PRESENT
This is Part 2 of 3, the Present, in game events we see! Onwards!
The Protagonist is some sort of content creator, one that goes to abandoned or forgotten places and "searches" them, as can be gleaned from the cameras facing the protagonist on his desk, and his conversation with a certain Laura, or LSparks53 (there's also an error in this Harmony tab, with one of the messages from Laura reading as from LauraSparks53 instead of LSparks53. Just a note). This Laura helps our protagonist, who goes by the username of eEnsign. His profile picture are the letters UF, which is weird, since it doesn't match the username, nor what Laura calls eEnsign: Ed. Anyways, I digress. From now on, I'll call the protagonist Ed as well. Laura helps Ed get footage of these places as per the conversation.
eEnsign: "Hey Laura! I'm doing another search this weekend! Wanna come with me?"
LSparks53: "The last few times I've gone with you SUCKED LMAO."
eEnsign: "Remember that old theme park we went to see as kids? Indigo Park?"
LSparks53: "yeah? I kind of forgot about that place? Been closed for a while, right? how would you even get in?"
eEnsign: "Honestly, I don't know. I'm not even gonna bring my equipment. Jump a fence of something? We've done worse lol”
LSparks53: "aight, well just be careful. I'm gonna pass on this one. if you can get in i'll go with you to help record some other time. i'm looking it up now and there's like NO info online about it. probably swarming with cops too."
eEnsign: "I guess we'll find out! I'll check it out, maybe we can go together next week?
Lsparks53: "just be careful, Ed. I don't want to be paying your bail."
And with that conversation, we learn that these two are like a dynamic duo of sorts, having some sort of channel or website where they post footage of places lost to time and "search" them, breaking laws of trespassing and such, apparently also having "done worse", whatever that means. Maybe they took a few things from the place, so burglary? It's never specified. Probably burglary, though, considering that Ed has taken to collecting all sorts of plushies and such from Indigo Park.
What I want to point out is how weird this Laura person acts. As soon as Indigo Park is mentioned, Laura instantly seems to dislike the idea, but never directly says it. Instead, she becomes reluctant to go with Ed, despite having done worse, as Ed puts it. Perhaps she's just cautious, and based on her last sentence, they haven't been caught before, or else she would have said "I don't want to be paying your bail again."
However, I don't think that's the case. Remember when Laura said she looked up Indigo Park and found nothing? Well, we know the website is still up and running, or at the very least, Ed used some sort of service like the Wayback Machine to pull it up on the right most monitor on his desk, which can be seen in the opening cutscene. On it, there's even an option to purchase tickets still, which is incredibly weird, which I'll also go into later on. Why would a defunct theme park need a still running website? After all, if you evacuate everyone from it with no explanation, wouldn't you want to get rid of all evidence of it? If not destroy the property outright, then at least take the website down. Again, digressing, the point is that Laura didn't find this website ... or she did, but didn't say anything.
Again, this is purely speculation at this point; I mean, the two of them have broke into a few places trespassing and recording and documenting abandoned places at least a few times for the internet, and maybe she really is just that cautious, worried about being imprisoned and charged for trespassing, and even attempted burglary.
And it seems like Ed is asking the same questions we are. Behind the Harmony tab is a notes tab with several questions such as "Why did it close?" and "What is left?", among a few others that are cut off. The next question seems to ask "Is it still" something. Seems like Ed and us are in the same boat. Hopefully we can help each other out.
Regardless, Ed ends up climbing the fence and enters the closed off Indigo Park, where dozens of crates stamped with the Indigo Park logo, along with trash, can be seen. Walking around, the main gates are closed off, and one of the doors seem to open on their own, allowing Ed entry into the Registration Center, a desk with a few monitors where a Rangler would sit and check Ed in.
Inside, the Rambley AI comes to life, noting that Ed is the first person there in just over eight years, before directing us to the previously mentioned Registration Center. It is revealed here that AI Rambley has access to the cameras (both computer cameras and CCTV cameras), where he notes that Ed isn’t on the guest list, probably because he snuck in, and didn’t pay for his tickets. However, what stands out as odd is that Rambley doesn’t recognize Ed at all, asking if he was here for the first time. We know that it’s most definitely not Ed’s first time here, but it’s unclear if AI Rambley doesn’t recognize Ed because he grew up, or the registration process requires a photo upload.
Rambley AI: "Hm, I don't seem to have your face in the guest list. Is this your first time here in the park? Or did you just get plastic surgery?"
From here, Ed’s directed to go through the gates, but both AI Rambley and Ed realize that the gates are not open and are instead sending an error message. Going back to the Registration Center, Ed finds and replaces a missing gear, and the gates finally open, from where Ed is free to explore. He’s directed to the Critter Corner, where he receives a Critter Cuff to enter certain areas, and the park, from where he’s directed to Rambley’s Railway to get to know most (poor Salem) of the characters. A massive statue of Isaac Indigo and Rambley can be seen at the entrance.
As Ed makes his way through to Rambley Railway, it’s clear that the park is not in the best condition. Ransacked gift stores, empty cafes with rotting food and festering drinks, tunnels collapsing at the drop of a hat, and weeds spouting everywhere even disconcert the AI Rambley, who tries to shrug off the state of the park by claiming renovations, but it’s clear he’s unsettled with how empty and broken the park is. We’ll cover that later as well.
On this ride, Rambley introduces us to everyone, except for Salem, indicating he’s friends with everyone except her and Lloyd, for whom he has … let’s a bit of distaste for. He’s shown to be sarcastic and snippy with Lloyd, but even his supposed friends aren’t safe from his occasional jabs.
Rambley when speaking to Mollie Macaw: “You sure are [the best pilot you ever saw], Moll! Why, you only crashed into six barns this week!”
Mollie: “I’m not crashin’, Rambley! I’m barnstormin’!”
Rambley: “Haha! What’s barnstorming?”
Mollie: “It’s crashing, with style! I-it barely hurts at all!”
The stutter in Mollie’s audio is what interests me. It could be interpreted as a glitch, which is certainly possible. The park hasn’t been maintained in eight years, and it is falling apart. But it could also be interpreted as Mollie losing her characteristic confidence, upset that Rambley seems to be so keen on pointing out her failures in her hobby sphere.
Rambley, when speaking to Finley the Sea Serpent: “Why the long face? And body? … Oh Finley, you should come out of YOUR shell!”
Finley, in response. “How about YOU come into it instead?”
I would also like to note AI Rambley’s interaction with Finley’s plushie.
AI Rambley: “Ooh, you found my buddy Finley! You know, he’s really shy, like, TOO shy, like OBNOXIOUSLY shy, but he’s got a good heart.”
I want to point out the fact that when Rambley speaks about how shy Finley is, he doesn’t seem to be doing it in a jesting way. In fact, he seems genuinely annoyed with how introverted Finley is, to the point where you can hear it in his voice, and he also uses his annoyed model with slanted eyes when mentioning it.
There’s also a note here that, apparently, Rambley and Finley have known each other for over 100 years, though it’s unclear if this is actually real information, or just something the creators of the ride decided to include for the fun of it.
And another thing. At the very end of the Finley section, Finley hopes that the rider will actually visit him and Oceanic Odyssey, because he’s lonely. Why should he be lonely? He’s friends with Rambley and Mollie, at the very least. Is it because he lives on the bottom of the ocean? Or for other reasons?
Ed then reaches Salem’s area, which is noticeably, horrifically destroyed, a splatter of something bright red front and center. This is where the ride breaks down, and Ed’s required to go and fix it, before continuing onto Lloyd’s area.
I’d like to stop the story to consider the state of Salem’s area; why is it so destroyed? I’m going to avoid thinking of the red splatter as blood, to be honest, but we do know that the Mascots bleed red, thanks to Mollie Macaw. In my mind, there are three potential perpetrators.
The first two are noticeably weak connections, and the reasoning isn’t 100%, so take it with a grain of salt. We know that all the characters received Mascots, so there are three of them that, in my mind, are capable.
The first is, admittedly, a bit weird: the Mascot of Salem. We know she despises Rambley and his friends (her relationship with Lloyd remains a mystery), so it’s possible that Mascot Salem was the one to sabotage her area, as a way of getting back at Rambley. Why her area only is admittedly a bit weird, so she’s not the strongest match. Another piece of evidence would be the smashed animatronic of Mollie. Again, we do know that Salem has used Mollie before by dumping her potions onto her and making Mollie Salem’s minion. Could she also have smashed the animatronic bird?
The second suspect is Mascot Mollie. She can be seen following Ed throughout the ride, and the whole park, for that matter, and we do know there is some bad blood between her and Salem because of the arcade game Rambely Rush. It would give motive for Mascot Mollie to do such a thing, and she’s the only Mascot running about Indigo Park that we know of; Lloyd remained in his theater, not pursuing Ed when he leaves. At the end of the chapter, when Ed enters Oceanic Odyssey, it’s unclear whether a robot or Mascot Finley appears in the aquarium, but he’s likely confined there as well. Mascots Rambley and Salem aren’t even mentioned once.
Now, this one is also kind of a stretch, but the only character that would have more reason to hate Salem more than Mollie is Rambley. They are clear nemeses (again, Rambley Rush), and have been for quite some time. While the AI Rambley is generally benevolent, but still with a sharp tongue, it remains to be seen what exactly the Mascot Rambley is like. His Mascot is still likely here in Indigo Park somewhere, one of the remaining two (Mollie being dead, unless there are several of each Mascot present, in which case this elevates the terror a few notches. Imagine being chased by seventeen Mascot Lloyds) besides Salem. He could very well be the perpetrator. However, I do have a bit of trouble explaining why he would wreck the Animatronic Mollie. Maybe because he knows it’s just a fake, and not the real Mascot Mollie?
However, there is one convenient detail that I have not mentioned. Remember the smashed Animatronic Mollie, and how we were questioning why she was wrecked in the first place? Well, she does offer us one clue. When Ed approaches the bird, Mollie flickers to life momentarily, her voice garbled and distorted until finally, she says this:
Animatronic Mollie: “Not Rambley! He hurts Lloyd! He hurts Lloyd!”
After that, poor Animatronic Mollie finally shuts off for good, her painted eyes devoid of the life she once had. Well, this certainly got interesting, didn’t it? Rambley hurts Lloyd? How? I mean, think about it! How would a raccoon actively hurt a lion? This isn’t like a honey badger situation; raccoons are much more vulnerable and weaker than honey badgers. What’s also interesting is her words themselves. Why would someone program an Animatronic Mollie to say this? We eventually find out that Mascot Mollie will memorize and be able to repeat words or phrases she’s heard, if Ed has the misfortune of being caught by Mascot Mollie later down the line. Is it possible that the same is true for the animatronics? And if so, does that mean that Animatronic Mollie was shouting bits and pieces out of context, or was it supposed to be something she was never meant to hear, and was thusly wrecked?
And even if this was out of context, that still opens up a major can of worms. Even if Rambley never hurt Lloyd, who is this ‘He’ that did hurt Lloyd? Keep this in mind until we reach Lloyd’s attraction.
Anyways, onto Llyod’s area. It’s clear that Lloyd and Rambley both don’t like each other, quite possibly because Rambley hates how Lloyd used to be number one, and Lloyd possibly because he’s not happy that he was replaced by Rambley as head honcho. Rambley, for his part, doesn’t really try to antagonize Lloyd, just wearily going through the ride and trying to get out as fast as possible here.
And that’s essentially it for the ride, AI Rambley suggesting Ed go visit Jetstream Junction. Careful observation would yield the fact that Mascot Mollie has been stalking Ed, studying him from behind the scenes, though she won’t end up being an antagonist until later on.
What’s interesting to note is that at the end, AI Rambley says this: “So, whatddya think? Pretty fun, right? Now you know all about my friends! And Lloyd …”
We know that Rambley cannot stand Salem, Rambley Rush made it quite clear. So, why refer to Salem as a friend? Why is her area so wrecked? Is it possible that AI Rambley has no reason to hate her, because he’s not aware of how often he’s pitted against her in media? But that would also mean that AI Rambley would have to be quite unaware of the media surrounding him, but he seems to know a lot about the history of the park. He still dislikes Lloyd, after all. And then that would beg the question if Mascot Rambley actually dislikes Salem enough to destroy her area in his ride. Too many questions that, unfortunately, there are no answers for. We can’t even see AI Rambley’s thoughts on Salem through a plush or anything, because there are no current collectibles in Chapter 1 that refer to her.
This is actually why I think one of the more intriguing aspects of ‘Birds of a Feather’ is Salem, and her ambiguous presence within the game. There aren’t even any posters in regard to her, unlike Lloyd or Rambley or Mollie or Finley. She’s just so wrapped up in mystery … anyways.
After finding out Jetstream Junction is locked away, AI Rambley sends Ed to Lloyd’s Main Stage Theater, where Ed first catches a glimpse of Mascot Lloyd, dozing on the stage. When Mascot Lloyd notices Ed, he runs into the back, and unfortunately, that’s where Ed has to go.
When Ed reaches the stage himself, AI Rambley tells Ed to be careful, because he has no vision of the backstage area, which is weird. AI Rambley seems to have access to the rest of Indigo Park, why is this area so special? It’s just storage, for the most part … and Mascot Lloyd, but AI Rambley still thinks they’re just as good as they were in their hay day, so he has no reason to be wary of the Mascots themselves until later. It’s true that it’s a Ranglers Only area, and we haven’t really seen AI Rambley in these areas before, so that could be it? Maybe because of his dislike for Lloyd? But then why give AI Rambley access to the stage at all? I don’t know, to be honest. Yet another question. However, AI Rambley does say something interesting.
AI Rambley, to Ed, regarding the behind the stage area: “Hey buddy. I got eyes all over the park, but I can’t see anything behind the stage. If you’re going back there be careful. Your Critter Cuff is not yet able to resuscitate you.”
Why should a Critter Cuff be able to resuscitate a person? From what I understand, it’s supposed to be like those Disney Bands that you can wear at parks, giving you access to different rides and such, even having complementary features of being a pedometer, mood ring, and a heartbeat sensor. This could either be a sort of tease to future upgrades Ed might be able to get in future chapters … or implies something darker. These Critter Cuffs were given to regular guests, for what purpose should they be able to revive someone from being unconscious?
Anyways, as Ed makes his way backstage, Lloyd makes some appearances, even once trying to attack Ed before being foiled by the massive boxes landing on him, causing him to slink away. Along the path, however, is something interesting. Binders, pages, even notebooks are scattered, almost like a bread crumb trail. I was never able to make out what they say besides some months like January, or vague Table of Contents with no explanation. Just thought it was weird. Food for thought. Grabbing the keys, Ed heads back, finding the door locked behind him. Trying to open the door yields an attack by Lloyd, who is strangely repelled by a high-pitched noise.
Now, from all that I have read, there seem to be two theories as for why Lloyd flees. The first cause is that Mascot Lloyd is driven away by the high-pitched beeping from the Critter Cuff. The second, and arguably more intriguing theory, is that someone blows a tamer’s whistle. A tamer’s whistle is a whistle used by tamers to direct animals, usually in settings like circuses where the animal has to perform some sort of trick or feat of athleticism. As it’s used more and more often, the animal learns to recognize the pitch, or duration of the shrill sound, associating it with a certain action that needs to be performed. In this case, the theory states that the tamer’s whistle caused Lloyd to fall back, before fleeing.
Now, while I think the tamer whistle theory is cool in concept, I don’t know who would be able, or more importantly, willing to save Ed from Mascot Lloyd. AI Rambley is not able to see what’s back here, nor should he understand what’s happening, so that removes him from the picture. Mascot Mollie is a possibility, perhaps wanting to save Ed for herself, as she’s seen stalking and watching Ed ever since Rambley’s Railroad, and even appears briefly in the hallway when Ed exits the theater backstage, but why want Ed for herself? They probably don’t need food, else they would have died, sweet pastries and sugary drinks present or not. They were left alone for eight years, after all. The thrill of the hunt would be the only explanation. And then there are our two unknowns, running about the park: Mascot Rambley and Mascot Salem. Could they have been the ones to do it? But why assume they’d act differently towards Ed? Surely they’d still be hostile?
And if the Critter Cuff was the savior, why was it ineffective against Mascot Mollie? Could it be because of the physiological and biological differences between Mascots Lloyd and Mollie? And why did it go off only when Lloyd was nearby? After Lloyd is repelled, the noise stops, after all. Was it the elevated heart rate that tipped off the defense mechanism? But again, surely it would have done the same when Ed would be chased by Mascot Mollie?
Remember what Animatronic Mollie told Ed with her dying breath? ‘Not Rambley! He hurts Lloyd! He hurts Lloyd!’ Could this be what Mollie was referring to? After all, Lloyd didn’t just run away; he collapsed a few feet away from Ed for a brief stint, paws pressing against his ears as Lloyd curled up into a fetal position, only running away when the high-pitched sound ended. Mascot Lloyd genuinely seemed in great pain, and was only able to run away, quite hastily, may I add, once the sound stopped. Was Rambley, AI or Mascot, the one who abused such a feature? Or was it someone else?
Remember, we have no idea why the Mascots turned hostile. Possibly due to a lack of exposure to humans, and thus claiming certain territories for themselves. After all, Mollie didn’t attack Ed until he entered her designated area. But then that brings into question Mascot Rambley. Where was he all this time? Rambley Railroad is his place, after all. But this isn’t Rambley’s only attraction in Indigo Park. At least one other location that we find that bears Rambley’s name is ‘Café de Raton Laveur’, which is French for Raccoon Café. Does that mean that Rambley owns other attractions, and is stalking those? It’s unclear.
Anyways, want to know another possible reason why there was a sudden evacuation with no explanation? What if the Mascots rebelled against the humans because of mistreatment? Think about it, Animatronic Mollie says ‘Not Rambley! He hurts Lloyd! He hurts Lloyd!’ What if Animatronic Mollie wasn’t referring to Rambley hurting Lloyd, but someone else? Someone who would want to design a special feature built into his Critter Cuff that he could activate and subdue, if not straight up hurt Lloyd? And who is the only other male character that we know of besides Rambley, Lloyd, Finley, and Ed?
That’s right, Isaac Indigo himself. This could very well be a case of mistreated creatures rebelling against the horrors they endured. Think about it, when in stressful situations, the mind, both human and not, is much more willing to go into fight or flight, is much more likely to punch first, question later. Is it possible that this Animatronic Mollie caught a snippet of a conflict that arose between the Mascots, when Mascot Mollie was trying to mediate? While this does go against the theory that Animatronic Mollie was destroyed by Mascot Rambley to silence her, it’s still a possible theory, no?
Again, these theories are very much a stretch, I just wished to lay them out on the table and offer them up for people to see and debate.
After grabbing the keys, Ed goes to Jetsream Junction, where Ed goes about exploring and solving some puzzles in order to progress further into the building, as it seems to be the only other place that isn’t falling apart and seems to be in somewhat stable condition. Inside one of the rooms is the Rambley Rush arcade game, and there is something interesting that Salem says in here.
Salem, speaking to Rambley: “Meet the new and improved Marley Macaw! Now with none o’ that ‘friendship’ garbage stopping her from tearin’ you to pieces. I wonder what she REALLY thinks of you now? Have fun finding out!”
Now, this could just be me overanalyzing this thing. It’s our only reference to Salem, and some of the things I cite as evidence could very well just be regular dialogue for an arcade game. However, on the off chance that this means something, I was very interested in what Salem said about what Mollie thought of Rambley. She makes it seem like Mollie is under some sort of illusion in regard to Rambley, like he’s a villain masquerading as a good guy, but has everyone around him convinced he’s good. This could tie in with the broken Animatronic Mollie, as if Mollie found out about some truth in regard to Rambley. After all, her broken, jittering speech made it seem like Rambley was actively hurting Lloyd. Could she have gone to someone to get help, but that other someone suggested Rambley as an ally? That could explain why Mollie felt the need to emphasize that ‘He hurts Lloyd’ twice, like she’s genuinely freaking out that her best friend actively hurt others he didn’t like.
Putting that theory aside, Ed goes through the area, heading up to Mollie’s ride, only to find it inaccessible due to major chunks of broken debris. AI Rambley seems sort of horrified to find the place so broken and calls up a repair technician. It’s no surprise that the line is discontinued, due to most Ranglers likely being laid off after the closure of Indigo Park.
From here, AI Rambley, still somewhat jarred by the wreckage he’s seeing, encourages Ed to go and visit Mollie’s Landing Pad, strangely acting as if Ed had just finished his journey on the attraction, when he couldn’t even step onto it. From there, Ed goes and solves some puzzles, making his way deeper into the building. He spots Mollie a few times as she gets away from him, hiding. What’s an interesting note is that some sort of liquid seems to be dripping from Mollie. When you encounter her in one of the tubes, she leaves behind some sort of reddish grime that disappears once her animation is done. Her eyes, also, aren’t the way they’re usually portrayed. They’re similar to Lloyd’s in that there are white pinpricks of light in dark sockets, Lloyd’s being thin ovals in dark sockets.
As Ed finishes up the puzzles, he goes deeper before he’s attacked by Mascot Mollie herself, fleeing through the numerous tubes and tunnels, before eventually leaving it all behind and entering some sort of Ranglers Only Area.
Before we continue, I’d like to point out something. When being chased, Mascot Mollie occasionally rehearses some lines she once heard, repeating this.
Finely, to Rambley: “You’ve known me for 100 years.”
Reasonable enough; she was there when Ed was in the Rambley’s Railroad attraction. No, what concerns me are two other lines, identified by SuperHorrorBro in his analysis of chapter one.
Mascot Mollie: “Get back in your cage, bird.”
And finally, this.
Mascot Mollie: “Get up you stupid freak!”
Remember, Mascot Mollie only repeats what she has once heard. She doesn’t actively make her own dialogue. Remember the theory I had about the Mascots having enough of their terrible living conditions, and rebelling against the staff? It seems like this is the right direction to go in. Lloyd and Mollie do not attack immediately. While Lloyd runs away, Mollie observes, watching, biding her time. She follows you to Lloyd’s theater, and what does she see, or, rather, hear? Lloyd being pushed further and further back into his domain, the one place he should be happy, before being forced into a corner, and where he lashes out. Even though Ed ends up leaving, he ends up claiming a piece of Lloyd’s territory, and Lloyd goes back onto his instincts, to hunt. However, when he gets too close, that blasted, accursed Critter Cuff lets out its horrible whine, Lloyd collapsing, consumed with nothing but pain. Once the sound ends, he flees, like a terrified animal.
And what does Ed see when he leaves? Mascot Mollie, observing Ed. She’s seen that, yet again, a human encroaches, pushes their bounds, eventually hurting Lloyd to get what he wants. And then, he goes to Mollie’s home, the Jetstream Junction, a place she’s been locked out of due to needing a Critter Cuff, but she wouldn’t dare touch one. She saw what happened to Lloyd, who knew what sort of anguish it would inflict upon Mollie?
She enters behind Ed, stalking him, fury building as she watches Ed run about like he owns the place. How dare this man, this human, walk upon her domain whenever he wants, but she has to wait until she’s let in, like some sort of caged bird. Well, she’s not a caged bird, and she’ll make Ed see that.
At first, when AI Rambley sees Ed, he wishes to stop Ed, but seeing a towering Mascot Mollie chasing him, he opens the door, slamming it shut behind Ed just as Mascot Mollie’s head enters the room, killing the Mascot instantly as blood sprays all over the metallic door and floor. AI Rambley attempts to act like nothing happened, but fails, sighing.
He explains that he didn’t realize the danger of Indigo Park and its inhabitants due to being stuck in that early Reception Center for all of those eight, lonely years, unable to see or interact with anything inside. He was just so excited to finally see an actual person that he pushed Ed into this tour, realizing that, with the way things were, there was no way Ed would come out unscathed, and the AI seems genuine in his sorrow. However, he asks for Ed to help restore the park to the former glory, and, miraculously, Ed agrees. However, before Ed leaves, AI Rambley drops this one last piece of vital information.
AI Rambley: “Whew! That was exhausting to say that whole spiel, but Rambley’s Ranglers (registered) is a registered trademark … that expired yesterday.”
Okay, so couple things. From my impression, I had the feeling that somehow, someway the Indigo Company as a whole was alive and kicking. I mean, look at what Ed has to say when he interacts with the Rambley Raccoon plushy.
Ed: “Ah, there’s my buddy. Kinda feels like Rambley has a whole empire now, being the main man of Indigo and all.”
Ed gives us the distinct impression that not only is Indigo still around, but it’s also positively thriving, yet they allow their trademarks to expire? Trademarks essentially last forever, but you have to fight, in court, to let them continue every ten years or so. If Indigo is based on Disney, the stingiest, largest entertainment company, why would they let their trademark expire, and give access to others? Well, this might have to do with the initial terms.
You see, in order to keep a trademark, you have to defend its usage every ten years. Well, okay, then why didn’t Indigo do so? One of the terms for renewal is that you have to continuously use that trademark. You can’t just claim one and never use it again, that’s basically an infraction upon free speech. Sure, you can fight for its ownership, but there are rules and regulations to these kinds of things, you can’t just trademark something like ‘Oof’ or ‘Lmao’ and keep it without at least saying those phrases occassionally.
And, so far as we know, there are no other places such as Indigo Park owns. Ranglers are synonymous with staff in the park, so obviously, it would be hard to justify keeping a trademark when you never expect to use it. So, that’s my theory on why the trademark did indeed expire the day previously, October 6^th, 2023 (apparently, the creator confirmed the game takes place in 2023, so, that means that Ed arrives on October 7^th, 2023, and the last person to enter park left on October 7^th, 2015).
Anyways, after that, AI Rambley leads Ed to Oceanic Odyssey with the intention to get it back up and running, as it has been closed due to repairs, something that AI Rambley hopes Ed can assist with. As Ed exits, he tries entering a hallway, which AI Rambley blocks.
AI Rambley: “Uh oh. That Rambley’s Ranglers room is only accessible by Royal Ranglers. Maybe you’ll grow up big and strong enough to enter it! But for now, don’t.”
This is the first instance of hierarchy within the Ranglers that Ed has been introduced to so far, and the dark undertone AI Rambley takes when he tells Ed not to go there is somewhat concerning. What exactly is AI Rambley hiding back there? Well, I have a few hunches.
Let’s point out the obvious regarding our friends, the Mascots; they’re not regular animals. Obviously, regular animals don’t have dark orbitals with thin white slits, or have turquoise noses, or have macaws the size of cassowaries. However, they are still animals, creatures of flesh and blood that act like their regular animal counterparts; Lloyd is an ambush predator, stalking until he himself is presented with an opportunity to attack. However, lions are known to just straight up attack if they are discovered by accident, especially if the prey is weaker and slower than them. Lloyd runs away instead of attacking.
Similarly, Mollie follows Ed warily, unsure of what to think of him for most of the time. She never aggresses until he enters her territory, and even then, she’s surprisingly lenient with Ed, straight up until he finishes those color-coded symbol puzzles. Only then does she attack. And even then, this is a behavior reflected in regular macaws as well, as these birds are fiercely territorial of their area.
So, these Mascots didn’t pop up straight from the ground, did they? They had to be bioengineered at the very least, mutated regular animals becoming the Mascots guests once knew and loved. They are, however, animals at their core, animals that do not attack for no reason. They try to deescalate the situation, as Lloyd does when he runs backstage, and when Mollie pulls herself back through the tunnels, away from Ed, and striding through the corridors, until she eventually loses patience and chases after Ed through Jetsream Junction.
I’d like to propose the theory that these Mascots were created in that area of Jetstream Junction, hidden underground and away from prying eyes. This is also where the Mascots were likely mistreated and abused, called horribly names at the very least, and endured beatings and humiliating acts at their worst. This is also likely where the Mascots originally snapped. After all, literally not a single guest understands why they were evacuated. Unless the guests who saw what happened were silenced, there should have been something floating around the Internet, on some obscure forum.
Now, why would AI Rambley hide this? Because he now understands that these Mascots are dangerous, a risk he cannot allow, since he enlisted Ed to bring the park back from the dead. AI Rambley realizes that Ed doesn’t have the tools to survive that area; perhaps because one of the Mascots lurks in there, locked away, or because he doesn’t want Ed to flee, horrified as to the scientific process that allowed for the mutated abominations to roam Indigo Park.
Regardless, Ed finally makes his way to the entrance of Oceanic Odyssey, home of the Mascot Finley. In fact, we actually get to see a glimpse of Finely’s actual size in one of the aquariums as his large head and long torso appear, before the chapter ends. I don’t believe that this is an animatronic, as electricity and water do not mix, especially animatronic with running current of electricity in water.
And that’s where Chapter 1 of Indigo Park, ‘Birds of a Feather’, ends off. Chapter Two will likely revolve mostly, if not totally, around Oceanic Odyssey and Mascot Finley.
So, I have two predictions as for where the next chapter might go. Based on the reactions Mascots previously had to Ed, I believe that Mascot Finley will not be attacking immediately. He’ll likely be observing, like Mollie, at least for a certain amount of time, until he proceeds to attack and harass Ed around his attraction. Ed will eventually get Oceanic Odyssey up and running, and have to leave Mascot Finley behind, as he’s still hostile and very much a danger to Ed.
The alternative to this is that once Mascot Finely realizes what Ed is trying to do, he stops being aggressive, and might instead become a temporary ally, allowing Ed to reach certain locations with his knowledge of the place.
Regardless of Mascot Finley’s ultimate fate, Oceanic Odyssey being powered on will likely catch the attention of Indigo. Based on the information we know so far, Indigo is still a well known, public entity. It’s possible that Indigo abandoned the theme park route, instead focusing exclusively on media such as cartoons, movies, and merch, or they might have other sister locations to Indigo Park. It’s unclear.
Whew. In the words of AI Rambley, this is a lot of information. Almost nine thousand words in, and we finally finish covering Chapter 1. So, let’s proceed to the Conclusion I draw regarding the story Indigo Park tries to tell, and the future events that might transpire.

"in the form of man move they amongst us, but only to sight were they as are men. Serpent-headed when the glamour was lifted but appearing to man as men among men. Crept they into the Councils, taking forms that were like unto men. Slaying by their arts the chiefs of the kingdoms, taking their form and ruling o'er man. Only by magic could they be discovered. Only by sound could their faces be seen. Sought they from the Kingdom of shadows to destroy man and rule in his place"
Cultural Artifact Remember in Spiderman where the cathedral bell removes the symbiotes, which was a negative alien parasite feeding on dark emotions? I wonder if This is why the cathedrals (which were healing centers, cymatic symbols in windows) all had their bells confiscated. Or Is this the real reason Armys 1st Nvg starlight scopeswere banned?
So i had someone send me this clip from an interview where an ex USAF & propulsion expert is discussing the rumblings in the Pentagon about Enkis return. Return Of Anu-Naki only Enlil would be upset about the return of Enki & bringing prosperity to the human race... A new "golden age", and nothing can stop it from coming.
"In the Era of Aquarius, Lord Enki shall rule again".
A 700yr old drawing of Sirius A-B & their orbits during 1912-1990 from a Dogon cave. Dogon Sirius - Since 1990 scientists have found our dna has been changing & mutating. Subs like this show that there's been an obvious awakening happening. This DNA mutation is Enki keeping his promise. Enki-Lord of the Earth , Dogon-Land Lord*
GEN 11-7 :"let us go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other".... - Historically, theyve sought to undo everything we did, to invert symbols like Swatstika(Dogon origin) to make it represent evil. Like Ainu, Basque, Olmec, E Island, languages across the planet originate with the Dogon. Dogon World Dialect Meanwhile the romans created most Religions from Islam, Catholicism, Talmud, etc.
Pres Kennedy spoke about this war being ancient in origin. The battle between the ‘Sons of Light’ and the ‘Sons of Darkness’ i previously talked about has been ongoing up until this present day. I mostly discuss benevolent NHI but its important to mention this. Same evil Watchers, and their offspring from Enochs time. Archonic reptilians who are called to our reality with sacrifice/black magic. This is probably why Elizondo said that the top echelons of Govt say that NHI are "demons" & interdimensional.
Mostly the plane they Inhabit is between two worlds in the lower astral planes of the fourth dimension of the planet Earth, a dimensionally unstable region and not permanent for the establishment of a galactic race. Dwelling in this place beyond human sensory perception, makes them invisible to the majority of human beings, which allows them to be able to work "behind the scenes", like puppeteers in a puppet theater, in temporary or permanent possession and the manipulation of the "sleeping" population.
sought they from the Kingdom of shadows to destroy man & rule in his place
According to Mi-6 , And Nsa whistleblowers Project Oaktree was ultimately looking for the human descendants of the Watchers. From ancient to modern times, accounts exist of human encounters with such beings, their disguise as humans placed in influential roles, and their seeding of hybrids into human families. Those same general traits could equally apply to humanlike alien groups bent on malevolent domination. The competing alien forces from our ancient past are still with us today, actively influencing the world. • Our respective factions always having been polarized into opposing sides, and have been at war for thousands of years. Some factions have a strong fascist orientation. Theres nothing more dangerous than Scientific perversion of the occult… Modern ufology is familiar with Men in Black, but they aren't new at all. Historically , they've been doing the dirty work of the malevolent forces who mean to keep humanity in the dark. Even Crowley wrote about these "dark agents"..
Even today, men from various secret societies all over take up top leadership positions. Most US pres were apart of skull/Bones. Understand they have NOTHING to do with our ancestors, & the secret societies you all are familiar with are NOT the same as our Cult of Lebe/mystery schools. We dont require black magic/sacrifices often human males are used for breeding purposes by superhuman females who make no secret of their otherworldly nature. Like Peter Khoury
Enki is God of wisdom/magic/fertility, so often they’d be described as magicians because of their abilities to “shapeshift” at will, as Diodorus writes.... Our ancestors where the Birdmen, protectors & authority figures beloved by the people.
They’re genetically compatible with us and some of their females have engaged human males for sexual encounters and even long term relationships. Through interbreeding their genes can enter our gene pool and vice versa. Therefore some human individuals and bloodlines would have more of their DNA than others, and their alien DNA would likely show under analysis to be basically human, albeit rare and unusual. 2018 scientists found the ghost hominid whod bred with 2-19% of Dogon/Yoruba giving a sort of "enhancement" including the anomalies Dr Nolan found.
Through genetic manipulation, they can insert alien DNA as a third party contributor to a developing human fetus, so that the child resembles both human parents while also being somewhat hybridized. Whether artificially hybridized, naturally conceived between human and alien, or fully alien, such a child born and raised in a human family will mostly pass for human, except they will be of a caliber beyond their peers.First Baby Born with 3 parents
The euphemism that has come down to describe a female reserved for crossing with part alien being was “virgin.” The offspring of these relations were referred to as being of “virgin birth.”Semiramis was called the Queen of Heaven (also Rhea), the Virgin Mother of the Gods, and sometimes known as the Great Earth Mother (Ninkharsag). She was also worshipped under the name Astarte ‘the woman who made towers’(Malta Hypogeum Elongated Skulls evidence shows they were Priest of Astarte)..
So with Masons, the go by degrees with 33 being the top so to speak. In Enochs writings, he describes how the followers of the evil ones would go & meet with the 33 fallen to learn the secrets of the angels. The Tribe of Dan travelled from Dan (‘Kaish’ in Hebrew) just below Mt Hermon and went up into Greece around the time of the Exodus. From Greece they travelled to France where they were the Merovingian Priest-Kings and other French Royal lines. From France they travelled to Scotland, Ireland and America. 43 Us President descend from the same European bloodline.
These evil factions believe that by abusing children and people of our 7 bloodlines, they are directly attacking God.. This is a fascinating book written about the Hall of Records under the Sphinx in Romania, you'll see that a certain secret society wasn't able to gain access due to an energy barrier that couldn't be bypassed, they had to get one of US to even enter it. What I spoke about with apotropaic spells surrounding megalithic sites . Transylvania Sunrise
In the Testament of Baruch -"Thus they allured the Watchmen before the flood, for as these continually beheld them, they lusted after them and conceived the act in their mind; for they changed themselves into the shape of men and appeared to them when they were with their husbands; and the women, lusting in their minds after their forms, gave birth to giants" ....

Lesson 21: Numerology in the Tarot - The Aces
Explanation: Each Ace corresponds to a number. The Ace of Wands is linked to one, the Ace of Cups to two, the Ace of Swords to three, and the Ace of Pentacles to four. These numbers carry unique energies.
Exercise: Study the Aces. How do the numerological associations influence the energy of each Ace?
Activity: Draw a card from each Ace. Reflect on how the numerical energy complements the elemental and symbolic aspects.
Guided Meditation: Close your eyes, envision the Aces. Feel the distinct vibrations of each number. What insights emerge?
Additional Insight: Numerology adds layers to interpretation. Connect the Aces' energy with the corresponding numbers.

Hello, i started playing the game using the European version. Since ArkOS touch support is experimental, when drawing with the stylus/finger, stylus cursor glitches and goes to the upper left of the screen most of the time, so it's hard to have success when fighting bosses. I managed reaching to the fourth boss but seems impossible to keep playing, symbol is too hard and glitch probability increases. I've recently seen that a patched North American ROM is available (seal drawing is not needed), i've tried renaming my savefile matching North American ROM name but does not work and it is not loaded.

1. Is there a .ips file that i may use to patch the European version?
2. Can i do anything to migrate the European save file to the North American version?
3. Can i do something to fix the glitching problem on ArkOS?

Thank you in advance.

Hello, i started playing the game using the European version. Since ArkOS touch support is experimental, when drawing with the stylus/finger, stylus cursor glitches and goes to the upper left of the screen most of the time, so it's hard to have success when fighting bosses. I managed reaching to the fourth boss but seems impossible to keep playing, symbol is too hard and glitch probability increases. I've recently seen that a patched North American ROM is available (seal drawing is not needed), i've tried renaming my savefile matching North American ROM name but does not work and it is not loaded.
1) Is there a .ips file that i may use to patch the European version? 2) Can i do anything to migrate the European save file to the North American version? 3) Can i do something to fix the glitching problem on ArkOS?
Thank you in advance.

I'm working on a project that consists of drawing figures in the memory location reserved for use by the framebuffer. The platform is a Raspberry Pi 3 emulated on QEMU. What I'm trying to do is draw a circle with the following parameters: center_x -> X14, center_y -> X15, radius -> X16. The screen dimensions are 640 pixels in width by 480 pixels in height.
The logic I'm trying to implement is as follows:

1. Get the bounding box of the circle.
2. Check each pixel in the box to see if it is in the circle.
3. If it is, fill (paint) the pixel; if not, skip the pixel.

However, I only end up with a single white dot. I know that the Bresenham algorithm is an alternative, but computing the square is much simpler to implement. This is my first time working with assembly and coding for this platform. This project is part of a college course, and I'm having a hard time debugging it with GDB. For example, I don't know where my debug symbols are to be loaded. Any further clarification needed will be appreciated.
What have I tried?
app.s
helpers.s
-- UPDATE --
I'm incredibly happy, the bound square is finally here. I will upload a few images soon.

Hello my name is Damian.
All my life I have pondered on why the world is the way that it is. Why evil seems to prevail in this world. Why people are called 'Great' for being conquerors and killing people. Out of everyone in history there hasn't been anyone like Jesus Christ. In 3 years of ministry with no army, spreading love has left such a massive impact 2000 years later. To me this proves his divinity. I truly believe in my heart that Jesus is God and the Son of Man. I am willing to die for this message. I have had 6 encounters with God now. He has revealed the secrets of the universe to me and confirmed my already existing suspicions of this world. I do not want any glory for my self, all glory to the one and true God Jesus. I am just simply relaying the infinite wisdom he has given me - but all glory comes from him. I am a mere mortal Human like yourselves. After what I experienced and have been told and the love I experienced and that engulfed my spirit. I know for my self, I just want to spread this to as many people as possible. Because Jesus loves every single one of us, he really does. He told me. However, we do also have free will and that plays a massive part in life. If you choose to live your entire life apart of him and you don't even dedicate 1 second of your time to get to know him - how can then you turn around and say "Father you have forsaken me" when something bad happens in your life? Imagine you are a father and you are responsible for a child's life. Now lets say that child grows up and chooses to disregard you as a teacher and chooses to never listen to you. Now lets say your child gets him self in some trouble. Can that child now turn around to the Father and say "This is because of you" or should that child take accountability? He chose to live his life outside the teachings of his father and got himself in the mess he got himself into. Regardless the Father still loves the child and can't stop loving him despite the fact the child does not listen. That is us and God. He still loves you even when you are sinning but he hopes you find the light. Just as the father of the child prays to see the day his child does well and succeeds and becomes a full grown well taught and well behaved functional member of society and adult. That can look after him self and others around him. God is everywhere around us, he sees everything. My human mind cannot begin to comprehend and articulate the greatness of God. I could wake up and talk about it and go to sleep and wake up and repeat and to the day i get old and grey I still will have words to say, and i would never run out of words. God is the word of life. To quote the scriptures John 1:1 - In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. He really is the word of life and this elaborates on his infinite greatness. God wants you to find him and he hopes the best for you - he wants you to eat among him in the kingdom of Heaven. The question is are you willing to let him in? What is the number one persecuted religion in the world? Christianity. The one religion that gets openly mocked, everyone feels disheartened by but nothing is done about. This proves it is the truth to be a Christian means to follow God and the teachings of God. Accept Jesus as the Son of Man and let the truth set you free. Amen. No other religion gets so criticized as much as us by Hollywood, media and music industry etc. Street preachers will be attacked on streets for spreading the good news of the Gospel in a 'FREE COUNTRY'? Do we have freedom? or is freedom just an illusion and a tactic of Satan, he made us all think freedom is money when in reality freedom is God. Take a look at Lil Nas X, Sam Smith, these are humiliation rituals taking part and they are openly mocking us now... They worship Ba'al as mentioned in Romans 11:4, Numbers 25:3 and Judges 2:11. Why are they doing this? Let me explain. They want to reject the one true God because they want to be God's themselves, they see them selves as icons and idols. They want worship of the people and we are giving them that. All the glory they want is from the people. I have seen heavenly things now personally so no earthly things could make me reject Jesus Christ. They want you all to think we are more advanced than what we are - this is a hard truth pill to swallow i am aware. But Jesus said in Matthew 11:15 - "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." So those who are willing to accept the truth. Note, this will disrupt the whole fundamental belief you was told to believe in and your reality will be shook. We have been brainwashed since school since kids we was told we live on a sphere, most of us grew up in Christian countries and they never put any emphasis on the Bible they just dismissed the teachings of it and replaced it with science. Who you going to trust the almighty all knowing God or a human prone to error. They hide the truth away from you. The Flat Earthers are correct the world is Flat, not because they are wise and they figured it out and we are all stupid. Everyone knew the world is flat since existence the concept of a spheroid Earth is a relatively new idea. The bible confirms this is true there are only 3 dimensions, Heaven, Earth and Hell. Even the concept of 3D they stole of the bible and tried making it their own. The bible gives you answers about life, Science just creates more questions not answers. Lets further dive into this so you know i am speaking of the truth, lets talk moon landing. The great deceptions to fool many due to a space race with the USSR, USSR sent the first satellite into space 'apparently'. America caught winds of this and thought how can we top them up and assert our dominance, we send people to the moon. People that believe that we have been to the moon you are greatly lost and i hope you find Christ and welcome him. Notice how when the USSR dissolved and countries became independent and Russia wasn't seen as a great threat no more as the ideology of Capitalism won against Socialism, we haven't been so eager to get ourselves back there... I wonder why that enthusiasm has burnt away? After all, i thought space is the final frontier? With the technology we had back then do you guys think this is possible? According to their own science it contradicts everything they said that the vacuum of space has so much radiation, that i am struggling to believe that a normal not even specialized for the event camera was abled to take photos on the moon and return back home with clear images... The Earth is flat and the moon and Son is within the firmament. I know the first human emotion of someone reading this is going to be that is a big bombshell. Now lets look into the deeper reason why that is, you have been programed to be hostile to the idea of any other theory besides the one you have been taught in school and subscribed to without knowing. And your first instinct when you hear a view as such is to say to the person 'you are stupid' and laugh at them because you think they didn't listen in school or they are slow. In reality they are the ones who are wise because they seen what the Earth is with their own eyes and made their decision on that. Lets have a look what the famous band had to say in the song 'Califiornication' by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. "The sun may rise in the East, at least it settled in a final location, it understood that Hollywood sells Californication." Now lets really analyze what was the authors intended message of this song, as everything is ambiguous and open to interpretation by others, however, the author always has an intended message. What can the Sun be looked as. God. So if you replace Sun with God, God raises us and he understood that Hollywood sells Californication. Now what is Californication? That is the fairytale that came from Hollywood, California - the AI dream all you guys are eating up. "Space may be the final frontier, but it is made in a Hollywood basement." Now what is a final frontier? It is the final and most biggest achievement for humanity. This is just a illusion sold to you by the devil for your soul and money. You can try discredit this particular group as conspiracy theorist or maybe look to the possibility they got given everything they wanted the money and they still wasn't happy, they was around all the wealthiest and most powerful people in Hollywood, just as i trust the eye-witness testimony of the disciples. So do i trust the subliminal eye-witness account secretly contained in this song. I can imagine he saw a lot of shady stuff going on in Hollywood that really troubled his soul. You don't have to look far to know Hollywood is a dark and evil place. Think R Kelly, Drake and Diddy to name a few but i could go on more. It is evil. Do not wish to be a part of that table, as thy not know what they are wishing for. The is a reason so many celebrities are leaving that place... Lets talk about Michael Jackson, a gifted and talented individual who the world once loved. He spoke out about the dark side of Hollywood and they killed him. You would think they would stop there... No they made allegations of him being a pedophile despite the fact that he is dead and cannot defend himself. Whether you believe in God or not, ask your self is this just. Now whenever i mention him people mock his name, yet he is not here to defend himself. These people are evil. As said in Isaiah 5:20 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil." bless him father. Lets talk some more about Ba'al the false deity of the rich and powerful. Jeremiah 19:5 says "They have built the high places of Ba'al to burn thier children in the fire as offerings to Ba'al - something i did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind." Bohemian Grove is a great example to strengthen this point. Isn't it strange that the top 0.1% of the most elite bankers and politicians gather together and dress as druids and offer burnt sacrifices to an owl God. In form of 'Prop' children. Everyone disregarded this as pure non-sense and conspiracy. Then Alex Jones of InfoWars infiltrated this event taking place and publicized it to many millions. It was news for some time and people know vaguely about it but the world swiftly moved on. In a free country he has been completely silenced by the Government. Even the US constitution that can't be changed was changed for that man. As the freedom of speech is a right given to all Americans. Why silence him? Because he spoke great truths that is the thing. Athletes who are spotted drinking partying with girls get spoken more about than this happening with the 0.1%. It is very sad how ignorant we all are... We indulge of the distractions of life too much to realize the truth is in front of us. They are dropping us hints and we still obey them like sheep. Whilst we are distracted with football, cars, material things of this Earth. They are dressing up as druids and laughing at us and how easy it is to deceive the world. As the colosseums were built as a tactic to not lose power and control and distract people from the issues at hand, so are they doing with football stadiums around the world. Ryan Garcia speaks openly about God and Hollywood and they are not trying to portray to the masses he is having a mental breakdown. They are scared of you o' father Jesus. Now lets talk Baalenciaga, every materials girl and boy most favorite 'devil worshipping' brand. The 2022 ad campaign featuring children holding teddy bears dressed in "Bondage". If you were to look into this and see that this is a ritual they are doing, study the photos and look at the hints and symbolism of it all, you will see how twisted they are. Are we really going to let them defile our children like this and do nothing about it? We are really enabling and allowing these scumbags to do this to us and our children... God bless all those children affected o'Lord. In regards to this matter. It was news for a week now it has been forgotten about and everyone still wears the brand now. Whilst we are busy distracted there doing this to our own people, orchestrating their evil plans. You might have read now and you might be thinking to yourself, but why that is the purpose of all this deception. Money. Money is the root of all evil. They want you to worship money and in return they also take your soul. Nasa the biggest space program in the world with annual budgets of $25.4 billion in 2023 and $24billion in 2024. And international space program being worth 447 billion dollars in 2022. This explains the collective deception and the argument why so many would be in on it. Here you go. Money. As said in 1 Timothy 6:10 - "For the love of money is the root of evil.". If you were to ponder for a long time you will realize as all roads in Europe lead to Rome. Anything you can think of evil is money related. People will kill for money, betray one another, because of lack of money the demons will tempt you to steal and get from other to benefit yourself. Money is evil and is the root for all our problems. Lets stop worshipping a piece of paper, a note that is a ledger that tells you that Government has gave this note this much value and worshipping the one true God Jesus Christ, o' Father put glory on your name, amen. Paper will not defeat us as people. If we all raise we all have a chance. Enough is enough, the world was made for all of us not them. Lets take back what is ours from them. Draw Jesus in closer and he will draw in closer to you. There is a reason there was film made called 'Don't look up' because if you did you will see all the angels in their glory. The time has commeth, the son of man will be back soon amen. Lets have a further look into Nasa for the non-believers of my testimony. Nasa in Hebrew means 'Nasha' or 'Naw-saw' it means to lead astray or delude/deceive. What does being lead astray mean "to be lead away from the correct path or direction." This is hidden in plain sight, only those with a deep consciousness can see these things, those who don't see these things have been swallowed up by the Earth and material things of the Earth. They are mocking us. The founder of Nasa 'Werner Von Braun' 1912-1977, guess what he got made to be put on his gravestone... Psalm 19:1, now what does Psalm 19:1 tell us "The heavens declare glory of God; the skies proclaimed the work of his hands." Guilty conscious? Maybe he was mislead, only God will know. What I do know is even he knew the truth. Lets not let them win guys. God has personally told me he loves us all; however, we do have free will. He can't decide what you do with your life. What was written has to be fulfilled; if you like this idea or not. It is the reality Amen, i do not seek any glory of the people as the only glory i seek is from the one true God. I am just speaking of what i know and what God has educated me on. It is not too late to get good with God, he loves you. He will always be there for you. Are you going to stand on the side of Evil or the side of the Light with God. I know what path i am personally choosing. They can build bunkers, you can't run away from the wraith of God, as Jesus drank the cup that the father gave him. So shall a lot of you people too. As mentioned in Isiah 2:19. You are smart Satan, but I a meer mortal like my self figured out your entire plan before the father even confirmed this to be truth. Shame on you. You will never be like my almighty power God, Jesus Christ. Trust his plans guys. God is Good and God is Great. What has been written has to come true. I have nothing to gain from this personally but I just hope this reaches a lot of peoples hearts... I hope you guys let him in. He is a jealous God, he is like a father to you all, of course he is upset when he is seeing his children going astray and living a life of Sin. Even if i see one person in Heaven that has read this and believed in the one true God. I will be the happiest man alive. I am just a witness of that light. May we give Glory and peace to the one and only true son of Man, and lets all be eternally thankful and grateful for the amazing life he gave us. If you break everything down, when you are on your deathbed, money is the last thing that will be on your mind, it will be the experiences, friends and family you will be thinking off and all these experiences are only made possible through God. Heaven is real you will see your loved ones again, i promise you. Believe. This is my testimony. I have so much proof and further evidence. Check my Tik Tok d.0113 for videos proving God performing miracles that can't be explained by Science. And if any of you feel lost in this world - just know i felt that too. If anyone needs a friend to speak to i am always here to help, just as is God. God can help you will a lot than I, however, i will do my best. God bless you all brothers and sisters, I once hated you all, now i love you all because God loves you all. Amen.

"Then I saw: and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard like a trumpet speaking with me, said: Come up here, and I will show you what will happen hereafter. And immediately I would in spirit; and behold, a throne stood in heaven, and someone sat on the throne. And the One who sat was to be seen like a jasper stone and a sardine; and around the throne was a rainbow in sight like an emerald.
Rev. 4:1-3
Apostle John continues to describe what he saw so that we too could have an insight into what he saw, and primarily it is a message from Jesus Christ to show us what will be. This was the future for John and it is also for us. the future, but according to the signs of the times, this should be our near future. John here begins this part of the verse, we can say with amazement, Then I saw: and behold." So far, John has seen scenes that were mainly related to the visions in which John saw the Lord Jesus and also the advice that the Lord Jesus gave to churches and preachers in churches in Asia.
The key to understanding Revelation is found in scripture:
"Write therefore what you saw, and what happened, and what will happen afterwards;"
Rev. 1:19
Here we notice that this verse contains three times that John was supposed to write about. The first part is "Write therefore what you saw" and that is the time that has passed it is written in the first chapter of Revelation and that is where John saw the vision of the glorified Christ. The second part is "and what is," which is the present time for John and that is the second and third chapter of Revelation. This time began from the day of the Spirits and will last until Jesus comes for the Church, i.e. his bride. We live today in this period of the church where we have an ecumenical church and where many things are preached but Jesus Christ is preached very little, something similar to what happened in the period of the Laodicean church. for John and for us this period is "after" when Christ will take his bride or the Church and this third part of the Revelation begins with the fourth chapter and future events are described there.
"Then I saw: and behold, a door open in heaven" In Revelation we find an open door or open heaven in two places, the first place is here and the second is in Revelation 19:11 where Jesus and the Church come to earth to establish the Thousand Year Kingdom.
"And I saw the sky open, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and he judges righteously and makes war."
Rev. 19:11
John saw here what the Church of Christ is waiting for, which is an open door in heaven, and as soon as the door is open, one can pass through it, and this is in fact an event that the Lord Jesus showed His Church in advance, and that even the Church is joyfully waiting for for. as far as we know, this event according to the signs of the times from the Bible should happen very soon, so that the doors of heaven are opened, and then John writes what he heard:
"and the first voice that I heard like a trumpet speaking with me, said: Go up there" here we see that John heard the voice, the trumpet and the command just as this event is described in the first Thessalonians.
"Because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a command, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ will rise first;"
1 Thess. 4:16
So the Lord Jesus will rise from the third heaven and descend into the clouds, or he will not descend to the earth this time and will come with three things: with a voice, a trumpet and a command. The voice will be for Israel, the trumpet for the Gentiles and the command for the church of Christ. In the following we read what the command will be. It says, "Go up there" so Jesus will command from heaven also all the believers who died will be resurrected and we who are living believers or the Church of Christ will be transformed in the blink of an eye and go to heaven to meet To the Lord Jesus who is in heaven.
We read about this:
"Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming when all who are in the graves will hear the voice of the Son of God."
John 5:28
"Because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a command, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ will rise first; And then we who are alive, who are left, together with them will be taken up in the clouds to meet the Lord in heaven, and so we will always be with the Lord."
1 Thess. 4:16-17
This is a glorious event for all the faithful and especially for the Church because the members of the church who will be alive when this event takes place will simply never die, but will only be transformed in the blink of an eye, will receive glorified bodies and will be eternally together with the Lord.
"Here I am telling you a secret: because we will not all die, but we will all be transformed. Once, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound and the dead will rise incorruptible, and we will be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."
1 Cor.15:51-53
And John continues to describe what the Lord Jesus told him to write, and I will show you what will be after this." and then he writes, "And immediately I was in the spirit; and behold, a throne stood in heaven, and someone sat on the throne John now describes what he saw in heaven. Besides John, the apostle Paul was also in heaven, but he was forbidden to talk about it.
,, I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (or in the body I don't know; or in the eighth body, I don't know: God knows) would have been taken to the third heaven. And I know of such a man (either in the body, or apart from the body, I don't know: God knows) That he would be taken to heaven, and I would hear unspoken words that a man is not free to speak."
2 Cor.12:2-4
Unlike Paul, John received permission and he describes to us what he saw.,,I would immediately in the spirit; and behold, a throne stood in heaven, and someone sat on the throne" John sees God's throne with the help of the Holy Spirit, "And immediately I was in the spirit" and "and behold, a throne stood in heaven." John first sees God's throne in heaven and immediately sees who is on the throne
,, and someone was sitting on the throne. And the One who sat was to be seen like a jasper stone and a sardine; "This "Someone" is God the Father whom John saw, of course he only saw His glory. From this throne, God the Father reigns because the throne is the center of God's rule, we read about this in Psalm 47.
"God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne."
Psalm 47:8
What John saw was the glory of God, and he probably did not know how to describe it differently, and that is why he uses terms that we can understand to some extent, "And the one who sat was like a jasper stone and a sardine". He described this glory, like" two diamonds, jasper and sardine. Glory acted "like a reflection" of these two diamonds, jasper, which has a light yellow and green color, and sardine, which is dark red.
A similar description of the glory of God is in Revelation 22:
"And he had the glory of God; and his light was like a precious stone, like a bright jasper stone."
Rev. 21:11
These colors that John saw and described symbolize God's holiness, righteousness and God's love through Jesus Christ.
Next, John writes what he saw:,, and around the throne was a rainbow as seen as an emerald. God's faithfulness to his people. The first mention of a rainbow in the Bible is found in the first book of Moses.
,, I put my rainbow in the clouds, to be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. So when I draw the clouds to the earth, a rainbow will be seen in the clouds, And I will remember the covenant that is between me and you and every soul that lives in every body, and there will be no more of the waters of the flood to wipe out everybody."
Gen. 6:13-15
We see here that after the flood, God promised that he would no longer punish and destroy the people in such a way that he would release a flood on the earth, and we are witnessing that a general flood has never been repeated throughout history and will not until the end of the world, of course there were local floods, but general the flood never happened again. We know that we see a rainbow in the shape of a semicircle after the rain, when the sun's rays pray, and it reminds us that there will not be a flood, but that does not mean that there will not be other troubles, on the contrary, this world is expecting terrible troubles in the end times. Jovan saw a rainbow in the sky, "around the throne", which means that he saw a full circle and it is a sign for the faithful and the newly born that the troubles have passed, it is a sign that the faithful are under God's eternal protection, and that on earth where only a semicircle can be seen nothing is always certain. Apostle Peter even warns:
"That's why the world at that time would have been flooded and perished. And the present heavens and earth are kept by the same word and are kept for the day of terrible judgment and the death of lawless people."
2 Perth. 3:6-7
"like an emerald" the emerald is green in color and it symbolizes life and the full circle is a symbol of eternity and as we see here a scene from heaven in which only born-again believers who are Christ's can enter, it is a clear conclusion that they have eternal life and have passed from death into life and to have God's complete protection throughout all eternity.

This post is in response to numerous other posts and comments from others in the community that look to still be confused as to what the Elden Ring is, how it works, and how it fits within the lore of the game. A quick disclaimer - I by no means claim to be an expert on Elden Ring lore and do not wish to come off seeming like I know everything, but do feel confident in my analysis of the game's lore as I have been involved in the community since the game's release as well as other Fromsoft game lore communities in the years prior. I am 100% open to being corrected and/or proven wrong. I will also be getting into a bit of speculation towards the end, but will try to keep most of this post as factual as possible. Also, I just recently graduated with a degree in archaeology and Nordic studies, so that is the perspective I have played the game with, just for reference. With that being said, lets get into what the Elden Ring is.
This is perhaps the easiest question to answer and I am confident that most people can answer this correctly themselves, but for posterity's sake, lets go over the basics. Skip to the next paragraph if you get the gist. We know from items descriptions that the Elden Ring is the same as the Elden Beast, which was sent to the Lands Between by the Greater Will in the form of a falling star. So, at least to the denizens of the Lands Between, the Elden Ring arrived in the form of a star (I have already discussed in another post how the word "star" in Elden Ring may refer to any interstellar object in the sky). Beyond how the Elden Ring arrived in the Lands Between, we also know that the it is just as much a metaphysical concept as it is a physical object. The Elden Ring itself is made up of several runes, and each rune is the metaphysical embodiment of a concept that makes up the reality of the Lands Between. This is exactly similar to Younger and Elder Futhark - the ancient runic script of Nordic cultures in which each symbol is as much representative of a particular concept in Nordic culture as it is a particular phonetical sound in the ancient Nordic dialects (so each rune is as much a concept as it is a letter in their "alphabet"). In Elden Ring, for example, the Rune of Death was removed from the Elden Ring by Marika, so we see the concept of Death behave much more differently than we know it to in the real world as it is almost nonexistent in the game. Additionally, we see during Goldmask's questline that he is transcribing the words of the Greater Will through drawing out the sounds/runes with his finger which Brother Corhyn then translates much like the Fingerreader Crones translate the wiggling of the Two Fingers. All of this to say that the runes that make up the Elden Ring subsequently determine what makes up reality (and said runes can be altered/removed by whoever owns the Elden Ring, which in turn is why they are called a god) and that it was sent to the Lands Between by the Greater Will.
So after a decent bit of rambling, we have determined what the Elden Ring is and how it works. Now lets explore how it fits into the lore of the game and what better place to start than where the Elden Ring literally fits into. At the end of the game, we find Marika trapped within the Erdtree. Her body is broken and shattered - just like the Elden Ring - but more importantly, we see that within her body is housed the Elden Ring. Marika is frequently called the "Vessel of the Elden Ring" so it can be assumed that the god of the Lands Between must also house the Elden Ring within themselves. I will not speak on what that does to a person physiologically (I think we get a pretty good picture of that when we find Marika), but I do think that by using what we already know about the Elden Ring, we can possibly determine how it works within a living being and why it needs a host. This is also where I will begin getting into speculation, so hold onto your butts.
So we know that the Greater Will sent the Elden Ring to the Lands Between - we do not know why it did this, but clearly it wanted the Elden Ring to be found. We know that at one point in the past, the Elden Ring had a previous owner, and that the concepts that made up the world were likely different from what they are under Marika's rule. We know that a god of the Lands Between is only called a god if they are a vessel of the Elden Ring, which, as we have just previously determined, is a device of a higher poweWill that determines the make up of reality. We also know that there have been others that have been chosen by the Greater Will as potentials to become the next god/vessel of the Elden Ring, which becomes a bit suspicious when we realize that literally every Empyrean is doing everything they can to not become god, or rather, to not become the next vessel of the Elden Ring. The 3 current Empyreans we know of are Melania who shows absolutely no interest in godhood and is completely devoted to serving her twin brother, Miquella, who is clearly doing everything he can to not be like his mother (and I'm sure we will get a clearer understanding of his motives after the DLC releases), and Ranni who literally kills herself and one of her relatives to escape the fate of an Empyrean. One would think that being chosen as a potential for godhood would be a big deal and every Empyrean would be chomping at the bit to take Marika's place, but instead, none of them seem interested in the slightest. Miquella and Ranni are still interested in achieving godhood, but not if it involves becoming the vessel of the Elden Ring, which becomes doubly obvious when we note that both of them have divested themselves of their flesh so there would be literally no way they could harbor the Elden Ring within themselves.
All of this makes me believe that being the vessel of the Elden Ring and the direct vassal of the Greater Will is actually not desirable at all. Indeed, Marika was willing to destroy the Elden Ring along with herself to make sure it never happens again. This makes me think that being god under the Greater Will is not so great and that maybe it is called the "Greater Will" for a reason. The Elden Ring is a literal device sent by the GW and its alluring power grants whoever is willing to become its vessel immense power and abilities akin to godhood. But to me, I believe the sacrifice is greater than simply harboring an alien device in your body. Could it be that by making oneself the vessel of the Elden Ring, you are also giving up a portion of your free will to the Greater Will that now lives within you? Everyone always labels Marika as a villain, a mass murderer, and an abusive mother, but she also does the most selfless act in the lore by attempting to end the centuries of turmoil caused by the Elden Ring by attempting to destroy it and herself. Why would she have gone through the trouble of trampling the previous cultures of the Lands Between, uniting it under one rule, and birthing many successors only to destroy herself and everything she worked for in the end? It is my opinion that at times, her Will was not that of her own and that the Greater Will within her forced/manipulated/willed her to overthrow the Lands Between, conquering it all so that its Will could go unchecked and unchallenged. When Marika began to doubt herself and her actions, the Greater Will began choosing new candidates to replace her, knowing that only she had the power to betray it. I think the Greater Will never expected Marika to destroy the Elden Ring, herself, and everything she worked for, but after she did, the Greater Will abandoned the Lands Between, left Marika punished within the Erdtree, and left the world shattered and broken.
So with my speculation out of the way and to summarize, the Elden Ring is a device of the Greater Will's design, sent by the Greater Will to the Lands Between, determines what makes up reality based one the concepts that it itself is made up of, needs to be harbored within a living being, and said living being becomes a god to the people of the Lands Between by becoming the Elden Ring's vessel (plus some speculative side effects like losing one's free will and mass genocide). I specifically did not touch on a few points such as how Radagon fits into the picture as he is technically the vessel of the Elden Ring as well, but I chose to leave a few things out otherwise this post would be way longer than it already is. If you have read this far, thank you so much for reading. If you have thoughts, questions, criticisms, and/or corrections, I would love to hear from you in the comments.

Part 2
While I was deciding what to do next, Aimee burst through the door. She was soaking wet and shivering. Her clothes were matted down with dirt and mud.
“Where were you?” I asked.
“I was lost in the woods,” she said.
“How did you get there?” I asked.
“I don't know…I just remember going to sleep next to you and then all of a sudden I was in the woods,” she said as she continued to shiver.
I helped her into the bathroom and wrapped my arms around her to try and warm her up.
“You'll get all dirty,” she said.
“It's okay, I don't mind at all,” I said.
She kissed me before leaning her head into my chest. Then she stepped back and looked at me. “Looks like we'll both need a shower now,” she said. “Want to join me?”
She carefully took off her dirty clothes and piled them on the floor. Then she helped me get mine off before grabbing my hand and leading me into the shower with her.
After we were finished and dry, we got dressed. She put on new clothes and I had to put the same ones on again. “Guess I should have gotten clean clothes first,” I said.
“I'll go with you so you can get changed and hopefully Josh will be there…we really need to talk to him,” she said.
“I agree. He's been acting weirder than the rest of us have.”
We took the stairs to my floor and walked over to my room. The door was slightly ajar. We pushed it further open and peeked inside before going in. At first, we didn't see anything, but after we walked in, Aimee was the first to notice him.
“Oh my God!” she shouted.
It was Greg's roommate, Amir. He was lying on the floor behind my bed. Bubbles of drool were coming out of his mouth and his eyes were wide open. He looked terrified and his mouth was twitching but he made no sound.
“Get help!” shouted Aimee before she knelt down beside him.
I called 9-1-1 on my phone while running into the hall and yelling for help. Some of my floormates came over first. Then the RA joined us with a first aid kit. He pulled out a CPR mask and began doing chest compressions before breathing into Amir's mouth.
The paramedics arrived pretty quickly and took over for the RA. Campus police showed up next while the EMTs were putting Amir on a stretcher and wheeling him to the elevator.
We were questioned by the campus police and then by the local police. Greg and Emily came over while we were still talking to them and couldn't believe what happened. The police told us to stay out of my room while they looked around but that we were free to go.
I peeked inside before we walked away and saw a dark shape moving around inside. “Hey, I think someone's in there!” I shouted to the police. They ran inside and looked around. There weren't many places to hide so their search was quick and didn't turn up anyone.
“Sorry,” I said when they came back out. “I thought I saw something move in there.”
“You can stay in our room,” Emily said. “I'll stay with Greg…poor Amir. I wonder what happened?”
“We should look for Josh,” said Greg.
I tried calling Josh but it went straight to voicemail. “Call me back,” I said before hanging up. I also sent him a text message asking where he was and to call me.
“He's probably in the room,” I said.
Emily brightened up. “We should go now and see if he is there,” she said.
“I need something to eat first,” I said. “Want to go to the cafeteria first and then head out?”
“Good idea,” said Greg.
We went to the cafeteria and shared a table after getting our food. All of us, except for Emily, had class today, but we were all okay with skipping so we could find Josh.
After we were finished eating, we went outside. The sun was out but there were a lot of clouds moving in.
“That doesn't look good,” said Aimee, pointing to the low dark gray clouds heading towards us.
Lightning flashed followed pretty quickly by a rumble of thunder.
“Maybe we should go back in and wait this out,” I said.
Before anyone answered, the rain began to quickly fall. We all ran back inside as more lightning lit up the darkening day.
“Now what do we do?” asked Greg.
“I guess we should go to our classes,” I said.
Emily let me borrow her umbrella since I couldn't go back to my room yet and we all went our separate ways.
I sat down near the back in my Economics class and hoped nothing weird was going to happen. The girl that was at Josh's table the other day was a couple rows in front of me. During class she kept looking back at me every so often and smiling.
After class was over she came over to me. “Aren't you Josh's roommate?”
“Yes, I'm John.”
“My name is Nicole. Can I talk to you for a moment?”
“Sure. Let's go out in the hall.”
We found a bench to sit on. Her eyes were wide and she seemed to be having a hard time containing her excitement.
She waited for the last few people from class to clear out of the area before talking.
“Do you know where Josh is? He was supposed to text me earlier so I could go with him to this special place he found.”
I was about to answer, but she cut me off and kept on talking.
“He told us all about this room where the ceiling is alive. None of us believed him at first until he showed us this trick. I don't know how he did it, but he had us come to his room and he did something with the ceiling. I was sure there was a projector but I couldn't find one. Do you know how he did it?”
This time she waited for me to answer. “I don't know how he did it and I am trying to find him too. The room he is talking about might be dangerous…I wouldn't go if I were you.”
“I have to see it! The others want to, too,” she said.
“Who else did he tell about it?”
Her phone buzzed. She quickly pulled it out of her backpack and looked disappointed. “It isn't Josh, but I have to take this.”
She answered her phone as she walked towards the door to go outside. I wondered if she knew what happened to Amir. I felt like I should tell her.
When I stood up to go follow her, I heard a door opening behind me with an audible creak. I turned around and watched the door gently bounce off the rubber wall protector.
The hallway was silent and it didn't sound like anyone was in the room. I looked back outside and I didn't see Nicole…or anyone else. There should be people here for their next class. I looked up at the digital clock on the wall. It showed 1:00.
I pulled out my phone and texted Aimee. She was in class so I didn't want to call her. I heard noises coming from the classroom that I couldn't make sense of. Before I knew it, I was walking towards the open doorway. When I walked inside the room, I saw black fog coming down from the ceiling. The walls seemed to pulse with life and I felt my shoes sticking to the floor. I tried to lift my foot but it wouldn't budge. The fog was growing bigger and filling up the room. I felt it swirl around me and felt voices inside my head. They were trying to tell me something but I couldn't understand.
I looked at the floor again and saw eyes staring up at me. The whispers turned into pictures in my head and I knew what I had to do. I turned around and walked back into the hallway. Pushing my way through the doors out into the cold stormy day.
I walked down the steep hill leading to the baseball field and toward the woods. Thunder rumbled all around me and the strong winds pushed through the trees.
I still hadn't seen anyone, but I didn't care, I just had to get to the room. Voices filled the silence and encouraged me on my path.
Music tool my attention away from the room and I reached for my phone. Aimee was calling.
I stopped and answered. “Hi.”
“Hey, where are you? Your class was done hours ago and no one has seen you,” she said.
It was like the view in front of me glitched. Then blue sky appeared and I could hear cars driving by behind me.
“I'm by the rec center,” I said. “Are Greg and Emily with you?”
“No, they just left to get some food. Are you coming over here?”
I looked towards the woods, which would take me to the room and was trying to think what I should do.
“John…John!” Aimee shouted.
“What? Why are you yelling?” I asked.
“You wouldn't answer me but it sounded like you were mumbling something to yourself,” she said.
“That's weird. What was I saying?”
“I have no idea. It was gibberish to me…so, are you coming over?”
“Yes…yes, I'll be there shortly,” I said.
“Great! Can't wait to see you.”
“Same here,” I ended the call and headed towards the dorms.
A sudden loud rumble of thunder made me jump. I looked up at the mostly clear sky above me and as far as I could see. I heard another loud one just before I ran into the dorms.
I went up to Aimee's room. She ran over and gave me a hug. “We were worried about you.”
We sat down and started talking. At first we spoke about everything but what was currently going on. Finally, Aimee steered the conversation to what we really should have been talking about and asked, “What do you think happened to Amir?”
“I don't know,” I said. “But he looked absolutely terrified.”
“I wonder what he saw,” she said.
My mind was spinning with everything happening and I didn't really want to think about it anymore. I leaned in and kissed Aimee. She wrapped her arms around me and kissed me back. We made out for a while before falling asleep in each other's arms.
I woke up to shadows dancing along the walls and dim light coming in through the window. Aimee was sitting at her desk. She was drawing something.
“Hey, what are you doing?” I asked.
“I had this nightmare,” she said. “And I keep seeing these pictures in my mind when I close my eyes.”
I looked at her drawing. It was mostly water with thick black strands coming out of it in the middle. She pulled out another piece of paper and it was just this scribbled out human shape with long tendrils coming out of its head. There wasn't much detail to the drawing but it reminded me of the shadow I saw on the wall in my class.
“I saw something like that in my class,” I said. “Thought I must have imagined it.”
We met Greg and Emily for breakfast in the dorm cafeteria and made our plan for going back to the tunnels. It was raining outside but there was no thunder or lightning. The way Emily took us last time was mostly outside and we didn't feel like getting drenched before going back to the room.
I was weirdly excited to be going back there and it looked like the others were as well.
“I want to see if I can go back in my room and get changed before we go,” I said.
We finished our food and took the elevator to my floor. When the doors opened, there was a loud boom of thunder and the lights flickered.
“That’s great, maybe we won't be able to go,” said Emily.
“Let's just see how bad it is, maybe we can still just run quickly to the tunnel entrance. Or maybe we can find another way in from the basement of one of the other buildings,” said Aimee.
Lightning flashed outside the windows at the end of the hallway followed by an even louder roar of thunder.
The storm was getting worse and the building shook with each rumble of thunder. The lights flickered a few more times when we walked through my door and then they completely went out. I used my phone light to find my flashlight in the desk drawer while the others sat down.
When my light moved past Josh's desk, I noticed paper everywhere, including on the floor. Each piece had some writing on it.
“What the hell,” I said, picking up a piece of paper. There were unique looking symbols drawn all over this one. They were written in organized columns and were intricately detailed. Another piece had what looked like mathematical equations except there were no recognizable numbers or symbols.
“What is it?” asked Aimee.
“I don't know,” I said.
The others came over and started looking through the pages with me.
“This one looks like cursive writing but doesn't make any sense,” said Emily.
I picked up another one that had random letters spaced out like words but none of them made any sense. I turned towards Emily. “This reminds me…Emily, I forgot to ask about this weird text you sent me.” I opened up my messaging app and showed her what she had sent.
She stared unblinking at the message. Then she apparently tried to read it out loud. “Ph'nglui mglw'nafh umr wgah'nagl fhtagn.”
Emily grabbed the paper I had been holding and started to read that one too. Of course, none of it was making any sense to us, but she was reading it aloud like it was normal English.
“Ngai syha'hrii hupadgh ep shugg. Ngai shagg nafl shuggog ftaghu hrii stell'bsna throd y-s'uhn. R'lyeh hrii kadishtu, ya s'uhn ngai vulgtlagln.” Emily closed her eyes and dropped the paper. There was a rumbling above us that wasn't from the storm.
Aimee, Greg, and I looked up to see the night sky where the ceiling used to be, with the stars brightening the darkened room. A ripple flowed across the ceiling and we stared in amazement at it. It was beautiful just like the room in the tunnels. Time seemed to stand still as I lost myself in the neverending night sky.
I climbed on my bed and raised my arm, stopping my hand just before where the ceiling should be. Then I slowly reached up with one finger breaking the plane into the impossible sky above. There was surface tension that caused more ripples to spread across the ceiling and then my finger broke through.
I shouted in pain, immediately pulling my hand back down. It was freezing cold. My fingertip had no color to it and now felt numb.
“What happened?” Aimee said as her gaze slowly turned away from the ceiling and towards me.
“I don't know,” I said. “But I think we should get out of here.”
Greg was still looking up and didn't move when we called his name. Aimee grabbed my pillow and put it over his face so he couldn't see the ceiling anymore. He looked over at us like he was waking from a dream.
“Come on Greg, let's get Emily and go somewhere else,” I said.
Emily was now sitting at Josh's desk flipping through the papers and whispering fast. It was more of the nonsense words she was reading before.
“Emily…we need to go,” said Greg.
She continued reading and didn't move. Then she stood up and raised her hands towards the ceiling. As she moved them, we could see the stars above moving just like what Josh had done the other night when I thought I was dreaming.
New stars appeared as the night sky circled around above us. Aimee and Greg appeared to be stuck looking at it again. Although I wanted to see what would happen, I think the pain in my finger must have allowed me to keep some focus on the real world around me.
We stood there watching for a long time as the sky continued to move. A brighter star appeared with planets spaced out around it. The biggest planet grew closer and eventually took up the whole ceiling. Then the middle of the ceiling began to droop down like a slow drip of syrup. I felt a low rumble inside my head and could hear some of the words Emily had been speaking. Pictures of a barren planet with a vast ocean appeared before me. Something big was coming out of the water. I started to focus back on the pain in my finger and the room around me.
I grabbed Aimee by the arm and pulled her towards the door. She didn't even seem to notice what I was doing. After I got her through the door, I ran back and did the same for Greg.
The part of the ceiling that was dripping down formed into a large tentacle and began reaching for me. Another one emerged and went towards Emily. I ran to her and pulled her to the ground with me. The rumble in my head grew louder, causing excruciating pain. I fought through it and crawled along the floor dragging Emily with me and staying just out of reach of the appendages. When we reached the door, one of them slid across Emily's leg. She screamed. I stood up and pulled her quickly out the door, slamming it shut behind me.
Aimee and Greg were just standing there in a daze. Emily was crying with her eyes wide, frantically looking around. The thunder outside was almost constant, but I didn't hear any when we were in the room. It must have masked the sound of Emily's scream as I didn't see anyone else in the hall.
I shook Aimee and Greg and called their names. It took a while but they both eventually returned to consciousness.
“Emily needs help,” I said.
I looked at her leg and it was much worse than the marks on Aimee's back. There was a thick patch where the skin was gone and blood was coming out. Greg kneeled down beside Emily, who didn't even seem to notice he was there while Aimee and I went to get help. We knocked on a few doors but no one answered. I ran to the bathrooms and grabbed some paper towels to use to stop the bleeding.
In a minor pause between thunder, I heard the tornado siren as I ran back to Emily. Greg took the paper towels from me and held them to her leg.
“I heard a siren,” I said. “Everyone must be in the storm shelter in the basement.”
“What do you think is happening in your room?” Aimee asked.
“I'm afraid to check,” I said. “But at least nothing is trying to break down the door.”
Greg had grabbed Emily's head and was looking in her eyes. “Emily, it's me.”
He kept talking to her and trying to get her attention. Aimee and I grabbed Emily's arms and pulled her up. She still didn't seem to be aware of her surroundings but she could at least stand with minimal help from us.
“Let's take her to her room,” said Greg.
We led her down the stairs and into her room. Then we got her to lie down on her bed while Aimee ran to the bathroom for antibiotic ointment and bandages.
“I should go see what is happening in my room,” I said.”
“I'll go with you,” said Aimee. “Greg, we'll be back soon.” She grabbed her flashlight and we went out the door.

This is my idea of what if instead of the same characters from the B&W Part, they replaced it with new characters, to symbol how Dangerous the world is, and it will use the designs of the same heads used in my previous post, here are the characters who would replace them: • The Small Green Thing. • Musti. • Miffy. • Gadget Heckwanch. • Freddie (Bitty Big Heads version only). • Handy. • Vinni Pukh. • Po Ping. • Roary the Racing Car. • Gumball Watterson. • Squidward. • Clancy. • Belle Butterfly. • The LemonLand Mascot. • Pike from Pike's Lagoon. • The screaming evil paper thing aka the Virus from Pencilmation. • 3 from Number Lore (Derpy Eyes). • Bernie from Zig & Sharko (The Face when he gets his hand bitten by the plant in The Gardener). • the Yellow Shirt Kid from Boundaries by Hopscotch. • The Frog from If You’re Happy & You Know It by Muffin Songs. • Uncle Grandpa. • DogDay. • Blue (MAD version only). • Garfield. Colin the Computer. Ronald McDonald (McDonaldland Fun-Doh version only). Pink from Rainbow Friends (Rusrock version only because I like her design in Rainbow Nightmares). Peter Griffin. A Rabbid. The little girl from Hello by Muffin Songs. Nostalgia Critic. Kim Jong-un (NOTE: I still hate him, but I only like his Presidents counterpart). Ambrose Burnside. Bill Cipher. An inanimate clock. Iscream. Joseph Stalin (NOTE: I still hate him). John Cena. Chicken from Cow & Chicken. Ricky Bowers. Mammott. Baroness von Bon Bon. Mr. Blobby. Snoopy. A cat from PJ Pugapillar’s sad Origin Story by Gametoons. A Tyrannosaurus-Rex. Shrek. Troll Face. Lil’ Sam Lil’ Cat Lil’ Dice The Vandal from Matanim’s Cabinet Man Animation. A Blockster. Kevin Felix. Braden Broome. Bigmouth. Taylet Toad. A Creeper. The Block Of Eternal Screaming. Marge from Fright Night. Violin Girl from Courage The Cowardly Dog. (Scary Face) Upset Tune. RB. Mario. Wario. Goofy. Bambi.
And in the orange background part for the Hitler Andreas Hykade Mickey Mouse Hybrid Screaming will be Matthew Littermore’s Angry Screaming Face from Cartoonmania: The Movie, Handy’s Screaming Face from Don’t Yank My Chain, Evil Leafy with Scribble Mouth open, The Piano from DHMIS Fathers Day by Animeshun Man in his “Deafening Scream Form”, all fused in one as the screams from original Love & Theft gets replaced by Handy’s Scream, The Howie Scream, The Love & Theft Bitgewitter Preformance Scream and Tension in 1:47, Evil Leafy’s Roar, and the T-Rex’s Death Scream from N00bs Man Retreat mixed together and in distorted and glitchy effects, and the building up what appears to be a angry buff Gromit looking drug being, and then goes to transitioning characters who have appeared in this section such as: The Fish from DCTF. The Zookeeper from Zoonomaly. Tom Pelican/Pouli. Gregory Heffley. Freddy Fazbear. Flumpty Bumpty. Jane from The FNAF Movie. Pinocchio. Cheesehead Cheddarboy/Spugna. Gary The Snail. And in the Tongue Frenching part, the characters appear in this section as couples/2 characters from shows as: P & G from Alphabet Lore. X & Y from Alphabet Lore. Goku & Naruto. Sonic & Tails. Chuchel & Kekel. The Little Boy & The Bully from Happy Game. Orion & The Dark. Poochee & Pansy. Godzilla & Ghidorah. Frisk & Chara. And then at the pulling mutated thing with veins part. The characters appear as Riley & Maya from Girl Meets World (Stop-Motion & Cartoon style from World of Terror.) and the mutated thing with veins is replaced of what appears to be some blob-like part with textures of frames of Videos from Gen Z Traumas, and at the mutated characters part. It will have parts of real life animals, inanimate objects, B-Day’s Drawings such as the clock from the Mallrooms 2.5 footage, the bootleg hybrids from the Chip n' Dale: Rescue Rangers movie, the character mashups from Sporcle, the original and same characters from the original Love & Theft fused with the replacements and along with the Gen Z trauma characters mixed with them & etc, And at the zooming in part, it will show the same characters but will be extended after the blue triangle zooms in, and reveals most of the replacements with the DHMIS 1 Let’s Get Creative Tension as the blue texture turns to a reddish hue. And then flashing lights then zooms to black background.

Reports about giants
The following publication makes no claim to completeness or verifiable scientific basis. It is intended only to provide a rough initial overview.
The first tablet of the Babylonian heroic epic from the clay tablet library of 'Assurbanipal', which was created around 1200 BC from Sumerian and Akkadian traditions from the 3rd millennium BC, reports on Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, among other things: He was eleven cubits tall, the width of his chest measured nine spans. Two parts of him are god and a third part is human (...) This 2/3 god seemed invincible. No wonder, because depending on which cubit you use for the conversion, Gilgamesh is an almost unbelievable size of up to six meters.
In the Scofield Bible, Genesis 6:1-4, it says: In those days the giants (also called Nephilim) were on the earth, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. The Ethiopian Book of Enoch, from chapter 6 onwards, also reports of angels (200 in number) who descended from heaven to earth to father offspring with human women, from which giants emerged. It was not the sins of men, but the fallen angels and their bastards that were the main reason for the flood triggered by God. In the Torah, Numbers 13:32-33, Moses' scouts report after their return from the land of Canaan: All the people we saw there (in Canaan) are of great stature. We also saw giants there. Children of Anak from the race of giants. We felt like locusts compared to them, and that is how we must have felt to them too.
In the Luther Bible, Deuteronomy 3:11, we read about an Amorite king: Only King Og of Bashan was left of the giants. Behold, his iron bed (…) is nine cubits long and four cubits wide, according to a man's elbow.
An ancient Egyptian royal cubit is equal to 0.524 meters, which means that Og's bed must have been an impressive 4.88 meters long.
Flavius ​​Josephus, a Roman-Jewish historian from the 1st century AD, wrote in his work Antiquities and the War of the Jews, Life and Other Works, Volume 2, Chapter 2, Paragraph 3: They took the city (Hebron) by force and strangled everyone in it. What remained were giants who were much larger and different in shape from humans. They were terrible to look at. Their bones are still on display today and anyone who has not seen them with their own eyes cannot believe that they were so enormously large (…)
Pausanias, an ancient historian, reported in the 2nd century AD that five-meter-tall humanoid skeletons were found in what is now Syria.
The great chronicle of Taiping reports that an envoy from Emperor Tang Xuanzong was stranded on an unknown coast by a storm on the high seas. There he and numerous other shipwrecked people are said to have been greeted by giants who were six meters or more tall.
In Greek mythology, Titans are considered the oldest Greek race of gods. The giants (Gigantes) are hybrids of humans and snakes. They are considered to be opponents of the Olympian gods.
In Germanic mythology, there are numerous gigantic gods. They are said to have lived in Riesenheim, which in ancient Germanic languages ​​is called Jötunheimr or Utgard and can be translated as the outside world.
Nordic mythology tells of Odin as the supreme god and creator of the world and of the Aesir, the main gods of the Nordic pantheon. The Aesir created humans and actively intervened in their fate. The Aesir were supported by the Vanir (nature gods). Both fought against the forces of evil, the race of giants who were intent on destroying the world and the gods.
An ancient legend about the enormous and mysterious pyramid complex of Puma Punku (Bolivia) says: The complex was built in one night by a people of giants after a gigantic flood had destroyed the entire area.
The Indians consider giants to be prehistoric humans. In the 19th century, David Cusick wrote down the legends of his tribe. They tell of the Ronnongwetowanca people, who are said to have been giants. Around 1000 BC there was a battle between Cusick's tribe, the Tuscarora, and the Ronnongwetowanca. The Tuscarora were victorious, and there were no more giants.
The Cherokee report giants that were twice their size. In addition, according to their legends, there is a secret place with a sculpture that was built for Tsul'kalu - a great hunter among the giants.
On the granite walls in the Havasu Canyon of the Grand Canyon there is an enigmatic scratch drawing that shows a giant fighting a mammoth. The depiction is by ahe iron layer, which suggests that it was very old.
The skeleton of a giant was found in 1829 on a hotel construction site in Chesterville, in the US state of Ohio. After detailed examinations, it was determined that the skeleton was anatomically identical to that of a modern human but had more teeth. After the skeleton was sent to Mansfield for further examination, its trace was lost.
In Lompoc Rancho, in the US state of California, soldiers digging a pit for a powder magazine in 1833 came across the skeleton of a giant who was said to have been almost four meters tall when he was alive. Next to the strange creature, which was supposedly equipped with double rows of teeth, lay a gigantic stone axe as well as stones and mussel shells on which indecipherable symbols had been carved. After local Indians learned of the giant's discovery, they stole and burned his bones.
In Kansas City, in the US state of Missouri, a gigantic skull was said to have been found in a hill in 1877. The strange creature is said to have been a good seven meters tall when it was alive.
In 1877, surveyors in Eureka, in the US state of Nevada, came across the bone of a powerful humanoid creature in a rock. Doctors who examined the fossil thought that the creature must have been around four meters tall. The rock in which the bone was discovered was later estimated to be 185 million years old.
In 1891, construction workers in Crittenden, in the US state of Arizona, came across a huge stone coffin while digging a pit for the foundation of an office building. Inside were the mummified remains of a humanoid giant with a body height of at least four meters. His bones had decayed, but drawings on the coffin depicted the giant.
Giant skeletons were discovered in an Indian grave on a farm in Jackson, in the US state of Ohio, in 1897. The finds were handed over to the Eastern Institute, where they disappeared without a trace.
In 1909, the prehistoric skeleton of a humanoid giant, said to have been over 4.5 meters tall, was excavated in Iztapalapa, Mexico.
In 1923, the bodies of two humanoid giants over five meters tall were said to have been discovered in the Grand Canyon in the US state of Arizona.
In 1926, miners found gigantic humanoid molars in a tunnel in a coal mine in the US state of Montana. To the great surprise of archaeologists and anthropologists, the teeth were stuck in a layer of rock that was at least 30 million years old.
In 1931, several skeletons of humanoid giants were found in the Humboldt Lake bed near Lovelock in the US state of Nevada.
In 1958, the complete humanoid skeleton of a giant was said to have been found in Italy, which was enclosed in an 11 million year old layer of coal.
In 1958, gardeners found a decomposed, 3.3 meter tall human corpse in a vineyard in West Virginia. The discovery was labeled a fake after a newspaper reported that three bullets had been found in the skull. The bullets were not described in detail. It is also not known what happened to the remains.
In 1968, a gigantic skeleton of a Neanderthal-like creature was excavated in the US state of Minnesota. However, a planned radiocarbon dating could not be carried out because the skeleton disappeared without a trace en route to being examined.
In Bir Hooker (Egypt), an old grave robber guarded the severed finger of a humanoid giant for several decades. It was an heirloom from his grandfather. The Swiss entrepreneur and amateur researcher Gregor Spörri was allowed to photograph the 38 centimeter long finger in 1988. After a resettlement operation in the 1990s in the Bir Hooker area, the trace of the relic and that of its former owner was unfortunately lost. Source here

Rochester was not the same after the arrival of The Catalyst. The super mutant X gene, known as The Catalyst, spread like wildfire, igniting latent powers in people and reshaping society. But the epicenter of this extraordinary transformation was not Rochester alone. In the bustling city of Las Vegas, a tale of magic, love, and destiny was about to unfold.
Lily Penrose, known on stage as Penrose, was a magician of unparalleled skill. Her performances were legendary, captivating audiences with her seamless blend of illusion and enchantment. Her shows were a mix of light and dark magic, each act more mesmerizing than the last. Among her admirers was a fellow sorcerer of immense power, Ethan Evermore. The chemistry between them was undeniable, and it wasn't long before they fell deeply in love.
Their romance blossomed quickly, their magical prowess only enhancing the intensity of their bond. They were a perfect match, their powers complementing each other in ways neither had imagined. However, their joy was soon overshadowed by an unexpected turn of events. Just weeks after their union, Lily began to feel ill. Her once-flat belly started to swell, growing larger with each passing day. Confused and concerned, they sought answers, but nothing could prepare them for what was to come.
One fateful night, as Lily writhed in pain, a brilliant light emanated from her belly. With a final, agonizing scream, she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. This child was unlike any other, born amidst a dazzling display of magical energy. They named her Celeste Celestine, a name that echoed with power and promise.
Celeste grew up surrounded by magic, her parents' talents nurturing her own innate abilities. From a young age, she was determined to follow in their footsteps, performing on stage with a charisma that belied her years. Her catchphrase, "Let's Bring The House Down," became her signature call, drawing audiences closer with each performance.
But Celeste was not content with just entertaining. She trained rigorously, mastering both light and dark magic, pushing the boundaries of what was possible. She could disappear into a box and reappear from a cracked egg, or pop a balloon with a needle to reveal a roaring tiger. Her performances were a testament to her dedication and creativity.
Yet, Celeste's destiny was not confined to the stage. The world was changing, and with The Catalyst spreading, new threats emerged. One of the most formidable was The Vizard, a villain who wielded both light and dark magic with ruthless efficiency. Celeste knew she had to act. By day, she dazzled audiences with her magical prowess; by night, she fought to protect the innocent from The Vizard's malevolent schemes.
Her battles were fierce, each confrontation testing her limits. The Vizard was a formidable adversary, his powers rivaling her own. But Celeste was driven by a sense of purpose and a desire to uphold the legacy of her parents. With each encounter, she grew stronger, her resolve unshakable.
As Celeste's fame grew, so did her reputation as a defender of justice. She became a symbol of hope in a world teetering on the edge of chaos. Her performances continued to captivate, but it was her heroism that truly inspired those around her. She was a beacon of light in the darkness, a testament to the power of The Catalyst and the enduring strength of the human spirit.
In the end, Celeste Celestine was more than just a performer or a hero. She was the living embodiment of the magic that bound her family, a force of nature destined to bring balance to a world transformed by The Catalyst. Her journey was just beginning, and as long as there was darkness to fight and audiences to enchant, Celeste would continue to shine, her legacy forever etched in the annals of marvels and miracles.

I am Baron Mael Braedon

It’s all in the past now. My half-brother is gone, as is his entire family. Our father no doubt looks with disgust upon what happened. I will not focus on that. House Morkad is now but a pile of ash, but “an enemy can still choke on ash.”
I was never meant to be the head of any house. As the illegitimate child, I was more than content to serve as captain of the guard. I took pride in my sworn duties, defending my kin with all that I had. Now, all that remains of my forces are the loyal few who stand with me as my personal guard. We wear the green cloaks with honor, a reminder of what we once protected and strive to rebuild.
The Liege Lord of Instergard has cast us to the fringes, to bring the remote lands of the Isle of Deltine to heel. Perhaps they believe we will perish in this endeavor while weakening, ever so slightly, the lawless bandits that infest these lands. They will learn differently.
The land of Deltine is uncultivated, wild, and unforgiving, especially near the mountains where we have been sent. It is a stark contrast to the place we once called home. Many peasants have been given alms to take the risk and settle here, but with them came the brigands. The land is in dire need.
I will let a smile be upon my face, however. It is here that we will rise. The sigil of House Braeden - an argent broken sword stuck in a pile of sable ash - is a testament to our past and a beacon for our future. It not only symbolizes the fall of my half-brother’s family, but it also represents our unyielding resolve to rise again. Our motto, “An enemy can still choke on ash,” will not just be words, but a vow.

I am Borrik, former steward of House Morkad, now a humble servant to Lord Mael Braedon.

The bones of this old man are frail. The wrinkles on my face are like the rings of an ancient oak tree. These eyes have witnessed many things. My own family being taken by the “Dark Omen Plague,” which signaled the end of the Lor Granz Menze, the last imperial house of Menze, nearly three decades ago. The fall of many of my friends in the subsequent downfall wars.
With my lord’s family now reduced to ash, the despair in my heart is renewed and strengthened by all my losses. Is it my fate to live and watch all around me burn? That is what I felt, yes. But there is hope. Lord Mael, the bastard son, now stands as head of this broken house and vows vengeance. I am old, I’ve seen my share of devastation. I want to see the eyes of our enemies see it now too.
Today's task is clear. We must meet the leader of these peasant families. They were promised alms for settling here. However, they are starting to realize that they have been duped. All that is here are rocky grounds and constant besiegement by lowlife brigands. We must convince them to join us in earnest. Our protection and raw power to till these weedlands. Yes, that will be the name of our path. The “weedlands,” where the will of the people is as impossible to kill as the ever-present weeds in a garden.
The morning sun casts long shadows as I make my way into the clearing in a small encampment of would-be farmers. A rigid man, brown of hair with a poor attempt at a shave as a clear attempt at regality, stands at a table. He motions to a seat, and I take it as his eyes narrow slightly at me.
“I am Olr. I hear you asked to have a word.”
“Yes, and thank you, with respect. I am Borrik, and I come on behalf of Lord Mael Braedon, now lord of this land.” I see Olr tense up a bit, though he tries to hide it. “My lord seeks not to rule with an iron fist, I assure you, but wishes to lead in fairness and justice. We need you, Olr. The people trust you, and we wish to work with you.”
Crossing his arms, Olr finally sits down across from me. “Pretty words, but we don’t trust the words of any lord right now. We were promised fertile land! Look around, it’ll be months before anything can even be planted, but it’ll be harvest season by then. We’ll starve no matter what we do. We are stuck here, and I don’t see how we’ll last the winter. What makes Lord Mael, even if he is different, think he’ll be of any help?”
I draw in a steady breath, calming myself. “He truly is different from other lords. He knows loss, as do we all. House Morkad fell, yet from those ashes, House Braedon seeks to rise.”
“Words are easy, Borrik. What can he do, I ask!”
“You said months to plant? We have a few ideas on that, if you’re willing to listen. First, we want you to advise us on where best to start tilling, and our entire force will work directly under your supervision to prepare the land. We’ll also work with your carpenters to build any structures you need. We are not craftsmen, but we can supply the raw physical power. We are also a trained force of 30 strong. We can defend against the bandits.” I let out a breath and breathe a couple of times. “Will this be a good place to start our discussions?”

The two men smile at each other, the discussions truly about to begin.

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