ASYNC Foundation

**The ASYNC Foundation** is an organization that studies the Backrooms using the Low Proximity Magnetic Distortion System (KV31). It connects our world to the Backrooms, as part of ASYNC's plans to solve overpopulation and storage problems.

## History

#### Pre-1982

ASYNC was mainly a biological research institute (Confirmed by Kane, ASYNC also has a biomedical division).

### 1982 - May 10th

ASYNC tests their prototype of the Low Proximity Magnetic Distortion System (As seen in Prototype).

### 1988 - July 2nd

ASYNC tests their Low Proximity Magnetic Distortion System for the third time and explains the reason for it. (As seen in Third Test).

### 1989 - October 17th

The model of Low Proximity Magnetic Distortion System was tested. ASYNC manages to generate a new dimension (backrooms) of the Threshold for the first time (As seen in First Contact).

### 1990 - February 3rd

A group of ASYNC researchers were sent to explore the Backrooms. They discover the body of a human male, presumably Nicolas Bolton (As seen in Missing Persons).

### 1990 - February 5th

An autopsy was performed on the dead body found by ASYNC researchers. According to Report, the body's cells stopped decaying and were sustained and was infected by mutated hay bacillus. (As seen in Autopsy Report).

### 1990 - February 29th

Footage of the Backrooms was recorded by an ASYNC researcher now identified as Peter Tench (Last seen in Reunion). While recording, he heard the sound of a crowd talking, and decided to investigate. To his surprise, he was unable to find where the sound was coming from. He is also unable to locate the other members of his researcher team and gets transported forward in time to May 8. While wandering through the Backrooms, he stumbles upon and enters an ASYNC outpost His entry accidentally sets off an alarm in the facility (As seen in Informational Video and Presentation).

### 1990 - March 5th

Footage is recorded of ASYNC employees building an outpost, as well as setting up sound and motion-activated security cameras in the Backrooms. It also shows the Threshold being closed for the night, after which the cameras detect strange noises and and moving tendrils (presumably bacteria) (As seen in Motion Detected).

### 1990 - May 6th

ASYNC Researchers Marvin, Kim, Mark and George were sent on expedition. On their expedition they discover Pitfalls, a room with square holes in a grid pattern on the floor and a door on the other side. Mark was the first one to cross the room and open the door, after which he asked Marvin to cross room with the camera and record what's beyond the door. As Marvin tried to cross the room, he fell into one the holes. While waiting for his crew to help him back up to the Pitfalls room, Marvin hears shouting and cries for help, and he decides to investigate. He discovers a gap in the wall and enters the Red Neighborhood. He followed the yelling, which led him into a house with inverted turn signs coming out of the carpet. As he explored further into the building, he found a camp-like location with a chair, shoes, cardboard bed and backpack. Marvin believed that the camp was evidence of a human living in the area and continued following the shouts for help around the corner. After looking down a long, foggy room, he discovered bacteria that lured him into the house by imitating human voices. The bacteria started running towards Marvin, who quickly ran out of the house and called for his team to help him to get up through the hole. The video ends with Marvin being pulled up (As seen in Pitfalls). On the same day, the research team shows the footage to supervisors, who were shocked with Marvin's discovery as it was the first proper encounter of ASYNC with bacteria (As seen in Report).

### 1990 - May 8th

ASYNC sets up a presentation for the Department of Energy and its director James Watkins to show the Threshold and ASYNC's future plans to use the Backrooms to solve overpopulation and storage issues. As ASYNC employees and James Watkins sat around a table, presumably negotiating a deal, when an alarm is triggered indicating that something had entered the outpost. It is revealed that the lost researcher from Informational Video has returned (As seen in Presentation).

### 1990 - May 25th

A group of ASYNC researchers consisting of Marvin Leigh, Mark Blume, and Randall Tachi investigated the section of the Backrooms containing the Pitfalls. After surveying the section with a remote-controlled robot, the team set out on an expedition with Mark armed with a shotgun. During the expedition, they made it through the door on the other side of the Pitfalls and explored a dark room with blank white pillars and tiled flooring. The group discovered drawings on the walls, and attempted to radio the information to the other team that was working at the Pitfalls, but they were out of range. While walking back towards the Pitfalls to reunite with the rest of the expedition team, Mark is suddenly tackled in front of Marvin and Randall by a shadowy figure. The attacker was Peter Tench, the former ASYNC researcher that got lost in the Backrooms (As seen in Informational Video). Peter stole Mark's shotgun and asked what the outside world thinks happened to him. Mark called for backup, stating that they were being threatened by an armed hostile. Alarmed, Peter shot Mark, putting him in critical condition before fleeing.

### 1990 - May 26th

An unstable Peter Tench storms the facility armed with Mark's shotgun, holding multiple people at gunpoint while making his way through the hallways and being pursued by security. Before reaching a freight elevator, Peter is confronted and disarmed by Kirk Maxwell, a scientist. Although losing his weapon, Peter manages to get away via the freight elevator and escapes out of the facility. Miraculously, Peter was never spotted as he left the facility, but his victory was short-lived as he tumbled down a hill during his escape, and collided head-first onto a rock, killing him instantly. A head admin later explains to multiple researchers, scientists, and explorers about Peter's fake death, their attempts to nourish him into good mental health, and the inevitable end of his life.

### 1991 - July 7th

Presumably Async discovered the tape of Kane's journey through the Backrooms on September 23, 1996 (As seen in The Backrooms (Found Footage).