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The story so far...
In the previous section, Vincent Adams returned after a multi-year long absence. Surprisingly, he was quite friendly with the players and was willing to answer their questions. He also began uploading a series of music videos that depicted what happened to him over the past few years. He also shared a bit more of the Lunar Children's inner-workings. He described some sort of experimental "Brain Operation" that would supposedly alter an individual's memories and personality in order to transform them into a more loyal follower. It also acts as a final test of faith, as it could be lethal if done incorrectly.
Vincent claims that he regained control of his body on the night of the Cataclysm in April of 2016. Here, he witnessed Patrem supposedly being pulled into the Parallelos... Afterwards, Vincent fled and moved to a new home. He was safe for nearly a year. However, in April of 2017, he felt his mind and soul slowly beginning to degrade... Before long, he found himself trapped in the Parallelos as well - a realm he described as terrifying. Time and space were distorted here - though he was only gone for three years, he supposedly spent thousands of years inside the Parallelos. Thankfully, he claims that he didn't need to eat, drink, or sleep while in the Parallelos. Instead, he simply walked through a seemingly endless expanse of trees.
Eventually, Vincent lost hope and stopped walking. He sat and stagnated for countless years as a tree slowly grew around him. While here, he saw a massive "storm" in the distance. This storm was actually the tendril of an Absque Fascie, who Vincent reveals are actually massive beings that dwell outside of the Parallelos. Supposedly, they even outclass Patrem in terms of strength. The Absque Fascie's tendril was slowly growing closer to him, threatening to devour Vincent. However, before this happened Vincent was rescued by someone he describes as an "Angel".
This Angel freed Vincent from the tree and pulled him up into the sky. Vincent and the Angel then flew through some sort of "fake" sky and entered into a more terrifying realm - one that supposedly existed outside of the Parallelos - the location where the Absque Fascie dwelled. Here, Vincent saw that he was previously within some sort of sphere. He also saw various other things in this realm - though he doesn't go into them, fearing that it's some sort of forbidden knowledge... Afterwards, the Angel brought Vincent back home.
Though Vincent is currently safe, he's recently begun experiencing something rather strange - he can recall two different sets of memories. One set of memories are the ones that he's inherently familiar with - the lifetime that he himself experienced. However, this other lifetime seems both foreign and familiar to him at the same time... He claims that he knows who these other memories belong to. However, he's afraid to reveal this information, fearing that it may have some "world-collapsing" ramifications. This strange memory-merging is possibly a result of Vincent's aforementioned "Aggregation"...
Meanwhile, Erika became active once again. After a fair amount of in-fighting and drama, the players eventually came to the conclusion that she's actually NOT canon - at least according to both her and a supposed friend of the GM's... It seems that the source of her "exclusive footage" and "insider knowledge" was the result of her having loose connections to the GM's. Though several players were still suspicious of her, they accepted her as a fellow Internet Detective yet again - something that seemed to make her quite happy.
Back on Silentdork, the players were finally shown a continuation of Tyler's journey. After coming in contact with the Mannequin Entity on the bridge in the Parallelos, Tyler was seemingly in two places at once - sleeping in a hospital bed and exploring a strange hotel. This hotel was actually Alex's Hall of Fame. Within it, the transcended giant Alex spoke cryptic riddles to Tyler. Most of this seemed to be a sort of meta-related commentary regarding Ben Drowned - something that was fitting considering that the long-awaited third arc, "Awakening", had just recently begun. Interestingly, Alex claims that Tyler was currently trapped in "The Machine", though what exactly this is referring to is unclear.
Meanwhile, TheLaw began assisting the players directly. He claims that his very nature is to uphold the demands of his own law - his own justice. Recent events have supposedly caused him to reconsider his allegiances and he's decided that assisting the players will result in the best possible outcome. Shortly after this, he departed to rendezvous with some sort of individual wearing a trenchcoat... Around this same time, a strange video was uploaded to Silentdork - one that was supposed recorded by SKM himself back in 2014. This video showed SKM uncovering a device near the Cellphone Tower that was supposed left for him by "The Gray Man" back in 2009.
Afterwards, the players discovered that Lunarchildren.com was once again back online - now sporting a brand new look...
Table of Contents
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Character Summaries
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Relevant Characters
Tyler
BUP
The Producer
TheLaw
Rune Entity
Erika
Vincent
Adams
The "Angel"
Greth
Alex
Yuukichan
"Wolfcat"
Munnin
Tenebris
Other Characters
John
Regiminis
Patrem
Mat
Hubbard
Moonman
IsocelesAssassin
GHOSTBABEL
Pumpkinhead
SKM
Astral
Tyler
Tyler00
Yugi
Kaiden
Zoromichi
NotAHoax
The Watcher
Nocta
Doug
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Lunarchildren.com's sudden return came as quite a surprise.
The site now featured a completely new design - one that was reminiscent of older internet webpages. The site had a very space-centric feel, featuring starry night skies, ornate pillars, and images of different phases of the moon. The announcements on the front page were all the same announcements that were present on the site back in 2018. Additionally, the site now featured a navbar leading to other pages such as "Archives", "Lore", "Anthem", and "Contact".
The page "https://lunarchildren.com/anthem" featured the same content it did back in 2018 - a lyricized version of the Lunar Children theme. However, the other links on the navbar were all still locked. It seemed as though the site was still slowly being loaded in... Additionally, the site featured its own "Redirect Page" - attempting to access a non-existent page would bring players to "https://lunarchildren.com/notfound.html", which featured an image reminiscent of the Parallelos titled "lost.gif".
As the players continued exploring Lunarchildren.com, they began noticing some strange oddities...
First, clicking on the word "She" on the "Anthem" page would link players to a completely new page - "https://lunarchildren.com/she.html". This page was titled "Holy Place" and contained two images - "realmfourth.gif" and "watching.png". These both seem to be references to Luna and her own designated Parallelos - a location that was previously referred to as "The Fourth Realm". In fact, "watching.png" seemed to be a stylized version of the classic "Lunarum Oculus" symbol from 2015.
"Realmfourth.gif", referencing Luna's Parallelos.
"Watching.png", referencing the Lunarum Oculus.
In fact, clicking this symbol would actually redirect players to yet another new page - "https://lunarchildren.com/come.html".
peer.gif
lunarchildren.com/come.html
This page was accessed from clicking on the "Lunarum Oculus" above.
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Meanwhile, the IIIII account began sending the players cryptic messages on Discord - ones that led them to even more pages on Lunarchildren.com:
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lunarchildren.com/masked.html
This page was titled "apkreca". It seemed to be referencing the player Yoshi's old username - "Maskedsheikah".
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In response, the player Yoshi decided to submit the "Frog Song" yet again. Shortly after this, the players were sent another new page:
kaeru.gif
lunarchildren.com/kaetu.html
This page was titled "Shift" and hid the text "XII" in its source.
ogdoad.mp3
The name "Kaetu" was quite strange... However, by using the hints provided in the page's title and source code, it was quickly discovered that this was actually a Caesar cipher that translated to "Yoshi" - yet another reference to this player. Considering that this page's image featured a frog, this seemed to suggest that her frequent submissions of the "Frog Song" were having some sort of effect...
On March 27th, 2020, the player Xenquility discovered that Lunarchildren.com had updated. José's avatar on the front page was now slightly animated, glitching and jittering slightly. Upon clicking it, players would be taken to another new page:
HETOOK.gif
lunarchildren.com/hcj.html
This page was titled "the patricide".
the.mp3
This page contained a distorted image of "The Watcher" - the name given to the mysterious alien mask-wearing entity who was stalking Greth back in 2018. However, what exactly he has to do with José and the meaning of "HCJ" is a mystery...
Later that night, Erika once again began messaging the player Xenquility.
I noticed something weird I think >.>
in that other place where people talk about arg stuff =p
Wait where did your messages go lmao
OH this is in the awakening discord
damnit
Thank you Erika :D
np np ^w^
where do you think I should post my silentdork amv's if at all >.>;
probably in #self-promotion or #art-gallery
or #other-arg if you're canon 😏
lol stop oml XD
Erika points out that TheLaw had posted a strange file in a rather unusual place - the "Awakening" Discord server. As a reminder, this is the location where "Awakening" was being played - the third and final arc of Ben Drowned.
The file that TheLaw posted was rather strange. It seemed to have no direct significance to Johnisdead. Instead, the image was a famous example of "Steganography" - a sort of "puzzle" that was used quite often during the first arc of Johnisdead. Steganography is the process of hiding files within other files - such as hiding text files within images.
Since it was so heavily related to this subject, the players attempted to see if this image itself contained any hidden messages via steganography... Sure enough, it did - a hidden link to an audio file. This audio file was a spectrogram that contained a concerning message:
"I have been compromised". It seems that BUP has discovered TheLaw's betrayal, implying that he may now be in danger... Unfortunately, the players' contact with TheLaw was still very sparse, meaning there was little they could actively do for him...
On March 29th, 2020, Lunarchildren.com updated once again. The "Lore" page, "https://lunarchildren.com/lore", was now accessible. Unfortunately, it currently did not contain links to any individual topics - only the following text:
The following excerpts contain vital information regarding our beliefs and the teachings of Father. Those willing to follow our path and ascend to Mother's sacred realm must familiarize themselves with the terminology found on this page. Provided you have proven yourself a true child of the moon, seek the guidance of an elder child for more in-depth studies.
Members are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN from discussing any of these terms outside of authorized areas. Failure to comply with elder child regulations may result in termination.
Afterwards, players found several more pages hidden across the site... The first one was discovered by clicking on the "Wisdom" header text on the page above:
mother.gif
lunarchildren.com/fate.html
This page was titled "Was it?".
This page was seemingly calling into question whether or not "something" was fate. What exactly that "something" is referring to is unclear, though. Clicking on the moon on this page would redirect players to yet another page:
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lunarchildren.com/chance.html
This page was titled "Beginnings" and hid the text "did he start it? will he end It?" in its source.
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This page contains several references to Undecim Nocte 2011, possibly answering our question regarding the previous page... Was Undecim Nocte 2011 fate? Or was it left up to chance? Cryptically, the page questions whether or not "he" started it and if "he" will end it, though again, the context surrounding this is a mystery.
Shortly afterwards, the players noticed an oddity on the front page of Lunarchildren.com - one instance of Mat's username had been replaced with "Rodney R." - one of Mat's Moon Children aliases. Clicking on this name brought the players to another page:
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lunarchildren.com/watch.html
This page was titled "murderer rodney".
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This page contains an image of "The Watcher", labelling him as some sort of "Neophyte". Given the references to Mat, it's possible that he's Mat's neophyte - not too unlike how Regiminis was Patrem's neophyte in the past.
Another page was discovered by clicking on the word "CHANGED!" in a sentence regarding password changes:
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lunarchildren.com/transformation.html
This page was titled "upgrade".
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Disturbingly, this page contained flashing images of brain surgery. Given the context, this is no doubt referencing the "Experimental Brain Treatment" mentioned by Vincent...
Finally, clicking on the word "Life" in one of Mat's posts led players to one more page:
finalmoments.gif
lunarchildren.com/L.html
This page was titled "ianaltd us".
moment.mp3
This page seems to be depicting someone's final moments, though what exactly is taking place is a bit unclear. It seems to involve someone encountering a cloaked figure in a long corridor.
On March 31st, 2020, Erika and the players began discussing various different religions and religious figures.
Lok
lok
Loki more like it =p
the only loki i know is the one everyone on tumblr wanted to fuck
Why would you want to fuck such a nasty man honestly XD
Loki is really funny but he is also really REALLY gross imo
Loki turned into a horse and the male horse fucked Loki
Loki transformed into a female horse to have relations with the horse a giant was using
This was to cause him to lose a bet in which he sought to build the asgardian wall in under a few days in order to win ownership of the moon, the sun, and freya
he distracted the giants horse as a mare and did gross things with said horse, and birthed a 6 legged mutant horse to represent the crime against nature that occured lol
then he gave it to odin and odin named it "sleipnir"
HE TURNED INTO A PONYTA AND THEN HE GOT PREGNANT
tbh i cant blame my guy for being a clopper
Later that night, the player Xenquility decided to submit the "Sonata of Awakening" in an attempt to hopefully awaken and contact Tyler. While this didn't seem to work, the IIIII account did become active and change its avatar from the soda can sprite to a painting of a skeleton by the artist "James Ensor".
Afterwards, Erika continued her conversation with the players, commenting on this sudden change.
The painting style reminds me of Tarot cards xp
kinda, actually.
his profile picture is a skeleton
this is a stretch but skeleton might equal death tarot
i mean the usual is a skeleton riding on a horse
but im going to refrain from posting more tarots in the off chance they're canon lmao
I dreamt last night of tyler emerging from some water and then heading off too a place where we could walk together
for some reason this convo reminded me of this. I would say this in the #dream channel but I guess thats not for normal people anymore 😛
Emerging from some water
okay erikanon
still though im jealous that sounds HOT
I dont know what I am saying >.>
forget what I say <///<
AHEM
I knew if I said that you would get goofy tho so I had to XD
Ah okay
Erika brings up the subject of Tarot Cards, noting that the IIIII account's new avatar looks similar to them. Additionally, she recounts a strange dream she had that involved Tyler emerging from some water before going someplace to walk with her. She also briefly quotes Rosa, though this was mainly done to tease the players about them believing that she was canon.
Afterwards, the IIIII account became incredibly active, sending many strange and disturbing images in a variety of different places:
The Mannequin Entity.
A disturbing face.
A disturbing face.
Link wearing the "Don Gero's Mask".
A disturbing face.
A t-posing figure.
A disturbing face.
On April 1st, 2020, activity from the IIIII account continued. Ominously, its avatar had now changed to one of the creepy faces from the night before.
IIIII
"Benjamen"
Around this same time, the players noticed that Jadusable himself was about to premiere a video on his channel titled "king.txt". This was most likely Alex Hall referencing the infamous "King Kong" April Fools' prank from 2012. Likewise, a video was also set to premiere on Silentdork around the same time - "Kong.txt" - most likely an extension of this same joke. As the countdown to this video's premiere grew closer, its thumbnail changed several times:
KING KONG
KING KONG
KING KONG
KING KONG
KING KONG
KING KONG
...Some of these thumbnails were a bit more concerning than others.
"Kong.txt" finally premiered later that night:
Description
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The video begins with a man entering a convinience store, and heading towards the till. The till is manned by Tyler, who has suspended himself above the counter with his arms and legs.
Tyler: "Hello, how may I help you?"
The video ends as Tyler thrusts his hips forwards and steps off the counter.
Summary
- This video appears to be an OOC April Fools joke and likely has no bearing on the story.
...Shortly after this, the IIIII account posted yet again.
IIIII
"April Fools"
The players could rest easy knowing that Tyler's hip thrusts were not canon.
On April 3rd, 2020, the IIIII account became active yet again - this time in a more serious manner.
IIIII
"History Fading"
This seemed to be the Rune Entity warning the players that history was now fading. A quick look around the Silentdork channel revealed what exactly he was referring to - a section of the video "Test" had been deleted - specifically the part that involved the "unitedagainstBEN.mpg" player video. Afterwards, the Rune Entity posted the "Dagaz Rune - "ᛞ", which is a rune often associated with change. It's possible that this was all meant to represent an upcoming change - or perhaps reference the passage of time in general...
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