Story

## Chapter 0: Prologue

Our Story begins in 1961 when Kelbris is born. as Kelbris grew older he became fascinated with the Occult and the idea of Ascension, then one night somehow he was whispered to by Luna (his deity). Luna explained to Kelbris that he must ascend as many souls as possible, as she was breaking free of chains and that she would be brought down from the sky, consuming everything. Frightened and loosing sanity, Kelbris started The Moon Children Cult sometime in the 80's or 90's, and partnered with a mysterious corporation called The Eternity Project. as the years went on Kelbris did blood sacrifices and ascension, however for some reason he was suffering from a strange disease that made him mutate slowly, turning him into what some Moon Children members call "The Elephant Man".

### 1990 to Early 2000's

In 1990 a boy named Ben Lawman was born. Ben was the son of Sarah Lawman and brother of Tyler Lawman. Ben was a pretty innocent kid and loved Video Games, and his favorite video game was The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Ben always wanted to be the main character of the game Link, he felt he had a connection with Link, like they almost knew each other (Ben pictured Link as his best friend). before Kelbris' death, some new members joined the cult: Matt and Rosa Hubris, Spencer L., Kevin F., Alex, Rem, and many others. In 1998 Kelbris was mysteriously Electrocuted and found dead. It is belived that The Eternity Project Assassinated Kelbris to gain full control of the Cult. Now with the Eternity Project in control, they where ready to start their plan. in 1999 Ben was per swayed into the cult by Matt Hubris, his "Friend" at the time. Ben was told that if he was ascended he could be Link. In 2002 Ben was drowned for his ascension, and after his death his soul fused with the Majora's Mask Cartridge. After the "Ascension", The Eternity Project took the Cartridge for themselves and for their Digitization experiment, as Ben was their First Test. Ben wakes up in a 3d forest, the forest at the beginning of Majora's mask, he can't move, he's still as a statue. Ben hadn't become Link exactly, Instead Ben had re-incarnated into the Elegy of Emptiness Statue, and for many years was left abandoned. As time passed, Ben noticed another person in the world with him, The Happy Mask Salesman. It was Kelbris, after his death he had been transferred into the Cartridge. Kelbris walked up to Ben and laughed and said "You've met with a Terrible fate, Haven't you?". as years went on each of the Moon Children ascended and where trapped inside the now Haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge, each taking the form as a character from the game, and they where all going to be the Eternity Project's play things.

### Jadusable's Tale

In 2009 a Youtube channel showed up owned by a college student called Jadusable. His channel only featured 2 Videos: Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines - Rosa, and Prototype all Consume Kills (warning Extremely Graphic). in 2010 Jadusable began being active on his youtube account and started posting on 4chan about a 'Haunted Majora's Mask Cartridge', sound familiar?

Jadusable was going to garage sales one day looking for old N64 games to relive his childhood, one of these yardsales would be the reason his life would change forever. Jad had went to this yard sale that was owned by a Strange Old Man, who appeared to be blind in one eye. Jadusable asked the Old man if he had any old videogames, and to his surprise, the old man did. It was a cartridge with no label, other than the word 'MaJoRa' written in Sharpe. happy with his find, he thanked the old man and right before leaving, the old man said "Goodbye, Ben!"

Jadusable was haunted by a malicious entity called BEN, a collection of previous Moon Children Spirits that started a collective after Ben's death. After Jadusable connected some cables and cords to upload the footage he took while playing the haunted game, BEN was released into his computer. filled with fear and lack of sleep, Jad began loosing his sanity to the Entity, and forced himself to keep playing the game. as Jad got closer and closer to Kelbris, BEN became more and more scared then entertained, warning Jad about the event that was about to happen. Jad was then killed by Kelbris, and his soul was digitized into the Cartridge, his soul fusing with it, adding another soul to the bunch. BEN then uploaded TheTruth.rtf, a text file that contained all of Jadusable's notes and connected himself to it. after waiting some time, people starting downloading the file, not knowing the mistake they had just made. BEN was now free in the Internet, and was released on to everyone's computers.

## Chapter 1: YSHDT

(note: the game actually took place in 2020, the first arc of the story just takes place in 2013)

### Previous to 2013

Kelbris gains full control over the Haunted Cartridge, and becomes the god of the world, corrupting everything. The Cartridge now broke, The Eternity Project transferred the world and the souls into a new red colored cartridge with the same "MaJoRa" written on it. The Eternity Project code named this "World Alpha".

We move forward in time to 2013, nothing from the Moon Children has come up, almost as if they vanished and never existed. However a new website was found simply called youshouldnthavedonethat.com. The Website appeared to be the Moon Children's new website, filled with new information and the reveal of 4 new members: Ethan, Clark, Anthony, and a mysterious 4th member with no listed name except for his username Moonman23.

Ethan's Avatar depicting Adult Link playing the Ocarina at night.

Clark's Avatar depicting a young man in a Mask, possibly Clark himself.

Moonman23's Avatar is blank.

Anthony's Avatar depicting Zora Link from Majora's Mask.

there was also a "Truth" page like on the original website, which only showed 3 images of BEN with the text "You are not worthy of this redemption. your eyes, give them".

Soon after Ethan began posting videos on his youtube channel. The videos where of Ethan getting ready for his Ascension. Ethan seemed very happy to finally be ascended, taking a sweater, his mask, and a flashlight. In the video "father.wmv", Ethan is shown going down into a cellar with notes scattered around saying things like "WHO AM I?". Ethan explores into the main part of the cellar and shouts "Hello?", wondering where the other moon children where, and we are met with the song of unhealing and a quick flash of BEN. You see, The Eternity Project was planning for Ethan to come to the cellar in order to Digitize him. Now Ethan was a Test Subject for The Eternity Project. Ethan wakes up to a title screen, the Majora's Mask title screen. With no other option, Ethan creates a new file, simply his name and starts the game. Ethan wakes up in Clocktown, it is the first day and the NPC's are working on the fair. Scared, Frightened and Confused, Ethan runs into the clock tower. Inside the tower Ethan meets Kelbris for the first time, in his Happy Mask Salesman form. Kelbris says nothing but grins at Ethan, watching his every move. Ethan runs down to the back entrance of the clock tower and tries playing the song of healing, but is cut to a black screen. This is the start of Ethan's journey. At some point while Ethan was getting used to his new life, he found The Adults Mask, a mask that can turn you into Adult Link, Ethan has become the New Warrior. After countless rewinds and the sanity of 3 days occurring , Ethan is trapped there for almost a decade. On one night while Ethan was exploring outside of Clocktown, he found Ben in the forest. Ben started to communicate with Ethan, explaining that Ascension is a lie and that this is all a part of Kelbris's plan to take over the Real World and become a full on god. Knowing his new destiny, Ethan dedicates himself to saving Ben and the rest of the trapped souls. That same night Ethan comes across the Astral Observatory. Ethan runs to the gates blocking his way in, but quickly uses his new Passthrough ability he learned with his Ocarina and teleported inside the observatory. Ben told Ethan that he must play the song of time inside the Observatory to go back in time, specifically the year 2020 to meet Ben's mom Sarah. After pressing the "Yes" option, Ethan goes back in time to begin his Journey.

### During the Time Travel

BEN had been watching Ethan the whole time he'd been in the cartridge, and was furious. as one of Kelbris's "Henchmen", BEN was devoted to helping with his plan of taking over the world. BEN travels with Ethan to 2020.

## Chapter 2: Hubris

Ethan successfully goes back in time to the year 2020, but something is odd. Ethan wakes up in his old room from 2013 with all his stuff still inside. Ethan finds the Haunted Cartridge next to him and hangs on to it. Ethan suddenly receives a transmission from a Eternity Project member simply known as S.K (short for Skull Kid). S.K explains that Ethan had gone back in time, and that somehow he is able to contact Ethan from the future. S.K says that Ethan must save Ben, Rosa, Matt and the others and stop The Father (Kelbris' Leader name), and Ethan agrees. With the two knowing they'll be working together, they become friends. As Ethan wonders Termina, S.K gives Ethan instructions on what to do, however BEN happens to catch up in their mission, and uses his abilities to transfer Ethan into the "Realm of Emptiness", a empty void within the Majora's Mask world that BEN uses to trap players. However this is not successful and Ethan manages to find a way out with S.K's help. As Ethan is working his part to save the souls, so is Sarah, Ben's mom who took the role of another version of Adult Link when she was digitized. So with our 3 hero's on our side, everything seems to be doing well, aside from BEN trying to disrupt everything. However when Ethan is wandering Sarah runs into non other than Jadusable, the same college student from the prologue, who now takes the form of Feirce Deity Link after receiving the mask from Alex. Jadusable ready to make another suffer, Sarah and him battle in a unkown area created by BEN. As Jadusable is distracted, Ethan is still trying to figure out how to fix all this. BEN tries to keep Ethan down telling him things like "Ben didn't tell you something...". S.K jumps and quickly takes Ethan out of there, sending him back to termina. S.K explains he will tell Ethan everything once the souls are saved and Kelbris is killed.

### Back to the Moon Children

With Ethan gone and gaining information about what as happened by transmissions uploaded on Ethan's youtube channel, Clark and Anthony figure out a way to digitize themselves to help Ethan. Clark takes the sacrifice and digitizes himself, taking the role as a new warrior, but ever since that no body knows what happened to Clark.

### The Final Hour

With no stop, the final day in the world is about to happen, and Kelbris' has switched his form into the Moon to kill everyone in Termina. Ethan then remembers the Astral Observatory, and runs there through the underground tunnel in Clock Town. with the clock chimes and stress, Ethan only has so much time. Once Ethan gets to the Observatory, Ethan does something Jadusable did in Ben Drowned to reverse everything, Ethan does the 4th Day Glitch. Instead of using the telescope, Ethan plays the song of healing right before the time hits zero, and everything goes black. The Song of Healing plays normal for the first time, and Ethan is told congratulations, that he had brought the souls to peace by an unknown voice. Ethan is outside of Clocktown, and in front of him is a tunnel. as Ethan walks slowly to the tunnel, he says his last fare wells, and finally enters the tunnel. there is Static, then Ethan wakes back up in his room. He had did it, Ben, his mom, his brother, and his friends where all at peace. The last thing Ethan does before fully Ascending is throwing the Cartridge in a garbage can, passing the torch. Ethan dies right there as the screen goes black...or did he?

## Chapter 3: Aftermath

It is a Year after the Events of the second arc, and things seem back to normal, until Ethancraft08 uploads a teaser trailer on his channel showcasing a website for his "movie". The website seemed normal at first, until that night it became corrupt, showing pictures of Feirce Deity Link and the Moon Children from Majora's Mask. Players knew that the next part of the story was in the making. and it was, that same night another video was uploaded called "Teaser", showing video of Majora's Mask, and a new File being created simply named "Steve".

### Part 1: Steve and the return of BEN

(Note: Arc 3 takes place in the year 2021 before it happened, so nothing from this arc happened this year and happened in 2020)

A Year after the events of the Second Arc, we catch up in 2021 when we meet our new side protagonist Steve, who owned a small gaming channel and did let's play videos. Steve makes a video called "newgame.txt", which was a text document that Steve made when he first found the Haunted Cartridge. Steve says that he moved into the house of the French Family, (a.k.a Ethan's old house), and says that he found a Red Cartridge in a garbage can. Steve then uploads 5-6 recordings of his findings, and just like Jadusable, Steve is brought with the fate of BEN. You see, when Kelbris died BEN was furious, angry, and sad, so he went into hiding until someone would play the cartridge once again, as Ethan trapped BEN in the cartridge, keeping him from being free. So after Steve booted up the game, BEN was woken up and ready to set his new plan: finding a human vessel to use as a body and killing anyone in his path. Again just like Jadusable Steve connected some Cables and Cords to his computer to upload the videos he made, but that just re-released BEN into the internet and onto Steve's computer. BEN then kills and digitizes Steve into the cartridge, almost being like a wasteland. Steve wakes up as Young Link, meaning Steve is the New Warrior. Freaked out and terrified, Steve runs to the clock tower, and meets a familiar face, The Happy Mask Salesman. Not Kelbris, but a new soul that has found it's way into possessing the role as the HMS. this new soul hides Steve in the clock tower from a new Entity known as ETHAN, who is revealed to be BEN when obtaining the Fierce Deity Mask. BEN had returned to the cartridge once again to kill Steve and add him to his collection of lost souls, so he set out to Clocktown. When BEN is heading to Clocktown, Steve is told to run to the Stock Pott Inn and hide by HMS, and Steve does as he's told. When BEN is inside the clock tower, he kills the HMS and heads back out to clock town. BEN asks a Bomber Kid who is possessed by a soul if they've seen a young boy in green, which they replied saying they saw him enter the Stock Pott Inn. Hearing the thumping of boots, Steve runs out of the Stock Pott Inn from the back and runs into the forest, ending up in the Swamp. with BEN at loss, he returns back to the internet to find another familiar face.

### Finding S.K

After all the souls where set at peace and the Eternity Project was shut down for Illegal use of Military technology, S.K moved into a new house and lived a new normal life, until in 2021 when he wound meet BEN once again. Knowing this would be his death, S.K said his last words in a video titled "FUn NiGHt with BEN.avi", showing S.K's computer taken over by BEN. Also in the video, S.K holds up a note with the words "MY TIME IS UP, FIND ME IN GAME." before saying goodbye. S.K was then killed by BEN, and added to BEN's collection of souls.

after this the ARG went silent for a bit.

### Part 2: The Rise and Fall of Steve

Sometime later Steve would return in "Steve's Return.wmv", showing that he had obtained the Zora mask while being in the swamp. Steve runs out of the swamp and back to Termina field, where he see's a tree with Skull Kid carved into it, a sad reminder of our friend's demise. However when Steve runs up to the tree a text box appears saying "please...help me...", and Steve is teleported to the Temple of Time from Ocarina of Time. Steve also now has the Adults Mask that was once worn by Ethan and Sarah. As Steve walked out the temple, he was placed in a black void, BEN had been waiting for him. after S.K was killed, BEN returned to his Fierce Deity form to battle Steve to the death, shortly after "The Battle.wmv" was released. It showcased Steve and BEN battling in the same place Sarah and Jadusable fought in the second arc, dueling their swords. But in the end BEN won the battle, and sadly Steve was killed in the process, adding to BEN's collection of Souls. After the Battle, a video titled "Hubbard.webm" was uploaded, and shortly after a new Account was added to the Moon Children Website.

### Part 3: Ben Hubbard Arc

On youshouldnthavedonethat.com a new account was added. The new person was named Ben Hubbard, and his profile was of him in a green sweater and a gas mask. His likes and dislikes where empty except for his ambition which read: "Luna has left us, we are lost".

Shortly after Ben Hubbard started uploading strange videos, (including a Live Stream from his twitch account), some taking place in his basement and some in his house. The arc kicks off when a video titled "Kelbris.wmv" is uploaded. Ben Hubbard wakes up in his bedroom at night with a flashlight, and finds a note with a Doll next to it:

KELBRIS WAS HERE.

The next video is titled "sonofkelbris.webm", showing a new face glitched in green static. It is revealed that at some point when Kelbris was a young man he had a son with a unknown woman who he named Kelbris the II. Kelbris II happened to suffer from the same disease that Kelbris did during the Moon Children, but slower as he is still alive. By his picture Kelbris II appears to be a bit more mutated and has a red tint color and white eyes, though he was most likely normal as a kid up to young adult. The next day Ben Hubbard uploads a video titled "A Explanation.wmv". In the video Ben Hubbard is theorizing about who could have left the note and doll, he also recieves a Letter from an unknown source which he opens in the video "Opening the Letter.wmv". On the Envelope of the letter there is a strange Symbol with the words "DEAD STEVE WAS HERE", inside the envelope there is what Ben Hubbard says is his old Nirvana pin. Ben Hubbard makes the conclusion that Dead Steve is Steve Hubbard from the first part and it is revealed that BEN separated himself creating a new entity, which quickly BEN kills off shortly after. The last video Ben Hubbard uploads is titled "Last Chance.wmv", Ben Hubbard is wearing his gas mask and a red T-shirt. Ben Hubbard explains this might be his last video and to "Find the Masks". The next two video where titled "The Game Begins.wmv" and "Download.wmv". this is where the main game of the Third Arc takes place. Before the ARG was cancelled this was going to be how players found The Truth, a hidden document of The Moon Children that reveals all the answers to our questions. The game was sort of like Slender: The Eight Pages, where you would have to collect 5 Masks and stay away from BEN, as he was chasing you. if you where caught the game would end, and no one seemed to be able to find The Truth, causing an event to happen. a video titled "possesion.webm" was uploaded, revealing that BEN had taken over Ben Hubbard's body, completing BEN's plan of finally becoming truly free.

The last video of the Third Arc is a cliff hanger, titled "IFOUNDYOU.wmv". We see Ben Hubbard in a room, saying "Many forms I'll take, Many stories I'll tell, Who. Am. I?". the "Who.Am.I?" line repeats as Ben Hubbard slowly takes off his gas mask through still images, and as his face is shown, we finally realize this isn't Ben Hubbard anymore, it is BEN, now in his new Body. BEN jumpscares the camera, and we get a shot of BEN with black oozing eyes with the Green sweater hood over his head, Symbolizing the Elegy of Emptiness Statue's Link hat, and says "We. Are. BEN".

### After Arc 3

As we where left off with BEN finally winning and causing chaos, Players thought this was going to be the sad, bad ending, but after some time a trailer for the originally planned Arc 4 was uploaded, titled "Arc 4 Begins Now". we see the DeadSteve symbol and footage of a new website called deadsteve.com, which was a website BEN was going to use to house the souls of people like Ben Hubbard, Kelbris II, and Steve. However as said before, this Arc 4 was cancelled, and so where the planned 2 other arcs, and the ARG seemed to be at an end, with BEN getting what he wants...

## Chapter 4: The Truth

Some time passes as BEN becomes truly free, and gains new powers after getting ahold of the Cartridge. The First part of this Arc doesn't begin with a Youtube channel, but rather the Moon Children Website. https://sites.google.com/view/youshouldnthavedonethatcom/home updated revealing that BEN has taken over the Website. This isn't the only thing however as we get a surprise return of the warrior we thought was gone forever

### The Return of Ethan

On the About page it is shown that each of the Moon Children have a new section on their profile. It appears as if they have come back from whatever Afterlife they where in, but they seem confused and stressed. Not only that but BEN has added himself to the about page:

It's also worth noting that Ethan's profile avatar has been changed to an image of Adult Link facing away from something. On the home page it is glitched with the words "*you thought you could escape it, didn't you? i'm done playing games with you.*", and the words "PLAYBYMYRULES" is repeated over and over several times.

On the new added page simply titled ":)" has nothing but a blank backround and the words "bloodmoonritual" and "forgivemefatherforgivemefatherforgivemefather".

Sometime after YSHDT.com updated with the home page showcasing a conversation between BEN and Ethan:

Ethan: How...the HELL ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?!

BEN: Oh you silly sheep, you never killed me. In fact, you forgot about me. I was free the whole time, but we have some unfinished business. You killed my Father, and I have all intentions on killing you.

Ethan: No...I'm not gonna let you hurt any more people, If I had known you'd be back I would have made sure you never existed.

BEN: Despite your Plight, I don't think that is going to happen any time soon. You see the Cartridge is now in my possession.

Ethan: ...w-what?

BEN: heheheheheh... He's coming back, and I will make sure he can take over outside, without you "warriors" in the way.

Ethan: YOU CAN'T DO THIS! DO YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU BRING HIM BACK?!

BEN: Yes, and I have everything in my power to support that, Even if I'm a collection of those pieces of garbage. I don't care if the world ends, I'm just happy my Father will be happy. I control the system now, and I will hand that off to him when I bring him back into this world. I must find a sacrifice so he to can live in a human body just like me:)

Ethan: NO!!! FUCK YOU BEN!! I WILL FIND A WAY OUT OF HERE! I'LL MAKE SURE YOU'RE DEAD FOR THIS!!!

### The Glitch

After this point the ARG went on Hiatus since it's taking time to plan the story, however on December 4th 2021 youshouldnthavedonethat.com updated in an out-of-character event called "The Glitch". This is a reference to the Glitch from BEN Drowned during the Moon Children Arc. Ethan left the following update on the front page:

**Update 12/4/2021 The Glitch**

**Hey everyone, Ethan the Creator here. just letting you all know the ARG is currently on hiatus but will return soon. I've had mixed feelings about how the ending should go and i'm still trying to get the resources I need to continue this story. I've added a Story and Chapters page for those who want to see the timeline of the story currently and it's updates. Thanks for your patience and I will get back to this soon!**

**-Ethan**

Note; The backround of the website changed from the moon banner to a GIF of a Majora's Mask text box saying "you shouldn't have done that...". Also the conversation

between BEN and Ethan was replaced by a single message from Ethan:

*"I feel...strange. I've felt sort of light headed, I don't know where I am but I'm alive. All I know is that i can use the site still and that it's pitch black, Like a text box. I feel my spirit passing through something, it might be back to the real world. I have no idea what is going to happen, I'm sorry everyone".*

his avatar picture changed to a image of Adult Link looking at the camera with a surprised scared look. The name of this file is "drowned and lost". The website also took down the Therioes page and it was replaced by "Story and Chapters", a page containing all the current Arcs of the ARG up to now.

On December 10th of 2021 youshouldnthavedonethat.com updated once again showing that the "Story and Chapters" page has been taken down and the update note on the front page has been removed. the banner has been replaced by a Majora's Mask blue text box. Ethan's message changed to this:

*"I...can...feel...the...awakening..."*

### The Hero's Awakening

On December 19th Ethancraft08 premired The Hero's Awakening.wmv. The Description of the Video read as follows: *Ethan wakes back up in the Cartridge world after being trapped within a dark abyss by BEN. There's only one thing left to do now: stopping BEN from resurrecting Kelbris.*

The video began with static, Rosa's "I don't know what I'm saying, forget what I say" quote, and flashes of images and videos, (feel Deja-Vu?).

The following Images flashed are discribed below:

the first is a short clip of Ethan falling down a white void as if he went back to the first day in-game.

the next image is a cropped screenshot of YSHDT.com during it's first change.

the next image is a photo of a digital clock reading 4:23, a reference to Ben's death date.

the next flash is of a video of BEN taking of his gas mask before fading out.

the next image is of a cropped version of BEN's account of YSHDT.com.

the next image is a quick cropped version of Ethan's recent avatar on YSHDT.com.

The last flash happens at the end of the intro, the image is a close up of BEN in darkness.

The video begins with the Majora's Mask start up screen, the start button is pressed and we a sent to the file select. there, we see Ethan's file, still left like before. the file is selected, and the screen fades to black. We then cut to a blue text box, and says the following:

*"back here again, were it all started".*
*"well, there's no point in standing around, I have to stop BEN".*

The screen fades into a first person view of Ethan, he is in the spiral coridor enterance to the clocktower. He turns around and goes into third person, and we are looking from behind him. he then says *"wow, I forgot what it was like to be Link".* In his inventory he finds the Stone Mask, and equips it. he says *"hm? I don't remember having this mask"*. He then runs down the spiral coridor and enters the clocktower, the metal doors shutting behind him. he goes back into first person and looks at the stair case and says *"hm... The Clocktower. Kelbris might be dead for now but I better watch out for the Mask Salesman".* he carefully goes up the stairs, not trying to be spotted. He says *"He's up there".* Ethan then pulls his sword out and runs up the stairs, he starts swinging at the mask salesman before the screen cuts to black. We cut back to Ethan close to the clocktower's wooden doors and father away from the mask salesman. He goes up the stairs and turns to face him, turns back, and leaves the tower. We fade in to Clocktown outside at night, Ethan says *"Clocktown. Still hard working and determined as ever"*. he looks around and then says *"I should head to the Astral Observatory, maybe I could get help from that Wizzard"*. He runs to the nearest exit but is stopped by a clocktown guard. Ethan makes conversation and is allowed outside, but when he runs out we don't fade into the outside opening. Instead we cut to Ethan running around (almost panicked) as the Clocktower bells ring and the screen gets smaller, and the dawn of the second day comes. The video ends.

After the video's release, YSHDT.com updated revealing what happened to Clark, Anthony, and Moonman23. The home page of the site changed to a black backround with 3 Elegy of Emptiness Statues: a Goron, a Zora, and a Deku. the words "You need to save Them" are above, and below each of the statues have the names of the corrisponding Moon child:

Clark took form of the Goron Statue.

Anthony took form of the Zora Statue.

and Moonman23 took the form of the Deku Statue.

Below Clark it says "please", below Anthony it says "save", and below Mr. M it says "us", all together it makes the message "Please save Us".

The next Video was premiered a day later, titled "The Trapped Souls.wmv". The Discription of the video read as follows: "*Ethan re-visits the location he used to originally stop all this madness, the Astral Observatory. once there, he uses the telescope and finds a lone person standing on one of the Ikana Canyon pillars. However when he leaves the observatory to talk to the man he is no where to be found. Ethan is now headed to Ikana Canyon..."*

The Video began with the Rosa Intro and flashed clips from the previous episode before starting. Our episode begins with Ethan leaving Clocktown at night and heading to the Astral Observatory. as he is looking for it he says (SECTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

The next video premiered, titled "The Empty Fish.wmv". The Discription of the video read as follows: "*Ethan enters Ikana Canyon and finds Clark trapped in a Goron statue. Clark tells Ethan that he must find Anthony and Mr. M and bring them to their former selves. now Ethan is on a mission to bring his friends together to stop BEN...*"

The Video began with the Rosa Intro and flashed clips from the previous episode before starting. (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

After the third episode, Ethancraft08 posted two teasers on the TNMC Discord server:

The first was an image of Skull kid taking something from a (probably dead) Feirce Deity Link in a forest, and the second image was a highly distorted image of Saria from Ocarina of Time with the text under it reading: "*you haven't seen her yet, but she is important*". Not much is known about the Saria teaser yet, but it is theorized that maybe S.K will make a return, and that he might of actually been digitized by BEN and not killed.

On December 31'st The Hero's Unite.wmv Premiered. The Description of the video read as follows:

*"Ethan finally brings together his friends and makes the plan stop BEN and end Kelbris for good, but after the talk they soon come to realize that the resurrection has succeeded..."*

The Video began with the Rosa Intro and flashed clips from the previous episode before starting. (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

After the preimer, YSHDT.com updated showing Kelbris has returned...

### Finding a Vessel

on YSHDT.com the banner was changed to a distorted image of Kelbris, and the front page has updated showing a conversation between BEN and Kelbris:

Some time passes through updates on the discord server and finally YSHDT.com updates once again showing something very off-putting. the banner has changed to a image of BEN wearing a cultist hood holding a knife, below the words "*welcome home"* is the following text:

*"as I walk through the vally of her precious embrace I have no fear, for I am one with her, forever and ever. May Father reign down his hand on those who are petty sheep, and slaughter the lambs in the feild. we are Mortal Angels."*

below is the same image of BEN but in it's normal form, below that it reads "*...WAKEY WAKEY FATHER, WE HAVE WORK TO DO...*"

### The Betrayal

On Febuary 5th, 2022, The Vessel.wmv finally Premiers. The Description of the Video read as follows:

*"Finally after a month of planning BEN is ready for the Blood Moon Ritual, however things aren't going to go quite as according to plan for him..."*

The Video began with the Rosa Intro and flashed clips from the previous episode before starting. (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

After the upload, Players were shocked to find that Kelbris had Betrayed his "son" of sorts. Later YSHDT.com updated it's Banner to a purple distroted image of Kelbris in his Vessel, and below it a photo of Ben with the text "*There is an Old Friend waiting for us...*"

At this point Players on the server were speculating if Ben was actually dead or not, and if BEN screwing up with the timeline caused Ben to return with Ethan and the others. This would later be revealed in The Lost Boy.wmv.

### The Broken World

on February 15, 2022 The Lost Boy.wmv is premiered. The Description of the Video read as follows:

"*Ethan, Anthony, Clark, and M are on the Final Day. They decide to go to the Clocktower as they planned before, but they meet up with an old friend who they thought was still dead with the others..."*

The Video begins with Transmission static, flashing various images until cutting off and starting with the Rosa intro as normal. The Video begins with Ethan and the heros at the Clocktower, and it's the Final Day. The Four enter the Clocktower, and inside they meet up with non-other than Ben, who is causing the code in World Alpha to be corrupted.

After a conversation between Ben and the other three, Ethan decides the only way to finally end everything is by destroying the Cartridge, or in M's words: Pulling the Plug. The Video ends with the last shot being of Ben, then static appears like in the beginning and the words "DO YOU BLAME YOURSELF?" appear. the very end of the video shows Kelbris with the Bongo Bongo murmur sound.

after this, YSHDT.com updates again. The Banner of the site changes to an image of Ethan at the Clocktower door, Titled 'The Final Day':

Below it, a 'Status Report' of World Alpha is shown, which read the following:

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

LOADING\_CURRENT\_STATUS////////////////////////////////////////////////////

///LOADING-COMPLETE///

ERROR-DETECTED

NAME: BEN

STATUS: DIGITIZED

CURRENTLY CAUSING WRLDALPHA CORRUPTION IN CODE

///WRLDALPHA IS CURRENTLY FULLY CORRUPTED///

///NEEDS TO BE TRANSFERED TO A NEW CARTRIDGE///

///IF NOT/WRLDALPHA MAY BE UN-SAVEABLE///

///ALL INHABITENTS WILL DIE///

///CORRUPTIONOVERLOAD///////////////////////////////////////////////////

//////END-OF-REPORT

///2/18/20XX///

time passes as the ARG goes silent for a couple days until new teasers for the next episode are posted on the Discord server. We see images of a now highly destroyed, corrupt, and broken Clocktown and the Moon preparing to crash into the world. However, this isn't any ordinary crash this time around, the World within is so corrupt it can no longer hold itself together and be stable, so one more moon crash and everyone dies trapped in the game forever.

on Febuary 27, 2022 YSHDT.com updated showing new puzzles to solve, and a pole was put up on the Discord server for players to solve:

Players weren't sure what to choose and didn't want to kill their in game friends, so the clues mentioned before were made to help them. The Players went through the website and searched through:

The Home Page's Banner changed to one of the teasers for the new video:

Ethan is running in Corrupt Clocktown with no floor.

There also appears to be new text on the banner, which reads: "*she will bring the end...unless-///sgse@@@@dzgsfewftefft333S///o/////w////"*

there is yet more words, however it is a button which leads to a hidden page:

The "solveme" page showed a distorted image of Ethan running with text in the corner that reads ^<^a>a, which we will come back to shortly.

as Players saw this image, they tried to think of what this code meant. Soon the Players realized that these were notes to a Ocarina song, more specifically Sonata of Awakening. However Looks can be deceiving, so Players dug even more, until they would find this disturbing page with a familiar Red Man...

Players found that the text is lyrics from the song *"We'll Meet Again"* by Verra Lynn, however there where no codes or secrets on the page and there are none on the image. The Red Man in the Image appears to have the Lunar Symbol on his forehead and is smiling widely.

The Players returned to the home page and scrolled down to the bottom, another teaser of the new episode is shown of Corrupt Clocktown facing to the Clocktower. Next to the Image is broken corrupt text that reads as follows:

**WRLD\_ALPHA-St@tu5/////////**

**@@@@afdsdvsawr2r5tgxfbb vfdgwegy0ushould/th@ved0n3th@t**

**H/BR/S**

**M//T**

**R3B00T**

**W@S\_1T-MY\_F@ULT?**

On "The Truth" page, the image of BEN was changed to a distorted image of the Sonata of Awakening notes, and below it read "*was it my fault?..."*

On "The Creed" page, the banner was replaced with an image of the Moon looking down at Ethan from the new episode, and below it both of the creeds were replaced with this almost poem writting:

*"The Jester Queen and The Crooked King, playing the silly game of chess."*

*"The Jester Queen had something he didn't see: he had obtained Hubris from another, which brought him down to meet his end."*

*"the Hubris went on to The Crooked King, which made him fall off his throne, losing his crown as Luna cried tears of blood from the sky."*

The Jester Queen refers to BEN and The Crooked King refers to Kelbris, and how they are going to knock eachother down by their hubris.

on the final page, being the "About Us" page, the banner was changed to an image of one of the guards in Clocktown looking up at the sky with his hand on his chest, awaiting the end, and Ethan appears to be trying to talk to him. Below the banner all four account's abouts are completely gone, all thats left is their names and avatars. BEN's account also appears to be gone.

### The Final Vote

After exploring the website through and through, Players ended up going for Sonata of Awakening, and all voted for it on the poll, even sending in a submission:

### The Showdown between The Crooked King and The Jester Queen

after the votes were put in, BEN posted an audio file of the Re-Dead Scream from Majora's Mask on the Server. In the Discussion channel an artwork of "Kelbris vs BEN was posted":

### The Broken Edge

On March 5th, 2022 The Broken Edge.wmv Premiered. The description of the Video read as follows:

"*Our Heros are on the Final Day, however if they don't think of something quick the final Moon Crash will happen, causing all the trapped souls to stay dead trapped within the cartridge forever...unless..*."

The Episode begins with some Transmission static before cutting to the normal Rosa Intro.

"*more soon...*"

Players theorized that this new character Miaa was friends with Ethan at some point, and she gave him the Ocarina because she knew that he would need it to get to the Flipside.

### The Final Truth

After a couple days, the last episode of The Truth Arc was premiered: The Final Truth.wmv.

The Description of the Video read as follows: "*Once finding The Truth, our Heros are met with the true villian of this story... Ethan, now with the Feirce Deitys Mask, must face this entity, In order to save his friends, who combined in the mask will help him fight this demon. Only hope will decide what happens now*".

The Video begins with the normal Rosa Intro and flashes from the previous episode.

(*more soon...)*

After the image is shown, the screen and the music cuts, and end credits begin to roll:

Note: the song in the credits is "Purple (I Love You)" by Marshal Manson- a fellow music artist and good friend of Ethancraft08. (Marshal is also shown in the credits).

After the credits, it is black for a moment, until a dark image of Ethan in Link's treehouse from *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time* fades in:

Suddenly a industrial sound comes in, and the image cuts to black, and the episode ends.

### After The Truth

After the episode premiered, YSHDT.com updated it's 'The Truth' page, and we get a very interesting surprise:

"The Truth"

*"Archive File#423*

*PROPERTY OF THE ETERNITY PROJECT, NO-ONE IS ALLOWED WITH THIS DOCUMENT*

*I'm writing this as these are my final words before this...mutation kills me. I wanted to pass this information down to the next leader of our religious group so it*

*is not lost forever. This is everything we were meant for, the true meaning of The Moon Children itself.*

*to all the disbelievers, I pity you, but it is your nature I suppose.*

*I would also like to pass this down to my son, and my creation, as they must keep the fire burning, and the stars aligned.*

*thank you.*

*My name is Kelbris, and no I will not be giving out my last name, that will remain a mystery, my last name was given to me by the one who birthed me, not my true*

*mother. my true mother, sorry, our true mother is Luna, and will forever remain that way.*

*I was born in 1961 on October 10th, and I grew up to be the man I am now.*

*I did not choose this life perhaps, it was Luna who assigned me, and I am forever grateful.*

*I go by as The Father, that is what the next leader will go by when I'm gone.*

*I have...how should I put this?*

*I really don't have feelings for people any more.*

*I've sacrificed all the moon children I can to bring them peace, I've done my part.*

*I'm still waiting for the Eternity Project to show me what they have been working on, they need to show me before I die.*

*I haven't told my son because I don't know yet- but I'm scared he will have the same mutation as me- and that I accidently passed it on to him.*

*I'm scared for our bloodline to end, I can NOT let that happen.*

*lunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasaveme*

*lunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasaveme*

*lunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasaveme*

*lunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasaveme*

*lunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasaveme*

*lunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasaveme*

*lunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasavemelunasaveme*

*TAKE ME TO THE OTHER REALM.*

*was it my fault?*

*nonononononono...*

*I helped them, I saved them.*

*yes.*

*I did good.*

*oh! where was I?*

*oh yes, the true meaning of our desire.*

*you already know this, but we believe that the end is nye.*

*as of today, August 15th, 1998, we have 14 years left before the lunar apocalypse.*

*she will be brought down from the sky- released from the chains trapped in the sky- and will fall consuming everything and everyone.*

*the end is nye.*

*for the fold, number three- for the fold, number three- for the fold, number three.*

*see you soon 2012, well- no- I'm going to die.*

*my future moon children will see you though- and will experience the most beautiful event of their lives.*

*Witnessing the End.*

*I am the Crooked King.*

*My Creation is the Jester Queen.*

*and there is a Lone Wolf- a Warrior.*

*a Jesus-like figure who protects the innocent.*

*yes...*

*Alex...*

*hahahahahahaha*

*he better play a good move.*

*ah yes- my time has come. The Eternity Project needs to do some "tests" on me.*

*Before I pass- I'd like to thank all my Moon Children- they are my family.*

*I was their Father- but I must pass on to the next life.*

*I hope to see you all there.*

*and to my Sons- (my Son and my Creation)- please use this information to lead for the end.*

*these are my final words, goodbye.*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA*

*TAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNATAKEMELUNA"*

The text ends there.

### The Birth of Denbris, the next Crooked King

Ethan is now set out on his own to face off the next demon of this story, Denbris, an entity that was "born from the ashes of BEN". Ethan is not alone however, as Miaa also didn't get set free yet either, so, Ethan is set out to find her once again to stop this new villian and bring final peace once and for all.