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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
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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 wé|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.
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.
Who are you?
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.
If you have anything to ask a dirty old traitor then ask away.
Jeremy, what happened at the party?
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.
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.
Why did they claim Hank died in 1998?
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.
Sir, how can we get to The Truth?
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.
Jeremy what was the name of the old website for the Moon Children? The one from 1998?
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.
Wait, how did you get on this site like you are?
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:
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:
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.
On July 15th, 2016, Tyler once again began speaking to the players via YSHDT.net's log-in screen:
Soon I will be free
I have escaped once again
For now
Who is speaking to us?
Tyler
Tyler has seemingly once again briefly escaped Tenebris's grasp to contact the players. However, his time is limited.
How do we help?
By getting to the Truth
Kill it
Kill me
How do we kill you?
It has rules it must go by in order to be as It is. All creatures like It seem to.
When you pass the wall you will be greeted with Its power only for a brief moment.
In this time you will have the chance to stop the game. You will be able to turn It off.
If you take this chance, you can stop It forever.
Tyler claims that the only way the players can help him is by killing Tenebris, and by extension, himself. In order to do this, they must access The Truth. Once inside, the players will be able to utilize Tenebris's power to stop the game and "turn him off". Tyler also claims that Tenebris is seemingly restricted to various strange rules, though he doesn't elaborate on what these are exactly.
On July 17th, 2016, YSHDT.net opened up once again, now entering into its fourth cycle.
During this cycle, YSHDT.net was somewhat different. It seemed to be more closely following the site's second cycle back in 2010 - Matt was missing and instead Kevin was posting in his stead. Despite this, the comments from Spencer and Chris remained the same. The various other pages of YSHDT.net held some changes, though. Ben's Contact Page was now titled "BEN". Additionally, Matt's Contact Page was now titled "fj6rt" before later changing to "???". Despite all of this, the first day of this cycle was largely uneventful.
The cycle's second day began on July 18th, 2016". Upon attempting to access The Truth, the players noticed that the text on the page's log-in screen had changed. It now read "Sign in to Insidiae". This spurred the players to check Kevin's Contact Page. Sure enough, it had changed as well, now reading as follows:
It's not nice to pry. I am no pawn. I'm glad you opened the door for me.
All of this seemed to suggest that Kevin was playing a much larger role during this cycle.
Further exploration led to the discovery that the site's favicon once again contained another IRC chatlog hidden within its code:
yeah the jeremy guy caused a lot of trouble too on his way out.
He was good friends with hank.
Alex needs to not go snooping around with the traitors again, SERIOUSLY.
What ever happened to Jeremys brother though?
I dont really know actually.
Based on alex's description of a things he saw before we went to get him from his ordeal, he met with him unknowingly and was given the item in question by him.
We are still trying to peice together what hank was doing, but that cartridge, which alex seems to have lost, is a big part of the puzzle.
He really seems to have had a lot more access to power than we are ready for the full order to know.
This seems to be a conversation between Kevin, Rem, and a new character - Seth, presumably a Moon Child. Here, Kevin can be seen ranting about Alex "snooping around with the traitors" - likely referring to him stealing the Libro Lunarus away from the Lunar Children. Meanwhile, Rem and Seth discuss Jeremy's brother - the Old Man. Based on Rem's description, it seems the Moon Children aren't entirely sure what the Old Man's motives were in giving Alex the haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge. Regardless, the Moon Children are interested in recovering the haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge to find some answers. Unfortunately, Alex has lost it.
Hey Mase did you get the invite to the private dev chat?
Yeah sorry I did, I'll be on later to discuss our work.
Private?
Hey hey just a game we are working on.
Private is a bad work in this chat Insidiae, watch it.
Don't lose your shit Kayd, its just a game.
Isn't it all?
Again, watch yourself Kevin, you are new around here and a lot of people feel uneasy about you already.
Kevin suddenly asks Seth about a private chat that the two of them are in together. Interestingly, he refers to Seth as "Mase" - possibly a nickname. Shortly after this, Rem becomes suspicious of Kevin, noting that the presence of private chats amongst the Moon Children is frowned upon. He also notes that several other Moon Children are already suspicious of Kevin. In response, Kevin attempts to quell Rem's fears by telling him that his and Seth's private chat is simply a place where they're developing some sort of videogame. He also reveals that Rem is actually Kayd - Ryukaki. This means that Kayd was actually a member of the Moon Children all along...
Shortly afterwards, the players found another hidden chatlog in a broken image file named "BEN.gif":
Do not worry this is a private ((Unintelligible))
No one can see what we say here. But yes, I can confirm success.
We have Matt with us.
But at what cost?
You allowed him to be awoken, and while ((Unintelligible)) this asset to our movement through this terrible offer?
The Giant story is a lie. Made and spread by the misguided "moon children" in attempt to ((Unintelligible)) our glory.
But several of our own remember they had in fact heard whispers ((Unintelligible)) this very prophecy in ((Unintelligible)).
Again, I will inform you that whispers that should be heard ((Unintelligible)) Level of static are the ((Unintelligible)) from the day our Father ((Unintelligible)).
Although parts of this conversation are missing, it seems to be another conversation between Kevin and Seth - specifically one that's being held in their aforementioned private chat. Here, Kevin implies that Matt is now loyal to the Lunar Children. This implies that this conversation takes place after Matt killed off most of the Moon Children. However, Seth is a bit distraught. He questions if this was all worth it, noting that this process involved someone to be awoken - possibly referring to Kelbris. Kevin brushes these fears aside, though, claiming that the existence of The Four Giants is a lie. Seth isn't convinced, however, noting that several Lunar Children recall hearing whispers similar to those that were supposedly spoken by Kelbris.
The full context and ramifications of this conversation are a bit of a mystery. Regardless, this all reveals that Seth and Kevin were both Lunar Children who were sent to infiltrate the Moon Children and presumably bring back Matt.
Hoping to gain some more answers, the players began emailing Kevin:
The giants are a lie, or so you say, but perhaps there is a larger threat here? A bigger goal of the Moon Children?
No one really knew what was going on either side it seemed. But we know, will you?