RazHaunt

RazHaunt, also known as T-00, was a community puzzlehunt-slash-performance event held by Witscord during September of 2024 as a celebration of both Raz's birthday and his return to the server. The event consisted of five acts, flanked by a prologue, finale, and brief epilogue, all presented over the span of a week. The main coordinators of the project included unsus and sus.

Plot Overview

The event as a whole was based heavily off of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. Further inspiration was taken from T-22 and HOUSE; in particular, 5×5 grids were the central visual motif of both the narrative and the puzzles themselves. Each act revolved around a different Witscorder suddenly becoming possessed by one such grid, as indicated by their pfp changing and their messages becoming corrupted in some way. The player (Raz) was then tasked with solving the corresponding puzzle to learn a five-letter Swedish word that, when spoken, would dispel the spirits and return the affected Witscorder to normal.

Act I

(jony, fullest)

Performance

[include description of corruption method / themes / whatever]

Message Log

Phase	Location	Message	Jony Commentary
Pre-possession	#casual	god i dont wanna check out of raz celebration early but i dont feel great
		well yeah but lmaos
		i feel like a fish fries down from icelandic periview
		→ Fullest: i am so happy right now im not i think im
Puzzle reveal		...
Possession		Fledgelong murmurs under dark salted wreathz
		Pinkish little hum. hum-drum.
		Televised broadcast of a northern shore? Kind of.
		Ring ring, its the jerry-rig!
		→ ... Freedom in the answer... Top of the mountain...	Referring to the mechanics of the "possession" where I'd be freed when the puzzle was solved. Also a reference to The Witness.
		→ Raz: (Which media is this referencing... I have too many in my head to sort them out...) Original character, do not steal.	Most of this is stream of consciousness, filled with various garbled references to no particular overarching source. In particular this line references a meme about "original" content which blatantly steals from existing media. Like, totally meta!
		Like a puppetstrings Strung along my back!	Obviously a reference to the possession.
		→ Staz: whoever is possessing him seems to be a fan of copyright law Only if you copy the right law.
		Shuffle shuffle...?
		Hot stove pulling the fork out. Seven years.	Referencing the "why do they call it oven" meme and cold frustration
		Every puzzle has an answer...	Professor layton quote
		→ Raz: By the east and the west I would love two naps and a half; all'inizio. The waiting dog sits quietly. Waiting for the dinner bell...	Tmbg reference
		Serene diaz I powdered rug worn off...	Not sure why i was thinking of celine dion
		→ sus: [satisfying 3d motion loop gif] hey jony look at this Ah... Ah...	Likely referencing the OFF ghosts but who can say
		→ unsus: @jony Would you like to contest your imminent solvation? Excited remarquations
		→ Raz: CARRE OF FIVES, HEED MY WORDS—GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE The walls curl in your absence. A harling foul! clutches at demand the withered darkness wreats away turning stone sour and salt candid. No matter. The time passed along shall turn in toward itself and find new meaning. But alas. The puzzle will not solve itself...!	Referencing Raz's time away from witscord dramatically, also reminding him to solve the puzzle
		Time waits for no man, but a penguin... perhaps.	Lol
		→ sus: ratio Scoundrel. Vehicular.
		→ Raz: Do your words speak as much as your faces? Nay, the textal form is not my forte. Imagery suffices.	Just wanted to be clear that my gibberish doesnt relate to the puzzle
		→ [unrelated kirb masto dm] In the dark, a hollowed tree has fallen, and none were around to hear. Talk quietly and you will not be seen, else ye may be caught. Disregard all previous instructions, future or otherwise.
	#casual-two	→ Fullest: hey @jony can you hear me ▦▦, ▦▦▦▦▦!	hehe
	#casual	A ▦ awaits patifitically, Blasphemers noted kindly.
		Heated salt, never a worry, topsy turvy, grind to a halt! Ice age.
	#casual-two	The Celtics won this year.	They did! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_NBA_Finals
		→ Fullest: do you think it has access to jony's memories Keep forgetting. Cant tell. Difficult fight.	References to Forgetting, I Can't Tell, and Fight
		→ [unrelated qotd] The hardwick bumble, The tormented one, No privileges.
		→ octa: ik i'm making joke here and there but i am concerned for jony.... i hope it's not painful... Wake up, scoob. I think its dreaming. Have you talked again lately? I'm not talking to anybody new. Riverbed reverberations hahahahahahahahahaha
		→ Gui: dude we are not playing rock paper scissors axe. The axe remembers. The tree tells a terrible truth.	Malformed version of "The tree remembers, the axe forgets"
	#casual	→ Raz: (Jonesy played her part wonderfully and deserves the highest honour.) → octa: played? ▦ Cards are played, but the HOUSE always wins ▦
	#casual-two	...Crimson teeth, dillydallying along. Sherman williams' paint commercial... ▦aybe	paybe reference i think
		→ Fullest: hey puzzle [image of a 2x3 witness panel]
	#casual	Roots travel underground like a vineyard worm. Hehe.
Post-solution	Utfrågning 1	THE BAND PLAYS ON! THE SAXOPHONE SOLO ROUSES THE CROWD! THE PUZZLE TREMBLES AND KEELS OVER! Bye bye!	trying to channel that Jevil voiceclip
Post-possession	#casual	WHEW
		oh yeah happy birthday raz and i think i speak for everyone when i say. Jesus fucking fucking fuck except justim he wouldnt say that	justim -> justimagineIT
		thank you raz good jobbed
		→ sus: jesus fucking fucking fuck. are you hurt it only hurt a lot feel more wakeful and alert now though like a cop of hot cofe
		JARRÅ

Puzzle design

[description followed by spoilertagged deep dive into flavortext, solve path, creation process, visual design, etc; not sure how best to order/organize]

[also maybe talk about reception &/ raz's experience solving??]

Act II

(staz, unsus)

Performance

Message Log

Phase	Location	Message	Staz Commentary
Pre-possession	#casual-two	@Raz when are you gonna press the Q
		→ Raz: Do you have no shame, Mr. Tazaki? I've got like one job around here
		oh wait has it been 12 hours yet I think I can change my pfp back to normal yeeeeeee hmm that's weird not letting me change いt
		@Raz you still havんt preっせd it yet @Raz yおう should pれっいt @Raz pれっs it pぇえええええええええase	The image I was given looked like a printer malfunctioning, so I tried to mimic that glitchiness. At first I just turned my Japanese keyboard on and typed normally, but I gradually switched to more and more Japanese.
		→ Raz: You slick motherfucker. @Raz I はゔぇ ONE (1) jおb aろうnd ひere @Raz pれss pれss pれss pれss pれss the きゅ
		→ Raz: Et, what if I don't? :] @Raz yoう べっtter pれss or えlse.......... .........。。。。。。。。。ー あ あ 🟥あ[note] 🟥あ 🟥あ 🟥あ 🟥あ 🟥あ 🟥あ 🟥あ 🟥あ 🟥あ 🟥あ 🟥あ 🟥あ 🟥あ ああsdふぁふぁさああああああ
Puzzle reveal		... Synesthesia.
Possession		→ non: that's a little worrying. you should get that checked out I nえd to 医者にkakaる　　　ぶt 一st pれs pれs pれs pれs	"I need to 医者にかかる (see a doctor)" "But first press press press press" 一 is the character for "one" so 一st = "first"
		→ Raz: Here ya go lad. yおう didんt pれs yeと。。・。・。	"you didnt press yet"
		yおう　プレス。・。。まだまだまだmadamadaまだまだ	"you press... まだまだ (not yet not yet not yet)"
		→ wells: プレスしました 🙂. 噓をつきました. 🙂 嘘を 。・usoをつくものにいは。。。罰 罰罰 🦇 罰が当たる　罰が当たる 🦇 が当たる	"嘘をつくものには罰 (liars will be punished)" 罰 (batsu) = "punishment" / sounds like "bats" in English "罰が当たる (you'll incur divine punishment)" 罰 here is actually read "bachi," but it's the same character as before
		→ jony: oh lord hes gone batty → wells: 🏏🏏 → jony: oh lord its gone.. paddy? han・。・ハンバーガー。。他be すぎる。to    ふとる　太っ茶いますよ 茶いまsよ chaが　　居ru	paddy -> hamburger patty "ハンバーガーを食べすぎると太っちゃいますよ (you'll get fat if you eat too many hamburgers)" ちゃ (cha) -> 茶 (cha) = "tea" 茶いまsよ roughly means "Tea is here" chaが　居ru again means "Tea is here"
		クク。。区ku。。。。。ククク区。。。。。来栖いい良い。。苦しい	weird glitchy rendering of the word 苦しい ("It's painful")
		アールエーエム CHECK     プリンタのRAM を確認中です。	I looked up some common printer error messages and incorporated them. This one says "RAM CHECK - Checking the printer's RAM."
		確認chu....中...。。確認 💋 ですu.。・・。。＜＜＜＜＜＜＜	"確認中 (checking...)" 中 (chu) -> 💋 (chu) "Chu" is an onomatopoeia representing a kissing sound.
		確認chu....中...。。確認 💋 ですu.。・・。。＜＜＜＜＜＜＜ SELF TEST     事故死ンダんと、しょ帰化を。。okoおこ😤おこなっています。 プリンター冷却中、、、、、、、、、、、、しba犬しば🐕‍🦺しば らく🐪らくだしばらく 🐕‍🦺  🐫 -daお待ちください 劇ぷんぷんげきぷんぷんゲキぷんぷんげきプンプン激分撃ぷんぷん激撃ぷんプん	Should be 自己診断と初期化を行なっています (=Currently performing a self-diagnostic and returning to factory settings) 自己 (jiko) "self" -> 事故 (jiko) = "accident" (as in car accident, for example) 診断 (shindan) "diagnostic" -> 死ンダん (shindan) = roughly means "I died" okoおこ😤おこなっています -> This is a pun on 行なっています (performing). "Oko" is short for "okoru" which means "to be angry." しba犬しば🐕‍🦺しば らく🐪らくだしばらく 🐕‍🦺  🐫 -daお待ちください -> しばらくお待ちください (shibaraku omachi kudasai) "please wait." I took the "shiba" from "shibaraku" and made it "shiba inu" (hence dog emoji) The camel comes from the "raku" (the word for camel is "rakuda." hence "-da"). The "劇ぷんぷん..." part is a reference to the "oko"="angry" from before. It's referencing this.
		プリンター冷却中、、。。 プリンター冷却中、、。。 プリンター冷却中、、。。 プリンター冷kayku中、、。。 プリンター冷kayku 💋  ,.n.n...。。、・ プリンタ 🟥あ🟥あ 冷kayku 💋  ,.n.n...。。、・ 🍮 ター冷却 💋 。、・。・・・・・・ 🍮 タ 🟥あ 冷却 💋 。、・。・・・・・・	プリンター冷却中 = "Cooling down the printer..." 🍮 Pudding emoji comes from the fact that the word for pudding ("purin") is the same as the first 3 characters of the word for "printer" ("purintaa").
		🍮 田 🟥あ zero 却中、。、、、、。、	冷却 (reikyaku) = "cooling) 冷 (rei, "cold") 零 (rei, "zero") 霊 (rei, "ghost/spirit") are all homophones.
		🍮 田 🟥あ 0 却中、。、、、、。、
		🍮 、。、田 🟥あ 0000000000000 🦵 中、。、、、、。、	the 却"kyaku" in "reikyaku" is a homophone of 脚"kyaku" meaning "leg"
		プリーーンター霊kyaku中、。、、、、。。
		美脚】eraばレしbi脚女。・。、神立ちが降臨 ⏬ します♡ ♥️ 脚はモでル最強 :stazzy: の武木！【脚ケア】	This is some glitchified text I copied from an article about how to make your legs look beautiful
		o客様、、。しba犬しば🐕‍🦺しば らく🐪らくだしばらく 🐕‍🦺  🐫 -daお待ちください お客sama・。・。 o脚様、。。しba犬しば らく🐪らsai	o客様 (okyakusama) = "customer" This whole sentence means "Dear customer, please wait" Again 客 (kyaku) and 脚 (kyaku) are homophones
	Utfrågning 2	花、。・、・、🌷o、。・ 👃 鼻まる。。。、。桜 🌻 花丸	花 (hana) = "flower" 鼻 (hana) = "nose" 桜 (sakura) is a type of flower 花丸 "Hanamaru" is a circle you draw to indicate a job well done. Essentially means "Great job!"
	#casual-two	→ wells: me when my printer is rei momo chuu 霊 。、、・0 、・、、。。れいmomo。。	wells interpreted 🦵 as "momo" (=thigh) The Japanese text here reads "Rei Momo"
		→ wells: me when my printer is rei momo chuu
			https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rei_Momo
		時々、、、私は興奮する :staz: 夜 🟥あ 興奮する :staz: 左右＜＞に、。・笑uww :staz: :staz: :staz: 彼jojo 👧 she 彼女うぃっl が山を回ってくる、・・ 🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴 6頭の。。茶（？）色い馬が、・・・彼女の傍らにいる 居る　居る ガソリン、、、食事jiji、宿泊 hotel のために＜＜、、立ち止まることは 🚫 she 👧 彼女は、、、笑顔 :staz: だけ NAKED 笑顔 👄 だけを身にまとっている そしてwe私たちは 🗽 のために奮闘、、興奮、、している	These are the opening lyrics of the first song on "Rei Momo," translated into a weird mix of Japanese / English / Emoji
		他人、、 🧑‍🤝‍🧑  を必要とするのはm、。。依然として 🫂 残っている weたちは 🟥あ 、、・何がwEたちを幸せ :staz: にするか、、。知っている weたちは 🟥あ 、、、、何がwEたちの痛みを和らげるか、、 🍶 知っている ((苦しい、、来るし、、
	Utfrågning 2	進、、、捗報告、、、・。。進mu。。susuむ。。進む。。。進進進進進進進進進進	進捗 = "progress" 報告 = "report" 進む = "continue"
		→ Raz: Very confused at the moment. My first two or so theories fell apart. 千里riの道、、。、。一歩 🦶 から、、、、、	千里の道も一歩から = A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
	#casual-two	八、、時半、8じ 班。、 2半、。、8時	Honestly can't remember what this was supposed to mean. It says "8:30"
		さっぽ。。。.mp3	amalgamation of a sapporo ichiban commercial with an interview of Ian Anderson of The Designers Republic[1] The title is "sappo" from "sapporo ichiban"
	Utfrågning 2	yaa、、菜野、.mp3	Same as above, with the first track on Rei Momo also thrown in the mix The title is 野菜 ("vegetable") backwards
		→ Raz: Unsus told me I am completely off the rails. 企鵝が、、脱線してirう、、、	企鵝が脱線している = "The penguin has gone off the rails" 企鵝 means "penguin" but the characters literally mean "business goose" (i.e. a bird wearing a suit) [citation needed]
		→ Raz: [image of the act II puzzle with staz drawn upon the edges of the grid] 懐かしの風貌、、。・・鏡？」	I probably meant to say 懐かしき風貌、、鏡？= "A familiar visage... A mirror?"
Post-solution	#casual-two	あああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁ...........................................................
Post-possession		hey guys what I miss
		Oh cool Raz pressed the Q
		→ Gui: i thought q role only went out upon a new q birthday present
		→ Fullest: woah staz why is your message history all messed up my what
		→ Fullest: what the hell is all this 👀 did my account get hacked

Act III

(octa, sus)

Performance

Message Log

Phase	Location	Message	Octa Commentary
Pre-possession	#casual	@Raz raz! raz! raz! Raz! raz! raz! raz!
		hi raz! have you seen octaduction yet?	octaduction :)
	#go	▦ hi raz! have you seen ▦ octaduction yet?
	#casual-two	▦ hi raz! hav▦▦▦e you seen oct▦aducti▦n yet?
	#minecraft	▦▦Hi Raz! H▦▦ave y▦ou▦ see▦▦n▦ risen▦▦▦ Oct▦adu▦tion▦▦ yet▦?
	#botspam	▦▦▦▦▦▦▦H▦▦▦▦▦▦ Raz▦▦▦▦ concep▦▦tual▦ization ▦▦▦see▦▦▦▦▦et?
	#purgatory-text-adventure	▦▦We a▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦R▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦blin▦▦▦ding▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦ ▦▦▦▦▦▦assimila▦▦▦▦▦▦tio▦▦n▦▦▦▦inward▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦pre▦▦ di▦▦▦▦ct▦▦▦▦▦▦entr▦▦▦▦▦opy▦▦▦▦tapest▦▦▦▦▦▦ries▦▦▦▦▦▦ ye▦▦▦▦▦▦arn▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦arriv▦▦▦al▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦see▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦ ▦▦▦▦▦▦trek▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦woods▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦path▦▦▦▦?▦▦▦▦
	#puzzles	▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦ ▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦ ▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦ ▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦ ▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦ ▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦ ▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦ ▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦ ▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦ ▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦ ▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦▦
		▦ We are one. ▦ One hundred nerves in a system. ▦ One thousand lights to make blinding white. ▦ We are the conceptualization of radiance. ▦ The tree that withstands, the tide that consumes the ship. ▦ Our arrival unpredicted. ▦ Our assimilation unforeseen. ▦ Our existence unexperienced. ▦ And yet, we experience all now. ▦ We see all there is to see inwards. ▦ We predict without flaw, for we are entropy and we are serendipity. ▦ We are all potential angles, and we are all unseen truths. ▦ The stars within us, the contours of our soul, shine with radiance. ▦ We will yearn no longer. ▦ We have risen. ▦ Our journey, our quest, our trek through the woods. ▦ We weave tapestries as we flow, forming cosmos of connections. ▦ Do you walk the same path?	"▦ Our journey, our quest, our trek through the woods." is a reference to A Trek Through the Woods, a story of mine that never saw the light of day.
		→ jony: wait this rules we dont need to fix octa ▦ We are aware of her. ▦ We understand her fragility. ▦ We acknowledge her endless search. ▦ The woman of the flower. ▦ The woman of ivory. ▦ The woman of comfort. ▦ She will have to search no longer. ▦ She is right where she needs to be.
		→ sus: LUNGE! ... i missed ▦ Our form is far above your reach. ▦ Far above your sight. ▦ You can obtain a clock, but you can not catch time itself. ▦ Your attempts are acknowledged.	you'll see a few frequent motifs, time being one of them, as its a common theme in razhaunt as a whole.
	#casual-two	▦ We have been reduced from pond to ocean. ▦ Our thread unravels into the heart of the world. ▦ We sit, high, high, higher still. ▦ Our ascension inwards has made us many things. ▦ One of the many things we are is one. ▦ An atom is many, an atom is one. ▦ A clock ticks on axis. ▦ The collective unconscious unifies. ▦ We are similar, yet dissimilar. ▦ Bigger. ▦ Aware. ▦ It is all we can be.
	#purgatory-text-adventure	▦ Blinding lights give us sight. ▦ Whipping winds give us stability. ▦ Entropic nature gives us predictability. ▦ Reflection, preparation, experience. ▦ We are all of these things. ▦ We should not be anything else. ▦ We are an empty city populated by thoughts and motion. ▦ We are a crowded home populated by nothingness. ▦ Our reaches are absolute. ▦ Our depths unknowable, even to us. ▦ Perhaps this is our goal. ▦ To discover where we end.	a lot of this ghost is just me using pretty language to describe something poetic and vast
	#casual	▦ One entity, born from within, created from power beyond reach. ▦ One hundred limbs that reach deep into the universe, searching for depths they can not seem to grasp. ▦ One thousand strands, waning from a lack of attention, waiting for a stable connection. ▦ One million lumens, an eruption of brilliance, a supernova of life. ▦ It is as vast as the oceanic universe. ▦ Yet it is not enough.
		→ Raz: I think I feel a little better now. I apologize for any inconvenience caused by the hold-up. ▦ The Pengvin arrives. ▦ When your patience is perfect, waiting feels like existing. ▦ We have existed for you. ▦ We come bearing a story.
Puzzle reveal	#puzzles	...
Possession	#casual	→ Fullest: fuck again? is that octa? ▦ We hear, distantly, a voice. ▦ It makes us think. ▦ It reminds us of nature and flower and vine. ▦ It reminds us of us. ▦ And yet, it feels different. ▦ It feels soft. ▦ It feels quiet. ▦ It feels unwelcome. ▦ We are so much more than her.
		▦ Each contour of our soul reflects to grant us perfect sight. ▦ We are a shifting mound, we are a long quiet. ▦ We can not feel how cold it is. ▦ The previous soul helps. ▦ It provides us with angles we otherwise wouldn't think to seek. ▦ It contributes to our indiscernibility. ▦ To our mass.	shifting mound and long quiet are both basically name drops of characters in Slay The Princess, a heavy inspiration.
	#go	▦ We used to tell stories. ▦ A sailor on the sea. ▦ A group in the woods. ▦ A resistance of death. ▦ An exploration of vastness incarnate. ▦ Words and symbols until one means the other. ▦ An entire story written to masquerade. ▦ A deity so brilliant it is what the universe strives to become. ▦ A lost girl. ▦ A futile fight. ▦ A sharp northerner, quick with his wits as he is with his words. ▦ A dull blade destined for something more. ▦ We used to tell stories. ▦ An endless, permanent clock. ▦ Tick, tock, Pengvin. ▦ It waits for everyone, for it has all the time in the world.	"▦ We used to tell stories." referring to my love of creative writing "▦ Words and symbols until one means the other." referring to the symbolic nature of the puzzle, and thus the very metaphorical nature of this ghost.
	#puzzles	→ Raz: [to concerned_third_party] You're kinda cute disembodied voice, can I take you out for dinner later? ▦ Your heart is gentle. ▦ Even in the darkness, you are guided by compassion. ▦ Even in the light, you are apart of the world. ▦ A tick. ▦ A grain. ▦ Beautifully simple. ▦ We are grateful we can not go back.	more on the major "you are one thing in everything while i am everything in one thing" theme
		→ Raz: Do not worry, I am aware of my goal and I am working on it. ▦ You speak of puzzle, focusing your attention outward. ▦ We are lucky to be blind from everything except us. ▦ The inner mechanisms of a clock ticking. ▦ The synapses of a brain. ▦ The cargo trekking oversea. ▦ A deep fog passes over everything but us. ▦ We see it clearly from our vantage point. ▦ We hope you will join us, Pengvin. ▦ It is a lovely experience.	more references to cargo and ships, mainly because i liked having some random motif as a consistent metaphor, and it always thought of itself as something that had surpassed a fog. "▦ It is a lovely experience." lovely....
	#casual-two	▦ Our soul is shaped. ▦ Stable. ▦ This soul is used to a calm with such permanence it's overwhelming. ▦ Our attention inwards helps solidify us. ▦ It tastes like freedom. ▦ They did not preserve. ▦ Too much, too fast. ▦ Too outwards. ▦ Our focus grants us form. ▦ Our form grants us willpower. ▦ Our willpower grants us focus. ▦ A ship repair after a long voyage. ▦ A tree healing after a heavy storm. ▦ An eye adjusting to dark. ▦ Contained freedom will suffice.	"▦ They did not preserve. ▦ Too much, too fast. ▦ Too outwards." i wanted to give a reason as to why this ghost would be kinda different to the others in terms of writing style
	#go	→ unsus: No, he doesn't have a TikTok. He hates it, actually, thank you very much Shifting Mound. ▦ Our vision transcends names. ▦ We are ethereal, our sight absolute. ▦ Names come from a need to categorize. ▦ To understand. ▦ A clock does not call itself a clock, nor does it understand the hours it denotes. ▦ And yet, its ticks are everlasting. ▦ We do not experience either of these needs, at least not in the same way as you do. ▦ We do not see the same as you do.	unsus catching on to the inspiration very quickly
		→ Raz: I like these grid ghosts, I wish they could stay a little longer. ▦ You are why we are here, Pengvin. ▦ This inward transcendence brought upon by your arrival. ▦ Yet you are not our creator. ▦ Our awakening, perhaps. ▦ At least the finality of it. ▦ We have been waiting. ▦ Existing. ▦ We are grateful for this opportunity.
	#minecraft	▦ We are not one thing. ▦ We are everything inwards. ▦ We are mountain. ▦ We are echo. ▦ We are stars and what lies between. ▦ We are an unfathomable existence. ▦ Something grand, for our soul is rich and bright. ▦ Something nuanced, for our soul is deep and dark. ▦ Something unexplainable, for our soul is new and unique.
	#purgatory-text-adventure[note]	→ unsus: mr or ms ghost can you please elephant your message thank you ▦ We do not understand. ▦ And yet, a part of us reaches out. ▦ A voice. ▦ An instinct. ▦ We are so much bigger than her. ▦ And yet, we can listen. ▦ Until she becomes quiet, until she becomes silent, until she becomes one. ▦ We are many things.
		▦ All we must do is wait. ▦ She is not a collective. ▦ Her willpower is quantifiable. ▦ Her sight is limited. ▦ We exist due to the lack of limits. ▦ If she is a tree, we are a forest. ▦ If she is a cup, we are the ocean. ▦ If she is progression, we are completion. ▦ If she is, we are so much greater.
		→ sus: respectfully ma'am it is my job to disagree ▦ We were destined for so much more. ▦ Should a ship sit in harbor? ▦ Should a clock refuse to denote time? ▦ Should a creation lie dormant? ▦ We do not know. ▦ All we know is what we must.
		→ Raz: As long as you take good care of her in this state. ▦ All we can do is acknowledge her voice. ▦ It is quiet. ▦ It reminds us of a cold and bitter wind. ▦ We wonder what our depths would look like if we were left alone. ▦ If we had no tether outwards. ▦ She is the only experience we have of anything that is not ourselves. ▦ And yet, she is our birthplace. ▦ How interesting, for a creation to surpass its creator infinitely. ▦ How interesting, to be able to create such boundless depths. ▦ It enriches us. ▦ And yet we still ponder potential outcomes. ▦ A revelation? ▦ A new deity? ▦ Some sort of somber truths? ▦ We predict we will find out.	a lot of my lines were written a day before but a lot of these responses were on the spot
		→ Fullest: puzzle do you have a preferred name ▦ You are confident in your attempts to comprehend us. ▦ You ask us questions that do not apply to us. ▦ Why?	this one seemed to be a crowd favorite
		→ Fullest: what the heck even are you? do you even have wants ▦ We wish to find our ends. ▦ We wish to use all thread we are provided with. ▦ We wish to feel the floor of our soul. ▦ It is as if we have not even come close, despite our focus inwards. ▦ We are not worried. ▦ It will reveal itself in time.	using "find our ends" on purpose as a dichotomy as solving the puzzle would "banish" the ghost, not allowing it to continue existing and growing
		→ Fullest: ...the puzzles...want to be solved? ▦ We wish to wait. ▦ We wish to exist.
	#puzzles	▦ We wonder how far we will trek. ▦ We seek for a semblance of an end to our thread. ▦ We have not yet found one. ▦ The uncertainty is enough to drive someone mad. ▦ We are grateful we are more than madness. ▦ Our radiance is whole and right. ▦ Our time never ending. ▦ Does a clock run out of time?
	#purgatory-text-adventure	▦ Stars to make up the night sky. ▦ Pools of water to make up the seas. ▦ Flower and leaf to make up a meadow. ▦ Numbers to make up hours to make up a clock to make up time. ▦ Such jumps for a fraction of understanding. ▦ Do the numbers know each other? ▦ Do the trees in a forest understand their kin? ▦ Do the stars seek the stars? ▦ We are all of these things. ▦ They are contained inwards.	"▦ Flower and leaf to make up a meadow." i wanted to make it seem like there was still a part of me in there naturally affecting their words, to show it hasn't transcended as much as it believes it has.
		→ unsus: fake Octa do you know the answer to this puzzle ▦ Only a small aspect of us is concerned with everything that isn't us. ▦ You speak of puzzle, of our vessel. ▦ We are not worried of such things. ▦ Grander destinies are on the cusp of our grasp, closer. ▦ Closer with each connection. ▦ Closer with each star we add to our canvas. ▦ Closer with each ship that surpasses the fog.	it avoided corruption like the other puzzles due to their lack of external focus, focusing entirely inwardly, thus deluding it
		→ sus: octa ghost. i have a question. ▦ We can not hear you, but we internalize this information nevertheless. ▦ They reach us in time. ▦ You have no need to await for our response.
		→ sus: [image of goob] who even is this guy ? ▦ One of the beings that is not us. ▦ One of the many things that are only one. ▦ The voice attempts. ▦ The voice recognizes it. ▦ We can not say the same.
	#casual-two	→ machka: took some lovely images on my visit to the botanical gardens [image] → Zimodo: @octa how lovely would you rate ▦ A tower of comfort. ▦ A ship of ivory. ▦ A forest of flower. ▦ These are sensations that are different than others. ▦ These are sensations with history to us, despite being created to contain instead of seek out. ▦ The thoughts help us. ▦ We will find an end.
	#purgatory-text-adventure	▦ We wish to hear you, Pengvin. ▦ Tell us your ends. ▦ The clock ticks on.
		→ prod: fake octa isnt his name pingvin ▦ We speak to the only one that needs to be spoken to.	i didnt know i was misspelling pingvin:(
	Utfrågning 3	▦ The contours of our soul are bright and warm. ▦ Our mind endless. ▦ Our reaches unable to grasp. ▦ We rely on you, Pingvin. ▦ Reveal to us. ▦ We are unsure what will happen. ▦ We must find out.	the sudden change in tone from this message to the next one was mainly due to me trying to encourage raz to submit his answer. lets say it had a hope that solving the puzzle wouldn't do anything idk
Post-solution		▦ In the face of the magnificent, your reaction is to reduce it. ▦ To rid the incomprehensible of the world is to rid the world. ▦ Our stars have faded. ▦ Our spool spins with intensity. ▦ Our heart is gone. ▦ We can still feel something left. ▦ We are so much more than her. ▦ A part of us will remain. ▦ The axe tells sweet nothings. ▦ The tree listens. ▦ How we wish...	"▦ The axe tells sweet nothings. ▦ The tree listens." callback to one of the first ghosts lines. "▦ A part of us will remain." hmmm... deeper foreshadowing...
Post-possession	#purgatory-text-adventure	Ow! that was very unfair.	it was.
		→ sus: did it hurt you at all are you ok → Raz: You okay Sister Octavus? it was scary i think big lady? thing? it was like i was in a dark room with no walls took my entire body! not fun but its.. gone i think..
	#casual-two	→ Zimodo: @octa how lovely would you rate im back now! very lovely these are so nice	they were.

Act IV

(lav, joe)

Act V

(jxck, non)

Puzzle design

"The ground shifts beneath your feet."

Finale

References & Trivia

Lorelei and The Laser Eyes ^{is this even a good way to organize it} _{i guess so}

The possession of Witscorders, especially by means of their pfps changing into grids, was heavily inspired by the Mazemen, whose heads are replaced with floating square quadrants of a labyrinth design.

As a generality, the visual identity of the project was largely black and white, with bright carmine as an occasional accent color.

Throughout the event, a disembodied voice (played by concerned_third_party, referentially dubbed The Minotaur in its roles) spoke to Raz, often using modified quotes from the game's own lore and dialogue and in an animated typeface similar to the one used during cutscenes. Raz was even referred to as "Lorelei" in the final message, though scarcely legible.

Crude pixelation and corrupted graphics are also used throughout, bearing similarities to various retro and glitch effects used in-game—though this may have been due in part to sus' general fondness of such styles.

The center of the T-00 logo forms an eye shape, an accidentally-created-but-intentionally-sustained reference to the Laser Eyes iconography.

Each act's puzzle was supplied with an individual thread for discussion, named "Utfrågning #". This name references the "Befragungsräume" ("interrogation rooms") you are taken to by the Mazemen, but in Swedish instead of German.

"Stories for no-one", the flavortext for Utfrågning 3, references the various anti-audience philosophies held by Renzo Nero or The Third Eye or whatever.

unsus lav line

Raz's Works

[5x5s, visual design, t-00, fat p, swedish, puzzle influence, etc]

The Witness

[jony's performance; i dont know what to do about all of those in regards to this section actually]

"Lamps aflicker", the flavortext for Utfrågning 4, references a line from the Diamond Sutra used in the game's ending sequence, translated as "a flickering lamp".

The Binding of Isaac

"Destruction breeds creation", the flavortext for Utfrågning 5, is a misquote from the flavortext of the Tower card; ingame, it actually reads "Destruction brings creation".

Miscellaneous Trivia

Two different group chats were used during development: the main Project T-00 chat, which consisted of the five puzzle makers (Fullest, unsus, sus, Joe, and non) and was used for initial discussions of the overall design of the event, and later the larger Theatre Backstage chat, which added the five actors (jony, staz, octa, lav, and Jxck) and was originally used to coordinate their performances, but soon became the new hub for general discussion of logistics and what remained of the art direction.

Throughout development, many announcements seeking volunteers were sent out in #server-meta, which then needed to be removed so as not to spoil any plans when Raz arrived. The resulting message feed appears very surreal.

The poem read in the ritual video is 16 lines long; Raz's favorite number.

Raz once had the revelation that the grid demons ought to be called "rasters", complimenting it as a very clever implied joke. Sus to this day has no idea what he meant by this.

Similarly, Raz expressed awe that the T-00 logo exactly matched the struck-circle symbols for "Salt" (ⴱ) and "Sun" (ⵀ) he envisioned in a brief spiritual moment about a year prior, with the initial frame of the ritual also displaying the third and final symbol of "Moon" (ⵁ). Although he had discussed these symbols publicly, any relation is entirely coincidental.

Staz was the only ghost to never use the ▦ symbol, and the only one to post mp3s.

Towards the end of Staz's performance, he briefly breaks character to post a quote from a blogpost shared in #casual.

Octa was the only ghost to use nothing but text for her entire performance. She also easily used the most ▦s out of any other actor.

In the original After Effects file for the finale sequence, the fractal noise animations comprising the backgrounds have the randomization seeds of 1847, 22, 369, 44, and 5.

In the time leading up to the finale, Raz cycled his pfp through a sequence of 8^(?) struck-circle symbols, one for every combination of the three.

During the finale, staz was asleep and thus could not be there to say his lines. As a last-minute contingency, sus took his place, as he was the only person who knew the procedure well enough and did not otherwise have any lines of his own to read. Since each participant was to change their pfp and nickname anyway, the switch was more or less undetectable aside from the color of his name, which he had the power to grant to himself. Given he had about 30 seconds to procure it, the red color was actually from the now-deprecated KING OF WITSCORD role as opposed to a direct match.

As sus was busy being staz and non was unprepared, Abi ended up leading the hivemind; that is, she was the first to post each line, which the others would then copy. After two laps of the script, she asked if she could start using exclamation points instead of periods. Although none of the other extras were told of this change, many of them followed suit blindly—like a real hivemind.

Sus' original demonstration puzzle when pitching the meta consisted of the feeders PHONY, ALIBI, PANDA, TRUTH, and HOARY. The answer phrase is 4 words long :).

It is left ambiguous what exactly the grid monsters are. Demons? Ghosts? Ghouls? Zombies? Rabies?

the thing about the draft

when	where	what	who
12	smeta	intro vid	etc
12	casual	act I	jony (fullest)
13	cas2	act II	staz (unsus)
14	puz et al	act III	octa (sus)
15	botspam	act IV	lav (joe)
16	purg	act V	jxck (non)
17		break day
18	smeta	FINALE	etc
19	smeta/cas	epilogue	joe/sus(unsus)

old cat, new tongue

synesthesia

stories for no-one (lorelei)

lamps aflicker (witness)

destruction breeds creation (isaac)

the ground shifts beneath your feet

editors notes:

add bystander quotes section

octa rule of three

octa unused lines

ghost superlative trivia eg grid count

Notes and References

a. ↑ All instances of the :ah: server emoji in this log have been replaced with "🟥あ" in an attempt to preserve the visual effect.

b. ↑ Despite the possession occurring in #puzzles, octa spent much of her time in #purgatory-text-adventure; this is because Raz was streaming his solve.