leonarda's best friend - the night thing, protector of the dragon mother, possibly summons lightning for protection.

the files slimecicle found.

the comic badboyhalo was given.

the masses seen on the census bureau's stream today.

and the final message of today's stream.

Something is working in the shadows.

oh i absolutely LOVED the lore stream, it was amazing especially since we got a little bit more insight on 2b2t

it somehow drives people into madness, which is so interesting, how does the place make you go insane? what makes you go crazy? the lack of rules? the constant conflict? the toxicity?

the toxicity.

this might be a bit out there, but i do consider the word "toxic" synonymous with "radioactive" in this scenario, countless times we had Fit mention too many "radioactive fish" he ate

now, another interesting thing, Fit has stressed how much of a "default human male" he is in the beginning of the stream much foreshadowing, but Madagio says otherwise

perhaps this is the reason Fit has not been effected by the Black Matter? or to lesser extent? like i'm not saying he's not human and all, but he is not quite normal, maybe Fit is actually built different lmao

maybe the Matter targets those who are mentally weak? i doubt that Fed workers have much mental resistance, and Forever has been going through it before he got infected maybe islanders didn't have enough contact with it to get infected?

Philza has Rose's protection i think?, rest who had prolonged contact with Black Matter has gotten sick that literally leaves Fit as the odd one out

Yo the electricity and water bills are reminding me of my “The Island is in a dome” theory. It’s real, but it’s not fake in the ‘virtual reality’ way. Instead, it’s fake in the ‘it’s all fabricated’ way.

Because remember, in the original theory, I pointed out the fact that the sun never showed up during the first day until the islanders ‘restored power’ to the island. Another thing I noticed during the first day was the fact that even if the whole place looked like a normal mc world in a utilized oak forest biome, it’s so obviously not. Some of the grass in certain areas were off-color in a way that happens when you place grass blocks on desert biomes, when Jaiden dug straight down, after two dirt blocks, it became sandstone until she hit stone, and the trees were player built. It’s a completely fabricated oak forest biome on top of a desert. And the biggest take away I have? The water is FAKE. Foolish always points out that the water is fake. It just raised one day and it’s always bugging out and it causes him a lot of issues because it’s fake. 

And why would the Federation be paying electricity and water bills? Well. Because the sky and the water of the island are fake.

so i was watching Fit's stream and he was cleaning up a Federation outpost.... what's up with the outpost names huh? long post warning TL;DR at bottom.

Sector A's outpost names are derived from Slavic mythology; specifically special places from the myths. after searching these names online i found this website: https://meettheslavs.com/slavic-mythological-places/ taking from the website; 1. there's a "mystical mountain of Vitor" that's "built in heaven" and "hard to find because it changes its location as soon as the wind blows in a different direction". it's also said to have dragons living on it (this is the one Fit was sent to for repairs, and it also had weird blue draconic-looking creatures around it. it was also an icy mountain...) 2. there's a "Buyan/Bujan Island", described to "appear and disappear with the tides" and be the "dwelling place of three brothers, the Northern, Western and Eastern winds". 3. there's a "Kingdom of Opona", an "imaginary place [that] existed at the edge of the Earth which [ancient Russians] imagined as a flat plane." it was believed "free and happy [peasants]" lived in this country under a "true and just" ruler. 4. there's a "Vyraj/Viraj", a "resting place for the souls and spirits" AKA the equivalent of Heaven in Slavic mythology. it's "a place where birds find their retreat in the winter". (notably this outpost is inactive) 5. lastly there's a "Nav/Nawia", a "mysterious place for the souls of the dead", and "often interpreted as another version of the imaginary place Vyraj", so AKA Hell or the Underworld. (the Hell outpost is active but not the Heaven outpost???) If Outpost Vitor sort of matches the description from the myth, maybe the other outposts do too? so like Bujan is on an island in the sea, Opona is super far out in a village maybe, Viraj and Nawia i have no clue... Sector B's outpost names are derived from Norse mythology; specifically Norse gods. being a nerd i noticed this instantly which was what tipped me off to search up Sector A's names. taking from various sources, but mostly from their Wikipedia articles: 1. "Tyr" is an one-armed god representing justice and fair treaties despite being a god of war, who lost his arm in the process of binding Fenrir the wolf. he dies in Ragnarök. 2. "Odin/Woden/Wodan" is the ruler of Asgard, the All-Father, and the one-eyed god of wisdom war, and death. he presided over Valhalla, a sacred hall that housed dead warriors in preparation for Ragnarok. he dies in Ragnarök. 3. "Thor/Donar" is probably the most popular Norse god, the god of thunder. the embodiment of strength, he is the protector of the Æsir and the humans. he dies in Ragnarök. 4. "Máni" is the god of the Moon and brother of Sol, the goddess of the Sun. they is eternally chased by Skoll and Hati, two wolves who seek to plunge the world into chaos by eating the Sun and Moon. he dies in Ragnarök. 5. Outpost Frïja I believe is "Frigg", the Queen of Asgard and the goddess of marriage, family and motherhood. she lives in Ragnarök. notably, all five gods (and goddess) lend their names to days of the week (Máni -> Monday, Tyr -> Tuesday, Woden -> Wednesday, Thor -> Thursday, and Frigg -> Friday). none of these outposts are active, they are all inactive or under maintenance, so i'm inclined to believe these aren't as important right now as compared to Sector A... still, these outposts are named after Slavic and Norse myths for a reason possibly so these might be significant. Nothing particularly comes to mind but if anyone has any idea feel free to add on... TL;DR: Federation Outpost names from Fit's stream have Slavic/Norse mythology inspired names, possible significance?

the morse code at the beginning of quackity's stream translates to "the planet is destroyed, the wind is sweeping the ashes from the earth" and i know we all have our own theories about quesadilla island, and ive now just realized how this might be a situation like the 100, a group of selected individuals sent to a wasteland to try and figure out if it's livable there...

what if the reason the federation wants them to stay there it's not because they think the island is better than anywhere else, it's because there's nothing else and they need the residents to think the island is perfect because if they try to run away their test subjects will end up dead

OH MY GOD WAIT.

I've been thinking all night about qMike's absolutely insane behavior on the streams earlier, trying to figure out what the hell is going on with him. Because it doesn't feel like the pills, and it doesn't feel quite like a Federation brainwashing, and it doesn't feel like it's just trauma—so then what can it be?

And qMike himself is clearly still in there—him crying out when Pac went AFK/mentioned killing the eggs, his quiet reaction when Pac explained their disappearance, the way he apologized to Fit...our guy is still in there. So what is going on?

Somehow, my brain ended up on qQuackity, and the weirdness going on with him, because we don't know shit about that, either.

And then it hit me.

Both Quackity and Mike abruptly and unexpectedly fell into a dark hole with water at the bottom, and the walls of these tunnels were made with black concrete.

The only visible difference between Quackity and Mike is that Mike was rescued a lot faster than Quackity was.

What if whatever was done/being done to Quackity...is also what was done/is being done to Mike?

ElQuackity and Mike both keep talking about killing the eggs. Both of them were...frozen? question mark? What other similarities are going to crop up—?

And who is doing this to them???

thinking about the egg groupings....

Group 1: Department of Convivial Condition Observation

"Convivial - (of an atmosphere or event) friendly, lively, and enjoyable; (of a person) cheerful and friendly; jovial."

For the breakdown its basically "A department observing a friendly, lively and enjoyable event" which makes sense, the first group of eggs were part of an event to make the islanders happy

Group 2: Department of Subsistence Monitoring

"Subsistence - the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level."

Also makes sense - the eggs in this group were found starving and alone yet still surviving on minimal resources.

Group 3: Department of Permanence Surveillance

"Permanence - the state or quality of lasting or remaining unchanged indefinitely."

This ones kinda interesting - these eggs were found on egg island, we're still not sure what exactly "egg island" is, if theres more eggs on this island, if theyre produced there, if theyre sustained there - from this we can assume the eggs are maybe meant to remain eggs forever... not meant to hatch or change, maybe they're testing to see the difference between the other eggs and the eggs who came from egg island

Group 4: Department of System Analysis

This one's kinda interesting, System can be defined as "a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network" or "a set of principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized framework or method."

Now we know richas doesnt have all his limbs, and the other unnamed egg in this batch doesnt have much known about them. This could perhaps imply the eggs in this batch were "test eggs" for lack of a better term?? Maybe richas wasnt really supposed to escape, or was given to the brazilians missing a couple pieces so they could see whether he'd complete himself without any interference? I am assuming they're still experimenting on the other unnamed egg - maybe perfecting them, they could be finding a different way of producing the eggs? lots of thoughts....

Tubbo frustrates me so much and I’m very down with that. (In small doses haha, I do switch streams sometimes when he gets A Bit Much.)

Right now, his arc is so interesting. Lately, he’s actively trying to make Philza much more suspicious of long time friends and allies; he insists He Is Right on his suspicions and unless he gets concrete written proof, he won’t change it - just today, he refused to change his mind regarding Cellbit, in spite of Phil vouching for him.

He’s been actively dismissive of what’s happened prior to his getting de-iced, of what people have learned from experience over time. And he immediately leapt to investigating Bad and going behind his back, rather than approaching him to talk. Yes, he is in fact RIGHT (I love that he connected the dots, don’t get me wrong), but in immediately reacting rather than pausing and approaching things calmly, he’s managed to alienate Bad further, lost points with Phil (his attitude absolutely deserved that timeout tbh) and likely put Forever off trusting him too - who did at least take his report seriously. At the cost of Bad’s trust in him, no less.

All because Tubbo is currently trusting a Federation worker over long time residents - one who is, suspiciously, A rank..Administrator.

Just like the Cucuruchos.

He’s taking Federation documentation at face value - never mind that everything is written in corporate speak.

And while writing this all out, I realised just as importantly, Tubbo really doesn’t show proper deference to Cucurucho, regardless of what happens to him when he’s punished for misbehaviour. He’s had a real attitude that’s been coming more and more to the fore since the Eggs disappeared.

And honestly?

It makes me think of El Quackity.

After all, they both emerged from places surrounded by water, ice and black concrete..

... You know I said ages ago that 'hey Mike fell in the big black hole and came back weird, and we know black is associated with what the eggs ran from, did he get possessed by it?' and now we have black concrete infection in Forever but also Walter Bob and that one poor worker... Sure Mike wasn't as robotic, but he definitely was trying to sew discord between the players...

Day 1 hint: Oh hibiscus specifically ones that are the national flower of South Korea, this must be a hint about them adding Korean.

Day 2 hint: Well that does look Japan’s flag in the background, plus the O correct X wrong systems, probably about Japan

Day 3 hint: It’s still the year of the rabbit…maybe it could be saying dying rabbit as in ending the lunar new year, since we are about to go into the year of the dragon. Could be about how China has the most rabbit’s in the world? They are generally associated? this could be about China???

Tethered.

okay i'm actually caught up on streams now, so i can make theories without feeling stupid :D

I think that being around eggs grounds q!bad in a way nothing else quite can. we saw it with Empanada on Tuesday, when Bad was kind of on the same memory train most of the time, with only a few resets (which were when he wandered off, away from Bagi and Empanada), as well as yesterday with Dapper, when he only had a couple of minor issues (like the church). This rather fits what's been happening for the past 2 months, with basically all of Bad's issues arising in the absence of eggs.

I think this is solidified by one specific example from yesterday, in which Phil, Bad, Etoiles and Dapper are hanging out in the gym. Bad looks at a flower, like he's about to have a little memory reset and go steal it, but then looks to Dapper and things proceed as normal.

I'm curious and excited to see how this plays into stuff in the future, especially considering the possibility that bad dies (probably temporarily) from radiation poisoning. If he goes away from being alive, even just for a short time, will he completely lose all of his memories? Only time will tell.

Um. anyway all this to say the caption is 'tethered' because the eggs, most specifically Dapper, tether Bad to reality. thank you for coming to my ted talk.

Wait a minute...

The Federation is experimenting on animal hybrids. The Federation is keeping a close eye on ANIMAL HYBRIDS. Hybridness is IMPORTANT and RELEVANT in the lore of qsmp.

"You are... unique."

IS THAT WHY??

Is that why the Feds have an almost unfair favoritism towards Foolish?? Because he's UNIQUE?? Because he's not just any other human/animal hybrid, he's a TOTEM SHARK. Before everything, Foolish has never shyed away from the fact that he's a hybrid totem shark. And the fact that the Feds are confirmed playing around with hybrids AND unlimited lives?? Then there's Foolish, who is BOTH of those??

Holy shit-

There's something weird i'd like to point out. It's amazing that the 7 EGGs are safe and sound, some of them now recovering, and that we have brand new three eggs... But where the heck is the Eggstatistics? They should've been back now, right? Maybe they are waiting for new pixelart and stuff, or waiting for the admins' deserved break to be over. Or, maybe, something sketchy is up. And so, this post will be assuming that. You haven't forgotten that there has been some sketchy stuff happening with the eggs, that we don't yet have answers for, right? And a lot of them. Some of them are: 1- We don't know who made them dirty/broken. Some say the federation, but we are not sure. 2- The reason Chayanne commanded the others to flee away. It seems to be connected to some sort of creature/entity Talullah awaked/enraged, maybe the dark figure in some of the eggs dreams? (this also probably connects to point 1) 3- The three new EGGs' origin is still unknown. We only know they were on Egg Island, hidden on a cave. This, is simply strange. How can new EGGs just pop in? Something is definitely strange about either: The new EGGs' origin The old EGGs' origin The New EGGs seem to be ommiting the fact they came in on boat, somehow knew about the explosion and hid, and none knows about the name "Egg Island". Maybe its only that they don't know if they can talk about it in /rp, or, this is actually on purpose. They, as well, don't seem to be a monitored Fed experiment, as they took Cucurucho by surprise. Maybe they were made by the Eye/The Watcher, as a "evil" counterparts of the old EGGs? Maybe they're old experiments that escaped/were considered failures by/are malfuctioning bc of the Feds, just like the EGG "Hope"? Or is the Island just a natural home for EGGs? If the last possibility is right, then the Old EGGs could have been kidnapped from Egg Island and experimented upon, or they are clones of an EGG from Egg Island, and so not being completely artificially created by the Feds.

4- The three new eggs, alongside Dapper, were given strange rules, seemingly by the Admins: No Armor and No Totems. They seem to be planning a change, one related with the EGGs... something with the EGGs Tasks/functionability? To less tasks? Because with no armor and totems, they become much more very vulnerable, and, it was confirmed by one of the new EGGs that they could still die. It kinda matches with the nerf on the mobs, but not at all with the strength of the code monsters. Maybe, its a way to be able to kill them, bc the n.i.n.h.o. made it basically impossible. Or, perhaps, it's for the growth much have been waiting for, atleast for the old EGGs. 5- The old EGGs are resting since they didn't have a day of peace unlike Dapper, who slept for four days straight, from november 18 (the end of purgatory) until november 22 (when he reappeared). If they only need four days of sleep to recover, in that logic, the other EGGs should wake up at november 25, on a saturday. But. Can we really trust the Federation with their sleep? How can we make sure the thing the EGGs were fleeing from won't hunt them in their lowest...?

Thus, to the reason why we don't have the Eggstatistics there are four possibilities: -They are waiting for the other EGGs to wake up because they are going to wake up different. Maybe grown, or maybe with some weird condition, like being captured again by the entity that hurt them. -Something strange is gonna happen/is going on with the new EGGs, and so they will have a different hud or a different status post just for them. -The EGGs tasks or lives, which are, the EGGs mechanics, are going to change drastically. -Or, all of the above. Its possible. TL;DR: They are making drama because something is going to change with the EGGs mechanically or in lore. I'm here for any thoughts about this :D

so lets recap a little (long post, TLDR at bottom) Phil first wakes up in his bunker, after the mexican independence day celebration. he's still wearing his mariachi outfit. he goes down into his basement where Tallulah's farm is, and finds a strange chest with a strange storybook that alludes to his eggs being at a set of coordinates close to uppies. he leaves immediately, putting almost all his items in a large securitycraft chest in his bunker. when he gets to the birdhouse, he's locked in by Cucurucho, and Chayanne's floatie and Tallulah's beanie are in there with him. a week and a bit later, Phil's hardcore stream fades into blackness as he wakes up in the birdhouse, this time wearing his regular clothes. this time, Chayanne and Tallulah's accessories aren't there, and the door to the birdhouse is different. Phil opens the door, and the sky is pitch black. he walks along a short path, and Cucurucho is waiting for him in a little quartz sitting area, seated at a table with warped wood furniture. Phil sits opposite from him, questioning where his eggs are. i believe Cucurucho laughs at him and gives him a book, written in a similar story-like vein to the one he first found in his chest. this book prompts him to "wake up before he forgets how to", and he wakes up. (metagaming-wise, i think this was in a separate server, since in other streams he only joined the main server towards the tail end of this bit) this time, he's standing in his basement under the bunker, and the strange chest isn't there anymore, he has his mariachi outfit on, his items are still in his inventory — for all intents and purposes it's like he never went on that trip alone to that birdhouse. except, in his inventory is a single potato and a single poppy. later, after the event, he and Tubbo go over to where the birdhouse is meant to be, and aside from some trees that don't look like where they're meant to be there, the birdhouse is completely gone. like it was all a dream.

now up til now this could have been all a terrible nightmare — perhaps a federation induced nightmare, but in the end, not real. But we know from Forever that rollbacks are canon. And the Federation can potentially break into securitycraft trapdoors/doors/chests. So it's perfectly possible for this whole ordeal to have been a dream — but it's also perfectly possible for it to have been real, and for the Federation to have removed all traces of it, just to fuck with Phil even more.

TL;DR: phil's entire kidnapping ordeal is confusing and seems like a dream-ception type situation, but it could honestly have been real given rollbacks are a thing.

so, i'm 100% sure evil cucurucho is the one who started project AB and as you can see, the color scheme of the messages doesn't follow the usual federation colors. walter bob, who's working for the federation, was surprised to see forever in the nether. this means that evil cucurcuho probably has a bigger plan and the eggs missing is just one part and because they probably were running away from it.

From a lore point of view, Etoiles is the federation (or whatever organisation the codes work for) n⁰1 target

First, the dungeon for his presidential life. Ik it's mostly meta but if you think of lore, the Federation is the one who built the entire thing (as they're the one in charge of the elections). When Etoiles beat the dungeon, he beat the federation in a way.

Second, the attack in front of Lucky Ducks, clearly meant for him and way bigger than the other attacks on candidates (we're talking about dozens of nightmare stalkers when the other attacks consisted of zombies ect)

Then, the fake eggs targeted him. He was the only one kept in the arena, no matter what (idk if Phil got tped in later or just got in). The two codes were clearly targeting him and exploited the bug that HE discovered a few weeks prior to the event.

Today, fake Tallulah came back for him, turning into the code once again and spawning waves of strong mobs.

And that's without talking about his first encounter with the code, on his first day. As far as i know, he's the only person to have been personnaly visited by the code. It wasn't an attack. It's wasn't a threat. It was just the code, flying around, watching him.

Meta wise, ik the admins are giving him more fights for his warrior rp/because that what he truly enjoys on the server

But lore wise, i think it's interesting to see how determined the code is to kill him.

(we could also elaborate on how the code used to never come near Etoiles, as if it was scared of him. As if it only attacks him now because it feels stronger (when it's arguably the opposite). It was probably a coincidence but yk, it's fun to theorize about it)