Our Horizon Arc

July 9th, 2019

• At 7:39 PM, the player Mugen Kagemaru discovered that a new video had been uploaded to Silentdork - "| | | | | |".

7/9/19 - "| | | | | |" - YouTube (Silentdork)

This short video simply consists of a dark object moving in front of the camera.

Updates

• YouTube Details:
Description: "| | | | |"
Tags: N/A

• At 8:06 PM, players discovered that the video "| | | | | |" had changed. The video was now titled "3 questions will be answered" and the description read "Boredom and habit has forced our hand yet again.".
• At 9:05 PM, a new video was uploaded to Silentdork - "wolfcat22".

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December 27th, 2019

• At 3:08 AM, IIIII posted an image of a 3d character T-posing titled "bb.jpg" in the players' Discord server.
• At 6:06 PM, the player Wolfcat posted the audio "1_criminal.mp3" in the players' Discord server - a slowed down parody of another player's voice.

December 28th, 2019

• At 12:47 AM, WintertideDreams became active in the Discord server and began chatting with the players.

12/28/19 - Chat with WintertideDreams - Discord (Internet Detectives)

WintertideDreams 12:47 AM: ((The image "2_wrap.gif" is posted - a disturbing, smiling face))
WintertideDreams 12:47 AM: ((The image "3_clue.gif" is posted - four squares in a circle numbered one through four))
Xenquility 12:48 AM: "oh hi"
ADULT_LINK 12:49 AM: "first gif look familiar"
Xenquility 12:49 AM: "yeah"
WintertideDreams 12:49 AM: "@Paul_Rudd"
Paul Rudd 12:50 AM: "yeah?"
WintertideDreams 12:50 AM: ((The image "Divergence.gif" is posted - nine books that spell out the word "AGGREGATE"))
((WintertideDreams' username changes to "WintertideMemories" and their profile picture changes to a bright blue horizon))
ADULT_LINK 12:50 AM: ":id_rudd:"
WintertideMemories 12:51: ((The image "PAGE000.gif" is posted - a distorted, blue image))
Xenquility 12:52 AM: "kind of looks like https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/johnisdead/images/f/f7/D.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/154?cb=20150904031029"
Xenquility 12:52 AM: "also new profile pic"
WintertideMemories 12:53 AM: "past"
WintertideMemories 12:53 AM: "present"
WintertideMemories 12:53 AM: "future"
WintertideMemories 12:54 AM: "fiction"
WintertideMemories 12:54 AM: "written and verbal"
WintertideMemories 12:54 AM: "Twenty Fourteen"
WintertideMemories 12:55 AM: "Twenty Fifteen"
WintertideMemories 12:55 AM: "soon it will all become one"
WintertideMemories 12:55 AM: "soon it will begin again"
WintertideMemories 12:56 AM: "you guys figuring it out yet?"
WintertideMemories 12:56 AM: "the same old number"
WintertideMemories 12:56 AM: "25"
WintertideMemories 12:56 AM: "this is their goal"
WintertideMemories 12:57 AM: "essentially"
WintertideMemories 12:57 AM: "this is the best I can do for now"
WintertideMemories 12:57 AM: "see you soon"

Summary

• WintertideDreams posts an image that reads "AGGREGATE" and their username changes to "WintertideMemories". Their avatar also updates to look more like The Producer's.
• WintertideMemories calls out a player whose username and avatar are from the player Wolfcat's Within Hubris webcomic "Weenie-Licked".
• WintertideMemories implies that past, present, future, and fiction will "all become one", and that this is "their goal".

Updates

• Files:
2_wrap.gif - An image of a smiling face that appears similar to "D.gif" -
3_clue.gif - An image of four squares with the numbers one through four surrounded by a circle -
Divergence.gif - An image of four books that spell out the word "AGGREGATE" -
WintertideMemories' avatar changes to a brighter horizon after posting the image "Divergence.gif" -
PAGE000.gif - A heavily distorted blue image -

• At 1:42 AM, WintertideMemories and The Producer became active in the Discord server and began chatting with the players.

12/28/19 - Chat with WintertideMemories and The Producer - Discord (Internet Detectives)

[1:42 PM] WintertideMemories: "damn"
[1:42 PM] WintertideMemories: "either you guys are being super shy and not speaking up"
[1:42 PM] The Producer: "or you didn't fully grasp what happened"
[1:43 PM] ((WintertideMemories leaves the Discord server))
[1:42 PM] The Producer: "and I was trying my darndest, too"
[1:44 PM] The Producer: "guess theres no need to keep the mask around anymore"
[1:44 PM] The Producer: "everyone say goodbye to wintertide memeories"
[1:53 PM] The Producer: "I'll take your stunned silence as "goodbye wintertide and harvest, you two were our favorite characters""
[2:00 PM] Slinky: "Wait wait"
[2:00 PM] Slinky: "Winter"
[2:01 PM] Slinky: "What"
[2:01 PM] Slinky: "What just happened"
[2:02 PM] Slinky: "What"
[2:02 PM] The Producer: "hey there slinky"
[2:02 PM] Slinky: "Prod wtf"
[2:02 PM] Slinky: "Did you just kill winter?"
[2:03 PM] Slinky: "Could winter always speak instead of just posting creepy gifs?"
[2:04 PM] Slinky: "Wtf"
[2:05 PM] The Producer: "Wintertide and Harvest never existed"
[2:05 PM] The Producer: "Well, technically they did exist"
[2:05 PM] The Producer: "They are pieces of myself"
[2:05 PM] The Producer: "Layers, if you will"
[2:05 PM] Slinky: "Ooooooh"
[2:06 PM] Slinky: "It makes kinda sense"
[2:06 PM] Slinky: "But still"
[2:06 PM] Slinky: "What the fuck"
[2:06 PM] The Producer: "The Producer: ""I can’t give you any straight answers but perhaps I can train you”"
[2:06 PM] The Producer: "The Producer: ""prep your thinking”"
[2:06 PM] The Producer: "They were training dummies, essentially"
[2:06 PM] The Producer: "Or textbooks, I guess?"
[2:06 PM] Slinky: "For us?"
[2:07 PM] Slinky: "Damn g what are we gonna fight against if that was only the training"
[2:07 PM] The Producer: "I still can't go into detail, but our boss follows similar logic"
[2:07 PM] Slinky: "So that was your big production?"
[2:07 PM] Slinky: "The thing you have been working on?"
[2:07 PM] The Producer: "nah that shit was smallfry"
[2:07 PM] Slinky: "Holy shit dude"
[2:08 PM] The Producer: "but i did show you bits and pieces as Wintertide"
[2:08 PM] Slinky: "I mean I hoped winter was a hot ghost chick"
[2:08 PM] The Producer: "Wintertide, my "alright buddy time to get down to business and fart out a lotta productions" layer"
[2:08 PM] The Producer: "and Harvest"
[2:08 PM] The Producer: "my"
[2:08 PM] The Producer: "well, lets not get into Harvest"
[2:09 PM] Slinky: "But we should train a LOT if eoeoeo or BUP is even more confusing"
[2:09 PM] The Producer: "BUP's a pretty straightforward fella"
[2:10 PM] The Producer: "eieio is a different story, however"
[2:10 PM] Slinky: "At least I'm glad you weren't a undercover bad guy that just killed a teammate"
[2:11 PM] The Producer: "heh."
[2:11 PM] Slinky: ":okay:"
[2:11 PM] The Producer: "wouldnt that be a hoot"
[2:11 PM] Slinky: "lol idk"
[2:11 PM] Slinky: "Anyways, what are you working on now?"
[2:12 PM] Slinky: "Apart from that super big production you are producing"
[2:12 PM] The Producer: "documentation and plans"
[2:12 PM] The Producer: "another one of my duties is to help coordinate my comrades"
[2:12 PM] Slinky: "ooooh plaaaans"
[2:12 PM] The Producer: "yes"
[2:12 PM] The Producer: "very very secret plans"
[2:13 PM] Slinky: "You mean"
[2:13 PM] The Producer: "very interesting and secret plans i got here"
[2:13 PM] Slinky: "Super very interesting and curious plans?"
[2:13 PM] The Producer: "that, too"
[2:13 PM] The Producer: "would you like me to share an excerpt"
[2:13 PM] Slinky: "Y e s"
[2:13 PM] The Producer: "ok"
[2:13 PM] The Producer: ""Tyler""
[2:13 PM] The Producer: "thats all you get"
[2:14 PM] Slinky: "o"
[2:14 PM] Slinky: "That's kinda enough"
[2:14 PM] The Producer: "im sure this will be very helpful to you in the future"
[2:14 PM] Slinky: "Now we know the spookbois are no longer with tyler"
[2:14 PM] Slinky: "OR"
[2:14 PM] Slinky: "That the BUPbois are planning to Kidnap Tyler from the Spookbois"
[2:14 PM] The Producer: "it could be"
[2:14 PM] Slinky: "Big brain"
[2:14 PM] The Producer: ""get tyler""
[2:14 PM] The Producer: "or "feed tyler""
[2:15 PM] The Producer: "or "ask how tyler is doing""
[2:15 PM] Slinky: "Or wake tyler"
[2:15 PM] The Producer: "the prossibilities are endless"
[2:15 PM] Slinky: "But not too large knowing what the bad guys want to do to tyler"
[2:15 PM] Slinky: "Either"
[2:16 PM] Slinky: ""feed faces" "wake up" "make him sleep" "get" "kill""
[2:16 PM] Slinky: "Or"
[2:16 PM] The Producer: "Tyler is the key to all of this"
[2:16 PM] The Producer: "Because he's a funnier character than we've ever had before"
[2:16 PM] Slinky: ""transport him to another whole dimension""
[2:16 PM] Slinky: "Tyler is the key"
[2:17 PM] The Producer: "I was just quoting George Lucas"
[2:17 PM] The Producer: "dont read into it too much"
[2:17 PM] Slinky: ":GWeulixThonk:"
[2:17 PM] Slinky: "I mean yeah"
[2:17 PM] Slinky: "I still have the Thought around there that BUPbois are just the Spookz"
[2:18 PM] Slinky: "But with different names"
[2:18 PM] Slinky: "And number 5 is BUP"
[2:18 PM] otherLiam: "Nah they’re new people."
[2:18 PM] Slinky: "Aw"
[2:18 PM] otherLiam: "Our allies have never fuckin heard of these guys."
[2:18 PM] otherLiam: "So they’re new to us."
[2:18 PM] otherLiam: "Or, if they’re not"
[2:18 PM] Slinky: "Then yeah these are all the possibilities"
[2:18 PM] Slinky: ""feed faces" "wake up" "make him sleep" "get" "kill" tyler"
[2:18 PM] otherLiam: "the we aren’t gonna figure out who they actually are till they reveal themselves."
[2:19 PM] Slinky: "Probably"
[2:19 PM] The Producer: "also"
[2:19 PM] The Producer: "this might be a bit sudden"
[2:19 PM] The Producer: "but this is probably the last time i will speak to you guys"
[2:19 PM] Slinky: "What"
[2:19 PM] otherLiam: "Oof."
[2:19 PM] Slinky: "U gonna die?"
[2:19 PM] The Producer: "at least like this"
[2:20 PM] The Producer: "nah"
[2:20 PM] otherLiam: "then can i ask a question"
[2:20 PM] Slinky: "Oh shit amalgamation of BUPbois"
[2:20 PM] Slinky: "Spitballing"
[2:20 PM] The Producer: "final queshtown"
[2:20 PM] Slinky: "True lab of BUP'n'co"
[2:20 PM] otherLiam: "Is there any particular reason people involved in all this have to speak in ciphers and creepy gifs, and is there a way to circumvent it?"
[2:20 PM] Slinky: "It's not compulsory"
[2:21 PM] Slinky: "Prod can talk normally"
[2:21 PM] otherLiam: "yeah but not everyone can, it seems like."
[2:21 PM] Slinky: "So I guess the others just do it for BUP?"
[2:21 PM] The Producer: "Some speak cryptically because that's all the can muster - communication through sensations and emotions"
[2:21 PM] The Producer: "Like the deviums seen on Johnisdead.com"
[2:21 PM] Slinky: "Oops"
[2:21 PM] Slinky: "Yeah that makes sense"
[2:21 PM] The Producer: "Others like to hide their true intentions with riddles because they're assholes"
[2:21 PM] The Producer: "Like Tenebris"
[2:22 PM] Slinky: "Also prod that means you have a big brain"
[2:22 PM] The Producer: "Others do it because they are under certain restrictions"
[2:22 PM] The Producer: "I believe this was the case with IIIII, but I cannot speak for them"
[2:22 PM] otherLiam: "“Was”?"
[2:22 PM] Slinky: "Wait was?"
[2:22 PM] Slinky: "And... Under restrictions?"
[2:23 PM] Slinky: "Do the spookz have like... A boss?"
[2:23 PM] The Producer: "Others like me do it because I was trying to convey something special through my words and mannerisms"
[2:24 PM] Slinky: "Damn"
[2:24 PM] Slinky: "That's actually hella useful"
[2:25 PM] The Producer: "It depends on the person"
[2:25 PM] The Producer: "or entity, or whatever"
[2:25 PM] The Producer: "can't speak for everyone"
[2:26 PM] The Producer: "anyways"
[2:26 PM] The Producer: "im gonna :b:op"
[2:26 PM] The Producer: "I still owe you guys a song"
[2:26 PM] Slinky: "Farewell prod"
[2:26 PM] Xenquility: "Yo prod"
[2:26 PM] Xenquility: "Wait"
[2:26 PM] The Producer: "I'll get it to you eventually"
[2:26 PM] The Producer: "whats up xen"
[2:26 PM] Slinky: "Hope we can talk to you soon"
[2:26 PM] The Producer: "Ill still be watching"
[2:27 PM] Xenquility: "I'll miss you man"
[2:27 PM] Slinky: "We love u :GWcmeisterPeepoLove:"
[2:27 PM] The Producer: ":heart:"
[2:27 PM] Xenquility: "And uh"
[2:27 PM] Xenquility: "So I kinda read through the last messages quickly"
[2:27 PM] Xenquility: "Was anything that wintertide or harvest say mean anything?"
[2:28 PM] Slinky: "He said it was just treining. For our brain"
[2:28 PM] The Producer: "They mean things to me"
[2:28 PM] The Producer: "they were extensions of myself"
[2:28 PM] The Producer: "subconscious layers of different parts of my mind
[2:28 PM] The Producer: "if you wanna get pretentious"
[2:29 PM] Xenquility: "And when you say we won't talk to you sgain"
[2:29 PM] Xenquility: "Does that mean one of us will be dying soon?"
[2:29 PM] The Producer: "hopefully not"
[2:30 PM] The Producer: "it just means i'm gonna hop out for a while and focus fully on my productions"
[2:30 PM] The Producer: "I'll no longer be speaking on here as your beloved producer"
[2:30 PM] Xenquility: "Ah alright"
[2:30 PM] Slinky: "You will become The Producer and start to be edgy ?"
[2:30 PM] Slinky: "Oh"
[2:31 PM] The Producer: "nah that charade is over with"
[2:31 PM] Slinky: "Alright then farewell buddy"
[2:31 PM] The Producer: "goodbye coomtectives"
[2:31 PM] The Producer: "ill hit you up with that "killswitch" track you asked for someday"
[2:31 PM] The Producer: "but until then, later alligator"
[2:32 PM] Xenquility: "I hope whatever happens doesnt end in us hating you"

Summary