easter-eggs

[sharp flame]

with 1D we had everything we needed very early on

[pure loom]

Inb4 “well, we’re over the 96 day mark”

[sharp flame]

like we were like 'Oval shapes!' and '0 = O?!'

within like 2 images

and then we beat around the bush for 3 months

[pure loom]

https://tenor.com/view/vietnamflashback-gif-7780922

[crude topaz]

has duos/2´s left the chat?

[jade citrus]

is there a time limit for each tier?

[sharp flame]

nope! I think it's as integral as any other aspect.

The stalactites have been dualed/mirrored

the number spiral in the middle has a 'repeated' sequence of numbers

[sharp flame]

nope :<

[sharp flame]

also a two snowflakes, one in each ear, and the crazy thing is that they seem IDENTICAL?! That's virtually impossible irl.

[crude topaz]

hmm ive read about studies made on identical snowflakes

think its possible in a lab?

or should i call it controlled space

[sharp flame]

Snow appears white in color despite being made of clear ice. This is due to diffuse reflection of the whole spectrum of light by the small crystal facets of the snowflakes.[4]

[pure loom]

If those things are stalactites, then the cave thing would fit with diamonds and the Titanic for a “down” or “beneath” theme

Or a specific low temperature

[south wyvern]

Mind I throw in something, I don't want to break the chain.

[pure loom]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-rogue-one-grand-moff-tarkin-you-may-fire-when-ready-death-star-gif-22290924

[south wyvern]

I think these are Second Hand, Minute Hand and Hour Hand. If you're wearing a watch, it's there.

9:30:15 in am or pm? further left, 4321 so going CCW, 1234 in 24-hour military time: 12:34 PM

[pure loom]

Or if just numbers 9,6,3

[south wyvern]

or that too.

Alright, resume back to the chain!

[pure loom]

Wait… are the numbers linked to the hands - so it’s showing an 18 hour day?

[south wyvern]

my brain said the unsolved cross cipher has 18 crosses

[crude topaz]

Man i found something really funny, anyone read about the Jack Grimm's expeditions?

Guy who tried to find Loch Ness, Titanic etc

[pure loom]

No. Do tell

[crude topaz]

its a text from wiki about the start of the expidation, its a chunk

"He acquired scientific support from Columbia University by donating $330,000 to the Lamont–Doherty Geological Observatory for the purchase of a wide-sweep sonar, in exchange for five years' use of the equipment and the services of technicians to support it. Drs. William B. Ryan of Columbia University and Fred Spiess of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California joined the expedition as consultants.[22] They nearly stayed ashore when Grimm introduced them to a new consultant – a monkey called Titan, which was trained to point at a spot on the map to supposedly indicate where the Titanic was. The scientists issued an ultimatum: "It's either us or the monkey." Grimm preferred the monkey, but was prevailed upon to leave it behind and take the scientists instead.[23]"

[pure loom]

[south wyvern]

monkey in an orbiter, ring a bell?

uh my brain

[pure loom]

Yeah, I think there were a few

[south wyvern]

"Sixty years ago, on November 29, 1961, Enos became the first chimpanzee to orbit the Earth."

[pure loom]

Yeah, I just read that too

[sharp flame]

Oh wow that is a great idea

[south wyvern]

yea, had coffee this morning and was rearranging small boxes and saw my birthday watch gifted from my father.... went 👀

[jade citrus]

Can someone explain how the numbers 44 12 are decoded to T B in the coordinate clue? I can't find which cipher was used...

[south wyvern]

Me: opened 18th century Wikipedia...
Wikipedia:
Me:

[pure loom]

I think that's Tap code

[jade citrus]

oh I see it now, thanks :)

[pure loom]

Mammoth = Heavy Build, Sabre-tooth = Medium Build, Sid = Light Build

[south wyvern]

thats what came to my mind

and an infant named Roshan (meaning 'light'), basically a version of Nama Tama. Time for parent responsibility.

Resume 18th century

[pure loom]

The Cryptii website appears to have had a recent update - the new version looks good! https://cryptii.com

[south wyvern]

I looked into NGTS-10b, another K-type star as well, 55 Cancri.

[south wyvern]

For the cross cipher, try Jacob's Staff because I'm going to shut my eyes now

[mortal ivy]

I like the idea of - | ____ being clock hands

[sharp mango]

woops

look at that

another square

left side

[mortal ivy]

nice find vaaa, so there was small squares up in the icicles as well?

[sharp mango]

yep

[mortal ivy]

2, 4
14, 2
16, 2

[mortal ivy]

L: 32 / R: 8

[sharp mango]

as i said its not the same color

[sharp flame]

#easter-eggs message

Idk what we have to do with these numbers though..

[mortal ivy]

ah, you already had them ❤️

dates? 2nd april, 14 feb and 16 feb?

[sharp flame]

ooh that's very plausible

Would be not very chronological though

[mortal ivy]

nope 🤷

[sharp flame]

if we read it per column?

02 : 14 : 16 and 04 : 02 : 02

[mortal ivy]

american dates? 🤮

[sharp flame]

😭

idk...

[mortal ivy]

binary?
00000010 00000100
00001110 00000010
00010000 00000010

not sure what difference it would make in binary though haha

[sharp flame]

yeah haha

the numbers must surely mean something though

24142162

[mortal ivy]

We doing bible verses? 2:14-16 4:2-2 if those are real? 🤔

Or this spot in the water https://www.google.com/maps/place/2°04'14.0"N+2°16'02.0"E/@2.0109036,2.0495907,8.83z/data=!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d2.0705556!4d2.2672222

[sharp flame]

hmm..

[mortal ivy]

Has a little peace handsign up

[jade citrus]

using 24, 142, 162 as RGB values gives a color that's similar to #206888

it's probably nothing, but the hexcode for that is #188ea2

[sharp flame]

If you make an RGB value from each column, then take the hexadecimal difference and convert into decimal, you get 127986

trying everything at this point..

[timid solstice]

I read them as per column

#easter-eggs message

[crude topaz]

icebergs have a wierd naming/id thing

[pure loom]

How did you calculate the 16 and 14? Aren’t there 4 squares there?

[mortal ivy]

The middle and lowest on the left side are 14 and 16 respectively, aren’t they?

[pure loom]

Maybe I’m missing something on mobile but it just looks like 4 squares or dots each there.

[mortal ivy]

@pure loom this shows me all the squares, I’m on mobile rn

[pure loom]

Oh, that looks totally different to this one.

[south wyvern]

I don't know where I am or my sanity. 11-12-14, 963 <> 369, 18 grams. (18 crosses/18 hours?)

https://tenor.com/view/eyes-burning-my-eyes-spongebob-gif-5183364

[jade citrus]

also this.....

[jade citrus]

not sure if 79 is still relevant

[timid solstice]

No way

11 12 14 again?

[south wyvern]

a 'tri-'
like, a piece.

[south wyvern]

there is NO way if I am ever going to see them for the fourth time...

third time is the charm, you know

[peak plume]

@fallen jasper can you delete the spam pls

[fickle forge]

Poor guy got hacked

[jade citrus]

apparently the password page for the EE is just a generic page made with squarespace, it's not unique or anything

i thought i found another EE password page on an unrelated website 😂

[warm pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/kratos-gif-26454802

[livid acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/fail-meme-epic-embed-gif-21855556

[sharp flame]

Refraction is seeming to be a big part

[pure loom]

Hey, wasn't The Commence spelt "C0mmence"?

[fallen jasper]

#easter-eggs message

[pure loom]

Yeah, it was. The Wiki needs updating.

I can do it now

[fallen jasper]

I just called it commence since I thought the whole c0mmence thing was a clue and the actual name is Commence lol

[pure loom]

Hmmm... I'll check with SR

[fallen jasper]

Showed him the page before and he didn't say anything was wrong

[pure loom]

Ok. I've already message him, so will just double-check then

[south wyvern]

Someone decode them?

[sharp mango]

isnt this the correct way to read em?

[south wyvern]

or vertical is fine, either way.

[sharp mango]

how do you even gonna decode tis

[south wyvern]

i don't know what to do or how to decode 😬

[sharp mango]

its only had 3 symbol

[sharp flame]

I was thinking that each row/column represents a character

[sharp mango]

4? if you count the nothing

15*2

hell nah make no sense

[timid solstice]

I agree, I think vertical is correct as in later image the clue was presented in a vertical way

[sharp flame]

Hmmm

[sharp mango]

anything?

its not cross anymore right? its now left right arrow and plus

[sharp flame]

We should try it at least

See where it goes

[sharp mango]

i aint doing that lol too complicate

its not even number to letter

it had to be something not relate to cipher

maybe im wrong

magnet?

[jade citrus]

maybe they correspond to positive, negative, and neutral charges

6 positive, 6 negative, 6 neutral would be Carbon-12

[sharp mango]

i dont know man that seems random

maybe we should focus on this scope?

[fallen jasper]

@pure loom btw #egg-hunt-onboarding message

I am thinking I need to combine everything under one message though so hmm

Maybe once I get my computer set back up I'll work on that

[pure loom]

Thanks! 👍

[jade citrus]

@pure loom great job on the video man, i found it super helpful as a new member!

[pure loom]

Thanks! That’s great!

[proud minnow]

Hi.! I agree that is an amazing video @pure loom...

Perhaps it is time to release some more clus for this tier soon... I thought you were abuot to crack this litle tier, it was clear as xenoblazt... maybe next week.!

[timid solstice]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/xenoblast

missing/mixed letters
E O U T ZS

xenoblast related words;
xenocryst

xenolith

[jade citrus]

https://www.indieretronews.com/2021/05/xenoblast-epic-top-scrolling-shoot-em.html
Also a game for the ZX Spectrum

[proud minnow]

I actually played that game during the weekend..!

[timid solstice]

I think we are looking for the name of a blue crystal or diamond...

https://www.crystalworldsales.com/collections/crystals/products/blue-lace-agate-tumble-tt97

[south wyvern]

'xeno-' mentioned exotic, so yeah an exotic rock

[timid solstice]

now im looking at yu-gi-oh cards
https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/217411/yugioh-legendary-duelists-season-1-crystal-bond-blue?Language=English

[jade citrus]

"Anhedral"

[pure loom]

It can also mean "strange" - so a xenolith is a "stranger" rock from one source that ends up caught up in magmatic rock as it makes its way to the surface of the Earth

[timid solstice]

or foreign

[pure loom]

exactly

[south wyvern]

like an odd rock hmm

[pure loom]

I am the answer

[jade citrus]

snowflakes again

[crude topaz]

nice video RhB

[pure loom]

Can we tie "xenoblazt" or anything else Rob said ("clus" with the missing "e") to anything in this list:
A list of every topic or idea that was brought up before Rob's comment and after his previous visit to the channel, which might be considered "progress" by him:

Newton's Rings
The Hope, Cullinan and The Centenary Diamonds
Louis XIV (Sun King)
Kari --> Incan sun god
Van Allen belts
Torus/sphere
Penrose loops
Victor and Corona
Double Diamond beer
T-rex: Back to the Cretaceous, starring Kari Coleman
Magnetic north pole being in the south
Blue Serpent Clock Faberge egg
Kimberlites (as a source of diamonds)

Not in that list, but something that can tie "twins" "Torslanda" (Thor's Land) and the North Atlantic under water (Titanic) together, is that in the movie The Hunt For Red October, the Red October submarine makes a route through "Red Route One" which passes between "Thor's Twins" which are a couple of fictional sea mounts at the entrance to a submarine canyon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Znrgx5tB5k

[crude topaz]

think i found something

but its related to a 1month old topic lol

[pure loom]

👀

@crude topaz do tell

[crude topaz]

Think this was from the Arthur Rostron path

fish said it points to Castor and Pollux (ships?)

[pure loom]

Stars definitely, maybe ships too?

[crude topaz]

i just found that Castor was a demo scene group in Sweden . One of the first groups for the ZX Spectrum

[pure loom]

Oh, that is very interesting!

Got any links to the info?

[crude topaz]

ill dm lol

[pure loom]

ok

SR and I chatted briefly following the EE guide video being published, and he mentioned to me that we missed a clue in this area of the Tier 1D "Beside You" image (he also said the same clue was presented in every image in Tier 1D!). Anyone able to find anything in there? The dark narrow area in the middle looks a bit like the stem of a wineglass. The right hand end of that area looks like it might have characters hidden there, maybe.

The little oval, large oval and little one could also be ._.

[crude topaz]

yeah looks like letters/characters right side of egg

its bothersome when you see things but cant make them clear...

[south wyvern]

I swear a few days ago I looked around more on telescope, nothing but microscope. we have eggerms thou

[pure loom]

We need to advertise a position for "world's best photoshop person"

*Rob applies

[crude topaz]

man i have the memory of a goldfish, i cant remember how i end up at things lol

i know i was about to look up data recording on casette tapes

[pure loom]

Maybe the diamond and xenoblast clues point to the password being "squashed" into another form, like condensed

[quiet silo]

Didn't we get a clue about microscopes too like during or just after the beta?

[pure loom]

I think microscopes have come up a few times, but I don't recall anything specific

[timid solstice]

#easter-eggs message
@pure loom I think its maybe in the smaller ones
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1011929497139953744/1055062564071018526/whatisdis.png

also maybe this planet looking thing;

[crude topaz]

rainbows?

[timid solstice]

we thought it looked like saturn which was in every other clue I think

[pure loom]

Those look like a row of teeth in the background

[crude topaz]

hmm interesting that , crystals, magnets/poles, laser/lights, 2 sides are all a part of the cd/disc/vinyl evolution

[pure loom]

I think Rob said magnets was not a path

[crude topaz]

ah, good lol

[south wyvern]

I have some Half-Life

[pure loom]

I've made a bit of a breakthrough - the clock points to 9:30 and September 30 (9/30) was when the USS Nautilus was commissioned!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571)

[south wyvern]

gasp

lol Captain's Nemo. Finding Nemo? ha

[pure loom]

Let's, for the moment, call the clock a quaternary clue so 9:30 clock > Nautilus (which is also pointed to by the ammonoid, potentially)

I'll start adding this into the padlet

Ammonoids are on space Nama's cheeks, right?

[south wyvern]

yes

[crude topaz]

i am wrong, josh down below is right

[south wyvern]

and kynezantama

[pure loom]

I'll check them

[south wyvern]

Disneyland's submarine is also called Nautilus.

[pure loom]

There was another it was compared to, is that right?

[timid solstice]

thats a gif on the padlet

or you can see both here (also on the left side of the padlet)
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1011929497139953744/1091491700058366013/Clues_Kynezantama.png

[pure loom]

Great, thanks! I've added the USS Nautilus link on the padlet

[south wyvern]

Let's go!!

[pure loom]

@tulip matrix you should bring Operation Sunshine in now

[south wyvern]

I got another stalagmite image coming from Nautilus (fictional submarine) wiki.

[pure loom]

Lots of clues pointing to underneath

[south wyvern]

Spongebob and Patrick are looking forward seeing us.

[pure loom]

Just had an abstract idea

[south wyvern]

we have iceberg, it can work

[pure loom]

Maybe the password is a modifcation of a previous password/s

I tried "1064lxxix5f137s20vif0rm" as the password. Nope.

[south wyvern]

Not in rome letter, try 79

[pure loom]

didn't work

oh, maybe we add "geocache" in too...

ah, it can't be, that would take it over 30 characters

[south wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/tired-exhausted-gif-24415175

[crude topaz]

the small submarine used for looking at the titanic was named " Nautile"

[pure loom]

"The iceberg theory or theory of omission... Hemingway believed the deeper meaning of a story should not be evident on the surface, but should shine through implicitly."

SR = Hemingway

@timid solstice what is the chill clue? Condensation on the walls, like we see on Nama's space helmet = chill?

Might be good to add a bit more detail into that one on the padlet

[pure loom]

The clue on Robatama's arm band looks like 320 then something much harder to decipher.

[jade citrus]

looks like 320 100 to me

the third number is very hard to make out

[south wyvern]

It's tough with naked eyes, my best guesses are: 100 or 108.

[south wyvern]

I think these are called 'bokeh effect' (out-of-focus) which is prevented us from see what's further down or inside.

[timid solstice]

It’s the name of the image

[south wyvern]

Maybe 'M'

[unkempt crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/enhance-photoshop-gif-4844535

[dim jetty]

what even is that

[dim jetty]

I dont see nothing

[sick stone]

It looks like mars and it’s moons, but egg shaped

[south wyvern]

Matryoshka doll. The blue eggs (Bokeh Effect) are different sizes.

[sharp mango]

isnt that old picture?

[south wyvern]

Go B&W with image and on the left, you will see a steering wheel on a pirate ship is called the helm. im tired

[timid solstice]

It’s all the clues found in the image, check out #egg-hunt-onboarding

[cedar vine]

Isn't there a barcode? On the right at the big image and in the last image

[neon stream]

Yeah, those are in most of the images

Not sure if we ever decoded them 😂

The images have a few fiducial markers that appear in all of them

[sharp flame]

Fiducial markers were also a clue thread I believe

[neon stream]

Yeah. Tbh after I said "fiducial marker" I wasn't sure if I was getting confused with that, and those don't count as that 😂

[sharp flame]

The top right gradients were a reference to spectra iirc

[neon stream]

Oh, I meant the bar code

[sharp flame]

Spectrum of light to dark, of the different colours and etc

[sharp flame]

Bar code?

[neon stream]

That makes sense

Yeah, the one Luigi pointed out

[neon stream]

☝🏻

[sharp flame]

Here?

@neon stream

[neon stream]

Yeah

The full one is on the right side of the image Luigi linked

[sharp flame]

Can't be a barcode if the lines are all the same

but I see what y'all mean

[neon stream]

Going back to the Cullinan diamond, it can be connected with rainbows and Newton's rings

I was hoping that the Premier Mine, where that diamond comes from, was the same as the Hope Diamond, since that mine is the main source of blue diamonds in the world...but nope 😅

[sharp flame]

yes I think this connection is strong

we have MANY refraction clues

[neon stream]

They are not even the same type, the Cullinan is Type IIa and the Hope is Type IIb 😭

Why do I feel like we've said the password already? 😂

[sharp flame]

I don't.. :(

[neon stream]

All those things lead to diamonds 🤔

[sharp flame]

Kari? remind me

[neon stream]

Kari Mannerla, the guy from the board game with the Star of Africa

[sharp flame]

ahhh yeah

[neon stream]

Which the vinyl from the rival page leads to there too

So does the Titanic..

Diamods everywhere 😅

[sharp flame]

found an interesting article

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-famous-diamond-british-crown-jewel.html

Hope Diamond and Cullinan Diamond connected here

[neon stream]

Hmmm I guess you can also connect Polestar to diamonds 🤔

[sharp flame]

I wouldn't.. I think that's a rabbit hole now 😭

we need to make solid connections first

we've been branching out too much methinks

[neon stream]

Polestar(brand) > Di Caprio (backer of brand) > Titanic > Hope Diamond-like diamond

[sharp flame]

Di Caprio haha

[neon stream]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-it-yes-thats-it-that-right-there-omg-that-thats-what-i-mean-gif-17579879

[sharp flame]

Whatever the answer is, it must surely connect to ICE/cold.

It's a massive part of our clues and plenty of things already point directly at ice

what about ice are we missing, or not looking into yet?

is it something made of ice? or is it the way that ice refracts light?

[jade citrus]

another name for jewelry is ice

[sharp flame]

yep yep also that

[jade citrus]

i doubt that's anything tho lol

[sharp flame]

probably not, but they are still both in the hunt so why not connect them 🤣

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_(disambiguation)

have fun

[sharp flame]

it refers to diamonds specifically so it's strong ngl

telford's ice is strong too

also looking into polar ice or ice giants

water, ammonia and methane seem to be the most prominent ices

ammonia comes from ammon (as in ammonite!)

however weak this is, Ammonia is 79th in one of the catalogues

👀

[crude topaz]

diam0nd

[sharp flame]

noo

[crude topaz]

lol

[sharp flame]

woah woah woah

I found something

[jade citrus]

:0

[sharp flame]

okay first weaker one

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_VII

Ice that is found in diamonds

second of all:

this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_dust

nono look here

refraction

[jade citrus]

under "ice crystals"

van der Waals is this i think

attractive forces

[crude topaz]

ive looked at diamond dust regarding sun dogs and that stuff

never came to any conclusion

[sharp flame]

worth the look though!

if anything ever comes up in relation, you will be able to recognise it..

[crude topaz]

need to eat but looking at Plateau Station right now

[sharp flame]

👀

the epitome of confirmation bias

[crude topaz]

heh

[sharp flame]

Might need to go back to the images and dust off some unsolved clues

[jade citrus]

dust off? (everything is connected aaaaaaaa)

[sharp flame]

hmmmmmmmmmmm

[sharp flame]

oo

[timid solstice]

That actually does look like the gaps are different

Remember we got the barcode scanner clue from Rob and dusty

[south wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/good-morning-coffee-need-more-omg-gif-13053424

Good afternoon!

[proud minnow]

Interesting, I guess there are no coincidences after all... ._.

[sharp flame]

Rob 👀?

[neon stream]

Whatever you say is not official until you use the " 👀 " 😂

😛

[south wyvern]

It's a distraction

He gave us xenoblast yesterday.

[sharp flame]

hello 👋

[crude topaz]

hes buying time, were close!

[proud minnow]

Non desistas non exieris... ._.

[crude topaz]

and now hes speaking in tongues lol

[sharp flame]

Never give up, never surrender... ._.

[crude topaz]

sorry, my latin is a little rough...

[south wyvern]

I thought I read non-Extra-Terrestrial

Whoa
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_diamonds

[timid solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/galaxy-quest-clapping-applause-clap-gif-15358298

[south wyvern]

Would the matryoshka diamond be considered as xenoblast?

https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/spring-2020-labnotes-matryoshka-diamond-siberia

[pure loom]

I wouldn’t think so, because it’s not a foreign or strange mineral with the host mineral/rock.

[south wyvern]

@pure loom Robatama is, Sylvester Stallone/Lincoln Hawk, the truck driver and armwrestler! The arm band number is SKU#:320100 (a truck part - 2 Way Check Valve) for air brake/commercial trailer.

[pure loom]

Hmmm… I’m pretty sure it’s just a nod to Rob as he usually wears a wrist band and black Embark cap. I think clues generally avoid actual products for legal reasons, so not so sure about this path. Anything else 320100 could be? Or 320 100 if they are separate.

[south wyvern]

Not really, just postal code in Singapore.

[south wyvern]

This just came up, a volcano number is 320100 in Canada named, 'Tseax River Cone'. Last known eruption was in 1690 CE.

[sick stone]

Been thinking of the color blue as it can fit here and there

Also, in relation to the “1404E2….” clue last tier: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_of_Adam

[neon stream]

Diamond, double and king made me think of playing cards, I think that's supposed to be Louis XIV. I tried the Unicode for the king of diamonds, but nope 😂

[neon stream]

Hmmmm... if "diamonds" were to be a primary clue...what would point towards that in the first image? 🤔

[mortal ivy]

And with first image we are speaking about the Torslanda one?

[neon stream]

Yeah, the Up we go one

[pure loom]

The only thing I can think of is the facets of the mask, but there’s no modification to create that.

[neon stream]

Unless the tier started before our vacation ended 😅

[neon stream]

Hmmm

[pure loom]

Yes, hmmm

[neon stream]

I'm thinking that maybe the diamond dust thing is the way to go 🤔

[mortal ivy]

There doesn't seem to be a connection between diamonds and Torslanda at least

[neon stream]

Since that relates to cold, and there are references to that in that image

[pure loom]

Unless we missed the clue

[neon stream]

True

But then, what about the clues that point to cold? 🤔

[pure loom]

Hmmm

[neon stream]

Yes, hmmm :kek:

😛

[pure loom]

#kek

[neon stream]

I'm good, thanks Clyde 😂

[pure loom]

Just going back to my The Hunt For Red October path - the first word in that movie is “cold”

[mortal ivy]

kek as an alternative to lol is the best. However, I hate the kekW emote, it disgusts me

[pure loom]

Why?

[mortal ivy]

Dunno, never liked the meme it's based on. And it just looks off-putting 😅 🤷

[pure loom]

Kek 😂

[timid solstice]

nz kekw

[pure loom]

[fallen jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/bunny-rabbit-cat-gif-24165730

[floral axle]

I like rabbits, they are very fluffy

[pure loom]

That reminds me, there’s a cartoon movie from just a few years ago that has a character called White Rabbit

[neon stream]

@floral axle Do you have any clue for us? 😇

[pure loom]

The Secret Life of Pets. The character is voiced by Kevin Hart

[neon stream]

https://tenor.com/view/bunny-wth-confused-huh-what-gif-17289999

[pure loom]

👆

[floral axle]

Oh no, I would never. But here's a fun fact, did you know that when rabbits get happy they joyfully jump? Its also called a "binky"

[proud minnow]

GAH... It’s hard to get any work done when this pair starts arguing over how to carry out my crystal-clear demands.! I think maybe they need to go easy on the coffee... ._.

[neon stream]

SR... ._.

There are a lot of things in that image 😅

[floral axle]

They are always up to something!!!

[fallen jasper]

lmao

[neon stream]

THE MUG!!!!

[fallen jasper]

Rob what the hell

[fallen jasper]

Everyone at the studio is actually insane LMAO

Every single one

[neon stream]

@pure loom

[quiet silo]

HAHAHAHA

There is NO. WAY.

[neon stream]

There are so many things to investigate in the image 😭

😂

[quiet silo]

Not the "Today at 4:30am" how fast was that clipped to make the mug????

The SR sticker on top of the $20 Bill

[mortal ivy]

it's a 20kr, so ~$2

I flipped the chemical structure, as i believe its written on the other side of the window

[fallen jasper]

Hold on let me get my thoughts in a audio form

[mortal ivy]

this says it all, im sure

3 A C O - missing from the keyboard

coffee stains 🤔

[neon stream]

DHL being pressed? That's a great way to deliver a clue 😂

[mortal ivy]

Snowflakes behind the monitor

[quiet silo]

I was thinking the same thing

[unkempt crypt]

This is the weirdest clue ever Rob.. but I love the references haha

The mug is killing me haha

[hidden nacelle]

😆

[unkempt crypt]

That said while I was in stockholm I got firsthand experience with Swedish coffee culture.. don’t try to hold them back.. they bite ._.

[pure loom]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Lindgren

[mortal ivy]

The image is called img_cdiv 🤔 doesn't seem like a standard name for a phone picture

[pure loom]

The person on the 20 krona note

[fallen jasper]

My internal monolog as I look over this

[pure loom]

Also we should check the image for anything else Rob hid in it in photoshop

[mortal ivy]

@proud minnow Here's a semi-deep fried version of it ☺️

[floral axle]

Esbjorn and Dusty entering the Matrix

[cedar owl]

Rob you've *never * been crystal-clear -- you speak in riddles!

Speaking of riddles, which of you eggheads sent me this hilarious mug?

[floral axle]

Wasn't me!

[pure loom]

Understatement of the century

[fallen jasper]

I think we've finally gotten a look at

Wonder what's under the ARC Raiders Reveal

Looks like the text is photoshoped on

[mortal ivy]

Anyone recognizes the buildings? The top left and bottom middle makes me think of Tokyo

But it might be Seoul 🤷

[neon stream]

RockDog! 🪨 🐶

[fallen jasper]

Hmmm

Rock LOL

[mortal ivy]

Is this something you all've seen in-game?

[pure loom]

I had to crystallise that moment haha

[fallen jasper]

Okay so

Where is the link

[quiet silo]

letter replacement/removal seems like a major theme of the image I see:
Replaced: x = s, y = b, P -> C, T -> N, E -> S.
Missing: 3, A, C, O
Pressed: D, H, L

[fallen jasper]

I need the mug

[quiet silo]

I was looking at this too seems like a hologram blasting one of Seoul's buildings.

[cedar owl]

Hahahaha My suspicions were correct

[mortal ivy]

Exactly, but it's not something that has happened when playing and getting a teamwipe right? 🤔

[unkempt crypt]

Haha 😂

[quiet silo]

No and teamwipe was always shown on the banners around the arena not in a large hologram format.

The like ring banners hung above the arena.

Crossed out elements are: Caesium, Gold, Xenon, and Lanthanum
Abbreviations: Cs, Au, Xe, La

[neon stream]

I think this is the compound

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/4971

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoporphyrin_IX

[quiet silo]

You are spot on that is it

[mortal ivy]

great find @neon stream ❤️

need to afk now for the evening, good luck with the meatspace clues

[unkempt crypt]

Shanghai maybe

[quiet silo]

It gives egg shells their brown color, and it shines bright red under UV light

[fallen jasper]

When UV light is shone on the compound, it fluoresces with a bright red color.

I like how we both saw red and went immediately nuts about it

[quiet silo]

What can I say I read it and saw red

It was first isolated in 1904 by accident by someone only referred to in the reference as "Laidlaw" which may mean it was a company?

[sharp flame]

Holy crap that image

hahahaha that's awesome

bottom right seems novel

and do we have blimps yet? I can't even remember

[quiet silo]

No blimps yet I don't think

Also this doesn't look like a new map it looks like a modified Seoul I think. Top right especially looks like the sign building overlooking the cafeteria building that has the bridges to the hospital.

[neon stream]

The Happy Holidays card also has snowflakes 🤔

[quiet silo]

The crane placement is just different

[sharp flame]

it is seoul

it's early seoul

concept art

either that or it's future seoul

like they redid large placements in the map after the beta

[quiet silo]

Yeah festive tama card, and our ice and snow theme returns

[sharp flame]

ngl this is an easter egg treat

[quiet silo]

Yeah I also love the idea of you guys meticulously setting up this office just for this lol

[neon stream]

This is really interesting

🤔

[sharp flame]

has it appeared in the images?

[neon stream]

https://tenor.com/view/pooh-think-gif-5059908

Yeah

It's on the periodic table

[sharp flame]

in the previous ones I mean

[neon stream]

Oh

I haven't seen it 😂

(The specific letters/numebers)

The doubles/pairs/two COULD point to replacement, but I doubt Rob would use the same twist for the password right after 🤔

[sharp flame]

In Rob's message, we have the pair, crystals and ice/snow.

[neon stream]

But I wouldn't discard it, just in case

[sharp flame]

If I had to guess based on just those I'd say snowflakes were the answer

but they themselves are a clue so clearly not just the answer

[quiet silo]

Periodic table abbreviation letters: C, S, A, U, X, E, L, A, H, S
Letter Conversion:
X = S
Y = B
P = C
T = N
E = S
Character Removals: 3, A, C, O
Characters Pressed: D, H, L

A lot of crossover between abbreviations and referenced letters

Ughhh I think I'm on to something here but I need to go do my job lol

I'll be back in like 30 minutes probably hopefully you guys can find some link with that.

[sharp flame]

🙏

will try

is this of interest?

[neon stream]

😭

That's 404 in Roman numerals 😭

[sharp flame]

oh 😭

[neon stream]

Btw, in case it's useful, these are the elements marked:

Xenon (Xe-54)
Caesium (Cs-55)
Lanthanum (La-57)
Gold (Au-79)
Hassium (Hs-108)

[quiet silo]

I only see 4 marked where is hs? I think I'm just blind lol

[sharp flame]

@quiet silo

it's crossed out very differently to the bigger red crosses

[quiet silo]

Ahh yeah I can barely see that on my phone

X = s y = b definitely seems to be in reference to a graph given arrow placement

[sharp flame]

also rock salt is the mineral version of alt, might hold significance

[neon stream]

Yeah, I wonder why the distinction 🤔

[crude topaz]

information overload

christmas card... in may?!

[sharp flame]

snow...

[fallen jasper]

Hey that's a card they've never shown online

[quiet silo]

Hassium is a synthetic chemical element, expected to have chemical properties similar to those of osmium and a silvery white or metallic gray colour.

Applications

Hassium does not have any known application and little is known about it.

[fallen jasper]

Looks like it's a THE FINALS version of this https://twitter.com/EmbarkStudios/status/1473656123513352192

Embark Studios (@EmbarkStudios)

Happy holidays to all of you, from all of us here at Embark 💖

Likes

500

▶ Play video

Twitter · Dec 22, 2021, 2:06 PM

[quiet silo]

Hassium is super weird. It's synthetic and it's so unstable other elements almost immediately break it down, it's half-life is also only 9.7 seconds

[crude topaz]

i wonder if this could be a clue to unveil clues we missed in images?

kinda hard to shine uv llight in photshop though lol

[quiet silo]

Could be more a hint towards utilizing the color red somehow?

We only found hassium because of innovations in cold fusion

Have we delved into cold fusion at all this tier? Could be what the ice and snow hint at

[sharp flame]

In 1979, IUPAC published recommendations according to which the element was to be called "unniloctium" and assigned the corresponding symbol of "Uno"

could be of interest

[proud minnow]

haha, hmm I thought we did.?!

[sharp flame]

no...

[proud minnow]

I wonder if there are other unreleased stuff in my picture… ._.

[fallen jasper]

You didn't have one for 2018, or 2019,
2020 was one of the Concept characters for THE FINALS, and Celeste.
2021 was Lance in Christmas Lights
2022 was Lance, Burgerman, and The red-headed girl from THE FINALS
2023 was Santa Claus Hat Nama Tama.

[sharp flame]

👀

I think there is...

[fallen jasper]

me when I maintain a timeline of every time Embark's done a post but now I feel like I've missed it

Double checking has not shown me anything new

Besides the Embark scooters which I thought was a joke but no they actually exist

[crude topaz]

yeah inn Stockholm i see the need for scooters or bikes

[proud minnow]

OFC they are real.!

[sharp flame]

gib

[neon stream]

I just realized the image dimensions are weird 😂
Unless that's one of Apple's "we are different" things 😛

[sharp flame]

hahaha

doesn't seem to be common or used anywhere upon a quick search

could be the result of a manual crop

This crumpled thing on the paper seems to be some secret unreleased content maybe.

I spot a white TF logo on it

and a person's outline maybe..

[neon stream]

That's where the dragon is in THE FINALS 😛

[sharp flame]

What is in this framed image?

a car??

[neon stream]

Rob missed the opportunity to have binary numbers with the blinds 😂

[neon stream]

Looks like it

[sharp flame]

where?

[proud minnow]

I tried… trust me, I tried.!

[crude topaz]

i was looking for that, instead i found this...

[sharp flame]

kinda looks like seoul..

[quiet silo]

I just crawled out of a way too deep rabbit hole about atomic orbitals which lead me no where lol

[pure loom]

M could be a clue too. Can’t rule it out.

[sharp flame]

wondering if this is anything

[quiet silo]

There are no coincidences! But that is mostly illegible for me on my phone lol

[pure loom]

Rings maybe? It does look like it was kinda moved out of the way

Looks like a B just left and up slightly from the e

[quiet silo]

I thought I saw one just right and down of it

[sharp flame]

ah

[pure loom]

Can you post a link to this painting please?

[sharp flame]

this is the kinda thing that AI would cook up and call normal 😭

[crude topaz]

The guy is pretty famous, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dalí

[sharp flame]

yep

[crude topaz]

he does a lot of eggs lol

[neon stream]

When I saw this I thought it was Dali's 😂

I know nothing about art, so I'm proud of myself 😂

[crude topaz]

i remember his art "The Persistence of Memory" , was on one of my Dad´s old computer books

[quiet silo]

If I ever look at a painting and think "What the Hell was this person thinking?" My next thought is usually, "Probably Dali." lol

[neon stream]

I always remember this scene when I see that painting:

https://youtu.be/Ut9AAfKBpHs

😂

[proud minnow]

Serpenger… you have so much to learn… so much… I don’t even know where to start…

[sharp flame]

art

[crude topaz]

The Finals is art...

[neon stream]

SR arts in Embark

😛

[sharp flame]

interesting how the row and column numbers are highlighted

[pure loom]

I keep telling him this too. Maybe he’ll listen to you

[crude topaz]

notice the sr?

[sharp flame]

the what?

[pure loom]

Is it the key to a cipher??

[crude topaz]

Sr and CA seem underlined?

[sharp flame]

Hmm.. likely

[crude topaz]

*Ca

[sharp flame]

the letters circled at the top maybe are also a key for a cipher?

[neon stream]

Oh yeah! Good catch! There are a few others underlined too

[pure loom]

The rows go up to 7. What was the 1404… clue’s highest number?

[neon stream]

Re as well

[crude topaz]

underline is on single letter

yeah

[neon stream]

1404E210DDFD 4FA5E227933D2 1A3DC

[pure loom]

Hmmm. Seems unlikely. The crosses cipher?

Didn’t we try that already?

[sharp flame]

okay that's all I could find

[neon stream]

You could count F as 15, not sure if that helps

[crude topaz]

?

[sharp flame]

yep

good spot

[quiet silo]

Oh how I wish I was at my computer and not relegated to a phone for this lol

[crude topaz]

and im back in space again...

merging stars is a scary thought

[sharp flame]

If we collect all of the underlined letters maybe we can get something..

[neon stream]

Also, I was too focused on the image that I didn't pay attention to the message. From what I see, there are two "obvious" clues, and four others that look like clues, two being connected

[sharp flame]

Could you elaborate on 'starts' and 'carry'?

[pure loom]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs_scale

[neon stream]

Of course! They just look like clues, I have no idea how they connect 😂😂

[sharp flame]

😭 ahhh

'hard' and 'easy' is an interesting parallel

[neon stream]

I refuse to read any more Wikipedia pages that mention Pliny the Elder 😭

[pure loom]

'soft' and 'hard' would be the converse, right?

[pure loom]

CNS on the diamond wiki page. Also, OH appears on the structural formula on the glass

[sharp flame]

both O and H are underlined too if that means anything..

[pure loom]

Could be

[crude topaz]

i found one more

[sharp flame]

go on

[pure loom]

"There is now a consensus that diamond growth in Earth’s upper mantle is related to carbon precipitation from mobile C-O-H-N-S-Cl fluids/melts, the detailed nature of which remains to be investigated" - from a 2018 paper

[sharp flame]

yep! __M__t as well

[crude topaz]

hmm mby i should find the original of this version of table

[sharp flame]

so for underlined letters we have H O A C S N I R H M E

There we go

H is the only repeated letter

and the whole tile has been crossed out on that second H

Fits every letter except the duplicate H

MONARCHIES?

[pure loom]

ha, just beat me to it!

[crude topaz]

kings and queens

[pure loom]

The crown NamaTama would go with that

[sharp flame]

it might be a fit.. the Cullinan diamond is in the crown jewels... the Hope diamond is in the French crown jewels

[crude topaz]

somone posted a royal card before right?

[pure loom]

whoa...

[sharp flame]

Can you find it?

[sharp flame]

Doesn't rex mean king though

(in latin)

[pure loom]

oh yeah, true hahaha

[crude topaz]

this

[pure loom]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-tail-circles-catch-gif-14764000

[sharp flame]

oooh

[proud minnow]

It's crystal clear right...? ._.

[sharp flame]

taunting us 😭

[proud minnow]

I would NEVER... ._.

[sharp flame]

then Rob I hate to break it to you

but it is NOT crystal clear... .^.

wait

[crude topaz]

clear as sausage water...

[pure loom]

https://tenor.com/view/salt-star-wars-gif-10873400

[sharp flame]

okay I know zero brainpower went into that

since Rob had to spell it out

but YEEEES

[pure loom]

WE HAVE 👀

[sharp flame]

FINALLLLY

[crude topaz]

dem fine eyes

[sharp flame]

Okay I do need to do a bit of recontextualisation then

[crude topaz]

so does this mean i need to start looking at ..... salt?

ive seen a youtube clip of salt farmers

[sharp flame]

now

what crystals come in pairs?

[pure loom]

earrings?

[sharp flame]

either coming in pairs, or something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birefringence

but Rob specifically uses the phrase 'comes in pairs' and 'the pair'

so it must be a pair of some sort

[crude topaz]

"Hydroxyapatite, also called hydroxylapatite (HA), is a naturally occurring mineral form of calcium apatite with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH), but it is usually written Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 to denote that the crystal unit cell comprises two entities"

[pure loom]

rock salt is halite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halite

"Halite flowers are rare stalactites of curling fibers of halite that are found in certain arid caves of Australia's Nullarbor Plain.[15] Halite stalactites and encrustations are also reported in the Quincy native copper mine of Hancock, Michigan."

[neon stream]

Whoaaa! I took a shower for a sec, and there's a lot of progress! I guess I should shower more frequently, maybe once a year is not enough /s

[sharp flame]

hahaha

by the way I don't think MONARCHIES is right, maybe.. Rob was here and could've 👀d it and didn't

[crude topaz]

Hydroxyapatite can also be found in egg shells apperently..

"Avian eggshell hydroxyapatite can be a viable filler material in bone regeneration procedures in oral surgery"

[sharp flame]

weird theory here

but could these represent slit diffraction patterns?

(like this)

[neon stream]

I think you are right with monarchies, it does make sense. Rob hasn't been using the " 👀 " much lately, so it's possible he just didn't want to make it THAT obvious

[sharp flame]

It does miss out a letter

[neon stream]

The training wheels are gone 😂

[sharp flame]

(or more if we haven't found it)

There is an H missing

[neon stream]

Hmmm

maybe it's JUST and H

Like the A in Oviform?

Let's write down those letters, just in case 😂

[sharp flame]

it's crossed out after being underlined

crossed out in the same pen

[crude topaz]

this was a intersting read again; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonoidea

[sharp flame]

Ammolite too!

(the gemstone which comes from them)

[timid solstice]

Wow loads of stuff...
was this mentioned?

[sharp flame]

also this

[sharp flame]

What about it?

[timid solstice]

In the image, I circled it

X = 5 across Y = 6 Down

[sharp flame]

ohhh

I just realised that says 5 not S

[pure loom]

Lol I thought the left one said “yolo”

[timid solstice]

hehe

[crude topaz]

me to

[sharp flame]

if we want we can use 46 11 94 here

Hf H Co

[timid solstice]

46 11 94 = Pd Na Pu ?

[sharp flame]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalum

it seems Rob was pointing to this!

[timid solstice]

Tantalum was discovered in Sweden in 1802 by Anders Ekeberg, in two mineral samples – one from Sweden and the other from Finland

[sharp flame]

Tantalum in optics

[crude topaz]

its used in electronics, and so are crystals right?

[sharp flame]

usually I'd say that's a very very loose connection

but confirmation bias 💪

[crude topaz]

i grab every straw i get now

[sharp flame]

I think most metals are used in electronics

we finally have been pointed in the right direction, would hate to accidentally turn away again😭

[crude topaz]

indeed, but that was the only thing i could think of that connects

[sharp flame]

yeah idk

[crude topaz]

lol i like this "Tantalum has been examined theoretically as a "salting" material for nuclear weapons"

[timid solstice]

text_layer_name
&/¤”#(? C&/¤N)&&#S/#!

[sharp flame]

two words?

[timid solstice]

CNS

[sharp flame]

oooooooh

C___N____S__!

maybe

[timid solstice]

four words

seperated by / I think

¤N could be
IN
ON
AN

[sharp flame]

&/¤”#(? C&/¤N)&&#S/#!

[pure loom]

Yeah, I've just been looking for a name. C N S reminds me of something...

[crude topaz]

now your just cursing

[sharp flame]

😭

[pure loom]

"Can Not Shoot" from the Closed Beta 😂

[crude topaz]

can not solve...

[sharp flame]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystallography_and_NMR_system

[timid solstice]

cool machiine

X-ray crystallography

[pure loom]

oh, I remembered what those letters reminded me of lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosby,_Stills,_Nash_%26_Young

[pure loom]

I'm surprised Serpenger didn't chime in with that one

[sharp flame]

Central

Nervous

System

[pure loom]

pretty broad

[timid solstice]

CNS (Crystallography and NMR system) that fish mentioned leads straight to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_crystallography

[sharp flame]

yeah, especially if you lay it end to end..

[pure loom]

although the body does use salts for neurotransmission iirc

[sharp flame]

90000miles or something

[crude topaz]

hey thers also salts in here

[timid solstice]

diamonds to, any thing crystal related really

[crude topaz]

so both 1E and 1F are active

[pure loom]

we might be close

[crude topaz]

its been so for a while though

[pure loom]

or SR is getting impatient 😂

https://tenor.com/view/hurry-up-chop-chop-hurry-gif-26175772

[crude topaz]

got a little worried

pairs/split etc etc

[timid solstice]

looking up...

Up We Go

[sharp flame]

Up as in North? Maybe?

[timid solstice]

padlet updated

What crystal is blue?
37 Blue Gemstones (Names, Pics, & More) - International Gem ...
Sapphire. By far the most popular blue gem for faceting, a blue sapphire can have very high saturation. Royal engagements have also made it one of the most popular choices for engagement rings!

[neon stream]

Good catch! I thought it said x = s, y = b 😂

[neon stream]

Could the image of SR be a clue?

[proud minnow]

I'm always here... but just like some wise person once said "the training wheels are off"... ._.

[sharp flame]

Padlet is impossible to navigate ngl 😭

The inability to zoom is not great

[slender lodge]

ctrl -/+ might help, but its zooming out your browser not padlet

[timid solstice]

I hate it but what else is there

[sharp flame]

Yeah exactly 😂

[slender lodge]

move your chair a bit back to zoom out

[timid solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/zoom-in-zoom-out-face-small-make-face-gif-16964581

how everything looks on the padlet when you zoom out

[sick stone]

#easter-eggs message I think @sharp flame has mentioned this stone at some point, but I did take a mental note of the fact that a lot of sapphires have “star” in the name

[sharp flame]

Didn't expect it to be so soon 😞

[crude topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/kids-falling-over-bike-lake-gif-14881649

[quiet silo]

We took 3 months to solve the last tier and you goobers thought it was a good time to have him take our 👀 away???? Lol

[fallen jasper]

I went looking for another one a while back and the only other good one has all of the features locked behind a plan only school systems can get

So unless we want to make the Holy Hunters Academy we're probably out of luck

[crude topaz]

so, sign up as a school. Rob as teacher etc

[fallen jasper]

It's also bad

But

The school was funnier to say lol

[proud minnow]

I can b your teacher... how good is your Latin..?

[fallen jasper]

Vae caecis sequentibus

(the other thing I was gonna reply with is "Estas usando este software de traduccion de forma incorrecta. por favor, consulta el manual." But that's mainly because I played too much Portal 2 and it's funny to me)

I came to see you play?

[tulip timber]

🤨

[neon stream]

https://www.outoflives.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AC-5-300x169.gif

Oh...new image 😅

[tulip timber]

yep!

I have a ton to catch up on... I haven't been all that active at all because of exams

[placid cape]

what does ludere mean

[neon stream]

It means play

And I just realized the game "Ludo" literally means "play" 😂

[placid cape]

I came I saw I play?

[neon stream]

I share it, since it's a board game, and we've had a clue that seemed to relate to that, but I don't really see a connection 😂

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludo

[neon stream]

Yeah

[placid cape]

caesar reference?

[neon stream]

It's a phrase attributed to Julius Ceasar's toddler /s

[neon stream]

I guess 😛

"THE_FINALS_NAMALAPIS.png" 🤔

[sharp flame]

I don't trust Rob anymore

that secret message is obviously indicating that Rob is not real and actually a fictional AI construct attempting to trick us with these mind games

I refuse to participate in this EE hunt any longer !!

[neon stream]

That's my theory

[shell spear]

Omg new art

[jade citrus]

🤔

[shell spear]

It's totally accurate battle simulator @tulip matrix

[neon stream]

Mojang's Creative Playground, I think it's called

Or was it BLOCK Raiders? 🤔

[sick stone]

I assume the crystal being "crystal-clear" is what we shouldn't trust, as in perhaps the elements listed are common in whatever mineral or non-clear crystal we might be looking for as inclusions/impurities or as what is giving color to the stone

[sharp flame]

no way

[neon stream]

Btw, do you guys see anything hidden in the image? I didn't see anything in my 2 mins of Forensically 😂

[sharp mango]

nothing in the background

[neon stream]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble

"Crystalline texture"

@pure loom we need your expertise

[sharp mango]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veni,_vidi,_vici

[sharp flame]

nothing yet?

[crude topaz]

might be going mad

[sharp flame]

oh also yes finally I can use my latin knowledge

veni vidi ludere

'I came I saw To play'

(ludere is the infinitive)

if it were 'I played' it would be lusi

[sharp flame]

@proud minnow Fix your verb ending 🗯️ ##

(just kidding I know Rob is always intentional)

[hidden nacelle]

'praise the lord' by asap rocky 😆

[sharp flame]

🗣️ fr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamigami_no_Asobi

Here is a ludere

Could it be dice also?

[sharp mango]

what is cns

[sharp flame]

from previous image I think too

check pinned

above the Periodic table

[sharp mango]

oh oh that one

[sharp flame]

I really can't spot any hidden clues yet

[sharp mango]

https://www.aperisolve.com/f79388968433c973214bcfadd625ec62

[sharp flame]

need to look harder

[pure loom]

Hello! I’m open for business. 😂

[sharp mango]

i saw v

[sharp flame]

hey! 👋

[sharp mango]

might just be texture

[pure loom]

Oh, marble NamaTama. Nice! He’ll make a great doorstop 😂

[sharp flame]

I see it..

[pure loom]

So, is this clue telling us we need to ‘lightly metamorphose’ (like marble is to limestone) a word into the answer? If so, I’d lean towards a leetspeak answer.

[sharp flame]

Hmm.. how did you arrive there?

[pure loom]

Just taking the marble and crystal clues at their core being I guess. Marble is a low-grade metamorphic rock - it’s taking a “normal” rock and slightly altering all of it, but not so much it’s unrecognisable from its original form.

[sharp flame]

I see I see

[sharp flame]

'core' being... hmm

got me thinking about earth's core again

or even asteroid cores or otherwise

[pure loom]

I tried “c2y5741” which a leetspeak translator gave as the translation of “crystal”

But maybe crystallisation is just the modification. What would the actual word be?

What clues do we have that don’t relate to crystals?

[sharp flame]

206888

hehe

[pure loom]

Did we convert that to a colour?

[sharp flame]

We found it as the colour..

[pure loom]

That’s right. I thought that was just pointing to ice

Like that sea ice-blue colour.

[sharp flame]

hmmmm I seee

or should I say

IC

[pure loom]

Icy 😂

I’d say there’s a good chance we’ve figured out the modification. But what are we modifying?

[sharp flame]

You think it's a modification? I'm gonna try diggin in that area

[pure loom]

Yeah, well since the 0vif0rm answer I’m thinking the answer will be “word” + modification

As opposed to a plain word

[sharp flame]

honestly I was thinking that Rob would actually avoid repeating the same answer form

but it could be that each time it is getting more elaborate

[pure loom]

And a leet word would be a step up from just changing the “o”s

[pure loom]

Exactly

Level 3 we will answer with alien language 😂

[sharp mango]

might not be it

[sharp flame]

oooohh

[pure loom]

Is that an anagram?

[sharp mango]

this one tho

[sharp flame]

when was this?

[sharp mango]

from yellow heavy to latest image

[sharp flame]

honestly the unknown letters being _s instead of ?s might help, especially as there are some ?s in the message itself

[crude topaz]

whats up with dont trust thingy

[sharp mango]

https://tenor.com/view/hacker-pc-meme-matrix-codes-gif-16730883

[sharp flame]

break da matrix

[crude topaz]

just a shoutout?

[pure loom]

In this we could have Chromium (Cr), Nitrogen, Sodium - if we convert that into numbers using the chart from the IRL clue, maybe we can make a word?

Also, the element that Rob’s chart pointed out was Tantalum. It says it’s a “transition metal” which could just point to the modification of a word as the answer. Maybe.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalum

[sharp flame]

probably a lore thing/side story

[sharp mango]

here better version

[sharp flame]

kk so CDIV, how much of it is 'decoded'

[sharp mango]

duh its random

i think

its just point to cns word nothing to do with random @#(@#@(# (might be wrong)

[pure loom]

Just noted that “compromised” has the name of the level in it the “promise” - maybe just a coincidence.

[sharp flame]

oh my god

hahaha