So, I'm gonna go ahead and call it. I'm pretty sure the Doctor's dead. Some other guy from his floor too. I don't have any evidence, but I've been looking for two weeks and they're both gone without a trace. Even broke back into Cairo's room to look, everything's still there. Can you believe none of the people in charge of the building have realized he's missing yet? Guy must not have had any friends at all. Tragic, but I'm glad to see the Slender Man saved me the trouble of bringing Cairo down. So before I move on, time to finally explain everything, starting with what the good doctor was lying about.
Cairo was never trying to help you in the first place. Since the start, or at least, very near the start, he's been working the Slender Man's agenda. He's not a runner or a fighter, just a proxy who the Slender Man left completely sane so as to have a fully articulate pawn to infiltrate the community. He started by pitching you a false ideology, reinforcing the idea in your heads that knowledge was power and could be used to survive against Him, and then providing you with such information. This was, as they say, a trap.
The Slender Man has a need to feed. A need that is constantly growing. Since his target diet is limited to people who know about him and then shrinks when he consumes, the pool needed to be replenished. Cairo's job. His little informative vlogs never really produced anything groundbreaking... but they make an excellent starter's guide for people thinking their joining in on a big piece of fiction. The sole purpose of Cairo was to spread knowledge of the Slender Man as far as he could. To restock the pool. To infect. To condemn to death the people he was "helping". So why would the Slender Man turn on him? Did he try to betray him and run? Was he not working fast enough? Was his purpose served and over with?
I don't know, because I AM NOT A PROXY. I'M A RUNNER. I posed as one in an attempt to expose Cairo and what he was doing. If I had just come right out and said all this, who would have believed me? I would have just been some random troll and ignored. I had to get everyone's attention, and try and get a message out to you without Cairo knowing and the traditional codes and puzzles of a proxy were the perfect vehicle to do so. Cairo knew I wasn't on his and the big man's side, but he had to play along to maintain his disguise as a runner. A few of you got bits and pieces of the message but no one put it all together, and when Cairo realized what was in the messages he made plenty of efforts to misdirect you on the meanings of the messages.
"The truth is just a rule that you can bend." (Lies)
"You violate the oath." - "First, do no harm." (Medical ethics, Hippocratic Oath, Dr. Cairo)
"Liar by One OK Rock" - (Lies again.)
"The exchange of masks." - When I finally exposed him, our roles (masks) would be reversed.
"The Card Puzzle" - Was self explanatory if you look at the solution Drage posted.
A proxy disguised as a runner and a runner pretending to be a proxy. It's a funny world, ain't it?
With that done, it's on to the next for me. It's been real difficult staying in this same area for so long, a change of scenery should help. My hometown's not far from here, maybe I'll swing in. I know that learning about this thing won't save me. Running... probably still won't save me but it will make me last longer. So, I'm about ready to wash my hands of this. I won't be posting here again. I will monitor it just in case Cairo pops back up, but I've got some other problems to worry about.
- Not so fearful anymore,
Benefactor
P.S. - My talk about the Youtube password was a bluff. Cairo didn't write that one down, so I can't get into it. Otherwise I'd take the channel down to stop it from infecting people. But I can't win em' all.
4.30.2011
4.19.2011
What's up Doc?
It's been almost 10 days. What's the matter? No witty comeback? No threat? No acknowledgement of my words simply to call them lies?
...
Fine. Then I'll provide the narration.
In case you haven't figured it out, I'm not some average proxy. Not some mentally dominated twat under the big man's thumb who likes to, as you say, tackle fucking everything. No no. I've got free will to spare, and I dOn't NEed To talk lIke this Most of thE time. (One time means nothing.) Truth be told, the only reason I did what I have up to this point was to get you people to pay attention and work out your grey matter, because it needs to be in shape if you want to survive.
Cairo's made you all weak. He's handing you the answers. Enabling people to TLDR; their way out of training themselves. Let's say you're victimized next. Who's better prepared to survive... someone who read Dreams in Darkness and Seeking Truth and riddled everything out for themselves or someone who just skimmed through the Compilations? That's not his only crime, but it certainly counts for something.
As for the Doctor himself, I'm surprised so few of you have taken noticed of his absence. I assure you, I've done nothing to him, aside from steal the password out of a notebook of his. I've lost track of his whereabouts myself. Then again, I don't pretend to understand the big man and why he does things. I'm looking into the situation. Another guy disappeared at the same time, I think I'll start there.
Either way, I'll pull back the curtain soon enough. Doctor, if/when you come back, feel free to delete this post. It'll only help dig your own grave.
And for the sake of clarity, I'm not Cairo's benefactor. I'm yours.
- F(x)B
...
:\Fine. Then I'll provide the narration.
In case you haven't figured it out, I'm not some average proxy. Not some mentally dominated twat under the big man's thumb who likes to, as you say, tackle fucking everything. No no. I've got free will to spare, and I dOn't NEed To talk lIke this Most of thE time. (One time means nothing.) Truth be told, the only reason I did what I have up to this point was to get you people to pay attention and work out your grey matter, because it needs to be in shape if you want to survive.
Cairo's made you all weak. He's handing you the answers. Enabling people to TLDR; their way out of training themselves. Let's say you're victimized next. Who's better prepared to survive... someone who read Dreams in Darkness and Seeking Truth and riddled everything out for themselves or someone who just skimmed through the Compilations? That's not his only crime, but it certainly counts for something.
As for the Doctor himself, I'm surprised so few of you have taken noticed of his absence. I assure you, I've done nothing to him, aside from steal the password out of a notebook of his. I've lost track of his whereabouts myself. Then again, I don't pretend to understand the big man and why he does things. I'm looking into the situation. Another guy disappeared at the same time, I think I'll start there.
Either way, I'll pull back the curtain soon enough. Doctor, if/when you come back, feel free to delete this post. It'll only help dig your own grave.
And for the sake of clarity, I'm not Cairo's benefactor. I'm yours.
- F(x)B
4.04.2011
Emet
...
Last night, I finally managed to gain access to the Facebook group Josh Rallus has been running. If whoever is in control of it now is to be believed, Josh is dead. The group name has been changed to "THEOBITUARIES". A few recent posts:
"DWELLER
1600 AM -- 03-29-11"
"JOSHUA RALLUS
08-22-94 -- 03-27-11"
"MAY THEIR PIECES NEVER REST."
And the group description was changed.
DWELLER [X]
KEEPER [X]
CREATURE [_]
OTHER [_]
DREAMER [X]
COLLECTOR [_]
I haven't had time to read through the chat logs and everything else, but between what I did read and what I've learned through Cowboy Ghostie's own research (thank you for this) I feel like I have a handle on what's going on.
The Angel's Game mentioned in the notes received by the group is some kind of battle between supernatural forces... forces which appear to lack bodies of their own, and must thus inhabit the bodies of humans, possessing them. The names refer to:
DWELLER - The being who inhabited Josh, left him messages during the times he blacked out, and occasionally took control of him in the facebook chat with others.
KEEPER - Josh Rallus, now deceased.
CREATURE - I must assume, the Slender Man.
OTHER - Unsure
DREAMER - Alana, now deceased.
COLLECTOR - Unsure
Neither the Josh nor the Dweller was in control of the account last night. The entity whose identity I'm unsure of claimed that following Alana's death, Josh attempted suicide. The Dweller tried to keep him alive, but failed, and both of them died as a result. The name of the facebook account was then changed to "Emet Rotter".
Emet.
Who is this entitiy? And who is the entity in control of Austin, acting as bag head? I would assume OTHER and COLLECTOR, but I don't know which.
Going back through my inbox, something else occurred to me. Back in January, Josh contacted me looking for help. I sent both him and Austin information that I felt might help them. Josh's response was normal. Austin's... I'll just post it.
"The other two won't listen to me. This thing is hideous, efficient. It speaks to me sometimes. It tells me things. Terrible things. Haha. It knows so much. It wants to consume. HAHAHAHAHAHA"
Perhaps Austin isn't inhabited by an entity at all. Perhaps he's a proxy under the Slender Man's influence. His dress and behavior patterns are consistent with it. I never heard back from Austin again after this.
...
Emet. We share a moniker, but I know not if you are with or against us. I will be watching closely.
There's also been major developments with Zeke Strahm's investigation of Damien O'Connor's case. Too much for me to handle right now. Going to immerse in school work to stop thinking about it for a while.
It's Alex Kralie's birthday. I feel like something might happen tonight.
Last night, I finally managed to gain access to the Facebook group Josh Rallus has been running. If whoever is in control of it now is to be believed, Josh is dead. The group name has been changed to "THEOBITUARIES". A few recent posts:
"DWELLER
1600 AM -- 03-29-11"
"JOSHUA RALLUS
08-22-94 -- 03-27-11"
"MAY THEIR PIECES NEVER REST."
And the group description was changed.
DWELLER [X]
KEEPER [X]
CREATURE [_]
OTHER [_]
DREAMER [X]
COLLECTOR [_]
I haven't had time to read through the chat logs and everything else, but between what I did read and what I've learned through Cowboy Ghostie's own research (thank you for this) I feel like I have a handle on what's going on.
The Angel's Game mentioned in the notes received by the group is some kind of battle between supernatural forces... forces which appear to lack bodies of their own, and must thus inhabit the bodies of humans, possessing them. The names refer to:
DWELLER - The being who inhabited Josh, left him messages during the times he blacked out, and occasionally took control of him in the facebook chat with others.
KEEPER - Josh Rallus, now deceased.
CREATURE - I must assume, the Slender Man.
OTHER - Unsure
DREAMER - Alana, now deceased.
COLLECTOR - Unsure
Neither the Josh nor the Dweller was in control of the account last night. The entity whose identity I'm unsure of claimed that following Alana's death, Josh attempted suicide. The Dweller tried to keep him alive, but failed, and both of them died as a result. The name of the facebook account was then changed to "Emet Rotter".
Emet.
Who is this entitiy? And who is the entity in control of Austin, acting as bag head? I would assume OTHER and COLLECTOR, but I don't know which.
Going back through my inbox, something else occurred to me. Back in January, Josh contacted me looking for help. I sent both him and Austin information that I felt might help them. Josh's response was normal. Austin's... I'll just post it.
"The other two won't listen to me. This thing is hideous, efficient. It speaks to me sometimes. It tells me things. Terrible things. Haha. It knows so much. It wants to consume. HAHAHAHAHAHA"
Perhaps Austin isn't inhabited by an entity at all. Perhaps he's a proxy under the Slender Man's influence. His dress and behavior patterns are consistent with it. I never heard back from Austin again after this.
...
Emet. We share a moniker, but I know not if you are with or against us. I will be watching closely.
There's also been major developments with Zeke Strahm's investigation of Damien O'Connor's case. Too much for me to handle right now. Going to immerse in school work to stop thinking about it for a while.
It's Alex Kralie's birthday. I feel like something might happen tonight.
3.27.2011
Lots and Lots of Setbacks
The con yesterday was... kind of a disaster. Didn't get approached by anyone looking for me, but I just couldn't enjoy myself. Got a bit of nausea and that nasty feeling of being watched one usually gets when He's around, but I never saw him. I suspect my cosplay probably had something to do with that "watched" feeling, but still...
Anyway, right around dinner time I started coughing and realized the battery on my camera was dead. I had to leave early, and still felt followed the whole way home. I passed out in the evening and woke up feeling like crap around noon today. I really hate passing out like that without meaning to sleep. I've had a history of it happening long before I ever knew any of this, but it's taken a more disturbing tone in light of these events.
An apology for the lack of videos in the last week or so... schoolwork has been vast and time-consuming, including a group project for a 50-minute presentation about Bloody Poetry, tcom scene treatments and a screenplay all due in the next few weeks, I've been pretty tied up. In the meantime, I can at least try to keep people updated on things. Now... the setbacks I mentioned:
Jay began to tweet about being unable to open his Youtube. Then slowly tweeted himself out of conciousness, then this happened.
So... was Alex haunted as a child long ago? Did someone like totheark edit an old home movie to make it appear so? What happened to Jay?
Poor Alana. I doubt she survived that. I'm still unclear on the facebook assets of this case, so I'm not sure if we know for sure who Baghead is.
Retroactive, but still. I shat brix and am particularly worried for how much Noah's sanity is slipping here.
The only step forward, if we wish to call it that, is that Jeff and the others got a step closer to Dr. Corenthal, and get burned for it. Hopefully the items from the storage unit will yield some useful information.
Everyone's been facing major setbacks in the last week or so. I know things usually get worse and don't get better in these situations. Just wish we all could have made some kind of progress by now. I've been trying to figure out Benefactor puzzle based on some of your suggestions. Still no progress, though like I said, I haven't had much time. Let me know if you find anything.
P.S. A lot of people have been tweeting/messaging me about certain videos. Please check the playlists on my channel before you do. If it's on the Playlist, I've seen it already. Thanks.
Anyway, right around dinner time I started coughing and realized the battery on my camera was dead. I had to leave early, and still felt followed the whole way home. I passed out in the evening and woke up feeling like crap around noon today. I really hate passing out like that without meaning to sleep. I've had a history of it happening long before I ever knew any of this, but it's taken a more disturbing tone in light of these events.
An apology for the lack of videos in the last week or so... schoolwork has been vast and time-consuming, including a group project for a 50-minute presentation about Bloody Poetry, tcom scene treatments and a screenplay all due in the next few weeks, I've been pretty tied up. In the meantime, I can at least try to keep people updated on things. Now... the setbacks I mentioned:
Jay began to tweet about being unable to open his Youtube. Then slowly tweeted himself out of conciousness, then this happened.
So... was Alex haunted as a child long ago? Did someone like totheark edit an old home movie to make it appear so? What happened to Jay?
Poor Alana. I doubt she survived that. I'm still unclear on the facebook assets of this case, so I'm not sure if we know for sure who Baghead is.
Retroactive, but still. I shat brix and am particularly worried for how much Noah's sanity is slipping here.
The only step forward, if we wish to call it that, is that Jeff and the others got a step closer to Dr. Corenthal, and get burned for it. Hopefully the items from the storage unit will yield some useful information.
Everyone's been facing major setbacks in the last week or so. I know things usually get worse and don't get better in these situations. Just wish we all could have made some kind of progress by now. I've been trying to figure out Benefactor puzzle based on some of your suggestions. Still no progress, though like I said, I haven't had much time. Let me know if you find anything.
P.S. A lot of people have been tweeting/messaging me about certain videos. Please check the playlists on my channel before you do. If it's on the Playlist, I've seen it already. Thanks.
3.20.2011
Benefactor Makes Me Watch A Duran Duran Ad... Oh Yeah, and everything we thought we knew was wrong
http://www.youtube.com/user/fearfulXbenefactor
Got a tip from @Arkwatch that Benefactor favorited something on the Youtube, so I went to his channel to see. As I opened his channel, I got hit full in the face with an ad for Duran Duran before the video played. (Jeez asshole, couldn't find ad-free version of it anywhere?) It was a music video for a band I hadn't heard of. The video itself... MASKS... MASKS EVERYWHERE.
I think he likes just throwing music at us to figure out what he's trying to say. Don't get me wrong, I'm liking the tracks so far. I'd like it a lot more if they weren't converted into... what's Josh call it... cryptic bullshit? I figure it has to mean something since he's only ever used the channel to send such messages before. Oh, and the background of his channel's changed... got some cards on it. Take a look.
In other news...
Well... I don't even know what to say about this. We don't even know how true it is. Too many people have met/fought revenants, including the PTC, for me to fully believe it was a mass hallucination caused by the Slender Man. Then again, if it was, he's far more powerful and INTELLIGENT then we've given him credit for. And that truth seekers, is a terrifying prospect.
Given the above, I'm having a hard time figuring out His endgame. If he's smart enough to do something like this, then I doubt he would be acting simply on instinct. We've seen evidence in the past of people who have put words to his motive... the cult of Damien's parents... Conaghan... simply mad or perhaps more?
Noah's back. We'll see what happens next.
- Dr. Cairo
Got a tip from @Arkwatch that Benefactor favorited something on the Youtube, so I went to his channel to see. As I opened his channel, I got hit full in the face with an ad for Duran Duran before the video played. (Jeez asshole, couldn't find ad-free version of it anywhere?) It was a music video for a band I hadn't heard of. The video itself... MASKS... MASKS EVERYWHERE.
I think he likes just throwing music at us to figure out what he's trying to say. Don't get me wrong, I'm liking the tracks so far. I'd like it a lot more if they weren't converted into... what's Josh call it... cryptic bullshit? I figure it has to mean something since he's only ever used the channel to send such messages before. Oh, and the background of his channel's changed... got some cards on it. Take a look.
In other news...
Well... I don't even know what to say about this. We don't even know how true it is. Too many people have met/fought revenants, including the PTC, for me to fully believe it was a mass hallucination caused by the Slender Man. Then again, if it was, he's far more powerful and INTELLIGENT then we've given him credit for. And that truth seekers, is a terrifying prospect.
Given the above, I'm having a hard time figuring out His endgame. If he's smart enough to do something like this, then I doubt he would be acting simply on instinct. We've seen evidence in the past of people who have put words to his motive... the cult of Damien's parents... Conaghan... simply mad or perhaps more?
Noah's back. We'll see what happens next.
- Dr. Cairo
3.19.2011
The Deck List
Here is the list of the cards. I'll add photos soon, but I've described the writing where I could.
All the cards with additional writing besides the corner writing are listed first, while all the rest are organized by suit. The slashed-through Operator symbol he's been using, I'll refer to as the "benefactor symbol" below.
JOKERS
The two Joker cards have the following:
- When laid side by side, they form a message on both the front and back.
- Rear Message: I WANT TO PLAY A GAME DOCTOR IF YOU WANT TO PLAY...
- Front Message: BET YOUR LIFE (with the benefactor symbol split between the two cards)
- On both cards the O in Joker has been altered to an Operator symbol.
ACES
- ACE OF CLUBS
- Corner Text - 52
- Written on the card, split between the two halves: The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate. Entrusting his future to the cards, man clings to a dim hope.
- The Final Boss of the video game Persona 3 said this exact line, though I'm not sure why he'd reference it. Of course, this isn't the first reference to Japanese pop-culture he's made.
- ACE OF SPADES
- Corner Text - 4D
- On both ends, "rk" has been added to the A to spell "Ark", but then a line is drawn through them.
- The brand name of the cards was written across the center of the spade, but it's been blacked out, and a benefactor symbol was drawn around the spade
ACE OF HEARTS
- Corner Text - 53
- Another benefactor symbol is drawn over the heart.
- Laughter is written all over the card: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
ACE OF DIAMONDS
- Corner Text - 4E
- Words are used to create the lines in another benefactor symbol. The phrases are repeated twice in each direction to create radial symmetry. The diamond has a "?" in it, which I guess is the punctuation for all the phrases.
- "Am I Alive" - (The A in Am is the printed red A of the card)
- "Who"
- "Why does it kill"
THE KINGS
- Both faces of all four King cards have been erased with either while paint or white out. Aside from that, each only contains corner text.
- King of Clubs - 49
- King of Spades - 44
- King of Hearts - 54
- King of Diamonds - 4D
The rest of the cards contain only corner text.
CLUBS
Q - 4F
J - 43
10 - 45
9 - 45
8 - 4E
7 - 53
6 - 45
5 - 44
4 - 54
3 - 45
2 - 4F
SPADES
Q - 48
J - 4E
10 - 44
9 - 54
8 - 43
7 - 52
6 - 4F
5 - 53
4 - 4C
3 - 48
2 - 45
HEARTS
Q - 4F
J - 45
10 - 4F
9 - 4F
8 - 54
7 - 54
6 - 55
5 - 52
4 - 54
3 - 49
2 - 49
DIAMONDS
Q - 4E
J - 52
10 - 52
9 - 49
8 - 41
7 - 46
6 - 45
5 - 43
4 - 46
3 - 49
2 - 41
Whew, that's everything. Let me know if anyone comes up with sommething.
All the cards with additional writing besides the corner writing are listed first, while all the rest are organized by suit. The slashed-through Operator symbol he's been using, I'll refer to as the "benefactor symbol" below.
JOKERS
The two Joker cards have the following:
- When laid side by side, they form a message on both the front and back.
- Rear Message: I WANT TO PLAY A GAME DOCTOR IF YOU WANT TO PLAY...
- Front Message: BET YOUR LIFE (with the benefactor symbol split between the two cards)
- On both cards the O in Joker has been altered to an Operator symbol.
ACES
- ACE OF CLUBS
- Corner Text - 52
- Written on the card, split between the two halves: The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate. Entrusting his future to the cards, man clings to a dim hope.
- The Final Boss of the video game Persona 3 said this exact line, though I'm not sure why he'd reference it. Of course, this isn't the first reference to Japanese pop-culture he's made.
- ACE OF SPADES
- Corner Text - 4D
- On both ends, "rk" has been added to the A to spell "Ark", but then a line is drawn through them.
- The brand name of the cards was written across the center of the spade, but it's been blacked out, and a benefactor symbol was drawn around the spade
ACE OF HEARTS
- Corner Text - 53
- Another benefactor symbol is drawn over the heart.
- Laughter is written all over the card: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
ACE OF DIAMONDS
- Corner Text - 4E
- Words are used to create the lines in another benefactor symbol. The phrases are repeated twice in each direction to create radial symmetry. The diamond has a "?" in it, which I guess is the punctuation for all the phrases.
- "Am I Alive" - (The A in Am is the printed red A of the card)
- "Who"
- "Why does it kill"
THE KINGS
- Both faces of all four King cards have been erased with either while paint or white out. Aside from that, each only contains corner text.
- King of Clubs - 49
- King of Spades - 44
- King of Hearts - 54
- King of Diamonds - 4D
The rest of the cards contain only corner text.
CLUBS
Q - 4F
J - 43
10 - 45
9 - 45
8 - 4E
7 - 53
6 - 45
5 - 44
4 - 54
3 - 45
2 - 4F
SPADES
Q - 48
J - 4E
10 - 44
9 - 54
8 - 43
7 - 52
6 - 4F
5 - 53
4 - 4C
3 - 48
2 - 45
HEARTS
Q - 4F
J - 45
10 - 4F
9 - 4F
8 - 54
7 - 54
6 - 55
5 - 52
4 - 54
3 - 49
2 - 49
DIAMONDS
Q - 4E
J - 52
10 - 52
9 - 49
8 - 41
7 - 46
6 - 45
5 - 43
4 - 46
3 - 49
2 - 41
Whew, that's everything. Let me know if anyone comes up with sommething.
3.14.2011
Intrusion and the Deck
Came back to school today. Someone's been in my room while I was gone. The "Stop" sign on the door had the Operator symbol slashed through. I found this the inside of the door.
The Guy Fawkes mask I had in my room was missing. The sheets were ripped off the bed and laying in the floor. My Vincent Valentine figure was lying in the floor, along with an empty pizza box. And finally, the little articulated statue had been moved and posed.
Benefactor's been here. I called the campus cops to report a break in, but since nothing was stolen or missing aside from the mask they don't really believe me, and it's not like I can explain what's really going on here. They are going to change my lock, but I doubt that will help.
Anyways, the deck of cards in that box is... I dunno, weird. I'm trying to figure out what kind of message he's trying to send. If I can't make any progress on the cards in the next day or two I'll post them up here and see if you can make anything out.
Yeah, it has the four faceless-king cards that were in thefifth.avi. But there's a lot more.
Anyways, the deck of cards in that box is... I dunno, weird. I'm trying to figure out what kind of message he's trying to send. If I can't make any progress on the cards in the next day or two I'll post them up here and see if you can make anything out.
Yeah, it has the four faceless-king cards that were in thefifth.avi. But there's a lot more.
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