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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: David Morris and Doc. Subverted by the ‘’audience’’ by them [[CaptainOblivious failing to notice]] the OfficialCouple of [[spoiler:[[ShipTease Mark Axton and Alexis Morris]].]]
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* EntryPoint: When it was being launched, the starting clue could be found on Eris Hunter's official social media -- mainly Website/{{Youtube}} and Website/{{Twitter}}, but also some chatlogs. However, it's now {{averted}} because the content was compiled into a scrapbook.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: David Morris and Doc.Subverted {{Subverted}} by the ‘’audience’’ by them [[CaptainOblivious failing to notice]] the OfficialCouple of [[spoiler:[[ShipTease Mark Axton and Alexis Morris]].]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: David Morris and Doc.
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Dark Dream Chronicle is an AlternateRealityGame inspired by Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos, with inspirations from ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' and ''Literature/FightClub.'' It ran from February 2011 to June 2012 and was written by Eris Hunter. The genre of the story is part psychological horror, part dark comedy.
The story follows man in his early 20s named Mark Axton as his life goes from completely normal to completely insane, filled with magic and monsters (mostly of the human variety). While the main character is Mark, it also follows many other characters.
The story follows man in his early 20s named Mark Axton as his life goes from completely normal to completely insane, filled with magic and monsters (mostly of the human variety). While the main character is Mark, it also follows many other characters.
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Dark Dream Chronicle is an AlternateRealityGame inspired by Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos, with inspirations from ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' and ''Literature/FightClub.'' It ran from February 2011 to June 2012 and was written by Eris Hunter.Creator/ErisHunter. The genre of the story is part psychological horror, part dark comedy.
The story follows a man in his early 20s named Mark Axton as his life goes from completely normal to completely insane, filled with magic and monsters (mostly of the human variety). While the main character is Mark, it also follows many other characters.
The story follows a man in his early 20s named Mark Axton as his life goes from completely normal to completely insane, filled with magic and monsters (mostly of the human variety). While the main character is Mark, it also follows many other characters.
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* AWizardDidIt: Averted. Everything had a reason, even if it wasn’t explicitly explained.
* [[spoiler:AntiClimax: What the characters felt after Crashdown.]]
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* ArcWords: Crashdown.
* AxCrazy: All of the antagonists and some of the protagonists.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:David Morris.]] Repeatedly.
* BecomingTheMask: [[IncrediblyLamePun Couldn’t resist.]]
* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Half the main cast either dies or chooses to get mind-wiped, but everyone is content for it all to end that way.]]
* AxCrazy: All of the antagonists and some of the protagonists.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:David Morris.]] Repeatedly.
* BecomingTheMask: [[IncrediblyLamePun Couldn’t resist.]]
* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Half the main cast either dies or chooses to get mind-wiped, but everyone is content for it all to end that way.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The Sphere and the research notes.]]
* CrazyEnoughToWork: Doc’s apparent modus operandi.
* CreatorInJoke: Everything leads to Kent. No one noticed.
* CreepyChild: Celia Smith.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: The creator does this for WorldBuilding.
* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler:Seline Smith.]]
* CrazyEnoughToWork: Doc’s apparent modus operandi.
* CreatorInJoke: Everything leads to Kent. No one noticed.
* CreepyChild: Celia Smith.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: The creator does this for WorldBuilding.
* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler:Seline Smith.]]
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* ElementalPowers: Theurgy (magic) is arranged like this.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Crashdown. [[spoiler:It wasn’t.]]
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Crashdown. [[spoiler:It wasn’t.]]
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* ForTheEvulz: [=HiveTree=].
* Foreshadowing: Lots.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: David Morris (Sanguine), Alexis Morris (Choleric), Michelle Mason (Melancholic), Mark Axton (Leukine).
* GreyAndGrayMorality: When concerning the protagonists, but not the villains.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Doc.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: David Morris.
* HeroesGoneFishing: Mark Axton and David Morris’s shop adventure. With fedoras.
* HeroicBSOD: Mark Axton upon wearing his mask for the first time.
* HorribleCampingTrip: Taken to the extreme in Mark Axton’s backstory.
* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Seline Smith and Heria Black.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: Doc, again.
* Foreshadowing: Lots.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: David Morris (Sanguine), Alexis Morris (Choleric), Michelle Mason (Melancholic), Mark Axton (Leukine).
* GreyAndGrayMorality: When concerning the protagonists, but not the villains.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Doc.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: David Morris.
* HeroesGoneFishing: Mark Axton and David Morris’s shop adventure. With fedoras.
* HeroicBSOD: Mark Axton upon wearing his mask for the first time.
* HorribleCampingTrip: Taken to the extreme in Mark Axton’s backstory.
* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Seline Smith and Heria Black.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: Doc, again.
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* KafkaKomedy: Mark can never do anything without difficulty.
* KnifeNut: David Morris.
* KukrisAreKool / MacheteMayhem: David Morris’s WeaponOfChoice is a Black Iron kukri machete.
* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedAmnesia: Mark Axton’s ending.]]
* LongGame: All of the major forces in the story.
* LovableTraitor: David Morris.
* LyingCreator: In an Out-Of-Game chat, Eris hinted at time travel. BlatantLies to fuel the EpilepticTrees.
* KnifeNut: David Morris.
* KukrisAreKool / MacheteMayhem: David Morris’s WeaponOfChoice is a Black Iron kukri machete.
* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedAmnesia: Mark Axton’s ending.]]
* LongGame: All of the major forces in the story.
* LovableTraitor: David Morris.
* LyingCreator: In an Out-Of-Game chat, Eris hinted at time travel. BlatantLies to fuel the EpilepticTrees.
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* LyingCreator: In an Out-Of-Game chat, Eris hinted at time travel. BlatantLies to fuel the EpilepticTrees.
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* TheMadHatter: Several characters.
* MaskOfPower: Every Chosen has one. Also functions as a CoolMask.
* TheMaster: How the Chosen refer the [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man.]]
* MindScrew: Half of the events until they are explained.
* [[spoiler:MissionFromGod: Michelle Mason.]]
* MaskOfPower: Every Chosen has one. Also functions as a CoolMask.
* TheMaster: How the Chosen refer the [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man.]]
* MindScrew: Half of the events until they are explained.
* [[spoiler:MissionFromGod: Michelle Mason.]]
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* TheMultiverse: Hinted at.
* NotSoDifferent: David Morris to Doc.
* [[spoiler:OurAngelsAreDifferent: Different structure, but familiar. The creator is big on Angelic lore.]]
* LaResistance: The Rebellion, obviously.
* NotSoDifferent: David Morris to Doc.
* [[spoiler:OurAngelsAreDifferent: Different structure, but familiar. The creator is big on Angelic lore.]]
* LaResistance: The Rebellion, obviously.
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* [[spoiler:SatanIsGood: Played with.]]
* [[spoiler:SaveYourDeity: The Angels in regards to Heaven.]]
* Shout Out: [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer “I think I saw Heaven”]], [[WebVideo/TribeTwelve tree stabbing]], and [[WebVideo/MarbleHornets Mark Axton’s mask design]].
* SlasherSmile: David Morris’s Mask.
* SleepLearning: How Mark Axton learned to use Theurgy. Forced on his by Heria Black.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Everyone is the Wise Guy for David Morris. Mark Axton is the Wise Guy for [=SickleTwig=].
* TeasingCreator: Deliberately.
* TrollingCreator: She grows EpilepticTrees.
* [[spoiler:SaveYourDeity: The Angels in regards to Heaven.]]
* Shout Out: [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer “I think I saw Heaven”]], [[WebVideo/TribeTwelve tree stabbing]], and [[WebVideo/MarbleHornets Mark Axton’s mask design]].
* SlasherSmile: David Morris’s Mask.
* SleepLearning: How Mark Axton learned to use Theurgy. Forced on his by Heria Black.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Everyone is the Wise Guy for David Morris. Mark Axton is the Wise Guy for [=SickleTwig=].
* TeasingCreator: Deliberately.
* TrollingCreator: She grows EpilepticTrees.
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* TeasingCreator: Deliberately.
* TrollingCreator: She grows EpilepticTrees.
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* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The overarching plot. The protagonists don’t think so.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Everyone.
* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: This is an ARG, after all.
* WordOfGod: Filling in a few gaps after the story had finished.
* WorldOfSnark: The creator’s style.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Heria Black.]]
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Only the in-game chats, where if something was said that was a mistake, the creator ended up leaving it as canon and working around it.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Everyone.
* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: This is an ARG, after all.
* WordOfGod: Filling in a few gaps after the story had finished.
* WorldOfSnark: The creator’s style.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Heria Black.]]
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Only the in-game chats, where if something was said that was a mistake, the creator ended up leaving it as canon and working around it.
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It originally ran on several websites, but is currently being rewritten as a scrap-book style novel very much in the same vein as House of Leaves so that it can reach a wider audience without the fuss of having to sort through everything, like YouTube, Twitter, chatlogs and such. Sit tight, it’s on its way!
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It originally ran on several websites, but is currently being rewritten as a scrap-book style novel very much in the same vein as House of Leaves so that it can reach a wider audience without the fuss of having to sort through everything, like YouTube, [=YouTube=], Twitter, chatlogs and such. Sit tight, it’s on its way!
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* Shout Out: [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer “I think I saw Heaven”]], [[TribeTwelve tree stabbing]], and [[WebVideo/MarbleHornets Mark Axton’s mask design]].
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* Shout Out: [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer “I think I saw Heaven”]], [[TribeTwelve [[WebVideo/TribeTwelve tree stabbing]], and [[WebVideo/MarbleHornets Mark Axton’s mask design]].
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Dark Dream Chronicle is an AlternateRealityGame inspired by TheSlenderManMythos, with inspirations from ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' and ''Literature/FightClub.'' It ran from February 2011 to June 2012 and was written by Eris Hunter. The genre of the story is part psychological horror, part dark comedy.
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Dark Dream Chronicle is an AlternateRealityGame inspired by TheSlenderManMythos, Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos, with inspirations from ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' and ''Literature/FightClub.'' It ran from February 2011 to June 2012 and was written by Eris Hunter. The genre of the story is part psychological horror, part dark comedy.
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* TheMaster: How the Chosen refer the [[TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man.]]
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* TheMaster: How the Chosen refer the [[TheSlenderManMythos [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man.]]
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* Shout Out: [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer “I think I saw Heaven”]], [[TribeTwelve tree stabbing]], and [[MarbleHornets [[WebVideo/MarbleHornets Mark Axton’s mask design]].
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Dark Dream Chronicle is an AlternateRealityGame inspired by TheSlenderManMythos, with inspirations from ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' and ''Literature/FightClub.'' It ran from February 2011 to June 2012 and was written by Eris Hunter. The genre of the story is part psychological horror, part dark comedy.
The story follows man in his early 20s named Mark Axton as his life goes from completely normal to completely insane, filled with magic and monsters (mostly of the human variety). While the main character is Mark, it also follows many other characters.
It originally ran on several websites, but is currently being rewritten as a scrap-book style novel very much in the same vein as House of Leaves so that it can reach a wider audience without the fuss of having to sort through everything, like YouTube, Twitter, chatlogs and such. Sit tight, it’s on its way!
Two fans got so involved that their RP characters became canon. Noted here as Doc and Nein.
Before you start reading, make sure not to read spoilers until you have experienced the work fully. DoNotSpoilThisEnding.
!! This ARG provides examples of:
* AWizardDidIt: Averted. Everything had a reason, even if it wasn’t explicitly explained.
* [[spoiler:AntiClimax: What the characters felt after Crashdown.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: The now official tagline is “…and then they died.”
* ArcWords: Crashdown.
* AxCrazy: All of the antagonists and some of the protagonists.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:David Morris.]] Repeatedly.
* BecomingTheMask: [[IncrediblyLamePun Couldn’t resist.]]
* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Half the main cast either dies or chooses to get mind-wiped, but everyone is content for it all to end that way.]]
* TheChase: [[spoiler:Seline Smith]] chasing Isaac Butler.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The Sphere and the research notes.]]
* CrazyEnoughToWork: Doc’s apparent modus operandi.
* CreatorInJoke: Everything leads to Kent. No one noticed.
* CreepyChild: Celia Smith.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: The creator does this for WorldBuilding.
* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler:Seline Smith.]]
* DeaderThanDead: [=CrimsonBranch=]. His face and upper torso were literally melted. Using water.
* DealWithTheDevil: The Chosen get their physical and mental capabilities enhanced by The Master so that they can do his bidding.
* DeathIsCheap: Played straight [[spoiler:at first, but in the final few months it was shown that resurrection has a heavy cost.]]
* ElementalPowers: Theurgy (magic) is arranged like this.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Crashdown. [[spoiler:It wasn’t.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: David Morris and Doc. Subverted by the ‘’audience’’ by them [[CaptainOblivious failing to notice]] the OfficialCouple of [[spoiler:[[ShipTease Mark Axton and Alexis Morris]].]]
* ForTheEvulz: [=HiveTree=].
* Foreshadowing: Lots.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: David Morris (Sanguine), Alexis Morris (Choleric), Michelle Mason (Melancholic), Mark Axton (Leukine).
* GreyAndGrayMorality: When concerning the protagonists, but not the villains.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Doc.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: David Morris.
* HeroesGoneFishing: Mark Axton and David Morris’s shop adventure. With fedoras.
* HeroicBSOD: Mark Axton upon wearing his mask for the first time.
* HorribleCampingTrip: Taken to the extreme in Mark Axton’s backstory.
* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Seline Smith and Heria Black.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: Doc, again.
* TheJester: There were several clown themed characters throughout the story.
* KafkaKomedy: Mark can never do anything without difficulty.
* KnifeNut: David Morris.
* KukrisAreKool / MacheteMayhem: David Morris’s WeaponOfChoice is a Black Iron kukri machete.
* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedAmnesia: Mark Axton’s ending.]]
* LongGame: All of the major forces in the story.
* LovableTraitor: David Morris.
* LyingCreator: In an Out-Of-Game chat, Eris hinted at time travel. BlatantLies to fuel the EpilepticTrees.
* {{Masquerade}}: The world is full of magic called Theurgy, we just never see it.
* TheMadHatter: Several characters.
* MaskOfPower: Every Chosen has one. Also functions as a CoolMask.
* TheMaster: How the Chosen refer the [[TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man.]]
* MindScrew: Half of the events until they are explained.
* [[spoiler:MissionFromGod: Michelle Mason.]]
* MonsterClown: David Morris’s Smiling Clown mask has been described as “Absolutely horrifying.”
* TheMultiverse: Hinted at.
* NotSoDifferent: David Morris to Doc.
* [[spoiler:OurAngelsAreDifferent: Different structure, but familiar. The creator is big on Angelic lore.]]
* LaResistance: The Rebellion, obviously.
* SadisticChoice: Isaac Butler does this to Doc.
** The creator also pulled this on the fans, asking them to vote on whether David Morris “Lives, Dies, or Other” with one ending being Good, one being Bad and one being the worst possible ending, but she wouldn’t tell which was which. They chose for him to Live, which is technically a Bad ending.
* SanityBall: Played with. Mark Axton is pretty much the OnlySaneMan [[spoiler:until near the end.]]
* [[spoiler:SatanIsGood: Played with.]]
* [[spoiler:SaveYourDeity: The Angels in regards to Heaven.]]
* Shout Out: [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer “I think I saw Heaven”]], [[TribeTwelve tree stabbing]], and [[MarbleHornets Mark Axton’s mask design]].
* SlasherSmile: David Morris’s Mask.
* SleepLearning: How Mark Axton learned to use Theurgy. Forced on his by Heria Black.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Everyone is the Wise Guy for David Morris. Mark Axton is the Wise Guy for [=SickleTwig=].
* TeasingCreator: Deliberately.
* TrollingCreator: She grows EpilepticTrees.
* TwistEnding: Half the plot was devised by Celestial Paragons and Archangels, and everyone was along for the ride while they dealt with Slendy.
* UnwantedRevival: Michelle Mason. She believed she was in Heaven with her dead husband.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The overarching plot. The protagonists don’t think so.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Everyone.
* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: This is an ARG, after all.
* WordOfGod: Filling in a few gaps after the story had finished.
* WorldOfSnark: The creator’s style.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Heria Black.]]
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Only the in-game chats, where if something was said that was a mistake, the creator ended up leaving it as canon and working around it.
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The story follows man in his early 20s named Mark Axton as his life goes from completely normal to completely insane, filled with magic and monsters (mostly of the human variety). While the main character is Mark, it also follows many other characters.
It originally ran on several websites, but is currently being rewritten as a scrap-book style novel very much in the same vein as House of Leaves so that it can reach a wider audience without the fuss of having to sort through everything, like YouTube, Twitter, chatlogs and such. Sit tight, it’s on its way!
Two fans got so involved that their RP characters became canon. Noted here as Doc and Nein.
Before you start reading, make sure not to read spoilers until you have experienced the work fully. DoNotSpoilThisEnding.
!! This ARG provides examples of:
* AWizardDidIt: Averted. Everything had a reason, even if it wasn’t explicitly explained.
* [[spoiler:AntiClimax: What the characters felt after Crashdown.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: The now official tagline is “…and then they died.”
* ArcWords: Crashdown.
* AxCrazy: All of the antagonists and some of the protagonists.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:David Morris.]] Repeatedly.
* BecomingTheMask: [[IncrediblyLamePun Couldn’t resist.]]
* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Half the main cast either dies or chooses to get mind-wiped, but everyone is content for it all to end that way.]]
* TheChase: [[spoiler:Seline Smith]] chasing Isaac Butler.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The Sphere and the research notes.]]
* CrazyEnoughToWork: Doc’s apparent modus operandi.
* CreatorInJoke: Everything leads to Kent. No one noticed.
* CreepyChild: Celia Smith.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: The creator does this for WorldBuilding.
* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler:Seline Smith.]]
* DeaderThanDead: [=CrimsonBranch=]. His face and upper torso were literally melted. Using water.
* DealWithTheDevil: The Chosen get their physical and mental capabilities enhanced by The Master so that they can do his bidding.
* DeathIsCheap: Played straight [[spoiler:at first, but in the final few months it was shown that resurrection has a heavy cost.]]
* ElementalPowers: Theurgy (magic) is arranged like this.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Crashdown. [[spoiler:It wasn’t.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: David Morris and Doc. Subverted by the ‘’audience’’ by them [[CaptainOblivious failing to notice]] the OfficialCouple of [[spoiler:[[ShipTease Mark Axton and Alexis Morris]].]]
* ForTheEvulz: [=HiveTree=].
* Foreshadowing: Lots.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: David Morris (Sanguine), Alexis Morris (Choleric), Michelle Mason (Melancholic), Mark Axton (Leukine).
* GreyAndGrayMorality: When concerning the protagonists, but not the villains.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Doc.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: David Morris.
* HeroesGoneFishing: Mark Axton and David Morris’s shop adventure. With fedoras.
* HeroicBSOD: Mark Axton upon wearing his mask for the first time.
* HorribleCampingTrip: Taken to the extreme in Mark Axton’s backstory.
* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Seline Smith and Heria Black.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: Doc, again.
* TheJester: There were several clown themed characters throughout the story.
* KafkaKomedy: Mark can never do anything without difficulty.
* KnifeNut: David Morris.
* KukrisAreKool / MacheteMayhem: David Morris’s WeaponOfChoice is a Black Iron kukri machete.
* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedAmnesia: Mark Axton’s ending.]]
* LongGame: All of the major forces in the story.
* LovableTraitor: David Morris.
* LyingCreator: In an Out-Of-Game chat, Eris hinted at time travel. BlatantLies to fuel the EpilepticTrees.
* {{Masquerade}}: The world is full of magic called Theurgy, we just never see it.
* TheMadHatter: Several characters.
* MaskOfPower: Every Chosen has one. Also functions as a CoolMask.
* TheMaster: How the Chosen refer the [[TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man.]]
* MindScrew: Half of the events until they are explained.
* [[spoiler:MissionFromGod: Michelle Mason.]]
* MonsterClown: David Morris’s Smiling Clown mask has been described as “Absolutely horrifying.”
* TheMultiverse: Hinted at.
* NotSoDifferent: David Morris to Doc.
* [[spoiler:OurAngelsAreDifferent: Different structure, but familiar. The creator is big on Angelic lore.]]
* LaResistance: The Rebellion, obviously.
* SadisticChoice: Isaac Butler does this to Doc.
** The creator also pulled this on the fans, asking them to vote on whether David Morris “Lives, Dies, or Other” with one ending being Good, one being Bad and one being the worst possible ending, but she wouldn’t tell which was which. They chose for him to Live, which is technically a Bad ending.
* SanityBall: Played with. Mark Axton is pretty much the OnlySaneMan [[spoiler:until near the end.]]
* [[spoiler:SatanIsGood: Played with.]]
* [[spoiler:SaveYourDeity: The Angels in regards to Heaven.]]
* Shout Out: [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer “I think I saw Heaven”]], [[TribeTwelve tree stabbing]], and [[MarbleHornets Mark Axton’s mask design]].
* SlasherSmile: David Morris’s Mask.
* SleepLearning: How Mark Axton learned to use Theurgy. Forced on his by Heria Black.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Everyone is the Wise Guy for David Morris. Mark Axton is the Wise Guy for [=SickleTwig=].
* TeasingCreator: Deliberately.
* TrollingCreator: She grows EpilepticTrees.
* TwistEnding: Half the plot was devised by Celestial Paragons and Archangels, and everyone was along for the ride while they dealt with Slendy.
* UnwantedRevival: Michelle Mason. She believed she was in Heaven with her dead husband.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The overarching plot. The protagonists don’t think so.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Everyone.
* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: This is an ARG, after all.
* WordOfGod: Filling in a few gaps after the story had finished.
* WorldOfSnark: The creator’s style.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Heria Black.]]
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Only the in-game chats, where if something was said that was a mistake, the creator ended up leaving it as canon and working around it.
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