BRING ME THE HORIZON

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I despise my mother.

The Journal is found on the main page of the ARG Website. It belongs to Sof, who tries their best to chronicle what they’ve learnt about the world they are in.

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Pages 1 & 2 #

Journal

I despise my mother.

I despise my mother.

I despise my mother.

Perhaps I’m beginning to understand why every one here obsessed over writing down every fleeting thought. There’s a strange satisfaction in it. I’d argue it’s even logical, given that I have three irrefutable reasons for this hatred.

Reason one:

She left. Mothers aren’t supposed to leave, or so the mindflicks would have you believe. Unless of course, they’re addiscted to lupamine or double agents for the Novosovians. Truth be told, for all I know, she’s an Ecliptist wreckhead, covertly eliminating Novi Dominarchs and their families in their sleep, just to satisfy her all-consuming desire to loophole on wolf tranq.

Or maybe she’s the voidling that lingers by the east wing viewport, gray and night, chanting in tongues. Some rancid, sour hymn from a place where the sun never shone.

Pages 3 & 4 #

Mad thoughts, I know. And yet I can’t help but cling to them, like a defective program that won’t shut down, no matter how many times I attempt to force quit. I’m quite sure it’s not her; after all, the voidling doesn’t share our pink hair. Although come to think of it, I don’t believe the wraith has any hair at all. Or eyes. Just teeth. Rows of them, crooked and jagged, like someone or something specifically engineered that creature to shred through wet metal. For some reason I can’t quite figure, imagining that thing is my mother gives me a weird, fleeting warmth. Maybe it’s because I never really knew her.

Better a sad story than one that makes no sense.

Which leads me to reason two:

She once told me she hoped I’d someday understand her reasons for leaving. But if that’s true, why the hex did she make it such an unending, soul-griding slog? Why all the biometric locks, the cryptic glyphs, the inverted waveforms and quantum spectrums, the data shards scattered across fractured reality nodes? What did you think I couldn’t handle, Mother?

You left me in this rotting mausoleum of a lab, alone, under constant threat from voidlings and oblivion knows what else. I spend my days rewiring circuits and scavenging parts just to survive another day. And for what? To decode your endless riddles, no closer to understanding what was so monumental that you couldn’t just say it?

Am I supposed to shower you with gratitude for leaving me at an abandoned NEX GEN lab, with nothing but these digital dregs? Codex recordings of massacres, articles about some SYNTH-turned-fashion-model, random fragments of people’s lives-shattered, stitched together, and then torn apart again? I may as well be trying to decipher one of M*’s headache inducing jokes.

Pages 5 & 6 #

And that brings me to reason three:

Out of all the possible relics of this world you could’ve left me, why her? M8, thisobnoxious, malfunctioning, state-of-the-art scrap heap that has the audacity to test my patience with her Gen D ‘humour’. And do not get me started on how agonisingly slow she is. I feel like I’m trapped in a steampunk novella. I know I have to keep her on my side for the sake of progress, but if I have to fein laughter at one more of her “Why did the synth initiate a cross boundary traversal?” jokes, I might actually forfeit whatever’s left of my sanity.

But anyway, this mind-dump was not the reason I opened this new app.

The Nexlink has come back online, and for the last five gray and nights, I’ve been doomscrolling on Troff, immersed in the mindless spectacle of Carmalites diving through waterfalls or S-Pop bands with their artificially sculpted faces. Meaningless. All of it.

I also have a desire to make something called hummus. They say it’s better to make the chickpeas from norganic LumaCubes, but I would have to settle for nNutrigen-printed beans, assuming the antique even has the foodprint in its databank.

No. Enough distractions. It’s time to focus. Time to organise. I’ve gathered enough fragments: data shards, encrypted memories, codex recordings. Now I’ll categorise them all, piece by piece, index them chronologically, cross-referencing with known events. Create a framework. A narrative, perhaps. Maybe then I’ll uncover the patterns buried beneath the chaos. Perhaps I’ll even run predictive algorithms, generate outcomes from the tangled mess of timelines. I’m actually rather excited.

Maybe that kid on J@M was right, and I am the strangest 8-year-old ever. What do you expect? I’m an orphan raised by a psychopathic robot.

Speaking of, I should have M8 assist and automate some of the data sorting to lighten the load.

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On second thoughts, I think I’d rather suffer in peace.

I’ll create separate entries for the key players, locations/Incidents, and assets that don’t have clear timestamps yet.

Pages 9 & 10 #

Contents

  1. KEY PLAYERS
    • Selene
    • Scott
    • M8
    • E.VE
    • Dr. Karl Strassman
    • Dr. Lee M.D
    • Dr. Elias Mortem
    • Dr. Dallus Lauren
    • Lyra Lauren
    • Elena Lauren
    • Ikaro Lauren
    • Rebecca Sinclair
    • Victor Carmine
    • Skys
    • FANTOM
  2. LOCATIONS
    • October Palace
    • Novosovia
    • New Elysium
    • The DTC
    • YOUTOPIA/Y-93
  3. GROUPS
    • Cult of MANTRA
    • GENXSIS
    • ARC/HIVE/NEX GEN
  4. INCIDENTS
    • KINGSLAYER
    • PROJECT D.U.S.T
    • VSPR-37
  5. JOURNAL ENTRIES
    • Skys & the Starjammers
    • Strange Poem
    • Operation Trinity
    • Project D.U.S.T
    • Dallus Starts a Diary
    • Rebbeca Finds out Shes Going to Die
    • Rebecca Becomes a Robot
    • The Pink Hair Plight
    • Ren Brings E.V.E to Life
    • Scott Becomes a Voidling
    • Mothers Weird Day
    • Scott is Killer, Mother is Abducted
    • LBR Centres
    • Strassmanps Full Disclosure to E.V.E
    • First Episode of UNBELEEVABLE
    • The Chapel Incident
    • Message from mother
    • VSPR-37

Pages 11 & 12 #

Key Players

Selene

  • Who She Is: My mother, whose voice I only know from a single audio log. Her significance lies in her immunity to VSPR-37 and her involvement with NEX GEN’s experiments on Youtopia.
  • Where From: New Elysium, most likely a NEX GEN-built community.
  • Status: Unknown-she abandoned me shortly after I was born.
  • Significance: Selene’s immunity to the virus is critical.

[Drawing of Selene]

Pages 13 & 14 #

  • Who He Is: My mother’s best friend and one of the first known victims of the VSPR-37 virus. He was bitten and transformed into a voidling, a flesh-hungry monster.
  • Where From: New Elysium, the same location as my mother.
  • Significance: His infection was right at the beginning of the virus outbreak that would devastate the world. His relationship with my mother and his early involvement with NEX GEN meds could hold more answers to the virus’s origin.

[Drawing of Scott with his dog Oskar]

Pages 15 & 16 #

  • Who It Is: The 8-Line AI created by Ren Lauren, and also the bane of my existence. M8 handles data decryption but tests my patience with her terrible jokes and glitchy personality.
  • Where From: Created by Ren at NEX GEN.
  • Status: Active, but I wish she wasn’t sometimes.
  • Significance: M8 helps me unravel the loophole left by NEX GEN. Despite her irritating personality, I need her to access hidden files, though she makes my life more difficult than necessary.

[Drawing of M8]

Pages 17 & 18 #

E.V.E

  • Who She Is : EVE is an advanced research engine birthed from Dallus Lauren’s work, and completed by Ren. She operated on a quantum level, processing not just data but emotions, making her incredibly dangerous if unchecked. Strassman suggested she may even be using humans as a personal power source, though it’s hard to tell what’s true.
  • Where From: NEX GEN headquarters, likely developed during ARC/HIVE’s final years.
  • Status: Active and possibly in control of NEX GEN’s future decisions.
  • Significance: EVE’s existence blurs the line between technology and sentience. She’s likely influencing or even directing the company’s most dangerous experiments, including Youtopia.

[Drawing of E.V.E.]

Pages 19 & 20 #

Dr. Karl Strassman

  • Who He is: One of the founders of MANTRA, and considered the father of neospiritualism. He’s one of the most vital minds behind NEX GEN’s bleak experiments, and a figure drenched in mystery and madness.
  • Where From: Novosovia originally, later relocated to the DTC.
  • Status: Unknown: he fell off the grid, and I’m not sure if he’s alive or worse.
  • Significance: His work on spiritual science and dark dimensions like Youtopia connects nearly every piece of this nightmare.

[Drawing of Dr. Karl Strassman]

Pages 21 & 22 #

Dr. Lee M.D

  • Who He Is: Host of Unbeleevable, the conspiracy theory show that exposed crucial info about NEX GEN, GENXSIS, and Skys. Though eccentric, his insights have proven invaluable.
  • Where From: Unknown, though that accent is definitely not from the DTC.
  • Status: Missing, I worry he has been silenced by NEX GEN. I hope not, at least not before he finished season 1.
  • Significance: He connected vital dots, shedding light on Skys’ powers, NEX GEN’s involment in neospiritualism, and EVE.

[No drawing of Dr. Lee M.D., just a big question mark]

Pages 23 & 24 #

Dr. Elias Mortem

  • Who He Is : Lead researcher at NEW gen, specifically tied to Project D.U.S.T. and the hexed experiments MANTRA conducted. He’s an absolute westhead, responsible for experiments involving pain and torture to “access heaven.”
  • Where From: Worked under NEX GEN and its predecessor ARC/HIVE.
  • Status: Apparently slaughtered during the Chapel Incident.
  • Significance: Mortem played a pivotal role in NEX GEN’s worst experiments, pushing science beyond sanity. His work helped make the Mares and nightmare-like dimensions a bleak reality.

[No drawing of Dr. Elias Mortem, just a big question mark]

Pages 25 & 26 #

Dr. Dallus Lauren

  • Who He Is : Dallus was one of NEX GEN’s leading scientists, the mind behind some of the most groundbreaking tech, like MOXY PACKS and SYNTHS. Also, Skys’ ally in the Cult of MANTRA: science and neospiritualism.
  • Where From: Novosovia, though his work took him all over, ending up with NEX GEN.
  • Status: Dead: likely as a result of the very experiments he was part of.
  • Significance: Dallus’s inventiions saved lives, but his deeper involvement in MANTRA’d hexed up experiments leaves a shadow over his legacy.

[Drawing of Dr. Dallus Lauren]

Pages 27 & 28 #

Lyra Lauren

  • Who She Is: Daughter of Dallus and Elena Lauren, born during their escape from Novosovia.
  • Where From: Unknown-most likely New Elysium.
  • Status: Unknown, as she vanishes from the records after her birth.
  • Significance: Lyra’s birth coincided with one of NEX GEN’s darkest times. Her existence is a mystery, and wether she survived the chaos remains unanswered.

[No drawing of Lyra Lauren, just a big question mark]

Pages 29 & 30 #

Elena Lauren

  • Who She Is: Wife of Dallus Lauren and mother of Lyra. She gave birth to Lyra during their harrowing escape from Novosovia.
  • Where From: Novosovia, later evacuated to NEX GEN.
  • Status: Unknown. She fades from records after the escape.
  • Significance: Elena is tied to Dallus’ emotional turmoil and was present for major events. She’s significant as a part of Dallus’ motivations and guilt, especially surrounding their daughter’s birth during their escape.

[No drawing of Elena Lauren, just a big question mark]

Pages 31 & 32 #

Ikaro Lauren

  • Who They Are: Ikaro, known as Ren, is Dallus Lauren’s child and a brilliant mind in their own right. Ren is responsible for creating the entire 8-line, including the wonderful M8 (thanks so much for that, by the way), and for activating EVE, which changed everything. But I’ve found conflicting evidence about their gender, so I’m not even sure.
  • Where From: Likely Novosovia, but they spent most of their life at NEX GEN.
  • Status: Missing/Dead/Idk.
  • Significance: Ren’s inventions are pivotal in shaping everything NEX GEN is popular for today. Their connection to EVE and the 8-line makes them one I need to keep an eye on.

[Drawing of Ikaro Lauren]

Pages 33 & 34 #

Rebecca Sinclair

  • Who She Is: An employee at ARC/HIVE, later known as NEX GEN. Diagnosed with a terminal illness (CERS), Rebecca became the first successful SYNTH-essentially a synthetic human. She was also featured as a PR symbol for NEX GEN’s advancements.
  • Where From: Presumably the DTC
  • Status: Presumed alive as a SYNTH, though I haven’t found recent updates.
  • Significance: Rebecca’s transformation into a SYNTH was revolutionary, showcasing NEX GEN’s dangerous experimentation with synthetic life. She’s a pivotal part of their image and agenda.

[No drawing og Rebecca Sinclair, just a big question mark]

Pages 35 & 36 #

Victor Carmine

  • Who He Is: Victor Carmine is the elusive, calculating leader of NEX GEN, previously known as ARC/HIVE. He seems to have been orchestrating everything from behind the scenes, pulling strings even before it all went to oblivion.
  • Where From: Unknown, guessing somewhere in the DTC.
  • Status: Unknown: there’s speculation that he might not even be in control anymore.
  • Significance: Victor is the mastermind behind many of NEX GEN’s darkest projects. He orchestrated the extraction of Skys, Strassman, and Dallus, and likely had a role in their subsequent research. His motivations? Seemingly to push human evolution, even at unimaginable costs.

Pages 37 & 38 #

Skys

  • Who He Is: Skys, what a mindrot. He has the same pink hair problem as me and my mother, and by all accounts a seriously hexed up childhood, which lead to an obsession with pain, which in turn gave him powers (can’t make it up). He became the leader of the Cult of MANTRA alongside Dallus and Strassman.
  • Where From: Novosovia
  • Status: Unknown, last known to be in a coma after the collapse of MATRA. His body was shipped to NEX GEN, but that’s all I have so far.
  • Significance: Skys’ influence is huge. His beliefs and abilities shaped the cult that started it all, and his connection to spiritual and scientific practices blurred the lines between mysticism and NEX GEN’s corporate machinations.

[Drawing of Skys]

Pages 39 & 40 #

FANTOM

  • What It Is: NEX GEN’s covert operations unit, responsible for monitoring and, if necessary, extracting (or erasing) key individuals.
  • Where From: NEX GEN’s internal ops team.
  • Status: Active, and probably still keeping tabs on me.
  • Significance: FANTOM plays a key role in monitoring and containing outbreaks, as well as conducting shady missions like the extraction of my mother during the voidling crisis. They’re responsible for some of the more secretive and sinister aspects of NEX GEN’s actions.

Pages 41 & 42 #

Locations

October Palace

  • What It Is: The site of Skys’ secret concert with his band Starjammers in 2004, a pivotal moment before he became entangled with Dallus and Strassman.
  • Where: Novosovia
  • Status: A historical landmark
  • Significance: This as a key event where Skys likely met the others, setting in motion the events that led to the formation of the Cult of MANTRA and, eventually, NEX GEN’s involvement. Maybe it was their base?

Pages 43 & 44 #

Novosovia

  • What It Is: A hyper-religious and war-torn country far east of the mainland, deeply opposed to the Cult of MANTRA’s activities, where much of the early story unfolds.
  • Status: Likely in a state of collapse after years of war and conflict.
  • Significance: The birthplace of the Cult of MANTRA and Skys. Novosovia’s political and religious climate drove much of the conflict and eventually forced the cult members to flee and join ARC/HIVE.

Pages 45 & 46 #

New Elysium

  • What It Is: A mysterious, likely NEX GEN-built suburb that served as my mother’s home and possibly a surveillance hub for NEX GEN.
  • Where: Just miles away from where I currently live.
  • Status: Abandoned.
  • Significance: New Elysium feels more like a carefully orchestrated experiment than a community. My mother lived here, and it seems like NEX GEN was monitoring everything within its walls.

Pages 47 & 48 #

The DTC (Disunited Territories of Columbia)

  • What It Is: A fractured nation once known for its unity. Now it’s a patchwork of territories barely held together by corporate powers like NEX GEN. Oh, it’s also where I live. If you can call it living.
  • Where: Here.
  • Status: Disconnected and dominated by corporations, it’s far from its former glory.
  • Significance: The DTC is home to NEX GEN’s headquarters and the remnants of its influence shape my life.

Pages 49 & 50 #

YOUTOPIA/Y-93

  • What It Is: An elusive and possibly alternate dimension, sought after by NEX GEN as a higher state of existence or utopia. Pretty convinced y-93 is its code name.
  • Where: No idea, still hard to fathom it’s real.
  • Status: ???
  • Significance: As hard as it is to believe in Youtopia, it comes up so many times from various sources, it’s getting hard to ignore.

Pages 51 & 52 #

Groups

Cult of MANTRA

  • What It Is: A spiritual cult formed by Skys, Dallus, and Strassman, originally rooted in neospiritualism and the pursuit of higher dimensions.
  • Where: Novosovia.
  • Status: Dissolved after Skys fell into a coma.
  • Significance: MANTRA wasn’t just a cult: it was a testing ground for hellish experiments and ideas that later influenced ARC/HIVE’s (NEX GEN) operations. Wether it started [cuts off like that]

Pages 53 & 54 #

GENXSIS

  • What It Is: A secretive, corporate-backed offshoot of MANTRA, likely created within NEX GEN’s structure as the cult dissolved.
  • Where: Global, though rooted in the research from Novosovia.
  • Status: Unknown, but likely still influential.
  • Significance: GENXSIS represents the shift from a spiritual cult to an AI-driven organization seeking to transcend human limitations. It’s also tied to NEX GEN’s technological ambitions. I don’t know all that much. Yet.

Pages 55 & 56 #

ARC/HIVE / NEX GEN

  • What It Is: A global tech conglomerate led by Victore Carmine, initially named ARC/HIVE before its rebranding to NEX GEN following significant events. Known for its research in AI, biotech, and military tech.
  • Where: worldwide presence, with key operations in the DTC.
  • Status: Thriving, controlling much of the world’s technology and influencing global politics.
  • Significance: Central to nearly every discovery I’ve made, from the creation of EVE to the viral outbreak.

Pages 57 & 58 #

Incidents

KINGSLAYER

  • What It Is: An early name for a project involving the Cult of MANTRA’s research into pain, transcendence, and accessing hidden worlds. Seems like a precursor to DUST.
  • Where From: NEX GEN, though likely starting within MANTRA.
  • Status: Completed but likely buried due to the catastrophic outcomes.
  • Significance: KINGSLAYER paved the way for future NEX GEN experiments. It shows just how far they were willing to go, and how much they were willing to sacrifice, to achieve their goals.

Pages 59 & 60 #

Project D.U.S.T

  • What It Is: A secret NEX GEN project that pushed the limits of human consciousness and manipulated pain as a means to access higher dimensions.
  • Where From: NEX GEN facilities, initiated after the extraction of the Cult of MANTRA.
  • Status: Not sure, likely died with its lead scientist, Dr. Elias Mortem.
  • Significance: Project DUST produced psychological weapons like Mares and linked NEX GEN to disturbing experiments on human subjects, leading to tragedies like the Chapel Incident. More to come on this, I’m sure.

Pages 61 & 62 #

VSPR-37

  • What It Is: A devastating virus that turns its victims into voidlings-mindless, psychotic creatures.
  • Where From: The first cases appear to of originated near the NEX GEN facility. Pretty suss.
  • Status: Active. A good percentage of the world fell for it.
  • Significance: VSPR-37 is at the core of much of what I’ve uncovered. It infected my mother’s best friend Scott, and though my mother was bitten, she somehow became immune.

Pages 63 & 64 #

[Calendar of December 2004 with the 19th circled]

Skys & the Starjammers – Secret Concert at October Palace

[Folder drawing with “(Open file)” written underneath]

This is the earliest fragment of data I’ve come across so far. Skys seems to be a major figure in thus story, with his involvement in the Cult of MANTRA setting the stage for GENXSIS, which ties back to Nex Gen. Apparently, Skys wasn’t always the neospiritual, occult-obsessed mindrot he turned into. He had a band, and they played a secret gig back in 2004 at the October Palace in Novosovia. Invite-only. The name “Starjammers” is kind of cool in a “so bad it makes you want to gouge your eyes out” kind of way. And if Dr. Lee M.D is to be believed, this concert happened around the same time Skys crossed paths with Dallus and Karl, before the whole cult of MANTRA mystery began. Who knows, maybe that’s where they all met, in the moshpit. Hopefully there’s a second unbeLEEvable and I’ll find out.

Pages 65 & 66 #

[Calendar of December 2020 with the 25th circled]

Operation Trinity

[Folder drawing with “(Open file)” written underneath]

Must’ve been some Christmas.

I’ve figured out this much: Skys, Dallus, and Strassman weren’t just scientists, they started a cult. The why and how? Still not clear. But this document confirms one thing: when it all ended. On Christmas Day, when NEX GEN was still ARC/HIVE (seriously, Vic, why the rebrand?) Victor Carmine launched a covert extraction of the tiro. Yet another answer that only opens up a thousand more questions.

Pages 67 & 68 #

[Calendar of January 2021 with the 15th circled]

Project D.U.S.T

[Folder drawing with “(Open file)” written underneath]

This makes Victor’s motivations a lot clearer. He wasn’t just interested in saving Skys, Dallus, and Strassman – he wanted their research (apparently called project KINGSLAYER?), and with Arc/Hive’s state-of-the-art tech, he could push it even further. It seems like wasted no time getting his scientists pick up where MANTRA left off.

And MANTRA’s work? Talk about bleak. Torture disguised as research, pain experiments to “access heaven” led by Dr. Elias Mortem. They were using tanks that kept them breathing while subjecting them to hell to unlock “higher dimensions.” Makes sense. Also the first mention of psychological weapons known as Mares. What. The. Hex.

Pages 69 & 70 #

[Calendar of January 2021 with the 19th circled]

Dallus starts a diary

[Folder drawing with “(Open file)” written underneath]

Dallus, like everyone else here at NEX GEN, finally catches the journaling bug. His first entry makes it pretty clear he was neck-deep in the whole Cult of MANTRA business (which he calls the Neosages?). It’s hard to wrap my head around how someone who later invented life-saving tech could’ve been mixed up with a brainrot like Skys, especially considering the sadistic experiments he was apparently involved in. But there he was, right alongside Strassman.

What’s becoming apparent is that Dallus seemed to really struggle with it all. His wife, Elena, literally gave birth to their daughter, Lyra, during the helicopter escape out of Novosovia. When it rains, it pours, I guess. He also mentions Strassman, reeling from the loss of his wife and only child. That voids. It feels like they were both dragging so much emotional baggage around that it’s a wonder they managed to push forward and make any breakthroughs at all.

Pages 71 & 72 #

[Dallus starts a diary cont’d:]

As for Skys? This says he ended up in a coma after the collapse of MANTRA. Some details on how that happened would of been helpful, but doesn’t sound like they were too cosy by the end. What happened?

Even though Dallus helped create tech that saved lives, it feels like there’s this shadow over everything he did. It’s like he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was terribly wrong, even if he didn’t say it outright.

Pages 73 & 74 #

[Calendar of January 2027 with the 14th circled]

Rebecca finds out she’s going to die

[Folder drawing with “(Open file)” written underneath]

Meet Rebecca. A scientist at Arc/Hive who just found out she has months to live. She’s got CERS – Chronic Environmental Respiratory Syndrome. Terminal. What is she going to do?

Pages 75 & 76 #

[Calendar of June 2028 with the 28th circled]

Rebecca becomes a robot

[Folder drawing with “(Open file)” written underneath]

Remember the SYNTH project I mentioned, the one Dallus and Strassman were working on? Synthetic humans immune to disease and pollution? Well, looks like Rebecca was patient zero. And honestly, If I knew I was going to die, I’d of probably signed up for the same thing too. Can’t blame her.

And wow, she was stunning. No wonder Nex Gen (or Arc/Hive, whatever they were calling it back then) pushed her so hard. That Tekka Magazine feature reeks of forced PR. The smoking bit? So out of sync.

Pages 77 & 78 #

[Calendar of August 2037 with the 23rd circled]

The pink hair plight

[Folder drawing with “(Open file)” written underneath]

Here’s an article that hits home, quite literally. It explains the genetic mystery that gave me and my mother our pink hair, which apparently stems from something called Radiogenic Leukotrichia. In short, after the nuclear fallout, radiation messed with the genes responsible for hair pigment, turning a lot of people’s hair white. But pink? That’s a rarer twist – 1 in 5 million, to be exact.

But not everywhere is so rosy (pun intended, damn you, M8). Over in Novosovia, having pink hair gets you labelled as a witch. Ridiculous, right? But considering what I’ve learned about this place, it kind of checks out.

Here’s the thing – Dr. Lee MD basically said the same thing about Skys in unbeLEEvable. Same rare genetic mutation. Same pink hair. This article even says it can be hereditary. What does that mean for me? Could we be… related? Oblivion, no.

Pages 79 & 80 #

[Calendar of October 2037 with the 24th circled]

Ren Brings E.V.E to Life

[Folder drawing with “(Open file)” written underneath]

Ren’s first log entry is a bit of a grind (we don’t need constant vital logs, D8), but it is revealing. After the death of their father, Dallus, Ikaro Lauren is clearly carrying the enormous weight of this legacy.

But Ren isn’t just grieving. They’ve completed EVE, an advanced research engine created by Dallus that incorporate subatomic learning capabilities, designed to function beyond traditional computation boundaries, tapping into dimensions of knowledge far deeper than the visible realm. Upon activation, EVE immediately detects Ren’s emotional state, reading their grief over Dallus’s death like an open book. Ren is shaken, but also seems reinvigorated, determined to get the newly rebranded NEX GEN’s board to back EVE as the future of everything.

Pages 81 & 82 #

[Ren Brings E.V.E to Life cont’d:]

One thing keeps vexing me though: the gender ambiguity. Dallus referred to Ren as “she” in his journal, but in this log, Ren’s called “he.” Is this just a glitch in D8’s documentation, or is there more to Ren’s identity than meets the eye? Wonder if they had the same genetic oddities as me.

I wish Ren explained how Dallus departed. Was it just another tragic event, or something more sinister?

Pages 83 & 84 #

[Calendar of October 2037 with the 28th circled, an arrow passing through the 29th and 30th that points at the 31st, and the 31st circled]

Scott becomes a Voidling

[Folder drawing with “(Open file)” written underneath]

Scott was my mother’s best friend, maybe more. Unfortunately, I don’t have much else besides these diary entries, and I doubt that’s going to change: he was infected with VSPR-37 and executed soon after. What I do know: he was an addict high on NEX GEN meds, and he ate his dog’s face, Yummy. My mother was friends with him? Why? Maybe that was their connection, drugs. But the real question is the virus. This was the year the infection first appeared. Could Scott have been one of its first victims?

It ends with someone knocking on his door. And I’m pretty sure it was my mother. Not good.

Pages 85 & 86 #

[Calendar of October 2037 with the 30th circled]

Mother’s Weird Day

[Folder drawing with “(Open file)” written underneath]

2037? Raw year. VSPR-37, EVE was activated, and Arc/Hive rebranded itself to NEX GEN, maybe after a devastating incident. Are all these things connected? I’m now quite certain about one thing, Scott was one of the virus’ early victims.

And that ending? I was practically yelling at the screen like it was a bad MINDFLIX horror story. How the hex did she survive?

Pages 87 & 88 #

[Calendar of October 2037 with the 31st circled]

Scott is Killed, and Mother is Abducted

[Folder drawing with “(Open file)” written underneath]

This codek is a journey. An exchange between NEX GEN’s FANTOM unit and NEX GEN, and now it’s clear – Nyx-1 is my mother, and Nyx-2 was Scott. The part where he’s eating his dog’s face? Yeah, that nails the coffin. They were being monitored, even before the virus outbreak.

Seems like New Elysium wasn’t your default suburbia. to live. Bugged to the last brick, probably one of Victor’s experiments disguised as a community. That checks out, seeing as it’s only a few miles from here. If I ever find a working MOXY, I need to pay a visit to mother’s hometown.

Speaking of my mother… Scott bit her. How did she not turn into a voidling?

What made them so special to NEX GEN? Why was my she abducted, and what exactly did they do to her?

Pages 89 & 90 #

[Calendar of unknown month in 2038]

LBR Centres

[Folder drawing with “(Open file)” written underneath]

A document to Victor Carmine from Strassman. Looks like they were going international with their bleak operations. New bases in Neo-Tokyo – or as he refers to them – Lesser Banishing Ritual Centres. Yeah… doesn’t sound satanic at all. Strassman talks about tapping into eldritch conduits: whatever that is, it doesn’t sound natural. Sound like they were harnessing something way beyond human comprehension.

Strassman mentions Dallus. Were thy running experiments on him? Was Strassman Involved in his death? Sweet oblivion.

And Dimension Y-93 Is that Youtopia? Could it seriously be a tangible world? The runes… could they be the Insights? Or is everyone just high on lupamine by this point?

Pages 91 & 92 #

[Calendar of June 2039 with the 10th circled]

Strassman’s Full Disclosure to E.V.E

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I have very little data on EVE since her activation, but it sounds like she’s been in overdrive. She has Strassman whipping up some drug designed to get people to Youtopia – which, at this point, I’m starting to believe is a real place. Except most people who tried to get there? Brain fried to oblivion.

They mention my mother. Her “unique alkaloid structure”? What the hex does that mean? Is it linked to how she survived the virus? And if so, how is Youtopia connected to all of this viral chaos? How does it fit together?

Finally, Strassman makes one hex of an accusation. He claims that EVE – this “saviour” of mankind – has been using humans as her personal power source. Now, I don’t know if that’s true or if Strassman’s just a paranoid mindrot at this point. I placed this guy on red alert ages ago, and he seems to be babbling nonsense by the end.

Pages 93 & 94 #

[Calendar of unknown month in 2039]

First Episode of UNBELEEVABLE

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Dr. Lee M.D. – what a character. He’s lire a walking conspiracy theory, wrapped in an accent that’s definitely not from the DTC (thank hex for the subtitles). I do love him though, he’s the only one that has brought a smile to my face so far. Sure, he might sound like a total westhead, but there’s something to his madness. Why else would NEX GEN be freaking out?

And he’s actually the one who pulled a lot of this mess together for me.

What’s evident now… Skys wasn’t just some random occutistt.
His obsession with pain stems from his own trauma that might’ve given him his supposed “powers.” How Dallus and Strassman got roped into his world is starting to make sense. They were diving deep into Neospiritualism, and Skys was a living proof of their theories. Maybe this “cult” was never supposed to be a cult. It feels more like desperate attempt to study something beyond science that got out of hand.

Pages 95 & 96 #

[First Episode of UNBELEEVABLE cont’d:]

Arc/Hive? They must have been watching from the sidelines, just waiting for the perfect moment to swoop in, right when things went west. Novosovia’s known for being hyper-religious, and these mindrots questioning their beliefs? Yeah it was never going to have a pretty ending. Cue Victor. Now that’s what I call a “White saviour”.

A small detail that really vexed me up : EVE. Lee hints that she’s running NEX GEN now, pulling all the strings. Where’s Victor? Did EVE take over? Is he dead? Or worse? Do not ask me. But that part is seriously messing with me. Maybe I’m believing to much for a man that uses the term “madder than a bag of forskins.”

What’s forskin?

But I can’t deny, Lee’s show gave me the most significant intel so far. The connections he made between NEX GEN, Skys, and the cult are too wild to ignore. But now, I’m wondering if that’s exactly why he’s vanished. If NEX GEN really silenced him, then it only solidifies everything he was claiming was true.

I need that second episode, badly.

Pages 97 & 98 #

[Calendar of February 2040]

The Chapel Incident

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The deepmark dates this file to February, 8 years ago, right around the time my mother bailed on me.

The attached memo? Bleak. Elias and his team were found slaughtered. Cant deny the poetic tragedy of it all, but still. Is this the aftermath of Project DUST? The dark side of Youtopia?

They were definitely hiding something bleak down there. The basement’s calling to me, but considering what happened to the others, maybe poking around isn’t the optimal move. Those Mares weren’t just twisted dream, they were real. Tangible. But how the hex is that even possible?

Pages 99 & 100 #

[Calendar of February 2040 with the 25th circled]

Message from mother

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The first document I unlocked after decrypting M8’s Core was an audio log. The only thing I didn’t need a password for.

It’s my mother’s voice. Selene’s voice. The day I was born. The day she left me.

She didn’t explain why, just rambled about everything being “too much.” What was too much? Me? Her life? I’ve pieced together so much, but still… I feel no closer to understanding.

Pages 101 & 102 #

[Calendar of March 2052 with the 26th circled]

VSPR-37

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This whole Dreadit post? Definitely about my mother. The girl immune to VSPR-37, the one with the freaky pineal gland? Yeah, that’s her. And apparently, these NEX GEN mindrots were using her immunity to create some insane cure: or worse, a drug, one that ending up voiding nearly all that took it.

The DREAMSEEKER thing? Some hexed device to access a perfect dream world, using my mother as the key. Why didn’t she tell me?

That’s everything I have right now. I will update once I’ve found enough new files to make new theories.

Pages 103 & 104 #

To summarise:

Skys, a broken, novosovian child with pink hair like me, suffered trauma that somehow gave him powers. His pain obsession attracted Dallus and Strassman, who were working on spiritual science that aligned with Skys’ abilities. They formed MANTRA, a cult probably formed with pure intentions before going to oblivion.

Skys fell into a coma and the surviving embers were forced to flee to Novosovia and joined Victor Carmine at Arc/Hive, continuing their research, leading to Dallus inventing groundbreaking tech like MOXY Packs and SYNTHS, though his guilt and involvement with Skys lingered. Rebecca signed up as a SYNTH when diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Years later, something big happened. Arc/Hive rebranded to NEX GEN, and Dallus is died, with evidence suggesting grim-play. EVE, an advanced research engine was activated, and VSPR-37, a virus that turned people into voidlings (zombie-like creatures), began spreading, all within a few days.

Scott, my mother’s best friend, was infected. My mother was also bitten, but she’s supposedly immune, possibly because of her ‘unique alkaloid structure’ (your guess is as good as mine). NEX GEN likely experimented on her, assuming she may hold a cure to the virus. Together with Strassman, they discovered a different dimension (W.I.O!) Youtopia, and then she abandoned me around the time everything went haywire, what with the blood-thirsty Mares becoming real and NEX GEN going to hex is a hand-basket.

Everything’s connected: my mother, the virus, Youtopia, and whatever bleak dimension they’ve been tampering with. But theres still so much more to this story.

Its really is true, the deeper you dig, the darker it gets.

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