Muse

Muse in the short film

MUSE

The muse is the force controlling the main characters of the whole ARG, it is also mentioned a lot of times by Happy Meat Farms.

## Biography

It is the offspring of a creature called MOTHER, a giant amalgamation of flesh and tentacles that is constantly worshipped and fed by the HMF hoping to bring about a “new world order”.

While the muses are the same type of organism, there are many different muses, each with their own HOSTS. The muses start off as small spores, which are planted by manipulated hosts in other people’s homes, and from then on slowly grow while their new hosts feed them meat products. The muses will give their hosts wealth and popularity with the help of Happy Meat Farms, but the hosts will be forced to do things they do not enjoy. Slowly the host’s willpower will be broken down, and their personality and passions reduced. Meanwhile, the muses will slowly require more and more meat, and their hosts will start feeding them live animals like dogs or cats. Hosts may not immediately comply and resist the muse’s influence; therefore, Happy Meat Farms will start using different types of physical and psychological torture and manipulation on their hosts to make them fall under the influence of their muses. For example, a host was manipulated using an advanced balloon created by Happy Meat Farms which was an exact replica of a balloon he gifted his daughter shortly before her death. An HMF employee spoke through the balloon and convinced the host that it was the spirit of his deceased daughter. After that, it became much easier to make the hosts comply with the muses.

However, at one point “phase two” begins, which occurs after the host’s willpower has been completely destroyed. The hosts will be attacked by their muses who will sting the hosts with their tentacles in some part of their body, most commonly their neck. The hosts will then start feeling tired and nauseous and will start craving meat. Then the muses will instruct the hosts to plant a spore on another person’s homes, with the hosts often following through either willingly or not. When the spore is planted the muse gains full control and soon after they take the form of the hosts, turning into an exact replica of them. The hosts will then be attacked by their muses and “digested”, while an unknown part of their body is extracted from them. The doppelgängers will then take over the host’s life, and the cycle will continue as one by one entire groups and communities are assimilated. Once digestion is completed, the muses will reconnect with MOTHER, and share the unknown material extracted from their host’s, giving MOTHER strength and helping her grow. However, it’s possible for a host to break out of the digestion process through sheer will power as proven by Jared Warrenehim, an employee of the HMF IT department who was manipulated into feeding his mother to MOTHER, and broke free from digestion, simply repeating the words “she still loves me”. However, Jared was eventually digested soon after and his muse took over his role at the IT Department.

## Appearance

It is a large creature with multiple tentacles that move freely and have multiple eyes and sharp teeth. Muse can also shape shift to anyone seen in the latest Alex Bale’s episode. It mostly hides in the dark not for protection for themselves but for those under influence of the Muse.

## Trivia

* Under the influence of the Muse were:
	+ Conspiracy Carl (Carlton Mayhew)
	+ Alex Bale
	+ Cynical Critic (Mark Mayhew)
	+ Victoria Campbell
	+ Ramona Bynes
	+ Wesley Harlod
	+ Antonio Geist
	+ Jared Warrenheim