Offline Wilbur Picture (Offlinebur)

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The Offline Wilbur Picture, also known as Offlinebur, is the cursed offline placeholder image that appears when Wilbur Soot is not live or hosting somebody else. Members usually greet his arrival by cheering his name upon the end of a hosted stream.

New offliners are often disturbed by the image, but after many hours of chatting, The Regulars have grown used to him. Most eventually come to think of him as more of a friend.

Nature
Not much is known about its nature. Members often joke that it possesses supernatural qualities, thanks to the strange manipulations made to Wilbur's face. The copypasta, which functions almost like an urban legend, implies that the poster has the ability to speak to individual members after they grow used to seeing it.

History
Not much is known about the source of the Offline Wilbur image. Its effects were first recorded after the first Regulars settled, during the nearly-12 hour chatting period of The Pre-Ghost Hunting Stream Chat. As members grew accustomed to its unsettling nature, it almost became a staple of the offline chat, being the first thing most offliners see. It likely serves as a First Test to new offliners' willpower due to the sheer inanity of the framing.

The copypasta was coined after a group of users made up cursed histories for the poster, talking about how it had become a staple in their lives after they grew used to its presence. Though the first half was not intended as a copypasta, it grew on the chatters, and is now an accepted part of Offlinebur's lore. It became encouraged to tweet the copypasta, though it should be noted that copypasta in the offline chat itself is a no.

The Nightmare
On 23rd December, 2020, regular LiceSlice had a nightmare surrounding Offlinebur.

The dream started off in a plain white room, with Offlinebur in the centre of it. In reports, LiceSlice stated that it was simply just a decapitated head with no body, 3x the size of LiceSlice's body size. In his attempts to escape the room, LiceSlice seemed to have just been 'teleported' back to his starting position at the beginning of the dream, and each time would slowly manage to get further and further away from the starting position, revealing the white rooms to be a part of a maze, with Offlinebur's head simply following LiceSlice's steps.

This re-occurring dream happened a few times until he got to the end of the maze, upon which he uncovered a large grey island, surrounded by nothing but a red sea. Upon discovering it, he turned around and saw Offlinebur. He then proceeded to wake up.

This has been the first recorded 'supernatural event' surrounding Offlinebur. Its meaning and effects are unclear at this moment.

The Beach
On 24th December, LiceSlice and iightgeneral were walking along the beach when they were approached by a '6'5 figure. Their statements report that its head became decapitated, and grew to resemble Offlinebur.

 

It was recorded that Offlinebur proceeded to speak to them, saying "Real Offline Hours.", to which LiceSlice and iightgeneral responded with an instinctive "Who Up???". Offlinebur proceeded to say a line of morse code which has yet to be decoded.

The effects of this events is unknown at the moment. It is also unclear whether or not LiceSlice 's nightmare is also linked with this event.

Blinking Phenomenon
On the 2nd January 2021 at 11:07pm, James Marriott stopped streaming, making Wilbur's host go offline and return back to Offlinebur. The Offlinebur image started to switch on and off to a black screen as recorded by krysztalowa_kula and LiceSlice, in which the recordings got sent to the twitter group chat. It was later reported that axolyum also experienced this.

This proceeded to happen again at 2:51pm when streamer JustAMinx stopped streaming, making the Offlinebur image to flash to a black screen.

It is unknown to why this started to happen, but The Regulars suggest they may have done something to anger him.

Copypasta
"I put the offline hours poster on my ceiling. I stare up at it. I look into his eyes. Real offline hours. Who up??? "I'm up" I whisper softly. "I know" he answers." is a copypasta made by the members of the offline chat as a joke for whenever Offlinebur isn't hosting someone else. It is encouraged to tweet, but don't spam it in offline chat.

Trivia

 * Despite being an unsettling image, The Regulars would hate to see it be replaced.
 * The offline hours image has been the same for as long as we can remember.
 * The image may have a connection to the Wilbur Online Activity Check (WOAC) in a way that not even the Regulars understand.
 * LiceSlice is now a 'prophet' of Offlinebur. No one knows why or how he got this role.