#lanadoesnails

[maristofeli]

These two have so much in common, come on roblox fandom

Lana x Sebastian

do you see my vision?

[thew33p1ngang3l]

“What was behind me all those months ago was just foreshadowing the gruesome future”

[dr34m3r-dr4wz]

[My name is Lana and life isn't fair]

Imagine getting sad over an NPC🤣🤣🤣 Definitely not me /sarcasm

[qwerrrhi]

some dti doodles i did recently. not so much but sigh, school is school

bonus traditional art nelly !!!

[dimensionallunemoon]

Guys there’s a morally ambiguous but maybe evil self-aware NPC in my game again

[sillywhumpcreature]

Cutie patooties,,,

proship go away or I will steal all your dti stars

[dti-baddie]

The DTI Halloween update is here so heres some Halloween oufits <3

I know the second one Isnt rlly Halloween, but I used the new Halloween items

[lilythefirst819x]

lets talk abt Roblox

on the game dress to impress if anyone has good taste and still plays Roblox does anyone know abt Lana lore I'm trying to figure it out but ye

[rbxl-wanderer]

The Fortress

by @LanaDoesNails

[clanwarrior-tumbly]

You know dress for impress has a ton of lore hidden away in a certain account and different games on the account. If you want to learn more about the lore yourself, search for Lanadoesnails on people and look for Lana. Or you can search the dress for impress lore on YouTube if you don’t want to look through the games.

I have been looking at the lore lately and it's intriguing 👀

Feel bad for Lana tho she's going through too much :((

[bloggsbyrara]

Upon opening her roblox profile, LanaDoesNails you will stumble upon  5 favorited games: Forest, Questionnaire, Sanningens Galleri and The Fortress (And DTI)

Forest

"Forest" is the first game where players can explore clues about Lana's disappearance. It leads to a sunflower maze, with Lana look-alikes influencing the journey.

Along the way, brief sentences hint at Lana's past, revealing a girl diagnosed with a terminal illness that caused financial ruin for her loved ones. At the maze's end, a portal leads to a grave with Lana's name engraved on it.To navigate the maze, players must follow paintings and sunflowers, while avoiding more Lana doppelgangers by hiding in bushes. At the end, a script of code appears that translates to  "You may have finished her trials, but the evil still lurks throughout. This is not the end. There will be chaos.."

Questionnaire

"Questionnaire" is a game where players can interact with Lana and her associates to uncover more details. It's most valuable when Lana is present, but players can still explore the area, discovering gravestones, tables, sunflowers, and more. Outside the main map, players can find various settings, including a playground. On 02/08/24, a group of players reported seeing a body near the stage after resetting next to it. Around the same time, a group calling themselves a "cult," led by Loki (username "ZephyrJPlayz"), formed to uncover the truth about Lana and her associates.

The Fortress 

Alongside the "Dress to Impress" game, the Roblox account also manages a group called Saudade, a Portuguese word that conveys a sense of longing or melancholy. As of April 20th, 2024, the group had opened applications for members interested in collaborating with Lana. The application included a set of questions aimed at potential candidates.

Are you Affiliated with the Awakening?

Are you aware of what will happen to you and your affiliates if you betray us?

Describe why your passion is to be a "nail tech" for us.

How good are you at hiding generational secrets?

You serve to "paint nails" and protect Lana. At all costs.

As of August 20th, 2024, applications to work with Lana in her group Saudade have closed. The group's bio now states:

"To the Patrons:

This marks the beginning of a revolution, a new era where we unite against evil. In Saudade, we create a path of strength and resilience, igniting events that will transform our world. Join our rebellion. Together, we are unstoppable.""

At one point, Lana's avatar wore an eye patch, and she posted in the *Saudade* group, “I do not need an eye patch.” In early May 2024, she changed her avatar to an all-black outfit, hinting at hidden meanings behind these changes, though none have been revealed yet. Currently, the *Lanadoesnails* account's About section reads:

"Trust me. I will be back soon, and my reign will never be over. You've just killed one of me. Just kidding, I'm really nice."

(The following part was in code):

"Something has taken over my account. Spreading lies and their agenda. I don't know if you still trust me, but if you do, please help me."

Her group Saudade is known for cryptic messages, like the shout that once read, “I am real.” In her final questionnaire, Nelly and Nathan confronted Lana, accusing her of taking body parts from group members. This led to anger outbursts from Lana, followed by a vote asking, “Do you trust Lana?” Most voted no, and in response, Lana became furious, threatening Nelly and Nathan, who vowed to stop her. Lana replied, “Try me,” before everything went dark, ending with her saying, “You have only killed one of me,” and everyone was kicked out, marking the end of the last questionnaire.

CHAPTER 2 

After Nelly and Nathan killed Lana, the “Questionnaire” game updated with a portal and the bodies of the executed—Sunny, Michael, Rafael, and Lana—beneath it. Later, it's revealed that Lana was revived with the help of a player named Agamemnon, who leads his own group called “Plague”. Recently, LanaDoesNails launched a new game called “The Fortress”, featuring a hallway of doors, each leading to rooms filled with notes and secrets.

Two new doors have been added to *The Fortress*. Lana revealed she's been dreaming of a man who accused her of exposing secrets, saying, "This isn't your first offense." Though she feels curious, not afraid, she admits she doesn't understand his intentions. Lana also shared that she underwent chemotherapy.

Someone close to her claims this year's Lana isn't truly her, warning that she's in danger and will be killed again.

Sanningens Galleri 

The Sanningens Galleri, or Truth Gallery, is filled with photos of Lana and Agamemnon. Mannequins, mostly torsos, are positioned as if they’re viewing the images, with some circling a mysterious object. One photo shows Lana with a monster behind her, suggesting she was kidnapped and replaced. Another photo features Lana with one missing eye. The gallery has specific rules: leave when the clock stops ticking (what happens if you don't is unknown) and avoid venturing too far inside. If you do, there's a jump scare featuring the monster from behind Lana. There's also a hidden farmhouse photo, likely her home.

One badge in the game is called "Drömde," which means "Dreamed" in Swedish. This may relate to the monster Lana has been seeing in her dreams, as suggested by the poster "Have you dreamed this man?" found in The Fortress. Here are both the translated and original descriptions of the badge: 

Non-Translated: Utal skicklighet men med förmåga lyfter du mig ur ledsnaden Ytterst sakta som visste du att det som rycks upp kan tappa något på vägen

Translated (By a Swedish speaker): Countless skill but with ability you lift me out of sadness Very slowly as if you knew that what is snatched up can lose something on the way

[raspberrysmoon]

OK SO-

“Dress to impress” seems like a typical fashion roblox game(fun fact we actually discovered the lore of this game when my younger sister played it with me expecting a normal game. Anyways she had nightmares for weeks after playing it. Yeah. Horrah /s) and it’s like…a fashion competition ig? (Idk all the lore since im trying to be careful not to trigger myself in the process of gaining knowledge) and…like the lore is obviously hidden and all but some of the stuff ive found so far are:

a…room made out of flesh that you can access by going inside the men’s clothing shelf. There is a key in the flesh room that says “lana”

oh yeah probably should mention lana. She’s important to the lore i think.

lana is the nails lady. That’s it that is all the info i have on her currently. Anyways after the first update, there was a new thing added to the “missing” wall, which at first everyone thought was just a homage to the creators of the game. Except that ppl started to notice some(not so new actually, the dress was added in the april’s fools update) pretty concerning stuff.

this is the wall btw

anyways the first thing that ppl noticed was the ripped apart dress

so. Fun fact about this dress and lana. You can only wear this dress after you complete a certain different game. How do you find the different game?

well

Lana has an acc with the user @ LanaDoesNails, with a group called Portals dedicated to the lore. She also has multiple games, one called forest, that after you go to, will send you to another game simply titled Maze, where you have to navigate it whilst avoiding someone. i did it, and after a few tries, i managed to get to the end, where there's a code.

The code translates to “you may have finished her trials, but the evil still lurks throughout. this is not the end. there will be chaos..”

Anyways after you play that game you can wear the torn up dress which, horray ig?

Moving on to the second thing.

…i cant really read and im too afraid of going into the wiki to find the transcript bc last time i did that with another roblox game i ended up getting jumpscared

BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS THE MAIN MESSAGE WHICH READS

“Dear diary, That isn’t me.”

So…lana’s diary has some worrying implications(from what i can see, players have gone missing in lore and the flesh room might be made out of the flesh of said players? Maybe?) but to make shit more creepy, if you go to certain locations in the game and stare out the window, a clone of lana will be seen just…staring at you. this actually sorta gave me paranoia of looking out of my bedroom’s window for the rest of the night. she doesn’t do anything else she just fucking stares at you it is genuinely creepy i fucking hate it.

anyways that’s all i have so far most of the chapters of the game aren’t completed yet and also i am really fucking terrified of this roblox game idk why-

what the FUCK dude i thought dti was a normal fucking game ????? MY FRIENDS PLAYED IT TODAY??????? thats WILD??? holy shit. she just. STARES? dude this is like. genuinely baffling. consider me perplexed. woah. /pos

[topfsecret]

This is genuinely a really great response, thank you!!!

(And thank you for using "y'all", that's very kind!)

I honestly lost track of all the doppelgangers and devs, so I appreciate the correction! :D

(We should definitely pay attention to the dev usernames more - I personally wrote this at a whim and without extensive notes, I want to do that next time.)

We have some questions - no pressure in answering! - we'll bold them, so you can see it easily. We really would love to have further discussion :D

Now that you've detailed it, the allegiance makes more sense - DTI vs. Lana + Agamemnon - which would make him be seen as a "savior" to Lana of some sort and ensure that she's devoted to him (before he told her to make doppelgangers too, damn.)

How do we know that Agamemnon is influencing the real Lana if there are already doppelgangers from the Devs' experiments?

So, the Lana Quest / LanaDoesNails being different doppelgangers... Are they Diarben and Gigi's creations, or Lana and Agamemnon's?

The possibility that the Devs (characters) make these games in-universe as brainwashing tools to fool us (ARG solvers) is also interesting. None of the Lanas is truly free (regardless if it's a Dev work to trick us or not)... not even the one in the hospital in Lana Quest.

So, the "reveal" that Agamemnon poisoned Lana (getting her hospitalized) and took her soul was done to a doppelganger?

As for Artemis, while my theory is pure speculation on this "goddess connection" regard, I know from mythology that her having descendants in the traditional sense seems unlikely. However, she may have descendants indirectly or by magical ways, be reincarnated into Lana, or the whole... "chosen mortal" thing.

Or. Agamemnon thinks Lana is connected to Artemis (or whoever god/s who imprisoned him), but actually, she isn't? He just wants an excuse to manipulate her. And her obsession with ancient greek mythology isn't a sign of anything except to add to the theme? Hm...

(I mostly say Artemis because she was one of the first gods involved with mythological Agamemnon - and he had to sacrifice one of his daughter to appease her. In some stories, Artemis took pity on the child/on him and leaves her alive.

Is that why DTI Agamemnon wasn't punished more severely? Did the goddess - Artemis or otherwise - tell him to do more sacrifices and doppelganger creation to achieve the ultimate form out of pity?

That sounds like a strange choice from any god who thinks Agamemnon did something wrong by wanting to be immortal (as per the song... but then again, if the Lana Quest is a Dev creation, the lyrics could be 100% a lie. Though I feel like Lina being influenced by Agamemnon in the game, and singing the song, is significant?)

Or was he not told by anyone to do sacrifices after being freed by Lana? Or, Agamemnon simply thinks, since the Devs did experiments and brought results (doppelgangers), he can do the same with greater results? (his ultimate form, becoming ultra powerful)

All in all, we love that this is bringing up questions - this is our first time being invested in an ARG, so it's quite exciting! :D

Dress to Impress Lana Lore: Why her?

Post Date: 1 November 2024

special thanks to youtuber callmehhaley for her video "SECRETS In The LANA LORE QUEST & Breakdown! *STORY EXPLAINED?* | Dress To Impress Halloween Update"

also thank you to youtuber izzzyzzz for her video "The Dress To Impress Horror ARG Explained"

For my thoughts on Nurse Julie from the Halloween Update, feel free to visit TopfSecret's Lana Lore Tag!

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Why Did Agamemnon Choose Lana?

At first, it's easy to say that Agamemnon symbolizes the predatory people in the fashion industry. The early Lana lore cements this interpretation. Agamemnon's minions exploited Lana's sickness, roping her into a job so she can pay her medical bills, before trapping her in the whole Awakening business.

But the Halloween Update reveal that Agamemnon may have caused Lana's illness in the first place is... wild. It doesn't undo the above interpretation, especially with the shadowy cult stuff. But why Lana? Why not take someone who's already got a terminal illness? There's plenty of desperate people to take advantage of in this age of capitalism.

The song "Temptation" may have the answers. It's reaching a little bit, but please bear with me!

Let me tell you a story of betrayal Between two people unalike There was a goddess, who was immortal against a jealousy of a warrior and when the time came for a judgement There were more wrongs than a right There was no solace, no immunity banished from who he used to be

So, there's precedent in greek mythology of mortals being punished for wanting to surpass/being better than the gods, for example Arachne - being turned into a spider for defeating Athena in a weaving contest. There's also precedent of mortals being punished for cheating death (wanting immortality), as in the case of Sisyphus - doomed to push a boulder up a hill for eternity because he trapped Thanatos (personification of death) and prevented him from taking Sisyphus' soul.

So it's not a stretch to say that Agamemnon isn't a new figure. I can't say if he's literally mythological Agamemnon, but he could be? From wikipedia: "Agamemnon has slain an animal sacred to Artemis, and subsequently boasts that he is her equal in hunting."

ummm... yeah. That's punishment material, babey. A warrior (well, hunter) of sorts being jealous of Artemis' immortality... makes sense, but not quite.

Regardless, in my opinion, DTI Agamemnon is old enough to have been jealous of a goddess' immortality, trying to get it, and then being punished for it. I'm guessing his punishment is being denied a physical form, doomed to be a ghost forever (since he wants immortality so much). My rationale: he's seen as hallucinations and dark shadows in the Halloween Update, which is probably the earliest chronologically (since it talks about Lana's leaving her house and her hospital days).

He only got a physical form after sacrificing multiple souls (seen in the earlier updates), such as the Fortress Security Footage #1. It's not his "ultimate" form, though, which is why he keeps trying to get more sacrifices.

For the temptation in his heart His life was doomed right from the start He wanted more than what he got But it was locked away

Well, duh. Immortality is locked away from mortals for a reason. If his life is "doomed from the start", it could be that DTI Agamemnon is based on (or is actually) mythological Agamemnon, where his entire family has been doomed due to the actions of his ancestor, Tantalus.

Obsessed with immortality He wanted to live eternally Wanted to make himself a God and now he's locked away

This explains itself. He may have been locked away by the goddess that he was jealous of back in the first verse.

So he planned to sneak into the palace and consume what wasn't his he thought you made it, with all his malice but he was caught in carelessness

"Sneak into the palace" could have not been literal, because I have no idea what the literal equivalent is. However, a palace and a fortress can be equated in some way - which may mean that he's creating The Fortress to consume what wasn't his (souls of the innocent).

How about "He thought you made it, with all his malice, but he was caught in carelessness."?

Well.

This is where my speculation goes to an unhinged place.

Ready? Of course you are.

So: I think Lana may have been related to whoever goddess punished Agamemnon in the first place. Whether she's the goddess' descendant, or a reincarnation, or simply an unlucky mortal chosen for a quest, Lana Dress to Impress may have divine purpose.

That's why Agamemnon chose Lana as his main collaborator/pawn instead of other terminally ill young women (or others whom he thinks is easily exploited). He wanted to get revenge on the goddess that punished him in the first place, so he took it out on Lana.

I think "he thought you made it, with all his malice" means that Agamemnon has the impression that Lana made it (the Fortress) for him.

"But he was caught in carelessness" because he assumed wrong. In truth, Lana made the whole thing to stop him - at least at first, before he started influencing her. In the previous updates, we see that Lana made the whole Saudade/Coterie thing to stop the Awakening. It could've been a prophecy, or something driven inside her because of her divine heritage. Her obsession with ancient Greek mythology could be explained by her unknowingly reaching for her birthright/quest hints/etc.. (Although, that goddess would not be Artemis, I think.)

I think Lana made all that stuff to stop him and the Awakening as soon as she left the hospital. She thought she was free! She wants to, has to, fight back against him!

But of course, Agamemnon is still stalking her, waiting until the right time to influence her again, to make her work for him instead.

now the time came for a judgement and he pleaded for his life he would be banished, and stay immortal if only he sacrificed a few souls

The problem is, I still don't really know how these lines fit. "Stay immortal if only he sacrificed a few souls" wouldn't make sense if the gods didn't want him to be immortal as more than an incorporeal shadow/hallucination.

Maybe he knew, somehow, that he had to sacrifice a few souls to become immortal (not only tangible, but also having an Ultimate Form through the Awakening)? Did he know that innately? Or did someone else, a greater force, tell him? I really don't know. We probably need more information.

If you're a bigger Greek mythology nerd than we are (which is probably the case - do let us know if I missed some important part of the Agamemnon mythological lore.)

Thank you all so much for reading!

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To see more Dress to Impress ARG thoughts:

TopfSecret's Lana Lore Tag

[qwerrrhi]

haiii!!!!! im not dead,,, but lana is!!! for 22 days now!!!! how do we feel no lore updates for 22 days after the most devious thing in lore happened O⁠_⁠o O⁠_⁠o

this is 2 week old actually.. this is my lana's design excrement!! i think you could tell i like to stylize her so much. since aggy is trying to be a god, here she is presented as a priest. also ignore some mistakes i drew it in a middle of a night

MORE!!!! MORE STYLIZED LANA!!! DIES

[dti-baddie]

I want the Lana Quest battle scene music on Spotify so baddddd

It's such a bop

(I found this image on the DTI wiki btw)

(Lina's History Wiki ⬆️ where I found the pic)

Also, fun fact, she's voiced by Annapantsu.

[qwerrrhi]

Where is Lana? I need to get my nails done right now !

we love u lana please don't die