Glitchening
The plot began when a news post was created in June of 2018, written from the perspective of an Imp named Vyra, who claimed to have been trapped in the site's code and encouraged users to solve a riddle from a line of binary code written at the top of the post.
This first act was carried out over the course a few news posts with additional puzzles, where users continued to work out a series of passwords in order to free her.
Hello? Hello! Thank Apollo, I've finally got through! My name's Vyra. I'm a coding Imp; we work with the coders behind the scenes to make sure you guys are able to keep up a steady, constant connection to Lunaria.
In the second act of Vyra's Takeover, it is revealed that the events of the first act were part of a diabolical scheme. Freed by the users' help, she takes over the website and seizes control of staff accounts (evidenced by staff members posting on the forums in glitched text or binary code). Users then picked sides: whether they wished to support Vyra's reign, or oppose her. Contests were held under her takeover, including an art contest, a design contest, a writing contest, a crafts contest, a dress up contest, and several mini-games.
In the third and final act of Vyra's Takeover, a Plushie Waja designed in Apollo's likeness named Bill, with the help of the Wajas userbase, overrides the firewall Vyra had put in place to prevent them from taking back control of the site and Lunaria as a whole.
Bill proceeds to help free Apollo and Artemis, who confront and subdue Vyra in a battle. An argument breaks out over what should be done with her; Apollo suggests that they allow the players to decide Vyra's fate, and later, a poll is posted allowing players to take a vote.
“The more I think about it, though,” Apollo continues, “the more I feel the final choice shouldn't be down to us. It is the players who know her best. So I think it should be down to them. They may vote and decide what happens next.”
Five days later, a news post is created written by Apollo, who announces that due to the compassion of the Wajas userbase, Vyra will be allowed to reside in Lunaria for the time being.
The storyline is wrapped up when Terminal Nostalgia announces that "The Glitchening" has reached its end. In this post, Terminal Nostalgia gives credit to all of the staff involved in the event:
Vyra's break-out art: Kaen and Estuko
Vyra 2.0 custom patch: Canta
Bill news art: Fatal
Vyra colouring page: Fatal
Vyra's poll art: Airr
Vyra 3.0 vs Artemis and Apollo: Zepher
Vyra defeated: Canta
Vyra's theme banner: Canta
Vyra's theme background and NPC edits: Estuko
Items
Chromatic Aberration item, Cyberspace Glitch Wallpaper, Sense of Humor: Canta
Screen foregrounds: Fatal
Majestic, unicron and digital glitch sets, wallpaper recolours, glitch in the system wallpapers, binary and glitched dyes: Splinter
Rainbow digital extreme glitch: Estuko
Plotline: Term, with help from the whole team
Story news posts: Most by Term, with help from the team.
Chat room transcript and Isopteron section of the final battle: Admiral
"Vyra Chooses Wands" news post and poll animation: Commando
Trivia: Amica
Vyra's design: Zor (And a special thank you for allowing us to steal the original pair who inspired Vyra so we could breed prizes from them!)
Vyra's theme: Lammy, with feedback from others
Trail one: Term
Trail two: Tailz
Trail three: Amps
Contest thread coding and rules: Sadi
Account 77 monitoring, replies, reward handling and trail entry tracking: Zeldruin, Canuka, Zor, Admiral, Term
Coding (rainbow everywhere, moving text, new textures, etc): Commando
