#the error

[error4040frosty]

"Error! Hello!" The Defect chirps. Another friend! Yay!

@sosaysthedefect

“Deeeefect!” Error is very happy to see Defect.

It pulls Defect into a bear hug.

[lottalovin]

[the-error-if]

Ugh I’ve been dreading making this post for the longest time….

So yeah my comeback has not been all sparkles and everything I’ve expected it to be. Last end of college I became depressed and had to go back to therapy which helped indeed. Went through a break up and a situationship throughout college and honestly kind of lost myself. So there’s been no progress. Honestly it’s sad how I keep doing this to yall. The constant promises and everything just to yank it away from you. I’m done.

Thankfully my therapist and boyfriend are very supportive as well as my friends are insisting I do what makes me happy and this is what makes me happy. Guess that kind of makes me a masochist. So here’s the news.

I can’t promise constant progress on working on the IF and I’m downsizing. No more eight characters. We are sticking to four. Four seems a lot more attainable right now and who knows. Maybe I’ll go back in and write the romance for all of them.

So prepare for the shocking blood bath. The only romance options there will now be are:

-Sawyer

-Kai

-Quinn

-Rowan

Sorry to those who love Rory, Jordan, and Hayden. They are just not obtainable right now. Maybe in the future. And sorry to the one character that was supposed to be a love interest later in the book, but you’re cut for now.

I’m sorry guys, but I have to make this realistic for now. Or you know if enough people whine. Maybe I’ll release the chapter and then slowly add in each romance route in.

As always, much love and leave anything you want for me…

-Grem

[the-paisley]

You cant just put an evil clownlady into a game and expect her to *not* be my favorite

[syntia13treeman]

Case files 10.02

what I think happened in:

Case 10.02, the case of "The Trapdoor Opens" or "Releasing ancient evil – a guide."

One might say it's cheating, making a file for an event that technically isn't a case yet, in that it hasn't been noticed and recorded by OIAR. (Yet). Buuuuuuut… I don't care. :)

So. What we know: Nearly 25 years ago, in December 1999, a paranormal research facility in Manchester, Magnus Institute, burned to the ground. Reportedly, there were no survivors.

However, this might not have been true. Let's put a pin in it for the moment.

On a dark and rainy night on 09th of March 2024, two OIAR employees (on their own time) entered the ruins and conducted a very soggy and inefficient search.

The instigator of the expedition, Samama Khalid, as a child was part of some (rather shady) program for gifted children conducted here. His hazy-yet-unsettling memories of the place had resurfaced recently, and he was determined to find some answers. The resident voice of reason, Alice Dyer, assisted him by way of holding the umbrella and trying to talk him out of the whole thing.

Before she succeeded, the following things happened:

Sam found a mystery key among the debris.

Sam successfully (eventually) broke through the door to an old office (probably owned by someone named Archibald. Ha ha.)

Sam was not careful enough walking around the rotten floor, and part of it collapsed under him.

Sam did not fall into the hole, thanks to quick reflexes of Alice, who pulled him back.

Sam did, however, drop the hard-won key into the newly created hole.

Sam gave up, and agreed to leave.

And now we return to our pin. Because down below the rotten floor of the office, something did survive. It heard the key falling down. It managed to find it, and fumbled in the darkness to fit it in the lock. It unlocked the padlock. It opened a trapdoor. It breathed free air for the first time in decades.

After 25 years of imprisonment, the Ę̴̊̆R̶̗̟̝̒͛̈́̍R̵̛̯͍̠̗Ö̴̮̤́́R̴̞͍̲̞̐̓́͠ͅ ̸̡̫̣̟̏̊̇̍͜ ψ walks free.

Unnoticed by all, a lonely tape-recorder hidden somewhere in the office keeps spinning its tape.

Thus concludes the thrilling Saturday Night adventure.

I... Have Questions. Not many, but pressing ones.

The most pressing one is WHY did you crazy kids go to explore literal crumbling ruins at night? Urbexers do it for 'vibes' and 'clout' (and they don't always come back with the same number of eyes they went in with), but why would you? What made you think it was a good idea to look for clues in the feeble light of torches? Why? Just… WHY? (And why a work night? Did you take a day a night off? Are you exploring on company time? Couldn't you wait till Sunday morning?)

Another good one: does Alice really believe this is a dead end (haha) and can't be bothered with it, or is she dragging Sam away because she knows something's there, and doesn't want her baby shrimp anywhere near it?

And finally – what did they just unleash on the world? My first thought was "one of those gifted kids did not make it back home," and that's as far as I'm willing to let that thought go for the moment. Another one was: "what magical monstrosity did they create in the Artefact Research"? And another: "holy shit, it's been 25 years. How sane is ERROR after all that time (assuming it was sane to begin with)? (I know there are clues on RQ's backstage page, where the casting calls dwell, but going there feels like cheating, so I won't. Today).

[shibe-myths]

the idea of an ex-villain being dragged out of retirement is a sad one. Especially when it comes to the fact that their power could kill them if they make a mistake. So, meet the Fourth generation Villainess- Forecaster. Otherwise known as Rune Grimm. The lass who didn't want to die.

So, why did you stop?

Fanart for @the-error-if

[bughead-in-the-comics]

From The Error, Laugh Comics #305 (1976).