Oh, and the whole thing is an elaborate Illuminati LARP that's slowly driving Hanz insane. I can't tell whether Hanz is in on the LARP or actually mentally ill though.
I know this will be like screaming "Snape kills Dumbledore" in front of a bookstore but here's a rundown of the LARP:
>Scanners are an Illuminati-esque group of people who experiment on souls and have admin access to the matrix. When a "suitable" soul is found scanners assimilate the scanned into the group.
>Early in the LARP they were fairly obvious with their eye and pyramid posts.
>Hanz, a curious but mentally ill outsider, was introduced.
>Scanners start messing with Hanz. At this time the LARP starts doing away with Illuminati and later matrix themes in favor of a more nebulous "reality warping soul inspector" theme.
>Now they just post random things, presumably heavily coded, and troll Hanz.