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[TRAILHEAD?] The Red King Project
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Almijisti
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I agree that the foreground figure, who we've all been assuming is the Red King's subconscious, is probably not malevolent. Instead, I think it/he's trying to tell us to keep away before the entity we see hovering above in the vid-cap makes his appearance. Could be some dark figure from the Red King's past or someone/thing else entirely.

Greg's latest post about the experiences that others in the Project have had or been having is interesting, but not different enough to be too helpful at this point (except for the giant hand, maybe). Greg's response to my question about Red King's alleged diabetes clears that up--at the very least, the PM is trying to disuade us from going down the wrong path, so I'll leave that theory (hypoglycemia effect) off the burner for now.

I'd still like to know why RF, or at least Greg, is so afraid of seeking psychological help--aren't these guys shrinks themselves, or at least in related to that line of work?
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Brettrick
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Why would Sammy lock himself in his basement due to his mother's condition? If he was that emotionally attached to her, one would think that he would be by her side if for no other reason than to comfort her. Is there a possibility that he might have been affected by the experiment as well?

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Almijisti
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Brettrick wrote:
Why would Sammy lock himself in his basement due to his mother's condition? If he was that emotionally attached to her, one would think that he would be by her side if for no other reason than to comfort her. Is there a possibility that he might have been affected by the experiment as well?


Don't know. So far, while Sammy's clearly got problems, he hasn't mentioned any hallucinations, though he has mentioned some memory issues. It does look like he may be going through the isolationist or paranoiac phase that RF and now Greg have described. Still, those people seem to have been affected a while ago, and Sammy still has a girlfriend. It may just be a temporary thing for the PM to catch his/her breath and not have to change personas over and over again while responding. I'll give him another day or so before asking him more questions.
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Chronus_Valtiel
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Yeah, our PM's been working pretty hard, really.
Back in the fourth wall, it may be that Sammy wants to be alone out of the stress and worry over his sick mother.


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I'd still like to know why RF, or at least Greg, is so afraid of seeking psychological help--aren't these guys shrinks themselves, or at least in related to that line of work?


I have a pretty half-cocked theory that maybe, just maybe, that whatever is behind the hallucinations, etc., is also giving them the fear of medical attention. For what reason? Probably so they'll accept what's happening more easily. There's probably more than one entity at work, here....

Also, doesn't the giant hand remind anyone of a certain scene in Stephen King's The Stand?
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the_velociraptor
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I doubt RF is the only only affected.

Maybe the Red King developed telepathy?

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Chronus_Valtiel
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I'm not sure if it's anything like direct telepathy.
It it was, why wouldn't the Red King just go to the scientists in a dream and give them all answers or even a clue, like Mother Abigail in The Stand?

I'm not sure what the Red King's up to, but it seems pretty big....
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desertilluminati
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watching these "educated characters" descent into this kind of floundering, aware-madness is irresistable, in a "car wreck" kind of way. no response from samuel to my last email, but if sammy/samuel is the same person (did anyone actually ever ask samuel if he also goes by sammy? ~blinks~), then it is understandable why no response is forthcoming.
i can only assume that we will be able to begin piecing the story together as we recieve more shots from the video, and other former coworkers join the group.
can't wait to hear their audio file.
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waitress#2
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Reviewing Greg's answer about why they would seek medical help he said

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We're scared of what they'll think, what we'll discover, what we'll have to give away.

Scared of what they'll have to give away? Do they feel guilt for some reason?

R.F. came on early this morning and answered a few more questions. Michelle's (which was addressed directly to him) and a couple of mine that Greg didn't answer.

Now that Almijisti brought up the image, I am dying to know if R.F. or Greg can even see that image of the face in the screen shot. The only reason I can think of that they wouldn't be able to is that looking at any part of that video puts them partially into that blank no memory place like a post hypnotic suggestion to not see any more than whoever is controlling them wants them to see. If that makes any sense.

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Brettrick
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Another interesting point that R.F. brings up is this:
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If anyone's intentionally causing the hallucinations in us, it's our former employers. It started around the time the project was canceled, and they appear to have done something questionable.

So, seeing as the experiment took place on July 12, 2006 and the experiment was canceled on November 17th of that same year, there were a good 4 months of nothing. Now if we assume that the hallucinations are malefic in nature, and that the hallucinations were caused by the Red King himself, one would think that they would have manifested themselves sooner.
There are two theories that I'm toying around with right now. Either the corporation is in control of the hallucinations and began wiping memories/making people go crazy (sort of a preemptive discredit-ation of anyone who talks about the project) once the project was canceled, or the cancellation of the project is what set the Red King off, if you will, warning people, making them remember/forget things, some wild theory about what his subconscious motives may be, ect. I don't know, I'm just spitballing right now.

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Killian
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As someone who was WAY into The Wyoming Incident, I have to agree...this completely appears to be from the same people.
BUT, that's not necessarily a bad thing! I think The Wyoming Incident was actually quite brilliant, and it's been one of the only ARGs to ever suck me in. I think that's it's always mislabeled as a "hoax"...I would more or less call it an ARG that just kind of fizzled when the PMs got bored with it.
I really think this one has potential to be just as good, if not better.
And man, I would love to hear the sound from this video. To this day, I still get the music from The Wyoming Incident popping into my head at the damndest times. Mostly, when I am trying to sleep. Shocked
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the_velociraptor
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What I'm thinking...

Can someone contact Greg and see if Red King was their only subject? This reminds me of Paprika, it also revolves around a machine that allows people to look (and enter) people's dreams, and people who come into contact with it get weird stuff.

WI was really mindbending. I brought up SH, because there were some videos of weird things (EG: Fat woman, odd scraping noises, an old man blindfolded, an SH story in a higher frequency, and there were creepy videos of two people demanding to know who was the PM of the WI (people bleeding, masked, screaming, faceless people, but when WI ended, they made a humorous vid. They called themselves "The Dead Kids Foundation".

So, anyway. Can someone describe to me what he saw in the shack? I still don't have the guts to look at his blog.... >_>

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sartor
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the_velociraptor wrote:
They called themselves "The Dead Kids Foundation".


The Dead Kids were some pranksters trying to gamejack. Still eerie.

Killian wrote:
To this day, I still get the music from The Wyoming Incident popping into my head at the damndest times. Mostly, when I am trying to sleep.


YOU WILL SEE SUCH PRETTY THINGS

Yeah, I was rolling when I found out what that music actually was.

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Back to Red King. Either of Brettricks' theories could be true (both make sense), or maybe the people working on the project (those experiencing hallucinations, memory loss, etc.) were also tested on. Or, it could be that regardless of intent, mere exposure to the project was enough to make things get weird. R.F. seems pretty certain that his former employers are to blame. If he's right, and the strange goings on were brought on intentionally by those in the know, what could have been their motivation?

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Killian
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sartor wrote:
R.F. seems pretty certain that his former employers are to blame.


If the researchers were also being tested, it would explain why the higher-ups were so quick to shut the project down...they had their test subjects (both the people using the dream device AND the researchers themselves), so now they could just concentrate on observing them.
Is it even possible that the researchers were the SOLE experimental subjects, and the dream device scenario is somehow a ruse?
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Chronus_Valtiel
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Those are some really good theories, Brettrick Smile.

sartor wrote:
Yeah, I was rolling when I found out what that music actually was.


I know that this is COMPLETELY off topic, but what was that music? It was one of the most unsettling things, to me, and I really need some closure.
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2 other ideas/theories I had as mentioned in my latest questions posted on the blog.
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Do you think that the disappearances are kidnappings taking place or people just wandering off and isolating themselves?

Assuming the company behind "The Red King Project" is responsible for these disappearances I am curious who they would be more interested in. The group who is disappearing (perhaps for secret observation on why they are responding differently) or the group that is hallucinating (the disappearances being a way to get rid of the others).

On another note. The Video is a feed of the test patients "dreams" so to speak. Is it possible that someone was then using these recorded "dreams" and implanting them into others minds (yours perhaps?)

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