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The story so far...
In the previous section, TheLaw initiated a "Tournament of Souls" - a contest that involved digital versions of the players' souls battling one another. This was visualized in the form of a "Soul Calibur 6" tournament. The winner of this tournament ended up being the player Azura. Her prize was the ability to supposedly make a substantial choice or opportunity in the future - though what exactly this would eventually result in is unknown...
Around this same time, SKM finally managed to contact the players. He confirmed that he was indeed within the Parallelos - a location that is usually very dark. However, when viewed through a camera, it takes on a distorted green appearance - as seen in recent Silentdork uploads. Though SKM seems to be his usual self, the Parallelos has definitely taken a toll on him. He's currently dwelling in a small camp he's set up in the woods next to a strange building that he's stealing wi-fi from. It's believed that this building actually belongs to the Rune Entity - mainly due to various runes scattered around and also the fact that the "IIIII" account is logged into its wi-fi connection. Interestingly, SKM claims he's seen several people coming and going from the Rune Entity's building. Sadly, SKM himself can't get too close to it - doing so gives him a headache.
SKM is also next to a large highway just beyond the woods. These are implied to be the "Paths" that Tyler will be tasked with walking. However, just like with the Rune Entity's building, getting too close to it causes SKM to get a headache. SKM also encountered two entities within the Parallelos. The first was a girl who casually spoke to SKM inside his mind - possibly Erika. The second was a malicious flannel-wearing entity who spoke in several voices - possibly Tenebris. SKM also mentioned a magical exclamation - "IO". This seems to be a vocalization of the "ᛇ" rune, which holds connection to the five lines - "ᛇᛇᛇᛇᛇ". Unfortunately, the players' conversation with SKM was cut short due to the sudden submission of the "Elegy of Emptiness"...
Afterwards, BUP contacted the players once again. Here, he finally revealed a bit more about his identity, claiming that he was somehow "IIII" layers of Greth. This implies that BUP is actually an alternate version of Greth similar to how "IIII" is an alternate version of Tyler. However, it can also be assumed that BUP is somehow connected to every alternate version of Greth in existence. BUP then challenged the players to a game - specifically a game of "Dungeons & Dragons". This game sprawled across three separate continuities and worlds - each contained within their own "Dream Bubble". While most of this game's story was completely self-contained and fictional, two entities within it were actually real - Yuukichan and Pumpkinhead. As a reminder, Pumpkinhead is indeed a canon entity - however, Wolfcat's depiction and actions as him during the Pumpkinhead Gamejack were not.
It seemed as though Pumpkinhead was trying to capture Yuukichan. Thankfully, the players had a method of helping her escape - Munnin. Munnin was a "Raven Spirit" that existed within a small "Raven Figurine". Munnin implied that Yuukichan's spirit would have to somehow be inserted inside of the "Raven Figurine" before the whole thing is somehow transferred over to the real world. Interestingly, the "Raven Figurine" featured a rune that was reminiscent of the Amiibo symbol. This implies that the real world version of the "Raven Figurine" may be an Amiibo - a small figurine sold by Nintendo that can store electronic information and add extra content to certain video games.
However, the Dungeons & Dragons game is derailed as The Producer suddenly takes it over, transforming it into an interactive webcomic reminiscent of "Weenie-Licked" - the player Wolfcat's old webcomic. Here, the players spoke with a comic version of Tyler who claimed that he had recently been to some sort of anime convention - one that he describes as an "eye-opening" experience. Afterwards, the players go to visit someone named Erik. This is presumably meant to represent the player Wolfcat, as his real name was also Erik. However, Erik seems to be missing. In his place is a spirit trapped within a glass bottle and a "Nine of Clubs" card.
The players then began speaking with The Producer directly. He gave them some hints regarding the nature of his identity. However, he was cut short when BUP suddenly returned and angrily ended the Dungeons & Dragons game entirely. While doing so, he implied that his very existence is dependent on him antagonizing the players - possibly explaining why he's so adamant on fulfilling the role of "A bad guy". Afterwards, Munnin contacted the players one more time before going dormant. Here, Munnin implied that the concept of three lines - "III" - is partially related to sleep and dreams. He also transformed himself into an egg-like object, telling the players to keep him safe... Unfortunately, Yuukichan and Pumpkinhead's current status is unknown.
The players had quite a bit to stew on. They eventually noticed that the various members of BUP's group all seemed to hold connections to the ARG's GM's. The Rune Entity was an alternate Tyler. BUP was an alternate Greth. TheLaw looked and acted very similar to Dawn. The Producer looked and acted very similar to Wolfcat. This could possibly link to how they somehow hold extended meta-related knowledge of the ARG... While all of this was taking place, BUP also "leaked" some important information - one that seemed to imply that some sort of fusion between Vincent's Astral and Prime Timeline counterparts was going to take place. It's implied that this process is what's known as "Aggregation"...
Character Summaries
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Relevant Characters
Tyler
BUP
The Producer
TheLaw
Rune Entity
Erika
Greth
SKM
Yuukichan
"Wolfcat"
Munnin
Vincent
Adams
Tenebris
Other Characters
John
Regiminis
Patrem
Mat
Hubbard
Moonman
IsocelesAssassin
GHOSTBABEL
Pumpkinhead
Astral
Tyler
Tyler00
Yugi
Kaiden
Zoromichi
NotAHoax
The Watcher
Nocta
Doug
Alex
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
Amiibo
Archive
ARG
Ascension
Astral Child
Astral Observatory
Astral Observatory Forums
Astralobservatory.net
Astral Timeline
B
Beacon
Believers
Ben Drowned
Blood Moon Ritual
Bloody Mary
Blue Baby
Bomb Plans
Briefcase
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
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
While all of the players were partaking in BUP's "Dungeons & Dragons" game from the previous chapter, some interesting updates were also occurring on YouTube. So, before we progress forwards, we must first go back a few weeks to the middle of January.
On January 19th, 2020, a new video was uploaded to Silentdork that was simply titled "9".
Description
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This video begins with someone, presumably tyler, walking down a path near a highway while recording with their phone. They come up to a large electronic sign that has text reading:
ROAD
WORK
BEGINS
9/10/19
ROAD
WORK
BEGINS
9/10/19
Summary
- This video simply features someone recording an electronic sign near a highway that reads "ROAD WORK BEGINS 9/10/19".
This video is fairly short, as it simply shows a recording of someone walking down a sidewalk towards a large sign that reads "ROAD WORK BEGINS 9/10/19". While the significance of this date is unknown, it's worth noting that the highway shown here appears to be highly reminiscent of "The Paths"...
After the video was uploaded, it underwent a few strange changes... First, its thumbnail was changed - initially to a distorted image of the "Road Work" sign and then to a shot of the sidewalk. Afterwards, its title changed to "Real?" and then to "When?". Unfortunately, this only made the meaning of this video even more confusing... The question of "Real? When?" could possibly suggest that this isn't meant to be an actual recording by Tyler himself but instead some strange manifestation - presumably one that's just meant to bring attention to the existence of "The Paths" themselves and with no further significance.
On January 29th, 2020, the players discovered another video - one from a rather surprising location - Vincent Adams' YouTube channel.
Notice: As a reminder, Vincent is the former Overseer of the Lunar Children who previously hosted Patrem in his body before Greth did. However, Vincent hasn't been seen in quite some time and was presumed to be dead after the Cataclysm in 2016. The only evidence pointing otherwise was a lone video uploaded to his channel in 2017 that featured him playing the piano, though the context surrounding this was a mystery.
Notice: Unfortunately, Vincent's videos were later deleted and have not been archived. Please refer to the transcripts and summaries for more information regarding their contents.
This new video, "GLAD to be back", seemed to imply that Vincent himself had indeed returned.
Description
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This video simply contains footage of Vincent in a dark room playing the piano.
Summary
- This video simply featured dark footage of Vincent playing the piano.
There wasn't much to this video - it simply contained footage of someone playing the piano in a dark room - presumably Vincent himself. The players immediately flocked to the comment section with questions. Surprisingly, Vincent responded.
Welcome back!
Thank you it's good to be back.
Do you have any interest in talking about what you've been up to?
Not now. I am still trying to understand.
I have been lost for what feels like a very long time.
How long have you been back for? I've missed your old techno stuff
Not long. As for my old music, it's been a very long time.
Yeah, definitely seems like it. Where have you been?
That is a difficult question to answer. I am still trying to understand it myself.
A few others have experienced similar things and many others are trying to figure it all out.
We have a chat server set up dedicated to trying to explain some weird bullshit that's been happening lately.
Any interest in joining? Even if you don't find anything beneficial out it's a killer way to pass the time.
I may be interested. As of now I am not up to date with current technologies.
I am using Skype but as it has ben so long I no longer remember my login info.
If you want to switch off of skype, there's a new service called Discord.
Not too hard to use but if you'd rather not adapt to a new platform I'm sure we could make some sort of skype group.
If you want to join our Discord server, here's an invite.
((A link to the Internet Detectives Discord Server is sent.))
I found it. I will make an account and join.
Vincent seems rather cordial with the players. However, he seemed as though he was still quite confused himself, claiming that he was still trying to understand everything... Thankfully, he seems willing to join the players on Discord and speak with them further.
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