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->page1]] (font:'Helvetica')+(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[''//DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE//'' by lucas ritchie-shatz] (font:'Helvetica')+(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[''//DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE//'' by lucas ritchie-shatz] (font:'Helvetica')+(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[''//DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE//'' by lucas ritchie-shatz] (font:'Helvetica')+(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[''//DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE//'' by lucas ritchie-shatz] A note on navigating this story: For the full experience, keep sound on and explore each page’s interactive elements before using 》to progress to the next page. tw: flashing lights, mental illness, descriptions of gore [[》->ch1]] 
[[alt text | alt-text]] [[》->page3]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'' : LOL according to this old ass book i found im gonna die in a month ''fireupthebratmobile'': on the upside if i find the other ones i get eternal knowledge or some shit] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': lol wtf??] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': img_1 ''fireupthebratmobile'': kinda metal tho] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': omg do u think its fr?] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': ur so gullible babe this is def just some kook or smthn ''fireupthebatmobile'': or idk, a really shitty prank. seems like something max would do] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': im just saying anythings possible!! ''starboyy'': what if it’s real tho that wld b crazy :00] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': oh yeah and i become megamind ''fireupthebratmobile'': i'm down] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': OR you die!!!!!!] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': maybe i get to die in a cool and spooky way though! ''fireupthebratmobile'': killed via book magic ''fireupthebratmobile'': can u imagine my obituary: Theia Katrakis died yesterday, in a tragic accident of book magic. She is survived by her asshole parents, Damian and Megan Katrakis, and her little shit brother, Cyd.] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': i'd miss u tho :(] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': well don't worry im sure everything will be fine, there r plenty of kooks thru out history ''fireupthebratmobile'': and im sure this guy is one of them ''fireupthebratmobile'': anyway i might as well see if i can find anything about it online] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': sleuth it up nancy drew ]] [[》->page4]]
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')[(open-url:"https://www.google.com/search?q=e+pluribus+unum")] [[》|page5]](align:"<==")[ (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': the book’s name means “out of many, one” ''fireupthebratmobile'': i guess it’s a motto of the U.S.] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': what does that even mean] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': idk something about unity ''fireupthatbratmobile'': blah blah democracy except only if ur a white land owning male ''fireupthebratmobile'': anyway theres no way i’m gonna find this book with all these search results ''fireupthebratmobile'': im sure theres a million books with this title ''fireupthebratmobile'': lemme see what else i can find from his letter]] [[》-> page6]][
] [[duke kinsleye, first duke of wharton -> kinsleye]] [[audi, vedi, tace, si vis vivere -> audi]] [[the first volume of three -> volume]] [[》-> page7]](align:"<==")[
] [[》-> kinsleye2]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': k well you know the bit that says ‘audi vide tace si vis vivere” ''fireupthebratmobile'': put that into google translate and got “listen, look, if you want to live: be silent”] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': ooh spooky] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': very ''fireupthebratmobile'': i googled it and i think it’s a freemason slogan or something ''fireupthebratmobile'': stupid old white guys and their latin ''fireupthebratmobile'': i think it just means ur not supposed to spill the beans on all the top secret freemason shit] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': thats literally all i know ab freemasons. its secret]] [[》-> page6]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': it says that the one u got is just the first volume of three ''starboyy'': where do u think the other ones are] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': well "scattered to the wind" sounds bad ''fireupthebratmobile'': idk how the hell some old latin book even wound up here in goddamn johnstown pennslyvania anyway] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': where did u find it] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': in the stacks, im at the library rn ''fireupthebratmobile'': mom's at work so she just dumped me and phillip here and told me to look after him] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': lol doesn't sound like ur doing much of that] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i could give less of a shit what that little turd gets up to as long as he's not burning the building down ''fireupthebratmobile'': and i dont smell smoke yet, so ''fireupthebratmobile'': anyway i was wandering thru the stacks and just found it on the ground, it was all old and falling apart with that paper tucked into the front ''fireupthebratmobile'': way older than any of the other books here] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': weird, i wonder how it got here ''starboyy'': kinda spooky you gotta admit!!] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': ugh just a bit]] [[》-> page6]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i wanna find sir whatshisnames book but ''fireupthebratmobile'': i should probably take a look at the rest of this book first] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': look at you, a regular johnstown sherlock over here] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': excuse me if i’m anybody in sherlock i’m clearly irene adler ''fireupthebratmobile'': and ur watson ''fireupthebratmobile'': this is my lesbian adaptation of sherlock where irene is the sleuth and sherlock is just watson’s neurotic bf] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': i fuck with the vision but no way in hell would i date benedict cumberbatch] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': lmao fair fair ''fireupthebratmobile'': hold up i'm a dumbass this paper has stuff on the back] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': send picsss] ] [[》-> page8]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': turns out our guy was a freemason] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': HELL yes ''starboyy'': i think my uncle was a freemason] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupbratmobile'': crazy ''fireupthebratmobile'': anyway this dude was on some wack shit for the 1730s ''fireupthebratmobile'': ig he inherited a bunch of money and land bc his dad died when he was young but he was just dumb and rich about it and eloped with a wife who died from smallpox] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': guess that's just what you did if you were a rich kid back then] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': just wait it gets better ''fireupthebratmobile'': ok so he joins the freemasons. becomes top dog really quickly. theyre kinda vague ab how ''fireupthebratmobile'': but then he wrote a bunch of books about how thought is evil or something?? unclear ''fireupthebratmobile'': the church was like u crazy for this one francis n called him heretical for it so the freemasons kicked him out] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': damnn] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': yea. and then he lost a shit ton of money from a bad investment] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': he just couldnt stop taking Ls! the stock market is literally fake anyway] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': tru ''fireupthebratmobile'': then he became an alcoholic asshole it sounds like ''fireupthebratmobile'': flashed his 2nd wife at their wedding in front of everybody ''fireupthebratmobile'': and LOL he tried to join the army against his own country then attacked his own dudes to prove he wasnt a coward ''fireupthebratmobile'': then it says he died under 'mysterious circumstances' after he got super paranoid and reclusive hm ''fireupthebratmobile'': and soon after the letters dated] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': YOOOO omg .... this shits gettin too real] ] [[》-> page6]]
[[alt text -> alt-text2]] [[》-> page9]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': uh YIKES????] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': pretty ~oogy~ ''fireupthebratmobile'': way spookier than book magic!] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': u aren't even a liiittle scared?] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': idk, just sounds like someone just wrote a good horror story ''fireupthebratmobile'': occam's razor!! the simplest answer is usually true ''fireupthebratmobile'': and im gonna say that a book causing me to rot if i dont complete their stupid little quest or whatever,, is definitely not the simplest answer] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': omg ur such a cynic ''starboyy'': or i guess an optimist here cuz u arent worried ur gonna die ''starboyy'': the way he described it tho :0] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': it reminds me of this house episode i watched ''fireupthebratmobile'': where a dudes hand starts literally rotting off ''fireupthebratmobile'': and it turns out it was bc he was running an illegal cockfighting ring?? house is wack] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': idk how u watch that stuff] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': me neither but if you think house is bad try horror movies lol] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': omg u know i cant!!] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i know hehe i remember showing you existenz] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': YOU TOLD ME IT WAS LIKE SWORD ART ONLINE!!! ''starboyy'': and then they started plugging shit into their bodies ........ ''starboyy'': don't remind me i hate it so much] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i mean!! it is technically like sword art online! they go inside the game ''fireupthebratmobile'': anyway you SAO is garbage and you know it] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': it's MY garbage!!] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': UGHH fair enough,, but it's so bad] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': plus by that logic you could say that spy kids 3 is like sao] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': A TRILOGY!!!] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': NO] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': the "they go INSIDE the game???" trilogy] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': that doesn't even work because sao is a tv show] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i guess ur right.......u win this round ollie] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': :P you know i just love kirito] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': ok no no im ending this conversation ''fireupthebratmobile'': anyway i gotta go mom just called..... im taking the book tho] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': from the library :0 why not just take it out] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': this definitely doesnt have a barcode dude] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': mmm i guess] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': what] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': nothing] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': i actually gotta go too so ttyl] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': see u]] [[》->int1]](align:"<==")[August 20, 1730 If you are reading this, it is too late. I, Duke Kinsleye, first duke of Wharton, regret to be a bearer of bad tidings, but in the words of my former brothers, "audi, vide, tace, si vis vivere." Without my guidance, you will perish, yet, there is still a great chance you shall perish as well. You must understand, then, that heeding my words may be your only hope. The tome you hold in your hands, known to us only as “E Pluribus Unum” bears a great curse, both of terrific horror and terrific power. You possess the first volume of three, the latter of which are scattered to secrecy across the globe. If by God’s grace you are able to find these two hidden volumes within a 30 days, you shall possess more knowledge than any being has ever known.] ''INTERLUDE 1:'' //JABBERWOCKY// [[》-> page11]] (align:"<==") [ (text-style:"blur")[(text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': She has found the book.] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα'': I know. Everything is as it should be.] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Master.] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα '': Yes?] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': We will allow her more power than any human before her.] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα '': You have recorded the design. You know best how it will go.] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Of course. But—] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα '': Do you doubt me?] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Never. I only wonder.] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα'': I know everything that could come to pass. There is no place for doubt, scribe.] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': But if she becomes…she will consume.] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα '': She will become. She will consume. And then, it will be time.] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': There will be nothing left. The earth will be razed.] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα '': (text-style:"bold","smear")[We will begin anew.]]] ] [[》-> page12]] (align:"<==")[Thus far, all have failed, their bodies withered away by an incurable rot that starts from within. Your fingers will begin to acquire a rubber-like quality, cold and dead to the touch, before they start to tear completely, attached only by dead viscera and cartilage. The rot will spread, infecting your lungs, stomach, heart, until there is nothing left. If by some unholy horror you survive all this, the rot will infect your brain. Your soul will be the first to go. Do not allow my fate to be yours. Find the last two novels. The only advice I can truly offer is this: seek out the domain of thought, and trust no one. Francis Kinsleye, 1st Duke of Wharton]
//(text-style:"smear")["And I began proclaiming to mankind the beauty of reverence and knowledge: 'People, earthborn men, you who have surrendered yourselves to drunkenness and sleep and ignorance of god, make yourselves sober and end your drunken sickness, for you are bewitched in unreasoning sleep.' When they heard, they gathered round with one accord. And I said, 'Why have you surrendered yourselves to death, earthborn men, since you have the right to share in immortality? You who have journeyed with error, who have partnered with ignorance, think again: escape the shadowy light; leave corruption behind and take a share in immortality.'"] // [[》-> ch2]]''(text-style:"emboss")[CHAPTER TWO]'': COOLGIRL [[》-> page14]](text-style:"emboss")[''CHAPTER ONE:'' THE BOOK ] 
(align:"<==")[//"As yet ungotten, I did suffer; The rack of dreams my lily bones Did twist into a living cipher, And flesh was snipped to cross the lines Of gallow crosses on the liver And brambles in the wringing brains." // - Dylan Thomas] [[》->page2]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': !! NEW LACE POST ALERT !!] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': you are literally obsessed with this girl] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': it's not my fault she is incredibly sexy and cool and living my dream life as a cool nyc skater kid page15]]
[[》-> page16]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': oh my god i thought i was hopeless at flirting but this takes the cake] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': YOU'RE SO MEAN] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': HEY?? HEY IS THE BEST YOU COULD COME UP WITH] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''fireupthebratmobile'': CUT ME SOME SLACK SHE'S LITERALLY SO COOL AND PRETTY AND AHHH] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': oh my god okay how about something like ''starboyy'': "heyy ur so cool you should teach me to skate sometime ;)"] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': thank you for saving me from my own incompetency ''fireupthebratmobile'': okay sent. now we wait] ] [[》-> page17]] (css: "font-size: 125%;")+(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Agent.](text-style:"smear","expand", "italic")[(text-colour:white)[#Awaken.]] [[》-> page18]] |clue)[(text-colour:purple)[''lace'': oh WHAT's up?]] {(live: 30s)[ (show: ?clue) (stop:) ]} |clue)[''lace'': oh WHAT's up?] (live: 32s)[(go-to: "page19")] (text-style:"blur")[(text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Aeon. It is time.] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': yeah boss i gotchu ;)]] [[ 》 | page20]]
[[ 》| page21]]waxandwane: https://audio.jukehost.co.uk/q89dZffkotA3Vsl61pcVfm4YWTOLsnTP(align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': YOOOOO OLLY ''fireupthebratmobile'': SHE REPLIED] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': hell yea i told u she would ''starboyy'': whatd she say] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': she said she'd be down!! and she also asked if i was from nyc what do i say ''fireupthebratmobile'': should i just lie maybe she'll think i'm cooler. i can say i go to uhhh ''fireupthebratmobile'': one sec i'm googling what colleges are in nyc ''fireupthebratmobile'': pratt?? cooper union??] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': no don't lie that's dumb ''starboyy'': what if she wanted to meet you what then] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': ok thats true ''fireupthebratmobile'': ok ill tell her im from johnstown :P]] [[》| page22 ]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': heyy any updates on coolgirl? i've decided that's what i'm calling her ''starboyy'': btw i was bored and procrastinating on my essay so I was doing a bit more googling on that francis kinsleye guy ''starboyy'': can't find the book itself but I found an essay in an academic book of essays about esoteric and mystical religions that mentions it? ''starboyy'': listen to this ''starboyy'': "Duke Francis Kinsleye, 1st Duke of Wharton was one such example an 18th century aristocrat who embraced esoteric religion, to much controversy. In 17xx he published "The Devil in the 19th Century", which outlined his view of a radical cosmogony that flew in the face of polite Protestant British society. He posited that he had been contacted by a divine emissary of a higher realm, called the pleroma, who explained the nature of the world to him and bid him to share this knowledge to the world. Despite this fairly standard prophetic narrative, Kinsleye goes on to describe a cosmogony heavily influenced by gnostic ideas, with some enlightenment-era flair added. What makes this of particular note is that renewed interest into Gnosticism did not surface until the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the discovery of archives such as the Nag Hammadi libraries. The earliest Gnostic documents to be discovered, the Bruce and Askew Codexes, did not surface until 1769, 38 years after Kinsleye's death. Though the theory that Kinsleye discovered such documents on his travels during his early life is not altogether improbable, it hardly seems that Wharton, known among fellow nobility primarily as an impulsive alcoholic privy to embarrassing displays, would have been interested in collecting them. Additionally, despite extensive tutoring in French and German, there is no documentation of Kinsleye studying Coptic, the original language of the early codexes. For now, scholars can only chalk his use of Gnostic terminology and similarity in philosophy to sheer coincidence." ''starboyy'': "Regardless of these incongruities, Kinsleye's writings about the seperation of spirit and material realms bear an undeniable similiarity to earlier Gnostic texts. Kinsleye's creation myth describes the universe as having existed eternally, only to be 'split in twain' by the inherent chaos it contained. He describes two planes of existence, the pleroma, or the thought world, and the kenoma, the material realm we experience. He believed that the pleroma and kenoma were not governed by any sort of overarching god, but instead existed in a state of constant flux and influence upon each other, meaning that man was just as influential as their reflected beings in the thought world, Pneumatics, in shaping the world. The lack of belief in a higher power is likely heavily influenced by the scientific and atheistic thought growing in popularity throughout Europe, whose proponents Kinsleye would have definitely come into contact through his Masonic connections." ''starboyy'': that's only some of it but ugh shit like this makes me glaze over so let me know what u think. going to actually and try and do this essay now]] [[》| page23]]
[[to do -> todo]] [[~diary~ -> diary]] [[eggs -> eggs]] [[animes to watch -> animestowatch]] [[cat names!! -> catnames]] [[theia recs -> theiarecs]] [[》-> page24]]
[[》-> page23]](this will be a notes screenshot) WELL, another day another notes app entry about how badly I’m crushing on theia. The movies make it seem so fucking romantic and cinematic to have an unrequited crush but it’s NOT it’s just kind of like I can feel my soul slowly being sucked out of my body??? And she’s just so pretty and sweet and funny and smart and cool and every time I think about her I want to explodeeeee. And I wish I could just GET OVER IT because she’s literally gay she literally will never ever ever like back and idk how to get that thru my thick skull!!! Like I wanna see her so bad but I also know if I see her it’s just gonna be even more horrible bc she’s going to get all excited to show me some movie and I’m just gonna want to kiss her and going to have to sit like 6 feet away on the couch and feel like pure shit the whole time <3 like I love her so much but omg I need to get a new romantic interest in my life bc this whole having the same crush on someone since litrally middle school is getting so old. And we’re going to college soon and I know I’m going to meet people but those people aren’t here now THEIA is here now and every time she fucking talks about the girls she likes I just die a little bit inside. Like I will never have a clearer memory than when we met each other and I first started to like her because I’d never met someone in this stupid ass town that actually cared about things and wanted to talk about art and movies and everything. And I thought it was going so well when we watched fucking ,, CAMP ROCK and I was kinda leaning on her and I finally thought this was going to be the time someone likes me back this was going to be the time I’m not just the stupid shy supporting character and then. God the next day she comes back and tells me SHE’S SMITTEN with someone and it was a girl and that was her way of coming out to me and I just smiled along with her and tried to pretend like I wasn’t just deflating like a fuckin sad ass balloon. Genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if Theia ruins liking girls for me bc I literally can’t go thru this again but also queer girls are just SO!!! But I also like boys but I don’t but it’s just all complicated and horrible and I hate it. Because if I start thinking about that I’m going to start thinking about the Gender Thing and that is just a whole box of worms we are NOT ready to deal with. Wtf is a box of worms idk the point is that gender is so fake and whatever but if my mom even found out I was bi she would freak it and like I’m fine with her never having to know that but god if it turns out that I’m not actually a boy I’m just gonna be so so fucked. Like okay so yes whenever people call me a boy or call me dude or treat me like a guy it makes me sick to my stomach but like,, even starting to parse that or why it makes me feel that way sounds so horrible and awful because it means coming out and it means I’m trans or something and ACKKKKKK. Like I KNOW being trans isn’t a bad thing and if someone told me the way I was feeling to them I’d be like oh that’s totally chill but for me the idea of even telling someone I feel this way sounds like a death sentence like I know theia would be normal about it but I’M not normal about it and anyway we opened the box and I really really want to close it now [[》-> page23]]
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[[》| page23]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': oops sorry for not replying ''fireupthebratmobile'': she hasn't replied yet but i looked at that shit u sent and definitely pretty spooky but uh ''fireupthebratmobile'': i'm kind of freaking the fuck out right now] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': why what's up] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': okay well first like ''fireupthebratmobile'': i started to read the book right ''fireupthebratmobile'': it was so fucking weird because it was like ''fireupthebratmobile'': literally in latin. i don't know how to read latin] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': wait and you like, understood it] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': YES!!!! it was like the words just.. shifted to the english ones in my mind. ''fireupthebratmobile'': i couldn't really get what it was about fully but it was spooky and mystical- i think it sounded kinda like the stuff you sent me] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': holy fucking shit] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': then the weirdest thing happened i just... conked out. fully fell asleep all of sudden. which i've NEVER done before ''fireupthebratmobile'': and i just had the most insane dream ''fireupthebratmobile'': i wish i could remember better but it was just like ''fireupthebratmobile'': some weird place full of half human half thing half animal spirit things i don't even know really how to describe it ''fireupthebratmobile'': and i was just screaming because it felt so vivid and terrifying ''fireupthebratmobile'': all i remember other than that was one of them coming up to talk to me and speaking to me in tongues or something ''fireupthebratmobile'': and i couldn't understand her at all I wanted to start crying ''fireupthebratmobile'': except suddenly i could and it felt like words were being seared into my brain]] [[》-> page25]] (text-style:"emboss","expand","blink","smear")+(css: "font-size: 150%;")[''YOU ARE FATED FOR KNOWLEDGE OR YOU ARE FATED FOR DEATH''] [[》-> page26]](align:"<==")+(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i woke up right after and when i had ''fireupthebratmobile'': i had drawn this without even like. remembering ''fireupthebratmobile'': but this is what the thing that talked to me looked like only... more hard to look at 
''fireupthebratmobile'': and as the cherry on the fucking top ''fireupthebratmobile'': i can't feel my fingertips] [[》-> ch3]](text-style:"emboss")[CHAPTER 3: ] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy: YOU ARE SO FUCKED''] [[》-> page28]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': I FUCKING KNOWWW ''fireupthebratmobile'': i know i was all fuckin skeptical before but like. fucking hell] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': okok it's going to. be fine ''starboyy'': we just need to like, figure this out] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i appreciate your calm olly but, ''fireupthebratmobile'': MY BODY IS LITERALLY ABOUT TO ROT AWAY ??!?!?! ''fireupthebratmobile'': does not sound SUPER FINE TO ME] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': THIS IS VERY TRUE,, I WONT LIE ''starboyy'': but also like let's just uhm ''starboyy'': assess the situation ''starboyy'': so like. you finished reading the first book yes] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': uhhhhhh when i woke up it was on this page with this weird symbol. theres still a bit left ''fireupthebratmobile'': but i really cant say i'm super fucking excited to repeat the whole prophecy dream whatever the fuck] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': ok but at least that gives us something to work with ''starboyy'': step one is. finish the book ''starboyy'': step two: figure out whatever is up with the symbol. step three... figure out where the other two books are] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': why do i feel like there is a considerable rise in difficulty between steps two and three]] [[》-> page29]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': look why don't i work on figuring out the symbol and you try and tackle the rest of the book] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': fuck okay ''fireupthebratmobile'': i will be having Things to say in therapy this week ''fireupthebratmobile'': actually no i think she's going to think i'm delusional so . my journal will be hearing about it <3 ''fireupthebratmobile'': 
''fireupthebratmobile'': going to take a legit nap now because i cannnooooot deal with this and then i will read this death book] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': sounds like a plan]] [[》-> page30]](align:"<==")+(text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': aaaaaaaaaaaa ''theia'': this is really, really, really bad ] [[》-> page31]](text-style:"blur")+(align:"<==")[(text-colour:purple)[''lace'': i might be able to help :^)] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': WHAT THE FUCK] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': it is so, so nice to finally meet u theia] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': i literally do not have the mental bandwith to deal with this rn ''theia'': is it even worth me asking what's going on or are you going to be cryptic as fuck too] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': LOLLL nah i'm chill ''lace'': sorry u probs had to deal with some of those fucky upper aeons. they're just the fuckin worst so eldritch and dramatic ''lace'': im lace! we talked over ig, i just. fuckin hate how material that shit is ''lace'': much easier to talk this way if you ask me] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': wait you're... lace?] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': the fuckin one and only baby! ''lace'': ik you can't exactly comprehend five dimensional space but i promise you i just did a sick kickflip] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': i. okay let me see if i've got this right ''theia'': you, lace, an nyu student, are some sort of fuckin ethereal being ''theia'': who has brought me to this dream space thingy to like,, help me with this crazy book nonsense] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': mmm almost! you're quick on the uptake love ''lace'': i'm not an ethereal being LOL thats above my paygrade ''lace'': i'm just someone who happens to have access to the pleroma cuz i'm meant to like. guide you on your quest or whatever but basically i'm just a normal girl that has whatever knowledge my boss thot u needed to know ''lace'': i'm the virgil to ur dante ;) ''lace'': btw i can only bring u to the pleroma for so long so. if ya got questions you better make it snappy] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': this is literally so much but okay . ''theia'': what's the "pleroma"?] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': ur standin in it baby. usually humans can't get up in here cuz it's wayy too derealized for material reality but ''lace'': the short of it is that this is where all thoughts go! anytime you think about anything, big or small, it pops into existence up here ''lace'': so basically we just in a big ole thought soup. slurp ''lace'': because this world is soooo based on the abstract and unreal usually you can't have like, conversations in it or material existence like we are now ''lace'': but when a thought gets rly rly powerful its able to use that energy to bcome a material form and channel some of that energy into beings that already have a foot in the pleroma, so to speak ''lace'': (thats u & me babe!) ''lace'': ok i think we are all out of time on this round of 20 questions. we'll talk again soon, don't worry ''lace'': it will all make sense in time! ''lace'': the one thing you gotta remember is. you can't tell olly about this] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': wait, why?] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': gotta jet B)]] [[》-> page32]](align:"<==")+(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': k so i reverse image searched that thing u sent n got this website ''starboyy'': https://www.gnosticdoctrine.com/2018/08/the-cross.html ''starboyy'': this is literally just wayyy too fuckin high level for me to understand once again but ''starboyy'': this part seemed somewhat relevant- "The Cross is a symbol for the pleroma the centurion and the roman soldiers around the cross represent the unsaved and that state of consciousness termed "mind of the flesh, or the thinking of the flesh." This is the "carnal mind" of Paul" ''starboyy'': not sure how this helps us in finding the next book tho :/ ''starboyy'': but shit theia i think we r really getting at some forces out of our control ''starboyy'': like i said i'm stupid so i don't really understand any of this but ''starboyy'': i think this all somehow has to do with gnosticism i think cuz thats what keeps coming up in all my googling but i. don't really understand how ''starboyy'': anyway i know you're napping sorry 2 overwhelm u with all this stuff] [[》-> page33]](align:"<==")+(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': theia ?? u there ?? ''starboyy'': sry i'm just worried u didnt reply last nite] [[》-> page34]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': hey hey sorry olly ''fireupthebratmobile'': meant to nap last nite and just fully passed out] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': it's okkkkk] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': weird dreams again but not quite as scary ''fireupthebratmobile'': also not to scare you but like. my hands are kind of? getting a grayish rubbery quality to them ''fireupthebratmobile'': like i can still use them just fine but like ''fireupthebratmobile'': do you remember those fuckin magic rub erasers they would give you in kindergarten? its kinda like my fingers got fused with one of those] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': that is. very very bad!] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i mean. i mean yes it really can't be good] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': have ur parents noticed] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': not yet but ''fireupthebratmobile'': if that other shit starts happening idk how they wont] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': fuck and we're at a dead end (text-colour:#69db7c)[''starboyy'': can you think of anything we might have missed] ''fireupthebratmobile'': shit uh. did you ever follow up on trying to find sir whatshisname's book] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': GOOD IDEA i didnt ''starboyy'': k and you get on finishing the book] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': aye aye captain]] [[》-> page35]]''INTERLUDE 2:'' //DOWN, DOWN, DOWN// [[》-> page36]](align:"<==")[(text-style:"blur")[ (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': רַזִיאֶל, tell of the girl.] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': come on boss, hebrew is sooo out. you know i asked you to call me lace] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Do you deny the name our divine creator bestowed upon you? ] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': NO, is it so wrong to want a nickname? damn] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Enough, enough. Time is not an inexhaustible resource, //Lace//.] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': THANK you. anyway I contacted her, starting to give her bits and pieces.] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': And does she suspect?] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': nah no way lol. she's way into me and i'm going to use that] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Very well. And the second volume?] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': safe and sound with me boss :) i will lead her to it in time.] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Do not toy with your food too long. The master awaits.] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': cmonnn i know. don't worry. just gotta give her the pieces so she thinks she got there herself] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': So long as you play your part, I have no doubts.] ]] [[》->ch4]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': k i think i've mentally prepared myself for finishing the book as much as possible so. going under so to speak lol] (align:"<==")+(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': eek good luck! ''starboyy'': too nervous for research so i will be watching my anime <3] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': as u should]] [[》-> page38]](align:"<==")+(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': theia? are you there? ''starboyy'': helloooooo ''starboyy'': ok good i think ur gone ''starboyy'': but i just. fuckfuckfuck i need to tell you things and i'm too nervous to while you're there so. here we are ''starboyy'': and i hate to dump all this on you while you're also literally rotting to death bc of a mystical book oh my god why is ur life so crazy but i have to say it or else i think i am in danger of spontaneous combustion ''starboyy'': fuck okay i don't even know where to start god ''starboyy'': um i guess we'll start with the thing that has less bearing on u or our friendship ''starboyy'': but iiiiiii. don't think i'm a boy? ''starboyy'': i'm not really sure yet and it's so scary because my parents and because school and ''starboyy'': i already get people calling me a faggot every day ''starboyy'': i don't know how i can deal with this right now but ''starboyy'': you're my closest friend so i. i thought you should know ''starboyy'': i'm not sure yet but could you maybe. use they/them pronouns for me? ''starboyy'': i really don't know what i am if i'm nonbinary or i'm trans or i'm something else i just. i really really can't deal with being a boy. it hurts so much ''starboyy'': i hate to talk about it it feels like excavating a part of myself with like a melon baller ''starboyy'': i hope you don't hate me for it or think i'm weird or gross or aaaaaa i don't know ''starboyy'': because thinking about it just makes me feel so, so monstrous ''starboyy'': okay that's the first thing. which feelsbadfeelsbad but not as bad as thing two ''starboyy'': which is that uhhhhh ''starboyy'': jesus how do i even. begin to tell you ''starboyy'': okay when we first met i just. i couldn't believe you were real ''starboyy'': you were so smart and so cool and so self-assured ''starboyy'': and I would cry literally any time anybody tried to talk to me but you just seemed to. be in charge of the world ''starboyy'': i wanted that so badly. to feel like the world wasn't just a trap made of spikes for me to stumble into or a constant quiz i hadn't studied for ''starboyy'': because even when you didn't know what to do or you did the wrong thing you just stuck your chin out and stuck by it. and sometimes that can be fucking annoying ''starboyy'': such as when you have the gall to suggest that TUXEDO MASK is the best sailor moon character??? genuinely think you just chose that opinion at random to anger me ''starboyy'': god i'm stalling how do i get to the point ''starboyy'': i have looked and looked and looked at you for so long wishing and wanting so much and basically i. ''starboyy'': fuck i just like you so much. and not in a friendship way ''starboyy'': and i know you're not into guys which ew not a guy but just the main point is. i know you could never be into me ''starboyy'': and it hurts so badly but i can't go on with you not knowing ''starboyy'': i hope we can still be friends. you know you're my best and closest and practically only friend and i. don't think i could do it without you. i trust you with my life ''starboyy'': but i understand if,, this makes things weird ''starboyy'': i just dont think i could handle you cutting me off ''starboyy'': i guess that's all i have to say. time to have a panic attack until you reply to this] [[》-> page39]](text-style:"blur")+(align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': ... oh i'm here again.] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': hey babe :)] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': does this mean i finished the book] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': honestly all ik is that i can feel a surge of like, pneumatic energy, which means i can bring u here] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': that means nothing to me but ok <3 ''theia'': do i get to ask you questions now] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': what i'm here for :)] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': okay first of all... the thing you said the last time i was here ''theia'': why can't I tell olly] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': well it's nothing to do with him! ''lace'': but the gnosis contained in the book allows you to become closer to the pleroma. and the things that I tell you are charged with that pneumatic energy ''lace'': sharing it with him could corrupt him. it'd just be bad news (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': corrupt him? what do you mean] ''lace'': well the reason your body is dying right now is because gnosis is incompatible with the physical form. why is why it's so imperative you go and get the other two books ''lace'': unless u want somethin similar to happen to olly you just better keep our little chats secret] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': ok i guess that makes sense?] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': i can answer maybe one more question. so make it a good one :)] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': um i guess this is a big one but. do you know where the second book is?] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': hehe this is one i CAN answer! i know it's here in new york city. hard to explain how but basically objects with intense pneumatic power can be felt in the pleroma vaguely geographically ''lace'': the third book however. that one is hidden to me as well] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': wait you just know it's there?] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': i told you i thought i could help! my reccomendation would be to get ur ass over here asap ''lace'': plus then i get to meet you :^) and I think i can help you find it] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': but nyc is huge like. it could be anywhere ''theia'': and how am i meant to explain to my parents me fuckin eloping to nyc] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': that's something olly might be able to help you with. that's all i can give you for now though. talk very soon baby :)]] [[》-> page40]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': OLLY OLLY OLLY I KNOW WHERE THE SECOND BOOK IS!! IT'S IN NEW YORK CITY ''fireupthebratmobile'': but idk how tf i'm getting there or where in nyc it is ''fireupthebratmobile'': i think i'm just gonna steal mom's car and leave in the middle of the night! very rebellious of me] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': ........did you see the mountain of text i sent you] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': oh shit no i got excited lemme read ''fireupthebratmobile'': wow okay. well a) of course i can use they/them pronouns for you it's totally chill with me you're dealing with gender stuff ''fireupthebratmobile'': b) i'm very flattered you think all those things about me! and you're really brave to tell me <3 but yeah idk you're just. you're olly to me! ''fireupthebratmobile'': you're my partner in crime!! my bestie ''fireupthebratmobile'': btw did you get anywhere on researching the other book] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': hold up no. you do not get to deflect like that ''starboyy'': what is wrong with you? i just told you like,, ''starboyy'': two of my fuckin deepest darkest secrets. i bare my fucking soul to u ''starboyy'': and this is what i get????] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i mean like ''fireupthebratmobile'': what do you want me to say?] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': NO!! i don't WANT you to say anything ''starboyy'': you don't get to treat me like this!!! like your little fucking puppy dog ''starboyy'': i can deal with a lot theia ''starboyy'': i can deal with listening to you gush over your crushes and i can deal with you forcing me to watch movies that i don't like and i can deal with even. doing all this research and work just to make sure that you will be okay ''starboyy'': but i just can't fucking deal with this] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i don't get it... what did i do?? ''fireupthebratmobile'': i thought you would be happy that i don't care] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': no!! that's just the thing!! you don't care!! ''starboyy'': god i'd be fucking happier if you just rejected me outright ''starboyy'': don't you get that i don't want to be your "bestie"? don't you get that i literally have devoted my entire being to you ever since middle school? ''starboyy'': but i don't even know if you even like me! or if you just keep me around because i'm here to listen to whatever bullshit at whatever hour ''starboyy'': i just want for once you to choose ME] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i'm sorry you feel that way ''fireupthebratmobile'': i didn't know that you did] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY????? ''starboyy'': you're not seriously pulling that ''starboyy'': whatever. see what i care if you rot and die ''starboyy'': see what i care if you just run away to be with your fucking nyu girlfriend that you don't even know ''starboyy'': like how do you even fucking know the book is in nyc? how is this just not an excuse to run away from your shitty life (which includes ME, by the way) and live in your little fantasy world? ] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i... look, i just know. i can't tell you why] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': of course. of course ''starboyy'': i'm the person who's been helping you along this WHOLE damn thing but you can't tell me. dope. cool] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i promise it's not like that!! really ''fireupthebratmobile'': i just can't tell you or bad things might happen] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': i don't want to hear your excuses. not for any of it ''starboyy'': look theia i just think ''starboyy'': we should take a break from talking] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': nononono olly ''fireupthebratmobile'': please i need you] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': of course you do. you need me to give and give and give and in return for what ''starboyy'': bye, theia]]''(text-style:"emboss")[CHAPTER FOUR]'': SUPERNOVA [[》-> page37]]
->page1]] (font:'Helvetica')+(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[''//DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE//'' by lucas ritchie-shatz] (font:'Helvetica')+(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[''//DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE//'' by lucas ritchie-shatz] (font:'Helvetica')+(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[''//DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE//'' by lucas ritchie-shatz] (font:'Helvetica')+(align:"=><=")+(box:"X=")[''//DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE//'' by lucas ritchie-shatz] A note on navigating this story: For the full experience, keep sound on and explore each page’s interactive elements before using 》to progress to the next page. tw: flashing lights, mental illness, descriptions of gore [[》->ch1]] [[alt text | alt-text]] [[》->page3]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'' : LOL according to this old ass book i found im gonna die in a month ''fireupthebratmobile'': on the upside if i find the other ones i get eternal knowledge or some shit] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': lol wtf??] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': img_1 ''fireupthebratmobile'': kinda metal tho] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': omg do u think its fr?] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': ur so gullible babe this is def just some kook or smthn ''fireupthebatmobile'': or idk, a really shitty prank. seems like something max would do] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': im just saying anythings possible!! ''starboyy'': what if it’s real tho that wld b crazy :00] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': oh yeah and i become megamind ''fireupthebratmobile'': i'm down] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': OR you die!!!!!!] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': maybe i get to die in a cool and spooky way though! ''fireupthebratmobile'': killed via book magic ''fireupthebratmobile'': can u imagine my obituary: Theia Katrakis died yesterday, in a tragic accident of book magic. She is survived by her asshole parents, Damian and Megan Katrakis, and her little shit brother, Cyd.] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': i'd miss u tho :(] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': well don't worry im sure everything will be fine, there r plenty of kooks thru out history ''fireupthebratmobile'': and im sure this guy is one of them ''fireupthebratmobile'': anyway i might as well see if i can find anything about it online] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': sleuth it up nancy drew ]] [[》->page4]] (link: '')[(open-url:"https://www.google.com/search?q=e+pluribus+unum")] [[》|page5]](align:"<==")[ (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': the book’s name means “out of many, one” ''fireupthebratmobile'': i guess it’s a motto of the U.S.] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': what does that even mean] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': idk something about unity ''fireupthatbratmobile'': blah blah democracy except only if ur a white land owning male ''fireupthebratmobile'': anyway theres no way i’m gonna find this book with all these search results ''fireupthebratmobile'': im sure theres a million books with this title ''fireupthebratmobile'': lemme see what else i can find from his letter]] [[》-> page6]][] [[duke kinsleye, first duke of wharton -> kinsleye]] [[audi, vedi, tace, si vis vivere -> audi]] [[the first volume of three -> volume]] [[》-> page7]](align:"<==")[] [[》-> kinsleye2]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': k well you know the bit that says ‘audi vide tace si vis vivere” ''fireupthebratmobile'': put that into google translate and got “listen, look, if you want to live: be silent”] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': ooh spooky] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': very ''fireupthebratmobile'': i googled it and i think it’s a freemason slogan or something ''fireupthebratmobile'': stupid old white guys and their latin ''fireupthebratmobile'': i think it just means ur not supposed to spill the beans on all the top secret freemason shit] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': thats literally all i know ab freemasons. its secret]] [[》-> page6]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': it says that the one u got is just the first volume of three ''starboyy'': where do u think the other ones are] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': well "scattered to the wind" sounds bad ''fireupthebratmobile'': idk how the hell some old latin book even wound up here in goddamn johnstown pennslyvania anyway] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': where did u find it] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': in the stacks, im at the library rn ''fireupthebratmobile'': mom's at work so she just dumped me and phillip here and told me to look after him] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': lol doesn't sound like ur doing much of that] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i could give less of a shit what that little turd gets up to as long as he's not burning the building down ''fireupthebratmobile'': and i dont smell smoke yet, so ''fireupthebratmobile'': anyway i was wandering thru the stacks and just found it on the ground, it was all old and falling apart with that paper tucked into the front ''fireupthebratmobile'': way older than any of the other books here] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': weird, i wonder how it got here ''starboyy'': kinda spooky you gotta admit!!] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': ugh just a bit]] [[》-> page6]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i wanna find sir whatshisnames book but ''fireupthebratmobile'': i should probably take a look at the rest of this book first] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': look at you, a regular johnstown sherlock over here] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': excuse me if i’m anybody in sherlock i’m clearly irene adler ''fireupthebratmobile'': and ur watson ''fireupthebratmobile'': this is my lesbian adaptation of sherlock where irene is the sleuth and sherlock is just watson’s neurotic bf] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': i fuck with the vision but no way in hell would i date benedict cumberbatch] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': lmao fair fair ''fireupthebratmobile'': hold up i'm a dumbass this paper has stuff on the back] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': send picsss] ] [[》-> page8]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': turns out our guy was a freemason] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': HELL yes ''starboyy'': i think my uncle was a freemason] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupbratmobile'': crazy ''fireupthebratmobile'': anyway this dude was on some wack shit for the 1730s ''fireupthebratmobile'': ig he inherited a bunch of money and land bc his dad died when he was young but he was just dumb and rich about it and eloped with a wife who died from smallpox] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': guess that's just what you did if you were a rich kid back then] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': just wait it gets better ''fireupthebratmobile'': ok so he joins the freemasons. becomes top dog really quickly. theyre kinda vague ab how ''fireupthebratmobile'': but then he wrote a bunch of books about how thought is evil or something?? unclear ''fireupthebratmobile'': the church was like u crazy for this one francis n called him heretical for it so the freemasons kicked him out] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': damnn] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': yea. and then he lost a shit ton of money from a bad investment] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': he just couldnt stop taking Ls! the stock market is literally fake anyway] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': tru ''fireupthebratmobile'': then he became an alcoholic asshole it sounds like ''fireupthebratmobile'': flashed his 2nd wife at their wedding in front of everybody ''fireupthebratmobile'': and LOL he tried to join the army against his own country then attacked his own dudes to prove he wasnt a coward ''fireupthebratmobile'': then it says he died under 'mysterious circumstances' after he got super paranoid and reclusive hm ''fireupthebratmobile'': and soon after the letters dated] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': YOOOO omg .... this shits gettin too real] ] [[》-> page6]] [[alt text -> alt-text2]] [[》-> page9]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': uh YIKES????] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': pretty ~oogy~ ''fireupthebratmobile'': way spookier than book magic!] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': u aren't even a liiittle scared?] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': idk, just sounds like someone just wrote a good horror story ''fireupthebratmobile'': occam's razor!! the simplest answer is usually true ''fireupthebratmobile'': and im gonna say that a book causing me to rot if i dont complete their stupid little quest or whatever,, is definitely not the simplest answer] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': omg ur such a cynic ''starboyy'': or i guess an optimist here cuz u arent worried ur gonna die ''starboyy'': the way he described it tho :0] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': it reminds me of this house episode i watched ''fireupthebratmobile'': where a dudes hand starts literally rotting off ''fireupthebratmobile'': and it turns out it was bc he was running an illegal cockfighting ring?? house is wack] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': idk how u watch that stuff] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': me neither but if you think house is bad try horror movies lol] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': omg u know i cant!!] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i know hehe i remember showing you existenz] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': YOU TOLD ME IT WAS LIKE SWORD ART ONLINE!!! ''starboyy'': and then they started plugging shit into their bodies ........ ''starboyy'': don't remind me i hate it so much] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i mean!! it is technically like sword art online! they go inside the game ''fireupthebratmobile'': anyway you SAO is garbage and you know it] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': it's MY garbage!!] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': UGHH fair enough,, but it's so bad] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': plus by that logic you could say that spy kids 3 is like sao] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': A TRILOGY!!!] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': NO] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': the "they go INSIDE the game???" trilogy] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': that doesn't even work because sao is a tv show] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i guess ur right.......u win this round ollie] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': :P you know i just love kirito] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': ok no no im ending this conversation ''fireupthebratmobile'': anyway i gotta go mom just called..... im taking the book tho] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': from the library :0 why not just take it out] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': this definitely doesnt have a barcode dude] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': mmm i guess] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': what] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': nothing] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': i actually gotta go too so ttyl] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': see u]] [[》->int1]](align:"<==")[August 20, 1730 If you are reading this, it is too late. I, Duke Kinsleye, first duke of Wharton, regret to be a bearer of bad tidings, but in the words of my former brothers, "audi, vide, tace, si vis vivere." Without my guidance, you will perish, yet, there is still a great chance you shall perish as well. You must understand, then, that heeding my words may be your only hope. The tome you hold in your hands, known to us only as “E Pluribus Unum” bears a great curse, both of terrific horror and terrific power. You possess the first volume of three, the latter of which are scattered to secrecy across the globe. If by God’s grace you are able to find these two hidden volumes within a 30 days, you shall possess more knowledge than any being has ever known.] ''INTERLUDE 1:'' //JABBERWOCKY// [[》-> page11]] (align:"<==") [ (text-style:"blur")[(text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': She has found the book.] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα'': I know. Everything is as it should be.] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Master.] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα '': Yes?] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': We will allow her more power than any human before her.] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα '': You have recorded the design. You know best how it will go.] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Of course. But—] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα '': Do you doubt me?] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Never. I only wonder.] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα'': I know everything that could come to pass. There is no place for doubt, scribe.] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': But if she becomes…she will consume.] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα '': She will become. She will consume. And then, it will be time.] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': There will be nothing left. The earth will be razed.] (text-colour:navy)[''Σοφíα '': (text-style:"bold","smear")[We will begin anew.]]] ] [[》-> page12]] (align:"<==")[Thus far, all have failed, their bodies withered away by an incurable rot that starts from within. Your fingers will begin to acquire a rubber-like quality, cold and dead to the touch, before they start to tear completely, attached only by dead viscera and cartilage. The rot will spread, infecting your lungs, stomach, heart, until there is nothing left. If by some unholy horror you survive all this, the rot will infect your brain. Your soul will be the first to go. Do not allow my fate to be yours. Find the last two novels. The only advice I can truly offer is this: seek out the domain of thought, and trust no one. Francis Kinsleye, 1st Duke of Wharton] //(text-style:"smear")["And I began proclaiming to mankind the beauty of reverence and knowledge: 'People, earthborn men, you who have surrendered yourselves to drunkenness and sleep and ignorance of god, make yourselves sober and end your drunken sickness, for you are bewitched in unreasoning sleep.' When they heard, they gathered round with one accord. And I said, 'Why have you surrendered yourselves to death, earthborn men, since you have the right to share in immortality? You who have journeyed with error, who have partnered with ignorance, think again: escape the shadowy light; leave corruption behind and take a share in immortality.'"] // [[》-> ch2]]''(text-style:"emboss")[CHAPTER TWO]'': COOLGIRL [[》-> page14]](text-style:"emboss")[''CHAPTER ONE:'' THE BOOK ] (align:"<==")[//"As yet ungotten, I did suffer; The rack of dreams my lily bones Did twist into a living cipher, And flesh was snipped to cross the lines Of gallow crosses on the liver And brambles in the wringing brains." // - Dylan Thomas] [[》->page2]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': !! NEW LACE POST ALERT !!] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': you are literally obsessed with this girl] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': it's not my fault she is incredibly sexy and cool and living my dream life as a cool nyc skater kid page15]] [[》-> page16]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': oh my god i thought i was hopeless at flirting but this takes the cake] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': YOU'RE SO MEAN] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': HEY?? HEY IS THE BEST YOU COULD COME UP WITH] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''fireupthebratmobile'': CUT ME SOME SLACK SHE'S LITERALLY SO COOL AND PRETTY AND AHHH] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': oh my god okay how about something like ''starboyy'': "heyy ur so cool you should teach me to skate sometime ;)"] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': thank you for saving me from my own incompetency ''fireupthebratmobile'': okay sent. now we wait] ] [[》-> page17]] (css: "font-size: 125%;")+(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Agent.](text-style:"smear","expand", "italic")[(text-colour:white)[#Awaken.]] [[》-> page18]] |clue)[(text-colour:purple)[''lace'': oh WHAT's up?]] {(live: 30s)[ (show: ?clue) (stop:) ]} |clue)[''lace'': oh WHAT's up?] (live: 32s)[(go-to: "page19")] (text-style:"blur")[(text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Aeon. It is time.] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': yeah boss i gotchu ;)]] [[ 》 | page20]] [[ 》| page21]]waxandwane: https://audio.jukehost.co.uk/q89dZffkotA3Vsl61pcVfm4YWTOLsnTP(align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': YOOOOO OLLY ''fireupthebratmobile'': SHE REPLIED] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': hell yea i told u she would ''starboyy'': whatd she say] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': she said she'd be down!! and she also asked if i was from nyc what do i say ''fireupthebratmobile'': should i just lie maybe she'll think i'm cooler. i can say i go to uhhh ''fireupthebratmobile'': one sec i'm googling what colleges are in nyc ''fireupthebratmobile'': pratt?? cooper union??] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': no don't lie that's dumb ''starboyy'': what if she wanted to meet you what then] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': ok thats true ''fireupthebratmobile'': ok ill tell her im from johnstown :P]] [[》| page22 ]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': heyy any updates on coolgirl? i've decided that's what i'm calling her ''starboyy'': btw i was bored and procrastinating on my essay so I was doing a bit more googling on that francis kinsleye guy ''starboyy'': can't find the book itself but I found an essay in an academic book of essays about esoteric and mystical religions that mentions it? ''starboyy'': listen to this ''starboyy'': "Duke Francis Kinsleye, 1st Duke of Wharton was one such example an 18th century aristocrat who embraced esoteric religion, to much controversy. In 17xx he published "The Devil in the 19th Century", which outlined his view of a radical cosmogony that flew in the face of polite Protestant British society. He posited that he had been contacted by a divine emissary of a higher realm, called the pleroma, who explained the nature of the world to him and bid him to share this knowledge to the world. Despite this fairly standard prophetic narrative, Kinsleye goes on to describe a cosmogony heavily influenced by gnostic ideas, with some enlightenment-era flair added. What makes this of particular note is that renewed interest into Gnosticism did not surface until the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the discovery of archives such as the Nag Hammadi libraries. The earliest Gnostic documents to be discovered, the Bruce and Askew Codexes, did not surface until 1769, 38 years after Kinsleye's death. Though the theory that Kinsleye discovered such documents on his travels during his early life is not altogether improbable, it hardly seems that Wharton, known among fellow nobility primarily as an impulsive alcoholic privy to embarrassing displays, would have been interested in collecting them. Additionally, despite extensive tutoring in French and German, there is no documentation of Kinsleye studying Coptic, the original language of the early codexes. For now, scholars can only chalk his use of Gnostic terminology and similarity in philosophy to sheer coincidence." ''starboyy'': "Regardless of these incongruities, Kinsleye's writings about the seperation of spirit and material realms bear an undeniable similiarity to earlier Gnostic texts. Kinsleye's creation myth describes the universe as having existed eternally, only to be 'split in twain' by the inherent chaos it contained. He describes two planes of existence, the pleroma, or the thought world, and the kenoma, the material realm we experience. He believed that the pleroma and kenoma were not governed by any sort of overarching god, but instead existed in a state of constant flux and influence upon each other, meaning that man was just as influential as their reflected beings in the thought world, Pneumatics, in shaping the world. The lack of belief in a higher power is likely heavily influenced by the scientific and atheistic thought growing in popularity throughout Europe, whose proponents Kinsleye would have definitely come into contact through his Masonic connections." ''starboyy'': that's only some of it but ugh shit like this makes me glaze over so let me know what u think. going to actually and try and do this essay now]] [[》| page23]] [[to do -> todo]] [[~diary~ -> diary]] [[eggs -> eggs]] [[animes to watch -> animestowatch]] [[cat names!! -> catnames]] [[theia recs -> theiarecs]] [[》-> page24]] [[》-> page23]](this will be a notes screenshot) WELL, another day another notes app entry about how badly I’m crushing on theia. The movies make it seem so fucking romantic and cinematic to have an unrequited crush but it’s NOT it’s just kind of like I can feel my soul slowly being sucked out of my body??? And she’s just so pretty and sweet and funny and smart and cool and every time I think about her I want to explodeeeee. And I wish I could just GET OVER IT because she’s literally gay she literally will never ever ever like back and idk how to get that thru my thick skull!!! Like I wanna see her so bad but I also know if I see her it’s just gonna be even more horrible bc she’s going to get all excited to show me some movie and I’m just gonna want to kiss her and going to have to sit like 6 feet away on the couch and feel like pure shit the whole time <3 like I love her so much but omg I need to get a new romantic interest in my life bc this whole having the same crush on someone since litrally middle school is getting so old. And we’re going to college soon and I know I’m going to meet people but those people aren’t here now THEIA is here now and every time she fucking talks about the girls she likes I just die a little bit inside. Like I will never have a clearer memory than when we met each other and I first started to like her because I’d never met someone in this stupid ass town that actually cared about things and wanted to talk about art and movies and everything. And I thought it was going so well when we watched fucking ,, CAMP ROCK and I was kinda leaning on her and I finally thought this was going to be the time someone likes me back this was going to be the time I’m not just the stupid shy supporting character and then. God the next day she comes back and tells me SHE’S SMITTEN with someone and it was a girl and that was her way of coming out to me and I just smiled along with her and tried to pretend like I wasn’t just deflating like a fuckin sad ass balloon. Genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if Theia ruins liking girls for me bc I literally can’t go thru this again but also queer girls are just SO!!! But I also like boys but I don’t but it’s just all complicated and horrible and I hate it. Because if I start thinking about that I’m going to start thinking about the Gender Thing and that is just a whole box of worms we are NOT ready to deal with. Wtf is a box of worms idk the point is that gender is so fake and whatever but if my mom even found out I was bi she would freak it and like I’m fine with her never having to know that but god if it turns out that I’m not actually a boy I’m just gonna be so so fucked. Like okay so yes whenever people call me a boy or call me dude or treat me like a guy it makes me sick to my stomach but like,, even starting to parse that or why it makes me feel that way sounds so horrible and awful because it means coming out and it means I’m trans or something and ACKKKKKK. Like I KNOW being trans isn’t a bad thing and if someone told me the way I was feeling to them I’d be like oh that’s totally chill but for me the idea of even telling someone I feel this way sounds like a death sentence like I know theia would be normal about it but I’M not normal about it and anyway we opened the box and I really really want to close it now [[》-> page23]] [[》-> page23]] [[》| page23]] [[》| page23]] [[》| page23]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': oops sorry for not replying ''fireupthebratmobile'': she hasn't replied yet but i looked at that shit u sent and definitely pretty spooky but uh ''fireupthebratmobile'': i'm kind of freaking the fuck out right now] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': why what's up] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': okay well first like ''fireupthebratmobile'': i started to read the book right ''fireupthebratmobile'': it was so fucking weird because it was like ''fireupthebratmobile'': literally in latin. i don't know how to read latin] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': wait and you like, understood it] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': YES!!!! it was like the words just.. shifted to the english ones in my mind. ''fireupthebratmobile'': i couldn't really get what it was about fully but it was spooky and mystical- i think it sounded kinda like the stuff you sent me] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': holy fucking shit] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': then the weirdest thing happened i just... conked out. fully fell asleep all of sudden. which i've NEVER done before ''fireupthebratmobile'': and i just had the most insane dream ''fireupthebratmobile'': i wish i could remember better but it was just like ''fireupthebratmobile'': some weird place full of half human half thing half animal spirit things i don't even know really how to describe it ''fireupthebratmobile'': and i was just screaming because it felt so vivid and terrifying ''fireupthebratmobile'': all i remember other than that was one of them coming up to talk to me and speaking to me in tongues or something ''fireupthebratmobile'': and i couldn't understand her at all I wanted to start crying ''fireupthebratmobile'': except suddenly i could and it felt like words were being seared into my brain]] [[》-> page25]] (text-style:"emboss","expand","blink","smear")+(css: "font-size: 150%;")[''YOU ARE FATED FOR KNOWLEDGE OR YOU ARE FATED FOR DEATH''] [[》-> page26]](align:"<==")+(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i woke up right after and when i had ''fireupthebratmobile'': i had drawn this without even like. remembering ''fireupthebratmobile'': but this is what the thing that talked to me looked like only... more hard to look at ''fireupthebratmobile'': and as the cherry on the fucking top ''fireupthebratmobile'': i can't feel my fingertips] [[》-> ch3]](text-style:"emboss")[CHAPTER 3: ] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy: YOU ARE SO FUCKED''] [[》-> page28]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': I FUCKING KNOWWW ''fireupthebratmobile'': i know i was all fuckin skeptical before but like. fucking hell] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': okok it's going to. be fine ''starboyy'': we just need to like, figure this out] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i appreciate your calm olly but, ''fireupthebratmobile'': MY BODY IS LITERALLY ABOUT TO ROT AWAY ??!?!?! ''fireupthebratmobile'': does not sound SUPER FINE TO ME] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': THIS IS VERY TRUE,, I WONT LIE ''starboyy'': but also like let's just uhm ''starboyy'': assess the situation ''starboyy'': so like. you finished reading the first book yes] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': uhhhhhh when i woke up it was on this page with this weird symbol. theres still a bit left ''fireupthebratmobile'': but i really cant say i'm super fucking excited to repeat the whole prophecy dream whatever the fuck] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': ok but at least that gives us something to work with ''starboyy'': step one is. finish the book ''starboyy'': step two: figure out whatever is up with the symbol. step three... figure out where the other two books are] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': why do i feel like there is a considerable rise in difficulty between steps two and three]] [[》-> page29]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': look why don't i work on figuring out the symbol and you try and tackle the rest of the book] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': fuck okay ''fireupthebratmobile'': i will be having Things to say in therapy this week ''fireupthebratmobile'': actually no i think she's going to think i'm delusional so . my journal will be hearing about it <3 ''fireupthebratmobile'': ''fireupthebratmobile'': going to take a legit nap now because i cannnooooot deal with this and then i will read this death book] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': sounds like a plan]] [[》-> page30]](align:"<==")+(text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': aaaaaaaaaaaa ''theia'': this is really, really, really bad ] [[》-> page31]](text-style:"blur")+(align:"<==")[(text-colour:purple)[''lace'': i might be able to help :^)] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': WHAT THE FUCK] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': it is so, so nice to finally meet u theia] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': i literally do not have the mental bandwith to deal with this rn ''theia'': is it even worth me asking what's going on or are you going to be cryptic as fuck too] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': LOLLL nah i'm chill ''lace'': sorry u probs had to deal with some of those fucky upper aeons. they're just the fuckin worst so eldritch and dramatic ''lace'': im lace! we talked over ig, i just. fuckin hate how material that shit is ''lace'': much easier to talk this way if you ask me] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': wait you're... lace?] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': the fuckin one and only baby! ''lace'': ik you can't exactly comprehend five dimensional space but i promise you i just did a sick kickflip] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': i. okay let me see if i've got this right ''theia'': you, lace, an nyu student, are some sort of fuckin ethereal being ''theia'': who has brought me to this dream space thingy to like,, help me with this crazy book nonsense] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': mmm almost! you're quick on the uptake love ''lace'': i'm not an ethereal being LOL thats above my paygrade ''lace'': i'm just someone who happens to have access to the pleroma cuz i'm meant to like. guide you on your quest or whatever but basically i'm just a normal girl that has whatever knowledge my boss thot u needed to know ''lace'': i'm the virgil to ur dante ;) ''lace'': btw i can only bring u to the pleroma for so long so. if ya got questions you better make it snappy] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': this is literally so much but okay . ''theia'': what's the "pleroma"?] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': ur standin in it baby. usually humans can't get up in here cuz it's wayy too derealized for material reality but ''lace'': the short of it is that this is where all thoughts go! anytime you think about anything, big or small, it pops into existence up here ''lace'': so basically we just in a big ole thought soup. slurp ''lace'': because this world is soooo based on the abstract and unreal usually you can't have like, conversations in it or material existence like we are now ''lace'': but when a thought gets rly rly powerful its able to use that energy to bcome a material form and channel some of that energy into beings that already have a foot in the pleroma, so to speak ''lace'': (thats u & me babe!) ''lace'': ok i think we are all out of time on this round of 20 questions. we'll talk again soon, don't worry ''lace'': it will all make sense in time! ''lace'': the one thing you gotta remember is. you can't tell olly about this] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': wait, why?] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': gotta jet B)]] [[》-> page32]](align:"<==")+(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': k so i reverse image searched that thing u sent n got this website ''starboyy'': https://www.gnosticdoctrine.com/2018/08/the-cross.html ''starboyy'': this is literally just wayyy too fuckin high level for me to understand once again but ''starboyy'': this part seemed somewhat relevant- "The Cross is a symbol for the pleroma the centurion and the roman soldiers around the cross represent the unsaved and that state of consciousness termed "mind of the flesh, or the thinking of the flesh." This is the "carnal mind" of Paul" ''starboyy'': not sure how this helps us in finding the next book tho :/ ''starboyy'': but shit theia i think we r really getting at some forces out of our control ''starboyy'': like i said i'm stupid so i don't really understand any of this but ''starboyy'': i think this all somehow has to do with gnosticism i think cuz thats what keeps coming up in all my googling but i. don't really understand how ''starboyy'': anyway i know you're napping sorry 2 overwhelm u with all this stuff] [[》-> page33]](align:"<==")+(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': theia ?? u there ?? ''starboyy'': sry i'm just worried u didnt reply last nite] [[》-> page34]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': hey hey sorry olly ''fireupthebratmobile'': meant to nap last nite and just fully passed out] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': it's okkkkk] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': weird dreams again but not quite as scary ''fireupthebratmobile'': also not to scare you but like. my hands are kind of? getting a grayish rubbery quality to them ''fireupthebratmobile'': like i can still use them just fine but like ''fireupthebratmobile'': do you remember those fuckin magic rub erasers they would give you in kindergarten? its kinda like my fingers got fused with one of those] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': that is. very very bad!] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i mean. i mean yes it really can't be good] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': have ur parents noticed] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': not yet but ''fireupthebratmobile'': if that other shit starts happening idk how they wont] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': fuck and we're at a dead end (text-colour:#69db7c)[''starboyy'': can you think of anything we might have missed] ''fireupthebratmobile'': shit uh. did you ever follow up on trying to find sir whatshisname's book] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': GOOD IDEA i didnt ''starboyy'': k and you get on finishing the book] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': aye aye captain]] [[》-> page35]]''INTERLUDE 2:'' //DOWN, DOWN, DOWN// [[》-> page36]](align:"<==")[(text-style:"blur")[ (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': רַזִיאֶל, tell of the girl.] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': come on boss, hebrew is sooo out. you know i asked you to call me lace] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Do you deny the name our divine creator bestowed upon you? ] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': NO, is it so wrong to want a nickname? damn] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Enough, enough. Time is not an inexhaustible resource, //Lace//.] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': THANK you. anyway I contacted her, starting to give her bits and pieces.] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': And does she suspect?] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': nah no way lol. she's way into me and i'm going to use that] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Very well. And the second volume?] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': safe and sound with me boss :) i will lead her to it in time.] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': Do not toy with your food too long. The master awaits.] (text-colour:purple)[''רַזִיאֶל'': cmonnn i know. don't worry. just gotta give her the pieces so she thinks she got there herself] (text-colour:#ffd43b)[''Θελέτος'': So long as you play your part, I have no doubts.] ]] [[》->ch4]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': k i think i've mentally prepared myself for finishing the book as much as possible so. going under so to speak lol] (align:"<==")+(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': eek good luck! ''starboyy'': too nervous for research so i will be watching my anime <3] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': as u should]] [[》-> page38]](align:"<==")+(text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': theia? are you there? ''starboyy'': helloooooo ''starboyy'': ok good i think ur gone ''starboyy'': but i just. fuckfuckfuck i need to tell you things and i'm too nervous to while you're there so. here we are ''starboyy'': and i hate to dump all this on you while you're also literally rotting to death bc of a mystical book oh my god why is ur life so crazy but i have to say it or else i think i am in danger of spontaneous combustion ''starboyy'': fuck okay i don't even know where to start god ''starboyy'': um i guess we'll start with the thing that has less bearing on u or our friendship ''starboyy'': but iiiiiii. don't think i'm a boy? ''starboyy'': i'm not really sure yet and it's so scary because my parents and because school and ''starboyy'': i already get people calling me a faggot every day ''starboyy'': i don't know how i can deal with this right now but ''starboyy'': you're my closest friend so i. i thought you should know ''starboyy'': i'm not sure yet but could you maybe. use they/them pronouns for me? ''starboyy'': i really don't know what i am if i'm nonbinary or i'm trans or i'm something else i just. i really really can't deal with being a boy. it hurts so much ''starboyy'': i hate to talk about it it feels like excavating a part of myself with like a melon baller ''starboyy'': i hope you don't hate me for it or think i'm weird or gross or aaaaaa i don't know ''starboyy'': because thinking about it just makes me feel so, so monstrous ''starboyy'': okay that's the first thing. which feelsbadfeelsbad but not as bad as thing two ''starboyy'': which is that uhhhhh ''starboyy'': jesus how do i even. begin to tell you ''starboyy'': okay when we first met i just. i couldn't believe you were real ''starboyy'': you were so smart and so cool and so self-assured ''starboyy'': and I would cry literally any time anybody tried to talk to me but you just seemed to. be in charge of the world ''starboyy'': i wanted that so badly. to feel like the world wasn't just a trap made of spikes for me to stumble into or a constant quiz i hadn't studied for ''starboyy'': because even when you didn't know what to do or you did the wrong thing you just stuck your chin out and stuck by it. and sometimes that can be fucking annoying ''starboyy'': such as when you have the gall to suggest that TUXEDO MASK is the best sailor moon character??? genuinely think you just chose that opinion at random to anger me ''starboyy'': god i'm stalling how do i get to the point ''starboyy'': i have looked and looked and looked at you for so long wishing and wanting so much and basically i. ''starboyy'': fuck i just like you so much. and not in a friendship way ''starboyy'': and i know you're not into guys which ew not a guy but just the main point is. i know you could never be into me ''starboyy'': and it hurts so badly but i can't go on with you not knowing ''starboyy'': i hope we can still be friends. you know you're my best and closest and practically only friend and i. don't think i could do it without you. i trust you with my life ''starboyy'': but i understand if,, this makes things weird ''starboyy'': i just dont think i could handle you cutting me off ''starboyy'': i guess that's all i have to say. time to have a panic attack until you reply to this] [[》-> page39]](text-style:"blur")+(align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': ... oh i'm here again.] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': hey babe :)] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': does this mean i finished the book] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': honestly all ik is that i can feel a surge of like, pneumatic energy, which means i can bring u here] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': that means nothing to me but ok <3 ''theia'': do i get to ask you questions now] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': what i'm here for :)] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': okay first of all... the thing you said the last time i was here ''theia'': why can't I tell olly] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': well it's nothing to do with him! ''lace'': but the gnosis contained in the book allows you to become closer to the pleroma. and the things that I tell you are charged with that pneumatic energy ''lace'': sharing it with him could corrupt him. it'd just be bad news (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': corrupt him? what do you mean] ''lace'': well the reason your body is dying right now is because gnosis is incompatible with the physical form. why is why it's so imperative you go and get the other two books ''lace'': unless u want somethin similar to happen to olly you just better keep our little chats secret] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': ok i guess that makes sense?] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': i can answer maybe one more question. so make it a good one :)] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': um i guess this is a big one but. do you know where the second book is?] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': hehe this is one i CAN answer! i know it's here in new york city. hard to explain how but basically objects with intense pneumatic power can be felt in the pleroma vaguely geographically ''lace'': the third book however. that one is hidden to me as well] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': wait you just know it's there?] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': i told you i thought i could help! my reccomendation would be to get ur ass over here asap ''lace'': plus then i get to meet you :^) and I think i can help you find it] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''theia'': but nyc is huge like. it could be anywhere ''theia'': and how am i meant to explain to my parents me fuckin eloping to nyc] (text-colour:purple)[''lace'': that's something olly might be able to help you with. that's all i can give you for now though. talk very soon baby :)]] [[》-> page40]](align:"<==")[(text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': OLLY OLLY OLLY I KNOW WHERE THE SECOND BOOK IS!! IT'S IN NEW YORK CITY ''fireupthebratmobile'': but idk how tf i'm getting there or where in nyc it is ''fireupthebratmobile'': i think i'm just gonna steal mom's car and leave in the middle of the night! very rebellious of me] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': ........did you see the mountain of text i sent you] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': oh shit no i got excited lemme read ''fireupthebratmobile'': wow okay. well a) of course i can use they/them pronouns for you it's totally chill with me you're dealing with gender stuff ''fireupthebratmobile'': b) i'm very flattered you think all those things about me! and you're really brave to tell me <3 but yeah idk you're just. you're olly to me! ''fireupthebratmobile'': you're my partner in crime!! my bestie ''fireupthebratmobile'': btw did you get anywhere on researching the other book] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': hold up no. you do not get to deflect like that ''starboyy'': what is wrong with you? i just told you like,, ''starboyy'': two of my fuckin deepest darkest secrets. i bare my fucking soul to u ''starboyy'': and this is what i get????] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i mean like ''fireupthebratmobile'': what do you want me to say?] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': NO!! i don't WANT you to say anything ''starboyy'': you don't get to treat me like this!!! like your little fucking puppy dog ''starboyy'': i can deal with a lot theia ''starboyy'': i can deal with listening to you gush over your crushes and i can deal with you forcing me to watch movies that i don't like and i can deal with even. doing all this research and work just to make sure that you will be okay ''starboyy'': but i just can't fucking deal with this] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i don't get it... what did i do?? ''fireupthebratmobile'': i thought you would be happy that i don't care] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': no!! that's just the thing!! you don't care!! ''starboyy'': god i'd be fucking happier if you just rejected me outright ''starboyy'': don't you get that i don't want to be your "bestie"? don't you get that i literally have devoted my entire being to you ever since middle school? ''starboyy'': but i don't even know if you even like me! or if you just keep me around because i'm here to listen to whatever bullshit at whatever hour ''starboyy'': i just want for once you to choose ME] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i'm sorry you feel that way ''fireupthebratmobile'': i didn't know that you did] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY????? ''starboyy'': you're not seriously pulling that ''starboyy'': whatever. see what i care if you rot and die ''starboyy'': see what i care if you just run away to be with your fucking nyu girlfriend that you don't even know ''starboyy'': like how do you even fucking know the book is in nyc? how is this just not an excuse to run away from your shitty life (which includes ME, by the way) and live in your little fantasy world? ] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i... look, i just know. i can't tell you why] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': of course. of course ''starboyy'': i'm the person who's been helping you along this WHOLE damn thing but you can't tell me. dope. cool] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': i promise it's not like that!! really ''fireupthebratmobile'': i just can't tell you or bad things might happen] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': i don't want to hear your excuses. not for any of it ''starboyy'': look theia i just think ''starboyy'': we should take a break from talking] (text-colour:#69db7c)[''fireupthebratmobile'': nononono olly ''fireupthebratmobile'': please i need you] (text-colour:#748ffc)[''starboyy'': of course you do. you need me to give and give and give and in return for what ''starboyy'': bye, theia]]''(text-style:"emboss")[CHAPTER FOUR]'': SUPERNOVA [[》-> page37]]