When They Craft: The White Eyes Incident

When They Craft
The box art for When They Craft: The White Eyes Incident
Developer(s)	Girl Host Team
Publisher(s)	WikiGamer
Director(s)	QWillow
Programmer(s)	QWillow TUWAN
Artist(s)	WITCH
Writer(s)	QWillow TUWAN WITCH
Engine	Wikimedia
Platform(s)	Linux macOS Windows
Genre(s)	Visual novel
Mode(s)	Single-player

“	Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are.	”
	— Beyoncé

When They Craft is an English visual novel series produced by Girl Host Team, following the release of Girl Host. The first episode, titled The White Eyes Incident, was published on July 31st, 2024, with subsequent episodes expected to release in the coming year.

The story follows a group of players on the Wiki Camp 2 competitors' hardcore Minecraft server experiencing a series of bizarre and seemingly impossible events that lead to the death of everybody involved, known as The White Eyes Incident. Due to their unsolvable nature, these killings are explained as the actions of a supernatural entity, and because of the White Eyes Incident's strong similarity to many iterations of the Herobrine gaming creepypasta, the event is considered to have been perpetrated by the actual Herobrine. Nurse Cap, as the main protagonist, is tasked with proving whether this supernatural narrative is true.

Characters

AzaleaNurse CapDoraDiffuserPadlockGo SignSock HaterToy BlocksNoah

The first episode begins by showing various conversations between players of the server and the admins. As dying to Herobrine is, like, pretty unfair, many players ask them to either roll back or restart the server; however, because Herobrine can traverse through Minecraft servers, he would have the ability to enter any new world and repeat the event, making those methods ineffective. As such, the admins deem the server unplayable and close it indefinitely.

I'd sure like to bring it back, but I learned my lesson four years ago!

Against some opponents, you've gotta accept defeat.

YEAH DUDE. NOT POSSIBLE.

HEROBRINE IS REALLY SCARY TOO.

He is! I wouldn't want to have to see him any more than not at all!

SO, SORRY DUDES, BUT WE'RE STAYING OFFLINE.

It's just... I don't get how everyone latched onto this as the explanation.

Yeah guys, Herobrine is real, and he specifically attacked our Minecraft server because he hates us, and- and, Ciconia episode 2 is gonna come out, and

I mean...

I know you weren't there, but it was pretty convincing. Even if it wasn't literally Herobrine that killed us, there was definitely something.

I guess...

But shouldn't that mean we should try to find out what it was?

I dunno... I was having fun playing... and it's one of the only times I really get to talk to, to,

...n-nevermind. I just wish there was more of an effort. To get the server back

No, I get it.

It IS frustrating. I was having fun too, and it's annoying we can't convince the mods or anything.

38px	A pause in the conversation.

You know, you're the only one who wasn't directly affected by Herobrine. That means you're kind of the most impartial party.

I guess so. Why?

Just thinking...

...maybe you should be the one to figure this out?

Chapter Zero: Fucked it up

The first major event of the White Eyes Incident is the sudden appearance of an E built out of glowstone in the middle of spawn. Although there is nothing noteworthy about it on its own, all players deny having placed it, and it bears similarity to some instances of the Herobrine myth, where he places similar structures throughout a player's world.

Lemme pull up the chat logs...

<pendugolum> oh huh

<Padlock_Is_COOL> has made the advancement [Into Fire]

<pendugolum> who put this here

<theComputeHer> oh yea

<radiantpill> wht

<theComputeHer> theres like

<theComputeHer> a big E made of glowstone

<theComputeHer> lmao

<alphabetter> wtf :astonished:

<Noah> that sounds SO illegal

<alphabetter> mark genuine :exploding_head:

<Noah> i see it from my house

<Noah> so ugly

Soon afterwards, Nurse Cap attempts to show off by performing a water bucket clutch. She misclicks, becoming the first person to die on the server the day of the White Eyes Incident, and the only one unrelated to it.

<radiantpill> peeep ths shit

<bajablaster005> What's up?

<radiantpill> water bucket cluhtc

<radiantpill> fell from a high place

<bajablaster005> Oh shit.

...alright, it's pretty obvious that anyone could've built the glowstone thing...

Just gotta... find a mundane way all the actual deaths could've happened, I guess.

"Find a mundane way"? That seems awfully single-minded...

Wh-

Who's there? Where'd you come from!?

A mote of gold leaf seems to flit in the air, apparently unamused with Nurse Cap's behaviour.

To deny the existence of the supernatural, after our last outing...? I thought better of you!!!

After our last...

BEATRICE!?

Suddenly, the golden speck begins to swirl around the tired girl, joined by another spark, then another, then ten golden butterflies, then ten thousand more, as the room is filled with a blinding crackle of light that coallesces into...!

Kuhihihii!! Hell~o, Nurse Cap! It's been a while!

How are you doing? How have you been? What sort of food have you tried recently? Have you read any more Crime and Punishment? Been a while since you've borrowed it now! How's everything at ho—

Wait wait wait s, slow down!! What are you, like, doing here?!

Well, don't act so distant towards me now! Can't an old friend say hellooo?

I'm- I'm sorry...

Um, I guess I should say, I wasn't expecting you to involve yourself in something with other people... And, I mean, challenging my claim like that too...

It's like you want to start a Game involving them, or something...

Oooh, so you expect to face off against me?

I'm flattered, but this videogame you've gotten into fails to clear my standards. It's not moé at all...

Though it's true it's to do with your erroneous claim, someone more suited is expecting you. I believe you've made acquaintance?

.....

...who?

38px	( what's up )> :D

:0??????

You two know each other?

We've made parlance, yes, and I've been teaching her a few of my tricks!

38px	( yeah, we met back during the edit war )> ^^

She's a good conversationalist, if a bit... flat.

...is she really a good opponent for me, though? I didn't even think she could play Minecraft.

38px	^^; <( i mean, i can't. unless you count being a sign painter as playing )

38px	>:D <( but i assure you... )

38px	>:3 <( i am more than qualified to be your opponent )

What the fuck????

Unlike you, Emoticon took to magic very quickly.

38px	:0c <( you remember how this works, right? red truth is red truth, everything stated in red must be absolutely true? )

Y-yeah, I remember the rules, I guess.

So, you really wanna fight against me?

38px	!:> <( listen, i gotta go up to bat for herobrine! we have a lot in common )

38px	#^^ <( besides the immaterial entity stuff, people keep making hoaxes of both of us, and it makes everyone think we're not real! that sucks!!! )

38px	>:3 <( so i am FULLY ready to defend my friend's existence, and proving you wrong is just a side effect of that. )

W-well, um...

Bring it on!!

I'm ready to deny him AND all your claims, if it gets the server back!!

Chapter One: Heroic retribution

Following her death, a funeral is held in Nurse Cap's honour, bringing every player to the same location. Afterwards, most of the players disperse, with The Computer leaving first. After entering her base, she complains about an odd structure that has mysteriously appeared. Before she is able to explain what it is, she is quickly killed by a stalactite.

<theComputeHer> hey whoever put this in my base

<theComputeHer> can u get rid of it plzzz

<IHATESOCK> i literally didnt do that

<bajablaster005> She didn't say you did.

theComputeHer was skewered by a falling stalactite

<IHATESOCK> im just making sure

<alphabetter> what did someone put? :thinking:

<bajablaster005> Oh my god

Seeing the death message, every player rushes to The Computer's base. Upon breaking the iron door to get inside, they find her items scattered on the floor and a dropped stalactite, as well as a structure known online as the "Herobrine Shrine" placed in the center of the room.

Assuming her death to be perpetrated by an outside source, the players realize it would have been impossible for the killer got in or out of the room: The Computer's base has only one entrance, an iron door that can only be opened from the inside; the door does not seem to have been tampered with and had to be broken in order for the other players to enter, and there are no other signs of blocks being broken or placed. Additionally, nobody is able to find evidence of a trap of any kind inside the base. Although a mundane explanation is possible (someone could have carefully broken and refilled a hole in the wall, for example,) multiple players were on the scene within seconds of the death and did not see or hear anything out of the ordinary. This is the first major piece of evidence that a supernatural entity is at play, with the current common understanding being that the shrine summoned Herobrine into the world, and that he is now acting maliciously.

<IHATESOCK> why is it on fire

<alphabetter> isn't this the herobrine shrine? :interrobang:

<IHATESOCK> scary

<pendugolum> wait who was the one that broke the door ?

<Padlock_Is_COOL> Me

<bajablaster005> Why???

<Padlock_Is_COOL> We had to get in fast dude.

<joketeller48> Yeah, maybe we could've resuscitated her

<Padlock_Is_COOL> True

<pendugolum> true

<bajablaster005> No

<pendugolum> hey so

<pendugolum> like how did tc die

<Noah> from a stalagmite remember

<pendugolum> no i know that. also, stalacTITE.

<pendugolum> like that seems like a stupid and careless way to die

<bajablaster005> Maybe she really did mess up though.

<pendugolum> isnt she literally supposed to have like. tas level play. shes a computer

<pendugolum> and the herobrine structure. she clearly didnt want that in her base

<pendugolum> you guys see what im getting at here right

Yeah, wait. How DID she die, according to you?

Did herobrine just spawn the stalactite or something?

38px	( nonono )> u^.^u

38px	( here's how it went down )> >:>

38px	( TC saw the structure in her base and got upset, so she went to get rid of it, but herobrine didn't like that )> :P

38px	( so herobrine KILLED her! )> <OoO>

No, that's totally wrong. Wouldn't she like, notice him? What with having, uhhh..

Like, she could basically be a cheat client if she wanted!

um

AUGH

so youre like half right but you started saying some stuff thats totally not true

so im gonna clarify it before you get too off track

i cant do what a cheat client does cuz that like. exploits the server/client stuff

so i cant like. fly. and i dont cuz thats unfair

but if i really want to i know a whole lot more than a human player would

for example. i COULD unfairly check for every player that my minecraft client knows about

but again i avoid checking stuff like that bc that wouldnt be fair and i wanna play fair with everyone

but as for playing "at tas level" i do obviously have a fast reaction time and all that

I guess that makes sense...

Wait, The C., if you're here, can't you just tell me what you saw?

yeah lmao

ur not gonna like it tho

i decided it was faster to just break the thing myself so i went to go mine it

when i approached i just died. didnt see what hit me even though i saw in the chat that it was a stalactite

tbh if i was checking i PROBABLY coulda seen if there was, say, someone behind me placing stuff

but bc i just assumed that the structures were people messing around i wasn't taking it seriously

thats probably why i got killed first tbh

I guess that makes sense...

How does the base work? Why's it so difficult to get in?

its got an iron door that only opens from the inside

and so someone would have to break into it to kill me

but yknow nobody could find anything like that

I guess that makes sense...

That doesn't rule out the possibility of it being a trap, though.

hmmm idk. i easily would have been able to tell if there was a tripwire or pressure plate or something

W-well, there's, like, SO many different kinds of traps in the game. Come on, it's such a simple explanation!

38px	( yeah, which is why it's the first thing everyone already thought of )> UuU

38px	( remember, everyone on the server looked in and around the base for signs of tampering, and not counting the shrine or stalactite, they couldn't find anything out of the ordinary! how'd this hypothetical killer fit a trap in there?? )> <:0c

Ghh,, I mean, nobody here is an EXPERT at the game. Maybe everybody missed something? That would explain how it got TC as well.

38px	>L# <( wow, that's pretty mean )

38px	!:^/ <( and also, contradictory. you're saying someone here set up this complicated trap, but nobody's good enough to do it? )

Well... uh.. (shit...)

Actually... does it have to have been someone we know of? I don't think anyone was keeping track of the player list the whole time.

Maybe, someone else joined the server with intent to grief us, and they were the one who set up this trap!

ohhhh shit. that makes sense we do have a lot of haters

38px	( alright, so, an unknown individual you have no evidence of set up an unknown trap you have no evidence of )> <<?

It's still more likely than Herobrine! It makes perfect sense!!

Come on, um, prove me wrong with that red truth of yours!

38px	l.l <( no )

You could've denied me properly, but you were all fancy with "everyone on the server". Doesn't that say enough? Doesn't that show you know my argument is right??

38px	( oh my god!!! )> >:@

38px	( it wasn't a trap! the killer was there and actually did something directly to kill the computer!!!! )> >X<

Tch...

Emoticon, dear, I understand that you're used to adding onto what people say...

...but do be careful with your tongue. You gave your opponent a good hint.

38px	( whateverrrrrrr )> ..,

A good hint...

Hey, there are a lot of other contestants who, y'know, mess with technology... like, what if the server was invaded by, um, Image, or the Eater of Wikis, or, someone else I'm forgetting?

38px	umu <( well, first off, i think image died )

38px	!:/ <( second off: those answers aren't valid for your side! )

38px	@N@ <( remember, you're arguing this point to convince the admins to bring back the server. if you say it was because of some Other unknowable unstoppable entity, that doesn't help your case )

Exactly. Blaming any entity which acts outside of the rules of this game is functionally identical to blaming Herobrine!!!

Shit, that's sound...

Well- um.. what counts as "the rules of this game?"

What if someone was- was regular hacking, or used glitches? Pretty common to exploit shit like that in Minecraft.

38px	( that would be a really boring answer )> >:P

38px	( i can promise, there were no glitche- gl- -ggHGHHKDF HHKKJ-OWOWww what thFuck wait

38px	( there we go )> <<<<<"

38px	( what the FUCK was that??? )> 0o@

Your carelessness shows your naivete...

If you attempt to use the red truth to speak a falsehood, you will choke. Be cautious with your words.

38px	( wow. having a mouth must SUCK )> >:0

i know right

38px	( i was tryna say "there were no glitches or hacking on the server" )> :P

38px	( but i guess, like, stuff like tnt dupers or whatever mean that's not TECHNICALLY true )> 8/

38px	( so, uh....... )> :U

38px	( nobody hacked into or modded the server, and no glitches or exploits were directly relevant to the white eyes incident itself )> u.u

38px	( is THAT sufficient? )> >:?

I... I guess so, for now.

Hey, TC said she wasn't paying super close attention.

Are we, like, sure that nobody just broke in??

38px	( like i said, no evidence of any changes to the base were found, other than the obvious )> B)

Well, are we sure they didn't just replace the blocks after killing her?

38px	( that would've taken time! and there were soo many people on the scene right after!! )> <:<

also, yeah i wasnt paying super close attention, but i think i wldve heard someone breaking in lmao

Wwell... still..... it's possible...

If you missed the sound, and they were quick with it, it's totally possible for them to break a couple blocks, place a stalactite, break it, and leave!

38px	/:/ <( c'mon, you're not gonna open the locked room with boring answers like that )

38px	LL <( no block breaking was at all involved in the computer's death, save for the one segment of dripstone to directly kill her. happy? )

..........

She clicks her tongue.

The killer teleported in with an ender pearl, the killer followed The Computer through the door before she closed it, the killer opened the door from the outside using a power source, The Computer accidentally killed herself using dripstone and is lying about Herobrine.

hey!!

38px

!:> <( no teleporting happened!! the killer definitely moved into and out of the room! because herobrine can tunnel through walls undetected, of course. the computer closed the door before anyone else could enter! nothing was placed on the outside of the room that was relevant to this death!!! and, the killing was definitely intentional, nor was it a suicide! )

Hm...

,,

Wtf happened, then??

38px	^^ <( herobrine went in through the walls, summo

It's a room that-

38px	ned some dripstone, and slaughtered her easily!! )

-that the killer went in and out of, but no blocks were broken or placed, and they didn't use the door...

Hold on. How does this base fucking work at all?

There's one door that you can't open from the outside? How do you get in??

its to stop people from coming in when im in

whenever i head out i just leave it open lol

......

Then, it's not a locked- a locked room at all!!

wait wdym

The killer could have hid inside the room before The Computer even got there, then she went in and closed the door and got killed!!!

38px	( c'mon, she would've totally noticed someone hiding inside )> :P

yea im ngl i think i would have

38px	( plus, no players were in the room before the computer entered! )> ^:V

Gah!!!!

This is SO simple. All you need is some way to quickly get in and out of the room without... without violating anything in red!

It's just annoying that I can't figure out what that way is.

kind of just describing a locked room there

38px	^^c <( i suppose you've given up? )

No!! I mean...

I can't solve this right now, but if all I need is one little piece, I'm not gonna give up!

yeah might b worth it 2 like

strategic retreat for now, look at the other murders

see if you figure out anything new

Yeah. Yeah!!

38px	( i'll count this as a win for me until then )> :0<

Chapter Two: Third case

Following the previous chapter, now that two deaths have happened and two strange builds have appeared in such quick succession, the server is on edge, and many players begin to suspect each other of killing. Taking advantage of this distrust, Padlock, Go Sign, Sock Hater, and Toy Blocks plan to steal the structure that was in The Computer's base, as it is both important and made of gold. They easily sneak into the base, with nobody left alive to defend it. The members of the Ultimate Heist Crew mine out the structure, collect all of The Computer's dropped items (save her iron boots), steal as many valuables from her chests as possible.

<alphabetter> all im saying is :neutral_face:

<alphabetter> the computer dies, and the heist crew is stealing her stuff right after :face_with_monocle:

<alphabetter> really makes you think who killed her :thinking:

<Padlock_Is_COOL> What

<IHATESOCK> NO WE AREN'T

<Noah> stealing is bad don't do it >:(

<IHATESOCK> DEFINITELY NOT

<Padlock_Is_COOL> Yeah!!

<Noah> oh ok :)

<bajablaster005> Guys. What's the point in trying to hide it.

<bajablaster005> We outnumber every living player 4 to 3.

<alphabetter> so you guys DID kill her!!! :head_explosion:

<joketeller48> It's the principle of the thing

<joketeller48> Thieves shouldn't admit to their thievery

<Padlock_Is_COOL> Yeah, TB, you should know that by now

<bajablaster005> What's that supposed to mean??

<pendugolum> if you're stealing her stuff can i have her sword

<IHATESOCK> ok

<Padlock_Is_COOL> No

<bajablaster005> Wait hold on.

<bajablaster005> We're stealing her stuff but we did not fucking kill her.

<IHATESOCK> yeah, we're not the ultimate MURDER crew

<joketeller48> I kind of appreciate that name

<joketeller48> Can we be the Ultimate Murder Crew?

Once UHC returns to the UHCHCHC, the group begins to organize their stolen loot. The members of the team argue briefly over who gets to keep what. At the same time, Dora finds another unexplainable structure: a long tunnel dug into a cave with redstone torches lining the walls. She keeps this knowledge secret from the members of UHC, suspicious of their actions surrounding The Computer.

<pendugolum> yo diffuser

<pendugolum> come over here

<alphabetter> what :question_mark:

<pendugolum> look at this

<alphabetter> oh wow :astonished:

<alphabetter> who built this? :astonished:

<IHATESOCK> what is it

<pendugolum> noah where are you

<pendugolum> you should look at this

<Noah> i'm in my IMPENETRABLE BASE

<Noah> where no evil beings can come

<bajablaster005> What did you guys find?

<pendugolum> not telling

<bajablaster005> ??

<pendugolum> u guys totally killed tc

<alphabetter> yeah, so you don't get to have our secret info :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

<IHATESOCK> NO WE DIDN'T!!!!!!!!

<Padlock_Is_COOL> Whatever, you're just jealous we got all her stuff

Before they are able to fully put everything away, a massive hole suddenly and inexplicably opens up beneath the UHCers. Everyone dies of fall damage, except for Toy Blocks, who successfully water bucket clutches at the bottom. However, she doesn't get a chance to explore or figure out what happened, as Herobrine kills her using an explosion shortly afterwards.

<joketeller48> Wherever shall we put the shrine?

<bajablaster005> In the middle of the floor would look nice.

<Padlock_Is_COOL> We'd have to get rid of some of the carpet though

<bajablaster005> Who cares?

IHATESOCK fell from a high place

joketeller48 fell from a high place

Padlock_Is_COOL fell from a high place

<pendugolum> uh

<bajablaster005> Wtf

<alphabetter> :exploding_head:

bajablaster005 was blown up by Herobrine

<pendugolum> ????

So is that it, or...?

Like, fall damage?

...

I'm not sure what the trick is here, but dying of fall damage isn't... supernatural, is it??

38px	( it is though!! )> >_>

38px	( think about it, they were in the base already, not anywhere near a cliff or whatever )> :V

38px	( but suddenly, a MASSIVE hole appears beneath their feet )> <0o0>

38px	( it's like the entire chunk was removed at once! how do you explain that?? )> ?:?

Okay, but that just means there was, um, a trap or something, right?

Like, just set up some TNT under them and shit, right? Pack a bunch in there. Like, uhm, a piston mechanism, with TNT at the bottom.

I guess that leaves the last one though, damn... There isn't a player named Herobrine on the server, is there?

I, I mean, everyone would have seen them join...

38px	:? <( ummm. yeah )

38px	^^; <( that theory only really works for the falling part )

38px	>;) <( also: no redstone dust, redstone blocks, nor redstone torches were used to kill the UHCers, both as blocks, AND as crafting components! )

38px	:/ <( i'm not gonna let you try to come up with stupid redstone trap-X's for the entire battle )

For both types of deaths?! Kill me already...

38px	( that's what the red truth says )> :P

Okay, sure...

I mean... it's not like you HAVE to use redstone to blow someone up. Like, you could manually activate TNT, or use end crystals, or whatever.

O, Oh! End crystals! It isn't redstone but it explodes!!

That's how Toy Blocks was blown up!

38px	-_- <( well duh. herobrine placed the end crystals or whatever and blew up toy blocks )

... That's... fucking stupid... but...

Back to the falling part. Maybe a command block or something? Like, /fill would accomplish this, right?

38px	>:/ <( no! no commands were used for the entire white eyes incident! )

38px	>:< <( feel like that should basically fold into "no exploits" or whatever... )

ok cool sure hfglhdfghbdgvfkmkhh

It's really hard to think of anything when I barely know what happened...

hey uh

why not just. ask the victims

Idk.

Not ENTIRELY sure.

It was such a blur!

.....

What.... um..

Uh,,

jesus christ why do i have to talk to people

Our heist had gone perfectly... but alas!

We've never had a heist fail before, dude! This "Herobrine" really is a tough one.

Yeah, I mean, I'm kinda pissed we lost all that progress...

...but it's kind of awesome that, y'know, the only way we could be beaten was supernaturally.

Well, I-I'm, kind of trying to, prove that false, so...

It's weird he even wanted to kill us. I'm really not the type to be haunted.

Clearly, retaliation for our theft... never this vengeful a target has been our opponent!

So,, none of you know anything,?

I mean, I guess I saw a little more...

When we placed down the shrine, there was this weird sound, like-

Right!! A bunch of blocks suddenly breaking!

-.

And then, the floor suddenly all broke around us, and everyone died.

Except me!!

I water bucketed at the bottom of the pit, but there wasn't anything there that I could see.

And then I blew up and died.

Hmm...

I don't really know if that's useful, but...

I mean,, that sure makes it sound like a weird trap, and not something supernatural.

Maybe the real killer just built-

Nah, it can't have been planned ahead.

If it really WAS a trap, how'd they know we were gonna steal the shrine and then bring it to that specific room of our base?

Exactly! Never underestimate the power inaction can bring to a crime scene!

If you are unsure who to target, you wait until the target presents itself, and THEN you strike!

and so the logic is. only herobrine wld be able to do something like that quickly and easily

38px	>%D <( exactly!!! go sign, sock hater, toy blocks, and padlock were all killed by the actions of someone in their vicinity who )

...

I don't know, Padlock, Leader of the Ultimate Heist Crew, how could the culprit have guessed that you were going to steal a shiny gold thing?

I resent that.

Besides, if the culprit had a trap set up, they would just have to wait until the first instance of all of you being in that room. Which happened to be pretty quick.

So, how do you explain my death.

Well, there isn't a "Herobrine" player to set off the end crystals...

So, the trick lies in being able to change what appears in chat...

Oh!! There's a bunch of ways to do that!!

Uh... changing player names, named items, custom commands, nametagged mobs...

Hmmm... Player names can't work... Items would show up differently... Custom- no, that's against the rules...

...shit, though, a mob! Like, if you change the name of a mob with a nametag, does it show up if it kills someone?

Yeah!!

Okay, okay... How about... A renamed mob was able to set off the explosives in such a way to where the mobs name was able to appear in chat.

The hole was created using some sort of trap, causing three of the UHCers to fall to their deaths. Then, a renamed mob somehow set off an end crystal, killing Toy Blocks!

38px	;) <( and what kind of trap was it? no redstone, remember? )

...

Hey, Padlock, what is the floor in your base MADE of?

Spruce planks, with black and purple carpet covering them.

...

So, hypothetically, if all of the blocks below your base were replaced with carpet, you wouldn't be able to tell, right

38px	D: <( you CAN'T be serious!!! That's way too many blocks to replace! )

Wait, this idea isn't as stupid as I thought. You don't have to replace ALL the blocks if-

Yeah, wait, that's TOTALLY it.

38px	;) <( hmmm, hmmm! you're pretty proud of your flimsy logic. i bet i could demolish that without the red! )

38px	:3c <( i'll concede. for now. )

Hell yeah!

Now that we're halfway, how about we call it here, just for a little bit. I just gotta... Review the facts in my head, y'know?

38px	:/ <( uhhhhh )

38px	:> <( sure, whatever you say! )

Intermission

Man, I don't get it.

What's Emoticon's stake in this anyways? I don't really buy her earlier excuse.

oh no shes for sure hiding her real motive

AUGH AGAIN

I don't know how you keep getting me like this. But it is fishy, right?

like she is hiding her true reason that much is obvious to me

but i dont think its anything sinister

like, its just a video game. and a logic battle. the stakes arent that high

Well duh. But like, what does she gain from this?

If it wasn't literally impossible for her to play minecraft, I would just say that she's the culprit.

...

thats right, she cant really press buttons on a keyboard or anything like that

but i wouldnt say she isnt participating in the server at all

But it's literally impossible for her to play! She doesn't even have a body!

N-no offense,

lol dw

but what i mean is that theres a reason that emoticon is your opponent here and not that witch lady

like, what does it mean to be a gamer?

To be highly skilled at video games, or at least well-versed.

how would you measure that? like, for a specific game how could you define that skill?

Hmm... Well, I guess you could do that in two ways. Your execution, and your knowledge of the game itself.

Like, the difference between labbing a combo and actually using it in a match, to speak my own language if I may.

Oh! So, like, even though Emoticon has zero execution skill, she's showing off her knowledge of the game?

ooh i think you might be onto something

i feel like showing off is the wrong word for it though?

...not sure I get what you mean.

doesnt rly matter rn

lets get back to crimesolving

Chapter Three: Moving in stasis

Noah decides to take matters into his own hands, despite the accusations from the other survivors. He temporarily leaves his self-proclaimed impenetrable base in order to deliver justice to herobrine. Or at least, investigate Herobrine's motives.

<Noah> that's it!!!

<Noah> it's my job to destroy all evildoers

<Noah> i've been hiding in my impenetrable base for too long

<alphabetter> ? :thinking:

<Noah> protecting the innocent (me)

<Noah> when i SHOULD have been KILLING THE NOT INNOCENT

<pendugolum> uh

<pendugolum> hey quick question noah

<pendugolum> did you kill the heisters

<Noah> of course not!!

<Noah> i just said i was hiding in my IMPENETRABLE BASE

<pendugolum> ok but

<alphabetter> you've called them evil before :hushed:

<alphabetter> you might have just killed them in order to enact justice!!! :scream:

<pendugolum> yeah

<Noah> hmmmmmmm

<Noah> hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

<Noah> that's a good point. i would do something like that

<Noah> but i didn't. and if i did i would be more proud about it

<pendugolum> ok dude <<"

<Noah> but, that does make me think,

<Noah> that maybe, this "herobrine" is actually, like his name suggests, a "hero", and is actually a good guy

<pendugolum> he killed tc too though

<Noah> she was also evil probably

<alphabetter> compelling theory, but how can we be sure it's not just you... covering your own crimes up? :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:

<Noah> cause i said so

Dora discusses the strange tunnel she found with Diffuser, unsure of its purpose, when Noah arrives from his base. Noah explains that he's using an enderpearl stasis chamber set on a timer, allowing him to exit his base for a short period of time before he automatically returns, assuring that he has an out if anything goes wrong.

<pendugolum> wht is this tunnel btw

<pendugolum> i'd assume the redstone torches were for some trap but they're so easily breakable

<alphabetter> they're part of the original herobrine myth :smiling_imp:

<alphabetter> he digs around all across the server and lines the tunnels with redstone torches so mobs can still spawn :exploding_head:

<pendugolum> oh shit

<pendugolum> wait

<pendugolum> that's like the fourth or fifth thing that must've been built in advance

<pendugolum> assuming noahs not lying and tc/uhc really did die from traps

<pendugolum> or herobrine

<alphabetter> he's kinda stupid too cause 1.18 made it so mobs can't spawn with any light :sweat:

<pendugolum> WTF

<Noah> i'm here

<pendugolum> jesus christ you scared me

<pendugolum> uh

<alphabetter> are you gonna kill us :scream:

<Noah> no

<Noah> i'm here to confront herobrine once and for all

<Noah> and figure out if he's a good guy or not

<Noah> and if he's not.... you know what happens >:)

<alphabetter> what if he's stronger than you :exploding_head:

<Noah> i doubt it. i have maxed out gear

<pendugolum> ur wearing diamond not netherite tho

<Noah> i can't go to hell cause i'm not evil

<Noah> but also. i have a secret weapon

<Noah> there's an enderpearl stasis chamber in my base

<alphabetter> :exploding_head:

<alphabetter> what is that :thinking:

<pendugolum> its a weird machine

<pendugolum> it lets you teleport back to a specific spot

<Noah> yeah and it's on a timer

<Noah> so if herobrine is ever about to kill me i can just hide and then i'll go back to my IMPENETRABLE BASE

<Noah> where i'll be INVINCIBLE!!!!!!!

<pendugolum> i feel like . there are issues with that plan

<pendugolum> first off what if he reads chat and fucks with it

<Noah> nah he won't

<Noah> i trust him

Dora, curious about the tunnel, and Noah, wanting to confront Herobrine, head down the redstone torch tunnel. After a little while [], Noah is suddenly teleported back to his base earlier than he set the timer. Before either he or Dora can figure out what happened, both are suddenly killed by a massive explosion.

<pendugolum> yeah im breaking through the walls and whtever and i rly cant find anything

<alphabetter> so it's not a trap after all? :face_with_monocle:

<pendugolum> well theres like

<pendugolum> so many ways you can make one without it being obvious

<Noah> clearly herobrine wants an honorable duel

<pendugolum> honestly this is rly scary

<pendugolum> the tunnel just keeps going

<pendugolum> WTF

<pendugolum> whered you go

<Noah> huh

<Noah> my enderpearl activated somehow

<alphabetter> uh oh :exploding_head:

<Noah> but it's way too early!!!

<Noah> i set the timer for WAY longer than this

<Noah> hold on i gotta head there don;'t kill herobrine without me

<pendugolum> uh ok

<pendugolum> im going back to the entrance then

pendugolum was blown up by Herobrine

Noah was blown up by Herobrine

<alphabetter> :pensive:

So... Noah, based on what you saw, do you know who it could've been...?

that's a tricky one.

it doesn't make sense to kill the ultimate heist crew (all evildoers) and then me (paragon of justice) right.

Unless maybe it's a scary unthinking monster.

But, the killer seemed to act both emotionally and smart...ly.

They only went after people who messed with their stuff, and did it in a way they couldn't be found.

it's really easy to get messed up with names is the thing.

like, with me and Evil Noah, and all the other noahs. I'm the coolest and strongest and best one but we all have to share a name, right?

And if you think we're all the same (which we aren't, because he's evil,) and then you tried to fight "Noah," you might be way overprepared or underprepared for where he scales.

Wait, this stuff with names is important.

38px

?:?

Like, my whole logic here is you can nametag a hostile mob and make it show up in chat.

But, um,...

Nurse Cap quickly types something into her computer.

Yeah!! If you- if you nametag a pet, like a dog or cat or whatever, then it dies, it ALSO shows up in chat!!

38px	( hm? )> :3<

38px	( i'm not following, sorry )> u.u"

Well, you confirmed the deaths of Noah and Dora and the UCH- UHCers, right? But not The Computer!!

S-so, maybe, her death was actually just a fucking cat or something dying, and that leaves her alive to... set up something else, I dunno.

wouldnt that make ME herobrine

38px	XD <( could you fucking imagine?? )

wtf lol. the accusation after i'm helping you

I meAN, maybe you were just an accomplice... or like,,

I'm just. Covering all my bases.

38px	(o>o) <( no. theComputeHer is absolutely and definitively dead )

38px	^^; <( but honestly, good catch there. i should've used that for some trick )

Tch...

Okay, uh, next question.

The blown up by Herobrine thing is something I've, like... already figured out, I just need to know how the pearl activated prematurely.

So how does the enderpearl stasis chamber... work, exactly?

It's, uh...

You know how water can be used to transport items around? Pushing them around and stuff.

You can do the same thing with projectiles, as long as they don't hit any solid blocks.

Mhm, mhm...

If you make a bubble column, using soul sand, that makes them float up at the top of the water.

So you can throw an enderpearl in, and it won't land on anything and just bobs there uselessly.

Ohh... and then, you make it hit something later on with redstone, and that's when it teleports you back!

Right.

i had mine hooked up to a really long timer, so i could stay out for a while

38px	( but somehow, it activated early!!! how could that have happened? )> <OoO>

herobrine.........

...did Noah just fuck it up. The timer.

38px	>:< <( Noah didn't just fuck it up )

Maybe... maybe this was, like, an elaborate scheme by him that went wrong!

Noah could've killed The Computer and UHC before here using whatever method.

Then, he teleported back earlier than he said, with a trap meant to kill Dora!!

But, something went wrong, and he was killed alongside it!

no, i'm not the kind of guy to do that!

38px	( compelling theory...... he IS totally the kind of guy to do that )> :/c

no i'm not.

i JUST said.

38px	( but, no. noah's death was not an accident! nor was it noah's intention to die! )> <<"

Damn...

38px	( and, while i'm at it, the same is true of dora! both of them were killed by another person!! )> <<"

38px	( plus, remember that noah was teleported away before dying! they died in separate places!! )> 0o0

38px	( so how did one manual explosion cause that??? )> >:3c

......

...lemme see the next case.

I might actually have an idea...

Chapter Four: Open warehouse

As the only player left on the server, Diffuser takes it upon themself to explore each crime scene in detail, expecting to be killed quickly. They first check down the tunnel that Dora and Noah went down, finding a massive crater but nothing else of note.

Assuming all the evidence was destroyed, Diffuser then heads to Noah's IMPENETRABLE BASE to break into it. This takes several minutes. Once inside, they find that the inside of the base is strangely pristine, no broken blocks or other signs of damage despite the fact that Noah died due to an explosion. An activated enderpearl stasis chamber is in the corner of the room, with Noah's items scattered on the ground around it.

Taking Noah's gear for better protection, they head to the UHCHC to find the Herobrine shrine floating above a hole in the floor. At the bottom of the pit, there is another large crater with no useful evidence for them to find.

Over the course of this chapter, Diffuser becomes more and more convinced that another being is with them, as they know they're the only person left on the server and that they didn't kill anyone. Strangely, while exploring the crater in UHCHC's base, they are killed by Herobrine in an unknown manner.

<alphabetter> im gonna be real herobrine :confused:

<alphabetter> if that is who you are :face_with_monocle:

<alphabetter> uh :sweat:

<alphabetter> idr wanna play anymore if nobody else is here :pensive:

<alphabetter> sorry for whatever we did to upset you :man_shrugging:

<alphabetter> im gonna hop off soon :sleepy:

alphabetter tried to swim in lava whilst escaping Herobrine

...yeah, I dunno. I really didn't see much of note.

I guess I know there weren't other traps being set up, that I could find!

Well...

This killing seems pretty easy, honestly.

how so

W-well, my previous idea with the UHCers was- it was a skeleton or something, right?

So, if that skeleton was still alive, or another one was set up... Diffuser heads to that hole, gets hit by "Herobrine," and then....

...you know. Falls into lava and dies.

was there like

lava for them to fall into

There was lava there when I died yeah.

Uhh... honestly, I don't remember if it was there before, lol. But it'd make sense if it was, right?

You blow a big hole in the ground, suddenly there's lava!

Yeah, exactly.

There's lava, you got hit by a mob and fell into it.

Well I didn't, like. SEE the mob. And I was paying SUPER close attention!!!

maybe you paid so super close attention that you didnt notice the guy behind you

Yeah!! If- if you were just a little bit careless, this explanation makes perfect sense!

Doesn't it, Emoticon??

38px	( ...not gonna say anything for now )> ):P

Of course not.

But ME??

Honestly, I- I think I know how this whole incident went down...!

Aftermath

Once Diffuser dies, there is nobody left on the server, and it is left open for less than a day. Many alternate explanations for the White Eyes Incident are circulated (most centered around either Noah or the Ultimate Heist Crew.) However, since the incident affected everybody equally and no satisfying explanations are presented, the overwhelming consensus is that Herobrine really was the culprit, leading to Mike and Spike deciding not to bring the server back.

Although it is never stated in chat, after many of the players report occasionally seeing a pair of glowing white eyes staring at them in the dark, leading to wiki editors calling it the "White Eyes Incident".

As the only player to never witness anything out of the ordinary, Nurse Cap remains unconvinced. Her connection to the server and desire for answers lead her to take it upon herself to prove the nonexistence of Herobrine. Emoticon (a character introduced in the final section of the episode) takes it upon herself to deny Nurse Cap's claims, feeling a kinship with Herobrine and desire to take part in the game. Aided by the Golden Witch Beatrice and The Computer, Emoticon and Nurse Cap engage in a logic battle to determine the true nature of the White Eyes Incident, marking the end of the first episode.

38px	( so, you have all the solutions to everything? )> ?:0

Y-yeah!!

Lemme lay it out for you...

Chapter 2

So, um I already have a pretty good explanation for the second case.

Someone, let's call them... uh, Killer X, realizes that the UHCers are gonna steal the statue.

While they're hanging out at The Computer's base, Killer X goes under THEIRS, and digs a really big pit underneath the trophy room.

Then, they use signs or scaffolding or whatever block and put carpets on top, granting the illusion of a full floor!

That covers the main "disappearing floor" trap, but expecting someone to successfully clutch...

...they get literally any mob with a projectile attack and nametag it "Herobrine," then place a bunch of end crystals, or tnt minecarts, or something else which explodes on impact.

Killer X hides while the Ultimate Heist Crew to come back to their Hideout, waits until they're all above the proper spot... and manually breaks the block holding up the floor itself!!!

Then, Toy Blocks survives, and either the "Herobrine" mob shoots at her or there's some weird water system that saves the projectile like with the stasis chamber or- or whatever, and she's blown to bits!

How's that for a damn solution?!

38px	( it seems pretty sound, sure )> :/

38px	( but do you really think uhc wouldn't notice their floor had been replaced? )> :/

38px	( after all, the four of them could definitely spot any discreppphhggfkkGHHAkhhOWOW owwww,,,

38px	( uh... the four of them could definitely spot any visual discrepancies made to their base. how about that?? )> >:3

Sure, sure, but... Y'know that doesn't matter, right? If the top layer was already carpet, there wouldn't BE any visual discrepancies to spot!!!

38px	umu <( grrrrr..... )

And that same logic applies to...

Chapter 4

Here, it's even easier!

Diffuser wasn't being careful, they were in the same UHC blast zone, and there was lava nearby!!

Either the "Herobrine" mob was shielded from the blast, or Killer X replaced it with another. Either way, something was there to hit Diffuser!

They get hit, and then die!!

38px	( i was saving this for now~! )> Xv0

38px	( the lava that killed diffuser was not present when toy blocks died!!! it can't have been a naturally occuring thing! )> ^^

38px	( so tell me, if diffuser was the last player left on the server, who was the one who PLACED it?? )> >:D

Ah, um

Well, hm, there was a lot of time between the Heisters' deaths and the next few deaths...

So then any Killer X could have put it there!

38px	LL <( and why would they do that? in fact, why would they let the herobrine mob live at all?? )

T, That doesn't matter! It could just as well be to throw people off!!

Go on, refute it in red if I'm so wrong! Can you?!

38px	>:<<<<<<<<<

Chapter 3

Here, Killer X could have built that redstone tunnel AGES in advance.

They set up another one of those Herobrine-mob-ender crystal-fucking-whatever traps underneath the floor, just like the UHCHC!!

Then, they waited for Noah to exit his base, and quickly broke inside, in order to access his stasis chamber.

Like Dora said, enderpearl stasis chambers work on the same... um, principle, as item transportation!

And Noah's base was nearby!! So, Killer X could have easily just created a water stream to float the enderpearl down to a second stasis chamber at the blast zone!

38px	>:P <( that sounds fucking impossible )

It- it's not SUPER likely... but Noah died of a similar explosion to Dora, and his base was weirdly totally fine.

All of this work was done to make it SEEM like two people died in two spots at the same time, but they exploded right by each other!!! Technically in separate places, but not enough for it to matter!

Killer X waits for the pair to get near, teleports Noah, uses a mob to blow them both up, hides the evidence, and then drops Noah's items back at his base! Easy!!

38px	,':/c<( but wouldn't diffuser have seen the giant water stream heading towards the tunnel? )

38px	>:>( they couldn't find anything out of the ordinary there, remember!! )

Not if they immediately ran to the site of the explosion, and didn't check outside until later! Entirely reasonable!!

Chapter 1

And now, where it all began.

38px	( you better have something good for this one!! )> <<"

I- I can't believe I didn't see this earlier, but...

Your whole argument is that, through red truth, nobody could have altered the base on the inside or outside...

...and yet, someone got in and out of the locked room.

38px	( ,,, )> ^^;

...yeah.

YOU NEVER FUCKING SAID THE DOOR WAS CLOSED!!!!!!!

KILLER X JUST RAN IN AND PLACED THE DRIPSTONE AND FUCKING LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So THERE!!!

Every... every single death is completely explainable by mundane means!

I'm ready for whatever counter you've got...!

38px	( ... )> ..

38px	( alright, yeah, fine, you've come up with some pretty good solutions )> @.@

38px	( (i was really proud of the door thing, too...) )> umu

38px	( not gonna refute what you said )> #:P

So...

Uh. Do I... win?

38px	$u$ <( lemme ask you this )

38px	:0c <( every death is explainable by mundane means )

38px	?:? <( WHOSE means? )

...

...I, I mean, I don't know who to point to...

... but there's some good evidence pointing in a couple directions, and I think everything is explainable if you pick

38px	( nope )> :(

N- huh??

38px	( no matter who you were about to say, it's impossible )> :(

38px	( think about it! there was literally never an opportunity for someone on the server to commit murder!! )> <:U

What do you... mean...?

38px	( for the computer's death... everybody was in the same place, attending your funeral. )> K[]D

38px	( the computer was the first one to leave, and everybody else was nowhere near her base when she died!! )> K[]Gc

38px	( then, for uhc. dora and diffuser were in front of the redstone torch tunnel, and noah was in his IMPENETRABLE BASE. )> uHc

38px	( none of those three were anywhere NEAR the uhchc!! they couldn't have activated your manual floor trap! )> UCH

38px	( when dora and noah went down the tunnel, diffuser stayed at the entrance, not coming near where either dora OR noah died!! )> UCH

38px	( and i mean, diffuser's death. c'mon )> :P

38px	( nobody was on the server )> ;3c

38px	( although, i guess your answer kind of implies a preset trap, so... the lava was placed AFTER noah died )> <O]

KKhhgh,,,

38px	( and, just to reiterate... other than everybody i just mentioned and you, no other players were on the server during the white eyes incident )> :U

38px	:/ <( so )

38px	:0 <( i'll ask again )

38px	:0 <( WHO was pretending to be herobrine? )

38px	umu <( because a mysterious, player-like intelligence, capable of existing when nobody else is... )

38px	>:Jc <( ...sounds pretty herobriney...! )

That's,,,

That's still beatable!! I just need to... I just need to find a way a player can exist during that time!

If I do that, Herobrine is DISPROVEN!!!

38px	( hit me with your best shot!!! i'll attack back with the red!!!!!!! )> >8D

Are we- are we SURE nobody else tried to join the server?

38px	( nope!! like i said in red before, you nine were the only players!! )> >:P

Then what about you! I know you said you can't play Minecraft, but it would be a pretty good way to-

38px	( i can't play minecraft!!!! i had nothing to do with the white eyes incident or the server itself!! )> >:U

38px	( didn't i already say that in red? )> >:Pc

Then- then maybe one of the admins were on, and they don't strictly count as normal players...?

38px	( uh. they're not normal players, but they're definitely players, and they never went on the server )> :{

Then, um, th-then...

...what if some of your "red truths" were actually maroon truths!!

RED TRUTH IS RED TRUTH! To deny it is to deny the very nature of the game itself!!

The game which, I remind you, is being played for your benefit!

Ghhh,, you're still here??

I can't deal with this! Every fucking- everything is just gonna get shot down!!!

Maybe something I already...

Wait.

Waiiiiitwaitiawitawiawitaiwtiawtdfhgajweigf

The- the dead pet theory I had before!!

For literally everyone on the server, you were like "so-and-so is dead!!"

But... but for The Computer, you specified that "theComputeHer is dead." Her USERNAME.

38px	( so?? )> >:B

38px	( what're you getting at... )> >IIT

If there really WAS a mob nametagged with theComputeHer, and then it died... wouldn't it be perfectly valid to say "theComputeHer is dead", EVEN IF the actual PLAYER was still alive????

38px	( oh my god!! i'm sorry for using natural language!!!! )> XP

38px	( y'know what?? )> >:<

38px	( lemme make this as clear as possible for you. make sure i REALLY communicate the truth of this argument )> uwu

38px	( (someone type in a heading rq) )> ..

Epilogue

you good?

S, Sorry, yeah, just, umm...

I don't understand why she's being... Like... Such a bitch??

mhm...

And uhm, I KNOW it's stupid to be caring about this this much, but like,,

I dunno... Emoticon can't play on the server, the hell does she care what happens to it?

Hitting me with some tough shit like that... Why doesn't she want anyone playing??

i mean. i doubt her intent is to stop you from playing minecraft

like .. i dont think she's a bully

shes not doing this just to piss ppl off

its like what we were talking about before, with her knowledge of the game

So then she's just showing off?

You said that wasn't totally right, though.

mhm

i think a better way to put it is just... having fun

i dont think she can do that a lot.

she doesnt get to do shit with people yknow. she doesnt get to grab food or go outside or play minecraft

...

and i. get that

... I- I get it too. Uh, but, not in exactly the same way...

lol yeah

and so when you watch everyone having fun and doing whatever and you wanna join in, youve gotta find some other way

if you can only talk thru text then its easy to insert yourself as part of a story

and so you play the part of the villain messing everyone up. and everyone pays attention to you and has fun tryna defeat you and whatever

its like. a way to play the game on the same level

and its low stakes, and if they beat you, no harm done

...it's low stakes, yeah.

So she just wanted to play a game...

Uhm... Well... In a way, i, it's been fun playing against her...

yeah :D

S, Still out of pocket for her to try and shut down the server though lmao.

i mean

she wasn't the one acting as herobrine

...huh.

I guess she wasn't.

also did you just say lmao out loud

At the end of the episode, after a short period, Nurse Cap speaks to the admins and explains that she was convinced of Herobrine's existence. However, she continues, she's managed to appease Herobrine, coming to a mutual understanding, which allows the server to open again.

...hey.

38px

:0c

38px	( hey!! )> :D

38px	( i'm glad you agree with me about herobrine )> ^^

Um, yeah.

38px	( what changed your mind? )> ?:3c

...I guess, I just understood why he has to exist.

WELL. DUDES. I GUESS THAT SETTLES THAT. LETS ROLLBACK THIS CRAP

To when, though?

WELL, SINCE ALL THE DEATHS AFTER NURSE CAPS WERE CAUSED BY HEROBRINE... LET'S JUST GO BACK TO HER FUNERAL

Seriously?

Trivia

• The

• Even after Diffuser's death, there is still one message that appears in chat afterwards:

theComputeHer was skewered by a falling stalactite

• • No players are online at the time this message displays, meaning it does not factor into their logic or reasoning.