Awakening (arc)

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Awakening Arc

The Lawman house

Written by	Alex Hall
Duration	March 17, 2020 to present
Protagonist	Players Sarah (The Last Hero)
Videos	awakening.txt hubris.wmv end.wmv transmission.txt iseeyou gateway.wmv sonata.wmv king.txt CHILDREN.wmv 2018.txt THE FATHER.wmv baker.txt Methods of Revolution [Day 1] Methods of Revolution [Day 3] Methods of Revolution [Day 6] Methods of Revolution [Day 11] Methods of Revolution [Day 21] Methods of Revolution [Ben.wmv] The Truth.wmv Methods of Revolution [The Truth.wmv] The Last Hero.wmv The Moon Children.wmv The Prisoner.wmv The Happy Mask Salesman.wmv The Dying World.wmv The Predecessor.wmv The Showdown.wmv FOR INTERNAL CORPORATE USE ONLY - DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE The Final Hours.wmv The Fourth Day.wmv
Websites	methodsofrevolution.com Eternity Project
Documents	TheRealTruth.rtf

Preceded by

Followed by

Moon Children Arc

The Awakening Arc, or simply Awakening, is the third and final arc of the Ben Drowned ARG. It continues the storylines established in the previous arcs and will tie them together.

It is preceded by the Moon Children Arc.

The following is a summary of the Awakening Arc, in chronological order of the events as they happened. Out-of-character events are in italics. All times are in EST.

Awakening

The Beginning of the End

March 17, 2020

Jadusable's new avatar

• Sometime early in the morning, the avatar on Jadusable's YouTube was changed.
• At 10:51am, awakening.wmv was uploaded to Jadusable's YouTube channel. It contains a message from an unknown entity that cryptically suggests something is about to happen.
  • The binary in the description translates to "32020," pointing toward March 20 as the date it happens.

March 18, 2020

• At 7:00pm, BroGaming streamed the creation of more cryptic messages. Like before, it is not currently known if this is a canon event, as this stream would later be uploaded to YouTube as a completed video.

March 19, 2020

• At 11:25am, hubris.wmv was set to premiere at 1:15pm on Jadusable's YouTube channel.
• At 1:15pm, hubris.wmv premiered. It contained another message from the entity from the previous video, as well as repeated words from Rosa and a short clip of Majora's Mask gameplay.
  • The binary in the description translates to, "Attempt fifteen, trying again. I doubt I can reach these two at the same time. HE moves."
  • A message is hidden in the spectrogram of the video, which reads, "Can anyone hear me?"

March 20, 2020

• At 3:40pm, end.wmv was set to premiere at 4:30pm on Jadusable's YouTube channel.
  • Leading up to the premiere, the thumbnail changed between five images, each becoming more disturbing than the last.
• At 4:30pm, end.wmv premiered. It continued the messages from the previous video and showed more gameplay from the END save file. The message was signed "Jadus."
  • A cipher is hidden in the spectrogram of the video, which reads, "xbt psfyszsm splkw." This has yet to be completely solved.
• Changes were made to the description of end.wmv after the premiere. It now contains a link to Jadusable's Patreon, which explains the following main points:
  • "As we progress, the significance of some data points may not be readily apparent - that is normal. In keeping true to one of the reoccurring themes of Awakening, there will be times when older entries have a significance that is only brought to light after new information has emerged. The content itself may not have changed, but rather, new context will have given it new meaning. This is a slower, more psychological approach than the original story. Due to some of the psychological themes it explores, it's recommended for participants to be 18+."
  • "It is important to reiterate that this is a way to show support if you enjoyed the original BEN Drowned story or are enjoying Awakening. Patrons here are not given any kind of unique information or "advantage" to anyone else. Becoming a patron will not accelerate the release of content, nor is a certain threshold required to be met for the story to conclude. The goal of this page is to provide a way for users to support the work, should they be so inclined."
  • "Timeline wise, every three days the story will progress forward. This is intentional."
  • "Finally, to prevent gamejacking, links to any external websites to progress the story will come only from either the Jadusable Youtube account, the author's Twitter account, or this Patreon account."
  • "At some point, another platform will be introduced that will be canonical to the story, and this post will be updated to reflect that."

March 22, 2020

• At around 2:50pm, \ was set to premiere at 6:30pm the following day on Jadusable's YouTube channel.
• At around 7:55pm, the description of hubris.wmv began disappearing and reappearing. During the hour-long period when changes were being noticed, no changes to the description were recorded.

March 23, 2020

• At 5:30pm, exactly one hour before the premiere, \ was removed from Jadusable's channel. Soon afterward, a new video was set to premiere in its place: transmission.wmv The binary in its description translates to, "You are here for a reason. Look and listen."
• At 5:37pm, Jadusable tweeted the following: "diary entry transmission signal garbled, trying again"
• Around this time, the thumbnail began changing. There were 12 changes, for a total of 13 thumbnails. They occurred at 5:45, 5:50, 5:56 (2), 5:59 (2), 6:00, 6:02 (2), 6:15, 6:17, and 6:20.
• At 6:30pm, transmission.wmv premiered. It again continued the message from Jadus, this time with no gameplay. Jadus tells of how he and his partner, Denton, searched for the man known as "Berkeley" and found Tyler, who had been using the name. He reveals that his name is Tyler Lawman, and believes that the world around him is a product of his own mind. After apologizing to Jadus and Denton, he takes his own life by firing his pistol into his mouth.
• Soon afterward, the spectrogram was analyzed and, once again, the new URL to \ was found. Just short of a minute long, \ reveals that the disfigured face we've been seeing is indeed BEN, and it now refers to itself as "we."
  • \ was listed publicly at 6:54pm.

March 26, 2020

• At 5:34pm, gateway.wmv was set to premiere at 6:00 on Jadusable's YouTube channel. The binary in its description was posted in three chunks, one at the start and two more at 5:40 in consecutive updates. The three chunks translate to:
  • the gateway blocks to building ephemeral life, crash together
  • this will help LINK them together
  • think back several years, when was the apocalypse?
• The thumbnail changed four times, occurring at 5:38, 5:58 (2), and at 6:00 just before the premiere.
• At 6:00, gateway.wmv premiered. It consisted entirely of gameplay, much of it mirroring the events of BEN.wmv's Termina Field sequence. Link is much more careful in his movements and observes each figure in the field before making any action. He eventually stands in front of the Happy Mask Salesman and takes out the ocarina. The song jingle plays and the video ends.
  • The end of this video seems to confirm that the players have regained the ability to use in-game actions to affect the story.
• The spectrogram contains another message: "what happened in 2012?"

Another World

March 27, 2020

• At 4:42pm, Rosyfox uploaded the Sonata of Awakening in response to gateway.wmv, recalling the hints to wake up we'd been receiving for the past two weeks. The hope was for this video to affect the apparent "dream-like" post-apocalyptic world hinted at by Jadus.

March 28, 2020

• Around 7:45pm, a new website was discovered: methodsofrevolution.com. Appearing at first to be a broken blog, links were quickly found to lead to fragments of secret conversations between redacted names, seemingly-nonsensical images, and most prominently, a poll that decides the next action to be taken. This would render any direct video responses useless. The header image for the site was the recurring dilapidated living room image from the Lawman house. This website was apparently the answer to "what happened in 2012?"
• The main page, titled "ME/THOD RE:// - wel??$$ to the officia$$/// {NULL}," contains two blog posts:
  • "...And Flint Struck Steel" was posted by "Find Your Method" on January 13, 2013 and reads, "There was a website here once. It’s gone now." It is tagged, "Methods of Revolution Prelude."
  • "Under Construction" was posted by "Find Your Method" on March 6, 2014 and reads:
    • "Welcome to the webpage! We are currently under construction so please check back soon!
      Structure is fundamental to the way we live life – we use it to refine, improve, and progress ourselves, and in return it helps give us a sense of purpose and ultimately defines our position in life. Our life’s structure is the amalgamation of our learned habits – from both our environment and our personality – from those we gain either positive or negative traits. We are integrated into this symbiotic relationship from all but the word go and it’s the key to how we live our lives as adults. In school you follow your teacher’s orders and are given set times to do certain tasks. Eventually the unfamiliar becomes familiar, apprehension turns to comfort, and order is once again achieved because you start to know what to expect with each passing day."
• The directory at the bottom of the main page contains seven links:
  • "01101000" contains a photo of a bulletin board with three square notes and a full sheet of paper, all blank, pinned to the right side. "01101000" is binary for "h."
  • "31026180" contains a link to a page titled "june 6 2016," which itself contains a text document containing an ASCII rendition of BEN's face.
  • "31029201" contains a link to a page titled "july 2 2013," which itself contains a text document containing a fragment of a chat log between several people with redacted usernames.
  • "41026030" contains links to two month categories: "January 2013" contains the first blog post, and "March 2014" contains the second.
  • "61028050" contains a seemingly-unrelated text post.
  • "71022070" contains a link to a page titled "august 16 2013," which itself contains a text document containing a similar chat log to before.
  • "91026121" contains a poll. The box is labeled "{NULL}" and contains a front-facing photo of BEN and seven choices: Song of Time, Song of Healing, Sonata of Awakening, Inverted Song of Time, Song of Double Time, Oath to Order, and Other. After choosing an action, reloading the page would show the text "nice try" below the photo, as well as an option to view the current results. At the time of the poll's end, Sonata of Awakening had a sizable lead. The "nice try" text is now permanent.
  • It is important to note that the Song of Healing was in the lead prior to our intervention. If the site was left undiscovered, it would have been catastrophic.
• Players noticed that the link on "31026180" led to a different URL than the one it reads. Replacing the 235 at the end with 231 yields a page titled "october 29 2013," which contains a much more drastic chat log fragment than the ones found before. Using this method of replacing the last digits of the URL, many pages were found to contain content that would otherwise be unseen.
  • 198 leads to a photo of the house and a binary code that translates to "one world."
  • 203 leads to a page that once contained Lost in My Thoughts; it has since been removed.
  • 205 leads to an audio file titled "another world."
• At 10:11pm, immediately after finding the "one world" binary, all pages would return a single message: "You shouldn't be here." Seconds later, the entire site closed. Loading the site would show a single image and a single line of text: "get out." The image changed several times:
  • The first image is of a diary written in another language.
  • At 10:12, it changed to an image of an extremely blue-tinted smiling man.
  • At 10:13, it changed to a horribly-disfigured BEN.
  • At 10:16, it changed to a less-disfigured BEN.
  • At 10:30, it zoomed in.
  • At 10:59, it zoomed in again, drastically.
  • At 11:00, it turned black and the message disappeared.
  • At 11:11, it changed to a new face with the text "PLAY BY MY RULES"
• At 11:12, the site's main page was able to be accessed once again. This time, the site's name was changed to "PLAY BY MY RULES" and new text was added to the "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" post:
  • The new second paragraph now reads, "An interesting philosopher once mused that Hell isn’t the cliched fire and brimstone inferno that awaits all of those who commit terrible deeds in life. Instead, they described it as a simple phenomenon – on your last day on Earth the person you became will meet the person you could have become."
  • Below the final paragraph, the following: "PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES PLAY BY MY RULES"
• At 11:18, Creeeep Sales began playing on every page. More image changes followed:
  • At 11:21, the header image zoomed in.
  • At 11:23, the header image zoomed in again.
  • At 11:25, the header image disappeared.
• At 11:26, the site went down for the final time.

March 29, 2020

• At 6:50pm, sonata.wmv was set to premiere at 8:15 on Jadusable's YouTube channel.
• The thumbnail began changing almost immediately. Changes took place at 6:54 and 7:02.
• At 8:15, sonata.wmv premiered. Someone in a gas mask appeared at the end.
• At 8:19, methodsofrevolution.com went back up. It now contained "I See You" as the header image and three additional links in the directory at the bottom of the site:
  • "41027150" contains a link to a page called "may 17 2014," which itself contains a text document containing another conversation fragment in which the redacted names discuss someone they refuse to name and an identical other.
  • "51023160" contains a link to a page called "june 13 2015," which itself contains a text document containing another conversation fragment in which the possible convergence of timelines is suggested.
  • "61028020" contains a link to a page also called "61028020," which itself contains a text document containing ASCII art of a screaming face. Hidden within the text are the words LIE, TRUTH, and DROWN.
• The poll page now contains a number of differences:
  • The title has disappeared and the header image is now much more disturbing.
  • The option to vote or view results has been replaced by a button that reads, "consciousness." The "nice try" text has also been replaced with, "....."
  • Over the next hour, the Other option steadily increased. At 9:45, with no option to vote against it, Other took the lead.
• As of March 29, excepting miscellaneous files, nothing else has been discovered.

March 31, 2020

• Around 3:00pm, players discovered that \ was renamed to "iseeyou." It is currently unknown if this is a permanent change.

April 1, 2020

• At 5:44pm, king.txt was set to premiere at 7:00 on Jadusable's YouTube channel. However, at 6:35, the video was removed from the channel for being "a duplicate of another YouTube video." It was re-uploaded soon afterward at 6:45 and set to premiere at 7:30. The same happened to this upload at 7:03, causing it to be removed. At 7:28, it was re-uploaded for the final time and set to premiere at 8:15.
• At 8:15, king.txt premiered. It was entirely composed of Jadus typing, giving insight on his former life and his evolution from miser to empowered.

April 4, 2020

• Around 6:30am, awakening.wmv and transmission.wmv were renamed. Their file extensions were changed from .wmv to .txt, establishing a new format in order to distinguish text-based videos from gameplay.
• At 4:45pm, CHILDREN.wmv was set to premiere at 7:00 on Jadusable's YouTube channel. No changes were observed during this time.
• At 6:45, methodsofrevolution.com went dark.
• At 7:00, CHILDREN.wmv premiered. It contained the Rosa intro shown in previous videos, but the rest is implied to be the original missing video referenced in TheTruth.rtf.
• Immediately after the video premiered, methodsofrevolution.com came back online. The main page contained the same two posts, but "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" now contained new text:
  • Welcome to the webpage! We are currently under construction so please check back soon!
    
    Structure is fundamental to the way we live life – STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING we use it to refine, improve, and progress ourselves, and in return it helps give us a sense of purpose and ultimately defines our position in life. Our life’s structure is the amalgamation of our learned habits – from both our environment and our personality – from those we gain either positive or negative traits. We are integrated into this symbiotic relationship from all but the word go and it’s the key to how we live our lives as adults. In school you follow your teacher’s orders and are given set times to do certain tasks. STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING STOP PLAYING Eventually the unfamiliar becomes familiar, apprehension turns to comfort, and order is once again achieved because you start to know what to expect with each passing day.
• One new link was found in the directory:
  • "09152000" contains a link a link to a new document, a seemingly revised edition of TheTruth.rtf called "TheRealTruth.rtf." It adds all of Jadusable's video summaries to the main text, changes most mentions of "Ben" to "BEN," and includes a new entry at 9:09pm on September 10:

TheRealTruth.rtf: September 10, 9:09pm

After crying and whining for some time now he finally came to our senses.

He was being pathetic and greedy.

Weak and embarassing.

Vulnerable and alone.

No more.

He thinks it's in the afternoon now, but his brain can't tell anymore.

It is irrelevant.

We are one with a singular purpose, and we will finish it.

These messages are not meant for them to read right now.

None of it will make sense to either this desparate puppet or his "audience" at present.

Conclusion: it is a wasted effort.

Regrettably, in order to achieve fulfillment and ascend higher we will need to wait for some time.

We will continue to form our own consensus.

But there's been too much of a commotion here, that blithering idiot could set us back if we are discovered.

Then patience is the answer, time is inconsequential here.

He attempting to interface with our world again.

Moon and the sun.

Show ourselves to him. Show that we are many, and we are watching.

Is it time? That has a high probability of completely fracturing his already weakened mind.

Yes.

Yes, this one will die soon.

Yes, this world is beginning to fall apart as well.

Yes, but on that matter it is a debate - our ability to interact with their plane is limited to only a few Methods.

Yes, but it will not be that way forever.

Yes, but the probability that we become incompatible is too great if we wait too long.

Yes, we have a proposal to change that. it will take years but that is acceptable.

Yes, that is fine.

<deleted>

Yes, but they should know the truth at some point.

Yes, but only when it is too late.

• By changing the digits at the end of the page URL, users managed to find several hidden pages, ranging from HTML remnants from youshouldnthavedonethat.net, to mysterious or unused images, to gut-wrenching sobbing.
• The poll was updated several times to include new options:
  • At 7:53, the options were HIDE, FIGHT, and RUN.
  • At 7:56, the options were changed to DIE, DIE, and DIE and the image changed to this face.
  • Within a minute, the options were changed to RUN, HIDE, and FIGHT for the final time. The image changed to its original turn4 face, and the title read, "Don't be hasty now."
• At 8:07, the bulletin board on 01101000 changed to this.
• At 8:13, this sound file appeared on each page.
• Throughout the site's duration of activity, the banner changed several times:
  • At 7:14, it changed to this still of the Elegy statue from CHILDREN.wmv.
  • At 7:18, it changed to this face.
  • At 7:59, it changed to this face.
  • At 8:02, it changed to this.
  • At 8:03, it changed to this.
  • At 8:05, it changed to this.
  • At 8:15, it changed to this.
  • At 8:15 again, it changed to this.
  • At 8:18, it changed to this.
  • At 8:18 again, it changed to this.
  • At 8:19, it changed to this.
  • At 8:46, it changed to this.
• Three audio files were discovered within minutes of each other, signaling the closing of the poll. In order:
  • At 8:33, closing was discovered.
  • At 8:38, time's ending was discovered.
  • At 8:44, time's up was discovered.
• At 8:47, after a heated debate over the poll choices, the website was closed. The only visible image was this, confirming that the HIDE option won the poll. At 8:50, it zoomed in on the choices, and did so again several seconds later.
• At 8:53, the front page went black. Several messages were displayed in succession for the next several minutes:
  • At 8:53, the page read, "Hiding."
  • At 8:56, the page read, "10:43am - The Moon Children appeared in my dreams last night, they lifted up their masks to reveal their hideously disfigured faces."
  • At 8:57, the page read, "10:43am - The Moon Children appeared in my dreams last night, they lifted up their masks to reveal their hideously disfigured faces. ...maggots crawling out of their orifices, sunken black holes where their eyes should be, a yellow smile that slowly grew bigger as they came closer to me."
  • At 8:58, the page read, "10:43am - The Moon Children appeared in my dreams last night, they lifted up their masks to reveal their hideously disfigured faces. ...maggots crawling out of their orifices, sunken black holes where their eyes should be, a yellow smile that slowly grew bigger as they came closer to me. Two of them held me down while the other two began to sow the mask onto my face."
  • At 9:04, the page read, "THEY."
  • At 9:05, the page read, "TOOK." Shortly afterward, this was added as a background image.
  • At 9:06, the text disappeared and the image remained.
  • At 9:11, the image disappeared and the text read, "Hiding."

April 7, 2020

• At 6:58pm, 2018.txt was uploaded yet set to premiere at 6:58 as well. The premiere remained set at that time until the premiere actually started at 7:19. The video was more text from Jadus, this time discussing how needlessly dramatic and worrisome he used to be and how he became one of the lucky ones after the societal collapse.

April 10, 2020

• At 6:30pm, methodsofrevolution's lock screen was updated to include a new image of the Astral Observatory, which appears to imply that the update cycle is now shifting backwards a day due to the Fourth Day glitch, in turn allowing April 23 to fall on an update day. The text has been removed.
  • At 7:32pm, Alex Hall tweeted, confirming that the update is being pushed back a day due to upload issues.

April 11, 2020

• At 12:43pm, KELBRIS.wmv was set to premiere at 6:00. Several changes to this video occurred over the next several hours:
  • At 1:14, the thumbnail changed to the Astral Observatory image used on methodsofrevolution.com the previous day.
  • At 1:27, four new tags were discovered.
  • At 5:11, the title was changed to FATHER.wmv and the description was changed to "THEY DONT NEED TO SEE THIS."
  • At 5:13, the title was changed to "STOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP" and the description was changed to "STOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THISSTOP UPLOADING THIS."
  • At 5:14, the title and description were returned to normal.
  • At 5:16, the title was changed to "HE IS ALREADY DEAD, THIS DOESNT MATTER THEY DONT NEED SEE THIS" and the description was removed.
  • At 5:20, the title was changed to "TWO?"
• At 5:20, the video formerly known as KELBRIS.wmv was removed from the channel. Seconds later, presumably the same video, now titled THE FATHER.wmv, was set to premiere at 6:00. Leading up to the premiere, the following occurred:
  • At 5:23, Jadusable's Twitter tweeted the link to THE FATHER.wmv alongside the text, "The final missing video from Jadusable before he died."
  • At 5:51, the thumbnail changed to iseeyou.
• At 6:00, THE FATHER.wmv premiered. It picks up directly where jadusable.wmv left off, showing Jadusable's true final moments of gameplay. This video and the events surrounding it officially confirm that Jadusable died at the end of the Haunted Cartridge Arc.
  • In addition to the repeated "can anyone hear me" hidden in the spectrogram, a new message was found that reads, "04192020." This points to April 19, 2020 as a date of importance.
  • At 6:34, the thumbnail changed to a frame near the end of the video with The Father on screen. At 7:04, it changed back to its original thumbnail.
• At 6:12, the image on the lock screen of methodsofrevolution.com changed to The Father from the end of the video. At 8:25, it changed to this image and the the following text appeared: "8:00pm CST."
• At 8:26, methodsofrevolution opened. "Time's Ending" was set to play on every page. The main page contained the two same posts, but "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" appeared as it did on 4/4 and contained new text after the first line: "Tick tock. Tick tick. Tick tock. Tick tock."
• At first, there were no new links in the directory, though some pages already linked were changed:
  • 91026121 now contained a new poll titled, "AWAKEN THE SECOND PLAYER?" There only two choices: YES and NO. The image in the poll changed between these [1] images.
  • 61028050 now contained new text:
    • "I will show you Jadusable’s final moments before he died. The one video you never saw."
    • "I knew that they would have a second player soon, it was almost his time to come to – but now he wouldn’t be alone. He’s going to be in danger because of what they did."
• The following new page IDs were found:
  • 400 contained this audio file, which itself contained the following: 01100001 00100000 01110111 01101111 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 01100110 01110101 01101100 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110101 01101110 011010. This translates to, "a wonderful reun."
  • 401 contained this audio file, which itself contained the following: 01010100 01101000 01100101 01111001 00100000 01110011 01101000 01101111 01110101 01101100 01100100 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01101000 011001. This translates to, "They should be h."
  • 402 contained this audio file, which itself contained the following: 01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100110 01101001 01101110 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110101 01101110 011001. This translates to, "You finally foun."
  • 403 contained this audio file, which itself contained the following: 00100111 01001010 01100001 01100100 01110101 01110011 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 00100111 00100000 01101110 01100101 01110110 01100101 011100. This translates to, "'Jadusable' neve."
  • 404 contained this audio file, which itself contained the following: vGpha alc fxgsclr Gxixrfva utijhyu oaw !. This translates to, "dCode can decrypt vigenere without key !"
  • 412 was titled "YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE" and the contents of the page were password protected. Shortly after this page's discovery, it was added to the bottom of the directory.
  • 415 was titled "MASTER KEY" and contained a link to this text file, which itself contained a binary code that translated to the following: RTV UFOUSIA NXGTES QMOTB NZRFP MCS DHGTIPV OIINQ TICIN, TKYJE JD WX MXWZ I OPIM TR WGMNFRRCDNW WJEL HOX. This cipher was found to be a Vigenere with a key of "jadusable," and translates to, "ITS ANOTHER NUMBER FIFTY THREE ITS ANOTHER FIFTY THREE, THERE IS SO MUCH I NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU."
• At 8:45, the banner changed to this and the post "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" changed to "EMERGENCY TRANSMISSION." The post contained the same binary found in MASTER KEY.txt.
• The banner changed several times in the next few minutes:
  • At 8:52, it changed to this. At the same time, the following text was added to "EMERGENCY TRANSMISSION": "YOU NEED TO USE THIS SOMEWHERE. IM RUNNING OUT OF TIME."
  • At 8:58, it changed to this.
  • At 8:59, it changed to this.
  • At 9:01, it changed to this.
• At 9:02, the site closed. The lock screen changed to this and it contained the text, "Almost had it. Maybe a clue is left somewhere?" A few seconds later, the text was gone. The poll's final judgment was roughly 70-30 in favor of YES.

April 19, 2020

• At 2:00pm, baker.txt was set to premiere at 5:00.
• At 5:00, baker.wmv premiered. Jadus describes meting with his friend Baker at a coffee shop just before the legally-mandated curfew. Baker tells Jadus that he must leave the city in the next few days to avoid an impending riot and the lockdown it will cause, and claims that top researchers are working on something he compares to the "mark of the beast." Jadus is initially skeptical, but eventually seems to understand. The video ends.
• At 5:11, methodsofrevolution's lock screen changed. It was now completely black and contained text that picks up from immediately after the end of the video. It reads:
  • He was all over the place, but I followed. I followed all of it. A lot had happened in the past year - in retrospect it was morbid how we just meandered from one once-in-a-generation scandal to the next in a lazy, indifferent haze. We were so caught up in making it to work on time, paying our bills, and buying the next big ticket item that those events barely registered for more than a week or two before we forgot all about it. But now half the country was unemployed, bills were frozen, and people prioritized essential food/supplies. This was probably the first time many of us really got the chance to stop and really think about the weight of these things and what kind of world we were living in. There really was a billionaire pedophile that ran uncontested for decades in our most elite circles, and we still hadn’t found his accomplices. We really were headed towards another Great Depression, and society as we knew it was beginning to crumble. And we really did spend way too much time at the office, and for what? Things were too fast paced to focus before, but now that we had nothing but time we realized that this was real. This was actually happening in our world. There’s a psychological barrier that many people have that refuse to allow them to accept terrible things happening in the world. It’s only when things become so in your face and undeniable that the barrier shatters - in many cases it was the lockdown that shattered it for many people. Now there were no bills to pay and we had no choice but to dwell on the truth. This was the first time that myself and many others were able to stop and realize the reality that we lived in. It was a shame that the riots were beginning to start this early, we might have had time to really organize a revolution. The riots in Seattle were emblematic of that, I’m sure. But now with the supply chain being disrupted in the Bible Belt, more would start, but for the wrong reasons. We were interrupted by the owner - the shop was closing soon, which meant we had only a few minutes to get back home before curfew. I stayed behind to use the restroom while Baker made his way to the exit. He paused in half-step out the door and turned to me, staring directly at me. “I am telling you, whatever they end up proposing. Don’t get it put in you.“ “No matter what they say, or what they tell you it’s for. “ “Don’t get it.” These specific memories fluttered back to me for some reason in a dreamlike fashion, I could recall them all vividly. Rather, it was the last poignant thing as I woke up on a cold tile floor on the 23rd of April.
• At 5:18, the following line was removed: "“I am telling you, whatever they end up proposing. Don’t get it put in you.“"

Methods of Revolution

Awaken the Second Player

April 23, 2020

• At 1:17pm, Awakening was set to premiere at 7:00pm on Jadusable's YouTube channel. Several changes took place during this time:
  • At 1:21, the title changed to Methods of Revolution [Part 1].
  • At 1:24, the title changed to Methods of Revolution [me/thod re;//].
  • At 1:29, the first tags appeared: Methods of Revolution, Part I, BEN Drowned, Awakening, Timelines, The Second Player, Abel
  • At 2:02, the title changed to Methods of Revolution [me/thod re;// Part 1].
  • At 2:11, more tags appeared: Jadusable, Alex Hall, Where is he?, Trapped, Purgatory
  • At 2:12, the title changed to Methods of Revolution [Prologue: Part 1].
  • At 2:38, the first thumbnail appeared.
  • At 4:32, the thumbnail was changed.
  • At 4:33, more tags appeared: Escape, How can I escape, Drowned, The Jailor
• At 1:24pm, the thumbnails changed for all Haunted Cartridge Arc videos, as well as CHILDREN.wmv.
  • The thumbnail for king kong.wmv also changed.
• At 7:00pm, Methods of Revolution [Prologue: Part 1] premiered. It shows the new "second player" waking up in a hotel room guarded by a mysterious jailer.
  • Shortly after the premiere, the title changed to Methods of Revolution [Part 1].

April 29, 2020

• Around 9:30am, Methods of Revolution [Day 3] was set to premiere at 6:30pm on Jadusable's YouTube channel.
  • As a result of this video's name, the previous video was re-titled to Methods of Revolution [Day 1].
  • At 9:50, the thumbnail and description were added. The new description reads, "A choice will be made."
  • At 10:10, the tags were changed. Notably, the word "Jailor" was changed to "Jailer."
• Around 5:45pm, methodsofrevolution.com's title changed to "Consensus" and its favicon changed to this.
• At 6:07, the video's description changed to "Make your choice at http://www.methodsofrevolution.com"
• At 6:30, Methods of Revolution [Day 3] premiered. It follows the events of the previous video, introducing a new character in the adjoining hotel room who is promptly taken by the Jailer for being too loud.
• At 6:40, methodsofrevolution.com was unlocked again. The main page now contained a photo of the hotel desk and its contents, with descriptions for each item attached. A choice will need to be made in the near future.
  • The author "Find Your Method" has been renamed to "Guide."

April 30, 2020

Jadusable's new avatar

• Around 6:30am, Jadusable's YouTube avatar changed to Guide's Within Hubris avatar, formerly used by Insidiae on youshouldnthavedonethat.net.

May 9, 2020

• At 3:00pm, Methods of Revolution [Day 6] was set to premiere at 6:00pm on Jadusable's YouTube channel.
  • At 3:40, the thumbnail appeared.
• At 6:00, Methods of Revolution [Day 6] premiered. It shows the second player's journey to the second floor after leaving his room, taking with him the notepad, flashlight, and model head.
• At 6:08, methodsofrevolution.com was locked. It displayed this map and the following text: "I just signed up for this... I can\'t really remember who I was before this. Where am I? What is this place?"

May 16, 2020

• At 1:44pm, Methods of Revolution [Day 11] was set to premiere at 6:30pm on Jadusable's YouTube channel.
  • Not including the original, which was added immediately, thumbnail changes took place at 1:50, 1:51, and 6:24.
• At 6:30, Methods of Revolution [Day 11] premiered. It shows the second player's final moments as he leaves the room on the second floor before being terminated by the Jailer. Three days pass, and on day 14, a third player is introduced. She wakes up in the second's old room and is contacted by an upset Abel.
• Shortly after the premeire, methodsofrevolution.com's lock screen updated to The Father with his eyes closed. The text is now gone.

The Truth

May 23, 2020

• At 9:40am, Methods of Revolution [Day 21] was set to premiere at 6:00pm on Jadusable's YouTube channel.
  • Not including the original, which was added immediately, thumbnail changes took place at 5:35, 5:36, 5:38, 5:44, 5:47, 5:48, 5:49, two at 5:50, 5:51, 5:52, and 5:58.
• At 6:00, Methods of Revolution [Day 21] premiered. It shows our new player waking up in a newly-cleaned and furnished room. She gets out of bed and is greeted via phone by Abel, who informs her that her entertainment set has arrived: a Nintendo 64 and the same copy of Majora's Mask that Jadusable had once played. She loads up the game and reveals her name: Sarah.
  • Throughout the video, several QR codes can be seen. See the video's page for more information.

May 30, 2020

• At 11:46am, a change to methodsofrevolution.com's title was discovered: riot.txt.
  • At 2:43pm, "riot.mp3" was discovered by placing it in the site's URL.
• At 2:37pm, Methods of Revolution [Ben.wmv] was set to premiere at 6:00.
  • Not including the original, which was added immediately, thumbnail changes too place at 3:47, 5:49 (back to the original), 5:51, 5:53, 5:55, 5:56, 5:57, 5:59, and 6:00.
• At 6:00, Methods of Revolution [Ben.wmv] premiered. It shows Sarah exploring the haunted cartridge, encountering an unconscious Happy Mask Salesman before being taken to a safer place by a seemingly-friendly entity calling itself Ben. Ben requests for Sarah to play him a song, and the video ends, leaving a choice to be made.
• At 6:04, methodsofrevolution.com was opened. A complete list of changes can be found on its page.

June 21, 2020

• At 6:47pm, The Truth.wmv was set to premiere at 8:30.
  • The thumbnail was added at 6:57, then changed again within the same minute.
  • At 7:00, the tag "Behavioral Event" was added.
• At 8:30, The Truth.wmv premiered. It shows Sarah playing the Song of Healing to Ben, healing his soul and allowing him to give her the truth about Jadusable. She receives a new power and sets out to defeat the Father in the cartridge.

June 22, 2020

• At 6:04pm, Methods of Revolution [The Truth.wmv] was set to premiere at 7:30.
  • The thumbnail was added at 6:05.
  • The tags were discovered at 6:13.
• At 7:30, Methods of Revolution [The Truth.wmv] premiered. It shows the aftermath of Sarah's gameplay from The Truth.wmv, in which Abel contacts her and informs her that the AI within the cartridge are in fact formerly human, digitized and given set parameters to act within, and that they have become nearly sentient. He tells her that he will come to retrieve the cartridge soon.

The Last Hero

Settling the Score

June 26, 2020

• Sometime prior to 6:30pm, the thumbnail for Methods of Revolution [Day 11] was changed to a shot of the desk.

June 28, 2020

Jadusable's new avatar

• At 2:34pm, The Last Hero.wmv was set to premiere at 6:00.
  • The thumbnail and tags were already present, though the thumbnail changed very briefly at 5:48 to Link shooting Odolwa. It changed back after just a few seconds.
• Around 4:30, Jadusable's YouTube avatar changed to the Adult Link mask.
• At 6:00, The Last Hero.wmv premiered. It shows Sarah, now controlling Link in his adult form due to the mask acquired in The Truth.wmv, exploring Clock Town and interacting with NPCs. She goes into the Clock Tower and is told by the potion seller, an NPC not normally found in Majora's Mask, that the world inside the cartridge is far darker than she realizes and asks for her help to settle the score with the Father. Seemingly in agreement, she leaves and is attacked by two Odolwas. She defeats them and leaves for the observatory.

July 12, 2020

• At 10:22am, The Moon Children.wmv was set to premiere at 7:00pm.
  • The thumbnail and tags were already present. No changes occurred.
• At 7:00pm, The Moon Children.wmv premiered. It shows the beginning of Sarah's journey to the locations chosen by the players, in which she enters the Stock Pot Inn and retrieves one of four hearts left behind by the Moon Children. After being plunged into a town full of the dead, she escapes and makes her way toward Romani Ranch.

July 19, 2020

• At 10:37am, The Prisoner.wmv was set to premiere at 6:00pm.
  • The thumbnail and tags were already present. The thumbnail changed at 5:50 and 5:55 before returning to its original image at 5:56.
• At 6:00pm, The Prisoner.wmv premiered. It shows Sarah venturing to Romani Ranch and fighting Gomess to save the soul of Rosa, who has been trapped within Romani since 2010. She succeeds and is rewarded with the Pendant of Memories, a tool that will help to save the other Moon Children.
• Shortly after the end of the premiere, methodsofrevolution.com began updating. Several changes were found to existing pages, as well as new additions (the times of each change are unknown, but whichever was the last change occurred at 7:03 PM):
  • "goht" contained this image
  • "gyorg" contained this image. The page ID was originally misspelled as "gryorg". Memery ensued.
  • "pendantofmemories" contained this image.
  • "you" contained this image.
  • "gomess" contained this image. It also contained the text: "WHO AM I? WHO AM I? WHO AM I? you can’t get rid of me that easily"
  • "rosa" contained this image and the text "SAVED.". A subpage (or possible a completely separate page simply titled "rosa/romani") contained the same image with a header simply reading "Romani"
  • "kelbris" changed to an image of BEN's distorted face and text was added reading "Almost there..."
  • "jadusable" changed, the ciphers were completely removed and replaced with a paragraph reading "Explore while you can. He’s still here. Do you think we just got rid of him? You’ll be seeing him soon."
  • "ben" changed, most of the text is removed and all that remains is the theme download link and the line about hide and seek.
  • "drowned" changed and now contained the phrase "DO YOU REALLY THINK I CAN’T FOLLOW YOU, THIS IS MY WORLD"
• At 7:25, new tags were added to Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines - Rosa: "vampire, the, masquerade, bloodlines, YOU SAVED HER"
• At 8:30, the thumbnails for BEN.wmv and DROWNED.wmv reverted to their original forms. The thumbnail for jadusable.wmv changed to a completely new image.

July 20, 2020

• The thumbnail for king kong.wmv was changed back to its original image, this time with the text "4.1.21" in the top left corner.

July 23, 2020

• The thumbnail for The Last Hero.wmv was changed to an image of Link surrounded by fire while fighting Odolwa in Clock Town.

July 26, 2020

• At 4:27pm, The Happy Mask Salesman.wmv was set to premiere at 6:00.
  • The thumbnail was already present with the tags appearing at 4:30. The thumbnail changed at 4:52 and 5:55 before the premiere, and a third time at 9:00, with the original thumbnail returning at 9:05.
  • At 5:18, the tags "Every copy of Zelda is personalized" and "zelda is personalized" were added. "Saving Rosa" was removed.
• At 6:00, The Happy Mask Salesman.wmv premiered. It shows Sarah in the aftermath of her encounter with Gomess as she speaks to Rosa about her next objective. She is unable to remove the Adult Link mask and ride Epona to Great Bay, so she cuts through Clock Town on the way to Snowhead. While there, she discovers the body of the Happy Mask Salesman underwater at the Laundry Pool and is attacked by a Wart in West Clock Town before finally making her way to Snowhead.

August 2, 2020

• At 2:06pm, The Dying World.wmv was set to premiere at 6:00.
  • The tags were already present with the thumbnail appearing within a minute. A change to the tags was found at 5:04:
    • Removed: hacked majora's mask, majora's mask mods, Happy Mask Salesman, Alex, Every copy of Zelda is personalized, zelda is personalized
    • Added: The Dying World, dying, death, scary, romhack, majora's mask romhack, every copy of zelda is personalized, majora's mask
• At 6:00, The Dying World.wmv premiered. It shows Sarah continuing her journey to Snowhead, where she meets Kaepora Gaebora, another digitized soul who identifies himself as Ryan. He leads her to the Lens of Truth, which in turn leads her to Darmani, who blames her for the world falling apart around them and refuses to help her. She leaves with the Hookshot and defeats the Goht child in battle, claiming his soul.
• Shortly after the premiere, changes to methodsofrevolution.com were observed:
  • /goht and /drowned both changed to only the text, "......", seemingly confirming the Goht child's identity.
  • /jadusable changed to "re/union"
  • /dusk-world23 changed to "LEAVE OUR HOME," seemingly confirming Darmani's identity.
  • /drowned changed once more, this time to "Two left."

August 9, 2020

• At 4:34pm, The Predecessor.wmv was set to premiere at 6:00.
  • The tags and thumbnail were already present, with thumbnail changes taking place at 5:13, 5:26, 5:36, 5:39, 5:46, 5:51.
• Shortly after the premiere, changes to methodsofrevolution.com were observed:
  • /gyorg changed to the text, "......" at 6:23, then to "...Where did she go?" at 6:26.

August 12, 2020

• At 5:30pm, users discovered that methodsofrevolution.com has been closed for construction. The messages read:
  • Website under construction
    This website is currently under construction, check back later!
• Alex Hall would later confirm in a Patreon post that this was indeed intentional and he was updating the site.

August 17, 2020

• At 9:26pm, Alex Hall tweeted a short clip in which we only see Rosa's speech as she's approached by someone with a sword. She screams for Sarah before being silenced. The video ends with a small portion of Lost in My Thoughts playing quietly.

August 23, 2020

• At 3:28pm, The Showdown.wmv was set to premiere at 6:00.
  • The thumbnail was already present, with tags added within a few moments and thumbnail changes taking place at 3:39 and 6:45.
  • The phrase "ocarina of time" was added to the tags shortly after the tags were found.
• At 5:00pm, methodsofrevolution.com updated to feature the following text on its landing page:
  • we do not fear death, for we have created eternity we do not fear death, for we have created eternity we do not fear death, for we have created eternity we do not fear death, for we have created eternity we do not fear death, for we have created eternity we do not fear death, for we have created eternity we do not fear death, for we have created eternity we do not fear death, for we have created eternity
    
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• At 6:00, The Showdown.wmv premiered. It shows Sarah encountering her predecessor, who pulls her to the Chamber of Sages and fights her to the death. Unfortunately, Sarah is killed by her predecessor, whose name is now revealed to be Jadusable. The URL to a new website is shown very briefly before the video ends.
• Shortly after the premiere of the video, Eternity Project was discovered. Contents of this website TBA.

August 26, 2020

• Around 12:45pm, a new thumbnail for The Showdown.wmv was discovered. It is unknown when the change took place.

Eternity

August 30, 2020

• At 5:30am, eternity-project.com was discovered to be down.
• At 2:20pm, FOR INTERNAL CORPORATE USE ONLY - DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE was set to premiere at 6:00.
  • The thumbnail was already present and no tags were added.
• At 5:42, methodsofrevolution.com was brought back up. No changes were detected.
• At 5:50, methodsofrevolution.com began redirecting to eternity-project.com, which has yet to return.
• At 6:00, FOR INTERNAL CORPORATE USE ONLY - DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE premiered. It appears to be a video detailing the Eternity Project, including their plans to introduce digitization to the general public and their ability to inject their patients into countless virtual worlds.
• Shortly after the premiere, eternity-project.com returned with a completely revamped look. The site now contains an about page containing the above video and greatly expanded information on digitization, a list of participants in its Eternity Assistance Program, a live transmission page in which active EAP participants can interact with the outside world, a roadmap for the company's future, an FAQ section, and a legal disclaimer page. Full contents and timeline TBA.
• Some time after activity ceased, the video was given the following tags: "Eternity Project, Ben Drowned, Virtual Reality, BR, virtual worlds, digitization, eternity, we have created eternity"

September 13, 2020

• At 1:40am, The Final Hours.wmv was set to premiere at 3:30pm. It initially contained no description or tags.
• At 3:49pm, a new thumbnail for The Moon Children.wmv was discovered. It is unknown when the change took place.

September 30, 2020

• At 10:29am, The Fourth Day.wmv was uploaded and set to premiere on October 3 at 3:15pm. It contained no description or tags.

October 3, 2020

• At 12:50am, The Fourth Day.wmv was removed from Jadusable's channel ahead of its premiere time.

October 23, 2020

Why is he smiling?

• Alex Hall posted a series of tweets:
  • The first at 8:14am, reading: "BEN Drowned will conclude on Halloween - October 31st, 2020. Specific time TBA as of right now - likely 2PM EST. I'm really curious to see how people react to this, be prepared to expect the unexpected."
  • The second at 8:45am, describing his recent personal journey hiking in the Rocky Mountains.
  • The third at 8:50am, revealing a rather worrisome screenshot from the upcoming video.
  • The fourth at 9:17am, showing the much-theorized-about desert for the second time. This tweet was deleted shortly afterward.

Timeline
Preceded by Moon Children Arc	Current Arc Awakening Arc	Followed by N/A