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The story so far...
In the previous section, the players finally regained access to Lunarchildren.com. The site had been greatly expanded, now featuring several announcements dating back to June. Here, they learned that Liquidsaint briefly traveled to Florida to work on the Lunar Children servers housed in the Fishery. After this, he traveled to The Spire - though he's under heavy surveillance as many of his fellow cultists are still suspicious of him... Other announcements revealed that Matt communicated with Tenebris in private in order to steal The Ocarina. However, this was highly taboo, resulting in Matt being punished.
The site also featured more terminology pages, revealing new classifications of ascended spiritsTranscended: Powerful figures chosen by Luna herself. They retain their physical form and there are only four in existence - The Four Giants.
Finitor: Ascended entities that can travel through time. There are only two in existence.. The site also reveals different types of ParallelosLuna's Parallelos: The realm where Luna and the Absque Facie reside.
The Overworld: The realm where mankind resides - Earth.
Parallelos of the Dead: A prison where non-ascended spirits reside after death.
Sub-Parallelos: A dark, empty realm that connects to The Overworld.. These pages also revealed that "Portals" simply refer to electronic interfaces that communicate with ascended spirits, meaning that the Portal governed by Regiminis is actually Johnisdead.com. These pages also went further into skills learned via the Parallelos PathTraversing: The act of entering another Parallelos.
Sub-Traversing: Briefly entering a Sub-Parallelos to warp across the Overworld.
Listening: Listening to entities and ascended spirits in the Parallelos.
Scrying: Attaining visions of the past, present, and future.. The site also featured the cult's creation myth - "The Legend", which tells of how Luna created reality and bestowed man with knowledge via the "Three Silver Secrets". Sadly, the final Silver Secret remained a mystery because Luna had to return to her realm. These three secrets are related to Power, Wisdom, and Courage respectively. The ritual Patrem intends to preform on Undecim Nocte, The Ceremony of the Three Elements, involves the sacrifice of three people representative of these secrets. It's also implied that Luna took on a human form and had a child with one of Patrem's vessels. This child is implied to be Ben.
The Lunar Children Forums featured a variety of new characters. These included two new Elder Children who oversaw the cult's library at The Spire - Kuu and Jinn. Also found on the board was Jarilo - a knowledgeable older member who was a former Moon Child and the Old Man's brother. There was also Hunter - Jarilo's son, who was on track to becoming an Elder Child. Also found on the board was Hunter's friend Sin_yarikh, an eager newcomer named Tsukuyomi, one of the cult's assassins named Eddie, a singer named Harry, an artist named Sheepdog, a relaxed cultist named Igaluk, and a naive, peppy girl named Hina. At one point, Hina stumbled across Regiminis's Domain and found Tyler's Crescent Moon Necklace - something the Lunar Children demanded that the drop off at the Fishery.
On the forums, Jarilo began explaining more of the Moon Children's history. He claims that Kelbris didn't die in 1998. Instead, this was the year he heard the "Luna Prophecy" and made many of his discoveries regarding ascension and transcendence. The Moon Children saw this as blasphemy and later sent Matt to kill him in 2002 as a part of his initiation into the cult. However, this resulted in Kelbris's transcendence, proving his "blasphemy" correct. He also provided more evidence that Mr. D was actually Tenebris... The forums also held another revelation - the identities of the final two giants, Alex and Spencer. More information regarding all of these terms and characters can be found in the Character Summaries and Glossary below.
Later that night, Tenebris initiated a countdown - one that signaled that the Lunar Children Forums were about to be wiped. Before the posts above were deleted, players discovered one rather ominous thread that hinted that Hunter was being tasked with killing someone close to him... The Forums were deleted, leaving a board titled "Controller", which held The Ocarina. However, the players were now once again locked out of the forums. Meanwhile, after a several month-long absence, SKM finally contacted the players with some urgent news...
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
John
Kevin
Carla
Patrem
Vincent
Adams
Regiminis
Matt
Liquidsaint
SKM
Drowned
Ezekiel
Thoth
Doug
Alex
Spencer
Kelbris
Tenebris
Jarilo
Hunter
Other Characters
Jinn
Kuu
Nathen
Hina
Eddie
SheepDog
HarryM1
Alignak
Kalfu
Igaluk
Losna
Sin_yarikh
Tsukuyomi
Old Man
Tyler
Ben
Max
Rosa
Chris
Kevin
Luna
Helper
Jacob
Daniel
The Flying
Child
Diana
Kayd
Thomas
Quia
Zack Nelson
Guide
TheLaw
The Man
Mason
Mason
xxxxxxxxx
The Gray
Man
Glossary
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Misc.
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592
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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
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 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
On November 6th, 2015, Liquidsaint purged the Lunar Children Forums, leaving only the "Controller" board where The Ocarina was held. Unfortunately, the players were also now locked out of the forums. Shortly afterwards, SKM contacted the players on an IRC chat that was hastily set up on Johnisdead.com.
get in here now
SKM! Ma nigga
what’s up
I am very short on time
there are cameras everywhere
they watch everything I do
they see me using the bloody bathroom XD
fuck that’s terrible
but I have no time for banter
I had to essentially steal their irc and lock everyone out to make this work
I couldn’t even jack into the special page I made for this
not that it matters
the damn ai’s ( funny I can still convince myself to call them that) have basically hijacked it
this is a very unstable place though
SKM claims that the Lunar Children are now constantly watching him. This seemingly confirms that he is indeed Liquidsaint, considering the fact that they're both under constant Lunar Child surveillance on top of all their other similarities. He claims that this IRC chatroom he's set up was done so very hastily - he actually stole it from the Lunar Children and was unable to hide it in his usual webpage - likely referring to Key592.
Shit nigga, say what you need quick
I lied to you all
I have been in that group since long before you knew of me
this is a very long story
I do not have time to explain
However I can get you back into those forums
I do not know how the shit works but they have a power
the same one you all had before
that broken thing gave it to them
like he could just move it around
like it was his all along and he was just letting them have it now
I will get you all back in
you will have access to that and nothing more
what do you suggest we do once we get back in?
be careful
its not a bloody toy
that is my suggestion
got it
something very strange is going on there
things beyond my control
users coming in beyond my control and weird shit like that
SKM, are you LiquidSaint?
yes
goodbye
SKM claims that he's been a member of the Lunar Children for quite a while - likely referring to the videos on Lostmemory423 which depict him infiltrating the cult back in 2011. He also fully confirms that he is Liquidsaint. Thankfully, he manages to grant the players access back to the Lunar Children Forums, allowing them to access The Ocarina.
Upon logging back into the forums, the players took to the "Controller" board and submitted the "New Wave Bossa Nova", hoping to gain either an ally or further insight regarding their current situation.
On November 8th, 2015, the players' submission took effect with the sudden return of Jarilo.
Jarilo
"I can post here now?"
Unfortunately, this conversation was unarchived. However, the basic key-points of what took place were:
((Jarilo greets the players. He is surprisingly cordial and welcoming despite being a Lunar Child.))
((The players greet Jarilo in response. They begin asking him some basic questions.))
((Jarilo answers a few questions but he seems a bit reluctant to go deeper, noting that he's already in hot water for being too open.))
((The players submit the "Mask of Truth" to get more answers out of Jarilo.))
((Jarilo begins answering more questions.))
((Jarilo confirms that Hunter is indeed his son.))
((Jarilo confirms that he was a member of the Moon Children before the Lunar Children existed.))
((Jarilo confirms that his brother, the Old Man, was a Moon Child who was in contact with Tenebris.))
Most of this information is simply reiterating what the players had already learned through Jarilo's posts on the Lunar Children Forums. Interestingly, he claims that his brother, the Old Man, was a member of the Moon Children - not just a random puppet chosen by Tenebris.
By November 10th, 2015, tensions were running high. Undecim Nocte was just one day away. However, the players were holding off on rescuing Tyler. They were hoping to save him at the last minute, which would give the Lunar Children less time to retaliate. Early in the morning, Drowned entered the Internet Detectives Skype group and said the following: "so many inside the lunar forum talk to them. Jarilo333 knows so much more. he is not he seems."
Shortly after this, players check the forums and discovered that the user who they believed to be Tenebris, "___", made a new thread - one that contained the message "Why don't you tell him about his son". This thread was titled "user-19.html" - a piece of the URL that led players to Hunter's forum account. Here, they made the startling discovery that Hunter was now an Administrator on the forums. This implied that he had carried out his task to kill someone close to him, granting him the title of "Elder Child".
After this, the players returned to Jarilo's thread.
((The players ask Jarilo if he's okay.))
((Jarilo says he's feeling a bit strange.))
((Jarilo claims that his home seems darker than normal.))
((Jarilo notices that all of the clocks in his home have frozen.))
((The players attempt to warn Jarilo about Hunter potentially hurting him.))
((Jarilo is offended by the players' suggestion and expresses his faith in his son.))
When the clock hit midnight, Undecim Nocte 2015 had arrived - November 11th, 2015. First, Matt made the following announcement:
Undecim Nocte 2015
Posted on November 11 by MattR
Today is the day my brothers and sisters, I shall be away at the holy place of our past, but in the mean time banquets shall be held here at the spire. Celebrate everyone for the glorious time of Mothers descent is nearly upon us! -Operator
It seems Matt was going to be at the Fishery while most of the other cultists were celebrating at The Spire.
Shortly afterwards, Jarilo posted the following haunting message:
Jarilo
"Why did you do this to me hunter"
Jarilo had realized the truth - he had been killed by his son, Hunter. The message above was also posted in the form of a cipher. This, coupled with the various oddities around his home, seemed to suggest that he had been ascended. In his final moments, Jarilo left the following message: "Your friend is next, I can see him now, young one what was done to me shall be the terrible fate of your link. They have him now, he cannot escape alone.".
The message was clear. The players needed to act - now.
Taking to the "Controller" board on the Lunar Children Forums, the players first submitted the "Song of Soaring". After this, they accidentally submitted the "Song of Soaring" a second time by quoting the original submission above... Shortly after this, a video was uploaded to Silentdork - "I am doing just fine".
Description
I got a bit lost on his way to Kevin's house but now I am just fine
<--- Click for Video Transcript
The video starts with Tyler sitting on his bed looking incredibly nervous. Someone is filming him.
Tyler: "Uh, hey guys, uh, just- just wanted to make a quick video and just, uh, let you all know I'm doing okay and it's been a while since I put anything out. Um... uh, yeah, everything's good, everything's g-going just fine. Um... uh, I found my necklace, by the way, found my necklace that my girlfriend gave me. I have no idea where that went, but you know, where it is... the- and, uh... and everything's going fine..."
Summary
- Tyler delivers a message claiming that he's doing fine while someone records him.
- Tyler claims to have recovered his Crescent Moon Necklace.
Upon initial viewing, the video above seems to indicate that the players efforts were successful - Tyler is now safe and back at home. However, the upload has several small oddities that hint that not all is what it seems...
First, it's very clear that Tyler is not shooting this video on his own - he's being recorded by someone. This should be impossible because Tyler lives alone. Secondly, the video's description claims that "I got a bit lost on his way to Kevin's house" - a brief referral to Tyler in the third person, implying that Tyler himself did not upload this video. Finally, the fact that Tyler suddenly once again has the Crescent Moon Necklace is suspicious in itself because it was previously in the cult's possession.
The message was clear - Tyler was still in danger and the video above was simply a ruse.
Shortly afterwards, Thoth posted an announcement on Lunarchildren.com:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Posted on November 11 by Thoth
THE HARBINGERS LINK IS MISSING
He is no longer in his holding area at the fishery!
I have been informed he uploaded a video from his home earlier today. There is little time, and we must hurry and move in on his location! Anyone with the capability to move in for capture, do so at once!
The Lunar Children have noticed Tyler's upload and are currently traveling to his home to capture him. He was supposedly being held at the Fishery before this. In response, the players submitted both the "Song of Soaring" and the "Stone Mask" - teleporting Tyler away from his home and making him invisible.
For the rest of the night, the Lunar Children were silent. The players were successful in rescuing Tyler from the Ceremony of the Three Elements and another Undecim Nocte had been foiled.
On November 12th, 2015, Thoth posted another announcement:
Set all communications to private until we can establish what is going on
Posted on November 12 by Thoth
I had to post this here because your forum is a complete wreck at the moment saint!
The cult was in a state of chaos and disarray - even their forums were no longer usable outside of the players' access to the "Controller" board.
However, some players were still concerned about Tyler's wellbeing. They had come to suspect that the Crescent Moon Necklace held some nefarious secret... The cult had put a decent amount of work into recovering it and it seemed fairly important to their plans - given the outrage expressed at Hina for taking it. Because of this, the players decided that it needed to be separated from Tyler. In order to do this, they submitted "Epona's Song", hoping to summon Helper. This was a success, as moments later, Helper's account on the Lunar Children Forums became active:
Helper
"Hello, Adventurers! It sure has been quite a while. Has everything gone well for you? Do you need assistance? Perhaps the deliverance of a package?"
The players proceed to ask Helper to do two things. First, he was to take the Crescent Moon Necklace away from Tyler, keeping him safe from whatever supposed negative effects it may have. Secondly, he was to deliver a camera to Tyler. This was so that Tyler could continue recording, archiving, and uploading any more strange occurrences. Helper accepted these tasks and departed.
While all of this was taking place, a familiar website was undergoing several changes in the background - Decoy.link. Unfortunately, the contents of this website are not archived - all that is known is that it was undergoing gradual, consistent updates around this time. Additionally, it supposedly contained text that read "Event//11-29-2015 D30-33", though what exactly this is referring to is unknown. Given the site's sudden change in tone, it's likely that Zack Nelson had somehow lost control of the domain...
On November 30th, 2015, Thoth posted yet another announcement on Lunarchildren.com:
what there is to know as of right now
Posted on November 30 by Thoth
I am keeping this private for the time being so only elder children can see this, I dont know whats happened to Mathew, and all our contact with the harbingers link has gone dark, WHY THE FUCK DID WE LET HIM DO IT!? WHY DID WE LET HIM GET AWAY????
Either way there is no need to worry, its only a matter of time before Regiminis gets to him when he connects to the web. Also someone be sure to talk to Hunter about what happened with the necklace, that was our fucking ace in the hole, I dont understand how it got back into our hands like that but just letting the harbinger yank him out of here with it was a fucking mistake.
This confirmed that Tyler had successfully escaped the Lunar Children. However, Regiminis is intending to track him down through the internet and capture him once more. Interestingly, it seems as though Hunter and Matt have both gone missing. Thoth also implies that Tyler obtaining the Crescent Moon Necklace on Undecim Nocte was somehow Hunter's fault...
Over the next few weeks, activity dwindled. However, Johnisdead.com did see a minor update on December 18th, 2015 that included an image of Tyler with text that read "Friend, We Miss You.".
Eventually, 2015 was beginning to draw to a close as New Year's Eve approached. After a month-long silence, Tyler suddenly returned on December 31st, 2015 - once again chatting with the players in the Internet Detectives Skype group. Unfortunately, the players' messages throughout this conversation were not archived.
She doesn’t want me to talk to anyone.
She’s taken away all of my electronics, filming will get me into trouble. She won’t tell me why.
It’s new years eve, I thought this would be a happy time, but she has me locked in this room.
However she forgot to close her laptop.
I feel like someone is still watching me, even now.
She said she had to go somewhere for a bit, something about keeping everything under control.
I don’t know where she is. But she’s is so different now than I remember her being.
It seems Tyler has taken the trip to visit Carla in Australia as he said he would. However, it turns out that her obsession with anonymity has transformed into full-blown paranoia. She's since locked tyler in her home, taken away his electronics, and kept him from speaking to anyone. Thankfully, he's managed to access her laptop to contact the players.
((The players ask if Tyler can escape.))
I would try to get out of here, but this place is way up in the mountains.
((The players ask Tyler if anything else strange has happened recently.))
I keep having dreams over and over. Nightmares.
Some burning guy telling me something, and then some owl telling me I need to "tell the rest of the story"
It’s the videos
I Know it is
shE says not to upload anymore
I feel like I haVe to
she says I don’t need a vlog
it hurts my aNonymity
that bad people will watch it, she won’t tell me who.
Tyler says he's been having nightmares of a burning man speaking to him - presumably John. These dreams also featured an owl telling him to tell the rest of his story. This seems to be hinting that he needs to upload some videos - possibly footage of what happened to him while he was kidnapped by the Lunar Children... Interestingly, Tyler's messages contain misplaced capitalized letters that spell out "KEVIN" - Tyler's friend who went missing back in 2011...
((The players ask if Carla is connected to the Lunar Children.))
those masked people?
The Lunar Children she won’t even talk about. but she acts like she knows something about them
I feel like she always has. I don’t like all the fucking masks she has in her house
I don’t like the chest she has with all the masks covered in “fake blood”. I don’t think it’s fake.
Someone is watching me, I know it but she is not here. I’m going crazy. I think I am fucked.
I was fucked before I was taken by those masked people.
Tyler says that Carla denies having any knowledge of the Lunar Children. However, her house seems to be filled with masks - some of which seem to be covered in blood... Tyler also feels as though he's being watched by someone - someone other than Carla... Shortly after this, Tyler's account posted a cipher - one that translated to the following:
Dont worry old friend you wont be trapped here for long
Before it was solved, a part of this cipher contained the text "red man", implying that this message actually came from Regiminis, who had presumably connected to the internet and was traveling to Tyler's location, as Thoth said he would.
Afterwards, Tyler's account was hijacked once again:
INTERCEPTNG CONNECTION
KEEP THE SITE SILENT UNTIL ALL IS BACK IN ORDER
CARLA QCUEDU,VUHTIDIXUYIDEJMYJXJXUC!DCFVXDM
TYLER WILL GKGCFJX
SEE THE SOURCE LFKCSFCJ
START OF THE GAME XLFKCFLVCXFLVC
THE DROWNED ONE FROM THE FATHER
THE BURNED ONE FROM K
Given their friendly nature and the presence of ciphers, this message is presumably from Drowned. Cryptically, Drowned warns that Tyler will "<span class="canquote See the source - the start of the game". What exactly this is referring to is unknown... They also reference Ben's connection to Tenebris - "THE DROWNED ONE FROM THE FATHER". However, the second message is a bit more cryptic... "THE BURNED ONE FROM K" seems to be drawing some sort of connection between John and Kevin...
After this, Tyler regained control of his account and posted the following:
Someone is here messing with he computer somehow. I need to go.
She usually uses irc chat and lenphone. So hopefully she won’t notice that I managed to get into her skype for a moment.
Noticing the odd activity on his account, he leaves - not wanting to alert Carla.
After this, there was silence... The new year rolled around with no new updates from Tyler, the Lunar Children, or even Johnisdead.com. It wasn't until February 11th, 2016 that the players finally saw an update - a new video on Silentdork titled "waiting.wmv".
Description
N/A
<--- Click for Video Transcript
This video featured a flaming background with red shaking text that flashed:
"Waiting"
"Friends"
"Masks"
"The Ashes"
Summary
- This video contained a distorted, flaming background and a message from Tenebris that implied he was waiting for something.
This video featured a distorted, flaming background and a cryptic message from Tenebris, who claimed he was waiting for something. A brief image of Doug and Patrem appears as well.
On February 12th, 2016, Tenebris seemingly sent another message via an updated on Johnisdead.com. The front page now hid the text "WE SEE YOU WHOLE AGAIN SOON" and the files "madness.png" and "april.mp3", implying that something big would be happening during that month...
