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The story so far...

In the previous section, the players explored a revived Lunarchildren.com. Strangely, the site now seemed to be an archive of an older version of Lunarchildren.com - complete with a retro design. While most of the site conveyed the same general understanding of Lunar Children terminology and lore, some things were a bit different.

Several pages mentioned someone named "Father Alphonse" - an Overseer who predated Vincent and conceived of a theory known as "The Holy Dyad" - the belief that light and dark naturally exist in equals to balance one-another out. The site also mentioned an overseer of The Spire's library named "Jennifer" - possibly referencing either Jinn or Kuu from the Lunar Children Forums. Additionally, the site in general seemed to present the cult's teachings in a far more inviting way. For example, the page for "Deviums" implied that they were in a pleasant state of ecstasy upon their ascension - an obvious lie, considering all of the tormented, trapped Deviums that the players have witnessed up to this point.

Other changes included the name "Sub-Parallelos" being renamed to the "Nullspace" and proper names being given for "The Legend" and the ritual to awaken the giants - "The Secrets and the Thurses" and the "Ceremony of the Thurses Quintessence" respectively. The site also revealed the fact that both Patrem and Tenebris are Finitors - powerful ascended beings who can travel through time. Additionally, the page for the "Father" was rather lofty, implying that the role of "Father" is a sort of universal ruler and that anyone who has ever hold any sort of authoritative role such as "king" has been blessed by Patrem. It also likens the "Father" to a sort of "Master of Time" and claims that part of his duty is to moderate Luna so that she does not destroy all of reality.

The site was also somewhat corrupted, allowing the players to discover several hidden pages. Some of these pages referenced "The Watcher", connecting him to the letters "HCJ" and implying that he was working under Mat... Other pages made repeat references to the number three, implying that there is "Another" and "More than you know" - as well as hinting towards the existence of an alternate version of Kevin - supposedly the "FIRST" version of Kevin. However, details surrounding this were very hazy and not much could be discerned about this supposed alternate Kevin quite yet - only that he potentially possessed a skeletal appearance.

Meanwhile, Greth suddenly returned and resumed uploading and streaming Greth Vlogs as though nothing had happened... It seems that BUP - as well as Patrem - are able to control him at will. It's likely thanks to BUP's meddling that he's unable to recall any of the strange, paranormal occurrences in his life. From Greth's perspective, he simply moved away and fell out of contact with Tyler - no possession or Parallelos chases at all.

Unaware of BUP and Patrem's presence within him, Greth is currently working on a record label on Bandcamp.com - one that's ominously named "Astral Observatory". He claims that this name came to him in a dream about a year ago. While Greth works on these albums, it's implied that BUP is also partially responsible for them as well... Additionally, another incarnation of Greth simply called "Researcher Greth" seems to hold some connection to these albums as well. Namely, Researcher Greth supposedly works at some sort of group or organization that is being sent these albums... How exactly Researcher Greth ties into all of this is unknown - it's possible that he's simply another alternate version of Greth from an unknown timeline that BUP holds some control over.

Eventually, BUP decides to play another game with the players - one that picks up where the Dungeons & Dragons game ended off. This "game" was the release of a mysterious album on Greth's record label - "Ascended E-Girl". It quickly became clear that this wasn't a normal album - it was actually entirely based around Yuukichan and the Astral Observatory in general. Interestingly, the album also contained several references to the player Wolfcat - namely through the presence of his infamous "Dream Emoji", his song "Out of my League", and the "Poe in a Bottle" that was previously used to represent him in the Dungeons & Dragons game.

Around this same time, Yuukichan contacted the players on Discord. Here, she claimed that she was still trapped within Astralobservatory.net - though presumably not for much longer... Yuukichan proceeded to post Wolfcat's "Poe in a Bottle" once again before claiming that the players needed to rescue both her and a mysterious individual referred to as "AW" from some sort of dungeon... Closer inspection of the "Ascended E-Girl" album page revealed what exactly this dungeon was - a pre-loaded "Link's Awakening" dungeon on an Amiibo.

It seems that Yuukichan's spirit - as well as the spirit of this mysterious "AW" - were now within an Amiibo, just as Munnin had planned back during the Dungeons & Dragons game. Now, all the players had to do was retrieve the physical version of "Ascended E-Girl" and the Amiibo that came with it, load the custom dungeon from the Amiibo into "The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening", and complete it. Doing this would finally free both Yuukichan and "AW".

This album also contained other secrets as well - one of them being the secret key-phrase "SKELETONKEY". This was supposedly one of the two keys that the players needed to access the locked Subspace on Astralobservatory.net. With Yuukichan's spirit finally removed from the site and one key down, it seemed that the players were closer than ever to reaching their goal - all they needed to do now was wait for contact from their allies. However, with TheLaw supposedly compromised and BUP's influence growing, a sense of urgency was in the air...

Table of Contents

Expand the section below to access a table of contents for this chapter.

1. Start of Chapter
2. Checkpoint #1After the Rune Entity led the players to a rather cryptic meta-bending mention of "Dream Spheres", Patrem now makes his return on Within Hubris.

Character Summaries

Expand the section below to access a list of characters. Hover over their icons to view a brief summary covering their current status.

Relevant Characters

Tyler

BUP

Rune Entity

Erika

Greth

Yuukichan

"AW"

"Wolfcat"

Tenebris

Other Characters

John

Regiminis

Patrem

Mat
Hubbard

Moonman

IsocelesAssassin

GHOSTBABEL

The Producer

TheLaw

Vincent
Adams

The "Angel"

Father Alphonse

Munnin

Pumpkinhead

SKM

Astral
Tyler

Tyler00

Yugi

Kaiden
Zoromichi

NotAHoax

The Watcher

Nocta

Doug

Alex

Spencer

Kelbris

Old Man

Ben
Hubbard

Max

Samuel
Charleston

Luna

Jacob

Helper

Jeremy
J

Rosa

Chris

Hunter

Diana
Hubbard

José

Daniel

Zack Nelson

Kayd

Thomas

David

Danielle

Quia

The Man

Mason

Mason
xxxxxxxxx

The Gray
Man

Ezekiel
Thoth

Jinn

Kuu

Nathen

Hina

Eddie

SheepDog

HarryM1

Alignak

Kalfu

Sin_yarikh

Tsukuyomi

Igaluk

Losna

Hope

Hope's
Friend (M)

Hope's
Friend (F)

Tyler
(SilentDT)

William
Reynolds

Justin
Reynolds

Carla

The Flying
Child

Drowned

Guide

Glossary

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Misc.

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A

Absque Fascie

Aggregation

Alex's Hall of Fame

Amiibo

Archive

ARG

Ascended E-Girl

Ascension

Astral Child

Astral Observatory

Astral Observatory Forums

Astralobservatory.net

Astral Timeline

Awakening

Awakening Discord Server

B

Beacon

Believers

Ben Drowned

Blood Moon Ritual

Bloody Mary

Blue Baby

Bomb Plans

Briefcase

BroGaming

Bullet Necklace

Bunny Hood

BUP's Group

C

Candyman

Cellphone Tower

Ceremony of the Three Elements

Ceremony of the Thurses Quintessence

Cipher

Cherrington High

Cleverbot

Conduit

Contact Page

Crescent

Crescent Moon Necklace

Cycle

D

Dark Link

Decoy.link

Deku Link

Demon

Detour Sign

Devium

Downloadable Files

Drezz

Drok

Dungeons & Dragons

Dyad

E

Elder Children

Electro Drek

Elegy of Emptiness

Elegy Statue

Epona

Epona's Song

Eulogy

F

Fairy

Fakeworld

Father

File 59

Finitor

Fish Ponds

Full

G

Gamejack

Gibbous

GM

Goron Link

Goron Lullaby

Greth Vlogs

Guestbook

H

Hacker Group

Happy Mask Salesman

Harbingers

Harbinger's Link

Haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge

Helper's Hat

Hiatus

Hole

Holy Building

Holy Dyad

Hospital

Hubris

Hubris Game

I

IIIII

Internet Detectives

Inverted Song of Time

IRC

J

Jadusable

Jadusable's ARG

Janus Room

JanusVR

Jumping

John's Cellphone Number

Johnisdead.com

K

Kamaro Mask

Key592

Killing Assignment

King Kong

L

Layered Being

Lens of Truth

Letschasethemouse

Libro Lunarus

Link

Link.exe

Listening

Listening Device

Lostmemory.exe

Lostmemory423

Luna Prophecy

Luna's Parallelos

Lunar Children

Lunar Children Forums

Lunar Children Servers

Lunarchildren.com

Lunarum Oculus

Lurch.co

M

M

Majora's Mask

Malagasy

Masks

Mask of Truth

Max Headroom

Messenger

Meta

Methods of Revolution

Minuet of Forest

Moonlight Meeting

Moon Children

Moon Children Forums

N

Neophyte

New Moon

New Wave Bossa Nova

Night of the Father

Novum Ascensionem

Nullstorm

Nullspace

O

Oath to Order

Observation Duty

OOC

Overseer

Overworld

Owl Statue

P

Parallelos

Parallelos Child

Parallelos Forum

Parallelos of the Ascended

Parallelos of the Dead

Parallelos of Time

Parallelos Path

Parallelos Symbol

Pididoip

Playing Cards

Portal

Postman's Hat

Prime Timeline

Pumpkinhead Gamejack

Q

Quiet Family

R

Raven Figurine

Reading Session

Remember.exe

Red Dot

Redirect Page

Regiminis's Domain

Regiminis Sigil

Revival

Room 592

Rosa

S

Safehaven

Samsara

Scrying

Scrying Device

Shazbot

Silent Hill

Silentdork

Skull Kid

Skype

Sleeproom

Sonata of Awakening

Song of Double Time

Song of Healing

Song of Soaring

Song of Storms

Song of Time

Song of Unhealing

SSTV Signal

Sphere

Steganography

Stone Mask

Strand Sensations

Submitting

Sub-Parallelos

Sub-Traversing

Subspace

Sun's Song

T

Tatl

Tenebris Symbol

Tenebris.link

Tenor

The Blackout

The Bridge

The Cataclysm

The Gate

The Factory

The Fishery

The Four Giants

The Glitch

The Killswitch

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

The Misguided

The Misguided Legion

The Moon

The Ocarina

The Orchard

The Paths

The Poem

The Rule of Three

The Secrets and the Thurses

The Spire

The Three Silver Secrets

The Truth

The Whiteout

TheLinkMissing

TheTruth.rtf

Time Bomb

Time Links

Transcendence

Traversing

Truth Seeker

U

Undecim Nocte

Usekeb

V

Vampire

Vigil

Vocaroo

W

Wayward Horizon

Weenie-Licked

Whatisben.com

WireTalk

Within Hubris

Wyndstrom Institute

Y

Youshouldnthavedonethat.net

YSHDT.com

Z

Zora Link

Story

A few days prior on April 14th, 2020, Erika and the player nfreak held a casual conversation.

Erika

I cant believe kelbris is really "The father" still honestly.

Basically the same thing happened in jid at a point lol

nfreak

i know! some people I've made friends with are thinking

"...are they seriously doing the same thing jid did?!"

Erika

the longer I look at the two things the more parallels I start to see and then I wonder if I am just crazy or something XD

Apparently spooki statue boi also became this amalgamation of souls in jid. Heck I think they even both feature subtle drug themes

I was watching one of the first silentdork episodes a while ago and noticed they were talking about lsd and jad has his dmt stuff

I think jad said something about the forehead tingling (something that I think is often associated with the third eye)

and one of the characters has a eye of horus (also a third eye thingy) but maybe I am scrying too deeply XD

Erika points out several similarities between Johnisdead and Alex Hall's continuation of Ben Drowned - Awakening:

• The Father - Kelbris holds this title.
• Amalgamation - BEN contains multiple souls within himself.
• Drug Mentions - Jacob mentions LSD and Alex Hall mentioned LSD.
• Third Eye - Vincent's "Eye of Horus" avatar and Alex's forehead tingling.

These are probably all simply coincidences, but as mentioned before, Erika perceives synchronicities like this to be a sort of magic. Speaking of which, Erika proceeds to comment on this:

Erika

I wonder if jad would ever consider doing another ryukaki style thing at any point if their work keeps synergizing in weird ways like this?

It would not shock me if they had some kind of friendly creators rivalry. Jad brought back "Tyler" just to go and have him kill himself

even though I know they are not the same Tyler it really hurt to think about and I might have cried just a little bit as a result ^^;

nfreak

well, Tyler was always a part of the ARG, remember.

He was the "friend" of Jadusable.

Erika

God personally for me thats the craziest part about jid.

His name is literally Tyler in the real normal world XD

its like he was made to end up in this situation or something

but I am silly and believe in things like "synchronicity"

nfreak

I personally don't think that was his real name, that was just a construct of BEN

Erika

I wonder if that means Tyler is BEN or maybe spiritually merged with ben for some reason

which if real would also be giving me more bloody deja vu for jid lol

Erika mentions a recent event that occurred in Awakening - the sudden return and immediate death of Tyler in Jadusable's ARG. She ponders if Jadusable wrote his version of Tyler in this way as a sort of "friendly rivalry" between the two ARG's. As a reminder, "Tyler" was indeed a character who originally appeared in Jadusable's ARG as Alex's friend. Erika finds this fascinating because Tyler's real name is Tyler. She feels as though this is a perfect example of synchronicity - as though Tyler were born to play this role and create this story.

Additionally, Erika and nfreak ponder the possibility of Tyler and BEN having some connection - if not being one in the same.

Afterwards, Erika continued examining Awakening and Johnisdead, coming to some rather interesting conclusions:

Erika

"I think Jad did a puzzle once involving hidden spiritual connections between a random story on the internet and a thing happening in Youshouldnthavedonethat. The newspaper death is a story within the story of someone who thematically connected to Ben drowning through their own death. Somewhere within this was the ascension of that "character" to a higher status for the next story. I feel like each of Jad's stories do this - they have characters that come back again each arc but in different forms, with Jad always consistently having a sort of "self-insert" that reincarnates in another form."

Erika brings up the possibility of the characters within Jad's stories dying and reincarnating into higher statuses in each arc. An example of this would be Jadusable's own potential self-inserts - that being Alex "The Student" in Arc 1 becoming Alex "The Link Missing" in Arc2 and finally Abel in Arc 3. This could also potentially be seen within the newspaper clipping sent out in 2011 that covered the death of someone in the "Lawman Family".

However, this is all just speculation from Erika - the specifics of how these characters currently operate in Jadusable's "Awakening" isn't too vital to Johnisdead. Erika's main point seems to be that the prospect of characters ascending through roles to different stories is an interesting one.

On April 16th, 2020, the players turned their attention back towards Yuukichan - specifically the strange "Poe in a Bottle" item she posted that often seems to be associated with the player Wolfcat...

otherLiam

Can Link release a Poe from a bottle without drinking it or selling it?

Wolfcat

I do. You give it back to the salesman.

Despite Wolfcat's cryptic response, the mystery of the "Poe in the Bottle" remained... Later that night, the IIIII account became active and posted an image titled "Father_of_lies.png".

This was a distorted screenshot of Within Hubris - specifically of some PM's sent by Patrem to the player Eve back in 2015. Sadly, these didn't seem to reveal any new information.

Later on, the player Jeffory made a strange observation.

Jeffory

is wolf's pfp a slightly different color now

it looks darker

Xenquility

imagine wolf is canon again

Wolfcat

>again

However, Jeffory's observation was true - Wolfcat's avatar had indeed grown darker...

Around this same time, the IIIII account cryptically posted the following:

IIIII

"Masters become players. Players become masters."

On April 17th, 2020, the IIIII account's cryptic activity continued as it suddenly brought attention to an old message posted back in 2018. This message was actually posted by Tyler himself - albeit in what was previously an out-of-character conversation. During this conversation, players speculated that Doug and Daniel were originally going to be one-in-the-same. Tyler responded as follows:

I will take this moment to say - In Dawn's version of the canon, no, I doubt he would think Doug is Daniel because he would not have even known about a character named Daniel as we barely had many in depth discussions on canon and us working together was a sometimes-distant sometimes-close sort of deal.
I also doubt he planned on Doug being one of The Four Giants in my plot, which was a thing I did in order to try and keep a consistency between his arc and mine after his abrupt exit.
With that in mind, Dawn's of course gonna say no because IIhIIIiIsIIdIIrIIeIaIImIIIIIsIpIIIhIIIeIIrIIIeIIIIiIsIIIIsIepperate from this.
However, this is not exactly a Johnisdead canon answer. That is all.

Here, Tyler's out-of-character response from 2018 clarifies some questions surrounding Doug and Daniel - as well as some confusion that stemmed from the fact that Dawn was one of the GM's of the YSHDT Arc. Tyler claims that his working relationship with Dawn as a GM was sometimes distant and that they mainly worked on their own separate things. As such, the fact that Doug ended up being one of The Four Giants likely wasn't Dawn's original plan for the character - it's something that Tyler came up with.

Interestingly, part of this message was recently edited - presumably by the IIIII account itself. Here, many I's have been added to the phrase "His dream sphere is separate." This was given as an explanation as to why Dawn's vision of Doug is separate from Tyler's vision of Doug. To rephrase this with the non-corrupted words: "Dawn didn't plan on Doug being one of The Four Giants because his dream sphere is separate from this."

This gives us a bit more context on what exactly a "Dream Sphere" consists of. It may also suggest that "Dream Spheres" hold some meta-related connotations. Additionally, the same character in different "Dream Spheres" may be envisioned differently depending on whose "Dream Sphere" they're within - not too unlike the same characters within the Dungeons & Dragons "Dream Bubbles" having different backstories and contexts... That being said, this is all purely conjecture on what could simply be symbolism from the IIIII account - the true definition and portrayal of a "Dream Sphere" has yet to be seen.

Coincidentally, shortly after this, the players discovered that the background image of Doug's old blog, Letchasethemouse, had changed:

Checkpoint #1

On April 19th, 2020, the Rune Entity became active once again and posted the following:

IIIII

"It does not create. It takes. Every point of view counts. 4/19/15. As layers transition my magics spread thin. My grip on the runes doth weaken."

This message was accompanied by several odd changes in the Internet Detectives Discord server. These included:

• The "#johnisdead" text-channel is renamed to "tyler was asleep".
• The "#johnisdead" text-channel's header changed to "It's right next to you.".
• The "#johnisdead" text-channel is renamed to "IIII".
• The "#jadisawake" text-channel is renamed to "III".
• The server's banner briefly changed to the Parallelos symbol but with three lines instead of two.

The date posted by the Rune Entity was the same date that the players summoned Patrem back in 2015 via The Ocarina. Upon investigating Within Hubris, the players were surprised to see that Patrem was indeed active once again:

/Patrem\

Group: Characters
Member: #609
Joined: February 19, 2015

Apr 19 2020, 10:16 PM Post #974

1,:UD0f1^@+>Yc.2_m'D0H`/.1c@*H1bg+/1GC^F0fLg00eb:>0Jt^E+>Yi22DR-H0d&8,0K1gF0f:(-1,La?0JkI+0eb::0JPF=+>>T,0JtO@0H`)(0JY=91b^%.0JY=?1bga.0eb::0JG=;+>GQ(2_m'D0H`/,1,_$J1c6C10JGC=2)I671GCRB1c7-K+>GQ(2DI'H0H`/,1,_$F2)HF31GC^F0f1^01GgpH1,UpI+>Gf5

Solved: Is it really already that time again chi1111dren?

RealXenquility

Group: Players
Member: #766
Joined: Apr 19, 2020

Apr 19 2020, 10:17 PM Post #975

Long time no see

wickedlady4180

Group: Players
Member: #593
Joined: January 23, 2015

Apr 19 2020, 10:23 PM Post #976

Wow.
This is epic honestly.

PAKO

Group: Players
Member: #767
Joined: Apr 19, 2020

Apr 19 2020, 10:24 PM Post #977

wow yes is it amazing patrem again 😆

haou

Group: Players
Member: #596
Joined: Nov 10, 2015

Apr 19 2020, 10:25 PM Post #978

Ah. Here we go!

IIFan2001

Group: Players
Member: #768
Joined: Apr 19, 2020

Apr 19 2020, 10:29 PM Post #979

epic

MaskedSheikah

Group: Players
Member: #5
Joined: Aug 10, 2012

Apr 19 2020, 10:35 PM Post #980

oh god oh fuck

rProblematik

Group: Players
Member: #769
Joined: Apr 19, 2020

Apr 19 2020, 10:37 PM Post #981

Ok, we are back to this

Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

MaskedSheikah

Group: Players
Member: #5
Joined: Aug 10, 2012

Apr 19 2020, 10:38 PM Post #982

i wanna be haunted

/Patrem\

Group: Characters
Member: #609
Joined: February 19, 2015

Apr 19 2020, 10:40 PM Post #983

#H87?!0sj@Dlfk@3b9L0[Xr116ZKX+0EEe:`cAt4:!*,1rkgj7iGjW>K*cR.=GLP@YbOe0/5&Y6P6T(D1daLB@d92/k2Rm.L-8S/ELbB2At;q?Nq%/9#\G.1qa^e1r7)3A-+Nk0,`lk7+s51%pc2S?<.5,:cZ<.1JA;$58/hb3Ti=@=rfd_2iE?+17?2k8fPG.B,<YZ4+a@D2=sn01oML47iZ:o77=41B4"386E_=e0

Solved: Ask not a question for my access is still limited

Patrem had indeed finally returned to Within Hubris - though he didn't seem to be nearly as condescending this time around. Unfortunately, his posts were encrypted with heavy ciphers, making communication difficult.

Meanwhile, back on Discord, another character finally made their return - GHOSTBABEL, who seemed to have finally regained their account from BUP.

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

Fɪɴᴀʟʟʏ. Sᴇᴇᴍs I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇʟʏ ʀᴇɢᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪs ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ.

otherLiam

oh hey

IIfan2001

Hello

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

Dɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍɪss ᴍᴇ?

otherLiam

God you have no idea.

Xenquility

fuck yes, I missed you like I miss my dad

just kidding my dad is still here

still missed you a shit ton though

otherLiam

The guy who took your account is something else

wait a sec, say something only you would say

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

I'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ sᴜʀᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀ ᴏɴʟʏ I ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ sᴀʏ ʙᴜᴛ I ᴡɪʟʟ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ I ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴠᴇ I'ᴍ ᴍᴇ. Bᴜᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ sʜᴏʀᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪɴ ᴀ sᴇɴsᴇ

Lᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛʜɪs ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ, ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴏɴʟɪɴᴇ ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ.

I ʜᴀᴠᴇɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇᴇɴ sɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ᴛᴜsʜ ᴛʜɪs ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ.

IA ɴᴇᴇᴅs ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴏᴜʀ ᴘʟᴀɴ? Iᴛ's ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ.

Xenquility

What time tomorrow?

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

Pʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ 5 ᴏʀ 6 EST.

Tɪᴍᴇ ɪs ᴀ ᴛʀɪᴄᴋʏ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀs sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇ ᴀs ᴏᴜʀs.

GHOSTBABEL informs the players that the plan to break into Astral Observatory's Subspace is being put into action tomorrow on April 20th - a plan that slowly been concocted by GHOSTBABEL, IsocelesAssassin, and a group of mysterious unnamed allies... As a reminder, GHOSTBABEL briefly revealed what this plan was several months prior in secret:

ɢʜᴏsᴛʙᴀʙᴇʟ

"ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴍʙ ᴘʟᴀɴs ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴘᴏsᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ. ᴛʜɪs ᴡɪʟʟ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴘᴇɴɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴄᴇssᴀʀʏ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄᴄᴇss ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇ ʀᴇsᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʙsᴘᴀᴄᴇ, ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇɴᴛᴇʀ ᴊᴏʜɴɪsᴅᴇᴀᴅ. ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ɪs ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴀᴄᴄᴜᴍᴜʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ, ᴡᴇ ᴍᴜsᴛ ʙᴇ ᴄᴀᴜᴛɪᴏᴜs."

What exactly these "Bomb Plans" are is still a mystery - one that will presumably be revealed tomorrow. However, it is worth nothing that this is all very reminiscent of the player ARGdov presenting the "Bomb Plans" to Doug back in 2015 - an event that brought the first arc of Johnisdead to a close...

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

I ᴀʟsᴏ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴀʙsᴇɴᴄᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍʏ ᴛʏᴘᴇғᴀᴄᴇ ʜᴀs ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ.

Wᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄᴏᴍғᴏʀᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ɪғ I sᴛᴜᴄᴋ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏ sᴍᴀʟʟᴄᴀᴘs?

otherLiam

No, it's fine.

Is there an update? What've you two been up to since BUP came in?

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

Sᴘᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪɴᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟ, 'BUP', I ᴅɪᴅ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ ʙɪᴛ ᴏғ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪᴅ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢɪғᴛ.

I ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀs I'ᴍ sᴜʀᴇ I'ᴠᴇ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇ'ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏᴜʀ ᴘʟᴀʏs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ɪs THIS ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ, ᴏᴜʀ ʀᴇᴜɴɪᴛɪɴɢ sᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴏᴜʀ ʟᴏɴɢ ʟᴀᴅᴇɴ ᴘʟᴀɴs.

I'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛᴇ, MY ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ ɪs ғᴀʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴇғғɪᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ᴛʜᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜʀs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇ'ᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ sᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴘᴏssɪʙʟᴇ. Bᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ: ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜɪs ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀs ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ.

otherLiam

I think a herd of cats is more efficient than us.

But we'll do our best. What do you need us for?

GHOSTBABEL seems to imply that they're currently using the Helper's Hat given to them by the players back in 2019 to contact them. They also once again mention their mysterious unnamed group of allies - a collective that, while GHOSTBABEL claims is far more efficient than the players, still requires the players' and their powers to proceed.

Meanwhile, Patrem continued posting back on Within Hubris:

/Patrem\

Group: Characters
Member: #609
Joined: February 19, 2015

Apr 19 2020, 10:51 PM Post #985

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Solved: Grant me first a taste of her blessings at the risk of |ts gain

/Patrem\

Group: Characters
Member: #609
Joined: February 19, 2015

Apr 19 2020, 11:23 PM Post #989

BQS?8F#ks-G&Ll!Ec5kK@rH3;@STp3FYn)R2eb,

Solved: https://vocaroo.com/bNUau4qk7i5

IIFan2001

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Apr 19 2020, 11:25 PM Post #990

a Vocaroo link

Patrem asks for a taste of her blessing at the risk of "|t's" gain - likely implying that he hopes that the players will use The Ocarina for him, though at the risk of potentially strengthening Tenebris... This idea was strengthened by the audio file posted by Patrem, which contained a distorted recording of the "Ocarina" sound effect.

Additionally, the IIIII account posted an image of a musical staff - confirming that this was indeed Patrem's request. Afterwards, Patrem continued posting on Within Hubris - seemingly desperate:

RealXenquility

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Apr 19 2020, 11:26 PM Post #991

Seems the old dog still thinks we'll trust him on here

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Apr 19 2020, 11:30 PM Post #992

BQS?8F#ks-G&Ll!Ec5kK@rH3;Ak-Mn@sMO*BK0Q

Solved: https://vocaroo.com/fGh7cybth8e

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Apr 19 2020, 11:33 PM Post #993

1bp120d&>0+>[UP1H6L62BXb2+?![O2_uR3A0<]f+>Pht1h.Xd@j!N]+>bqu2DZI32'=ed+>dOM1b^%21*AD5+>Yer1L_I`1E\Ga+>u2%1bg+32'=\5+>[FK1hIjh0H`8^+>Y_p2E)a;1E\M/

Solved: https://vocaroo.com/jKPNBFTl4aU

haou

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Apr 19 2020, 11:34 PM Post #994

Patrem you acting funny

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Apr 19 2020, 11:46 PM Post #995

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Solved:

Please recall my awakening but
p o
    e t of
   a
 k i
   t


my escape from within the cave of false lights
"youshouldnthavedonethat"

"3" "From behind the door he knocked the final time and shouted in a shrill tone"

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Apr 19 2020, 11:51 PM Post #996

nice

Patrem asks the players to recall his awakening - possibly referring to the moment when they helped "stabilize" him back in 2015 via the Ocarina. He also posts rather cryptically, mentioning the "Poet of Akit" and his "Escape from the cave of false lights - Youshouldnthavedonethat.net". This could be referencing YSHDT.net's return back in 2016, but it's difficult to discern what exactly Patrem's trying to say...

The players continue discussing this back on Discord:

Xenquility

Hey, Patrem is back and wants us to play a song for him

is this something we should do or not?

otherLiam

like probably not

this is bait

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

I ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴀᴄᴛɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ Pᴀᴛʀᴇᴍ.

Yᴏᴜ ᴍᴀʏ ᴀʟʟ ʀᴇᴄᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀɴ ɪᴛᴇᴍ ᴏɴ ʜᴀɴᴅ.

otherLiam

yup. good old helper hat

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

Wᴇʟʟ, I ғᴇᴇʟ ɴᴏᴡ I ᴡɪʟʟ ᴜsᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ sᴇɴᴅ ᴀ ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ.

GHOSTBABEL then proceeded to send a demeaning message to Patrem using Helper's Hat - packaged alongside an image titled "messagetopatrem.gif".

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

"Yᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛɪʀᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇᴀᴋ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs ɢᴀᴍᴇ, ғᴏʀɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ sᴘɪʀɪᴛ. Gɪᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ᴜᴘ. Tɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇsᴄɪɴᴅ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ, ᴀs ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴏʟᴇ ᴀs ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴜsᴜʀᴘᴇᴅ ʙʏ ɪᴍᴘᴏsᴛᴇʀs ғᴏʀ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ."

Xenquility

Imposters?

otherLiam

I assume he means Nocta and maybe BUP.

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

Sᴘᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏғ BUP, ᴡʜᴏ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ. ME!

Wʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏᴀᴅ, ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴇᴛᴜᴏᴜs, ᴘᴏᴍᴘᴏᴜs ғᴜɴɢɪ. I ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʜᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜɪs ʀᴇɢᴀʀᴅʟᴇss.

I ᴅᴀʀᴇ ʜɪᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴛʀʏ ᴍᴇ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ. I'ᴍ ᴏɴ ᴀ ᴡᴀʀᴘᴀʀᴛʜ ɴᴏᴡ. Tʜᴇʏ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴛᴏᴘ ᴜs ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪғ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ.

otherLiam

Yeah he's kind of a tool. Do you have *anything* on him?

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

Fɪɴᴇ ᴛʜᴇɴ, I ᴡɪʟʟ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ ᴀ ғᴇᴡ sᴄᴀɴᴛ ᴅᴇᴛᴀɪʟs I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴏɴ 'BUP'.

Fɪʀsᴛ ᴏғ ᴀʟʟ, sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ Nᴏᴄᴛᴀ ᴡᴀs Gʀᴇᴛʜ, ᴀɴᴅ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟsᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ɪɴ ғᴀᴄᴛ Kᴇᴠɪɴ. Rɪɢʜᴛ?

Xenquility

Indeed

I think

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

Oᴋᴀʏ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴛᴜʀɴs ᴏᴜᴛ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴇ. Lᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴇxᴘʟᴀɪɴ.

Nᴏᴄᴛᴀ ᴡᴀs ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘsᴇᴜᴅᴏɴʏᴍ ᴏғ 'Gʀᴇᴛʜ'.

Hᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ 'Asᴛʀᴀʟ Oʙsᴇʀᴠᴀᴛᴏʀʏ'.

Hᴇ ʟᴇғᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ᴛɪᴛʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇʙsɪᴛᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴜsᴜʀᴘᴇᴅ ʙʏ Kᴇᴠɪɴ.

Tʜᴀᴛ sᴇᴇᴍs ᴀ ᴍᴜɴᴅᴀɴᴇ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡɪsᴛ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ʀᴇsᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇʀᴠᴇʀ ɪᴛsᴇʟғ sᴜɢɢᴇsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ Nᴏᴄᴛᴀ, Gʀᴇᴛʜ, ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴀs 'Kᴇᴠɪɴ'.

Mᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ Asᴛʀᴀʟ Oʙsᴇʀᴠᴀᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀᴛᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ sᴇᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ Mᴏᴏɴᴍᴀɴ Gʀᴇᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ Nᴏᴄᴛᴀ Kᴇᴠɪɴ ᴀʀᴇ.

Dense

Nice

Three greths

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

Yᴇs, ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ. Iᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ Gʀᴇᴛʜ ғʀᴏᴍ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ.

Xenquility

So basically Nocta Kevin just saw what au Greth was going and thought "Hey I like this idea" and took it from him

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ sᴜɢɢᴇsᴛs 'BUP' ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ Nᴏᴄᴛᴀ.

Xenquility

Wait, so is BUP a singular Greth?

As in a single entity? One being?

𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝

Nᴏᴛ ᴀɴʏᴍᴏʀᴇ.

Xenquility

FUCK

GHOSTBABEL reveals some important information about BUP. However, the wording here is a bit confusing given the existence of multiple different timelines and titles. Let's break it down...

BUP is a malicious version of Greth who originated from a third timeline. BUP supposedly went by the alias "Nocta" and is responsible for creating the Astral Observatory himself. However, BUP is not the Nocta that the players all met on Astralobservatory.net - "Kevin Hendricks".

At some point, the Nocta that the players are all familiar with - "Kevin Hendricks" - took possession of BUP's website and username. "Kevin Hendricks" began calling himself Nocta and transformed the site into what the players see it as today.

So, to summarize:

• BUP: The original creator of the Astral Observatory and the person who first called himself Nocta. The players first met him on Discord.
• Kevin Hendricks: Someone who later took the Astral Observatory from BUP and began calling himself Nocta afterwards. The players first met him on Astralobservatory.net.

The discussion continued into the early hours of April 20th, 2020, as players continued observing Patrem on Within Hubris.

/Patrem\

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Apr 19 2020, 11:55 PM Post #997

3$%)Y<+yyyy#441%.g2D+E9-$EyyyyhutC+yJYJE+yyyy"RA:FuE%6B.uACF@aG<F<%lD+.:VE+%;TC+Jm.F+4P,D+0BTfD*kIm9

Solved: My words for you are the most vital grant passage

/Patrem\

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Apr 20 2020, 12:03 AM Post #998

0k;gs1I#hN;F<i>><!iZ,W\qB4`s"kF#$9o+uV5_67O01+sL\H6tJe:0/GjX@7N(_1Hf,$-rb1F5!Uf!F#H$j-U(!e8N's2A1TT(7NthpBL4L,?q3[o-;eV@/hTA$1.YeT,V4$u,]c41-Rr+J=D(i90juS&4>AHk1/9`.-:r>D,rnM66tAi$67c8Z=%kA<@88UJ5?DGJ1+QX>?Ro;S.5jU@.rAfS>]N,H4`s^f=@"l21FtXpDF%r'/PeNF2-O?6?q*=*3[[+3:cN>I/LNhE6>/c0<]<fKCF^trDdb7aBjX\B4^)eW=uf,j>XC,X/3?6dANVn+68MM"1H'5I/5AZ>:fV?k2_\#]742:sD`(ZmB4O,1@OP&41I5tf3&"uf3'LIj/3,m?3D3%59M6dL/6Qso9K4_=FZ;Qd/QcjDBLZT&1b!<$CFiV.=%k8c4>BenDc('

Solved:

The new loop corru
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now that I have been freed from the
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rProblematik

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Apr 20 2020, 12:03 AM Post #999

Nice

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/Patrem\

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Apr 20 2020, 12:10 AM Post #1000

OQAO7*&n>6,h1Z-Y'DG1J=:]5fGD[>^2tm6HGpj7l7+DDgM(Q05uW#=50aL1TaF1BhZ61%02#t>t<IP/.o7mA9(_N0)bX=,U_=]<gdCK0E%_e1tqs`20qo`+[(:G1RA0e1eWrBF$,XZF"Z6_4OO31%5FFHCUP6l@b-Kr,H:]#6'HQ_4msF\5

Solved: remember 12/31/2016 of your own time

/Patrem\

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Apr 20 2020, 12:11 AM Post #1001

H#IgJF)Y]!CER4tCia9.De'u&Ec5e;@3B/jEarZ'De:,4ARTChFEm

Solved: you speak falshood from a farce of reality

MaskedSheikah

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Apr 20 2020, 12:17 AM Post #1002

you seem upset

Patrem continues asking the players for assistance, claiming that he has some vital information for them. He then mentions the concept of various different loops or iterations of reality - possibly in reference to the countless other timelines in existence. This is strengthened by his reference to the date December 31st, 2016 - the same date where YSHDT.net was breaking down and Kelbris gave his final, remorseful message.

Afterwards, Patrem's posting continued, though the corruptions seemed to be getting worse...

/Patrem\

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Apr 20 2020, 12:27 AM Post #1003

$r6<0MD;lX_A=XX2*<HEl48d$*d;WP,@=[,/29fs%a<qL6)<PYo^<W%gb;FIE-2@do;6j3\B==i*N9XG#@=kF-H;Y\oC<O/]b;H=cD<O6$<6OU`H2/\7o6[k#)<F!%`;]16c;fbe29lThG1da6c;/^&d2N<7&<Tq>_<DNH<65JU/1Pn#c;cnP%=eR%#>b_](<^kJl8I)j'<7hg/1p'A'=5!8u=WMf^<YFM">_jI#>g>!X6\76H;[V!X6C'p77S#7r6[k'0:I")d;k!S]=^uQW6NuNa;Ft-#>I?g;6B;(J1i0\B=cslc;WOH-;op%#>EH-W6[ilW6Kc&Z=OQ_19)!?O8kXu)<J?g;6B;(J1h'A'=X?Lu5

Solved:

Ego trem
Ego sum vocata
my words you will nee

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/Patrem\

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Apr 20 2020, 12:28 AM Post #1004

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/Patrem\

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Apr 20 2020, 12:32 AM Post #1005

11i:!==[NG<]Mg-67#&f8R<u:1IPVE>;KW#=E?b`A3+K[1,L@=7T_B<:H:(N

Solved: we beseech thee solemnly

/Patrem\

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Apr 20 2020, 12:36 AM Post #1006

:Msuo+EqaHCh.*uF<G[=Dfm18@;0U1+Du+>BPD?,BOQ'q+A!\tD]iM#+Dbt;F=m

Solved: Only wouldest thou gain, nothin have I to be lost.

MaskedSheikah

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Apr 20 2020, 12:41 AM Post #1007

hahahahahhaha

IIFan2001

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Apr 20 2020, 12:42 AM Post #1008

hahahahahhaha

rProblematik

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Apr 20 2020, 12:43 AM Post #1009

hahahahahahaha

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/Patrem\

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Apr 20 2020, 12:47 AM Post #1010

0j["!4EW#?E+1J>/LE8A-:M3Z2f:9F1I55$897%60/Qur/NPjE;e.Ri,=*n99J7\?6pinP5qFO%/QXQ:=%-LPDJXH(0gS!$1aG@s2JFg80g8/s-X%iF4=j_i.m,+^4'=^X2'm8o/T,!</505Z.Pi>'A5=gm=*&4D4>L\D0`

Solved: Mat... I am so sorry. She... It. That thing lied to me.

/Patrem\

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Apr 20 2020, 1:03 AM Post #1011

5[8.Y0P2t66q1uCAjItF;`6*g=]n?D4C][$E%X@6A6D*=4]4*^,[aS#4[O*J3\=?E2)I9u=[k/#9iu1B0QLhi<A%u?8R=er9Pm!_6;06k,l

Solved: the liar speaks

/Patrem\

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Apr 20 2020, 1:46 AM Post #1012

7Nj3Z8pP\44B<sW6mj[/7!X&.4B>uQ,X"sN,'eGa4B>uQ,X$65-@'l^,r%;`@k0u9,qhME@727h4BXO(GpP1'<bEpN?nXkt4B?#bGq1pS>9\?<Gq2![8jdkS6ZlQp.m-jC3@$g8-8'RhH$Lo.4)@,34B>uQ,X-9BC-bfe?6h$h,;h)(6nD+m7:IqqE'[GY>r=oH5;*

Solved:

the speaker of the foreign
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     a
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Patrem once again stresses the importance of his message as some of his garbled text seems to say "You will need to know the absolute truth". He also claims that the players have nothing to lose - only knowledge to gain.

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