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<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 5th, 2018</span>
  
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CircleHunter 7:59 PM: "Hey there, guys. I've been lurking for a few days because I've been too nervous to do this, but hello! I look forward to hearing/telling about the spooky things that we've experienced. And also, why is my name green? I just joined and have no idea what's up with that lmao"
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CelestialLight 8:04 PM: "Welcome! Newcomer, i hope you enjoy your stay here."
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<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 6th, 2018</span>
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<span class="vip">nocta 12:48 AM: "We know well of you CircleHunter, you were on Within Hubris as Internet Detective. Welcome to this part of the internet."</span>
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<span class="vip2">yuukichan 1:02 AM: "ooh a ben drowned guy!! hi!!! (。≧◇≦)ノ"</span>
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The [[player]] Circlehunter introduces himself on the forums. [[Nocta]] is already aware that he is a member of the [[Internet Detectives]]. [[Yuukichan also seems to be somewhat aware, referring to him as a "Ben Drowned guy".
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<span class="vip">NotAHoax_M12 12:58 PM: "<nowiki>https://www.wowktv.com/news/national/cigar-shaped-interstellar-object-may-have-been-an-alien-probe-harvard-paper-claims/1576415513</nowiki>? The government can't hide the truth forever"
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CelestialLight 1:04 PM: "I Agree, the Government can not hide anything.. there is more to this world, then meets the eye. The Truth will be reveal."
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Darkzero 1:40 PM: "I do not know what to think. my investigations at first glance did not have something very important to be destroyed. but I feel that there are some things that are connected with topics of interest to some people. I do not know dangerous people who may want my data. but yesterday since I published about what is happening to me. I have received some cryptic messages and some threats. anyway. my research continues. and my computer is working again. and I'm not going to stop here."
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CelestialLight 1:45 PM: "Darkzero, Keep Watch.. it seems like someone is out to get you."
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Darkzero 1:48 PM: "I'll do that. thanks for the warning. I'll see what happens ... but I'll be careful"
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CelestialLight 1:51 PM: "Your Welcome, Friend."
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Jos 5:50 PM: "I'm exited but scared at the same time. Do you remember what happened with Americas colonization? <nowiki>http://i1.wp.com/www.ancientamerica.org ... =437%2C563</nowiki>"
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CelestialLight 6:13 PM: "Jos, only thing i remember from History is lot's of war. So, not really..."
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Jos 6:41 PM: "When the Spanish guys/empire reached America, they found these primitive colonies, these colonies had nothing to do against the Spanish, so the Spanish took everything they could, and then other countries started colonizing America, and did the same. What I'm saying, for alien eyes, we are the Americas in that era, we are so weak in tech compared to them (they must have high tech to reach our planet so) Nothing stop them from killing us and taking all our natural resources."
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<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 8th, 2018</span>
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Wolfcat 1:22 AM: "Didn't the Pentagon or something literally announce the existence of UFO's and aliens like last year or something? And no one cared. It's crazy. The veil is thick."
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Jos 2:25 AM: "We normalized it so much that we don't really care that much nowdays. Inminent contact is likely."
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<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 11th, 2018</span>
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<span class="vip">moonman31 5:43 PM: "The veil grows thicker every moment"</span>
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Jos 5:45 PM: "The VEIL grows THICK we need something like a CHAINSAW"
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<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 6th, 2018</span>
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CircleHunter 1:51 AM: "So, I'm a native West Virginian. This state has a good few spooky creatures associated with it, not the least of which are the Mothman and the Flatwoods Monster. I have always been really interested in this sort of thing, so I'd like to know if you guys have any well-known native cryptids or stories about them."
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CelestialLight 10:54 AM: "What about, nessie the loch ness monster, my Favorite of the mystical monsters. they say its a creature said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands."
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<span class="vip">nocta 3:06 AM: "Classic cryptids have been discussed so much, I've always been more fond of internet-age supernatural creatures."</span>
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CircleHunter 3:21 AM: "Yeah, I feel that. I wish I could name more that fit that criteria than just the Slender Man and Rake. Do you have any spooky creatures of that nature to talk about in particular? I'd be down for some of that."
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<span class="vip2">moonman31 5:40 PM: "SLENDERMAN TIME"</span>
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<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 13th, 2018</span>
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Wolfcat 11:47 AM: "I spotted strange frog creatuore outside home... take a look...."
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Wolfcat 11:47 AM: ((A blurry image of the Pokemon "Greninja" floating in the air is sent))
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Darkzero 4:29 PM: "Is it just me or does it look a lot like greninja? ... or whatever it is written ..."
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Jos 4:41 PM: "Its a pikachu, any other guesses are automatly declined."
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<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 22nd, 2018</span>
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<span class="vip2">yuukichan 11:30 AM: "owo *throws pokeball*"</span>
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Revision as of 14:30, 6 October 2021

Astral Observatory Forums

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The front page of the forums.

Name Astral Observatory Forums
URL https://astralobservatory.net/forum/index.php
Type Forums
Affiliation Astral Observatory
Date October 31st, 2018
Status Active

The Astral Observatory Forums are the main form of communication used by the members of the Astral Observatory. Though players only first discovered them on October 31st of 2018, an earlier incarnation of them had supposedly existed since July of that same year. These forums hosted countless character interactions for the players, making them a very important location.

Story

The Astral Observatory was founded sometime in July of 2018. It is implied that along with the creation of Astralobservatory.net, the forums were created around this time as well. While IsocelesAssassin, Moonman, and José all joined the site with the intention of putting a stop to Nocta's plans, other users such as Kaiden Zoromichi, Yuukichan, and NotAHoax all flocked to the site naturally with no secondary motivations. The users all seemed to get along well. Kaiden, IsocelesAssassin, and Yuukichan all participated in a roleplay together. There was also supposedly a "Kemono Friends" thread with over 1000 pages.

Nocta later created a board titled "The Truth" on the Astral Observatory Forums. This board was locked and the login information was only given out to users he trusted. For an unspecified amount of time, the password to access this board was "pqbxhtlopa". This board contained a thread detailing the group's history and a link to the Subspace - a secret section of Astralobservatory.net that contained the group's more occult knowledge. Over time, the Astral Observatory Forums were revealed to be more of an indoctrination tool that Nocta uses to gain more members for the Subspace.

On October 21st, Astralobservatory.net went offline, resulting in massive data loss and the corruption of the forums. Nocta blamed this on Johnisdead.com supposedly stealing the site's bandwidth. The players discovered Astralobservatory.net on October 24th. Due to their past involvement with Johnisdead.com, Nocta portrayed the players as if they were potentially responsible for the loss of the forums. On October 31st, the Astral Observatory Forums had been recreated. The players were now able to chat with the other members of the forums. Around this time, Nocta made a post about the players in "The Truth" board. The exact contents of this post are unknown, however.

An example of a thread on the Astral Observatory Forums.

Players began prying for more information about the Astral Observatory and their connection to the Lunar Children. On November 11th, Moonman reached out to the players in PM's, offering to give them more information in a secure location. This led to the creation of the Safe Haven Discord Server, where players could chat with Moonman in a more controlled environment. On November 13th, Nocta reached out to the player ARGdov, seeing potential in adding him to the group's inner circle.

On November 26th, Nocta discovered that Moonman was a traitor who had been giving the players information. After this, the login information for "The Truth" was changed to "mindconstruct". Moonman was not given this password and he no longer had access to the cult's inner circle. Despite this, Moonman later found his way back into the board - possibly though being given the password by another member or by simply hacking his way back in. Here, he discovered that the players ARGdov and CelestialLight had both been granted access to "The Truth" as well.

At some point in early 2019, Yuukichan was ascended and her spirit was trapped within Astralobservatory.net. Despite this, she was seemingly able to continue using her account as if nothing were wrong - similar to Jeremy Jarvis as seen on the Lunar Children Forums. Over time, however, oddities began cropping up surrounding her account, such as her sending the player Wolfcat a message simply reading "thewoods" repeated over 100 times.

On April 23rd, the Astral Observatory Forums went down - presumably both as a threat from Nocta and due to Yuukichan's spirit slowly corrupting the site. On June 5th, Moonman hacked the forums and gave all of the players moderator access. Here, they discovered that Yuukichan had indeed been ascended earlier in the year. On July 26th, IsocelesAssassin finally returned to the forums after the player Wolfcat submitted the "New Wave Bossa Nova". IsocelesAssassin soon joined the Safe Haven Discord server and began chatting with the players there alongside Moonman.

Over time, the forums slowly corrupted more and more - both because of Yuukichan's presence and due to an influx of "spambots" summoned by Moonman. On August 8th, Nocta announced that Moonman had been banned from the forums. In reality, Moonman had been trapped within the Parallelos within a section of the site's Subspace. IsocelesAssassin's ally, GHOSTBABEL, assisted the players in saving Moonman. This process caused the site to undergo some strange sort of temporal flux, however, resulting in posts from the forum members from different timelines appearing for a brief period of time.

The Astral Observatory Forums experiencing temporal chaos.

With Moonman saved, the players managed to scare Nocta away from the site, who was likely fearful considering the temporal chaos it had just underwent. This chaos also allowed Pumpkinhead to enter into the Astral Timeline, who then proceeded to pretend to be the player Wolfcat. On April 20th, 2020, IsocelesAssassin, Moonman, and the Hacker Group began to enact a plan to get the players into the Subspace and, by extension, Johnisdead.com. This required the use of a Data Bomb. It was then that Pumpkinhead made his move, destroying the Safe Haven Discord server and stealing away the Data Bomb. Fortunately, the Hacker Group was able to send the players a second Data Bomb, which was then posted in "The Truth" by the player ARGdov. This resulted in the site corrupting further, allowing the players to access the Subspace.

On May 12th, players began using the Astral Observatory Forums as their main form of communication once again. On July 3rd, Pumpkinhead attacked once again by locking the players' Ocarina powers within the Astral Observatory Forums. The players were then forced to explore a labyrinth of pages in the Sanctum Hole in order to regain access to the forums. The "Sanctum" hole was finally completed on September 1st, as the players discovered the username was "finalastralbarrier" and the password was "fleetingdream".

On December 21st, IsocelesAssassin and GHOSTBABEL informed the players that they had hatched a new plan to regain communication with the Hacker Group. The players were to scour Johnisdead.com for a transmission code that they would then plug in to a new page on the Astral Observatory Subspace. The players accomplished their mission on December 22nd. On December 23rd, GHOSTBABEL would begin occasionally posting transmissions from the Hacker Group on the Astral Observatory Forums, offering the players to send questions in the form of posts to ask the group.

Archive

Below is an archive of all threads that contain canon interactions.

Forum

Welcome

Helpful topics for those new

Help & FAQ

A board for asking questions that either nocta or another can answer; the board rules are also posted in here.

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7/28/18 - "Forum Rules" - nocta

Summary

  • Nocta outlines the basic rules of the Astral Observatory Forums. These also include a warning for users to not to try and break into "The Truth" board.
Introductions

Introduce yourself here

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10/31/18 - "We starting over?" - moonman31

Summary

  • Moonman introduces himself on the forums. His past trolling escapades are alluded to.
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10/31/18 - "AAAAH WE'RE BAAAACK" - yuukichan

Summary

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10/31/18 - "Nice to be back." - NotAHoax_M12

Summary

  • NotAHoax introduces themselves on the forums.
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10/31/18 - "What's up, spookboys" - Wolfcat

Summary

  • The player Wolfcat introduces himself on the forums. The various characters greet him warmly. Nocta seems to already be aware that both the players Wolfcat and Jos are members of the Internet Detectives.
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11/3/18 - "Brand New" - F.N

Summary

  • The player CelestialLight introduces themselves on the forums. Yuukichan welcomes them.
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11/5/18 - "My Introduction" - CelestialLight

Summary

  • The player CelestialLight introduces themselves on the forums under their new account. NotAHoax and Yuukichan both welcome her.
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11/6/18 - "Hellooo" - CircleHunter

Summary

  • The player Circlehunter introduces himself on the forums. Nocta is already aware that he is a member of the Internet Detectives. [[Yuukichan also seems to be somewhat aware, referring to him as a "Ben Drowned guy".





General Discussion

Talk about anything not relevant to the other discussion forums here

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10/31/18 - "A N I M E" - yuukichan

Summary

  • Yuukichan creates a thread for anime discussion. It is implied that there was a thread centered around anime on the original Astral Observatory Forums that reached 1000 pages. General anime discussion proceeds to take place between players and various characters.
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10/31/18 - "Hehe how funny..." - Jos

Summary

  • The player Jos jokingly posts a fetish video. Moonman mocks him for his tastes.
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11/3/18 - "G O O D MUSIC" - Dense

Summary





Safehaven





Theories and Discussion

Aliens & Visitors

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10/31/18 - "What are your thoughts about visitors?" - Jos

Summary

  • The player Jos creates a thread about aliens. NotAHoax believes that they do indeed exist, explaining his history with what he believes to be the supernatural after his parents were supposedly stolen away by aliens when he was a child.
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11/7/18 - "Harvard Agrees: They're Out There" - NotAHoax_M12

Summary

  • NotAHoax links to an online news article relating to aliens.







Ghosts / Demonology

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11/1/18 - "Idk if this happened to you guys..." - Jos

Summary

  • The player Jos brings up the subject of ghosts and hauntings. NotAHoax chips in, claiming he believes exist and relates them to aliens.
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11/3/18 - "Paranormal Encounter" - F.N

Summary

  • The player CelestialLight creates a thread about various paranormal encounters. Yuukichan claims that she has been within the presence of ghosts since she was a young child. She notes that her mother began going a bit insane and wrote on the walls of her home.
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11/5/18 - "Moon Children" - Deadhead

Summary

  • The player Deadhead creates a thread centered around the Moon Children. NotAHoax takes interest in the subject, while Moonman comments on the fact that the cult has had a presence on the internet for quite some time. After drama breaks out among the players, Dawn attempts to quell them - something NotAHoax commends him for.




Political Conspiracy

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11/1/18 - "MKUltra" - Wolfcat

Summary

  • The player Wolfcat creates a thread surrounding the "MK ULTRA" experiments. NotAHoax chips in, relating the subject to aliens.




Supernatural, Folklore & Etc

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10/31/18 - "JohnIsDead.com" - moonman31

Summary

  • Moonman creates a thread questioning the logistics of Johnisdead.com supposedly stealing bandwidth of Astralobservatory.net. Nocta suggests that they all drop the subject. The player Dense posts the description of J J S K K N V G H, which is later deleted by Nocta. After the players begin asking about the various characters' knowledge of Johnisdead.com, Nocta locks the thread.
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11/11/18 - "Cryptids" - CircleHunter

Summary

  • The player Circlehunter creates a thread for discussing cryptids. Moonman brings up "Slenderman".



The Truth

Only those chosen may enter here; the greatest truths that only the ready minds are capable of discussing are within here; to access you will need to belong to the 'Believers' usergroup or above