History NightmareFuel / GeminiHomeEntertainment

** The scene changing extremely jarringly to show a diagram of a human body while [[HellIsThatNoise alarms blare in the background]] and warning symbols flash on the screen. The body then decays similar to how we've seen them morph due to deep root disease taking over, until the diagram zooms into the brain to reveal it '''[[WhamShot perfectly untouched and working.]]''' It then shows two parts of the brain lighting up with activity, and the poems from "Artificial Computer Learning" appearing, except some lines have been ''chillingly'' altered.[[note]]Lines that have been changed are marked in '''Bold'''[[/note]]

** The scene changing extremely jarringly to show a diagram of a human body while alarms blare in the background and warning symbols flash on the screen. The body then decays similar to how we've seen them morph due to deep root disease taking over, until the diagram zooms into the brain to reveal it '''[[WhamShot perfectly untouched and working.]]''' It then shows two parts of the brain lighting up with activity, and the poems from "Artificial Computer Learning" appearing, except some lines have been ''chillingly'' altered.[[note]]Lines that have been changed are marked in '''Bold'''[[/note]]

* ''"World's Weirdest Animals,"'' the very first episode, is our first glimpse into this altered world. It presents the viewer with several animals like the Greater Prairie Chicken or the Burrowing Owl, both of which can be found in rural Minnesota. Then, we're introduced to something found everywhere across North America called a "Woodcrawler": a large creature capable of hunting prey [[NothingIsScarier silently]], nesting in houses and turning the residents of said-houses into "Fake People."

* ''"Shifting Tendons,"'' which depicts the late stages of Deep Root Disease [[BodyHorror and all the grisly effects it entails]]. A set of diagrams shows the roots spreading throughout the body, before twisting it out of shape and into a Nature's Mockery. This is followed by a video of an infected Barry Johnson, now a twisted mass of diseased red flesh with a dislocated jaw and multiple bony sprouts growing from large open holes... [[AndIMustScream who is still conscious]]. And worse still, ''something'' is said to be inside, but [[NothingIsScarier the video ends before we can see it emerge]].

* "''Old Bones''." Marketed as Excerpts from The Journal of Glenn A. Arthur, the video starts with an unknown scientist talking about deep root disease and an apparent mutation it's gone through…or so it seems.

** The Footage then cuts to two scenes. The first is labeled as "MAY 1941. DEAL IS SEALED." As various black and white recordings of the camp are shown…as well as the Nature’s Mockery that grows within. And then the next scene is labeled as “MAY 1946. DEAL IS BROKEN.” As it shows more footage of the camp, as a group of hunters go to kill a bear to bring as a sacrifice instead, as a warped church bell ringing can be heard in the background…which leads to:
** The scene changing extremely jarringly to show a diagram of a human body while alarms blare in the background and warning symbols flash on the screen. The body then decays similar to how we’ve seen them morph due to deep root disease taking over, until the diagram zooms into the brain to reveal it '''[[WhamShot perfectly untouched and working.]]''' It then shows two parts of the brain lighting up with activity, and the poems from “Artificial Computer Learning” appearing, except some lines have been ''chillingly'' altered.

-->Lines that have been changed are marked in '''Bold'''
---> '''WRETCHED HANDS TAP MY WINDOW'''
---> '''A STRANGER’S FANGS SCRAPE THE WALLS'''
---> SLEEP BENEATH THE FEEDING GROUNDS
---> CANCER SHARES A DREAM

---> JACK HEARD IT AGAIN
---> THERE IS A VOICE FROM SPACE
---> '''JACK DO YOU SEE ME'''
---> '''I HAVE BECOME SOMETHING ELSE'''

---> '''I AM STILL IN HERE'''
---> RELIC OF THE FAITHLESS DAY
---> '''[[AndIMustScream DON’T LEAVE ME HERE YOU BASTARDS]]'''
---> OLD BONE GROWS
** The video then ends with more black and white footage of a house, and as the camera goes to a window, a horrid mass of flesh is visible as a human head, decayed and deformed can be seen silently mouthing and yelling in obvious agony before sliding away off screen into the darkness. It’s the Skinwalker, and it turns out that Glenn is with it now…

-->'''LISTEN TO THE SILVER BOX'''\\
'''[[CosmicHorrorStory THE STARS ARE MOVING NOW]]'''\\
'''DO YOU SEE THE HUNGRY EYE'''\\
'''HERE I AM'''

** The video then ends with more black and white footage of a house, and as the camera goes to a window, a horrid mass of flesh is visible as a human head, decayed and deformed can be seen silently mouthing and yelling in obvious agony before sliding away off screen into the darkness…

* "''Old Bones''." Marketed as Excerpts from The Journal of “Glenn A. Arthur, the video starts with an unknown scientist talking about deep root disease and an apparent mutation it’s gone through…or so it seems.
--> ''-Unnatural. What’s happening to the tissue is not only entirely unlike what is typical for the disease, it’s completely counter to it. Instead of attacking foreign tissue, it welcomes it. The bones don’t decay, Organs blindly fuse, Bulbs fester and (Unintelligible, possibly “Swell”), Tissue refuses to die. It is hyper-Metastatic. It is, at this point, most analogous to a tumor. [[WhamLine I would not speculate on the states of the minds within.]]''
** The video then cuts to the previously mentioned Excerpts, as they describe in discordant details the meetings that Glenn had with mysterious entities that claimed to be angels sent by god. They showed him a vision of them hitting the earth from space, and forming the first Nature’s Mockery, arms stretched towards the sky “Like a child’s”…and then the visitors strike a covenant with Glenn, [[ForegoneConclusion which didn’t end well as we know.]]
** The Footage then cuts to two scenes. The first is labeled as “MAY 1941. DEAL IS SEALED.” As various black and white recordings of the camp are shown…as well as the Nature’s Mockery that grows within. And then the next scene is labeled as “MAY 1946. DEAL IS BROKEN.” As it shows more footage of the camp, as a group of hunters go to kill a bear to bring as a sacrifice instead, as a warped church bell ringing can be heard in the background…which leads to:

''Gemini Home Entertainment'' took its cues from Creator/KrisStraub's WebVideo/Local58, but quickly evolved into its own proper nightmarish universe.

* ''"Crusader Probe Mission"'' features a space probe sent to the outer reaches of the solar system. For the first half of the mission it seems relatively fine, showing normal pictures of Jupiter and Saturn and their moons (even though Chiron a moon listed is not a real moon of Saturn), then things take a turn when it gets to Neptune where the planet is just ''gone''. Then it approaches something called The First Cluster, showing various moons deformed or fused together, then it arrives at [[GeniusLoci Iris]] proper, where the moons turn fleshy and are given anatomy names. Then the probe suddenly gets pulled in by the Iris where it starts to record the immense red biomass inside of the planet, including breathing canals and what looks like egg sacs. It then enters it's "conscious mind" and we are shown a few shots of earth, including one looking in on a human from what is implied to be a Woodcrawler and a shot of a siren blaring. The probe loses connection for some time until it suddenly goes back online and is on a direct course back to Earth. Now either the Iris ejected it somehow or worse, it is still in the Iris and it is the Iris that is headed for Earth.

* ''"Games For Kids,"'' a seemingly innocent videotape made by Optica! Video meant to give kids a list of fun games to play if they're bored. Each segment starts with a text explaining the game with figures, then it cuts to a strangely eerie liminal-places-esque photo of the inside of a house, demonstrating the game, and when it ends, a gaggle of kids yell "Yay!" In celebration, and the conditions for winning are listed. Then the final game, "Feed The Woods". The music suddenly cuts out and the videotape tells you that to play this game, you must go outside with your friends after dark when all your parents are asleep, go deep into the forest until you can't see the lights anymore, and then... ''start screaming''. Then it cuts to several scenes where the camera is pointing at an empty place, and suddenly an arrow points at ''something'' before a crying face with a droning sound appears, indicating that it was the wrong decision. One of the scenes ends on the camera suddenly dropping. Then it cuts to the final prey. A police car is seen in the distance against a sunset backdrop as an arrow points at it, the same sad face showing up again. Then, suddenly, a text appears. "The game ends when the forest is fed". The same gaggle of kids yell "Yaaay!", only this time it is distorted, as the police car gets pulled into the ground by ''something''. Then it cuts to a view of Planet Earth, and the ''arrow points at it''. "Found You!" appears, and the joyous celebratory sounds of the kids are distorted until they sound like screams, before cutting off.
** Two interesting things to note. The fact that these real-life games are evocative of predators hunting down prey, and the fact that during the Tag segment, the words ""It" Wins!" Linger on the screen after the other text has faded away, adding to the vibe of humans being hunted down by alien creatures.

** The concept of "Fake people" is pretty unnerving as well. While they look like human beings, these humanoids acts oddly, standing still or trying to mimic a person speaking... except here, they [[VoiceChangeling don't produce any sounds]] when they speak. They are still capable of movement, as one of them spots the cameraman and chases him before the video cuts out.

* ''"World's Weirdest Animals,"'' the very first episode, is our first glimpse into this altered world. It presents the viewer with several animals like the Greater Prairie Chicken or the Burrowing Owl, both of which can be found in rural Minnesota. Then, we're introduced to something found everywhere across North America called a "Woodcrawler": a large creature capable of hunting preys [[NothingIsScarier silently]], nesting in houses and turning the residents of said-houses into "Fake People."

** Not to mention the prospect of "the Demisia Tunnel," a pit at the bottom of the Marianas Trench extending ''even deeper'' into the earth, with the video helpfully pointing out that [[NothingIsScarier no one knows how deep it goes]]. And to make things even better, future videos like ''Advanced Mining Vehicle'' give some terrifying prospects of what it might be connecting to...

* "''The Deep Blue''." The video insists that nothing can live in the Marianas Trench... but then [[https://www.youtu.com/watch?v=WEoMFnbwWJo&t=250 what's that?]]
** Not to mention the prospect of "the Demisia Tunnel", a pit at the bottom of the Marianas Trench extending ''even deeper'' into the earth, with the video helpfully pointing out that [[NothingIsScarier no one knows how deep it goes]]. And to make things even better, future videos like ''Advanced Mining Vehicle'' give some terrifying prospects of what it might be connecting to...

''Gemini Home Entertainment'' took its cues from Creator/KrisStraub's WebVideo/Local58, but quickly evolved into its proper nightmarish universe.

--> '''LISTEN TO THE SILVER BOX'''
--> '''[[CosmicHorrorStory THE STARS ARE MOVING NOW]]'''
--> '''DO YOU SEE THE HUNGRY EYE'''
--> '''HERE I AM'''
* "Games For Kids". A seemingly innocent videotape made by Optica! Video meant to give kids a list of fun games to play if they're bored. Each segment starts with a text explaining the game with figures, then it cuts to a strangely eerie liminal-places-esque photo of the inside of a house, demonstrating the game, and when it ends, a gaggle of kids yell "Yay!" In celebration, and the conditions for winning are listed. Then the final game, "Feed The Woods". The music suddenly cuts out and the videotape tells you that to play this game, you must go outside with your friends after dark when all your parents are asleep, go deep into the forest until you can't see the lights anymore, and then... ''start screaming''. Then it cuts to several scenes where the camera is pointing at an empty place, and suddenly an arrow points at ''something'' before a crying face with a droning sound appears, indicating that it was the wrong decision. One of the scenes ends on the camera suddenly dropping. Then it cuts to the final prey. A police car is seen in the distance against a sunset backdrop as an arrow points at it, the same sad face showing up again. Then, suddenly, a text appears. "The game ends when the forest is fed". The same gaggle of kids yell "Yaaay!", Only this time it is distorted, as the police car gets pulled into the ground by ''something''. Then it cuts to a view of Planet Earth, and the ''arrow points at it''. "Found You!" appears, and the joyous celebratory sounds of the kids are distorted until they sound like screams, before cutting off.
** Two interesting things to note. The fact that these real-life games are evocative of predators huntimg down prey, and the fact that during the Tag segment, the words ""It" Wins!" Linger on the screen after the other text has faded away, adding to the vibe of humans being hunted down by alien creatures.

--> ''[[WhamLine The following will explain what to do upon entry into a home:]]''
--> * '''Locate prey'''
--> * '''Incapacitate prey'''
--> * '''[[PuppeteerParasite Enter prey]] [[OrificeInvasion via proboscis]]'''

--> ''The interior of Barry Johnson is discovered to be occupied.''