Story (Cliffnotes)

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A college student named Alex received an old copy of Majora's MaskMajora's Mask refers to The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - a video game created for the Nintendo 64. from a strange Old Man. This game was possessed by BEN - a malicious entity that was using the spirit of a deceased boy named Ben as a vessel. Alex recorded these hauntings and uploaded them to his YouTube channel - Jadusable. As Alex's mental health declined, he decided to leave the internet after uploading his notes - TheTruth.rtf. This inadvertently spread BEN across the internet, as he had infected the file.

Players were led to Youshouldnthavedonethat.net - a website belonging to the Moon Children - a cult that worshipped the moon goddess Luna. This website was ran by several high ranking cult members - Mat, Spencer, and Kevin. Other strange entities were discovered here as well, including a deceased Moon Child named Kelbris, an entity named Drowned, and the leader of the Moon Children, Mr. D - also known as The Father. The cult partook in a ritual known as Ascension - a ritual suicide that promised great spiritual power. However, it seemed as though this usually just trapped one's soul within electronic devices.

The players contacted Mat and discovered that both Ben and Alex were previously members of the Moon Children. Before they could learn more, Mat was attacked by Kelbris. At this point, Alex reemerged and used a power known as The OcarinaThe Ocarina refers to the ability to submit songs, images, and videos of The Legend of Zelda video game series to affect the world of the ARG. to reset time, rewinding the website and characters within it to three days prior. While the players had a second chance to learn more information, Mat was still gone. Here, they contacted Mat's sister, Rosa. Unfortunately, she, too, was attacked by Kelbris. Due to some poorly timed uses of The Ocarina, the players inadvertently got Alex killed as well.

Shortly after this, players were introduced to Kayd - the only player who was given the login information to an elusive page on Youshouldnthavedonethat.net called The Truth. Unfortunately, before he could give the players the complete login credentials, he was hunted down and killed - presumably by BEN. However, before he died, he revealed the Moon Children's base of operations - a location simply known as The Orchard.

A mysterious individual known as TheLaw approached the players and led them to a new website - YSHDT.com. This website led the players to Letschasethemouse - the blog of a high school student named Doug. Strangely, this blog seemed to be set in the year 2009, meaning players were contacting characters across time and space. Doug had just recently joined a local cult. Fearing for his safety, the players attempted to convince him to leave. One player, Jacob, decided to learn more about this cult by going through its initiation process. Doug directed Jacob to his friend Mason, who began overseeing his recruitment.

Meanwhile, a malicious entity named Patrem approached the players - an intimidating individual who seemed to be the leader of Doug's cult. Players were also introduced to Helper - a more friendly entity. Helper's Hat granted him extended communication and traversal abilities. One day, Doug was kidnapped by the cult. Fearing for his safety, his friend Mason allied with the players in an attempt to rescue him. The players sent Helper for backup - unfortunately getting him killed in the process. Mason fled the scene - though not before recovering Helper's Hat. Thankfully, due to his ethereal nature, Helper's spirit persisted and he would later be revived.

Mason encountered The Gray Man - an enigmatic individual who claimed to be a time traveler. He traded Mason a playing card in exchange for Helper's Hat. After a while, Mason decided to confront the cult. When he did so, the cult allowed him to see Doug. However, Doug was "different" now and acted far more maliciously. After this, Mason was presumably attacked and locked inside a storm drain where he presumably died. After this, players were no longer communicating with players from 2009 but instead the present. Players were briefly contacted by a strange version of Mason that seemed to be speaking through an old computer. Unfortunately, the players quickly lost contact with him.

Players are introduced to their new main character - Tyler, a young man living alone in rural Florida. Tyler had three friends - John, who mysteriously died in a housefire in 2011, KevinReminder: Kevin was the name of a Moon Child., who disappeared around the same time John died, and JacobReminder: Jacob was the name of the player who underwent the Lunar Children initiation in 2009. who disappeared back in 2009. Tyler was now being targeted by Doug's cult, which was revealed to not be the Moon Children but instead an off-shoot called the Lunar Children. The Lunar Children's headquarters was originally a fishery. However, it was destroyed on November 11th, 2011 - a date the cult refers to as Undecim Nocte. On this date, an important ritual went awry that resulted in Patrem becoming trapped in the body of a Lunar Child named Vincent. Since then, the cult has been stationed in a building in Ohio called The Spire. Most of this was revealed to the players by SKM - a rogue hacker who's assisted by their ghostly assistant named Drowned.

The players befriended Tyler via his YouTube channel - Silentdork. While they tried to learn more information from him, they explored the cult's website - Lunarchildren.com. Here, they discovered that BEN'sReminder: BEN is the name of the malicious entity that was using the spirit of a deceased child named Ben as a vessel. real name was Tenebris. Players also discovered the existence of four holy individuals within the cult - The Four Giants. Only one of these was revealed at the time - DougIt's implied that when Doug changed into a more malicious version of himself in the previous arc, he was actually ascended into one of The Four Giants.. The players attempted to inform Tyler of the danger he was in by showing him one of the cult's websites - Johnisdsead.com. Unfortunately, Tyler believed that this was all just a cruel prank and he cut off contact with the players.

One day, Tyler came across the ruins of the fishery. Here, he encountered Doug, who chased Tyler back to his home. After being relentlessly tormented by disturbing sounds for the next few weeks, Tyler was eventually goaded to exit his home and go to Kevin's house. Upon doing so, he was captured by the Lunar Children. To make matters worse, The Ocarina had been stolen from the players and given to the Lunar Children. Thankfully, Drowned came to their aid, helping the players break into the Lunar Children Forums - a location where The Ocarina was supposedly being housed. While doing this, Drowned made a startling revelation to the players - he was the fusion of Ben and Max - SKM's younger brother who had been kidnapped by the cult.</p.

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