I teased a bit of EJ's lore in my Part One of Creepypasta theme songs, so here's the lore!
He retains his original backstory, just with it tweaked so that the group is made up of people that offered Jack a place in their friendgroup.
He went out to meet them, then got knocked out, finding himself in a cult situation, gets himself sacrificed, loses his eyes as an offering to the demon since Jack insulted it, rather than as an actual step.
After that, it pretty much veers off into
