Man: I did not end this like Jad.</span> | ||
+ | [9:15:16 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: I found that in the source of the main page | ||
+ | [9:15:34 PM] Brittany: man, can u hear us in call? | ||
+ | [9:15:36 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): Guys he's not pulling an Alex Hall | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:15:38 PM] The Man: I went out of my way to make sure I did not follow in his footsteps. | ||
+ | [9:15:41 PM] The Man: Third | ||
+ | [9:15:50 PM] The Man: I am announcing who I am.</span> | ||
+ | [9:15:55 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): Oh | ||
+ | [9:15:57 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: he didn't get out money anyways | ||
+ | [9:15:58 PM] Grey: Are you dawn | ||
+ | [9:16:04 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: MRW Its dawn | ||
+ | [9:16:11 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: I bet it was circle o3o | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:16:12 PM] The Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNgxyL5zEAk</span> | ||
+ | [9:16:19 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: I fuckin wish | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:16:20 PM] The Man: Its been me all along</span> | ||
+ | [9:16:22 PM] Grey: btw /no is some kind of anime dragon | ||
+ | [9:16:27 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: lol | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:16:30 PM] The Man: ITS BEEN ME ALL ALONG AUSTIN | ||
+ | [9:16:39 PM] The Man: Yeah</span> | ||
+ | [9:16:39 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: D: | ||
+ | [9:16:41 PM] Grey: AW SONOFABITCH | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:16:45 PM] The Sun: It's been me all along. | ||
+ | [9:16:46 PM] The Sun: Austin.</span> | ||
+ | [9:16:50 PM] Grey: I FUCKING KNEW IT | ||
+ | [9:16:53 PM] Mando 寒山: Lmao | ||
+ | [9:16:56 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): ... | ||
+ | [9:17:01 PM] Grey: Mostly because I was there when you made the site | ||
+ | [9:17:01 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): You | ||
+ | [9:17:04 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): Magnificent | ||
+ | [9:17:07 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): Bastard | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:17:12 PM] The Man: <3</span> | ||
+ | [9:17:13 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: I knew there was a reason for you to be the first to see the site | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:17:19 PM] The Man: I love you too.</span> | ||
+ | [9:17:23 PM] Brittany: XD | ||
+ | [9:17:28 PM] Grey: Actually "Law" was the first to see the site | ||
+ | [9:17:36 PM] Grey: which was actually Dawn | ||
+ | [9:17:38 PM] Brittany: you got me man | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:17:38 PM] The Man: I am law.</span> | ||
+ | [9:17:39 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: IF we're gonna be technical about it | ||
+ | [9:17:45 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: I saw it before any of you | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:17:46 PM] The Man: I AM THE LAW | ||
+ | [9:17:57 PM] The Man: wat | ||
+ | [9:18:04 PM] The Man: Wat</span> | ||
+ | [9:18:07 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: I fought the law and... I won | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:18:11 PM] The Man: Anyways</span> | ||
+ | [9:18:13 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: according to the code on YSHDT | ||
+ | [9:18:14 PM] Mando 寒山: I have to admit something tooI knew the whole time and was in on some aspects My role as a demon was to lead you guys astray Choosing Doug's file? Leading to the bad end Suggesting we send Mason the blueprints for the bomb? Would have lead to he killing himself to attack Doug | ||
+ | [9:18:14 PM] Grey: But who was Helper? | ||
+ | [9:18:15 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: Escape to the future to return them all. -R | ||
+ | [9:18:22 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagnificentBastard | ||
+ | [9:18:22 PM] Mando 寒山: Sorry folks, but thems the breaks | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:18:35 PM] The Man: I will answer any questions concerining my arg in call</span> | ||
+ | [9:18:36 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: Mando | ||
+ | [9:18:40 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: Well played to you too | ||
+ | [9:18:44 PM] Grey: WHO WAS PHONE? | ||
+ | [9:18:46 PM] Mando 寒山: Thanks, it was fun | ||
+ | [9:18:48 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): Going into call | ||
+ | [9:18:52 PM] Brittany: OH DEAR | ||
+ | [9:18:54 PM] Brittany: LORD | ||
+ | [9:18:54 PM] Brittany: NO | ||
+ | [9:18:58 PM] Brittany: NO MUGEN | ||
+ | [9:19:01 PM] Brittany: NOT AGAIN | ||
+ | [9:19:03 PM] Tylep the rotaerc: http://www.yshdt.com/no | ||
+ | [9:19:05 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: I can't join the call | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:19:22 PM] The Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFIg8xymcr0</span> | ||
+ | [9:19:26 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): https://youtu.be/XxcZZ0m7ZuI | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:19:26 PM] The Sun: That is my outro video</span> | ||
+ | [9:19:29 PM] Grey: Yeah it's an anime dragon | ||
+ | [9:19:37 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: I know that artist omg | ||
+ | [9:19:39 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: Rudragon is <3 | ||
+ | [9:19:46 PM] Brittany: Dawn | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:19:48 PM] The Sun: I just copied generic furry dragon</span> | ||
+ | [9:19:52 PM] Brittany: you fancy man. | ||
+ | [9:19:54 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: D; | ||
+ | [9:20:11 PM] Brittany: so basically, Dawn and eve were gf and bf. | ||
+ | [9:20:12 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: Rudragon's art is bae | ||
+ | [9:20:13 PM] Brittany: WOW. | ||
+ | [9:20:15 PM] Brittany: ok. | ||
+ | [9:20:44 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: http://agar.io/ | ||
+ | [9:20:45 PM] Grey: I thought Patrem was someone else? | ||
+ | [9:20:46 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: US west | ||
+ | [9:21:12 PM] *** Brittany slow claps *** | ||
+ | [9:21:20 PM] *** Brittany VERY SLOW CLAPS. *** | ||
+ | [9:22:00 PM] Grey: We never did get that hat | ||
+ | [9:22:11 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: Didn't you? | ||
+ | [9:22:22 PM] Grey: I did? | ||
+ | [9:22:29 PM] Brittany: Mugen | ||
+ | [9:22:32 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: Oh no I meant the group as a whole | ||
+ | [9:22:32 PM] Brittany: are you outside? | ||
+ | [9:23:04 PM] Grey: I mean it's not like if I just look to my right and see the hat sitting there | ||
+ | [9:23:14 PM] Grey: Oh hey it is sitting there | ||
+ | [9:23:17 PM] Grey: how about that. | ||
+ | [9:23:20 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: lol | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:23:29 PM] The Sun: Don't worry</span> | ||
+ | [9:23:31 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: Relax kiddies, I have the hat | ||
+ | [9:23:45 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: I MEAN | ||
+ | [9:23:51 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: OMG CIRCUL | ||
+ | [9:24:02 PM | Edited 6:24:17 PM] John Mesic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFIg8xymcr0 | ||
+ | [9:25:09 PM] Grey: So Helper is actually a cowboy who can play the geetar? | ||
+ | [9:25:26 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: Wait did he tell you who Helper is? | ||
+ | [9:25:38 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: Again, I'm not in the call so I can't hear :/ | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:25:44 PM] The Sun: That's up for you to tell them Circ</span> | ||
+ | [9:25:48 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: Well fuck | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:25:49 PM] The Sun: If you wanna tell them who fake helper is | ||
+ | [9:25:56 PM] The Sun: I told them I played real helper</span> | ||
+ | [9:25:57 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: That sure didn't give it away | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:26:01 PM] The Sun: I mean | ||
+ | [9:26:10 PM] The Sun: The video kinda gives it away anyways</span> | ||
+ | [9:26:12 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: Nah for real guys, I do have the hat | ||
+ | [9:26:22 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: I'm the second helper | ||
+ | [9:26:24 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: So you were the Grey Man al along? | ||
+ | [9:26:31 PM] Grey: I figured that | ||
+ | [9:26:39 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: I've been the Gray Man for four years, m8 | ||
+ | [9:26:51 PM] Grey: So who was Patrem | ||
+ | [9:26:53 PM] [Gabriel Leonardo]: ...I c wot u did dere | ||
+ | [9:27:10 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: Patrem's actually an ethereal entity | ||
+ | [9:27:13 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: That wasn't fake | ||
+ | [9:28:07 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: But yeah remember when I "went to Florida?" | ||
+ | [9:28:17 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: no | ||
+ | [9:28:22 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: I forget things | ||
+ | [9:28:24 PM] ᴹᶦᶰᶦˢʰ ᴬᴰᵁᴸᵀ_ᴸᴵᴺᴷ: easily | ||
+ | [9:29:00 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: I went to Florida and it was hot | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:29:07 PM] The Sun: Florida is very hot</span> | ||
+ | [9:29:23 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: And I also stumbled upon an idiot who traded a hat for a playing card six years in the past | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:29:35 PM] The Sun: Mason is very dumb.</span> | ||
+ | [9:29:44 PM] Grey: So what was thepoint of that card | ||
+ | [9:29:50 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: So I could get the hat | ||
+ | [9:29:55 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: The card is so unimportant | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:30:00 PM] The Sun: The card was actually a talismin from rosa doe</span> | ||
+ | [9:30:02 PM] Mugen Kagemaru (K♦): @Dawn Is there an official title for this story? | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:30:06 PM] The Sun: Had an incantation on it and shit</span> | ||
+ | [9:30:14 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: Oh it was? | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:30:21 PM] The Sun: Probably simply the Doug vs Mason arc.</span> | ||
+ | [9:30:21 PM] Captain "CircleHunter" Desdinova: I didn't even know that lol | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:30:25 PM] The Sun: Yeh | ||
+ | [9:30:28 PM] The Sun: Didn't tell you that shit</span> | ||
+ | [9:31:11 PM] Grey: So why was MAson's PC so shit | ||
+ | <span class=”vip”>[9:31:42 PM] The Sun: Because Mason doesn't know anything about PC | ||
+ | [9:31:49 PM] The Sun: He's fukin dum as shit | ||
+ | [9:32:10 PM] The Sun: Also he was contacting you from the future | ||
+ | [9:32:15 PM] The Sun: Which takes a lot of shit</span> | ||
+ | [9:33:57 PM] Grey: My god, PCs run on shit in the future | ||
+ | </poem> | ||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | <div class="summary"> | ||
+ | <p class="fauxheader">Summary</p> | ||
+ | <div class="fadediv"></div> | ||
+ | <ul> | ||
+ | <li> | ||
+ | The Man reveals that he was secretly the player "Dawn of a New Day" all along. He was also "Thelaw" - the user who first found YSHDT.com. | ||
+ | </li> | ||
+ | <li> | ||
+ | The players Mando and Circlehunter were revealed to have assisted The Man in creating the ARG. Mando often attempted to lure the players off course, while Circlehunter was "The Gray Man". | ||
+ | </li> | ||
+ | <li> | ||
+ | A new ARG is being created for the players by a new group of GM's. | ||
+ | </li> | ||
+ | <li> | ||
+ | An outro video was posted on The Man's non-canon YouTube channel alluding to this new ARG. | ||
+ | </li> | ||
+ | </ul> | ||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | <ul> | ||
+ | <li> | ||
+ | At 9:19 PM, The Man linked the players to a video titled "<b>Outro</b>", which was hosted on his OoC YouTube channel. This video alludes to the following arcs and closes out the YSHDT Arc. | ||
+ | </li> | ||
+ | </ul> | ||
+ | <div class="transcript mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> | ||
+ | <p style="display:inline;"> | ||
+ | <b> | ||
+ | 5/14/15 - "Outro" - YouTube (LouisAndPillz) | ||
+ | </b> | ||
+ | </p> | ||
+ | <div class="mw-collapsible-content"><poem> | ||
+ | The video begins with footage of a mountainous environment at twilight. A piano version of the "Ballad of the Goddess" from the Zelda title "Skyward Sword" is playing in the background. | ||
+ | The Man begins speaking to the players. | ||
+ | <span class="vip">"And the end came sooner than expected." | ||
+ | "Doug and Mason's fated battle came to a halt - their stories ever intertwining."</span> | ||
+ | ((WIP)) | ||
+ | |||
+ | </poem> | ||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | </div> | ||
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Revision as of 13:50, 10 January 2020
The YSHDT Arc is the first arc of Johnisdead. This arc began on January 22nd and ended on May 14th, 2015. It is highly recommended that one is knowledgeable on both the Haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge story written by Alex Hall and the video game The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask before reading through the timelines.
Contents
- 1 January 22nd, 2015
- 2 January 24th, 2015
- 3 February 13th, 2015
- 4 January 22nd, 2015
- 5 February 16th, 2015
- 6 February 17th, 2015
- 7 February 18th, 2015
- 8 February 19th, 2015
- 9 February 20th, 2015
- 10 February 21st, 2015
- 11 February 22nd, 2015
- 12 February 23rd, 2015
- 13 February 24th, 2015
- 14 March 3rd, 2015
- 15 March 4th, 2015
- 16 March 5th, 2015
- 17 March 6th, 2015
- 18 March 7th, 2015
- 19 March 8th, 2015
- 20 March 11th, 2015
- 21 March 12th, 2015
- 22 March 13th, 2015
- 23 March 14th, 2015
- 24 March 15th, 2015
- 25 March 17th, 2015
- 26 March 18th, 2015
- 27 March 19th, 2015
- 28 March 20th, 2015
- 29 March 21st, 2015
- 30 March 23rd, 2015
- 31 March 24th, 2015
- 32 March 25th, 2015
- 33 March 29th, 2015
- 34 March 30th, 2015
- 35 March 31st, 2015
- 36 April 4th, 2015
- 37 April 5th, 2015
- 38 April 7th, 2015
- 39 April 10th, 2015
- 40 April 11th, 2015
- 41 April 22nd, 2015
- 42 April 23rd, 2015
- 43 April 24th, 2015
- 44 April 28th, 2015
- 45 April 30th, 2015
- 46 May 3rd, 2015
- 47 May 4th, 2015
- 48 May 6th, 2015
- 49 May 14th, 2015
January 22nd, 2015
- At 7:12 PM, a user named thelaw joined the Within Hubris forums. They created a thread titled "Arg" where they mentioned a new website they discovered called "YSHDT.com". " (Link)
1/22/15 - Chat with thelaw - Within Hubris (Arg Thread)
- At 8:03 PM, players began investigating YSHDT.com. The front page contained the following:
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An image titled "soon.png" featuring the text "I'm still waiting. Let's play again soon." in a text box.
(Brightened player edit - Original not archived)
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An audio file titled "Game over.wav" which was a music box version of the game over theme from the original "The Legend of Zelda" game playing backwards.
- Source text (Text hidden within the page's HTML code) that read "The sky is falling, the people are crying. Where is your link now?"
- Title text (The text that appears as the page's title in a browser's history and tab bar) that read "It's been too long."
- At 8:44 PM, the player Sengi created a thread for investigating YSHDT.com. (Link)
- At 8:48 PM, thelaw posted the following in the YSHST.com thread: "yes hello I am that new guy. So the ARG is coming back soon?"
- At 10:10 PM, the player Sengi discovered that YSHDT.com had only been registered on January 15th.
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At 10:19 PM, the player GreyouTT discovered that a hidden image of Link from "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" could be seen in "soon.jpg" if the image was brightened.
January 24th, 2015
- At 8:59 PM, the player GreyouTT submitted the "Oath to Order" hoping to summon a new link. (Link) (Submitting songs and items from "The Legend of Zelda" series to affect the ARG is a mechanic carried over from Jadusable's ARG that is commonly referred to as Ocarina powers.)
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At an unknown time, the text in "soon.jpg" changed, now reading "I survived."
- At an unknown time, the players band together and form a group called the "Internet Detectives". The Internet Detectives' main goal is to solve the ARG and they mainly chatted in a Skype group.
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At an unknown time, two new players, Tyler and Jacob, created a theme song for the Internet Detectives.
February 13th, 2015
- At an unknown time, YSHDT.com underwent several changes. The front page now featured a SWF file (A flash movie file) titled "dontstickaround.swf" featuring the "Oath to Order" being played followed by the "Skull Kid" laughing from Majora's Mask.
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Players discovered that once "dontstickaround.swf" finished playing, the page would redirect them to a new page: "http://yshdt.com/news". This page hid the text "What does he know?" in the source and "0" in the title. An image titled "1s.png" that featured a newspaper article about a sort of "spiritual discovery" written by someone named "Douglas P.". The only colored object on this image was a single red dot.
The article read the following:
2/13/15 - "1s.png" - YSHDT.com
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Players discovered that the capitalized letters found in "1s.png" spelled the word "LINKED", which led to the discovery of "http://yshdt.com/linked". This page's title read "Linked". An image titled "blue.jpg" featured a photo taken below the ocean's surface.
The audio "eulb.wav" played on this page which was discovered to be an SSTV signal (A series of tones that can be translated to reveal a hidden image with special programs). The image hidden within the SSTV signal was of BEN (The ghostly spirit that possessed the Majora's Mask cartridge from Jadusable's ARG) along with the text "GAME OVER. CONTINUE? >YES. >NO."
- Players discovered a new page - "http://yshdt.com/warning". The title of this page read "Untitled Document", and source text was found that read "Curiosity killed that cat. That's what the mother said to the brat. But the cat didn't listen. And then lost it's vision. Because it couldn't find it's way home. Go home."
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At an unknown time, the page "/warning" was deleted, replaced with a generic 404 "error" page. However, this 404 page hid a SSTV signal titled "Soon.wav" which revealed the text "Find your way home. He needs you. But you cannot help him If you cannot help yourselves. 4 days."
January 22nd, 2015
- At 2:50 AM, the player Kidpichu discovered that text had been added to the page "/warning" that read "For more information, see /home."
- At 2:50 AM, the players discovered a new page - "http://yshdt.com/home". The title of this page read "Play Ball". This page featured the image "home.bmp" (Link). Also discovered on this page was an audio file named "brats.wav" which was the Internet Detectives theme song followed by someone whispering "no".
February 16th, 2015
- At 3:44 AM, the player Jacob discovered a text file hidden within the image "home.bmp" with steganography (The process of hiding files within other files) named "warning.txt" that read “How can you play a game you haven’t even started?”.
- At 3:44 AM, the player Jacob discovered another hidden text file. The image "1s.png" hid the text file "oh.txt" in which someone named "Doug" expresses his regrets for joining a religion.
2/16/15 - "oh.txt" - YSHDT.com
- At 11:00 PM, the front page of YSHDT.com changed, now playing a SWF file titled "Game over.swf". This SWF file featured gameplay footage from Majora's Mask showing Deku Link being killed. When the game over screen appeared and the player was asked to continue, the cursor would highlight the "No" option. After this, the "Dawn of the Second Day", "Dawn of the Third Day", and "Dawn of the Final Day" transitions would appear before corrupting.
- Players discovered that staying on the front page of YSHDT.com long enough would redirect them to a new website - Letschasethemouse. (Link) This was a blog owned by a user named "DandP". DandP's posts can be read below:
2/16/15 - Blog Posts (6) - Letschasethemouse
Summary
- DandP has been invited to join a secretive cult by a friend.
- DandP is interested in joining his high school's newspaper team, indicating that he could perhaps be the "Douglas P" who wrote the article about a "religious discovery" seen in "1s.png".
- Players began chatting with DandP through the comments of his latest post. Below are the conversations:
2/16/15 - Chat with DandP - Letschasethemouse Comments
Summary
- DandP confirms that he is Douglas P - the same person who wrote the newspaper article.
- Doug claims that he has not written any articles and is not on the school newspaper team, which implies that we are speaking to Doug in the past.
- The player Jacob asks if he can join the cult. Doug says his friend will be contacting Jacob soon to begin the recruitment process.
- Doug claims that Jacob is the only player who lives close enough to be eligible to join the cult. This implies that the cult is based in Florida, since that's where Jacob lives.
- Doug says the cult has something to do with the moon, indicating it has some connection to the "Moon Children". (The malicious cult from Jadusable's ARG that worshiped a moon goddess named "Luna")
February 17th, 2015
- At 1:00 AM, Doug made a new post titled "Deja Vu" talking about the cult's base of operations - an old fishery in the woods:
2/17/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 1:01 AM, Doug made a new post titled "Fishery" providing two images of the cult's compound: (Link) (Link) Players began chatting with Doug through the comments of his latest post. Below are the conversations:
2/17/15 - Chat with DandP - Letschasethemouse Comments
Summary
- Doug says he had to hide while taking these pictures, implying the cult is dangerous.
- Doug says he will attempt to pry for more information.
February 18th, 2015
- At 7:07 PM, the player ADULT_LINK submitted the "New Wave Bossa Nova" in an attempt to contact someone. (Link)
- At 9:29 PM, the player Eve discovered a new page on YSHDT.com - "http://yshdt.com/help". The title of this page read "Untitled Document" and simply contained the text "No.".
February 19th, 2015
- At 12:10 AM, a user named "/Patrem\" joined Within Hubris. The word "Patrem" is Latin for "Father", and their status read "Vocatique" - a Latin term that means "called" or "summoned". This imples that the "New Wave Bossa Nova" summoned Patrem. Their avatar depicted a strange, distorted, purple entity. (Link) Patrem began speaking with players in the thread they created for YSHDT.com discussion. (Link) The covnversation went as follows:
2/19/15 - Chat with Patrem - Within Hubris (JiD Thread)
Summary
- Patrem hints that three players are not what they seem.
- Patrem implies that he is "The Father" (The mysterious leader of the Moon Children from Jadusable's ARG) and is the one who honored Luna first.
- Patrem claims that he was "trapped inside" someone named Vincent at the fishery, implying he is a ghostly spirit of sorts using someone named Vincent as a vessel. He also claims the players already know Vincent.
- Patrem posts the mysterious messge " o n urn d. Now he has ascended."
- Patrem tells the players to try and "wet the ashes", claiming that "Some children have drowned, others will burn."
- At 12:59 AM, Patrem posted "Since I am in the midst of my travels... I must bid you farewell. Whenever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow." in the Within Hubris chatroom. This is a quote from the "Happy Mask Salesman" from Majora's Mask, further connecting Patrem with "The Father". (In Jadusabe's ARG, The Father was often represented with the Happy Mask Salesman character.)
- At 1:14 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. His friend is unhappy with him approving Jacob without his permission.
2/19/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 2:30 AM, Doug replied to a player's comment asking him why his friend would be upset over this. Doug replied "I have no idea why. I'll try to figure this out as I go."
- At 11:19 PM, the player Mugen Kagemaru submitted the "Song of Storms" in response to Patrem's "wet the ashes" phrase.
February 20th, 2015
- At 12:33 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. He claims that the cult told him to stay away for a while. He also says it started raining outside, implying the "Song of Storms" has taken effect.
2/20/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 12:42 AM, Doug replied to a player's comment warning him about the cult's secrecy. Doug replied "They're only secretive to outsiders, just like any religion. They're my friends and family. I won't turn my backs on them."
- At 12:50 AM, Doug made a post that simply read "It's raining too hard." along with a picture of a flooding room. (Link)
- At 1:01 AM, Doug replied to a player's comment warning them to leave their room. Doug replied "Sure, I'll go outside. Where the streets are worse than my house."
- At 1:07 AM, the player ADULT_LINK submitted the "Song of Storms" to stop the rain.
- At 1:09 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. He claims that the rain suddenly ended and says he might go visit the fishery.
2/20/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 1:17 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. He reconfirms that he is heading to the fishery.
2/20/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 1:18 AM, a user named "31071157 356670" began chatting in the players' Skype group. Their username was a cipher that translated to "drown", though some users referred to them as "numbers guy". Drown is apparently being chaased by Patrem and appear to have ties with "Ben".
2/20/15 - Chat with Drown - Skype (Internet Detectives)
- At 1:33 AM, the players John and ADULT_LINK discovered the front page of YSHDT.com had update. The page now featured a swf file titled "swf.swf" which played the "Inverted Song of Time" before cutting to the perspective of someone standing in the fishery looking out a window while breathing heavily. The video then cut to the word "No" before ending. The page's title now read "..." and "/vincent" was found in the page's source.
- At 1:33 AM, the player John discovered a new page on YSHDT.com - "http://yshdt.com/vincent". This page's title read "1" and "He may be given more time to live yet." was found in the source. This page also featured four images: "Doug.jpg" - a photo of Link transforming into "Deku Link" with blood on it (Link) "2.png" - a photo of Link transforming into "Goron Link" with an "X" drawn on it (Link) "3.png" - a photo of Link transforming into "Zora Link" with a question mark written on it (Link) and "him.bmp" - a photo of Patrem. (Link) The audio on this page, "time.wav", was a continuous drum beat. Players also discovered that clicking on "Doug.jpg" would link them to Doug's blog and clicking on "him.bmp" would link them to Patrem's Within Hubris profile.
- At 1:47 AM, Patrem posted "I can see you boy." on Within Hubris.
- At 1:47 AM, drown became active on Skype once again, seemingly being pursued by Patrem.
2/20/15 - Chat with Drown - Skype (Internet Detectives)
- At 2:28 AM, the player Jacob receives an email from someone named "Mason". Mason is the friend Doug mentioned who handles new recruits who wish to join the cult. Jacob is tasked with doing a series of tests in order to prove he is worthy of joining the cult, the first of which is reciting the cult's official chant.
2/20/15 - Chat with Mason - Email
- At 3:13 AM, the player ADULT_LINK submits "Epona's Song" hoping to save Drown.
- At 3:27 AM, Patrem became active on Within Hubris. He began chatting with the players in the ARG thread:
2/20/15 - Chat with Patrem - Within Hubris (JiD Thread)
Summary
- Patrem claims that he has now "stabilized himself" in our realm, implying that "Epona's Song" is allowing him to speak more clearly now.
- Patrem insults the players for repeatedly failing.
- Patrem reveals that "Drown" is "Ben" and they wish to mislead the players.
- At 7:03 AM, the player Jacob uploaded the video "official chant for recruits" to his YouTube channel. This video simply features Jacob reading the chant as requested by Mason. (Link)
- At 3:30 PM, Doug made a new post on his blog titled "Watched". He says he visited the fishery which strangely wasn't flooded at all. He also claims he thought someone was watching him through a window. (Similar to "swf.swf")
2/20/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 3:55 PM, a user named "The Man" joined the Skype group. He claims that he is the GM (Gamemaster - the person currently running the ARG). He also says that "Drown" was simply a distraction and not to take everyone and everything at face value. Since this was the GM speaking OoC (Out of Character -- Non-canon), it has no bearing on the story.
February 21st, 2015
- At 2:46 AM, The Man joined the Skype group once again. The Man chides the players for not spreading his message from the previous night across the various Skype groups involved with the ARG. He also confirms that he is indeed the GM by stating that Doug's next blog post will contain the phrase "the sun is shining brightly". Since this was the GM speaking OoC, it has no bearing on the story.
- At 2:55 AM, Doug replied to a player's comment warning him to be careful. "I don't need to be careful around my family, and as such I don't need to be careful around my own home. But thanks for being worried about me. The sun is shining brightly, so it will dry up this rain." This contained the phrase The Man claimed it was, confirming his status as GM.
- At 9:10 PM, the player Seeker submitted the video "StoneMask.arg" - a video of Majora's Mask featuring Link taking off the "Deku Mask" and applying the "Stone Mask". (A mask that turns Link invisible to others) This was done in an attempt to hide Doug from whatever was watching him at the fishery.
February 22nd, 2015
- At 12:28 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog titled "Excommed". He claims that everyone has been ignoring him, indicating that the Stone Mask was successful. However, Doug is becoming very depressed due to its effects.
2/22/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 12:45 AM, the player Jacob received another email from Mason. After having read the official chant in his previous video, he is now expected to pass three more trials, the first of which will test his courage:
2/22/15 - Chat with Mason - Email
- At an unknown time, Doug makes mention of wanting to "know the truth" in a comment. Unfortunately, this comment was not archived and currently cannot be viewed on Doug's blog.
- At 1:36 AM, the player Dawn submitted a video simply titled "video" - a video of Majora's Mask featuring Link removing the Stone Mask and equipping the "Mask of Truth". This was done in response to Doug claiming he wanted to know "the truth".
- At 2:06 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog titled "TRUTH". This post contained a cipher that translated to "AGGREGATING LINKS…TIME LINKS AGGREGATED. WHAT?". Doug appeared to be in some sort of time-related trance. Players began chatting with him in the comments:
2/22/15 - Chat with Doug - Letschasethemouse Comments
- At 2:35 AM, the player Kidpichu discovered a new page on YSHDT.com - "http://yshdt.com/them". The title of this page read "These". Two images were found on this page - "table.jpg", a simple texture of a table that acted as the page's background (Link) and "getthenotes.png", which was four photos of different players participating in the ARG (Link) The audio "wet.wav" played on this page, which was a recording of a rainstorm. In the page's source, a snippet of a Wikipedia article about electrocution was found. (The former Moon Children named Kelbris was said to have been electrocuted in the Haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge story)
2/22/15 - Page Source Text - YSHDT.com
- At 3:35 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. Players began speaking to him through the comment section:
2/22/15 - Chat with Doug - Letschasethemouse
Summary
- Doug says that Mason has apologized to him.
- Doug is unable to see the "TRUTH" post and does not have any recollection of it.
- Doug claims that the player Jacob is still going through the initiation process and that it is taking longer that usual, which he says only happens for important individuals.
- At 5:04 AM, the player Mugen Kagemaru submitted the video "PostmanSearch.arg" - a video of Majora's Mask featuring Link equipping the "Postman's Hat" and searching through a mailbox. This was an attempt by the players to retreive the notes mentioned in the title of the image "getthenotes.png".
- At 5:44 PM, the player Eve sent Patrem a PM (Private Message) on Within Hubris asking if he is the first to ascend. (A ritual practiced by the Moon Children which involved the participant being sacrificially killed in the hopes of attaining higher spiritual power)
- At 9:57 PM, Patrem replied to Eve's question with "I predate the forerunner."
- At 10:52 PM, a user named Helper joined Within Hubris and posted an image of someone's mail. This indicates that using the Postman's Hat literally stole Doug's mail instead of his notes. The mail contained dates with the year "2009", confirming that we are speaking to Doug in the past - 2009 specifically. The players were speaking to Doug from six years in the future. (The current year at the time was 2015) The mail also revealed two classes that Doug is taking - Networking Fundamentals and English IV. (Link)
- At 10:56 PM, Doug made a new post on his blog titled "What a day..." about his missing mail. Players began speaking with him in the comment section:
2/22/15 - Chat with Doug - Letschasethemouse
Summary
- Doug's package was lost in the mail.
- Doug's package was something special to him that was religious in nature.
- Doug confirms that he is in a Networking class and will share his notes later.
February 23rd, 2015
- At 12:26 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. This post was simply a photo of his Networking notes. (Link) One of the terms written in the notes was "Link Aggregation", which is similar to the "TIME LINKS AGGREGATED" phrase spoken by Doug in the "TRUTH" post. A cipher was also handwritten on the paper which translated to "Man will be betrayed by its minions and I will be brought down from the sky, consuming everything." This is a portion of Kelbris's prophecy. (A prophecy from Jadusable's ARG archived on the Moon Children website that was said to have originally been whispered to Kelbris by the Goddess Luna) - Some brief interactions also took place in the comment section of this post:
2/23/15 - Chat with Doug - Letschasethemouse Comments
February 24th, 2015
- At 6:41 PM, The Man joined the Skype group and chatted with the players. This was a fairly casual conversation where the GM revealed that he has a "co-author", implying there are multiple GM's running the ARG. The Man also states that the ARG will be placed under a hiatus for the time being. Since this was the GM speaking OoC, it has no bearing on the story.
2/24/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives)
March 3rd, 2015
- At 7:00 PM, Doug made a new post on his blog. This post simply read "Help".
- At 8:05 PM, the player Stevey discovered that the front page of YSHDT.com had updated. The page's title now read "You must act, for you cannot ‘save’ him". The page now played a SWF file titled "Name.swf", after which the page would link players to Doug's blog. "Name.swf" played out as follows:
3/3/15 - "Name.swf" - YSHDT.com
- At 9:28 PM, the player Jacob discovered a new page on YSHDT.com - "http://yshdt.com/notes". The title of this page read "Documents". Players found the image "notes.png" which depicted an image of a moon goddess and the text below. This page's source also contained some of the text found within the image. (Link)
3/3/15 - "notes.png" - YSHDT.com
- At 10:48 PM, the player Joan discovered that the page "/help" had updated. The page now contained the word "No" countless times. If players scrolled down far enough, the image "No.bmp" could be found - a face made out "No's". (Link) Through steganography, this image hid a text file "Masks.txt" which read the following:
3/3/15 - "Masks.txt" - YSHDT.com
- At 11:19 PM, the player Jacob discovered a new page on YSHDT.com - "http://yshdt.com/yes". This page was titled "r" and contained an image of a single red dot titled "millett_5moa_popup.jpg". (Link)
- At an unknown time, Helper sent various players a PM containing the message "Hello! You have mail!" along with a photo of Doug's Psychology notes. These notes contained a cipher that translates to "You are in danger." (Link)
March 4th, 2015
- At 12:07 AM, the player Eve submitted a video titled "Not yet gone" - a video of Majora's Mask featuring Deku Link being brought back to life by a fairy after being killed. This was done in an attempt to save Doug after his previous post implied he was in danger.
- At 12:27 AM, Patrem replied to Eve's video on Within Hubris, implying that Doug was still alive. "Attempting to breathe life into the living? You amuse me children."
March 5th, 2015
- At 4:10 PM, the player Eve submitted a video titled "A New Player" - a video of Majora's Mask featuring a new save file being created named "Vincent".
March 6th, 2015
- At 12:30 AM, the player Eve asked Patrem what their next step is.
- At 1:30 AM, Patrem replied to Eve, telling her that currently all they can do is wait. However, Patrem challenges the players with a riddle, asking them what song "makes mother cry" along with a cipher.
3/6/15 - Message from Patrem - Within Hubris (PM's)
- At 2:00 AM, the player GreyouTT solved the cipher. It was a keyed caesar that required the key "Song of Storms" and shifting the cipher by four. This translated it "Speak now for you have succeeded"
- At 2:40 AM, the player Eve posted "Song of Storms; Speak now for you have succeeded." on Within Hubris.
- At 3:02 AM, Patrem posted a cipher on Within Hubris that translated to "http://picosong.com/26BF/" - a distorted audio file of Patrem speaking.
- At 3:13 AM, the player GreyouTT submitted the "Bunny Hood" along with the text "With these long ears, we can hear the voices that were unclear to us.", hoping it would produce a clearer version of the audio file.
- At 3:44 AM, Patrem posted another cipher on Within Hubris that translated to "http://picosong.com/26Zg/" - a slightly clearer version of the same audio file from 3:02 AM. Players transcribed the audio file:
3/6/15 - Patrem's Audio File - Within Hubris (JiD Thread)
Summary
- At "this time", Patrem does not dwell within Vincent, but he will later on. This means that Patrem entered Vincent sometime between 2009 and 2015.
- Some unspecified "accident" at an ascension is inevitable.
March 7th, 2015
- At 11:06 AM, a new post appeared on Doug's blog. However, this post wasn't made by Doug. Instead, it was made by someone who went by "M", who claims they will meet the players soon. An image of a tree in a misty environment titled "themist.jpg" accompanied this post. (Link)
3/7/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 8:28 PM, a new post titled "Time" appeared on the blog. Unfortunately, the comments were not archived and cannot be accessed at this time.
3/7/15 - Chat with M - Letschasethemouse
Summary
- Doug has been kidnapped by the cult and taken to the fishery.
- The person posting updates on the blog is Doug's friend Mason.
- Mason doesn't know who Vincent is.
- Mason is currently heading towards the fishery.
- At 9:01 PM, the player ADULT_LINK submitted the "New Wave Bossa Nova" in the hopes of summoning someone to help the players. This resulted in Helper becoming active on Within Hubris once again. Players began speaking to him in the Within Hubris thread.
3/7/15 - Chat with Helper - Within Hubris (JiD Thread)
Summary
- The players ask Helper to help rescue Doug.
- Helper calls the player Dawn a "demon". This is because Dawn has jokingly stated that he wishes to kill Doug in the past.
- At 9:17 PM, Mason speaks to the players through the comments on his latest blog post. Unforunately, these comments were not archived and currently cannot be viewed. Mason says he has arrived at the fishery and witnesses Helper run inside. He hears screaming and tosses a rock, which accidentally hits Helper.
3/7/15 - Chat with Mason - Letschasethemouse Comments
- At 9:35 PM, Helper began posting on Within Hubris once again. He confirms that Doug is inside the fishery before dying. He then posts an audio file that contains and SSTV that reveals an image of his hat in a pool of blood. (Link)
3/7/15 - Chat with Helper - Within Hubris (JiD Thread)
- At 11:47 PM, Mason made a new post on his blog. He says that the cult spotted him and chased him into the woods but he managed to get away. He posts an image of a dark forest as well: (Link)
3/7/15 - Chat with Mason - Letschasethemouse
March 8th, 2015
- At 12:31 AM, Helper posted a video titled "02" on Within Hubris. This video was uploaded on a YouTube channel named "M", which is believed to be owned by Helper. "02" was a recording of Majora's Mask. We see a new game being created on the file select screen named "Mason". We are then shown Zora Link leaving a wooded area with a camera and Helper's Hat in his inventory. This confirms that Mason is the players' new Link. (The protagonist of the ARG who is the most affected by the players' Ocarina powers)
- At 2:32 AM, the player Wolfcat submitted a ten hour version of the song "Hide and Seek" by "Imogen Heap" as a joke along with the message "Thank you for all your help, Helper. You were too innocent for this world." (This song is commonly associated with melodramatic tragedies in media). (Link)
- At 2:35 AM, Helper posted an image of the artwork for a "Yu-Gi-Oh!" card named "Soul Release", implying that Wolfcat's song was accepted and Helper had been brought back to life. (Link)
- At 4:00 PM, Helper joined the Skype group and began speaking to the players.
3/8/15 - Chat with Helper - Skype (Internet Detectives)
Summary
- Helper has lost his hat which was a part of his being. Because of this, he no longer considers himself a messenger.
- Helper doesn't know what Skype is and is hearing the players' questions in his head as if they were speaking to him.
March 11th, 2015
- At 5:20 PM, players were sent a PM on Within Hubris linking to a video titled "S" which was uploaded on the "M" YouTube channel. This video was simply a recording of someone walking down a dark street.
March 12th, 2015
- At 2:50 AM, a new video titled "R" was uploaded to the "M" YouTube channel. This video was a continuation of the "S" video, showing someone coming across a shadowy figure with glowing eyes.
- At 3:14 AM, the player Stevey submitted the "Song of Soaring" (A song that allows one to teleport away) hoping to save Mason from the shadowy figure seen in the video "R".
March 13th, 2015
- At 5:59 AM, the player Archery discovered several updates on YSHDT.com
- The front page's title now read "It’s lonely out here." and it now contained an image titled "eyes.bmp" which featured the eyes from Link's "Deku transformation" from Majora's Mask. Another image titled "orange.jpg" was hidden within "eyes.bmp" via steganography which depicted an orange, misty urban setting at night. The audio "itshardtobreathe.wav" played on this page - audio of someone struggling to breathe.
- The page "/news" was now titled "02" and contained an image featuring a strangely shaped building titled "spire.jpg". The audio "mumble.wav" played on this page - a slowed down recording of a robotic voice that read the following:
3/13/15 - "mumble.wav" - YSHDT.com
- The page "/them" was now titled "THEM" and contained an image titled "knownlocations.jpg" which featured various states and countries belonging to several active players.
- The page "/no" was now titled "." and contained an image titled "no.jpg" which featured many disturbing screaming faces and the word "no". Within the page's source code was an excerpt about a Chinese mooncake festival from Wikipedia:
3/13/15 - Page Source Text - YSHDT.com
- The page "/yes" was now titled "." and contained an image titled "red.jpg" which was simply a large red dot.
- The pages "/vincent", "/help", and "/notes" were all deleted.
- At 5:19 PM, the player GreyouTT submitted the "Lens of Truth" with the intention of revealing something hidden within the image "eyes.bmp".
- At 9:07 PM, Helper posted a clearer version of "eyes.bmp". The left pupil now contained an image of a character known as "The Gray Man" from the game "LSD: Dream Emulator". This character was often used as an avatar by the player Circlehunter. The right pupil now contained text that read "Azure Rebirth". This was an old project that the player Mugen Kagemaru was involved in.
March 14th, 2015
- At 12:16 AM, the player ADULT_LINK submitted the "New Wave Bossa Nova" with the intention of summoning Patrem.
- At 10:03 AM, Helper rejoined the Skype group and began speaking with the players.
3/14/15 - Chat with Helper - Skype (Internet Detectives)
Summary
- Helper asks the players if they have found his hat. They tell Helper they believe Mason currently possesses it.
- Helper says that whoever is in possession of his hat is the "Messenger", which gives them access to his various accounts and grants them the ability to relay messages and packages across space and time.
- Helper refers to players who have their own separate goals or who wish to tempt others down the wrong path as "Demons".
- Helper claims there are three demons within the Internet Detectives - Circlehunter, ADULT_LINK, and Dawn of a New Day.
- Helper warns the players that while they are currently interacting with the past, entities from the future may still contact them.
March 15th, 2015
- At 9:35 PM, Patrem became active on Within Hubris thanks to the "New Wave Bossa Nova" and began chatting in the ARG thread.
3/15/15 - Chat with Patrem - Within Hubris (JiD Thread)
Summary
- Patrem begins quoting and responding to messages from the Skype group despite having never been present there, implying that he is always watching the players.
- Patrem claims that Doug's fate cannot be changed.
- Patrem taunts the players to use their Ocarina powers and posts a disturbing audio file. (Link)
- The player GreyouTT attempts to use the "Stone Mask" and "Gibdo Mask" (A mask that blends Link in with certain enemies in Majora's Mask), but neither of them effect Patrem.
- Patrem posts a photo of himself, but it is heavily distorted. He claims that his presence often destroys nearby technology. (Link)
- Patrem says that Mason is currently at home, presumably safe.
March 17th, 2015
- At 12:00 AM, Mason made a new blog post titled "It's been a while". Players chatted with him briefly in the comments.
3/17/15 - Chat with Mason - Letschasethemouse
Summary
- Mason claims that lately he has been appearing in strange places near statues. This is due to the "Song of Soaring" being submitted. (In Majora's Mask, the "Song of Soaring" would teleport Link to various "Owl Statues" across the game world)
- Mason says he met someone dressed in all grey who claimed to be from the future. This person gave Mason a "Eight of Clubs" card in exchange for Helper's Hat. The man in grey claimed the card would be important in the future. The players begin referring to this figure as "The Gray Man". This means that "The Gray Man" now has possession of Helper's various accounts.
- At an unknown time, the player Kidpichu sent Patrem a PM on Within Hubris asking for a bedtime story.
- At 12:25 AM, Patrem replied to Kidpichu's PM with the following:
3/17/15 - Patrem's Bedtime Story - Within Hubris (PM's)
Summary
- At some point, Vincent had forgotten his past. "Vincent" is not his original name.
- A child who Patrem describes as "grand" was going to ascend, but a "flying" and "screaming" child interrupted the process. This somehow damaged Patrem.
- Patrem was forced to recover inside Vincent's body. However, this caused Vincent to forget his past once again.
- At 11:36 PM, the player Tyler posted an audio file that jokingly imitated Patrem's speaking patterns.
March 18th, 2015
- At 10:39 PM, Patrem became active on Within Hubris. He began chatting with players in the ARG thread. Halfway through the conversation, Vincent wakes up and begins speaking in Patrem's place.
3/18/15 - Chat with Patrem and Vincent - Within Hubris
Summary
- Patrem posts an edited version of Tyler's parody audio file. He claims it is somehow nostalgic for Vincent.
- Patrem refuses to talk about the "Spire" building seen on YSHDT.com.
- Patrem confirms that Vincent and Doug are not the same person.
- Vincent wakes up, causing Patrem to lose control of his body. Vincent begins speaking with the players through Patrem's account.
- Vincent doesn't know anything about Patrem or the cult and is unaware of anything that occurs while he is possessed.
- The last thing Vincent remembers is falling asleep in his room. He is now in a park.
- Patrem is implied to manifest with a purplish color, as there is a child in the park asking Vincent about the "Purple man".
- Vincent is confused and frustrated with his situation and the players. He begins heading home.
March 19th, 2015
- At 7:43 PM, the player Mugen Kagemaru submitted "KamaroMaskFever.arg" - a video of Majora's Mask featuring Link equipping the "Kamaro Mask" (A mask that allows Link to dance in Majora's Mask) and dancing.
- At 9:30 PM, Mason made a new post titled "Dancing".
3/19/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 10:10 PM, Mason made a new post that simply read "Huh." along with a photo of a cloudy sky.
- At 10:16 PM, Mason made a new post that contained only a photo of a nearby lighting strike.
- At 10:19 PM, the player Stevey submitted the "Song of Soaring" with the intention of saving Mason from the thunderstorm.
- At 10:19 PM, Mason made a new post titled "Thunder".
3/19/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 11:23 PM, "The Gray Man" posted the following using Helper's account on Within Hubris:
3/19/15 - Message from "The Gray Man" - Within Hubris
March 20th, 2015
- At 3:49 PM, "The Gray Man" posted the following using Helper's account on Within Hubris:
3/20/15 - Message from "The Gray Man" - Within Hubris
March 21st, 2015
- At 12:35 PM, the player Mugen Kagemaru discovered a new video on the "M" YouTube channel titled "E". This video simply features someone looking around a wooded area.
- At 1:18 PM, The Man became active in the Skype group. He asked for two players to contact him - Wolfcat and Dawn of a New Day.
3/21/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives)
March 23rd, 2015
- At an unknown time, the players rethought their spontaneous submission habits and addressed some drama that had taken place within the Skype group.
- At 12:52 AM, "The Gray Man" thanked the players on Within Hubris for addressing the problems of their group dynamic - "Goodnight, "adventurers." Thank you for heeding my words."
- At 1:13 AM, Mason made a new post on his blog titled "The next step.".
3/23/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
Summary
- The "Song of Soaring" submitted several days prior had taken effect and teleported Mason to an owl statue.
- The cult is currently unaware that Mason was the one who was chased away from the fishery, meaning they are still on good terms with him.
- Mason claims to have misplaced the card given to him by The Gray Man.
- Mason says that the cult promised its members special powers and immortality. He says it described itself as a "scientific/religious organization".
- Mason was a lower ranking member of the cult so he does not know much of its inner workings.
- At 10:29 PM, Helper joined the Skype group and began chatting with the players.
3/23/15 - Chat with Helper - Skype (Internet Detectives)
Summary
- Helper confirms that his hat has been passed on from Mason to "The Gray Man".
- Helper claims his hat is closer to the players than they might think.
- Helper's body was claimed by the Mexican drug cartel. He has now regained his body, but is being forced to pay off his debt to the cartel by delivering drugs and "Nazi gold" for them.
- Helper perceives the players conversations and interactions as if they were literally taking place with him physically. Skype and forums do not exist for him - from Helper's perspective, the players are speaking to him with their voices.
- Helper claims that once the players retrieve his mask for him, he will grant them an item that will help them ward off demons.
- Helper claims that "The Gray Man" has a feminine figure.
March 24th, 2015
- At 2:02 AM, "The Gray Man" posted "Interesting." on Within Hubris.
- At 10:26 PM, Mason made a new post titled "Decisions". He says he's decided to go back to the fishery to find out of Doug is alright.
3/24/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 10:57 PM, Mason made a new post titled "Okay". He claims that rain has suddenly began to pour down.
3/24/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At an unknown time, the player ADULT_LINK submitted the "New Wave Bossa Nova" in an attempt to summon someone who can help the players.
- At 11:10 PM, Mason made a new post titled "Someone" which read "There's a girl just standing there. I have a bad feeling.". A blurry photo of a woman standing in the rain was posted as well.
- At 11:10 PM, the player Sengi submitted the "Song of Storms" in an attempt to end the rainstorm.
- At 11:15 PM, Mason made a new post titled "Rain". The "Song of Storms" successfully stops the rain. Mason begins speaking to the girl.
3/24/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 11:21 PM, Mason made a new post titled "Girl".
3/24/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
Summary
- The girl tells Mason that she was summoned by a song, confirming that the "New Wave Bossa Nova" caused her to appear.
- The girl tells Mason that if he continues to the fishery, he will face many obstacles but also gain allies.
- The girl claims that the players can trust her and offers to read their fortunes.
- At 11:30 PM, Mason made another post on the blog:
3/24/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
Summary
- The girl confirms that she is indeed Rosa. (A character from Jadusable's ARG who was the sister of a Moon Child)
- Rosa claims that old and new villains will face the players. She also implies that some players may turn traitorous.
- Rosa implies that some of the players' Ocarina powers have been taken from them.
- At 11:38 PM, Mason made a new post titled "Rain.". He says he is still headed for the fishery and it has started raining again.
3/24/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 11:44 PM, The Man briefly chatted with the players over Skype to inform them that they still had the ability to submit songs.
3/24/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives)
- At 11:52 PM, the player GreyouTT submitted the "Song of Storms" to stop the rain once again.
- At 11:56 PM, "The Gray Man" posted a ten hour long version of the "Song of Storms" on Within Hubris. They had a brief interaction with the players, refusing to let them stop the rain.
3/24/15 - Chat with "The Gray Man" - Within Hubris
March 25th, 2015
- At 12:29 AM, Mason made a new post. He claims that the cult allowed him to see Doug, but Doug is now different.
3/25/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 12:38 AM, Mason made a new post warning the players to not trust Doug. This post was very corrupted.
3/25/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
- At 12:51 AM, a new blog post titled "Doug" appeared on Letschasethemouse.
3/25/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
Summary
- Doug urges the players to trust him, claiming that Mason has been lying to them.
- Doug claims he is trapped in the fishery and needs the players' to help him escape and send Mason away.
- At 1:23 AM, The Man began chatting with the players in the Skype group. He informed them that the player Dawn of a New Day had given up his Ocarina powers a few days prior.
3/25/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives)
March 29th, 2015
- At 8:59 PM, The Man rejoined the Skype Group and began chatting with the players.
3/29/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives)
Summary
- The Man offers the players a choice between Doug and Mason's "save file". (Such as a save file in the game Majora's Mask - the players are essentially selecting their "Link")
- Three players will be selected to vote for the group as a whole - Mando, Circlehunter, and Wolfcat. Should one of these three players not appear, the player Oceanstuck will act as a proxy.
March 30th, 2015
- At 7:45 PM, the players Mando, Circlehunter, and Wolfcat came to an unanimous decision to select Doug's save file and posted their votes on Within Hubris.
- At 10:49 PM, The Man rejoined the Skype Group and spoke with the players once more.
3/30/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives)
Summary
- The Man claims that he is not a member of the Within Hubris community and reiterates that he has another user helping him which is how he knows what is taking place in the Skype group.
- The Man says that he is not in control of Patrem, and that Patrem is "his own being".
- The Man accepts the players' vote of Doug's save file.
- The Man claims that there were multiple choices besides simply Doug and Mason.
- The Man continues to refer to players who have different goals from the group as "demons", claiming that there are currently three and a half demons within the Internet Detectives and that Mando is one of them.
- At 11:13 PM, Helper rejoined the Skype group and began chatting with the players.
3/30/15 - Chat with Helper - Skype (Internet Detectives)
Summary
- Helper claims to have finished his business with the Mexican drug cartel.
- Helper directs the players to a new upload on the "M" YouTube channel.
- At 11:25 PM, a video titled "N" was posted on the "M" YouTube channel. This video seemed to be a continuation of the previous video "E", depicting someone approaching a radio tower in a wooded area. Near the end of the video, a link to an audio file is posted. Unfortunately, the link led to an audio file that had already been deleted off its host website Vocaroo. (A website that records and hosts audio files for a limited time)
- At 11:42 PM, The Man rejoined the Skype group and chatted with the players briefly. He explains that the audio file linked at the end of the "N" video was deleted by the host website. The Man gives the players a new link to the audio file before leaving. This audio file was an SSTV signal that hid an image of "The Fool" tarot card.
3/30/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives)
March 31st, 2015
- At 5:10 PM, "The Gray Man" chided the players on Within Hubris. This was in response to some drama within the Internet Detectives surrounding the idea of three players being responsible for choosing Doug's save file.
3/31/15 - Message from "The Gray Man" - Within Hubris
April 4th, 2015
- At 4:29 PM, Patrem began chatting with the players on Within Hubris.
4/4/15 - Chat with Patrem - Within Hubris (JiD Thread)
Summary
- Vincent has fallen asleep and thus Patrem is in control once again.
- Patrem speaks poorly of Rosa and Matt, claiming that they "started on the wrong path and never attempted to correct this".
- Patrem speaks cryptically of a portal soon opening that was created by someone referred to as "saint" and governed by someone Patrem calls "grand".
- Patrem claims this portal has a name that is based off the "terrible fate" of one child and the "loss of another".
- Patrem claims that the players will meet both familiar and foreign entities in the portal - some from the present and others from ancient times before man.
- Patrem claims the "grand" one he mentioned previously is seeking a puppet known as "the burned one" that will make them more powerful.
- Patrem says that the "grand" one wishes to kill the "link of that time", as it will lead to them becoming a god.
- Patrem says that while the "grand" one is one of his "special children", he is also a "grand fool".
- Patrem departs for a ceremony that requires a blood sacrifice.
April 5th, 2015
- At an unknown time, players begin speculating that Mason is going to be sacrificed at the ceremony Patrem mentioned.
- At 2:15 AM, Patrem posted "You foolish children, this affair has nothing to do with mason." on Within Hubris.
- At 2:54 AM, the player Circlehunter submitted the video "Jailbreak.wmv" - a video of Majora's Mask featuring Link dancing with the "Kamaro's Mask, playing the "Song of Soaring" to escape to Link's house from "Ocarina of Time" (The "Legend of Zelda" title that was released before Majora's Mask) before playing the "Song of Storms" to make it rain, and finally playing the "Sun's Song (A song that turns night to day and vice versa) to turn day into night. This was done with the intention of saving Doug.
- At 2:58 AM, Patrem posted "There was no plan to spill the blood of the child douglas on this night. You children ran forth blindly and your efforts were thus wasted." on Within Hubris.
April 7th, 2015
- At 1:14 AM, Helper joined the Skype group and began speaking with the players.
3/7/15 - Chat with Helper - Skype (Internet Detectives)
Summary
- Helper informs the players that Mason has been trapped within a storm drain that is currently filling with water - an adverse effect of "Jailbreak.wmv".
- Helper posts a ciphered message from Mason that translates to "The time will come".
April 10th, 2015
- At 11:13 PM, The Man joined the Skype group and began chatting with the players. Unfortunately, this conversation was not archived. Below is a generalized summary of what was discussed:
- The ARG will be placed under a hiatus due to server issues regarding YSHDT.com.
- All players have an equally important role in determining the direction of the ARG.
- A hint was given for the "Tt lmhiw eemic elo" cipher left by Helper a few days prior, which at this point in time had yet to be solved.
- At 11:42 PM, The Man briefly rejoined the Skype group and simply asked the players "Yes or no?". The player Eve answered "No", after which The Man simply replied with "ok" before leaving the group.
- At 11:45 PM, "The Gray Man" begins speaking to the players on Within Hubris, simply greeting them and asking if they had solved Helper's cipher yet.
4/10/15 - Chat with "The Gray Man" - Within Hubris
April 11th, 2015
- At 12:52 AM, Patrem began speaking with the players on Within Hubris
4/11/15 - Chat with Patrem - Within Hubris
Summary
- Patrem mocks his followers for performing rituals of self sacrifice in the holy building.
- Patrem posts an audio file of the ceremony. Sobbing and sounds of pain can be heard amidst the chaos.
- At 9:46 AM, the player Eve discovered several updates on YSHDT.com.
- The front page's title now read "..." and featured the image "me.jpg" - a gray, blurry image. Atop "me.jpg" was another image titled "help.jpg", which was a photo of a storm drain with the words "DUMP NO WASTE DRAINS TO STREAM" painted on the ground. The audio "rain.mp3" played on this page - audio of heavy rainfall. Hidden in the page's source was an excerpt from a Wikipedia article about drowning.
4/11/15 - Page Source Text - YSHDT.com
- The page "/help" was discovered to have the same photo of a storm drain that was on the front page - "help.jpg".
- The page "/news" was now titled "2" and hid source text that read "...". The page now featured an image titled "2s.png" - another picture of a newspaper article. This article featured inappropriately capitalized letters that spelled out the word "COME", which led to the discovery of "http://yshdt.com/come". The newspaper article read as follows:
4/11/15 - "2s.png" - YSHDT.com
- The players discovered a new page - "/come". This page was titled "THESE" and hid source text that read "ONE OF THESE PLACES". This page also contained the image "GOTYOU.png", which was an altered version of "knownlocations.jpg" that had been updated with more locations of prominent players. Black, shadowy arms were now reaching out from the state of Florida which had been circled. The states of West Virginia and Ohio were also circled.
- The page "/yes" was now titled "YES" and featured the audio file "WARNING!!!.wav" - an SSTV signal. This page also contained an image titled "yes.png"" which featured an image of a red dot, a gas mask, and Japanese text that translated to the following:
4/11/15 - "yes.png" - YSHDT.com
April 22nd, 2015
- At 10:30 PM, Helper rejoined the Skype group and began chatting with the players.
4/22/15 - Chat with Helper - Skype (Internet Detectives)
Summary
- Helper gives the players a message from the GM telling them that they've missed something big.
- The players are informed that apparently someone has died because of what they missed.
- At 10:42 PM, The Man rejoined the Skype group and began chatting with the players. He informed them that it was never specified that Mason was the one who died.
4/22/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives)
April 23rd, 2015
- At 5:59 PM, the player Yuki solved the "WARNING!!!.wav" SSTV signal previously found on "/yes", which translated to "18203".
- At 5:59 PM, the player Yuki discovered a new page - "http://yshdt.com/18203". This page was titled "Please respond soon... and hid the source text "...Accessing...Accessing...". This page also contained a SWF file titled "tower.swf" which had a flashing light. The audio file "thisisgroundcontrol.wav" also played on this page, which was a "Number's Station" recording (Old radio stations that were often utilized by spies that repeatedly read off number ciphers) that translated to the following: "Please tell me the code look on your note page for more information."
- At 7:42 PM, the player Jacob discovered a new page - "http://yshdt.com/psychology". This page was titled "It's been too long." and contained the image "pnotes.png" which are notes written about the Players and "demons". "FILE 3" was also written across the page.
4/11/15 - "pnotes.png" - YSHDT.com
- At 7:44 PM, the player Spirkiroid discovered a new page - "http://yshdt.com/networking". This page was titled "Untitled Document" and featured the text "Notes:" followed by five links:
- A link titled "1" that led to a password protected .zip file (A password protected file or folder) named "the COlOR".
- A link titled "2" that led to a password protected .rar file (Another form of .zip file) named "It affects everything, but is not real".
- A link titled "3" that led to a password protected .rar file named "The Ascension of Jesus by Benjamin West".
- A link titled "5" that led to a .zip file named "help" that contained the image "5.png" - a photo of a storm drain.
- A link titled "6" that led to a text file named "linkaggregation" that contained the text "NO WAY BACK" repeated many times.
April 24th, 2015
- At 2:08 AM, the player Wolfcat discovered the password for the "It affects everything, but is not real" .rar file - "Time". The .rar file was found to contain "2.png" - a shadowy figure with glowing eyes.
- At 2:29 AM, the player Wolfcat discovered the password for the "CO1OR" .zip file - "FFFCD6". The .zip file was found to contain "1.png" - the same shadowy figure seen in "2.png" but with no eyes.
- At 5:02 AM, the player Yuki solved Helper's "Tt lmhiw eemic elo" cipher - "The time will come"
April 28th, 2015
- At 5:00 AM, the player John discovered the password for the "The Ascension of Jesus by Benjamin West" .rar file - "ASCENSION". The .rar file was found to contain the titular painting "The Ascension" by the artist Benjamin West, which depicted Jesus Christ ascending into Heaven.
April 30th, 2015
- At 12:56 AM, The Man rejoined the Skype group and briefly chatted with the players.
4/30/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives)
Summary
- The Man informs the players that there is a lull in activity as a result of his schooling.
- The Man changes the name of the Skype group to include "Device incoming."
May 3rd, 2015
- At 2:48 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. Players briefly chatted with him in the comment section.
5/3/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
Summary
- Doug attempts to convince the players he is still a regular high school student.
- Doug claims that he is always in contact with the cult now.
- At an unknown time, several pages on YSHDT.com were updated.
- The front page was now titled "MASON" and hid the text "WHATDIDYOUDO" in the source code. The page now contained a SWF file titled "drain.swf" that featured a photo of a sewage drain with a device sitting next to it. The device had three lights on it that blinked in the following sequence: "1 321 321 123 123 1".
- The page "/networking" now contained five new links that replaced the previous ones.
- A link titled "7" that led to a password protected .zip file named "Is this my face". The password for this file was quickly discovered to be "mask", revealing the image "Untitled-1.png" - an image of Link from Ocarina of Time with his face replaced with a creepy, toothy smile.
- A link titled "9" that led to the page "http://yshdt.com/come".
- A link titled "10" that led to a password protected .rar file named "Wells had considered the notion of time travel before". The password for this file was quickly discovered to be "timebomb", revealing the image "20150503_023757.jpg" - a photo of some hand-drawn blueprints for what appears to be a bomb. This blueprints also contained a cipher that translated to "Messages through time".
- A link titled "10.5" that led to the image "11.jpg" - an image of a distorted, orange smiley face with text that read "IM WATCHING".
- The page "/come" was now titled "THIS" and hid the text "..." in the source code. This page now contained an updated version of the image "GOTYOU.png", which was now titled "GOTHIM.png". The image now had black streaks extending to each of the locations with West Virginia now having an "X" marked across it along with the text "HIM".
- The page "/18203" contained an updated version of "tower.swf" - the flashing red light was now green.
- At 5:12 AM, the player ARGdov posted a link to "20150503_023757.jpg" in a comment on Letschasethemouse.
- At 5:26 AM, Doug made a new post on Letschasethemouse titled "WHERE", repeatedly asking where the players found the bomb plans. The title of the blog changed to "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT" and the background image became a corrupted mess. The players briefly spoke to Doug in the comment section of this post.
5/3/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse
Summary
- The player ARGdov links Doug to the "time bomb" plans, causing the entire blog to corrupt as Doug becomes angered.
- Doug claims the players' "Link" will be severed.
- At 5:48 AM, Helper rejoined the Skype group and told the players to fix their mistake.
5/3/15 - Chat with Helper - Skype (Internet Detectives)
- At 6:08 AM, The Man rejoined the Skype group and confirmed that the players' Link had been severed, meaning their Ocarina powers were unavailable.
5/3/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives)
May 4th, 2015
- At 12:45 AM, the player Mando discovered the password for the "UQSA6WUBMZS38DTY7ZT5T27O7DPU7JP87ZU7O3" .rar file - "ASCENSION". The .rar file was found to contain a text file titled "4.txt" that simply read "MasonFreed".
- At 12:50 AM, the player Stevey was friended by a user named "Mason xxxxxxxxx". Mason sent the message "Transmission will occur under reasonable circumstances.".
- At 12:54 AM, Mason sent Stevey another message that read "Currently, there is a storm affecting the area of JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. Please remain indoors until the storm rests.".
- At 12:58 AM, the player Mando added Mason to the Internet Detectives Skype group. Mason began chatting with the players.
5/4/15 - Chat with Mason - Skype (Internet Detectives)
Summary
- Mason is speaking to the players from some sort of DOS-like operating system. He claims it belongs to Doug.
- Mason says that the current year for him is 2015, meaning we are now speaking to a Mason from the present instead of 2009.
- When asked what happened to him, Mason simply claims that he "lived".
- Mason requests the "time bomb" plans from the players. Once he receives them, he claims he is unsure what he is supposed to do with them.
- Mason tells the players that he will be returning soon.
May 6th, 2015
- At 10:59 PM, Mason became active in the Skype group and briefly chatted with the players. Unfortunately, the player Sengi submitted the command ".root", causing the connection with Mason to be severed.
5/6/15 - Chat with Mason - Skype (Internet Detectives)
May 14th, 2015
- At 9:00 PM, The Man joined the Skype group and began chatting with the players. He announced that this arc of the ARG was now over and revealed his identity.
5/14/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives)
Summary
- The Man reveals that he was secretly the player "Dawn of a New Day" all along. He was also "Thelaw" - the user who first found YSHDT.com.
- The players Mando and Circlehunter were revealed to have assisted The Man in creating the ARG. Mando often attempted to lure the players off course, while Circlehunter was "The Gray Man".
- A new ARG is being created for the players by a new group of GM's.
- An outro video was posted on The Man's non-canon YouTube channel alluding to this new ARG.
- At 9:19 PM, The Man linked the players to a video titled "Outro", which was hosted on his OoC YouTube channel. This video alludes to the following arcs and closes out the YSHDT Arc.
5/14/15 - "Outro" - YouTube (LouisAndPillz)