Fandom Darkness

[Squad141]

The Page Opens.

You finally opens the company’s webpage, which has a very teen-edgy theme, with a dark background and overbearing fanciful letters.

Wait, what the hell?

A notification on the front page announces that they’re sold out of Darkness copies?

43% Percent Completed.

TekSoda ​

 

[Orikanyo]

There is only a couple words that could really used to explain the situation, fucked up is a duo you'll find in most sentences.

But right now, hugging Medjed, both of you stared at the scene across the road in absolute horror, and uncaring complacency that only a plush medjed's eyes could give.

The doors locked themselves, making all escape impossible.

A tendril, a tentacle, from god knows what was currently dragging the flower shop across the road into a hellish abyss that one could imagine that would definitly not be a pleasant place to be.

Being but a young man, not used to the horrors that just occured in the last two minutes.

What should you do?

==> Throw up breakfast.

You do, right on the floor, mixing with stray left over hair forgotten by the broom and heads they were once parts of. It is unpleasant, but you feel slightly more in control having literally thrown up your fear.

==> Run up stairs.

Running as fast as you well dressed legs can carry you, you return to the hall and ignore the forbidden room, hoping that whatever is out there is not going to touch your sister. A silent reminder in your brain goes off as you remember she left on a business trip today... Or was that next week?

Your stress forces that thought away as you hunt for your room's doorknob, nerves shot and obviously in a horrendous panic that even Medjed cannot save you from.

Not from lack of trying though.

==> Go into room.​

 

[TekSoda]

ADIA PROWLER
​

ok ignorin dicks church bell induced panic attack
darkness is sold out
i mean that sounds normal right i mean its populr but hell no its a goddamn video game
i mean at first i thought they ran out of physical copies but theres no digital ones either wtf

So, there are a few distinct possibilities. You write them out on paper so you don't taint your CONSPIRACY THEORIZING BOARD with half-baked theories. Well, more half-baked than usual. Quarter-baked? Uncooked? Whatever level of baking it is, it doesn't belong on the board.

Possibility 1 - Dark Descensions is incompetent as hell and they somehow managed to run out of digital copies. This, according to your understanding of computing, is impossible. You decide to consult your brother on the matter via yelling across the apartment.

"Hey, AP! Can you run out of digital copies of a file?"

The lack of any form of response makes you keenly aware that you have just asked him the stupidest question he's ever heard. Ever.

Possibility 2 - This is some publicity stunt to raise hype for the game. That makes no sense either, as it just serves to make them look really, really stupid. Also, the free copies thing was already raising hype as is, and also probably served to double as a way to collect copious amounts of user data. They wouldn't rebound from clever tactics like that to stupid bullshit.

Possibility 3 - They only ever intended to give out a few copies. That would explain why they specifically chose you four, as you were the only intended audience. However, this is also unlikely, as the sheer amount of money likely sunk into development means that a few kids getting the game for free was likely not the main plan.

Normally, when you're being serious, you'd pick the simplest option, or the craziest. However, nothing so far has made sense, and the other two options are straight-up idiotic, so you pick the option that, even though it's deeply flawed, explains the most.

Possibility 3 it is.

Now, they have to have an employee directory or credits tab or even an about tab somewhere in this vantablack vantabortion of a website. That isn't a word, but it's the only way you can describe this emo mess.​

 

[Squad141]

Your computers backgound is black, but not off. A logo displays on the screen, with the words,

A start button appears below the logo.
Orikanyo
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The Tab Exists.

You click on the tab, and you try and process what you're looking at.
The tab, when opened, displays a lot of text, sure. But its not actually text you understand.

Head Designer - The Cognitive Collective

What the hell?

Lead Programmer - Humanities Consciousness

Excuse me?

What the fuck is going on here?

57% Completed.
TekSoda
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a dark hole fills where Enids home used to be.

She is no longer there, neither is her brother, or their items.

-- napalm001 is offline --
Eibon Commoriom
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[Orikanyo]

Oh yea sure that's helpful, a god damn tentacle ate my neighbor's whole fucking house, so yea, sure, I'm extremely calm and having a pretend hissy fit.
Wait, did Enid just log out..? Is she okay!?
Fuck fuck fuck FUCK!
Now the game is done downloading and I don't know what to damn well do!
Perchance we are all boned righteously.
Maybe we're all fucked!
QUITE POSSIBLY I HAVE GONE CRAZY!
But that's me being hopeful.

==> Press start

Seriously? After all this? your really gonna continue through with this? Screw Silent Hill this is probably some Call of Cuthulu shit and he was the unwilling protagonist who just got waterboarded directly into some eldritch nectar of the old gods. he wanted to go back to the time where his most stressful thing was the fact his sister's room was a mess.

==> Press start

You really want that? Do you really, really want to unleash another layer of bullshittery on top of this whole thing?

==> Do it.

Really?

==> What do you have to lose? Press start.

Fine, fine, you win.

Best not keep the devil waiting for us. Fortune favors the bold, and the bold is definitly not us right now. Gripping medjed tight, cane leaning on the table, takeing you seat before your computer you press the start button... And await your doom.

==> Press Start​

 

[TekSoda]

Adia Prowler
​

hey with all that hentai you watch i thought youd like tentacles
ok that was mean
but like you deadass just said tentacles ate a house
i mean nothing on my end makes sense eithr but yeah youve probably gone crazy
maybe
i mean like we talkin normal squid tentacles or like hentai dick tentacles because if its hentai tentacles youre just hallucinatin

After that bit of FRIENDLY LIGHTHEARTED BANTER, you feel slightly better. But, what the fuck is a humanities consciousness. Like, "cognitive collective" is a coherent, if weird, phrase. But "humanities consciousness..." well, you guess it's technically also coherent, but it's significantly weirder. Also, neither of those are actual names any human owns, nor are they even remotely similar to most usernames. It's likely this is either some attempt to sound mysterious or something more's at play. If it's the former, it's working. You were going to reply to the email you got the games from as a last ditch effort to make sense of anything, but you're not sure you want any response. Maybe after you're sufficiently confident. Or, maybe not confident, just not as creeped out.

In order to deal with this creepiness, you walk over to your GRAPPLING HOOK ARMORY and equip a GRAPPLING HOOK, which is, by the way, a perfectly viable weapon in the right hands, I.E. yours. Now you are less creeped out by the possibility of any erotic eldritch monstrosities. Not by much, though.​

 

[Orikanyo]

Fair question, no hentai tentacles, more like evil ivy tentacle that dragged down a full house, people screaming, crushing the fucking place, doors locking on their own so I cannot legit run away save for back up to my room.
Thus is why I am here slowly teasing the idea of pressing start.
Oh fuck I haven't even checked if there tentacles in my house.
Goodness gracious I may just end up like my neighbor... Whom I truly, truly hope is not being messed with certain tentacles that you brought up might I add.
And people call ME a pervert.
Granted, in a better situation I would have made the joke myself.
Like that one time with the magic girl anime we watched, tentacle jokes all the way through.
But this is no fucking time for jokes, legit evil tentacles coming for my ass.
...
Not helping am I?

 

[TekSoda]

ADIA PROWLER​

no not really
actually it may be slightly worse
not by much tho
weird i dont have to deal with cthulusama tho uwu
ok that hurt to type im nevr doing that again

The fact that Dick seems to be the only one having to deal with tentacle bullshit is just another weird thing in a long list of weird things that only seems to be expanding. Another thing to write down, you suppose.​

 

[Orikanyo]

Oh no, my dear, you are not escaping that easily.
OWO whats this?
*Notices your building crushing tentacle*
Rawr XD
*pounces*
X3
If I must die a horrible tentacle related death you must feel my pain as well.
If I die however I just want you to know.
You have been a good friend.
Now excuse me I need to confirm my doom by starting this game.

 

[Squad141]

STARTING GAME...

Cannot Find Host Connection!

It seems like you can't really do anything else at the moment unless you can get a 'Host' connection.

You hear another crash as you can guess another building has fallen into the depths outside.
Orikanyo
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The E-Mail No Longer Exists.

You are shocked into a small piece of silence before getting even more confused.
But before you can react, you hear something.

It sounds like the faint playing of a piano.
Its coming from down the hall, close to the door outside.
TekSoda
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Who Are You?

You don't know why you got it, but you got one. The E-Mail made it clear that you were one of the 'lucky' ones to get it free, even though you didn't sign up for it. It was weird...

But who are you, really?
Kimona ​

 

[TekSoda]

Adia Prowler
​

its been nice knowin ya o7
but like avoid your doom for a second i have to go tell my brothr to shut the fuck up
brb

You open your door peek out of your room into the hallway. You could see the end of the apartment from here because that's how your apartment was designed, but your brother's room is in the opposite direction. You would've just called from inside of your room, but with a bathroom between you and his headphones up that loud, it's unlikely he'd hear you there. From right outside the door, your chances are better.

"AP shut the fuck up"
"NOBODY wants to hear your shitty midis turn your shit down jesus christ"

The annoying piano sound continues, so that clearly didn't work. Still too much room between you two, you guess.

You step out into the hallway, and - wait, is that the sound of an actual piano?​

 

[Squad141]

The Piano Continues

You notice that the sound is coming from outside your apartment...

Why the hell is there a street musician at this time of day?

That’s when you get startled by the soft piano turning into a raging pipe organ, also outside.

61% Percent Completed.

TekSoda ​

 

[Kimona]

Really. Who is this?==>

Who knows. This room is too dark to see shit.
That is other than the glowing screen of a neXT computer.
That's right. neXT. It was put on sale in 1989, and it's average selling price today can be up to $6,500.

But who's the idiot using this hunk of junk?==>

Hey! It is not junk! It's a computerized masterpiece!
All you had to do was fix it up after you found it broken in the alleyway!
Piece of cake!

But who are you?==>

Do we really have to do this?

Yes.==>

Well, your name is Ryou Lanuta and-

Your full name==>

Um.... No. You have always been called Ryou, that's not going to change now.

Ryou introduce yourself==>

You thought that is what you just did.

Unless... You want to know your interests?
Well. Simple enough.

You enjoy SKATEBOARDING and SPRAYPAINTING. You actually have spray painted the walls in your room and the walls in the alley behind your apartment building. You also highly enjoy Radios, and actually run your own Radio station at night known as Radio Seeker, for all those late night cats out there who are looking for a bit of excitement at midnight. You always have incredible content for them, good music, along with an interview and she talks about the local news as well, and local rumors. That reminds you.... You should probably check in soon. It was almost time for Noctiuagus's first song of the night. you should do that now-

You are not done here yet==>

What?
Come on man.
You have priorities.


Fine.

You also take an interest in old computers and movies as well. So the apartment is filled with them since your brother doesn't seem to care about how many you bring in. Sometimes you think he actually brings some in for you since occasionally a new radio shows up or something. Though it's hard to tell since he doesn't seem to know where to put them. And then there is-

Focus==>

What now?

Oh. The game.
Right.
You actually didn't remember applying for this giveaway.
Mabe your brother entered you?

Well. At least you knew what tonight's feature would be on Radio Seeker.

Find a more up to date computer to play the game on==>

Yeah, your right. This one was a little too old to use for a modern game.
You should have a 2013 PC, or was it Mac? sitting around here somewhere.

Find it==>

Alright, Alright.
Sheesh.

But first your radio station.

Find the Computer==>

Aaaand here you were flicking on the lamp and messing with the controls on your radio board.
Headphones on and-

The computer!==>

On Air: Radio Seeker==>

"Hello Hello all you Night cats out there."
"It is now 10 o'clock which means it's time for all you listeners to go on an adventure,."
"For any first-time listeners, this is Noctiuagus, on THe Radio Seeker."
"Now tonight after the next song, instead of our usual story, rumor, or news, we are going to play a game."
"It's called The Darkness, perfect for this time of night right?"
"As we play the game, you cats out there can call in like usual, but this time I would like it if you can keep it as focused on the game as possible."
"Now, please sit back and enjoy this next one, "Fouls- Late Night"


Find.. the computer?==>

Yes. Now that that was done with.
You had 4 minutes before you had to go on again, so you needed to make this fast.
Leaving your headphones and microphone on your head you retrieve you before clumsily exiting your room.​

 

[Squad141]

The Hallway Is Somewhat Cluttered.

You traverse the the hall, weary of the trinkets and computer bits here and there. You nearly trip on a dissected keyboard.

You think you left your newest 2003 PC somewhere in your kitchen area? You can’t quite remember.


Kimona​

 

[TekSoda]

ADIA PROWLER

A pipe organ. Outside. Fuck that noise. Now you know why Dick was so paranoid, this is like a solid 4/10 on the spooky scale so far, and that's just with sound. You have no intentions of coming into contact with whatever weirdo set up a fucking pipe organ on the street, so you decide that the reasonable assumption is to look out the window in the direction of the pipe organ.
​

ok this might take longr than expected
its not my brothr
some weirdo deadass has a grand piano and pipe organ outside
i mean i think its some weirdo i havent checked quite yet but im gonna in like
two secs

 

[Kimona]

Onward to the kitchen==>

Well, this will be fun.
You have always hated having to make your way to it because you have a lot of old kitchen appliances that you have collected.

Ryou: Be careful==>

Damn right, These electronics were dangerous, after all, it would be hell to find replacements for parts if they broke. Like, that was the keyboard for the first PC type ever.
You were in the process of repairing it.

Enter the Kitchen==>

Oh God, it's worse then you remember.​

 

[Squad141]

There’s...noone there?

You get Up from your computer, and look out the window to see where the noise is coming from.

Outside, there doesn’t seem to be a disturbance. In fact, it’s a wonderful evening, with people out and about enjoying the late sunlight.

That’s when you notice one of those sewer lids things moving. Somethings seems to be crawling towards your next door neighbors door, but you don’t know what it-

Oh my god it’s one of the fucking tentacles. [/font]

83% Percent Completed.

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What a Mess.

The Room is messier that the journey to get here. Your brother must really be busy (or just lazy) to let all of this mess pile up.

You begin searching for the computer, and with only a few minutes to spare, you reach into the pot cabinet, and find it! The new-probabaly PC that you were searching for!

Kimona ​

 

[Kimona]

Ryou: Die==>

Wait what? No.

Ryou: Try not to die==>

You're doing your best here.
What a mess.

Check the pot cabinet==>

Success!!
There's your baby!

You carefully pull the computer down.
Time to get this bad boy back to your room and fire him up.

Fridge: Entice==>

Oh. How tempting. You could really go for a snack right about now....
No! That would be suicide!
Last time you opened the fridge a hard drive almost killed you.
Sadly it's life was lost as well in its attempt... And with you precious digital movie collection as well!!
It was such a sad day.

Ryou: Return to your room and plug your son in==>

You're trying.
But he's a little heavier then you remember. and you can't see the obstacles on the floor either.
It's also pitch black. You should have probably turned a light on.​

 

[Squad141]

The Computer Turns On

You then open your e-mail, and click on the code for the game. A small box pops up on the bottom of your screen, indicating you’ve begun the download.

You wonder if any of your friends are playing it? It did mention how it was multiplayer intended.

You come out of your thoughts preparing to go back on the air. You have about 1 minute left.

Kimona​

 

[Orikanyo]

Well that is most certainly disappointing, no god damn host? What in blue blazes. All that tentacle hubub and for what? A damn error? Whatever is a man to do.

==> Check out what that sound is.
Sound? Ah yes your radio, you usually check in with your friend late night radio show... But it is day for you? Timezones man, wierd stuff.

==> Listen to those sick tunes.

Why not? Good music to fill the sense of dread as you watch your neighborhood go to the tentacle gods below.

Wait, did she just mention the darkness? Oh fuck oh shit.
​

Hey did you hear on the radio? 80's junkie is playing darkness to!
Gonna call.

You pick up your cellphone and began to call, you haven't really done this before, so hesitation seeps in as you wonder just how many people are listening...?

Fuck it, emergency trumps social anxiety.

==> punch in the number and call in.​

 

[Kimona]

Download: Begin==>

Awesome.
You glance at your watch, the song was almost over.
You head back over to your radio equipment and get ready to come back on the air
You notice a light turn on, on her board. Ah, a caller.

Song: End==>

"Hello, all you night owls out there."
"I hope you enjoyed that song because I certainly did."
"For anyone tuning in now, Welcome to The Radio Seeker."
"Currently I am in the process of downloading The Darkness, the game which I spoke up before."
"As a night treat we also already have a caller."
You press a button.
"Hello caller, welcome to The Radio Seeker, You are on air now."
"Please introduce yourself, and what would you like to say today?"

Orikanyo ​

 

[Orikanyo]

==> Begin tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist brand public warning.​

Oh thank god I got on, listen to me carefully that game is bad news, my damned neighbors have just been pulled into the ground by these horrendous tentacles and-
Ah, sorry, my name is Richard William Hunter, at you service, ah where was I? Ah yes.
Fucking god damn tentacles, black as ink. It all happened after I damn well downloaded that game and one of my other friends has dissappeared.
Seriously, the hell is going on out there...
Ah goodness gracious great balls of fire another house is going under.
Are you listening to me? Stop that damn game!

Yep, that definitely got the point across and didn't make you sound like a maniac. Totally reasonable.​

 

[Kimona]

Noctiuagus: Listen to the caller==>

Oh-ho, we had a loose cannon here. She always thought the loose cannon caller was strange.

"Woooh slow down there buddy, we don't have subtitles prepared for everyone!" You Chuckle
"Alright so, Rich- Mind if I call you Rich?"
"So that all sounds; and this is me putting it bluntly, a tad crazy, ya' know?"
"I mean tentacles? When has a game ever been able to affect the real world."
"On the other hand, of course, I don't think your lying, That's not the kind of thing you lie about."
"So man, I'm not really sure how to help you out, but if you got some wild ass tentacles over there, then I suggest being careful." you nod.
"Maybe find something to protect yourself with, I dunno, but I'm sure it's just some wild coincidence."
You conclude as much, before switching subjects.
"Looks like it's time for another song. Thank you for calling in Rich, I'll keep your warning in mind, and make sure to stay safe! Can't have our listeners being eaten after all!"
"This song is for you Rich, You got this man. It's The Wanted- We Own The Night"


Ryou: Check how far the game has loaded==>


You glance at the screen to check.
As you do so you mull over what the Rich kid said.
Tentacles? You don't mind believing it. But in result of the game? That's just silly.
You a computer expert. How could they even make a game like that?​

 

[TekSoda]

ADIA PROWLER

Oh. Oh god.
​

dick right now i couldnt give less of a flyin fuck about ryou
im sorry for doubtin you what the fuck
wait no actually
if we're fucked because we installed shit
ryou isnt yet
right
so i give a fuck about hr again one sec

You run into your brother's bedroom. He has to have a spare laptop or something.

"Hey AP-"

He's gone. Completely vanished, leaving nothing behind nothing but a note that reads "Catch ya on the flipside." What is he, your mom? Anyways, that leaves you with his metaphorical child: a custom-built computer containing enough processing power to rival that of supercomputers, and a shitton of hacking-related software. Breaking into Ryou's shitty radio show is gonna be a breeze. Seventeen google searches, thirteen YouTube tutorials, a raspberry pi, and a makeshift antenna later, and you're in.

"cough, cough"

You make your best hacker voice.

"Im in."

You cringe at your own voice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, that was terrible, I'm sorry."
"Anyways. Ryou. I can confirm that for the first time in his life, Dick isn't full of shit "
"Thats all I had to say. Peace."
"Wait I could've just called in god im an idiot"

And with that, you return the frequency back to its rightful owner, and return to your breakdown, now in your absent brother's room.​

 

[Squad141]

Plot: Advance

You suddenly get startled by a loud noise. Looking back into your room, you realize your window had slammed shut. Then you jump again, as your front and back door lock, loudly.

There’s no way out now.

Lockdown Completed.
Download Completed.
Initiating Game...

Begin Game?

TekSoda​