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[wierd]

• When he comes back, tell our eldritch friend that humans have become increasingly perverse and horrible all on their own due to continual internet exposure. Send him samples of "Rule34" (emphasis on horrible profane beings), some excerpts from 4chan, and Reddit, and basically all news coverage since Trump's election. Be sure to mention things like this industry from Japan, and mention that even if AZATHOTH himself appeared in the sky, 5 out of 6 humans would fail to notice, as they are too busy reading facebook on their cellphones.  Inquire if he still wants us to reconnect R'LYEH with these creatures, as he seems like a fairly sane person, and that is a rare commodity these days.

[Eschar]

• When he comes back, tell our eldritch friend that humans have become increasingly perverse and horrible all on their own due to continual internet exposure. Send him samples of "Rule34" (emphasis on horrible profane beings), some excerpts from 4chan, and Reddit, and basically all news coverage since Trump's election. Inquire if he still wants us to reconnect R'LYEH with these creatures, as he seems like a fairly sane person, and that is a rare commodity these days.

I don't think he wants to connect R'LYEH for social reasons; I suspect he wants to complete the Y2K protocol.

[wierd]

*psst It's a play on the actual meat of the prophesies in those stories, where the old ones teach mankind horrible, horrible things. (Things that by Lovecraft's measuring stick we have far surpassed on our own.)

[At the proper time,] the secret priests would take great Cthulhu from his tomb to revive His subjects and resume his rule of earth [...] Then mankind would have become as the Great Old Ones; free and wild and beyond good and evil, with laws and morals thrown aside and all men shouting and killing and revelling in joy. Then the liberated Old Ones would teach them new ways to shout and kill and revel and enjoy themselves, and all the earth would flame with a holocaust of ecstasy and freedom.

Again, see things like Brexit, Trump's inauguration, North Korean nukes, flagrant corruption in government, along with all the flagrant corruption and "terrible freedom" seen on Reddit and 4chan.  (The point is that *IT HAPPENED ANYWAY*, without the old ones.)

[Eschar]

Point noted and accepted.

[Olith McHuman]

Open outlook back up. Anything new? What email server is it pulling from? Can we get to it via outlook web hieronet access?

[Rose]

What is the newly displayed time and date on this pc?

[Paxiecrunchle]

• When he comes back, tell our eldritch friend that humans have become increasingly perverse and horrible all on their own due to continual internet exposure. Send him samples of "Rule34" (emphasis on horrible profane beings), some excerpts from 4chan, and Reddit, and basically all news coverage since Trump's election. Be sure to mention things like this industry from Japan, and mention that even if AZATHOTH himself appeared in the sky, 5 out of 6 humans would fail to notice, as they are too busy reading facebook on their cellphones.  Inquire if he still wants us to reconnect R'LYEH with these creatures, as he seems like a fairly sane person, and that is a rare commodity these days.
  

plus one, anywho As fun as this dagion fellow is, I do not trust him so we should maybe only follows ==some of the instructions before asking him why we should trust him.

[Gatleos]

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.

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

Yeah, you're not sure if you trust this Bureaucrat guy's advice completely, so you're going to hold off on restoring internet functionality for now. Might as well take a look at the pages he/she/it suggested, though.

First... 292!

Okay, looks like someone attached a recipe card to this one at some point, and whoever scanned it (Steve?) didn't bother taking it off first. You get the feeling that the index card amounts to a translation of what was originally on the page. This might be the spell they were talking about...? It's not really labelled, so you're going to have to check the other page to make sure.

For a fraction of a second, you glance at the page, then instantly close it. This isn't it, nope. Do not look at the page.

Spoiler: Page 282 (click to show/hide)

Hey there.

DO NOT LOOK AT THE PAGE. You didn't see or make eye contact with anything, and no response is necessary. Response? No, what would you be responding to you didn't hear anything moving on.

Open outlook back up. Anything new? What email server is it pulling from? Can we get to it via outlook web hieronet access?

Hey we have email! You're not sure the client-server model even applies to a program that's pulling emails out of the time stream at random, though. This one appears to be from the late 90's, again.

Code: (email, Subject: Forbidden Keys?) [Select]

From: Sam Long
Date: Thursday, October 2, 1997 10:23 AM
To: Qalzsx'wa The Engorged
Subject: Forbidden Keys?

Hey Qalz,

This is Sam from IT, over here at Baldr. We have been, uh...
installing some of the software you provided us with, and we
would like to request a couple of user's manuals, if you have
any idea what those are. This software is a little more "high
stakes" than what we're used to, if you know what I mean. While
you're at it, could we have some explanation of the "FORBIDDEN
KEYPAD" on the underside of these keyboards you sent? I don't
know what any of these symbols mean, and it looks dangerous.

That's all,
Sam
As early as '97, your company was receiving software from these guys. And... keyboards?

What is the newly displayed time and date on this pc?

It seems to be stuck on January 1st, 2000, 4:22 AM, and the clock won't move. That is definitely not the right time zone.

Spoiler: Documents (click to show/hide)

Unneeded documents are now being deleted.

Code: (email, Subject: Project Status) [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: (email, Subject: Forbidden Keys?) [Select]

From: Sam Long
Date: Thursday, October 2, 1997 10:23 AM
To: Qalzsx'wa The Engorged
Subject: Forbidden Keys?

Hey Qalz,

This is Sam from IT, over here at Baldr. We have been, uh...
installing some of the software you provided us with, and we
would like to request a couple of user's manuals, if you have
any idea what those are. This software is a little more "high
stakes" than what we're used to, if you know what I mean. While
you're at it, could we have some explanation of the "FORBIDDEN
KEYPAD" on the underside of these keyboards you sent? I don't
know what any of these symbols mean, and it looks dangerous.

That's all,
Sam

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"
Recipe Card

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

[VoidSlayer]

I almost don't want to do this, but turn over the keyboard.

Also we should find some desktop images that correspond to the spell.

[Whisperling]

Don't have time to check, but I recall from some wikipedia-browsing that the steps of that recipe might roughly correspond to the traditional stages of creating a philosopher's stone.

[Maximum Spin]

Don't have time to check, but I recall from some wikipedia-browsing that the steps of that recipe might roughly correspond to the traditional stages of creating a philosopher's stone.

Indeed, and they literally mean "blackening", "whitening", "yellowing", and "reddening", in that order.

[Paxiecrunchle]

Don't have time to check, but I recall from some wikipedia-browsing that the steps of that recipe might roughly correspond to the traditional stages of creating a philosopher's stone.

Indeed, and they literally mean "blackening", "whitening", "yellowing", and "reddening", in that order.

This may be a vey good or a very bad thing depending on how the rules of this universe operate, so we should step with caution.

[RAM]

Check the screen saver. Nobody wants to fall for the "Error-Message Screensaver" gag...

And, uhh, can we think of a way to search for "Qalzsx'wa The Engorged" without the abyss staring back? Maybe we could try a proxy of some sort... Also check for Andrew Hussie.

[Maximum Spin]

I think we should turn back to 482 and say hi to the eye, it might have some helpful advice.

[wierd]

Check the screen saver. Nobody wants to fall for the "Error-Message Screensaver" gag...

And, uhh, can we think of a way to search for "Qalzsx'wa The Engorged" without the abyss staring back? Maybe we could try a proxy of some sort... Also check for Andrew Hussie.

Hieronet LinkedIn of course.