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The story so far...

In the previous section, Tenebris successfully revived the Moon Children's old website - Youshouldnthavedonethat.net (YSHDT.net). Just like before, YSHDT.net was stuck in a looping three-day-cycle in the year 2010. The three days seemed to be repeating the three final days of the Moon Children before they were all killed by Matt - an event that took place at a party he was hosting on Sunday - September 19th, 2010.

Each cycle that YSHDT.net experienced was slightly different from the last, implying that each one was from a different timeline. Because of this, it is somewhat difficult to determine what exactly took place in 2010. Additionally, some characters found on YSHDT.net were speaking from the present while others were stuck in 2010. An example of this was Rosa, who gave the players useful information regarding the current state of YSHDT.net. There was also Tenebris, who was still lacking a physical body thanks to the players rescuing SKM earlier in the year.

By searching through various files hidden on the website, the players learned a bit more about the history of the Moon Children. The cult's testimonials revealed the identities of two members. First was Jeremy J. - a friend of Hank's who had a son of his own sometime in 1998. He also claimed to have a brother who was interested in joining the cult. The second was Kelbris - Hank, whose last name is revealed to be Hubbard. Here, Hank reveals that he had a wife who went by the nickname "Ana" - Ben's mother. It's also implied that Matt was actually a son of Hank's as well, though there are still many loose ends regarding this detail...

As the players progressed through three different cycles, their objective started to become clear - they had to break into the enigmatic locked page from 2010 - The Truth. Unfortunately, this was easier said than done. Rosa claimed that doing so would require the sacrifice of both herself and her brother Matt to Kelbris. However, it's likely that this was referring to their counterparts from 2010 found on YSHDT.net - not their present-day selves. Additionally, Kevin was somehow going to be involved in this process too. However, the players would ultimately have to await the arrival of The Four Giants before they could finally enter The Truth.

In the meantime, they learned that the reason why Matt suddenly turned on the Moon Children in 2010 was likely because he was confronted by Kelbris and placed into some sort of trance. Afterwards, Matt began spouting Lunar Children beliefs and killed off his fellow cultists. The players also learned that Tenebris was currently acting as an amalgamation of sorts. The primary spirits within him seemed to be himself, Ben, and Tyler. However, whether or not this was the present-day Tyler that the players were familiar with or a Tyler from YSHDT.net in 2010 is unknown. Regardless, this Tyler would occasionally reach out to the players and give them helpful information.

As the third cycle neared its end, a rogue player suddenly submitted a video containing the infamous "Fourth Day Glitch". Despite the protests from players and spirits on YSHDT.net alike, the submission was accepted as YSHDT.net went dark...

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

Regiminis

Matt
Hubbard

Drowned

Doug

Alex

Spencer

Kelbris

Tenebris

Rosa

Chris

Kayd

Thomas

Rem

David

Danielle

Ana
Hubbard

Jeremy
J

Other Characters

John

Patrem

Vincent
Adams

SKM

Old Man

Tyler

Ben
Hubbard

Max

Luna

Jacob

Helper

Jarilo

Hunter

Diana

Carla

Daniel

Zack Nelson

The Flying
Child

Quia

TheLaw

The Man

Mason

Mason
xxxxxxxxx

The Gray
Man

Ezekiel
Thoth

Jinn

Kuu

Nathen

Hina

Eddie

SheepDog

HarryM1

Alignak

Kalfu

Igaluk

Losna

Sin_yarikh

Tsukuyomi

William
Reynolds

Justin
Reynolds

Guide

Glossary

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Misc.

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A

Absque Facie

Archive

ARG

Ascension

B

Beacon

Ben Drowned

Blood Moon Ritual

Bloody Mary

Blue Baby

Bomb Plans

Briefcase

Bunny Hood

C

Candyman

Cellphone Tower

Ceremony of the Three Elements

Cipher

Cherrington High

Cleverbot

Conduit

Contact Page

Crescent

Crescent Moon Necklace

Cycle

D

Dark Link

Decoy.link

Deku Link

Demon

Devium

Downloadable Files

Drezz

Drok

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

Gibbous

GM

Goron Link

Guestbook

H

Hacker Group

Happy Mask Salesman

Harbingers

Harbinger's Link

Haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge

Helper's Hat

Hiatus

Hole

Holy Building

Hubris

Hubris Game

I

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

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 Server

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

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

R

Reading Session

Remember.exe

Red Dot

Redirect Page

Regiminis's Domain

Regiminis Sigil

Revival

Room 592

Rosa

S

Safehaven

Scrying

Scrying Device

Shazbot

Silent Hill

Silentdork

Skull Kid

Skype

Sonata of Awakening

Song of Double Time

Song of Healing

Song of Soaring

Song of Storms

Song of Time

Song of Unhealing

SSTV Signal

Steganography

Stone Mask

Strand Sensations

Submitting

Sub-Parallelos

Sub-Traversing

Sun's Song

T

Tatl

Tenebris Symbol

Tenebris.link

Tenor

The Blackout

The Cataclysm

The Factory

The Fishery

The Four Giants

The Glitch

The Legend

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

The Misguided

The Misguided Legion

The Moon

The Ocarina

The Orchard

The Poem

The Rule of Three

The Spire

The Three Silver Secrets

The Truth

The Whiteout

TheLinkMissing

TheTruth.rtf

Time Bomb

Time Links

Transcendence

Traversing

U

Undecim Nocte

Usekeb

V

Vigil

Vocaroo

W

Wayward Horizon

Weenie-Licked

Whatisben.com

WireTalk

Within Hubris

Y

Youshouldnthavedonethat.net

YSHDT.com

Z

Zora Link

Story

Despite protests from the players and YSDHT.net alike, a rogue players submitted the "Fourth Day Glitch". Afterwards, the website went dark.

However, in the early hours of July 13th, 2016, YSHDT.net suddenly returned, albeit heavily distorted. The site was once again displaying strange, cryptic messages in an event that seemed to be a spiritual successor to "The Glitch" from 2010. The third cycle had entered into its glitched fourth day.

Firstly, the site's copyright date now read the current year instead of 2010. Additionally, it hid the following text:

Kevin, bring him to us and be sure the unseen cycle starts no more. We shall end It before It can re start Its game. This shall honor your new title. Glory to the Mother and the path of truth.

The person that Kevin was tasked with retrieving is likely Matt. Also, the "unseen cycle" referred to here is possibly referencing the looping cycles that YSHDT.net is undergoing. However, the full context of this statement is unknown...

This site's banner text also read as follows: "WHY DID YOU DO THAT". Additionally, the front page now featured several strange announcements:

link.jpg

Posted: @ null

Subject: update

Sorry Alex, Im actually not gonna be able to pull through on the room SPLITing plan I have some stuff on the internet I am working on with some new friends. It's this weird internet game we are playing together yeah I know thats not a good excuse to skit out, I promise next time for sure thogh. Really looking forward to meeting you gericrps.

This message is from someone who was supposedly going to share a room with Alex. However, he's now informing Alex that he's cancelling this plan because he's too busy playing a game on the internet with some friends.

It's likely that this was actually posted by Tyler. This is because the name of the avatar for this announcement was "link.jpg". As we all know, Tyler is the players' link. Additionally, Alex had a friend back in 2010 who was also named Tyler. It's possible that the two of them were planning on sharing a college dorm room at some point. Further down the page was a similar announcement:

Link.jpg

Posted: @ null

Subject:

Hey Kevin mind if I come over tomorrow? I wanted to hang out before I head off to college. This Alex guy is kind of weird and he is probably going to be my only company the entire time.

Judging by the filename of this post's avatar, it is likely that this, too, is intended to be a message from Tyler. However, this filename is capitalized.

In this post, Tyler is speaking to Kevin. He's hoping to hang out one last time before going off to college to presumably share a room with Alex. It is likely that this is a completely different version of Tyler from the previous announcement - In one timeline, Tyler went to college and shared a dorm room with Alex. In another, Tyler never shared a dorm room with Alex and instead played an internet game with some friends.

Whether or not either of these versions of Tyler is meant to be the one that the players are all familiar with is unclear. Ultimately, Tyler's history in relation to all of this is still unknown. Regardless, this seems to confirm that the "Tyler" mentioned by Alex back in 2010 indeed holds some connection to the Tyler that we all know.

The page also featured a few other announcements:

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Posted: @ null

Subject:

acrifice unto thee. I call unto the goddess to grant me power, make me king. For I shall walk as the one to be known as true. Father shall be my true title and gone is the wé|the misguided. I am father in the tongue of old. By this sacrifice of innocence I call forth my power and!l×ich is dead through ascension of mind body and soul. I greet the mother, my maiden and bride once more.

This post's avatar suggests that it is a message from Patrem. Here, Patrem is seen chanting some sort of prayer or ritual. Within it, he seeming accepts the title of "Father" and claims that he's making some sort of sacrifice of innocence. It's possible that this is actually referring to the ascension of his son, Ben, prior to his own ascension into Patrem. Interestingly, he claims he's hoping to meet "the mother, my maiden and bride once more" - likely referring to the fact he considered his wife "Ana" to be a human incarnation of Luna...

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Posted: @ null

Subject:

It was a mistake, I know now I needed to be lying, eothe wrong people. We really are children after all eh Tom? We just didn't know what the fuck we were getting ourselves into.

This final announcement is from one of the "R" individuals mentioned previously. It is likely that this is actually a message from Ryukaki - Kayd, due to the mention of Tom, or Thomas. Thomas was one of Kayd's friends who assisted him in uploading his final messages to the internet. This message seems to be Kayd lamenting the fact that both he and Thomas somehow got too far in over their heads - though in what way exactly is unknown.

Further exploration of YSHDT.net revealed that the Luna Prophecy had also changed, now reading as follows:

Dating back to ...both missing after a neighbor reported a loud argument coming from next door. He and his son were living alone after the death of his wife due say hv.lngomn, "Mr hubbard was really troubled for the past 12 years since she died. I used to think his religious faith was what was keeping him together but he started getting a little weird 4 years ago and I was honestly thinking about calling child services then, I really should have done that." searches continue for the missing brothers...

This seems to be a newspaper article reporting about Hank's death in 2002. It reveals some very interesting information...

First, it claims that Hank's wife Ana died twelve years prior in 1990. This was the same year that Ben was born. Because of this, we can assume that Ana died while giving birth to Ben. Secondly, the article claims that Hank began behaving strangely four years prior in 1998 - the same year that he supposedly began hearing whispers from Luna. A neighbor also claims to have heard a loud argument prior to Hank's death - likely between him and Matt. Finally, it claims that both Matt and Ben went missing after this event - likely due to Matt joining the Moon Children fully.

Other parts of YSHDT.net also held small, cryptic messages. Ben's Contact Page now read "Your mother? She is sleeping" - a line spoken by Hank on Ben's 12th, birthday. Meanwhile, Tyler's Contact Page read ""Death opens the cage" - possibly referencing how he is "trapped" and wishing for "the end", as he mentioned previously on the site's log-in page.

During the players' search, they found a new page - "https://youshouldnthavedonethat.net/index.php/j". This page contained a chatroom where someone was waiting to speak to the players - Jeremy, the former Moon Child who was mentioned in the cult's testimonials.

Jeremy

Glad you could make it hahaha

This is hard to pull off but It is not the only one who can do these kinds of things

But I gotta keep this hidden, on the down low you might want to say hahahahaha.

Player

Who are you?

Jeremy

Just some oldman, but not a crazy one, he is just dead sad to say. Nope I ain't my brother.

Time has not been good to me, I have been in this game for a lot of it.

But I probably should have just stuck around with ol Mr.Drowned.

At least then I might be resting hahahahaha

Not my brother, my brother is just dead sad to say.

Strange though, you would think after all he got mixed up in he would be somewhere in here.

Devine coincidences is strange like that hahahaha.

Jeremy claims that things have been rough for him. He wishes that he had simply remained with the Moon Children instead of joining the Lunar Children. In that scenario he'd at least simply be dead. Instead, he's currently ascended and trapped in this "game".

Jeremy also mentions his brother once again. He implies that his brother somehow got more deeply involved with everything that's going on. Unfortunately, his brother is now dead.

As a side-note, Jeremy also implies that the name "Mr. D" is actually short of "Mr. Drowned" - likely due to the fact that Tenebris is using Ben as a puppet.

Jeremy

If you have anything to ask a dirty old traitor then ask away.

Player

Jeremy, what happened at the party?

Jeremy

You oughta be calling me sir boy, I'm old enough to be your grandpa hahahaha.

I can't be sure if you mean anything past 1998. I left with hank when he started speaking what they called "insanity" at first.

Jeremy says that he left the Moon Children with Hank in 1998 when he started speaking his "blasphemy" after hearing Luna's whispers.

Jeremy

Make it snappy, being like this will never compare to when I had skin and bones, but it beats what comes when It get on to you.

I wanna get my patooty out of here before it catches on hahahaha! Four more questions and I am out of here.

Player

Why did they claim Hank died in 1998?

Jeremy

It was something they wanted to get behind them and try to cover up the movement he had started.

They wanted to take credit for his work without pointing anyone else to where that work led on to.

They wanna pretend he died in 1998 but they did not go right out and say it either.

Jeremy explains that the Moon Children claimed Hank died in 1998 to cover up the fact that his "blasphemy" was actually correct. Moreover, they didn't want the existence of the Lunar Children and the possibility that their beliefs were valid to be widely known.

Player

Sir, how can we get to The Truth?

Jeremy

Now that's right polite of you, but I can't really be sure how.

But I can say something bad is on the other side. Real REAL bad for all of us, and in some ways even for It.

If you manage to get in there you better choose really carefully what you do next.

The power I sense behind that wall is not nothin I would want sittin by my bed side hahahaha

Jeremy isn't sure how the players can gain access to The Truth. However, he warns that what lies inside is very powerful and very dangerous. This lines up with what Tyler was saying on YSHDT.net's log-in page when he questioned whether or not the players would actually want to access The Truth in the end. Regardless, once the players gain access to whatever this is, they'll have to make a very important choice.

Player

Jeremy what was the name of the old website for the Moon Children? The one from 1998?

Jeremy

It was an old BBS I done went and forgot the name of.

This gas masked fella was the one who threw it together.

Mr.Drowned he liked to call himself. I never knew why he did though.

He said "A trophy name for my victory in the future." and some stuff about stealing the flesh of those yet born.

But I see someone has been playing around with time in what little ways they could and this time around ol Mr.Drowned lost his body, but I guess he still managed to work things out without one.

Jeremy expands upon the name "Mr. Drowned". He claims that Tenebris chose this name because it was "A trophy name for my victory in the future</spa>", implying that Tenebris knew that he would eventually use Ben as a puppet long before it actually took place. He also implies that the Moon Children had an old website back in 1998 long before the existence of YSHDT.net.

Jeremy also acknowledges the fact that Tenebris is currently lacking a physical body due to the players' rescuing SKM earlier in the year.

Player

Wait, how did you get on this site like you are?

Jeremy

Well I was stuck somewhere else for a while, another place where time kept looping.

These things seem to happen with the not-so-dead who just didn't like how they went off, and I suppose you could say I among many am guilty of that hahahaha.

I just hope my son is ok after all of this. To be sure he is I try to keep up with these unfolding events and maybe change how they turn out.

That my boy is the "why" hahahaha!

Jeremy implies that he died in a manner that he wasn't quite fond of. Because of this, he was trapped in a strange place where time seemed to be looping. However, he implies that he eventually escaped that place. He is now simply on YSHDT.net to keep up with current events and ensure that his son is still okay.

At this point, Jeremy was out of time. He left the following message for the players before the chatroom disappeared completely:

Jeremy

You had better hurry up before It's number comes up.

/search and /search for "your only chance

After this, a 40-minute countdown appeared on YSHDT.net. The players were running out of time - a fact that was compounded by the site's banner text changing to the following:

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE
WHERE IS HE?

Taking Jeremy's final message into account, the players discovered that YSHDT.net's Search Page was once again functional. Here, they searched for the phrase that Jeremy spoke to them - "your only chance". This led them to discovering The Guestbook, which had lost since the activation of the "Fourth Day Glitch". Wasting no time, the player Greth submitted a video of themselves resetting The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

As YSHDT.net's third cycle came to a close, a final message from Jeremy appeared on the site:

Jeremy

If you manage to see him again

Please say hello to my son for me

Let him know his dad forgives him

And I still love him even after what he did

His name is H-

Though Jeremy's final message was cut off, many players already knew what he was going to say.

Jeremy was an elderly cultist who had a son. He also had a brother who was a member as well. Additionally, he later left the Moon Children to join the Lunar Children. These traits all line up with one pre-existing character - Jarilo. It seems that after escaping his strange entrapment on the Lunar Children Forums, Jarilo, whose real name is Jeremy, is now active on YSHDT.net in the hopes of ensuring the safety of his son, Hunter. This is despite the fact that Hunter himself was responsible for killing Jeremy.

With that, the third cycle ended as YSHDT.net once again went offline.