
Hi this is an ARG. But the thing with ARGs is that they’re not supposed to say they’re ARGs—which means this isn’t an ARG. This is all completely real, but you’re not supposed to know that yet. So. Hi, this is an ARG about a machine the government put in your brain, and how you can hijack it for fun & profit.
The story begins with the world on the cusp of the psychedelic apocalypse.But before all that… Timmy Turnip is a high school introvert who compulsively jots down arcane symbols and is obsessed with time travel as a narrative device. He discovers the members of his afterschool study group have similar compulsive thoughts & behaviors.Lately, the group's obsessions & visions have centered on Dr. Thaddeus T. Turnip III, KSC00613X.>> a burnt-out degenerate scientist working in a secret lab beneath the Pentagon. He's constructed an advanced AI by synthesizing DMT with quantum computers.But now, the Doc’s creation is on the loose with amnesia and spreading seditious propaganda about the nature of reality. Haunted by these revelations, the group seeks out the psychic machine who seems to be at the heart of the mystery. Guided by visions and mysterious strangers, Timmy & friends venture out into the world in search of the party at the end of time.