YSHDT Arc

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The YSHDT Arc is the first arc of Johnisdead. This arc began on January 22nd and ended on May 14th, 2015. It is highly recommended that one is knowledgeable on both the Haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge story written by Alex Hall and the video game The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask before reading through the timelines.

January 22nd, 2015

  • At 7:12 PM, a user named thelaw joined the Within Hubris forums. They created a thread titled "Arg" where they mentioned a new website they discovered called "YSHDT.com". " (Link)
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1/22/15 - Chat with thelaw - Within Hubris

  • At 8:03 PM, players began investigating YSHDT.com. The front page contained the following:
  • An image titled "soon.png" featuring the text "I'm still waiting. Let's play again soon." in a text box. (Link)
  • An audio file titled "Game over.wav" which was a music box version of the game over theme from the original "The Legend of Zelda" game playing backwards. (Link)
  • Source text (Text hidden within the page's HTML code) that read "The sky is falling, the people are crying. Where is your link now?"
  • Title text (The text that appears as the page's title in a browser's history and tab bar) that read "It's been too long."
  • At 8:44 PM, the player Sengi created a thread for investigating YSHDT.com. (Link)
  • At 8:48 PM, thelaw posted the following in the YSHST.com thread: "yes hello I am that new guy. So the ARG is coming back soon?"
  • At 10:10 PM, the player Sengi discovered that YSHDT.com had only been registered on January 15th.
  • At 10:19 PM, the player GreyouTT discovered that a hidden image of Link from "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" could be seen in "soon.jpg" if the image was brightened.

January 24th, 2015

  • At 8:59 PM, the player GreyouTT submitted the "Oath to Order" hoping to summon a new link. (Link) (Submitting songs and items from "The Legend of Zelda" series to affect the ARG is a mechanic carried over from Jadusable's ARG that is commonly referred to as Ocarina powers.)
  • At an unknown time, the text in "soon.jpg" changed, now reading "I survived." (Link)
  • At an unknown time, the players band together and form a group called the "Internet Detectives". The Internet Detectives' main goal is to solve the ARG and they mainly chatted in a Skype group.
  • At an unknown time, two new players, Tyler and Jacob, created a theme song for the Internet Detectives. (Link)

February 13th, 2015

  • At an unknown time, YSHDT.com underwent several changes. The front page now featured a SWF file (A flash movie file) titled "dontstickaround.swf" featuring the "Oath to Order" being played followed by the "Skull Kid" laughing from Majora's Mask.
  • Players discovered that once "dontstickaround.swf" finished playing, the page would redirect them to a new page: "http://yshdt.com/news". This page hid the text "What does he know?" in the source and "0" in the title. An image titled "1s.png" that featured a newspaper article about a sort of "spiritual discovery" written by someone named "Douglas P.". The only colored object on this image was a single red dot. (Link) The article read the following:
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2/13/15 - "1s.png" - YSHDT.com

  • Players discovered that the capitalized letters found in "1s.png" spelled the word "LINKED", which led to the discovery of "http://yshdt.com/linked". This page's title read "Linked". An image titled "blue.jpg" featured a photo taken below the ocean's surface. (Link) The audio "eulb.wav" played on this page which was discovered to be an SSTV signal (A series of tones that can be translated to reveal a hidden image with special programs). The image hidden within the SSTV signal was of BEN (The ghostly spirit that possessed the Majora's Mask cartridge from Jadusable's ARG) along with the text "GAME OVER. CONTINUE? >YES. >NO." (Link)
  • Players discovered a new page - "http://yshdt.com/warning". The title of this page read "Untitled Document", and source text was found that read "Curiosity killed that cat. That's what the mother said to the brat. But the cat didn't listen. And then lost it's vision. Because it couldn't find it's way home. Go home."
  • At an unknown time, the page "/warning" was deleted, replaced with a generic 404 "error" page. However, this 404 page hid a SSTV signal titled "Soon.wav" which revealed the text "Find your way home. He needs you. But you cannot help him If you cannot help yourselves. 4 days." (Link)

January 22nd, 2015

  • At 2:50 AM, the player Kidpichu discovered that text had been added to the page "/warning" that read "For more information, see /home."
  • At 2:50 AM, the players discovered a new page - "http://yshdt.com/home". The title of this page read "Play Ball". This page featured the image "home.bmp" (Link). Also discovered on this page was an audio file named "brats.wav" which was the Internet Detectives theme song followed by someone whispering "no".

February 16th, 2015

  • At 3:44 AM, the player Jacob discovered a text file hidden within the image "home.bmp" with steganography (The process of hiding files within other files) named "warning.txt" that read “How can you play a game you haven’t even started?”.
  • At 3:44 AM, the player Jacob discovered another hidden text file. The image "1s.png" hid the text file "oh.txt" in which someone named "Doug" expresses his regrets for joining a religion.
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2/16/15 - "oh.txt" - YSHDT.com

  • At 11:00 PM, the front page of YSHDT.com changed, now playing a SWF file titled "Game over.swf". This SWF file featured gameplay footage from Majora's Mask showing Deku Link being killed. When the game over screen appeared and the player was asked to continue, the cursor would highlight the "No" option. After this, the "Dawn of the Second Day", "Dawn of the Third Day", and "Dawn of the Final Day" transitions would appear before corrupting.
  • Players discovered that staying on the front page of YSHDT.com long enough would redirect them to a new website - Letschasethemouse. (Link) This was a blog owned by a user named "DandP". DandP's posts can be read below:
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2/16/15 - Blog Posts (6) - Letschasethemouse

Summary

  • DandP has been invited to join a secretive cult by a friend.
  • DandP is interested in joining his high school's newspaper team, indicating that he could perhaps be the "Douglas P" who wrote the article about a "religious discovery" seen in "1s.png".
  • Players began chatting with DandP through the comments of his latest post. Below are the conversations:
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2/16/15 - Chat with DandP - Letschasethemouse Comments

Summary

  • DandP confirms that he is Douglas P - the same person who wrote the newspaper article.
  • Doug claims that he has not written any articles and is not on the school newspaper team, which implies that we are speaking to Doug in the past.
  • The player Jacob asks if he can join the cult. Doug says his friend will be contacting Jacob soon to begin the recruitment process.
  • Doug claims that Jacob is the only player who lives close enough to be eligible to join the cult. This implies that the cult is based in Florida, since that's where Jacob lives.
  • Doug says the cult has something to do with the moon, indicating it has some connection to the "Moon Children".

February 17th, 2015

  • At 1:00 AM, Doug made a new post titled "Deja Vu" talking about the cult's base of operations - an old fishery in the woods:
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2/17/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse

  • At 1:01 AM, Doug made a new post titled "Fishery" providing two images of the cult's compound: (Link) (Link) Players began chatting with Doug through the comments of his latest post. Below are the conversations:
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2/17/15 - Chat with DandP - Letschasethemouse Comments

Summary

  • Doug says he had to hide while taking these pictures, implying the cult is dangerous.
  • Doug says he will attempt to pry for more information.

February 18th, 2015

  • At 7:07 PM, the player ADULT_LINK submitted the "New Wave Bossa Nova" in an attempt to contact someone. (Link)
  • At 9:29 PM, the player Eve discovered a new page on YSHDT.com - "http://yshdt.com/help". The title of this page read "Untitled Document" and simply contained the text "No.".

February 19th, 2015

  • At 12:10 AM, a user named "/Patrem\" joined Within Hubris. The word "Patrem" is Latin for "Father", and their status read "Vocatique" - a Latin term that means "called" or "summoned". This imples that the "New Wave Bossa Nova" summoned Patrem. Their avatar depicted a strange, distorted, purple entity. (Link) Patrem began speaking with players in the thread they created for YSHDT.com discussion. (Link) The covnversation went as follows:
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2/19/15 - Chat with Patrem - Within Hubris

Summary

  • Patrem hints that three players are not what they seem.
  • Patrem implies that he is "The Father" (The mysterious leader of the Moon Children from Jadusable's ARG) and is the one who honored Luna first.
  • Patrem claims that he was "trapped inside" someone named Vincent at the fishery, implying he is a ghostly spirit of sorts using someone named Vincent as a vessel. He also claims the players already know Vincent.
  • Patrem posts the mysterious messge " o n urn d. Now he has ascended."
  • Patrem tells the players to try and "wet the ashes", claiming that "Some children have drowned, others will burn."
  • At 12:59 AM, Patrem posted "Sｉncｅ I am in the ｍｉdｓｔ oｆ mｙ tｒaｖｅlｓ．.. Ｉ mｕｓt biｄ you fａｒeweｌl. Ｗｈenｅvｅr ｔhere iｓ a meｅtｉｎg， ａ pａｒｔinｇ iｓ sｕre tｏ foｌlow．" in the Within Hubris chatroom. This is a quote from the "Happy Mask Salesman" from Majora's Mask, further connecting Patrem with "The Father". (In Jadusabe's ARG, The Father was often represented with the Happy Mask Salesman character.)
  • At 1:14 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. His friend is unhappy with him approving Jacob without his permission.
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2/19/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse

  • At 2:30 AM, Doug replied to a player's comment asking him why his friend would be upset over this. Doug replied "I have no idea why. I'll try to figure this out as I go."
  • At 11:19 PM, the player Mugen Kagemaru submitted the "Song of Storms" in response to Patrem's "wet the ashes" phrase.

February 20th, 2015

  • At 12:33 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. He claims that the cult told him to stay away for a while. He also says it started raining outside, implying the "Song of Storms" has taken effect.
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2/20/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse

  • At 12:42 AM, Doug replied to a player's comment warning him about the cult's secrecy. Doug replied "They're only secretive to outsiders, just like any religion. They're my friends and family. I won't turn my backs on them."
  • At 12:50 AM, Doug made a post that simply read "It's raining too hard." along with a picture of a flooding room. (Link)
  • At 1:01 AM, Doug replied to a player's comment warning them to leave their room. Doug replied "Sure, I'll go outside. Where the streets are worse than my house."
  • At 1:07 AM, the player ADULT_LINK submitted the "Song of Storms" to stop the rain.
  • At 1:09 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. He claims that the rain suddenly ended and says he might go visit the fishery.
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2/20/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse

  • At 1:17 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. He reconfirms that he is heading to the fishery.
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2/20/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse

  • At 1:18 AM, a user named "31071157 356670" began chatting in the players' Skype group. Their username was a cipher that translated to "drown", though some users referred to them as "numbers guy". Drown is apparently being chaased by Patrem and appear to have ties with "Ben".
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2/20/15 - Chat with Drown - Skype (Internet Detectives)

  • At 1:33 AM, the players John and ADULT_LINK discovered the front page of YSHDT.com had update. The page now featured a swf file titled "swf.swf" which played the "Inverted Song of Time" before cutting to the perspective of someone standing in the fishery looking out a window while breathing heavily. The video then cut to the word "No" before ending. The page's title now read "..." and "/vincent" was found in the page's source.
  • At 1:33 AM, the player John discovered a new page on YSHDT.com - "http://yshdt.com/vincent". This page's title read "1" and "He may be given more time to live yet." was found in the source. This page also featured four images: "Doug.jpg" - a photo of Link transforming into "Deku Link" with blood on it (Link) "2.png" - a photo of Link transforming into "Goron Link" with an "X" drawn on it (Link) "3.png" - a photo of Link transforming into "Zora Link" with a question mark written on it (Link) and "him.bmp" - a photo of Patrem. (Link) The audio on this page, "time.wav", was a continuous drum beat. Players also discovered that clicking on "Doug.jpg" would link them to Doug's blog and clicking on "him.bmp" would link them to Patrem's Within Hubris profile.
  • At 1:47 AM, Patrem posted "I can see you boy." on Within Hubris.
  • At 1:47 AM, drown became active on Skype once again, seemingly being pursued by Patrem.
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2/20/15 - Chat with Drown - Skype (Internet Detectives)

  • At 2:28 AM, the player Jacob receives an email from someone named "Mason". Mason is the friend Doug mentioned who handles new recruits who wish to join the cult. Jacob is tasked with doing a series of tests in order to prove he is worthy of joining the cult, the first of which is reciting the cult's official chant.
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2/20/15 - Chat with Mason - Email

  • At 3:13 AM, the player ADULT_LINK submits "Epona's Song" hoping to save Drown.
  • At 3:27 AM, Patrem became active on Within Hubris. He began chatting with the players in the ARG thread:
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2/20/15 - Chat with Patrem - Within Hubris

Summary

  • Patrem claims that he has now "stabilized himself" in our realm, implying that "Epona's Song" is allowing him to speak more clearly now.
  • Patrem insults the players for repeatedly failing.
  • Patrem reveals that "Drown" is "Ben" and they wish to mislead the players.
  • At 7:03 AM, the player Jacob uploaded the video "official chant for recruits" to his YouTube channel. This video simply features Jacob reading the chant as requested by Mason. (Link)
  • At 3:30 PM, Doug made a new post on his blog titled "Watched". He says he visited the fishery which strangely wasn't flooded at all. He also claims he thought someone was watching him through a window. (Similar to "swf.swf")
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2/20/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse

  • At 3:55 PM, a user named "The Man" joined the Skype group. He claims that he is the GM (Gamemaster - the person currently running the ARG). He also says that "Drown" was simply a distraction and not to take everyone and everything at face value. Since this was the GM speaking OoC (Out of Character -- Non-canon), it has no bearing on the story.

February 21st, 2015

  • At 2:46 AM, The Man joined the Skype group once again. The Man chides the players for not spreading his message from the previous night across the various Skype groups involved with the ARG. He also confirms that he is indeed the GM by stating that Doug's next blog post will contain the phrase "the sun is shining brightly". Since this was the GM speaking OoC, it has no bearing on the story.
  • At 2:55 AM, Doug replied to a player's comment warning him to be careful. "I don't need to be careful around my family, and as such I don't need to be careful around my own home. But thanks for being worried about me. The sun is shining brightly, so it will dry up this rain." This contained the phrase The Man claimed it was, confirming his status as GM.
  • At 9:10 PM, the player Seeker submitted the video "StoneMask.arg" - a video of Majora's Mask featuring Link taking off the "Deku Mask" and applying the "Stone Mask". (A mask that turns Link invisible to others) This was done in an attempt to hide Doug from whatever was watching him at the fishery.

February 22nd, 2015

  • At 12:28 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog titled "Excommed". He claims that everyone has been ignoring him, indicating that the Stone Mask was successful. However, Doug is becoming very depressed due to its effects.
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2/22/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse

  • At 12:45 AM, the player Jacob received another email from Mason. After having read the official chant in his previous video, he is now expected to pass three more trials, the first of which will test his courage:
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2/22/15 - Chat with Mason - Email

  • At an unknown time, Doug makes mention of wanting to "know the truth" in a comment. Unfortunately, this comment was not archived and currently cannot be viewed on Doug's blog.
  • At 1:39 AM, the player Dawn submitted a video simply titled "video" - a video of Majora's Mask featuring Link removing the Stone Mask and equipping the "Mask of Truth". This was done in response to Doug claiming he wanted to know "the truth".
  • At 2:06 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog titled "TRUTH". This post contained a cipher that translated to "AGGREGATING LINKS…TIME LINKS AGGREGATED. WHAT?". Doug appeared to be in some sort of time-related trance. Players began chatting with him in the comments:
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2/22/15 - Chat with Doug - Letschasethemouse Comments

  • At 2:35 AM, the player Kidpichu discovered a new page on YSHDT.com - "http://yshdt.com/them". The title of this page read "These". Two images were found on this page - "table.jpg", a simple texture of a table that acted as the page's background (Link) and "getthenotes.png", which was four photos of different players participating in the ARG (Link) The audio "wet.wav" played on this page, which was a recording of a rainstorm. In the page's source, a snippet of a Wikipedia article about electrocution was found. (The former Moon Children named Kelbris was said to have been electrocuted in the Haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge story)
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2/22/15 - Page Source Text - YSHDT.com

  • At 3:35 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. Players began speaking to him through the comment section:
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2/22/15 - Chat with Doug - Letschasethemouse

Summary

  • Doug says that Mason has apologized to him.
  • Doug is unable to see the "TRUTH" post and does not have any recollection of it.
  • Doug claims that the player Jacob is still going through the initiation process and that it is taking longer that usual, which he says only happens for important individuals.
  • At 5:04 AM, the player Mugen Kagemaru submitted the video "PostmanSearch.arg" - a video of Majora's Mask featuring Link equipping the "Postman's Hat" and searching through a mailbox. This was an attempt by the players to retreive the notes mentioned in the title of the image "getthenotes.png".
  • At 5:44 PM, the player Eve sent Patrem a PM (Private Message) on Within Hubris asking if he is the first to ascend. (A ritual practiced by the Moon Children which involved the participant being sacrificially killed in the hopes of attaining higher spiritual power)
  • At 9:57 PM, Patrem replied to Eve's question with "I predate the forerunner."
  • At 10:52 PM, a user named Helper joined Within Hubris and posted an image of someone's mail. This indicates that using the Postman's Hat literally stole Doug's mail instead of his notes. The mail contained dates with the year "2009", confirming that we are speaking to Doug in the past - 2009 specifically. The players were speaking to Doug from six years in the future. (The current year at the time was 2015) The mail also revealed two classes that Doug is taking - Networking Fundamentals and English IV. (Link)
  • At 10:56 PM, Doug made a new post on his blog titled "What a day..." about his missing mail. Players began speaking with him in the comment section:
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2/22/15 - Chat with Doug - Letschasethemouse

Summary

  • Doug's package was lost in the mail.
  • Doug's package was something special to him that was religious in nature.
  • Doug confirms that he is in a Networking class and will share his notes later.

February 23rd, 2015

  • At 12:26 AM, Doug made a new post on his blog. This post was simply a photo of his Networking notes. (Link) One of the terms written in the notes was "Link Aggregation", which is similar to the "TIME LINKS AGGREGATED" phrase spoken by Doug in the "TRUTH" post. A cipher was also handwritten on the paper which translated to "Man will be betrayed by its minions and I will be brought down from the sky, consuming everything." This is a portion of Kelbris's prophecy. (A prophecy from Jadusable's ARG archived on the Moon Children website that was said to have originally been whispered to Kelbris by the Goddess Luna) - Some brief interactions also took place in the comment section of this post:
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2/23/15 - Chat with Doug - Letschasethemouse Comments

February 24th, 2015

  • At 6:41 PM, The Man joined the Skype group and chatted with the players. This was a fairly casual conversation where the GM revealed that he has a "co-author", implying there are multiple GM's running the ARG. The Man also states that the ARG will be placed under a hiatus for the time being. Since this was the GM speaking OoC, it has no bearing on the story.
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2/24/15 - Chat with The Man - Skype (Internet Detectives)

March 3rd, 2015

  • At 7:00 PM, Doug made a new post on his blog. This post simply read "Help".
  • At 8:05 PM, the player Stevey discovered that the front page of YSHDT.com had updated. The page's title now read "You must act, for you cannot ‘save’ him". The page now played a SWF file titled "Name.swf", after which the page would link players to Doug's blog. "Name.swf" played out as follows:
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3/3/15 - "Name.swf" - YSHDT.com

  • At 9:28 PM, the player Jacob discovered a new page on YSHDT.com - "http://yshdt.com/notes". The title of this page read "Documents"​. Players found the image "notes.png" which depicted an image of a moon goddess and the text below. This page's source also contained some of the text found within the image. (Link)
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3/3/15 - "notes.png" - YSHDT.com

  • At 10:48 PM, the player Joan discovered that the page "/help" had updated. The page now contained the word "No" countless times. If players scrolled down far enough, the image "No.bmp" could be found - a face made out "No's". (Link) Through steganography, this image hid a text file "Masks.txt" which read the following:
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3/3/15 - "Masks.txt" - YSHDT.com

  • At 11:19 PM, the player Jacob discovered a new page on YSHDT.com - "http://yshdt.com/yes". This page was titled "r" and contained an image of a single red dot titled "millett_5moa_popup.jpg". (Link)
  • At an unknown time, Helper sent various players a PM containing the message "Hello! You have mail!" along with a photo of Doug's Psychology notes. These notes contained a cipher that translates to "You are in danger." (Link)

March 4th, 2015

  • At 12:07 AM, the player Eve submitted a video titled "Not yet gone" - a video of Majora's Mask featuring Deku Link being brought back to life by a fairy after being killed. This was done in an attempt to save Doug after his previous post implied he was in danger.
  • At 12:27 AM, Patrem replied to Eve's video on Within Hubris, implying that Doug was still alive. "<span class="canquote"Attempting to breathe life into the living? You amuse me children."

March 5th, 2015

  • At 4:10 PM, the player Eve submitted a video titled "A New Player" - a video of Majora's Mask featuring a new save file being created named "Vincent".

March 6th, 2015

  • At 12:30 AM, the player Eve asked Patrem what their next step is.
  • At 1:30 AM, Patrem replied to Eve, telling her that currently all they can do is wait. However, Patrem challenges the players with a riddle, asking them what song "makes mother cry" along with a cipher.
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3/6/15 - Message from Patrem - Within Hubris

  • At 2:00 AM, the player GreyouTT solved the cipher. It was a keyed caesar that required the key "Song of Storms" and shifting the cipher by four. This translated it "Speak now for you have succeeded"
  • At 2:40 AM, the player Eve posted "Song of Storms; Speak now for you have succeeded." on Within Hubris.
  • At 3:02 AM, Patrem posted a cipher on Within Hubris that translated to "http://picosong.com/26BF/" - a distorted audio file of Patrem speaking.
  • At 3:13 AM, the player GreyouTT submitted the "Bunny Hood" along with the text "With these long ears, we can hear the voices that were unclear to us.", hoping it would produce a clearer version of the audio file.
  • At 3:44 AM, Patrem posted another cipher on Within Hubris that translated to "http://picosong.com/26Zg/" - a slightly clearer version of the same audio file from 3:02 AM. Players transcribed the audio file:
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3/6/15 - Patrem's Audio File - Within Hubris

Summary

  • At "this time", Patrem does not dwell within Vincent, but he will later on. This means that Patrem entered Vincent sometime between 2009 and 2015.
  • Some unspecified "accident" at an ascension is inevitable.

March 7th, 2015

  • At 11:06 AM, a new post appeared on Doug's blog. However, this post wasn't made by Doug. Instead, it was made by someone who went by "M", who claims they will meet the players soon. An image of a tree in a misty environment titled "themist.jpg" accompanied this post. (Link)
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3/7/15 - Blog Post - Letschasethemouse

  • At 8:28 PM, a new post titled "Time" appeared on the blog. Unfortunately, the comments were not archived and cannot be accessed at this time.
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3/7/15 - Chat with M - Letschasethemouse

Summary

  • Doug has been kidnapped by the cult and taken to the fishery.
  • The person posting updates on the blog is Doug's friend Mason.
  • Mason doesn't know who Vincent is.
  • Mason is currently heading towards the fishery.
  • At 9:01 PM, the player ADULT_LINK submitted the "New Wave Bossa Nova" in the hopes of summoning someone to help the players. This resulted in Helper becoming active on Within Hubris once again. Players began speaking to him in the Within Hubris thread.
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3/7/15 - Chat with Helper - Within Hubris

Summary

  • The players ask Helper to help rescue Doug.
  • Helper calls the player Dawn a "demon". This is because Dawn has jokingly stated that he wishes to kill Doug in the past.
  • At 9:17 PM, Mason speaks to the players through the comments on his latest blog post. Unforunately, these comments were not archived and currently cannot be viewed. Mason says he has arrived at the fishery and witnesses Helper run inside. He hears screaming and tosses a rock, which accidentally hits Helper.
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3/7/15 - Chat with Mason - Letschasethemouse Comments

  • At 9:35 PM, Helper began posting on Within Hubris once again. He confirms that Doug is inside the fishery before dying. He then posts an audio file that contains and SSTV that reveals an image of his hat in a pool of blood. (Link)
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3/7/15 - Chat with Helper - Within Hubris

  • At 11:47 PM, Mason made a new post on his blog. He says that the cult spotted him and chased him into the woods but he managed to get away. He posts an image of a dark forest as well: (Link)
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3/7/15 - Chat with Mason - Letschasethemouse

March 8th, 2015

  • At 12:31 AM, Helper posted a video titled "02" on Within Hubris. This video was uploaded on a YouTube channel named "M" and was a recording of Majora's Mask. We see a new game being created on the file select screen named "Mason". We are then shown Zora Link leaving a wooded area with a camera and Helper's Hat in his inventory. This confirms that Mason is the players' new Link. (The protagonist of the ARG who is the most affected by the players' Ocarina powers)
  • At 2:32 AM, the player Wolfcat submitted a ten hour version of the song "Hide and Seek" by "Imogen Heap" as a joke along with the message "Thank you for all your help, Helper. You were too innocent for this world." (This song is commonly associated with melodramatic tragedies in media). (Link)
  • At 2:35 AM, Helper posted an image of the artwork for a "Yu-Gi-Oh!" card named "Soul Release", implying that Wolfcat's song was accepted and Helper had been brought back to life. (Link)
  • At 4:00 PM, Helper joined the Skype group and began speaking to the players.
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3/8/15 - Chat with Helper - Skype (Internet Detectives)

Summary

  • Helper has lost his hat which was a part of his being. Because of this, he no longer considers himself a messenger.
  • Helper doesn't know what Skype is and is hearing the players' questions in his head as if they were speaking to him.

March 11th, 2015

  • At 4:20 PM, a new video titled "S" was uploaded to the "M" YouTube channel. This was a recording of someone walking down a dark street. At an unknown time, a new video titled "R" was uploaded to the "M" YouTube channel. This video was a continuation of the "S" video, showing someone coming across a shadowy figure with glowing eyes.

March 12th, 2015

  • At 2:14 AM, the player Stevey submitted the "Song of Soaring" (A song that allows one to teleport away) hoping to save Mason from the shadowy figure seen in the video "R".

March 13th, 2015

  • At 5:59 AM, the player Archery discovered several updates on YSHDT.com
  • The front page's title now read "It’s lonely out here." and it now contained an image titled "eyes.bmp" which featured the eyes from Link's "Deku transformation" from Majora's Mask. Another image titled "orange.jpg" was hidden within "eyes.bmp" via steganography which depicted an orange, misty urban setting at night. The audio "itshardtobreathe.wav" played on this page - audio of someone struggling to breathe.
  • The page "/news" was now titled "02" and contained an image featuring a strangely shaped building titled "spire.jpg". The audio "mumble.wav" played on this page - a slowed down recording of a robotic voice that read the following:
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3/13/15 - "mumble.wav" - YSHDT.com

  • The page "/them" was now titled "THEM" and contained an image titled "knownlocations.jpg" which featured various states and countries belonging to several active players.
  • The page "/no" was now titled "." and contained an image titled "no.jpg" which featured many disturbing screaming faces and the word "no". Within the page's source code was an excerpt about a Chinese mooncake festival from Wikipedia:
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3/13/15 - Page Source Text - YSHDT.com

  • The page "/yes" was now titled "." and contained an image titled "red.jpg" which was simply a large red dot.
  • The pages "/vincent", "/help", and "/notes" were all deleted.

At 4:19 PM, the player GreyouTT submitted the "Lens of Truth" with the intention of revealing something hidden within the image "eyes.bmp".

  • At 8:07 PM, Helper posted a clearer version of "eyes.bmp". The left pupil now contained an image of a character known as "The Gray Man" from the game "LSD: Dream Emulator". This character was often used as an avatar by the player Circlehunter. The right pupil now contained text that read "Azure Rebirth". This was an old project that the player Mugen Kagemaru was involved in.
  • At 11:16 PM, the player ADULT_LINK submitted the "New Wave Bossa Nova with the intention of summoning Patrem.
    • Retrieved from "https://johnisdead.withinhubris.com/index.php?title=YSHDT_Arc&oldid=354"