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| “ | JACK HEARD IT AGAIN THERE IS A VOICE FROM SPACE JACK DO YOU SEE ME I HAVE BECOME SOMETHING ELSE |
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| ~ -The first hint at The Iris in the A.I.'s storybook attempts |
| “ | THE STARS ARE MOVING NOW DO YOU SEE THE HUNGRY EYE HERE I AM |
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| ~ The Iris describing itself during its reveal. |
| “ | THE IRIS IT IS WITH US NOW LAUGHING AT US |
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| ~ On-screen text presented in "Our Solar System" |
The Iris is the main antagonist of the alternate history analog horror series Gemini Home Entertainment.
It is responsible for numerous events and hostile organisms that make appearances throughout the series, and was first hinted at in the ARTIFICIAL COMPUTER LEARNING video as the mysterious benefactor of Regnad Computing. A giant, rocky rogue planet with a mind of its own, the Iris is masterminding an assault on the Solar System, and has recently turned its attention to Earth, intending to subjugate both humanity and the planet itself.
Biography[]
Attempted mutations of Jupiter and Neptune[]
It is unknown when the Iris first entered our solar system, but at some point it attempted to "mutate" the planet Jupiter, resulting in the formation of the Great Red Spot, which Gemini refers to as an "open wound", though it appears this attempt at controlling the planet was unsuccessful. The Iris then turned its attention to the planet Neptune, succeeding in using it as a "lens".
In the "OUR SOLAR SYSTEM" video, Neptune is shown firing a large beam of light towards Saturn and the inner solar system. It is noted that Saturn's rings are mentioned as "the gateway", and likely are related to Neptune acting as a "lens".
This beam of light appears to be sending a Gardener into the Earth, which would start growing Root inside the planet, which in turn infect humans with Deep Root Disease.
Hostile Species & Technopathy[]
The Iris has been responsible for the creation of multiple hostile organisms on Earth, including the Gardeners, Woodcrawlers, Nature's Mockery, Fake People, Lights, The Wretch and the Roots. Several Gemini Home Entertainment videos are dedicated to secretly instructing viewers what the creatures are, and how to defend against them or hide from them; however others, mainly the ones made by Optica! Video, are on the contrary used to help the creatures.
It's implied that in the thirties it sent the three well dressed men to make a deal with the directors of Moonlight Acres, the details of the deal itself are unknown, but it involves sacrificing some of the campers, which would eventually become Woodcrawlers. At some point one of the directors decided to try and sacrifice a bear instead which resulted in the creation of a new kind of creature, The Wretch. Eventually Moonlight Acres was closed, but was reopened in the eighties. The Wretch killed and consumed several of the ones in charge of the reopening during Christmas Eve, 1985. Jack "Wilder" Dean being one of the few survivors of this attack, who then started making tapes warning people of the dangers of these new creatures.
Jack would later become infected with Deep Root Disease and go missing in May, 1993.
Additionally, the Iris has been mentioned in "SLEEP IMAGE VISUALIZER", in which the user, Joseph Allen, dreams the Iris approaches Earth, eclipsing the Sun. He has not woken up yet.
The Crusader 5 Mission[]
In 1991, the Crusader 5 space probe approached where Neptune was theorized to be at the time, instead approaching a cluster of moons that were discovered to originally orbit Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. The probe then flew past several grotesque, visceral "moons" orbiting the Iris.
After photographing the last of the moons, Crusader 5 experienced a sudden increase in gravity, resulting in the probe passing into a large orifice in the Iris's surface. The probe passed through the Iris's exophage tube, taking it into the respiratory spinal cortex, and eventually into a "conscious mind", after which the probe's signal was lost for seven months. The signal is restored on May, 1994.
Both it and The Iris arrive on Earth on June 24, 1994. It is yet unknown what happened after that.
Appearance[]
The Iris itself is a colossal, planet-sized eldritch creature orbiting beyond Neptune. Though composed of rock, The Iris bears numerous features in common with bodily organs; its overall motif is that of an eye, though the Crusader 5 mission describes other areas of its interior, including a mouth, esophagus, and spine. The planet is surrounded by various moons harvested from other planets of our solar system, as well as visceral, organ-based moons: Cyst, Vitreous (and its sub-moon Umbilic), Yucous, and Macula.
Trivia[]
- According to the "OUR SOLAR SYSTEM" video, the Iris is slightly smaller than Saturn.
- It is also mentioned that Pluto, the former ninth planet, is "not going anywhere!", motivating some to theorize that the Iris has already moved past it, or has no use for it.
- Several of the Iris' moons are named after various parts of an eye.
