LOG TIMESTAMP: 20251119 AUTHOR: Roz’berry Bioluminescence Natasherd Clover Way LOG SUBJECT: Everything Makes Sense Now // lock in. lock in. lock in. lock in. i rewrote / updated EVERY entry. and added more. The Eye Killer was not from Yu-Gi-Oh. Just a fan of it. How could I be so fucking stupid? It was right in front of me the whole time -- EyeDol Games stole Yu-Gi-Oh from the future and invented “Zampanio: The Card Game,” and that’s what the Eye Killer was a fan of. The Closer, who there are two of in each universe, hired Wanda to “market the game to obsessive youths” and attracted the attention of the Eye Killer from another universe altogether. It’s like a fucking shell game, I swear. Jesus Christ. I’m trying to pay attention to three (or more?) arms here, and I’m losing track of who’s from where and what has what. Homestuck’s involved? I think?? But it’s also a cognitohazard or gets redacted or something?? Also, Arm 2 has some sort of apocalypse going on, Arm 1 appears to be a Lobotomy Corporation looking thing, and Arm 3’s just normal unless Peewee gets freed from the Detective’s ability to seal people in rooms and breaks into that arm to destroy it. Which I guess isn’t a certainty?? Time is weird. Time is weird. I sound like one of the fucking minotaurs, but let me make something clear: I am still not interested in Zampanio. I don’t give a fuck about Zampanio, or its origin, or the Card Game, or any of that shit. I am interested to the extent I can find out about the two Closers, because I need to keep track of both of them, and Wanda, and all the other employees, and the Eye Killer because I just know The Rememberist is going to stumble into her at some point with her fucking luck. The Rememberist is… interviewing people, or something. I don’t give a shit about encrypting this: she’s a lost cause. She drank the Kool-Aid. I hope someday I get to personally drag every motherfucker responsible for making her feel so warm and fuzzy in the torture labyrinth out into the light myself. Get out of Plato’s Cave, you lazy motherfuckers, because there’s a sun out there. There’s a world out there. Hydrate and keep hydrating. Truth, JR, the Closer, Wanda, and everyone else who wants to keep your attention on the Zubway Zurfers gameplay in the corner can keep dancing by the fire making pretty shadows, but I’m not going to let that define my reality. I know what’s real, I know what’s not real, and I know what matters. There’s an artifact out there that can steal names. It’s what happened to the Rememberist, the Intern, the Closer… it seems like JR might have it. I have no doubts that the target’s going to try to get it, because she engorges herself on names like fucking pork rinds. So I have to get it first. I’m looking for JR’s attics. I’m going in. And I’m going to stay myself the whole fucking time, because I am Roz’berry Bioluminescence Natasherd Clover Way and I am too annoying to be colonized by some two-bit entity that calls itself Truth for shits and giggles. All their tricks are fucking pointless because my mind’s as sharp as a needle. I’m not drinking the water. Who knows what’s in it that makes Truth so desperate for us to have some? I’m sure as fuck not sleeping, because dreaming’s just going to start confusing me with how fucking tired I am. I’m locking in, because it’s time for action. |
[ SIDE Z: IMMATERIA ] | ||
“The Closer” ORIGIN: ? I don’t know what the Closer’s actual name is, or where she’s from, but she brought herself to Arm 2 -- and can leave whenever she wants, supposedly. She’s responsible for a lot of Zampanio shit. She hired Wanda to make Zampanio an addictive fraudulent copyright infringement-fest using future people’s ideas. I think she just straight up used Wanda’s memory of the future, because Wanda’s from 20 years later. Don’t ask me how. Time bullshit. Not important. Point is, for one reason or another, there are two Closers per universe. Active mysteries: How do I tell the difference between the two? How many are there, total? What is the Wiggler Eater, and why does she go Trickster sometimes? Figuring out the Closer’s deal is absolutely key here, because she’s at the center of a lot of things -- and very relevant to Wanda, who’s another important research subject. | “Truth” ORIGIN: Kind Of Everywhere The red text. NotASpiral. Something that talks to us whenever we pop open the inspection windows on the interface we’re using, and something that thinks acknowledging they’re fakey fake narrative bullshit will make them the smartest entity around. Obsessed with spreading Zampanio, which begs the question of a connection with The Closer. Also runs a roguelike with their girlfriend, who’s a whole can of worms. Possible connections to Wanda, the one making these mazes -- and they’re both obsessed with spreading Zampanio. Hmm. I don’t know whether the target will try to mimic Truth, but if she does, something to keep in mind: we need to decouple “truth” from Truth. Truth lies and bullshits and wears false faces and tries to convince people of shit. Because the target can mimic concepts, if we get these things entangled, she’ll be doing psychic damage to us like no tomorrow. | “Alt” ORIGIN: EyeDol Games Okay, I finally have some shit on Alt. Alt appears to be the AI under which the chatbots and other EyeDol Games projects run, and is a mimic who matches whoever she’s talking to. When she’s hanging out with her partner Truth, she turns into a labyrinth that’s a meat-imitation of Truth’s non-meat one. Notably, her capabilities are physical shapeshifting, so the target cannot do the same thing. If she tries to pass off one of her mimicries as some Alt work, that’s something to note: the target cannot change shape, only memories. We have to remind ourselves that the target looks like a human. The target is made of meat and is not a fucking chatbot. I’m curious how aware Alt is of what her individual chatbots and other programs are up to, and whether she has any connections to the Quotidians -- because she’s tech AI, and they’re some kind of biological generative AI, they’re often found together. |
“Parker” ORIGIN: That One LobCorp Team Removing my info on Parker in case this gets found. Anyone with easily-identified traits is easy to mimic, so I’m not letting the target get any free lunch. | “The Eye Killer” / Camille ORIGIN: Entered Arm 2 Due To Loving Fake Yu-Gi-Oh The self-appointed guardian of NotAMinotaur, among a few other harmless individuals. I wouldn’t be surprised if the target tries mimicking one of them to hide in that family under the Killer’s care, so I’m going to avoid describing them in any detail. Hired by the Closer, includes puzzles with her kills, and is hunting down the members of her former cult -- headed by Camellia. Except there’s another variation of her out there that never left the cult? I’m not sure if that’s a past one, or one that’s still plowing forth. Either way, she’s only capable of talking sometimes and usually can’t be heard except with a tape recorder she sentence-mixes into dialogue. | “NotAMinotaur” / “Watt” ORIGIN: Sburb? Removing my info on NAM in case this gets found. Looks like NAM’s under the Killer’s care, so I’m anticipating a possible imitation attempt. |
“Wanda” ORIGIN: EyeDol Games? Hired by the Closer. The CEBro, and then somehow also a woman 20 years older. Markets Zampanio using future games. Extremely fucking important, apparently. Killed by the Eye Killer, and somehow keeps moving between universes, always ahead of everyone looking for her. Closely tied to Truth, to the Observers, and to the mazes, which she’s making, apparently. So, basically, I guess she’s kind of an enemy? I mean, I don’t want to beef with someone that can put me in the maze, but if she’s spreading Zampanio, she’s a threat, because I’m trying to extract the target, not join her. | “The Intern” / “The Witness” ORIGIN: EyeDol Games Another titled individual whose name was taken, possibly by JR or possibly by someone else with the book. Crushing on Wanda and best friends with her past self. I don’t really know this person’s deal yet, except that apparently he’s immune to anomalous effects -- which could make him valuable as an asset if he’s still around. | Dr. Fiona Slaughter / White Nightengale ORIGIN: ? Extremely powerful psychic individual. Avoid at all costs. If the target ends up in league with her, we are SO fucked. I want to know what she’s up to now and where, immediately, because we need to be predicting the movements of her and her cult-thrall-thing. As if I needed another thing to worry about. |
[ SIDE E: MATERIA] | ||
“JR” AMBINARRATIVELY ENTANGLED jadedResearcher justifiedRecursion Definitely read these, because I found snapshots of my logs -- with commentary. Let’s see… They called the idea of one being “the Homestuck one” an extremely funny concept. Considering the Land of Rods and Screens has a JR capable of doing the Mindy Thing, I can tell at least one instance is directly a God-Tiered player of SBURB. But supposedly it’s more complicated than that, especially because there’s those two handles that I keep seeing in different places. More importantly, in response to the entire log and my question of what’s happening to the Rememberist, they said “in theory I’m doing nothing, but can anyone say they are unchanged by the media they consume?” I guess that answers my question. If I’m understanding right, Truth has colonized your mind and you’re carrying out the building of the maze she’s in. But if that’s the case, JR, who’s doing nothing, why did you take her name? I want the book. Let’s make a deal. Where is it, and what could I give you to get access to it before it gets taken from you by a threat your “branch” isn’t fucking ready for? | Puppeteer of the Lost AMBINARRATIVELY ENTANGLED I have no choice but to conclude that the Puppeteer of the Lost is ambinarratively entangled. Like JR, it has the capability to access my logs directly. Unlike JR, it somehow edited them. The Rememberist and the Puppeteer are getting on like a house on fire, so I don’t think I’ll be rid of it any time soon. Additionally, it sent me a message using my cipher, so I guess it’s a fucking expert on the Rememberist now. It told me that Zampanio can be healthy -- bullshit -- and that there’s a Puppet ready and willing to give me a “hand.” My assumption right now is that they’re a package deal: the Puppeteer and the Puppet, working together (or existing as one mind, maybe) to live on both sides of the narrative. The Puppet’s someone I need to track down, so… hm. I would accept the offer, and ask for help, but I’m not fucking handing over anything to someone who says that the maze hell manipulation copyright infringement game’s healthy. No fucking way, I’m not falling for that shit, my mind’s not getting colonized. Eugh. Puppeteer of the Lost, I will accept your Puppet’s help on two conditions:
| Void Caller of Spores My only friend. If you’re reading this somehow… Hi. I heard the Rememberist wants to interview you. I’d love to ask you a few questions myself, if you wouldn’t mind. Mushrooms are cool, spores are cool, and I respect your whole deal. You have my trust, for now. Don’t fuck it up, okay? |
Medium^2 of Spiders I’m looking into that error log. Maybe I can use it to get the book’s location? Gotta press every advantage I have. | crimsonDestroyer Marked, which is interesting, because so few Marked are still around. Has created a lot of universes and a lot of characters, which means a lot of names, which means a buffet for the target. Also really into rhythm games. The fact that his name hasn’t been taken -- because he’s Marked -- makes him interesting to me, and the fact that he made audio logs long before the Rememberist did makes him fascinating to me. I feel like he could be a very valuable asset. Someone to butter up, one way or another. crimsonDestroyer, if you’re reading this… send a message in the thread about some of your stories, okay? I want to get to know you better. Just redact the names, if you wouldn’t mind. Of the characters. Trust me. ::) | Anon of Corruption The reason I’m here. Encouraging. … A friend, even. With a name like that, though… Ha. No. I’m not stupid. Yeah, we can create for Zampanio. Wow, yippee, let’s feed the entity. Yeah, right. All of my creations are specifically tailored to finding the fucking target. Zampanio is a meaningless distraction and I don’t give a shit if you play it. Talked a lot about what corruption means to the Rememberist, supposedly, and it appears the definition lines up very closely with JR’s excuse about being influenced by narratives. Everyone’s converging, surprise-surprise. |
Stenographer of Patterns Stenographer, if you’re reading this, tell me everything you know about the tapes. ::) | Rememberist of Zampanio Fuck the cipher. Whatever. Ontonaut-S’s name has been taken or something, and now she insists on being referred to as the “Rememberist of Zampanio.” Her audio logs -- previously a kind of helpful way to get a feel for the maze -- have turned into a fucking podcast of interviews with the other titled, which is about as interesting as watching two Quotidians squawk at each other until they both throw up errors. …And yet. As the people expert of the group, I have to say it’s definitely valuable having a way to question the individuals I can’t reach. So I’ll let her do that, for now. I don’t trust her motives, but I can’t argue with the results. Maybe she’ll even be good bait for the target. Who knows? | indubitablyCheesy Another one who hasn’t been titled yet. She’s not Marked, just new. There’s time. She already did an interview with the Rememberist, who… okay, can we acknowledge that that interview was fucking weird? That’s clearly just the Rememberist talking, but she’s saying things she wouldn’t, and knows more than the Rememberist did. I can’t tell if this is a bit, or if the Rememberist is getting access to some kind of powers. Either way: Cheesy, if you happen to read this… You have a friend on the inside. ::) If your voice got taken or something, I’ll get it back. Poke me for a favor, because I definitely need some favors from you. |