The Truth Arc
The Truth Arc is the fourth arc of Johnisdead. This arc began on July 3rd, 2016 and ended on January 1st, 2017. This arc saw the return of the Moon Children website Youshouldnthavedonethat.net as players witnessed events from the year 2010, exploring more of the cult's dark history. The return of Youshouldnthavedonethat.net resulted in many veteran players returning to the community. Originally, the fact that this arc was a part of Johnisdead was kept secret, resulting in many players believing this was the return of Jadusable's original ARG.
Notice:
It's important to remember that the Moon Children and the Lunar Children are two separate groups.
The Moon Children were housed in the Orchard, owned the site Youshouldnthavedonethat.net, and were led by Mr. D - an entity heavily implied to be Tenebris.
The Lunar Children were housed in the fishery, owned the site Lunarchildren.com, and were led by Patrem.
This arc mainly focuses around the Moon Children.
For convenience sake, we will often be referring to "Youshouldnthavedonethat.net" as "YSHDT.net" throughout this timeline.
July 3rd, 2016
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At 12:00 PM, players discovered that "http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net", the website owned by the Moon Children that was used during Jadusable's ARG, was once again active. This site had previously been owned by the "GoChina" after not being renewed by Jadusable. The site now featured a generic login page that read "Sign in to GoChina".
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At an unknown time, players discovered that the login page for YSHDT.net had updated. The page now read "Sign in to The Moon Children".
- At an unknown time, players discovered that YSHDT.net had reverted to how it appeared during Jadusable's ARG. A brief summary of the content discovered on YSHDT.net during Jadusable's ARG is as follows:
- Front Page - Contained a brief introduction to the Moon Children along with a Guestbook where users could leave comments. (Link) This page also contained announcements written by high ranking Moon Children and mysterious entities:
- Matt, also known as Ifrit.
- Chris, also known as Nekko.
- Spencer, also known as Duskworld23.
- Kevin, also known as Insidiae.
- DROWNED, who is implied to be BEN.
- Kelbris, who made a single, threatening post.
- Contact Us - A page where players could submit their personal contact information. (Link) Several "Contact Pages" were hidden for various Moon Children that hid further information:
- Ben - Ben's contact page. This page contained a countdown to the fourth day. (Link)
- Drowned - Drowned's contact page. This page contained a large image of Kelbris. (Link)
- Ifrit - Matt's contact page. This page led players to Matt's email address and the YouTube channel "TheLinkMissing". After Matt disappeared as the second cycle began, this page was filled with images of BEN. (Link)
- Alex - Alex's contact page. This page contained text further linking Alex to the "TheLinkMissing" YouTube channel. (Link)
- Search - Links to a search page that allowed players to quickly scour the site. (Link)
- The Truth - Links to a locked page. Finding a way to enter this page was one of the main goals from Jadusable's ARG. (Link)
- Creed - Links to a page containing various Moon Child chants. (Link)
- About - Links to a page containing small bios on high ranking Moon Children. (Link)
- Theories - Links to a page containing several theories relating to the apocalypse. (Link)
- Other - Miscellaneous things found on YSHDT.net:
- Press Room - A seemingly unfinished page that contained cryptic text and a link to the "Blastoff!" page. (Link)
- Blastoff! - A page containing generic placeholder text along with text relating to the number "423". (Link)
- Downloadable Files - Various files hosted on YSHDT.net that players discovered by entering the correct URL.
- For a more extensive look at what this site featured during Jadusable's ARG, click here.
- To view a faithful fan-recreation of this site, click here.
Notice:
To avoid any confusion, it's important to note that YSHDT.net operated on a three day cycle. This means that on the night of the third day, the players were required to "reset" the site by submitting the Song of Time. This would revert the site to how it was three days prior, often with small changes.
The players were essentially experiencing alternate timeline versions of the same website whenever a new cycle began.
For convenience sake, we will be referring to most YSHDT.net pages as their casual name rather than their entire URL.
For example, the page "http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/index.php/contact/ifrit will simply be referred to as "Matt's Contact Page".
This concludes the summary of YSHDT.net as it appeared during Jadusable's ARG.
The following updates are purely from The Truth Arc of Johnisdead.
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At an unknown time, players discovered that YSHDT.net featured a video titled "again.wmv" embedded onto the front page.
This video was uploaded to a new YouTube channel named "fj6rt missing".
Shortly after this video was discovered, it was privated on YouTube.
7/3/16 - "again.wmv" - YouTube (fj6rt missing)
Summary
- Gameplay footage of Majora's Mask is shown. Link approaches the Bomber Gang Kids and enters their hideout by entering the code "15423".
- Tenebris informs the players that they are not done playing his game yet.
- Several old player groups that participated in Jadusable's ARG are referenced:
- United Alliance
- We Are All Link
- What's Your Mask?
- Heroes of Time
- Knights of Jad
- The Fourth Day
- Team Vanguard
- System of a Dream
- Bomber Gang Kids
Updates
- YouTube Details:
- Description: N/A
- Tags: N/A
- At an unknown time, players discovered the the front page of YSHDT.net contained a new post by Chris:
7/3/16 - Announcement - Youshouldnthavedonethat.net
Summary
- Chris is still alive. This confirms that each cycle of YSHDT.net is a separate timeline, since Chris was killed and ascended during the original cycle of YSHDT.net.
- The Moon Children were attempting to set up a page containing testimonials from past Moon Children, but Chris accidentally lost the testimonials.
- The guestbook is displaying comments from six years in the future. This is because players from the current year (2016) are commenting on YSHDT.net, which is still in 2010.
- Matt is hosting a party on Sunday. Chris's post was made on September 16th, 2010. The next Sunday was on September 19th, 2010 - three days after Chris's post. This implies that the three day cycle is counting down to the date of Matt's party.
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At an unknown time, players discovered that the guestbook contained a comment from "Spencer" that read "Matt I thought you were our friend".
- At an unknown time, players discovered that Drowned's contact page was now titled "g4" and contained the following text: "This sheep is blind, its eyes to the one below the blue who's consumed beneath the one through ages. It is flesh sans soul, a once living traitor, a servant and nothing more. The man is smiling.".
- At an unknown time, players discovered that Alex's contact page was now titled "g2".
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At an unknown time, players discovered that Matt's contact page contained the text "What did he do on sunday?".
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At an unknown time, players discovered that the text found previously on the "Pressroom" page that read "sheep to the slaughter" now linked to the audio file "jintod.ogg". Unfortunately, this file was corrupted and would not play.
- At an unknown time, players discovered that Ben's contact page once again contained a countdown to "The Fourth Day". This page also contained the text "JNNDE LIES SOKF SOON TO COMPLETE MY TRIVOAB BMIND TBODY FSOUL!JVQD ENBUHOTH THIS GAME WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL ALL IS CONSUMED!".
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At an unknown time, players discovered a new page on YSHDT.net - "http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/index.php/giant". This page was titled "1" and contained an image of Kelbris. This page also contained the text "YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE" written in bright red and played a reversed version of the "Southern Swamp" theme from Majora's Mask titled "D.ogg".
- At an unknown time, players discovered that the title of the "Giant Page" had changed to "g1".
- At an unknown time, players discovered a new page on YSHDT.net - "http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/index.php/r". This page was titled "R" and was completely blank.
- At an unknown time, players discovered that the audio "Song_of_Healing_Reversed.ogg" previously found within YSHDT.net's downloadable files now hid a conversation between the Moon Children Rem and David in its coding:
7/3/16 - Rem and David's Chat - YSHDT.net
Summary
- Two Moon Children, Rem and David, discuss Matt. In this conversation, they are using Matt's Moon Child alias - Rodney R.
- Matt supposedly killed his adoptive father as a rite of passage to join the Moon Children. It was previously stated by Jarilo that Matt killed Kelbris to join the Moon Children. This means that Kelbris adopted Matt at some point, making Matt Ben's adopted brother.
- An unknown entity, likely Tenebris, cuts off the chatlog.
- At 5:17 PM, players began emailing Matt:
7/3/16 - Email Chats with Matt - YSHDT.net (Email)
Summary
- Matt confirms that the date from his and the rest of YSHDT.net's perspective is indeed September 16th, 2010.
- Matt claims that Alex was became valuable asset to the Moon Children after one of his friends invited him to join. Alex apparently hasn't been seen since an event known as the "blackout" - a term used previously on Lunarchildren.com and the original run of YSHDT.net.
- Matt confirms that the Moon Children are based in both Florida and New York - something implied by the note found by SKM in "IMG_1427".
- Matt confirms that the party he is hosting on Sunday will be religious in nature and that it's for Moon Children only.
- Matt directs the players to Spencer's email - "duskworld@youshouldnthavedonethat.net".
Updates
- Screenshots:
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At 11:09 PM, players managed to fix the audio file "jintod.ogg", allowing it to correctly play. Players discovered that this audio file previously would not play because text had been inserted into its code that read "Radio them and tell them what is happening to ifrit". Once this text was removed, the audio file played correctly. This audio file features someone saying "Hiding right now... ((Unintelligible)) he'll kill us, I don't know what I'm doing... No, no... Ifrit. He- he... he wanted to talk to Ifrit. ((Unintelligible)) He's... oh, no... He's killing us. He's... ((Unintelligible)) to realize... please." with occasional knocking sounds.
- At an unknown time, players continued chatting with Matt via email:
7/3/16 - Email Chats with Matt - YSHDT.net (Email)
Summary
- The player Moondancer attempts to warn Matt about the knocking sounds heard in "jintod.ogg", but Matt doesn't know what they're talking about.
- The player Moondancer asks about Kelbris's body. Matt states that 2002 was an awful time for him, and he doesn't like talking about it. He says that killing Kelbris had to be done and that his body will not be found.
July 4th, 2016
- At 1:45 AM, players began chatting with both Spencer and Alex via email:
7/4/16 - Email Chats with Spencer and Alex - YSHDT.net (Email)
Summary
- It's further implied that Alex and Spencer were drowned by Matt - something said in the video "IMG_1427" and hinted at on the Lunar Children forums.
- Alex's message implies he was initially against his own forced ascension, but becomes loyal to Luna and thanks Matt after the fact. This could hint that those who are transcended into giants lose control over themselves or are brainwashed in some way.
Updates
- Screenshots:
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At an unknown time, players discovered that the text reading "Luna Prophecy" on the "Theories Page" had changed to "Honesty is the best policy.".
- At an unknown time, the player Spirkiroid sent Spencer an email reading "Hey, I'm interested in joining. Where are you guys based?".
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At an unknown time, Spencer replied to the player Spirkiroid's email with "newyork".
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At an unknown time, YSHDT.net's favicon changed to a small image of a face titled "Day_2_Bookmark_Icon.jpg".
- At an unknown time, a timer appeared on Ben's contact page counting down to midnight on July 5th. Text was also found on this page reading "You couldn't change anything... whats makes you think you can this time?".
- At 7:55 PM, Matt sent out an unknown email. Unfortunately, its contents were not archived.
- At 8:23 PM, the "Zora Mask" submitted by Aaver took effect and Spencer began emailing the players.
7/4/16 - Email Chats with Spencer - YSHDT.net (Email)
Summary
- Spencer tells the players that he is not able to give them the login information for The Truth.
- Spencer claims that, on Sunday, Kelbris will wake up and "change" Matt somehow - likely leading to him killing and transcending Spencer and Alex under Tenebris's control.
- Spencer describes Tenebris as a "parasite of the body and soul", claiming it requires those of others to present itself.
- Spencer tells the player that he has already transcended like Kelbris, Alex, and Doug. It appears as if the "Zora Mask" is simply allowing him to speak normally and break free from their control for a brief moment.
Updates
- Screenshots:
- At 10:09 PM, the player Mugen Kagemaru sent an email to Matt reading "Be careful at your party, Matt.
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At 10:11 PM, Rosa replied to Mugen Kagemaru's message through Matt's email account with "I am not my brother.".
- At 10:39 PM, players noticed that the title of Ben's contact page reverted back to "A Sacrifice" and the "Luna Prophecy" on the Theories Page returned to normal.
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At an unknown time, players discovered that the search page contained the text "Do you honestly think you can escape from me?" in the source code.
- At an unknown time, players discovered that the "Giant Page" now contained the meta tag "D" in the source code.
- At an unknown time, players discovered that the "G2 Page" now contained the meta tag "Alex" in the source code.
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At an unknown time, players discovered that the front page of YSHDT.net had changed. The "Moon Children" header was replaced with text reading "Hopeless".
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At an unknown time, players discovered that most of the content on front page of YSHDT.net had been deleted. The page's meta tag now hid the text "who is mr. d?". The page's source code also hid a broken audio file titled "Get_it_yet.ogg". This audio file's source contained text from a chatlog involving the Moon Children "Rem" and "Dani". Once this text was removed from the file's code, the audio would play correctly, revealing the sound of Skull Kid's laugh from Majora's Mask.
7/4/16 - Rem and Dani's Chatlog - YSHDT.net ("Get_it_yet.ogg")
Summary
- The Moon Child Rem claims he saw Kelbris at Rosa's door. After this, Rosa seemingly disappeared.
- Rem claims that Kelbris didn't wish to kill Matt - only speak to him. This is implied to be what Spencer was referring to earlier - whatever Kelbris did to Matt drove him to kill the other Moon Children.
- An unknown entity begins speaking through the chatlog text, implying that Kelbris was simply a puppet being used to spread wisdom. This entity refers to Matt as a tool to ascend the four giants, whereas Ben was used as Tenebris's conduit.
- At an unknown time, players discovered that the text "EST" was added under the countdown timer on Ben's contact page, indicating that the time went by Eastern Standard Time.