Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
 
The time now is Tue Nov 12, 2024 2:49 pm
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)
View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Chaotic Fiction » Marble Hornets
[VIDEO] Entry #28
Moderators: Giskard, JKatkina, Zarggg
View previous topicView next topic
Page 9 of 31 [459 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, ..., 29, 30, 31  Next
Author Message
Rogue Thoughts
Veteran

Joined: 04 Dec 2010
Posts: 76

New to UF, and pretty new to MH, so bear with me.

Just a few points I'd like to address:
'It's weird that she's the only person, other than staff, that Jay's seen!'--I disagree. I don't know how often you guys stay at hotels/motels/apartments/dorms, but it's not often that I see other people leaving/coming back the same time I am. Even in my 8-apartment common way, I've definitely gone more than a week without seeing any of my neighbors (and considering I have to leave my apartment at least 6 times a day to walk my dog, that's saying something). I can remember many occasions where I've stayed at a hotel/motel, and not seen a single person but whoever checked me in and out. I think the fact that Jay's seen her twice in a week is very suspicious, making her an obvious Chekhov's Gunman.

'You just don't ask people about cameras strapped to their chest'--once again, I disagree. Personally, I have never seen a chest camera, and if I saw a guy about my age with a lens strapped to his chest, my first thought would be "lol too much Ironman". I would probably ask him about it, especially if I was staying in a hotel by myself (as I would be lonely and a little starved for human interaction). I'm not saying that she couldn't have used this as a means of starting a conversation with Jay, but that this fact in and of itself is not suspicious.

Okay, when Jessica talked to Jay, my first thought was that she recognized him from MH, but that doesn't really fit any explanation for the noises at the end--unless after watching MH she became a little Slendy-obsessed, got mixed up with him, and is now doing whatever it is she's doing.

I think it's safe to assume that she does in fact know Jay--most likely from the last 7 months. Whether or not she actually remembers Jay is in question.
If she does remember Jay: It would mean that she purposely chose to leave her room when Jay did so that she could talk to him--and telling him that his name is familiar was deliberate so that she could draw Jay's attention to herself (so that he could discover something, or just to draw it away from something else?).
If she doesn't: Their meeting was accidental, and she probably knew Jay from the last 7 months, but also had her memory wiped. It could either be completely wiped (like Jay's is currently) or only bits and pieces were (like Jay's first interactions with Slendy).

The Noise: have you guys ever had to move a large desk by yourselves over linoleum/tile? When I do it, it usually consists of me pushing/dragging it (the high pitched screech), and lifting up one end, rotating it, and dropping it back down (the thuds). My guess is she's moving the furniture to barricade the door. She's scared of something (probably something to do with the past couple months), but she's not paranoid enough to film herself wherever she went. Remember why Jay and Alex started filming themselves: they realized that parts of their memories were missing. You would know if you suddenly couldn't remember the past 7 months, so I think that she only had bits and pieces of her memory wiped--meaning she isn't in this Slendy business all that deep...yet.

Oh, and as for the code to the safe, I don't think it's anything we've seen yet. I'd imagine it's gonna be revealed through TTA, or through a tape Jay found from sometime during the past 7 months.

Sorry for the wall of text, I guess I got a little carried away ^^;

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:23 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Justiceface
Boot

Joined: 17 Aug 2010
Posts: 38

Uh, I dunno why people think she'd recognize him from MH. Unless this series got crazy-meta("oh, you're that guy with the Youtube horror series! Way to leave me hanging for 7 months, asshole"), seems like she'd REALLY remember Jay. You don't exactly forget a guy who's being plagued by a faceless entity. That's not a thing that slips your mind unless it's forced out.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:29 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
JKatkinaModerator
Entrenched


Joined: 16 Jan 2010
Posts: 825
Location: Calgary, AB

Rogue Thoughts wrote:
The Noise: have you guys ever had to move a large desk by yourselves over linoleum/tile? When I do it, it usually consists of me pushing/dragging it (the high pitched screech), and lifting up one end, rotating it, and dropping it back down (the thuds). My guess is she's moving the furniture to barricade the door. She's scared of something (probably something to do with the past couple months), but she's not paranoid enough to film herself wherever she went. Remember why Jay and Alex started filming themselves: they realized that parts of their memories were missing. You would know if you suddenly couldn't remember the past 7 months, so I think that she only had bits and pieces of her memory wiped--meaning she isn't in this Slendy business all that deep...yet.

Oh, and as for the code to the safe, I don't think it's anything we've seen yet. I'd imagine it's gonna be revealed through TTA, or through a tape Jay found from sometime during the past 7 months.

Sorry for the wall of text, I guess I got a little carried away ^^;

Hahaha, whatever, walls of text are awesome! This is a good thoughtful wall of text too, the best kind.

I find the idea that she's moving furniture to barricade herself to be one of the more plausible theories I've heard yet. It fits in well with the "she lost her memory too" set of ideas -- it could be that meeting and speaking to Jay in the hallway briefly catalyzed her to remember other things, or to at least remember that she SHOULD remember more than she is. That would be scary, and depending on just how much she has been brain-wiped, could mean that she could be remembering things legitimately worthy of barricading up the room.

She could even be barricading the door through from HIS room to HER room, which would either imply her remembering something nefarious that he did, or imply that she was way more creeped out by the chest-cam than she let on. In either case, I love the idea that whatever she's messing around with in there was triggered by meeting and talking to him...

Then again, that too is dependent on the order in which events occur. Hrrm. Are we given any indication as to whether the bumping about in the room happened the night before meeting her, or the night after?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:32 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Docjowles
Unfettered


Joined: 19 Apr 2010
Posts: 463

DandA wrote:
I assumed the pills weren't really ibuprofen, if only because we've seen weird pills before. (And I've never seen ibuprofen that size/color)


Because I've seen this a couple times already: I have "Rite-Aid" brand ibuprofen this exact color and shape in my house right now. So I think this was just the MH guys getting us worked up Smile

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:34 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Makdee
Veteran


Joined: 17 Nov 2010
Posts: 125

Spritey wrote:
inb4 the girl is totheark.

And/or MH becomes a romantic comedy.


Too late, I posted that as a possibility in the Entry 27 thread (Page 41).

Following is my hypothesis from Entry 27, modified to change all references from Sarah to Jessica, and remove deductions based off the assumption the girl was Sarah.

Makdee wrote:

First of all, why would she be in the same hotel as Jay? It is too big of a coincidence to be random chance. Thus, it is likely that she was traveling with Jay and got a separate room, or she has been following Jay for some reason.

Jay did not appear to recognize her, nor did she appear to recognize him. This may be due selective gaps in their memories in which they cannot remember traveling together.

However, if they were traveling together, it would mean that they both would need to have woken up that day with no memory of traveling together.

If they were not traveling together, then that means that she was probably following him. In which case it is highly likely she remembered him but pretended as if she did not.

Assuming that ToTheArk and/or masky is related to Marble Hornets, they are currently in the same local as Jay, and they want to continue to hide their identity from Jay (as seen in Entry 18, then Jessica's deception would point to her being ToTheArk and/or masky.

This would mean that there are multiple maskys as the masky from Entry 18 was male.

In summary, if we assume that woman was Sarah then it is possible that:
1)Sarah was traveling with Jay and both lost their memories from the past several months on the same night.

2)Jessica is a masky and has been stalking Jay, and knows he does not remember her.


After watching the video, both possibilities are still valid. However, the first hypothesis is now more likely than the second due to the new information.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:35 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
zbeeblebrox
Unfettered


Joined: 10 Nov 2010
Posts: 420

JKatkina wrote:
Why, why, WHY does it have to go this way? We get a new female character who we know almost entirely nothing about, and there's a contingent of people who immediately jump on the "OMG she is SOOOO gonna seduce him!!"


It's because 60% of the people on this board are here for the pairing fanfiction. :p

As a side note, I get the impression that the girl playing Jessica is a great actor. She knows how to react naturally. Which makes me excited and I hope we see her a lot more because of that.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:40 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Salty
Decorated


Joined: 02 Nov 2010
Posts: 164
Location: Texas

The only reason I would see Jessica going from being pretty normal in the hallway to super-paranoid and barricading her door is if someone broke into her room. Which would actually be really cool, if Masky or somebody is keeping tabs on the two of them and had broken into her place. I think we all agree that she is there for some reason, and due to the way she reacts to hearing Jay's name, I'm leaning toward the theory that she and Jay knew each other but both had their minds wiped, and somebody put them in rooms next to each other deliberately.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:46 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
NoMoreGaems
Unfettered


Joined: 17 Sep 2010
Posts: 627

JKatkina wrote:
Think: if Jessica had been a male character, would you in a billion years have thought any of that interaction was trying to be seductive? Or have thought that "Slendy sent her to seduce him!" if she had been male?


I see you haven't been following EverymanHYBRID. Those threads are pretty much a vault of homoerotic madness, and it seems the guys behind EMH are both aware of it and actively provoking it.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:47 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Makdee
Veteran


Joined: 17 Nov 2010
Posts: 125

Rogue Thoughts wrote:
New to UF, and pretty new to MH, so bear with me.


I think it's safe to assume that she does in fact know Jay--most likely from the last 7 months. Whether or not she actually remembers Jay is in question.
If she does remember Jay: It would mean that she purposely chose to leave her room when Jay did so that she could talk to him--and telling him that his name is familiar was deliberate so that she could draw Jay's attention to herself (so that he could discover something, or just to draw it away from something else?).
If she doesn't: Their meeting was accidental, and she probably knew Jay from the last 7 months, but also had her memory wiped. It could either be completely wiped (like Jay's is currently) or only bits and pieces were (like Jay's first interactions with Slendy).


Meh, beat me to posting this point in this thread. Oh well.

Quote:

Sorry for the wall of text, I guess I got a little carried away ^^;


No problem, as long as you are on topic, and make valid points, I will welcome your walls of text. It makes for good reading.

As for the contents of the safe, Jay did not mention anything about finding any footage of days preceding Entry 27. Either he did not feel the footage warranted mentioning, or it is locked in the safe. After all, where better to store your precious disappearing memories than a safe.

As for the combo for the safe, it is unlikely that we have been given any clues relating to it yet. The only possible combinations we may have are the time on the alarm clock, and the potential Morse code from this video.

The banging seems like it would be unlikely as a clue to the safe code.

The time set on the alarm clock is more likely as it could have been a self-reminder of the safe code in case he forgot.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:54 am
Last edited by Makdee on Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:00 am; edited 2 times in total
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
TheAtroxious
Unfettered


Joined: 14 Oct 2009
Posts: 428
Location: Chicago, Illinois

I can't see Jessica playing villain or trying to seduce J, either. She was just too awkward, at least what we've seen of her so far.

My thoughts are that she was in a similar situation as J, and now he needs to find out more about why she's there and/or how she got there. I'm gonna guess that the banging noises might be Slendy, Masky, or TTA trying to get in and fuck with her a bit.

As for the safe...wasn't there a picture J posted on his twitter account where a phone displayed a 4-digit number? I'm also thinking of that binary clock thing from a while back, but I haven't watched said video in a long time, so that may be completely off.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:58 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Milkdudds92
Decorated


Joined: 10 Jul 2010
Posts: 221

JKatkina wrote:
Why, why, WHY does it have to go this way?


I'm not saying there'll be any romance novel or fanfic material by any means. And you have a point that we shouldn't automatically think that a female character is only good for being a romantic interest. Perhaps "seduce" isn't the correct word for what I'm thinking will happen. You think crazy things right after watching entries!!! But IMO, it's plausible that Jay would join forces with her and develop some sort of crush that could complicate matters.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:04 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
MarbleArk
Decorated


Joined: 23 Nov 2010
Posts: 275

Upon re-watching the video i've thought up something else.
The flash light, the Key, the pills. They all remind me of the house he ventured to twice.

Now yes, I could be delusional and over-analysing things, but hear me out.

One or two TTA videos tell Jay to go back to the house. What if, on his search for Alex, he did go back? He obviously took the torch once again, he may have found the key, and the Pills could have been left at the house by our masked friend(s).

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:29 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
distilled
Unfettered


Joined: 18 Mar 2010
Posts: 732
Location: Midlands, UK

Well that was interesting, btw quoting me just yesterday:
Distilled wrote:
Re: Sarah lookylikey.

Regardless of whether it is her or not, it is interesting to note that she is left in the footage. In every other entry (and actually they discuss it in the Q&A thing they did) they've not had anyone in shot who just wandered in, which suggests to me that the very fact that she is left in means she might have something to do with the next entry or later in the series. Maybe Jay befriends her? Maybe she falls foul to a bit-o-good-ol-Slenderisation?


Booyah! (i know, I know a lot of people have said this, but let me have my victory - lord knows we don't win much over here in the UK... grrr Russia).

Interesting Entry, I'm sure Jessica is being Slendied - or even Raked. Actually lets not let "Rake" become a verb, its just... wrong. Sorry.
_________________
http://verydistilled.blogspot.com
Passionate about an ARG? Click here to sign up to be a guest writer on my blog, tell us why!


PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:57 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
halfricanapo
Veteran

Joined: 28 Feb 2010
Posts: 125

i just got back from a rave, i dont have the attention span at the moment to read all 9 pages so apologies if i deserve to be trouted.

Ibuprofen-generic brands usually are that size or shape. Anyone ever take motrin? motrin is that exact same size and shape except it says motrin on it. motrin is ibuprofen. so im going to assume it is ibuprofen, especially because of how obvious he tries to make it. Also, when Jessica says his name sounds familiar, is it possible that jay has done something wrong during this period of time that he's forgotten? For instance, say he did something and ended up on the evening news where his name was used, that might be how she knows his name. Or she could be skully, accomplice to masky?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:29 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
distilled
Unfettered


Joined: 18 Mar 2010
Posts: 732
Location: Midlands, UK

halfricanapo wrote:


Ibuprofen-generic brands usually are that size or shape. Anyone ever take motrin? motrin is that exact same size and shape except it says motrin on it. motrin is ibuprofen. so im going to assume it is ibuprofen, especially because of how obvious he tries to make it. Also, when Jessica says his name sounds familiar, is it possible that jay has done something wrong during this period of time that he's forgotten? For instance, say he did something and ended up on the evening news where his name was used, that might be how she knows his name. Or she could be skully, accomplice to masky?


This is definitely what I'm thinking, either he's been reported missing and theres been a search for him. Or he's done something insane which made the news.
_________________
http://verydistilled.blogspot.com
Passionate about an ARG? Click here to sign up to be a guest writer on my blog, tell us why!


PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:35 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 9 of 31 [459 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, ..., 29, 30, 31  Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Chaotic Fiction » Marble Hornets
Jump to:  

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group