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[Wabonan]

XyzzySqrl the Irc is #happycube... also my only weird thing was seeing a BEK as I was scrolling back through pages on the internet...when I passed the page and tried to go back it said page not displaied ...also we just got moved to potential forums!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAH

[megaDoom]

[The Suburban Barbarian]

After reading the new post, I think this can be inferred:

-It is almost certain that Pembry was driven to kill from the second video, if there were any previous doubts
-Pembry most likely performed his killings in his "tool shed," which was either located in his home, or in Canada, which we can infer he has been.
-Knowing that Pembry went to Canada, we can assume he was in the Northwest Territories, or Yellowknife, rather.
-Wilson knows more than Pembry (although this might have already been confirmed)
-Pembry was also driven mad by the video as well.
-Wilson most likely received the Pembry's video.

EDIT: Wilson also sent the book to Pembry.

Some of that might have already been said.

Also...

[Nii]

Jeez, I spent all day going through all the pages. This is probably one of the most intriguing things I've seen. (I flipped out when I saw the Claw Finger song reference. I'm a huge fan of Silent Hill.)

I wonder if anything else in this ARG has taken inspiration from Silent Hill? Video four's "YOU CAN LOSE EVERYTHING" is similar to the lyric "You can lose all you have" from the song Hometown. It could be a coincidence. I also found that the questions can be answered by some of the titles of SH songs, and phrases described by them. Again, probably a coincidence, considering how many songs there are in the SH series.

Oh, and I remember reading some book as a kid about paranormal things with a town full of yellow-eyed children who seemed to control people, and a teacher who killed them all by gathering them into the schoolhouse and burning it down. Reminded me of the BEKs for some reason.

[StarkRavingMad]

I'm going to try and do a slightly different summary, having just read through this monster. Let's see if rearranging the data linearly instead of in the order we got it gives us any additional insight:

1) There are dark muses, the opposite of the traditional muses we know. One of those dark muses is the muse of "Insanity, Paranoia, Irrational Fear" and that one is the "boss" of the people we are dealing with.

2) Now, this dark muse sees the world changing; humans are becoming weaker, easier to scare, and somehow this weakens him. Some of his brothers are weakened, others are strengthened, he's not cool with this. So, he comes up with a plan to make himself strong again.

3) He has a lot of children, those with the dark eyes. "Children" may be just referring to them being the child of this muse and not literally kids, I am not sure. I believe Iliketofix, ilovetofix, the old man in "So Tired", the dead Mark in "The Masks we Wear" are all children of the muse. They feed off fear and paranoia, as they are some aspect of the muse. The make stories with "no moral, not Tragedies, not Thrillers, not lessons in the guise of entertainment, just cold Hate, Disgust, Repulsion, Unfeeling, Horror, a strong disconnect. no point than to feed." Arguably, they could be the authors of some modern horror, such as the more splatterhouse type of horror movies. (Question: Did the "good" muses have these sorts of children?). They can wear the mask of humanity, but they are discernible by their dark eyes.

4) So, one of the children, iliketofix, takes some sort of ancient materials to updated to modern media. The ancient materials are presumably some sort of things that inspire this kind of horror. They "Inspires many of those who view it in small, subtle ways and those who own it in very strong ways. Modifying people in such a manner helps to guide society down the Path that my people believe is the best. They also Serve as a very important part of our belief system. They help to strengthen us and keep us healthy. They are the most sacred objects in our world. They are the winning card in the Game we play with Humanity."

5) The ancient materials are converted into videos (333 videos? 9 videos?) by a Native in Northern Canada. The Native realizes this isn't an art project, gets pissed off, and gets Goned -- presumably killed or taken over.

6) Video #1 is sold to Gregory Miller. Greg is "Vulnerable, arrogant, with an interest in the Strange he could never even hope to overcome." He keeps the video to himself for too long, and it destroys his mind. He eventually gives it to someone named Donald Wilson, but it's too late, and he ends up basically catatonic.

7) Video #2 is sold to Jack Q. Pembry. Jack was "a Psychopath years before he bought the video. Oh, he never acted on any of his Impulses, but they were always there. If he had never seen the video, he still would've Cracked sooner or later." The video apparently drives Jack off the deep end, and he starts killing, and even forms a little serial killer message board and meetings for people into "Cubing." (Presumably taken from the 333 in the tapes). He realizes what he has become and trades the video to Wilson for a Book which may help him. He also posts a warning somewhere about the videos, saying that they are making the Cubists do things they normally wouldn't. There is a series of investigations into the HC boards and it seems they get shut down somewhere around September of '04, while planning their '05 meeting, after a falling out between some of their members and an investigation. Or maybe even AT the '05 meeting, who knows, Pembry could have snapped and killed everyone. At any rate, giving the video to Wilson doesn't save Jack, either. " He's Gone now. He got to be It for awhile and that while's up. " (SPECULATION: Getting to be IT may be getting to be the source of fear -- in other words, Jack may have been a serial killer and then either got caught or maybe killed himself).

8 ) The book ends up in the bookstore in Boone County, probably left there when things go bad at CubeCon 05.

9) Video #3 is sold directly to Danny C. Danny "was so excited when he bought the third video. He loved those sort of things, you see." But Danny keeps the video to himself, and never lets anyone see it. He eventually kills himself, possibly prompted in some way by iliketofix (who was "very Angry" that Danny didn't share it). His brother Robert uploads the video.

10) iliketofix says that Donald Wilson was "dead before he bought any of the videos." Not sure what this means. We found an obit for Donald Wilson, which may or may not be in-game, but even that indicates that there was a Don Wilson that was his son, too. Finding out what happened to Wilson is probably very important. Wilson is the only person we know of, before Jaime, to have multiple videos. Wilson's conversation with Pembry is very strange, indicating that the videos had "ruined his [Wilson's] life" and the book couldn't help him anymore. (SPECULATION: If this Wilson is Don Wilson Jr., could the videos somehow have killed Wilson Sr.?) (SPECULATION#2: Could Wilson be the hacker who broadcasted everything on TV in the Wyoming Incident? Maybe mass-broadcasting it helped keep him sane, since it seems that those who keep the videos to themselves go crazy.)

11) iliketofix takes over gmiller's blog and the Happy Cube boards as (presumably) a better method of getting more videos out to the public, instead of just selling them to folk in Canada like a street vendor. He seek a volunteer to be a "vessel" for video #4, and sends it to esteed, who shares it around.

12) Video #5 is publicly shared on ares as "hackjob johnny presents video five.wmv".

13) Somehow, video #2 gets from Wilson to a guy named Jaime in a city named Anderson. Jaime is a CVS clerk and apparently a good ol' boy who enjoys wrestling, rock music, american pride, and dracula. It is left on Jaime's doorstep, possibly through the influence of one of the normal muses. Jaime uploads it onto youtube. "some body left this video file on a dvd they left on my doorstep. it might just be a prank but its pretty creepy so i guess ill just upload it here / if any of yall reconize who made this video are the video just tell me / thanks to chad for helping wit tags" (QUESTION: who is Chad?)

13) Jaime also gets another video, which is apparently "raw footage" not yet "edited for human consumption." The Dark Ones say that someone needs to go get this video and dispose of it by burning it on a copy of the Odyssey, but not until the snow melts.

14) Somewhere along here, iliketofix gets sloppy. He missed the two movies getting to Jaime, his observer children suck, he sends djsampson on a wild goose chase to find the book (which is now gone since the bookstore closed) and to find a knife that never existed in the first place. The Observer (who only speaks in greek) comes to oversee. The last straw seems to come when iliketofix lets one of the children eat someone. The board shuts down, and only reopens when ilovetofix takes over.

15) ilovetofix regards iliketofix as basically a moron, and plans to be a little more business and a little less friendly. ilovetofix asks personal questions to test how his children/observers are. Apparently, the answer is "pretty good."

15) (SPECULATION: There is something very special about Jaime. He is not observable, and there is some reason the good Muses are moving these movies to him, especially the "raw footage" clip, which could be very telling about the Dark Muses. Contacting him is probably our number one priority.)

So, that's what I have so far as a summary put down in a little more linear fashion. Any additions/revisions/suggestions are welcome

[viraldetector77]

this was just posted on another message board. it's a definition of cubing from a 2005 urbandictionary article.

[megaDoom]

[cyberus]

Probably irrelevant, and I may eat a trout for this, but, Pembry's reference to a toolshed troubled me, and for a second, I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but then I remembered. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin is said to have some backmasking put in it. Here's a link Backmasking. You can listen to different songs played forward and backward, Stairway to Heaven is forst on the list. The supposed backmasked lyrics are as follows;
"Oh here's to my sweet Satan. The one whose little path would make me sad, whose power is Satan. He'll give those with him 666, there was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad Satan."

Now, I know it's probably reaching, but Led Zeppelin were huge Crowley fans, Jimmy Page even bought Crowley's old house. Since iliketofix previously mentioned his boss was the one that inspired Lovecraft and Crowley, I thought it might be worth sharing.

[warneverchanges]

That entry may have been planted by the PM. Urbandictionary isn't known for its strict inclusion standards. It's interesting, nonetheless.

[megaDoom]

there is a New post from ilovetofix on The Cubing board

[Slyfingers]

You know, that entry in urbandictionary may be fake. I know, it was dated 2005, but I swear I found it through a google search last week and that entry wasn't there. I remember the entry for Warcraft III, which is why I say that. That's weird. Really weird. Because if I had found that entry, I would have posted the link.

/shrug

Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.

[megaDoom]

Sometimes we walk hand in hand by the sea
And we breathe in the cool salty air,
You turn to me with a kiss in your eyes
And my heart feels a thrill beyond compare
Then your lips cling to mine, it's wonderful, wonderful
Oh, so wonderful my love.

Sometimes we stand on the top of a hill
And we gaze at the earth and the sky
I turn to you and you melt in my arms
There we are, darling, only you and I
What a moment to share, it's wonderful, wonderful
Oh, so wonderful my love

Bridge:
This world is full of wondrous things it's true
But they wouldn't have much meaning without you

Some quiet evenings I sit by your side
And we're lost in a world of our own
I feel the glow of your unspoken love
I'm aware of the treasures that I own
And I say to myself, it's wonderful, wonderful
Oh, so wonderful my love!

[Nabi]

Just a note, but the lyrics megaDoom posted are from "Wonderful, Wonderful" (which ilovetofix said he likes).

[megaDoom]

thats why i posted them

[Nii]

Yup, I'm jumping into here too. Hope you have room for another!