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[crazyabe]

Tell him that we "May be in a location outside the normal universe most humans live in"

[Doomblade187]

((This game is a masterpiece. PTW.))

[joaquin55]

PTW

[Whisperling]

Jumping on the PTW bandwagon.

[Olith McHuman]

Type /TIME

[Fortis]

Also PTW.

[akkudakku]

Exchange tech support horror stories.

[Gatleos]

Type /TIME

*** ERROR: uncaught TimelineBifurcationError in main application thread
*** recovered from timeline bifurcation, re-synchronizing with timeline C-137

Exchange tech support horror stories.

...
<chuckW> And I was right. He didn't even bother checking the cable connection! He'd been lying to me on the phone for over an hour because he was too lazy to pull out the server rack!
<@dag0nforce> yes this reminds me of the accursed drum of the court of the chaos AZATHOTH which echoes from nowhere and everywhere at once
<@dag0nforce> the support caller would not admit that he invoked its impossible rhythm in the winding unfathomed crypts during a ritual
<@dag0nforce> i could have solved his issue immediately if he had
<chuckW> Yes, somehow I actually relate to that sort of.
...

demand the being explain how that could possibly be true when we have archives that we have seen of websites being used in 2002, two years after the world allegedly ended.

Tell him that if the world did indeed end, it clearly started again.

<chuckW> Yeah the world is still here, that sounds like a problem.
<@dag0nforce> indeed
<@dag0nforce> the proud empire of man was not scoured from the face of the earth by the aeon-deep psychic scars of dread CTHULHU
<chuckW> No.
<@dag0nforce> you are saying the old ones do not once more profane the fragile and pathetic edifice of man's supposed grasp of the true form of the cosmos with the mere manifestation of their maddening and loathsome shape
<chuckW> I am saying that yes.
<chuckW> The Hieronet seems to be all up to date in 2017, you can't have missed that.
<@dag0nforce> the hieronet is beyond time
<chuckW> Makes sense. The internet seems to have continued functioning after 2000 as well, though. Didn't you notice?
<@dag0nforce> from my end it abruptly disappears on january 1st 2000
<@dag0nforce> this is on schedule and coincides with cessation of all other forms of human contact

Tell him that we "May be in a location outside the normal universe most humans live in"

<chuckW> Are we outside of the normal universe right now?
<@dag0nforce> R'LYEH is always outside of the regular time-space frame of reference
<@dag0nforce> i do not know if the same applies to your current location
<@dag0nforce> but it appears that the hardware you are using was displaced somehow to normal space
<chuckW> Any idea how that could have happened?
<@dag0nforce> frequent summoning rituals in the same location is one way that spatial stability may be weakened

[X] Pensively wonder if that means in a literal explodey way or if he means why everything seems to be slowly going to shit.

<chuckW> Now you're sure this apocalypse didn't take the form of some pernicious deleterious effect on human civilization or something?
<@dag0nforce> no it was definitely fast
<@dag0nforce> the effects of the y2k protocol would have been apparent within minutes
<chuckW> Y2K protocol?
<@dag0nforce> i have said too much

• Ask the DagonForce representative if the chat client supports file transfers, and if so, what image formats his system supports, as we have some questions that will require him to see things from our end.  Failing that, we can still do the laptop thing with a really long USB cable, and a webcam. (you really CAN buy 25ft USB cables. Presumably we can extend items through the rift, using the selfie stick.)

<chuckW> Right. So you're part of... DagonForce, or something? Is that what you call your IT department?
<@dag0nforce> i am indeed part of the it department
<@dag0nforce> but this is only my deepchat username
<chuckW> A bit... on the nose, isn't it?
<@dag0nforce> i was
<@dag0nforce> young when i set it
<chuckW> Yeah I know what you mean.
<@dag0nforce> you may call me the bureaucrat if you wish
<chuckW> The Bureaucrat, got it.
<chuckW> So could you interpret this for me, by any chance?
<chuckW> <attachment>
<@dag0nforce> a sealing sigil in the human "magical" tradition
<@dag0nforce> it is an example of humans stumbling upon profane knowledge and misinterpreting it in the context of their existing beliefs
<@dag0nforce> if you have a sigil tablet you can easily remove it
<chuckW> What, that's it? And then the internet connection will be restored?
<@dag0nforce> yes also i suggest you do it quickly and without question
<@dag0nforce> i must go speak to someone

Just check if all the files are there and the registry is functioning correctly, no need to reinstall the os now.

We should ask him if he has any good anti-daemon programs because *some idiot* downloaded a few wrong exe files.

Yeah, it's definitely getting all over the registry. This is bad.

<chuckW> Bureaucrat? Are you still there?
<@dag0nforce> yes what is it
<chuckW> I forgot to tell you, I have a lot of other problems on this system. Some kind of Tux Daemon is infecting my registry, and something keeps eating all of the software I download!
<@dag0nforce> eating
<chuckW> Yes, it absorbs everything and it has a tongue or something and I don't know what it is??
<@dag0nforce> oh dear
<@dag0nforce> there is a registry protection spell on page 292 of the necronomicon
<@dag0nforce> wait maybe it was 282
<@dag0nforce> i implore you to cast it
<@dag0nforce> then immediately remove the sealing sigil from your internet connection
<@dag0nforce> DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE
<@dag0nforce> i must go now do not deviate from my instructions
<chuckW> What? Where are you going?
*** @dag0nforce has disconnected [Client Quit]

Spoiler: Documents (click to show/hide)

Unneeded documents are now being deleted.

Code: (email) [Select]

From: Michael Kisielewicz
Date: Friday, April 9, 1999 4:22 PM
To: Qalzsx'wa The Engorged
Subject: Project Status

Hail Qalzsx'wa,

Just shootin' ya an electronic mail, wondering how the whole Y2K project's coming along on your end. It's been a little difficult getting these messages across without the Hieronet router set up, so I was wondering if you heard back from the support team at Hells-Deathwell. See, we have to sacrifice a goat in the conference room every time we send one of these emails without a persistent Outer Realm connection, and the whole logistical side of shipping live animals to the office is getting a little tough to manage. So if you could get in touch with them that would be greeaat.

Thanks a bunch,
Michael


Code: (README.txt) [Select]

Hey there, just a couple of notes before you dig in to the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis.
First, certain parts of the .pdf file seem to shift around at random. This is normal,
and there isn't anything I can do about it. Sorry.

Second, most of the pages in this book WILL cause you to go insane if you look at
them long enough. I do NOT recommend looking at pages unless you know they
are safe. I don't know of many pages that are safe to look at, but you can start with
pages 33, 98, and 422.

Finally, some of the pages in here seem to refer to Hieronet URLs. If you see the
Hieronet icon in the corner, that's what it is. Have fun!

-Steve


Code: (Aura Monitor README) [Select]

aura.exe detects your desktop background image's aura, and features an easy-to-read GUI!


Code: (linniks.es) [Select]

import eldertongue : summon, banish;

void main() {
Daemon linniks = summon("abberation/tux");
linniks.initHunger();

Entity[] entities = getLocalEntities();
foreach(ent : entities) {
linniks.provokeMadness(ent);
}
linniks.addDirective("gather", "sigils");
linniks.addDirectives("consume", "system32");
return 0;
}


Spoiler: Programs (click to show/hide)

Sigil Tablet
Scryglass of X'tpylix
Aura Monitor
Hieronet Explorer
Deep One Translator

Spoiler: Pages (click to show/hide)

Signature Page
Bowie's Message
Deep Ones 1
Deep Ones 2
Deep Ones 3
"Raijen"

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

Floppy disk (XYZZY)


Floppy disk ()


Floppy disk (backup)


Red dry erase marker


Win98 Phone


Floppy (blank)


Floppy USB adapter


Selfie Stick

[MoonyTheHuman]

cast from 292
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS.

[VoidSlayer]

Have we opened the sigil tablet yet?  Is that how we run spell programs?

[Eschar]

cast from 292
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS.

-1
Look at 292 and 282 for a few instants. Cast from the one that doesn't immediately appear to be conferring madness.
Then FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS.

[MoonyTheHuman]

cast from 292
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS.

-1
Look at 292 and 282 for a few instants. Cast from the one that doesn't immediately appear to be conferring madness.
Then FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS.

This is better. +1

[Doomblade187]

Hold off on releasing the internet seal. Not enough info yet. I fear that dagonforce is trying to complete the Y2K protocol.

[Eschar]

Hold off on releasing the internet seal. Not enough info yet. I fear that dagonforce is trying to complete the Y2K protocol.

+1. He did seem very eager to get that us to use that sigil.

[MoonyTheHuman]

Hold off on releasing the internet seal. Not enough info yet. I fear that dagonforce is trying to complete the Y2K protocol.

+1. He did seem very eager to get that us to use that sigil.

... that makes sense. +1