More of the derp of my life
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Have you guys heard about that Majora's Mask Creepypasta thing? The one that's super duper spooky? I have, the last couple days, but I didn't read it, because I never played Majora's Mask, so I figured I wouldn't really get the full experience of it. But today, I figured, oh why not, it'll be good for the lulz.
As I'm reading through this undeniably spooky thing, I do get some mild chills of "Wowwwww aaa do not want," but I figure I'm doing a pretty good job of not getting too freaked out.
Until, maybe halfway through the story, as the person is going into more and more detail about how this game and their computer is haunting them and controlling their movements, my internet suddenly goes out.
I noticed because AIM suddenly shuts down and can't reconnect. Since I already had the page for the story up, I could keep reading, so, well, I did. I called to my sister to check if her internet was having a problem (we had a very time-consuming wireless issue just yesterday, it could have happened again), but hers apparently worked fine.
As I finished the story, Mom told me to walk the dog. The Alternia House is on a hill with no sidewalks and sporadic lighting. It had gotten dark while I'd been reading, and, of all things, the fog had come in.
As you might be able to tell by me posting this, I was able to get the internet back running with a little fiddling, and nothing jumped me on the walk (though we did see a raccoon). The most noteworthy was that my iPod brought up both Ghostbusters and Great Bay Shrine on the walk, but it's still a delightful little peek into why Sarah is a derp who shouldn't read ghost stories |D
Have you guys heard about that Majora's Mask Creepypasta thing? The one that's super duper spooky? I have, the last couple days, but I didn't read it, because I never played Majora's Mask, so I figured I wouldn't really get the full experience of it. But today, I figured, oh why not, it'll be good for the lulz.
As I'm reading through this undeniably spooky thing, I do get some mild chills of "Wowwwww aaa do not want," but I figure I'm doing a pretty good job of not getting too freaked out.
Until, maybe halfway through the story, as the person is going into more and more detail about how this game and their computer is haunting them and controlling their movements, my internet suddenly goes out.
I noticed because AIM suddenly shuts down and can't reconnect. Since I already had the page for the story up, I could keep reading, so, well, I did. I called to my sister to check if her internet was having a problem (we had a very time-consuming wireless issue just yesterday, it could have happened again), but hers apparently worked fine.
As I finished the story, Mom told me to walk the dog. The Alternia House is on a hill with no sidewalks and sporadic lighting. It had gotten dark while I'd been reading, and, of all things, the fog had come in.
As you might be able to tell by me posting this, I was able to get the internet back running with a little fiddling, and nothing jumped me on the walk (though we did see a raccoon). The most noteworthy was that my iPod brought up both Ghostbusters and Great Bay Shrine on the walk, but it's still a delightful little peek into why Sarah is a derp who shouldn't read ghost stories |D
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Date: 2010-09-18 04:18 am (UTC)And man, I read the whole story, but I still don't really get the ending. /o_O\
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Date: 2010-09-18 04:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-18 04:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-18 04:39 am (UTC)In the description for JADUSABLE.WMV, Jadusable's roommate talks about how he was left with specific instructions for what to do with the information on his flash drive.
Truth.txt mentions how sorry he was that he got a single dorm in college because having another person around could have stopped him from becoming so obsessed with the game.
Truth.txt talks about how Ben would edit his videos and posts before they would go up on the web. Ben can apparently "spread" through the internet and filesharing methods. We are warned not to download any of the videos posted anywhere. Text documents should be safe. However, various instances of the word "believe" throughout the file are spelled with capitalizations in the word that highlight the word "LIE."
We are also told to completely disregard anything posted to the YouTube channel after September 12, the date at which Jadusable "quit" the internet. Ben can manipulate his computer and has access to his password and information. Anything after that date is an attempt to break free.
Needless to say, free.wmv and the download link to Truth.txt were posted three days past that date.
By becoming involved, by wanting to know the truth, by downloading Truth.txt and reading it, we freed Ben. We helped him spread. The creepypasta used our curiosity and assumed audience passivity and turned it around on us for one final sting
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Date: 2010-09-18 04:46 am (UTC)In other words: SEVEN DAAAAAAAAAAAYS
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Date: 2010-09-18 04:48 am (UTC)I was actually wondering how the game shows what actually happened to Ben IRL (so to speak), beyond the fact that he drowned, but maybe it doesn't bother with actually expanding on that and you're just supposed to guess?
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Date: 2010-09-18 05:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-18 05:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-18 04:50 am (UTC)That said holy hell that is so creepy and I am so glad I was not reading that on my laptop.
Also, the fact that you have a Slender Man icon - not to mention the icon itself - terrifies me. 8D;;;
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Date: 2010-09-18 05:06 am (UTC)Haha, I've been waiting for an excuse to use this icon. :D :D :D