Hey all, it’s been a while so I figured it’d be nice to let you know that we’re not dead; just INCREDIBLY busy. Everyone’s gone their separate ways so it’s been a bit difficult to keep track of everything, though I’ve thankfully managed to keep some degree of contact with them. Anyway, I hope everyone is staying safe on this traditionally notorious day.
hey sexy, good to see you’re still alive too. Hope there are no spooky villains jumping through the parallelos to eat you rn. you been keeping safe from the baddies?
Thankfully. It’s actually been relatively quiet lately; so much so that I’ve taken a page out of Kaiden’s book and decided to start my own series of investigations. I figured it’d be a better use of my time than just sitting at home on my ass.
What’re you looking into? If it’s the same guy as Kaiden… we perhaps have a lead on who that is, if you aren’t sure yet. But it’s the type of answer it might be best to talk around.
No, not that. That’s more Kaiden’s department: “The Perpetrator“, as he’s so tactfully dubbed them. I still have my theories, but I’d rather invoke as little as possible regarding that question. I’m realizing now that it’d probably be best to just give a general update in regards to what everyone’s been up to, so I’ll do that before getting into my bullshit.
First and foremost, Greth’s made an impressive recovery. Last I heard, he’s basically back to his old self, albeit with occasional bouts of dizziness and confusion. He’s supposedly sleeping a hell of a lot more, which is an improvement. He’s still staying with NotAHoax, which is partially why it’s been so hard to hear from him – that motherfucker’s a pro at staying off the grid.
I actually hear from Kaiden fairly regularly. He brought Greth to Hoax after rescuing him from his failed Aggregation attempt. He didn’t stick around for long, though. From what I can gather, he’s no longer investigating the homes of our departed friends but is instead checking out a variety of other locations. In classic Kaiden fashion, he’s been frustratingly coy regarding the details. He also apparently has some sort of special ‘powers’ now?? He hasn’t really told me anything about them. I think he’s waiting to unveil them to you all himself.
GB’s been hard at work maintaining this site and recovering Nocta’s old files. I took a look at the most recent one she posted. Despite it claiming that it’s the last one, GB’s actually got quite a few left to work on. Who knows. GB’s also been trying to once again establish contact with our hacker friends. I actually attempted to assist her with this. I went back to that same cellphone tower to try and connect with them the old fashioned way. No luck, sadly.
To tell the truth, I was actually beginning to feel a bit useless just sitting around doing nothing. GB had the site under control all by herself and there really wasn’t much for me to do. That’s when I decided to I dust off one of the gadgets from our tech-savvy allies and checked out some key locations. I knew it was a risky idea, but seeing how the bulk of these fuckers had completely vanished I figured that now was a better time than ever.
So, as you all probably know by now, I’ve actually scouted out The Spire several times in the past. This familiarity coupled with the fact that it was in a relatively safe environment made it an easy first choice. When I arrived, I discovered that The Spire was completely gone. This wasn’t that big of a shock, really; they had to clean up the rubble eventually, I suppose. However, I was put-off by the fact that the entire area was just a large, empty concrete lot now. Apparently no one has attempted to do anything with the property over the past eight or so years.
Unfortunately, there really wasn’t anything interesting to note in the immediate area; only some chalk scribbles left on the ground by some kids. I was creeped out standing where the building itself used to be, though. It made my hairs stand on end, almost like a static sensation. Probably just my nerves, most likely.
I eventually worked up the courage to once again check out the fishery. If you’ll remember, my last visit there didn’t go so well. Thankfully, I was feeling a bit more confident this time around thanks to our hacker friends. First off, actually getting to the fishery is a hassle in and of itself. I swear, I can travel directly towards its location in what should be a 20 minute trek and still somehow end up lost in the woods for 2-3 hours.
Anyway, as expected, the fishery was basically in the same state as before – only a bit more overgrown in places. I checked the elusive server room. No servers. However, I did spot a strange grate on the floor that seemed to lead to a basement of some sort?? I’m not sure how this place could even have a basement without it being absolutely flooded year-round. I tried opening up the grate to get a better look, but it was pretty badly rusted. Admittedly, even if I was able to open it up, I doubt I’d be man enough to go down there on my own. I kept hearing sounds of sloshing coming from down there along with a godawful odor. It could be nothing more than an old sewage system, but I have my doubts…
When I was about to head back towards civilization, I spotted something strange in the trees. Fresh plywood. It was just… floating there. I noticed more of it was a continued through the woods. I saw other weird shit, too. Beams of wood and incomplete house frames – even clumps of insulation were all dotted around the trees. I followed them until I eventually came across the ruins of some old house. It was just a little ways away from the fishery; I’m surprised I’d never stumbled across it before.
I was about to pick through the rubble when I got the absolute shit scared out of me. Something I can only describe as a fleshy mannequin suddenly manifested atop the rubble and started screaming at me. I remember it bursting into flames as I turned around and darted back towards the fishery. As I was running, I noticed that the grassy floor of the woods started becoming harder, almost like stone. I was now somehow running on asphalt?? Like a whole ass road warped in out of fucking nowhere. After a while, the road just stopped – I think around where the fishery used to be. By the way, yeah, the fishery was gone just like last time.
So yeah. Fishery’s fucked as usual.
Man, the fuck? “Fleshy mannequin” is a new level of insane. But I’m wondering if this was maybe John’s house? Kind of sounds like it… near the fishery, a rubble, haunted by a dude without flesh who bursts into flames… Also, sorry, did you say the fishery was “gone”? Do you mean gone as in run-down like it’s been for a while, or “gone” as in gone like the spire? There’s some realllll messy stuff that’s seemed to have gone on inside the lunar children with their experiments with spiritus and the spire, and if the fishery is disappearing like the spire, it might be connected.
Also I know this is a weird detail to comb over, but how abnormal was this plywood? And, I guess, the houses on top of that? Was it all stuff that looked new, was there any order to it?
Man, the fuck? “Fleshy mannequin” is a new level of insane. But I’m wondering if this was maybe John’s house? Kind of sounds like it… near the fishery, a rubble, haunted by a dude without flesh who bursts into flames…
I’m not entirely sure… That all makes sense, but the location didn’t look like what was shown in Tyler’s video. It’s possible that it had just become much more overgrown. I’m going to do some more research into John’s family and see if I can’t track down the location of his home to verify this.
Also, sorry, did you say the fishery was “gone”? Do you mean gone as in run-down like it’s been for a while, or “gone” as in gone like the spire? There’s some realllll messy stuff that’s seemed to have gone on inside the lunar children with their experiments with spiritus and the spire, and if the fishery is disappearing like the spire, it might be connected.
I mean “gone” in the sense that it had completely vanished. This happened to me once before when me and Mason had our run-in with Doug, though the strange road was nowhere to be found at the time.
Also I know this is a weird detail to comb over, but how abnormal was this plywood? And, I guess, the houses on top of that? Was it all stuff that looked new, was there any order to it?
To clarify, none of the construction-related stuff I saw in the woods was anywhere near complete. It was mostly just the occasional wooden wall frame / boards here and there; no complete structures of any sort. As for the wood itself, it looked brand new and fairly unassuming despite floating mid-air in the middle of the woods. From what I could tell, there was no order to any of it.
Hm… if you’re still in contact with GB, any chance you know what’s going on with this whole “Infected” and “Purified” thing going on in the forums?
I honestly have no clue. I’ll try to ask her what’s up but communicating with her can be a little complicated sometimes.
Yeah, no doubt… hope she’s doing alright in there. But the place feels cozier with her at the core.
Sorry to bother ya with another question, but I think you might be one of the few people who has a chance at being a primary source regarding some new shit we’ve found out… ever heard of some dude named Murphy, Randy, or a group called “whatisben”? Murphy seems to have been a guy that used to be working on The Observer, and we know back in 2009 he ran some sort of investigative blog surrounding “Ben” activity. Dude had some weird terminology like “B points” and “B links” and seemed to have marks on where all the cult activity was.
you know who is murphy?
