diff --git a/misuzu.php b/misuzu.php
index e69de29b..d9b61438 100644
--- a/misuzu.php
+++ b/misuzu.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+namespace Misuzu;
+
+require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1ea1ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+namespace Misuzu;
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../misuzu.php';
diff --git a/public/robots.txt b/public/robots.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb053628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/robots.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+User-agent: *
+Disallow:
diff --git a/src/Zalgo.php b/src/Zalgo.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c5408b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Zalgo.php
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+<?php
+namespace Misuzu;
+
+class Zalgo {
+    private const ZALGO_CHARS_UP = [
+        "\u{030d}", "\u{030e}", "\u{0304}", "\u{0305}", "\u{033f}",
+        "\u{0311}", "\u{0306}", "\u{0310}", "\u{0352}", "\u{0357}",
+        "\u{0351}", "\u{0307}", "\u{0308}", "\u{030a}", "\u{0342}",
+        "\u{0344}", "\u{034a}", "\u{034b}", "\u{034c}", "\u{0303}",
+        "\u{0302}", "\u{030c}", "\u{0350}", "\u{0300}", "\u{0301}",
+        "\u{030b}", "\u{030f}", "\u{0312}", "\u{0313}", "\u{0314}",
+        "\u{033d}", "\u{0309}", "\u{0363}", "\u{0364}", "\u{0365}",
+        "\u{0366}", "\u{0367}", "\u{0368}", "\u{0369}", "\u{036a}",
+        "\u{036b}", "\u{036c}", "\u{036d}", "\u{036e}", "\u{036f}",
+        "\u{033e}", "\u{035b}", "\u{0346}", "\u{031a}",
+    ];
+
+    private const ZALGO_CHARS_DOWN = [
+        "\u{0316}", "\u{0317}", "\u{0318}", "\u{0319}", "\u{031c}",
+        "\u{031d}", "\u{031e}", "\u{031f}", "\u{0320}", "\u{0324}",
+        "\u{0325}", "\u{0326}", "\u{0329}", "\u{032a}", "\u{032b}",
+        "\u{032c}", "\u{032d}", "\u{032e}", "\u{032f}", "\u{0330}",
+        "\u{0331}", "\u{0332}", "\u{0333}", "\u{0339}", "\u{033a}",
+        "\u{033b}", "\u{033c}", "\u{0345}", "\u{0347}", "\u{0348}",
+        "\u{0349}", "\u{034d}", "\u{034e}", "\u{0353}", "\u{0354}",
+        "\u{0355}", "\u{0356}", "\u{0359}", "\u{035a}", "\u{0323}",
+    ];
+
+    private const ZALGO_CHARS_MIDDLE = [
+        "\u{0315}", "\u{031b}", "\u{0340}", "\u{0341}", "\u{0358}",
+        "\u{0321}", "\u{0322}", "\u{0327}", "\u{0328}", "\u{0334}",
+        "\u{0335}", "\u{0336}", "\u{034f}", "\u{035c}", "\u{035d}",
+        "\u{035e}", "\u{035f}", "\u{0360}", "\u{0362}", "\u{0338}",
+        "\u{0337}", "\u{0361}", "\u{0489}",
+    ];
+
+    public const ZALGO_MODE_MINI = 1;
+    public const ZALGO_MODE_NORMAL = 2;
+    public const ZALGO_MODE_MAX = 3;
+
+    private const ZALGO_MODES = [
+        ZALGO_MODE_MINI,
+        ZALGO_MODE_NORMAL,
+        ZALGO_MODE_MAX,
+    ];
+
+    public const ZALGO_DIR_UP = 0x1;
+    public const ZALGO_DIR_MID = 0x2;
+    public const ZALGO_DIR_DOWN = 0x4;
+
+    public static function strip(string $text): string {
+        $text = str_replace(self::ZALGO_CHARS_UP, '', $text);
+        $text = str_replace(self::ZALGO_CHARS_MIDDLE, '', $text);
+        $text = str_replace(self::ZALGO_CHARS_DOWN, '', $text);
+
+        return $text;
+    }
+
+    private static function isZalgo(string $char): bool {
+        return in_array($char, self::ZALGO_CHARS_UP)
+            || in_array($char, self::ZALGO_CHARS_MIDDLE)
+            || in_array($char, self::ZALGO_CHARS_DOWN);
+    }
+
+    private static function getZalgo(array $array, int $length): string {
+        $string = '';
+
+        for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++)
+            $string .= array_rand_value($array, '');
+
+        return $string;
+    }
+
+    public static function run(string $text, int $mode = self::ZALGO_MODE_MINI, int $direction = self::ZALGO_DIR_MID | self::ZALGO_DIR_DOWN): string {
+            $text_length = strlen($text);
+
+            if (!$text_length || !$mode || !$direction || !in_array($mode, self::ZALGO_MODES))
+                return $text;
+
+            $going_up   = has_flag($direction, self::ZALGO_DIR_UP);
+            $going_mid  = has_flag($direction, self::ZALGO_DIR_MID);
+            $going_down = has_flag($direction, self::ZALGO_DIR_DOWN);
+
+            if (!$going_up || !$going_mid || !$going_down)
+                return $text;
+
+            $str = '';
+
+            for ($i = 0; $i < $text_length; $i++) {
+                $char = $text[$i];
+
+                if (self::isZalgo($char))
+                    continue;
+
+                $str .= $char;
+                
+                switch ($mode) {
+                    case self::ZALGO_MODE_MINI:
+                        $num_up     = mt_rand(0, 8);
+                        $num_mid    = mt_rand(0, 2);
+                        $num_down   = mt_rand(0, 8);
+                        break;
+
+                    case self::ZALGO_MODE_NORMAL:
+                        $num_up     = mt_rand(0, 16) / 2 + 1;
+                        $num_mid    = mt_rand(0,  6) / 2;
+                        $num_down   = mt_rand(0,  8) / 2 + 1;
+                        break;
+
+                    case self::ZALGO_MODE_MAX:
+                        $num_up     = mt_rand(0, 64) / 4 + 3;
+                        $num_mid    = mt_rand(0, 16) / 4 + 1;
+                        $num_down   = mt_rand(0, 64) / 4 + 3;
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                if ($going_up)      $str .= self::getZalgo(self::ZALGO_CHARS_UP,        $num_up);
+                if ($going_mid)     $str .= self::getZalgo(self::ZALGO_CHARS_MIDDLE,    $num_mid);
+                if ($going_down)    $str .= self::getZalgo(self::ZALGO_CHARS_DOWN,      $num_down);
+            }
+
+            return $str;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/utility.php b/utility.php
index 919691d3..8e936c41 100644
--- a/utility.php
+++ b/utility.php
@@ -2,17 +2,28 @@
 // both of these are provided by illuminate/database already but i feel like it makes sense to add these definitions regardless
 
 if (!function_exists('starts_with')) {
-    function starts_with($string, $text) {
+    function starts_with(string $string, string $text): bool {
         return substr($string, 0, strlen($text)) === $text;
     }
 }
 
 if (!function_exists('ends_with')) {
-    function ends_with($string, $text) {
+    function ends_with(string $string, string $text): bool {
         return substr($string, 0 - strlen($text)) === $text;
     }
 }
 
-function dechex_pad($value, $padding = 2) {
+function dechex_pad(int $value, int $padding = 2): string {
     return str_pad(dechex($value), $padding, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
 }
+
+function array_rand_value(array $array, $fallback = null) {
+    if (!$array)
+        return $fallback;
+
+    return $array[array_rand($array)];
+}
+
+function has_flag(int $flags, int $flag): bool {
+    return ($flags & $flag) > 0;
+}