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[darmam0o]

Well, all is simple, as usual.

After their time in the tunnel, Hoodie and Alex both escaped somehow. Slendersick Hoodie needs medication, so he went to his shed, only to find out Alex trashed the place while he was there. Dissappointed Hoodie looks under the blanket and finds no pills. He goes to his another cache (Did I name it correctly?), but there's only one there, not enough. Hoodie has to walk to Rosswood Town, we can recognize the street near the antique store. He is walking without his mask in public, of course, so he isn't a complete crackbrain hiding his face with no reason. He goes to the Tim's place, knowing he is in College Town with Jay, but some medication is left in his house for sure. Furniture and the box help us dismiss the idea that it is Alex's house from Entry #72. So, Hoodie just wants some pills and isn't expecting anybody in the house, that's why he doesn't try too hard to remain quiet. He retrieves the medication, but, to his amazement, hears Alex coming from the attic, who arrived to Tim's place on his own business. Why to assume Alex also need pills? Maybe he is looking for some more tapes that Tim overlooked and Alex can now burn (evidence), or just sitting there in ambush, expecting Jay and Tim return to Tim's house (Jay doesn't have one) after their brutal encounter with the Operator. Hoodie then tries to escape very silently, and Alex, though suspicios because of sounds, never knew someone else was there.

Hoodie didn't use the gun, because he doesn't want to kill Alex. He didn't want to kill Alex during the interrogation in Entry #67 either, he wanted to get some answers from him. Maybe where the Ark is and how to get it. He only tried to intimidate Alex with the gun in #67, but it didn't work. He took the gun with him in Entry #73 just in case, he was clearly walking a long way, so to left the gun back there was unsafe. Also, it could help him to flee, if things were to become too bad, maybe he could shoot Alex in the leg or something. Maybe Hoodie (assuming he is behind TTA) sent all this "lead me to the ark" messages to Jay, because he thinks Alex still could trust Jay enough to open himself, but that didn't happen in Season 2, unfortunately. Hoodie knows that he can't get the answers out of Alex himself.

If someone found the escaping sequence strange, that's just because Hoodie opened the door behind his back, still aiming the camera in the Alex's direction, and then escaped backwards. About the empty bottles:

[Peppercorn]

At this point I didn't expect that Hoody's identity would be revealed- but on the bright side, I assume that I won't be ready for it when it happens. And since things feel uneventful, the next few entries might bring about less stalling and hopefully some answers, which is what we really need.

Anyway, I interpreted "Return" as asking Jay and Tim to go back since they are on the run now. Maybe there's something important.

[Kraehtot]

You've pretty much stated my thoughts.
I will add that the fact that Hoody needs to take medication is an indicator of Jay needing it too.

[Chaoman223]

Pay attention to how Hoody films himself in the beginning of the entry: When he gets the gun he places it in probably the only spot in the room where it could of kept vision of him the whole time; when he gets slender sickness going into the red building he throws himself on his knees in front of the camera much like Tim did in the previous entry; and when he takes the pills he doesn't do it Tim style (chugging them with the camera), he films himself taking them, although that could just be because Tim had two free hands and hoody didn't.

Cameras, as proven by Alex's ambush, can attract oppy, but, perhaps to some, it acts as some form of protection.

[Chaoman223]

Also whoever was in the attic (probably Alex, he fits the part the most) why were they in the attic? They have all the lights off chilling in the attic, that upset anyone else?

[FalloutGhoul]

[LJonesy]

[Mdisk64]

[Vagabondism]

RETURN and YOU ARE A FAILURE...

So, what, did Hoody drop out of school and someone's suggesting he return to graduate so he's not a failure?

That's as much as I got out of it... heh.

New note: Although, as someone has already mentioned, it's kinda weird that there's at least 6 or so pill bottles laying around in the cabinet of the house. And the one empty pill bottle at the abandoned/burned building. What's up with the stockpiling of unnecessary items?

I feel like Entry #72 showed us all that the pills just lessen the pain, but do they completely prevent a coughing attack? Why are they so dependent?

[FalloutGhoul]

[SignerJ]

[Ztakk]

[brianlane723]

A few thoughts:

I feel like there has to be some connection between the unexplored attic in entry 72 and the attic in this entry. Perhaps this entry is further confirmation to Jay and Tim that they need to return to Alex's old house from 72 to explore the attic. If Alex is/has been keeping someone up there, they might find some evidence.

I'm intrigued by how we've received so many Hoody videos uploaded directly to the MH channel lately, as opposed to Hoody dropping off a tape for Jay and Tim to find later. In a sense, it means the story is moving faster (even if we feel like not much is happening), as we're able to see events and locations in Rosswood and College Town without Jay and Tim having to relocate frequently. Perhaps, even, this is what Hoody has wanted all along, to work in parallel with Jay and Tim.

[MC_Loki]

Theory time!

TTA could be Hoody's masky state. Hoody keeps the getup on to keep everyone off guard, and needs the meds to keep control.

Hoody went to Tim's house in search of medication. Maybe the tape in the box has some sort of incriminating evidence he wants to keep from Jay.

That looks like Jay peering through the window at the end to me. The distortion coming off of him when he's coming down from the attic could be a side effect from 72, since Jay's been "out of it" since the encounter in 72.

[Jiime_6]