Box 2

On November 18, Rabbit #81 revealed that he had been in contact find.the.way, and that he had received a package in the mail. As with Rabbit #157, HABIT was enraged; the following evening, during a Netherland Dwarf division call, he ordered #81 to reveal the contents of the box to the group.

## The Box

As with the previous Box, the top of Box 2 was sealed with clear packing tape. #81's address was written on one of the top flaps in black permanent marker.

The word "DARREN" (or "DAMEN") is written on one side of the box in black permanent marker, above the letters "1039". The numbers "11.29" are written in black marker in the upper right corner on the same side.

On the opposite side of the box, "The Eden" is written in black permanent marker.

Written on the inside of the top flaps in black permanent marker are the words "DON'T MAKE A SOUND". Written upside-down on the insides of the box are the words "IT WILL FIND YOU".

## Contents

Inside the box was:

* An airhorn.
* A playing card (Jack of Clubs) with a hatchet and a knife drawn in the upper and lower corners in blue marker (with the words "hatchet" and "knife" respectively above and below the drawings).
* A battered copy of Mark Z. Danielewski's *House of Leaves* previously owned by Jeff, with numerous passages marked with bloodstains or circled.

## Analysis

Box 2 was clearly mailed by someone in (or connected to) the Eden. The contents of the box seem to reference events and people from the Everyman HYBRID channel. The copy of *House of Leaves* was owned by Jeff, and the book itselfappears in multiple videos (and is hinted to have inspired Jeff to personally investigate the events surrounding the channel). The playing card is a duplicate of one of the cards found in Box #5; however, while the Jack of Spades from Box #5 was marked with Vincent's name, the hatchet and knife markings appeared on the Jack of Clubs, which had Evan's name on it. The airhorn (as suggested by the message "DON'T MAKE A SOUND/IT WILL FIND YOU") is clearly intended to help fight The Rake (as Jeff used an airhorn to scare off The Rake during the video "Jim Thorpe").

In general, the contents of Box 2 seem to suggest two things:

1) Someone connected to the Eden is looking out for #81 (who has been plagued by visits from The Rake. (This was later confirmed: the box was sent by Dr. Corenthal, who was leading the resistance movement in Eden.)

2) The events seen on the Everyman HYBRID channel are being re-enacted or mirrored in some fashion. However, they are not being duplicated exactly; rather, the characters, roles, events, and motifs have been jumbled, or altered in some fashion. (This was also confirmed: the "mirror" or "redux" idea was referencing not only that the tournament itself is a copy of the original Seven Trials of HABIT, but that the tournament itself is stuck on repeat in a time loop, created by Amrett.)

## Gallery

The Eden.DON'T MAKE A SOUND/IT WILL FIND YOUAirhorn.Playing card.*House of Leaves*.Second picture of book showing cover damage."Property of Jeffrey Koval"."A life""time""finished between""the space of"(marked by bloody handprint)"two frames""The dark line where the""eye persists in seeing""something that was never there""to begin with.""Why did God create a dual universe? So that he might say, 'Be not like me. I am alone.' And it might be heard."