She's a friend of mine from high school. Moved away to Alabama our senior year. Got an e-mail today. She's back in Ohio, and some idiot put her through all of Marble Hornets as a practical joke. And now, she's having activity around her.
FUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK.
To be completely honest, she's been mailing me for the past few months. We kept in contact after she moved, but since I started distancing myself from everyone when this started I'd been communicating with her less frequently. Same for all my old friends. I thought that would help keep them out of it. Seems I was wrong.
I had seen her messages grow slowly more upset when I went through the month worth of them where I was missing. I never replied back to her once I was here. Thought it would be best on everyone's part if they thought I was dead or something. They'd be upset, but that's better than the alternative. Today's e-mail was the first to mention anything Slender-related... I guess about a week ago someone showed it to her and it really freaked her out. It could just be nothing and it's her own paranoia, or she's just yet another victim for Him. I'm not a betting man. And even if I was I wouldn't put any money on the prior. Not after what we've all seen. And yet if the latter is true... my presence could agitate the situation, and it's not like I'd actually be able to protect her if I went. We're both equally weak and strength in numbers doesn't really apply. Even if I was to try and go meet her, I'm under protective custody. Not sure they'll let me just walk out of here.
I haven't even sent her a message back yet. I'm not sure if I should.
6.19.2011
6.10.2011
PTC
I've been here a month now. I still can't quite get used to it.
And I apologize for my inactivity since then. Concentrating around here has been... difficult. The interrogation following my arrival at the PTC was... I'm not really allowed to say, but I think my pain tolerance threshold gained a few levels. The limp is almost gone now.
I spent probably the first week or so just resting and trying to rebuild my mental stamina. The PTC went back to the college and recovered some of my belongings like my laptop. Put it through the wringer on analysis looking for evidence that I may have been a proxy... the only thing on there I was guilty of was some pirated media and some really, really bad fan fiction from freshman year. Anyway, I finished up the then work in progress Compilation - Dreams in Darkness Part 5, but since then I've been unable to focus on anything.
Not for lack of trying. There's just been plenty of interesting stuff around here and plenty of time to think. It feels safer here than at the school... I know that HE can get anywhere, and I've certainly gotten that bad feeling from time to time like I'm being watched, but I'm reasonably certain Benefactor and the like can't get in here. And I've been thinking long and hard about Benefactor too, but more on that later.
I've not necessarily been under lock and key... I've got access to most of the unrestricted parts of the facility, and have been out of it a few times. It's dependent on where the off-duty personnel are going for their leisure time, but I've been permitted to tag along a few times. Good to get my mind off things. Can't tell you WHERE without giving the location away, but there's been some interesting sights.
On base, I spent some time in the science wing but I was quickly banned from there. Goggles got a bit annoyed with all my questions about Tablet and PATCH. That or it was all the Skynet jokes. Other major on base happenings... well...
Week 2 they brought me out to witness a proxy execution. Not entirely sure why... unless they were still suspicious of me and trying to intimidate me. It was... not a clean execution. Six or seven proxies, eight men firing squad style, but with automatic weapons. Then the janitor is called. I still cringe as I type this.
And then earlier this week, I bore witness to one of the famed PTC funerals, for two of the men killed in Operation Big Game Hunting. Not as funny as we were led to believe. You've probably never seen what a hand grenade does to a cadaver. I have. I wish I hadn't. At least I'm prepared if I ever find the body of a Slender victim. Slightly less gruesome possibly.
And thank god I was in my room on Monday morning when the base got attacked. I just hid under the bed. Not ashamed of that, people out there trying to kill each other with automatic weapons and all, and I'm just a college student who's completely out of place here.
I'm not sure what's going on with Benefactor. Either he stopped paying attention when he thought I was dead and hasn't noticed that I'm back, or something happened to him. If he was dead that would solve a lot of problems, but somehow I doubt it, unless he was one of those proxies who got plastered on the wall at the execution area. He may be waiting for something. I don't know. I just know he's got a lot to answer for.
And I apologize for my inactivity since then. Concentrating around here has been... difficult. The interrogation following my arrival at the PTC was... I'm not really allowed to say, but I think my pain tolerance threshold gained a few levels. The limp is almost gone now.
I spent probably the first week or so just resting and trying to rebuild my mental stamina. The PTC went back to the college and recovered some of my belongings like my laptop. Put it through the wringer on analysis looking for evidence that I may have been a proxy... the only thing on there I was guilty of was some pirated media and some really, really bad fan fiction from freshman year. Anyway, I finished up the then work in progress Compilation - Dreams in Darkness Part 5, but since then I've been unable to focus on anything.
Not for lack of trying. There's just been plenty of interesting stuff around here and plenty of time to think. It feels safer here than at the school... I know that HE can get anywhere, and I've certainly gotten that bad feeling from time to time like I'm being watched, but I'm reasonably certain Benefactor and the like can't get in here. And I've been thinking long and hard about Benefactor too, but more on that later.
I've not necessarily been under lock and key... I've got access to most of the unrestricted parts of the facility, and have been out of it a few times. It's dependent on where the off-duty personnel are going for their leisure time, but I've been permitted to tag along a few times. Good to get my mind off things. Can't tell you WHERE without giving the location away, but there's been some interesting sights.
On base, I spent some time in the science wing but I was quickly banned from there. Goggles got a bit annoyed with all my questions about Tablet and PATCH. That or it was all the Skynet jokes. Other major on base happenings... well...
Week 2 they brought me out to witness a proxy execution. Not entirely sure why... unless they were still suspicious of me and trying to intimidate me. It was... not a clean execution. Six or seven proxies, eight men firing squad style, but with automatic weapons. Then the janitor is called. I still cringe as I type this.
And then earlier this week, I bore witness to one of the famed PTC funerals, for two of the men killed in Operation Big Game Hunting. Not as funny as we were led to believe. You've probably never seen what a hand grenade does to a cadaver. I have. I wish I hadn't. At least I'm prepared if I ever find the body of a Slender victim. Slightly less gruesome possibly.
And thank god I was in my room on Monday morning when the base got attacked. I just hid under the bed. Not ashamed of that, people out there trying to kill each other with automatic weapons and all, and I'm just a college student who's completely out of place here.
I'm not sure what's going on with Benefactor. Either he stopped paying attention when he thought I was dead and hasn't noticed that I'm back, or something happened to him. If he was dead that would solve a lot of problems, but somehow I doubt it, unless he was one of those proxies who got plastered on the wall at the execution area. He may be waiting for something. I don't know. I just know he's got a lot to answer for.
5.14.2011
Found Him
We picked up Dr. Zelphest yesterday after he contacted us looking for help. You may have seen the updates to his Youtube channel:
We'll be done later tonight. If he cracks and turns out to be on the wrong side, we've discussed what happens. If he checks out innocent, he'll need a day or two to recuperate from the interrogation, but then we'll pass the reigns back to him and let him resume his research. Regardless, we'll be keeping a much closer watch for everyone's sake. Best case scenario, he'll be back to his compilation videos next week.
- Specter
I'd be lying if I told you I had the slightest clue what's going on here. Woke up in a park about 30 minutes ago. My phone says is May 13... last time I checked it was April 12.
I just got to a library to try and contact someone and I'm locked out of my Twitter and my Blog. Looks like Benefactor did some major damage to my credibility before Specter could lock him out. I swear to god everyone, none of it is true. What reason has he given ANY of you to believe it?
Trying to get my bearings, figure out what the hell happened... where I am... where I'm going next. Obviously I don't wanna go home or back to the school. I have to make a call. I'll try and post again before night's end.We picked him up in a little suburban town about a hundred miles from his last known location. We've been interrogating him ever since and he's stuck to that story. When we got him he was clean shaven and in relatively fresh clothes. It's unusual for anyone to turn up like that after going missing.
We'll be done later tonight. If he cracks and turns out to be on the wrong side, we've discussed what happens. If he checks out innocent, he'll need a day or two to recuperate from the interrogation, but then we'll pass the reigns back to him and let him resume his research. Regardless, we'll be keeping a much closer watch for everyone's sake. Best case scenario, he'll be back to his compilation videos next week.
- Specter
5.01.2011
Hacking Attempt Successful
We managed to gain control of Dr. Zelphest's blog after we saw that the "Benefactor" had taken over it. We've changed the password to disallow Benefactor further access.
For those of you who haven't paid attention, this is Specter from the PTC. Cairo's helped us out before and we've been monitoring his situation. Unfortunately between our recent change of facilities and everything else that's been going on, I haven't been able to intervene until now.
It's a difficult situation right now. We don't buy Benefactor's story, too many holes and Cairo's seemingly been on the straight and narrow up until now. But we're not idiots. Our first priority in this matter is to find him and our second is to interrogate him and figure out who's telling the truth. If Cairo is a proxy then he was exposed to normally-classified PTC-held video footage, and we can't let that slide.
We're monitoring the situation and trying to track him down. Benefactor said he was pretty sure he was dead but provided no evidence as such.
We'll post here again if anything major happens. Cairo's twitter is temporarily under our control as well. If any of you irregulars hear from him or Benefactor again, please let me know.
- Specter
For those of you who haven't paid attention, this is Specter from the PTC. Cairo's helped us out before and we've been monitoring his situation. Unfortunately between our recent change of facilities and everything else that's been going on, I haven't been able to intervene until now.
It's a difficult situation right now. We don't buy Benefactor's story, too many holes and Cairo's seemingly been on the straight and narrow up until now. But we're not idiots. Our first priority in this matter is to find him and our second is to interrogate him and figure out who's telling the truth. If Cairo is a proxy then he was exposed to normally-classified PTC-held video footage, and we can't let that slide.
We're monitoring the situation and trying to track him down. Benefactor said he was pretty sure he was dead but provided no evidence as such.
We'll post here again if anything major happens. Cairo's twitter is temporarily under our control as well. If any of you irregulars hear from him or Benefactor again, please let me know.
- Specter
4.30.2011
Last You'll Hear from Me
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.
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.
4.19.2011
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.
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