On November 8, 2010, this video was posted on Jadusable's
YouTube channel. The only content is a black screen with the text, "No
one came." The video is set to the sounds of someone drowning.
Group: 0 - Canon
Name: lastwords.wmv
Artist: Ryukaki
Series: Ryukaki
Year: 2010
Description: Please know, that you have done nothing wrong.
I was.. a sacrifice? I understand now.
There was nothing you could have done for me.
I do not know if this will be true for those that come after.
goodbye
Ryukaki's final video is by far his most odd one. In addition to the live action he's known for at this point, there are several stills that just seem out of place compared to what he's done before. And maybe that's the point.
Ryukaki reveals a dark secret and attempts to hint something important to his viewers.
Here's an odd one. The whole video is focused on a mirrored, ciphered URL that leads to Ryukaki's now-locked MediaFire account. We never get to see Thomas, the guy he's talking to.
Ryukaki bids a final farewell to a friend and gives the viewers some secrets.
Group: 0 - Canon
Name: Orchard2.wmv
Artist: Ryukaki
Series: Ryukaki
Year: 2010
Description: I started running again after some sounds in the first video, apparently
the camera got shut off. You can hear the dogs in the first video
pretty clearly.
This was taken roughly an hour after the first. All important details are in the video.
Wish
me luck everyone. I'm going to try and find somewhere safe to go over
the schoolyard footage. I know a friend who should be able to help.
From this video, we derive one of the community's longest-lasting memes: Ryukaki's stolen bike. When he says that his phone is stolen, it's worded weirdly enough that it's almost universally thought that he says that his bike is stolen. However, his bike is right behind him..
After some dogs chase off the pursuing entity, Kayd takes a short break and records this message.
Group: 0 - Canon
Name: The Orchard.wmv
Artist: Ryukaki
Series: Ryukaki
Year: 2010
Description: I got a call on the way back from school. I tried to attend class today,
but I couldn't really focus. I kept hearing that music.
This is
being uploaded from an anonymous location using a swap-out SD card that
I will throw away after this upload, to be sure BEN cannot infect my
camera and change what you are seeing.
I still have a lot of footage from at the school to go over.
I'll be in touch.
I still find it odd that most of Ryukaki's videos were released during the same day. By this point in the day, he'd already published two, and here he is in the woods. Dedication.
Group: 0 - Canon
Name: Music.wmv
Artist: Ryukaki
Series: Ryukaki
Year: 2010
Description: The song keeps playing. It's been this way for hours now. I can
let it ring, but he calls back. When I answer it, the music. It's just
the music in an endless loop until I hang up. I want this to stop. I think I can hear it even when my phone is turned off and I'm laying in bed.
The second part of Ryukaki's side story is a pretty short one, and there really isn't much to say about it. Oddly, he begins to misidentify the song in the tags of his videos here.
A mysterious caller begins messing with him. Who could it be?
Group: 0 - Canon
Name: Sounds.wmv
Artist: Ryukaki
Series: Ryukaki
Year: 2010
Description: A few notes: Upon reviewing this footage, I noticed two bright
lights in my livingroom. There are no lights or sources of illumination
there that I know of. I do not know what was making those. I am uploading this right now because I have been hearing the
sounds from outside-- they sound like they're inside now, but there's
nothing in here. My doors are all locked and windows shut. I feel a foreboding presence all around me, though. I'm going
to call a friend in the morning to come over and spend the day with me. I will keep you all updated.
This is the first video posted by Ryukaki, shortly after youshouldnthavedonethat.net was abandoned by the Moon Children. This portion of the story is controversial, but that is a conversation for another day.
Kayd Hendricks wakes up and begins recording what would turn out to be an eventful day.
On September 20, 2010, most likely in response to the Sonata of Awakening played by Cerxi, Jadusable's YouTube channel uploaded this video, which depicts Dark Link's slow departure from the Temple of Time.
Editor's note: Shortly after the ARG was paused for the first time, hours after it was posted, huntyoudown.wmv was removed from Jadusable's channel. MFGreth managed to mirror it, and it is hosted on his channel.
Cerxi's video was posted with little context, but its effect was less than favorable.
Editor's note: Cerxi deleted the video in 2014. In order to preserve it, I have consulted him and recreated it as closely as I could. It is now hosted on my channel.
On September 20, 2010, in response to MFGreth's second video response in
which he attempts to revive Alex with a fairy, the Game Over screen's "Yes" option is selected.
On September 20, 2010, in response to Alex's death in ...,
MFGreth uploaded another video, this time straying from the usual method
of playing songs. A fairy is used to revive Link, in hopes that Alex
can be resurrected.
On September 20, 2010, shortly into the Third Cycle, this video was uploaded on Alex's YouTube channel in response to the Oath to Order. The video shows the death of Link at the hands of Dark Link.
Group: 0 - Canon
Name: Songoftime
Artist: Ps360FacePunch (Miya)
Series: Moon Children
Year: 2010
Description: for the faggot who posted song of healing
Now if you don't mind Im going to bed
On September 20, 2010, a YouTube user called Miya (formerly
Ps360FacePunch) posted this video, in which Link plays the Song of Time.
After much discussion and consultation with others, it was uploaded as a
video response to DROWNED.wmv.
Group: 0 - Canon
Name: Saviour.wmv
Artist: moonman2522
Series: Moon Children
Year: 2010
Description: It's over Ben. The good guys win.
On September 19, 2010, a YouTube user called moonman2522 posted this video in response to free.wmv. It shows Link playing the Oath to Order, but the intentions of the user were not made clear.
On September 19th, 2010, after Freyadutenebres' and MFGreth's videos had
been accepted as video responses, a YouTube user called HigurashiMGOST
posted this video, in which the Song of Healing is played, as a response
to BEN.wmv.
Group: 0 - Canon
Name: NEWWAVEBOSSANOVA.MP4
Artist:MFGreth
Series: Moon Children
Year: 2010
Description: LET IFRIT SPEAK
On September 19, 2010, just before Freyadutenebres played the Inverted Song of Time, MFGreth posted this video, the New Wave Bossa Nova, as a response to free.wmv. Though it was uploaded before the Inverted Song of Time, it was accepted afterward.
Group: 0 - Canon
Name: InvertedSongOfTime.MOV
Artist: Freyadutenebres
Series: Moon Children
Year: 2010
Description: For Ben
Thank you KittyKat2892 for this idea..all credit goes to you..all I did was just made the video =)
On September 19, 2010, one day into the Second Cycle of youshouldnthavedonethat.net, a YouTube user called Freyadutenebres posted this video at the urge of a user named KittyKat2892, responding to free.wmv. This was her only confirmed action.
You can read the story behind this video here.
Two followers of the ordeal decide to test a theory.
On September 18, 2010, one day after the discovery of
youshouldnthavedonethat.net, fj6rt was posted as a response to free.wmv.
Posted by a YouTube user called TheLinkMissing, who is revealed to be Alex, a member of the Moon Children, it shows Link playing the Song of Time.
Group: 0 - Canon
Name: free.wmv
Artist: Jadusable
Series: The Haunted Cartridge
Year: 2010
Description: The following is the revised, canon fifth chapter of Alex Hall's original story taken from Within Hubris. It has been slightly edited and merged with the sixth, due to the fifth's lack of video. You can read more about the video here.
As promised, Jadusable (or rather, his roommate) posted a link to download TheTruth.txt at 11:04pm. Jadusable's post was uncharacteristically short and consisted of a single sentence, followed by a link to a downloadable text file. The post was as follows:
"Honesty is the best policy.
http://www.mediafire.com/?6t16r3dp7gt2wbt"
This document contains all of the notes that Jadusable had been taking during the entire ordeal and now they were made available for the entire world.
Please read the document before continuing.
Exactly 108 minutes after the document was uploaded, a new video was uploaded to Jadusable's YouTube account, simply entitled "free.wmv". Jadusable changed his YouTube profile picture and added the quote, "Now I am everywhere" to his profile. Viewers were made to draw their own conclusions as to what this video signified.
Group: 0 - Canon
Name: jadusable.wmv
Artist: Jadusable
Series: The Haunted Cartridge
Year: 2010
Description: The following is the revised, canon fourth chapter of Alex Hall's original story taken from Within Hubris. You can read more about the video here.
Let me just clear things up - I know you guys are worried but "Jadusable" is okay. he finished moving out today and he said he's going back home, he's just taking this semester off. I'm not really sure what's happened; I have a vague idea but you guys probably know more than I do. I'm "Jadusable's" roommate and obviously I knew something was wrong with him for a few days now. He stayed in his room all the time, fell out of contact with literally all of his friends, and I'm pretty sure he hadn't been eating hardly anything, after the second day I couldn't stay in there anymore, so I've been crashing at a buddy's place, only coming in to my room to get stuff that I need. I tried talking to him several times but he would cut me off or keep the conversation brief when I asked him about his strange behavior, it like he was convinced something was hunting him. yesterday I came to grab my philosophy book and he approached me, looking awful, like horrible bags under his eyes. he handed me a flash drive and gave me specific instructions. he told me that he needs me to do one last favor for him - he finally explained to me what has been going on, gave me the account info to his Youtube account, and he gave me instructions on how to post with his Name code on specifically this board, apparently he said you guys had been helping him along the way and you deserved to see the end of it.
He told me that he's getting away from here, that it lured him to play it again instead of trying to change things and that he shouldn't of done that, and to upload the footage and inform people what happened. I told him that he could do it himself and he got this wild look in his eye and told me that he is never looking at that game again, and that's the last thing he said to me, he never even said bye when his parents came to pick him up. I was hoping I'd at least get a chance to meet his parents when they picked him up, but they were in and out so quick I never saw them.
I honestly cant tell you what happened, when he spoke it was kind of hard to understand him and his fucked up appearance really distracted me. On the flash drive there was the footage of the game last night, a text document with his name and password for Youtube, and a third document called TheTruth.txt containing what he told me were "his notes" that he'd taken about this. He told me that this meant everything to him that I follow his instructions exactly, normally I wouldn't be so 'to-the-letter' for request over a fucking video game, but the way he spoke and the way he looked made me know this was really serious.
I've had this video since yesterday, but had to have someone help me use pinnacle, that's not really my forte. That after watching it I had to go back through and look at his other videos on his Youtube account to realize what was going on and even then I'm really really confused. The video I'm releasing tonight, TheTruth.txt will be released on September 15th just like he requested; I don't know why he wants to wait for his notes to be published but after what that he's been through, I'll honor that request. I haven't dared peek at it yet, so the first time I see it will be the first time you see it out of respect to my friend. To answer your questions, no, I haven't tried calling him yet, I think I'll give him a call tomorrow to see if he's okay or not. He should have gotten back home by now.
About the video: In this video I cut straight to when he loaded the "BEN" file in the game. Looking back, I realized that Jadusable left the save select screen in because it said different names sometimes, so my bad for that, but all it said this time was the same at the end of his last video (Link and BEN), nothing different. I wasn't there when he played it, but it looks to me like in the beginning when he first spawns he's testing out his equipment or seeing what items he has or something, because apparently they've changed randomly before. He really wanted you guys to see this, and the video starts then, after that I just think the game got too personal for him.
Jadusable's roommate reaches out to those who followed the events of the last few days. It has now been six days since he received the cartridge, and he has departed from campus due to the stress. He is now gone, with no trace.
