thecohenproject

[thecohenproject]

Hey everyone, I'm not too badly injured and figured I might start at least posting here again. Still sore as hell and everything hurts, but I didn't break anything or even have to go to the hospital again, so there's that

My headaches have been worse since I got back. I can barely remember getting home, and practically nothing about how I got away. I don't want to look back over the footage. Here's hoping it's just some residual injury and stress. I've been eating excedrin and ibuprofen like candy, but the pain is persistent

I haven't heard from the cult since, but there's no way in hell I'm reaching out intentionally

So we'll see

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Eclipse today. I was able to leave work for a few minutes to go see it, it was pretty cool. Though I think "sun" things are a bit ruined for me now, considering the schticks of some of my new good friends out there.

Things have been quiet, I've tried to keep busy. There's not much more I can do, but I feel like I'm on a countdown. Something has to happen soon. The air feels still.

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It’s almost nice to have mundane things go wrong now. My bass repairs took three times as long as expected and cost twice as much, but hey, at least there’s no threat to my life!

And… here’s hoping it stays that way for a bit. It’s nasty to go to midterms while looking over my shoulder all the time, I need a damn rest

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Y79U SAW 77E 8979U SAW M69 89OU SAW ME

… I have no idea what you’re expecting here

I’ll accept that you probably can’t talk directly. I’m not stupid, I’m just an asshole. And let’s play in the space that you’re not also an asshole, and aren’t sending me cryptic shit on purpose (Hi Solar. I know you see this)

Tried and true method of just glancing at this and pretending it’s someone drunk typing instead of a code, I’m getting “you saw me”?

Concerning, admittedly.

The video. The glitching. Someone was there. Is that you? Why are you here? What do you want from me?

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As referenced in the video, here’s the papers I found in Rome. Feels good as fuck to actually make some progress, I won’t lie. I wish there was a bit more info, but I’ll take what I can get

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Looking through all the papers again. A handful of the burnt scraps reference the Solar Reorder being relocated to Rome, which is only really notable because of the specificity

Someone sent all of that to me. Someone chose exactly what to put in that box. Someone wanted me to know everything there, nothing more and nothing less

I’m going to research, poke around a bit. If I get another dead bird sent to me, so be it. Untangling this was bound to come at a price eventually, and I’d rather deal with some cult sending me animal corpses than some… entity landing me in the hospital

Hah. All roads lead to Rome

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Solar Reorder

I realized after my last video that some new viewers might not know about the cult I mentioned. A while ago, I was led to some article about a cult, tucked in a book I had previously found at a library. By name, this mentioned the Solar Reorder.

There were some codes on there, and a picture of a carving bearing a striking resemblance to the thing that has been stalking me.

Recently, I was left a box of fun little horrible papers, and there were some burnt scraps of what looked like an academic paper, again about the Solar Reorder. When I called the number from the Flare Fiction site, honestly it was a shot in the dark to connect them to the cult. Just based on some hunches

And now they're sending me dead birds. I don't know if I'm glad to be right

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Been working on some of the codes I’ve been sent.

I thought this one was Morse at first, but that didn’t work. I did some digging, and turns out it’s tap code. Probably shoulda guessed that from the bat

Translated, it spells FLARE FICTION. I look that up (+ the connect bit) and well, what do you know! A website!

I ended up calling the number on the site and had an… interesting conversation, to say the least. Waiting now to see if anything else happens

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I’m not usually someone who is willing to throw out logic this easily but, well.

I’ve been seeing a face in my dreams. It’s really indistinct, and took a while to notice. But just… a reoccurring thought. Reusing the same face. A store owner one night, a childhood friend who I don’t remember when I wake up the next.

I know that “fun fact” that’s that every face you see in dreams is someone you’ve seen in real life, so sure, maybe I passed this face once on the street. But I keep noticing it, there isn’t familiarity, but there’s this sinking feeling in my chest. Déjà vu. I don’t like how irrational this feels, but it doesn’t make it go away.

Don’t have a reference for someone who I don’t see consciously, but I drew what I could remember. Generally androgynous, at least appearance-wise. Early 20s? Retro clothing, usually.

I don’t know why I’m posting this. If you recognize them, I guess, let me know.

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No major news, just some thinking. And recording was easier than writing it out.

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Here's the stuff I got in the box. I really don't love that there was something left outside my fucking dorm. There's a deadbolt on the door, but I'm not sure how much that will help. I've been thinking of buying a baseball bat or something, just in case. I don't know how much that'll help, but hey what else am I supposed to do. Part of me already regrets bringing Casper into this, he’s probably in danger as well if things can get to our dorm. I can’t do this alone, but am I supposed to just blindly bring this on other people? I can’t do that

Much to my fucking chagrin, I'm gonna have to work on these goddamn codes. I don’t know what else to do and it’s the only lead I’ve got. Hopefully I’ll figure something out

If you’ve got ideas about what these mean, let me know. I know there are people watching, and I know there are other people who know about this

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How bad did the hell chunk popcorn smell

Pretty nasty. Like if popcorn was evil and hated you so so much. But worse was the amount of smoke. We almost set off the fire alarm and I had to immediately shove the bag under a blanket until we could take it outside

Most of the popcorn got trashed but uhhh. We did save the main chunk and put it in a bag for a trophy. And we are keeping it forever probably. My friend put it on his wall

(Also we did eat like half of the not-as-burnt popcorn. College kids make due)

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I fucked up my microwave popcorn so badly there was a charcoal core the size of a fist or so. Literally miserable.

High as fuck. Forgot about daylight savings. Thought time broke a little bit. Fuck this, man

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Quick break from stewing in my misery, Casper and I went as Bill and Ted for Halloween. Happy Halloween

(Don’t worry, medallion thing is in my pocket)

Overall a pretty good weekend + Halloween, a few rough patches but nothing truly horrible

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55NI10279RM

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UNI70OR77

UNIF79RM

U110IfORM

What the fuck

Uh. Yeah I don't fucking know. The words kinda look like they spell out "uniform" if you quickly glance. All the right letters are there. Sorta

I'm sick of codes, this sucks

If you want to tell me something, why can't you just say it? If it's important, why do we need to dance around anything?

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I haven’t been sleeping well. I never really sleep well, but especially lately

I’m not sure if it’s just residual midterm stress or something else, but I got about three hours Monday night, one Tuesday night. Haven’t gone to bed yet tonight. And none of those hours were “restful”.

I’m having dreams that I don’t know what to make of. Blurry faces. Fog. Horrible, scalding bright light. Even when I’m awake, I half expect not to see myself in the mirror. Or at least not the right self

Gotta buy more headache painkillers too, I ran out today. Though it’s a little funny to wonder what my classmates think of me when I’m downing pills during class

My hands won’t stop shaking. I’m hoping it’s just exhaustion

I know this is really disjointed. I’m just tired. Enervated.

Despite the weather getting cold, I can’t stop feeling overheated. Calenture.

No news. I’m getting restless

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Here I am, actually using this like a blog. Sorta. Anyways. Pretty good weekend. Went to a concert with Casper (roommate) and dyed a friend’s hair. (Pictures under the cut so the post isn’t too long).