🪹the-sepulchre-arg

[inland thicket]

imo if the arg really was ending, void would put up like an announcement or something

we've just gotta wait for something to show up in game

[outer ivy]

i don't think it is officially ending. however i think it may be in a sort of limbo at the moment

who knows maybe they've already put more in the game and we are too dull to see it 🤔

[inland thicket]

huh

wait i have a (probably dumb) idea

does anyone have a full res image of that weird insect looking thing from the meth house?

[oblique glade]

Did anyone found the insect?

or a mud man

[minor quiver]

I am the mud man

[inland thicket]

i think the insect is the image i was talking about, and i think that there's something hidden on it, but i need the full res version from the game's files

as for the mud man... i have no clue

[hasty adder]

That's just a rare npc on 213

[inland thicket]

oh ok

anything unusual about him?

does he say some edgy ominous voiceline?

[hasty adder]

He's gone full arnold in predator

[outer ivy]

i still have yet to see him

[inland thicket]

uhhh ok

[hasty adder]

Or Rambo 2

[inland thicket]

also do you have a screenshot of him?

[hasty adder]

No

[inland thicket]

also when i think about it now, there was a patchnote saying they added cicadas around valley of the dolls soo it might be that

[hasty adder]

That's just general ambiance

Since it didn't really have any before despite being surrounded by trees n shit

[oblique glade]

We thought cicadas sound is whimpering

[west tiger]

Well the definition for a sepulchre is “a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.”

It’s mispelled however.

Possibly on purpose?

[upper marsh]

what's misspelled? 'Cause I'm blind and can't see it

[west tiger]

Sepulcher is the proper spelling.

The actual spelling for the ARG though is Sepulchre

[upper marsh]

oh, you're right

[west tiger]

So it may not be a tomb.

Unless someone’s gone about checking maps, I recommend we look for this.

[west tiger]

Specifically on maps with cut into rocks or stone.

[upper marsh]

it's the same situation as with colour vs color

[west tiger]

Well then I suppose it’s spelt right.

But yeah.

Let’s check maps for places similar to this.

Perhaps there’s something there we haven’t seen?

[oblique glade]

Only tomb we got

Is neon tomb

[upper marsh]

Well... there are 3 cicada sound files, if you think that there could be something in them let's hope that the sound guys here can figure it out

[inland thicket]

and the candle room

i mean its a memorial it sorta counts

[upper marsh]

I think that the tomb might be a metaphor... Again with the single chair in the memorial is a symbolic grave for The Lost, to Remember him

[oblique glade]

we figured out only first resembles whimpering

[upper marsh]

That's what I think

[oblique glade]

in fact it were just birds whistling

just sped up

[upper marsh]

and the face/chest of the creature sitting on the chair in unknown.png is a symbol for inner demons of the guy who died, witnessing evil while fighting it fucked him up mentally

prescott might be going through the same thing

as seen in the other picture

[upper marsh]

by 'symbol' for his mental state I mean the uncertainty if he should fight evil or give up / do evil (If you can't beat them, join them type of thing), hence MLO, fighting corruption by murdering politicians etc.

I hope that makes sense

[upper marsh]

Or it goes like this; Prescott has second thoughts, dies and he's The Lost sitting on the chair...

[tidal sonnet]

I know we looked at specto of each of these at one point and maybe this is just brainded thoughts but has anyone tried overlapping the tracks and then putting them through a spectograph?

I'm not very smart but I do be bringin new ideas

[upper marsh]

Sounds quite promising, I guess we'll see

[upper marsh]

I checked in audacity, I don't think there's anything to it

all 3 as one specto made this

so it's a dead end

but... I don't know anything about audio work, so maybe someone smarter than me can figure something out

[snow echo]

The ARG is probably low priority for the devs right now since they got down what exactly they're doing with RoN for the most part

[delicate flare]

yeah

[blazing forge]

I'm still just a cat in a race

[strong idol]

just sayin i know those are birds n shit but cicadas dont make long yells they make kind of a high to low and high to low

[hasty adder]

We literally have the arg creator saying that she doesn't know if anyone will continue the arg and you guys are still chasing red herrings lmao

Never change sepulchre

[outer ivy]

it’s part is the arg of course!!!

[safe bane]

its reverse psychology

[strong idol]

but what if the red herring is a refrence to red the colour of blood which is a refrence to ronald mcdonald who is the leader. WE NEED TO GET MCDONALDS TO SOLVE IT

[hasty adder]

Ok get to work see you in 3 months

[strong idol]

aye aye

[oblique glade]

Maybe arg creator prepared something we haven't found yet

So therefore there's no need to to unravel story further if we are lacking elementary piece

[upper marsh]

Exactly

It's a social experiment to see what we will do if they told us that there's nothing to look for, and if this is true and there's nothing to look for we ended up being a bunch of schizos

[strong idol]

but shes no longer a community manager shes lead story

[limber dagger]

I’ll continue the ARG myself

Gimme a week or 5

[delicate flare]

you gonna officially takeover the arg?

[limber latch]

He isnt affiliated with Void Interactive, so no.
Nothing "officially".

More likely to be "fan created content" to expand on everything that has been published to this point.

[safe bane]

captain black to rescue

[delicate flare]

cool

btw anyone has the press kit?

[hasty adder]

He's also probably joking

[upper marsh]

bet

[delicate flare]

we'll be waiting

[oblique glade]

You made an promise so we will keep you by the word

[vague crag]

Wait is the ARG actually dead?

[radiant sonnet]

yes

[twilit sigil]

pretty much

[delicate flare]

at least till we get some new clue, if we even do

[oblique glade]

I guess we spent way to long complaining than looking for clues

[delicate flare]

perhaps

[hardy yew]

Seems like it, but the ARG was referenced by Void in patch notes as recently as July 8th. It would be weird for them to make that reference and drum up interest by making what I'm pretty sure would be the only ARG reference from the them in years just to abandon it a month later.

[delicate flare]

we probably just need to wait till the next major updates drops

[buoyant needle]

Arg morw likw dip da dee dah dip da doh doh

[graceful flame]

ARG more like

FAGXAAGXXVXAGAAFXFAAFGDFAFAAGVDFVGVFFADGAVFXADVVAFDDGAAD

GFAFADFFADGFDFFDFFGVDFFFXFVGFGAADFADXDAFDVVXAAVAGDAAFFDFXAFFFGDFGVDADAAAGX

🙂

[fickle storm]

I mean the literal creator of the ARG said it was dead

[oblique glade]

She lied jk

[exotic crater]

next step of ARG in the fastfood map when they release it

[delicate flare]

how do you know?

[safe bane]

skills.

[delicate flare]

guess we'll find out when it comes out

[safe bane]

[strong idol]

Get diabetes then it’ll be solved

[hasty adder]

You see attitude like this is what had some mental guy scan every sound file in the game in spectrogram and eventually leave the server

[upper marsh]

In theory that's a viable method

In fact... I might do that

[hasty adder]

Cool you'll also be banned from the Google doc like he was after he started schizo posting in the comments

[upper marsh]

👀

[strong idol]

[oblique glade]

Truth is arg wasn't the point of this game

It were friends we made along the way

[snow echo]

I thought it was the schizophrenia we made along the way

[oblique glade]

Nah you, we were born with it

[strong idol]

no no the friends are the schizoprhinia

[crimson pelican]

the friends are schizophrenia

[fickle storm]

That is extremely funny and sad at the same time. When was this?

[hasty adder]

Months ago before the new doc was made

[white birch]

Has anyone thought about completeing levels with the highest score possible? What if active shooter requires all civs + gunman in custody?

Or has the game been datamined for that?

[upper marsh]

Doubt having max score is releveant to the ARG

[radiant sonnet]

yeah i doubt it and completing with max score, aka S tier has been done multiple times

[tulip heron]

lol

[thin eagle]

im so glad i gave up on this. dont get hooked it will consume your time...

[radiant sonnet]

every hobby be like

[outer ivy]

untrue in fact.

[radiant sonnet]

cap

[outer ivy]

not if you can make your hobby into a job 😎

[radiant sonnet]

time consuming

[outer ivy]

is time truly consumed if it is traded for money?

[radiant sonnet]

yeah

[fading birch]

I hate this channel

Fuck this channel

[radiant sonnet]

💀

[radiant sonnet]

wanna explain

[fading birch]

Gave me so many brain-farts back in the carcosa days

[fading birch]

I do not.

[radiant sonnet]

uh huh

that's what i thought

[compact charm]

Caught in 4K, this is absolutely haram

[fading birch]

[radiant sonnet]

facts

[thin eagle]

this guy gets it

[plain bloom]

This dude

[lament river]

A man of culture

[oblique glade]

What in the fuck

[upper marsh]

Lol

[delicate flare]

lmao, indeed

[hardy yew]

Anyone who works full-time will tell you: Yes.

[warm notch]

https://tenor.com/view/explaining-gif-22499839

[icy oar]

fail

[safe bane]

fail

[unreal plank]

i joined it for the emojis

i join a lot of servers for the emojis

i get shit like this from the server

[plain bloom]

mmmm

i dont belie

[unreal plank]

im a girl with a boyfriend, and asexual trust me im not into vtuber hentai

[warm notch]

from hololive what

[jovial salmon]

The yoinky sploinky

[unreal plank]

But emojis

Like these

[crimson pelican]

r/

[graceful flame]

MODS

[safe bane]

croissant confuse

i saw that.

[limber latch]

Always

[safe bane]

makes sense

[inland thicket]

i love how this chat already forgot all the spooky faces and shit it's been talking about for the past like 2 years

[strong idol]

Yep

[proper robin]

Is it 173 or have you guys guessed that before?

[crimson pelican]

did u srsly say 173 as in scp 173.

[proper robin]

yes

[crimson pelican]

i have no words

do u think this game is affiliated with the scp wiki

[proper robin]

no

just puting it out there

[crimson pelican]

why would a game's lore unrelated to the scp foundation wiki be suddenly affiliated with a cliche scp from 2007

it's quite literally just a cop game

[safe bane]

[crimson pelican]

dumbass lmao

[safe bane]

scp in ron is cringe

[crimson pelican]

if it wasn't for the few and far between scps, the entire wiki would be cringe

elitist neckbeard moderators writing another "hehe it's spooky, it kill!" scp for the millionth time while banning someone for wanting to join the wiki
lol

[safe bane]

[proper robin]

ok

[safe bane]

scp pfp

[proper robin]

ok

[crimson pelican]

ok

[safe bane]

ok

[oblique glade]

modders can make it real

[ornate geyser]

can someone just tell me what the sepulchre is and how did you guys even find it

i dont understand any of this im here for the game

[bitter spoke]

check the pinned message. it has a doc that explains everything.

[ornate geyser]

thanks my bad

pls dont tell me void interactive is gonna try to make a swat game into the supernatural

[ornate geyser]

or is it gonna be like payday 2 and the kataru

[limber latch]

No.
Everything of the ARG, which is suspended for the moment, is not tied to the game.
There are some crossovers in terms of hints etc., but the game will keep the focus on the "realistic" aspect.

[oblique glade]

I thought arg will give us answers?

[ornate geyser]

oh thanks

[inland thicket]

to what?

[limber latch]

Life

[crimson pelican]

simply
it seems to be about ptsd and the corruption of the police force, and obvious hints towards crimes that are committed in the game
yknow, sex trafficking and the sorts

it's not paranormal, it just looks spooky

[hasty adder]

This shit dead af

I advise people to save their time until a formal announcement that either kills or continues the arg is made

As of now gwyn doesn't know if anyone will continue it

[crimson pelican]

yeah the story kinda leads to what's obvious anyways

if u want spooky shit just look in game lol

[hasty adder]

The arg was mostly for fun

[crimson pelican]

mhm

[hasty adder]

Maybe some in-gmae shenanigans but our progress would never affect the story

[crimson pelican]

nah, see if u unlock a hint, you get to be a community manager and get your own map!!
mhm mhm

[hasty adder]

My submission is the police office, and everyone is using nerf guns

Birthday party

[crimson pelican]

agreed

[fading birch]

Nuh uh

Uh @rigid sphinx
this channel and #👮ron-discussion

Scratch that

All channels

[half parcel]

on the first crackhouse mission wall says dig where the drain is.. is this part of it?

[half parcel]

skeleton in the water plus that cabinet underground.. interesting.. lots of dig messages

[crimson pelican]

how r these crackheads so good at depth and shading

[outer ivy]

wasted talent frfr

[crimson pelican]

the crack gives it flavoring

[graceful flame]

honest to god

there's genuine talent

wasted on crack

[crimson pelican]

bro.. if ur in a poor area, just move??? don't be a crackhead, duh..

it's that easy

[strong idol]

yeah just dont be part of the lower class

[crimson pelican]

frl

[ornate geyser]

ong if your homeless buy a house its that simple

[radiant sonnet]

map?

[outer ivy]

twisted nerve

[jovial salmon]

Your nerves are kinda twisted Zepla

[outer ivy]

why do you say that

[warm notch]

did we get ANYTHING NEW since the corrupted newsletter?

[safe bane]

the arg is over

[warm notch]

https://tenor.com/view/fade-away-oooooooooooo-aga-emoji-crumble-gif-20008708

[ornate geyser]

fr?

[delicate flare]

don't think so

[safe bane]

@ornate geyser

[strong idol]

On the arms of an angel............... fly away

[silk shell]

These schizo posts are still a thing?...

[icy oar]

no

[amber girder]

[stray tide]

That seems like a good server

[main kindle]

i don't remember if it was true, but i heard a friend say that the images in that locker were a reference to the famous SWAT 4 map with the serial killer who dug graves in their basement

[outer ivy]

i gotta play SWAT 4 i barely remember any of the story at all

[main kindle]

it's so good, man

[icy oar]

wasn’t a serial killer, that was the cult level, and those were their children

whole game is a swat 4 reference tbh

[delicate flare]

just hope the arg isn't dead

[fathom skiff]

I think it is

[warm notch]

the ARG returning 5 years from now

[void gale]

CTA ROMBA

[oblique glade]

I think ARG will come back in next update

and yet what was about those cicadas

[strong idol]

ambience we tried looking through it and its been confirmed the arg is dead in the water unless picked up

[hasty adder]

Which is a shame, but I'd rather have gwyn advance in her career than appease us gremlins

[oblique glade]

True

But hey we can hope she will spare us some of her time in the future

[hexed coral]

foundit

[hasty adder]

Dunno where you even got it

But it doesn't matter

[strong idol]

nothing realy matters anyone can see

mabey i found stuff on gas station but could be just random a nagazine had a woman without eyes and like shit gorwin from em

honestly i just wish we could get an answer or for it to get picked up but since its been a month or so since she said its over ffor now

i lost faith

[crimson pelican]

what exactly did gwen advance in

did she leave void, or?

that sounds like im saying leaving void is an advance
yk what i mean lmao

[oblique glade]

She's responsible for the writing now in void

[regal summit]

i do this with my friend

[warm notch]

maybe

maybe they just wanted to save material for the actual game

what if it all was a sneak peak

what if it was all just a taste

[oblique glade]

We haven't found anything holding any significance aside from the connection with King in yellow

[safe bane]

taste deez

[buoyant hearth]

maybe they just wanted to save material for the actual game
@warm notch Makes sense, but this ARG had some potential to become a decent advertisement material sort of like the Halo 2’s “ilovebees” ARG. Especially with it containing some lore pieces that obviously will be explored fully after the full release, would make much more sense to build up the hype for the narrative elements of the game through the sepulchre.

[warm notch]

well my argument is that this is swat, it’s not like SCP where since it’s in the vague it can be explored more thoroughly. this has a structure to it, and they have to choose what they put out or else it becomes easy algebra figuring out what is what

[strong idol]

I mean its a cult/orginization thers still some vague things they need to fill in and the onlything that dosen make sense to me is what would the reward be? In the past like ilovebees or even what they did for halo 3 there was something rewarded like playing halo 3 early or smt

[snow echo]

ARG can't start up again until I watch the last episode of true detective after work tonight

Season 1 of course

[inland thicket]

idk where did you get the idea that there will be a reward but if there will actually be one (assuming the arg will even be revived lmao), it's probably gonna be something like a free supporter edition for you and a couple of your friends

[limber dagger]

Hey who here knows morse code

@ me

I need your help with an unrelated matter

[outer ivy]

use a morse code translator. long beeps are - and short ones are .

and the pauses are spaces

[snow echo]

Aight, that show was awesome

ARG can continue

[split minnow]

Hey, has anybody found this before?

And Russian on top of it.

Could anybody translate these words?

[snow echo]

Stock assets it looks like

[split minnow]

So, it's the stock assets packed into cases? Hard to understand.

[shell robin]

Top
CAUTION DEVICE
DO NOT TURN OVER
F-59PA
№720322
PLACE No.9/9

[snow echo]

As in it's assets void interactive bought to save on dev time so they don't have to hand craft every little item in the game

[icy oar]

ARG is dead

long live ARG

[snow echo]

ARG is a flat circle

[manic nimbus]

the earth is flat

[left bough]

reality is flat

[jovial salmon]

I am flat

[warm notch]

SO AM I

[icy oar]

no

[snow echo]

ARG is now donut

[safe bane]

well yeah

[warm notch]

the hell do you mean no

well theoretically

im not flat sharp or neutral

i am augmented

[icy oar]

i can see that you are indeed 3d

[safe bane]

3d lady

[icy oar]

tansgednr

[safe bane]

[icy oar]

whats so goddamn FUNNY

[safe bane]

you ❤️

[warm notch]

https://tenor.com/view/yoshiko-yohane-love-live-love-live-sunshine-speech-gif-25087986

[safe bane]

anime

[warm notch]

guys

i think i found a clue

so you know about how theres a chair in the memorial room?

[stone pike]

Yeah, it has judge’s butt sweat on it. Already found that one

Nah, actually, what is it?

@warm notch

[warm notch]

it was the joke that it was already discovered

literally

it was bugged so they took it out

but i like your approach

[strong idol]

this one? matthew?

@stone pike

[stone pike]

yes

[solar sentinel]

Why are you not funny

[safe bane]

why dont u have humor

[strong idol]

why are we still here.... just to suffer

[vague crag]

New ARG released

[abstract gorge]

is this like a space chimps reference

[vague crag]

It’s a random chimp event warning

[abstract gorge]

ready or not x planet of the apes collab 🔥

[jovial salmon]

Arg

[vapid harbor]

I havent looked in to the arg in like 5 months, but every one saying its dead soo, ima guess its ded?

[teal musk]

The what

[limber dagger]

There is a secret message hidden in this picture of my cat

[outer ivy]

magical looking cat

[safe bane]

arg cat

[strong idol]

found the message

no balls

gone

destroyed

evaporated

demoslished

casted into the fire

[limber dagger]

Its is girl

Try harder

[safe bane]

the cat has my IP address as a pattern on the fur

[cosmic rapids]

Ur cat humped ur pants

[icy oar]

ok shane dawson

[safe bane]

huide why

[safe bane]

guys i found new arg content

[strong idol]

Ok i gotta call a buddy in hes a pro he can let us know if this is real or not. welcome to arg stars youll never know what could come through that door

[cosmic rapids]

Let’s just ask roplio nicely about this

I’m getting nightmares

[strong idol]

good

[cosmic rapids]

a bit dark

but looks weird

[ionic storm]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😂

[wraith whale]

What is ARG?

[verbal scaffold]

Look in chat description

Channel*

Also this will help https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BL7nWO9WYQqG-RbBwMEEMzjNRooOJR4fZxeaRs3KdAk/edit?usp=sharing

[wraith whale]

Sorry, translator sucks. I meant what has been found so far?

[verbal scaffold]

@wraith whale same answer for that

[wraith whale]

Thank you.

[safe bane]

so wholesome

[hollow locust]

🤣🤣🤣

[plain barn]

I still don't get what ARG is

Just... Random lore?

[outer ivy]

its an "alternate reality game"

you can look it up for details on what that is

[cosmic rapids]

who created the arg again

was it rolopolo

or smth like that

[plain barn]

So it is some kind of lore but... Its completely player driven? Something like that?

[buoyant needle]

i see it in eye 👁️ 👁️ 👁️ 👁️ 👁️ OMG

☠️

[teal musk]

Explain channel

[safe bane]

arg

[plain barn]

From my understanding, Sepulchre is the name given to the ARG, and an ARG is basically some headcanon some dude came up with but its super cryptic

[teal musk]

Explain

[plain barn]

And I guess this individual and others he is working with occasionally drop more hints and info

[teal musk]

Already figured it out

[snow echo]

lulwut

ARG made by schizo fan confirmed. Void just made the channel to screw with people

[outer ivy]

not true

or is it

[snow echo]

We need a new ARG to figure this out

[vocal aspen]

An ARG (Alternate reality game) is like a rabbit hole of puzzles or mysteries to be solved by the viewers to basically reach and end goal
So lets say there is a single video someone makes, at a point in the video there is a hidden message in binary or something, people translate it and can lead to more clues and puzzles to solve. Used sometimes for marketing campaigns to get fans involved and release information about something in a fun and intriguing way. Nowerdays people often make ARGs for fun, creating forms of lore and backstory presented in media for people to theorise, find puzzles and figure out deeper meanings or more about the lore itself

[icy oar]

expert opinion

[buoyant needle]

see thıs rbg ıs a lıe

[topaz sandal]

Whoa where are your dots

[safe bane]

i stole them all.

[radiant sonnet]

for a simplified version of this lets just say fnaf lore

[verbal scaffold]

or a more simplified version, RoN but with weird halloween lore

[topaz jackal]

is that a tacticoos pfp?

based

[verbal scaffold]

yas, another fellow chad

[crude tiger]

fart

[cosmic rapids]

Oh

Oh yes

[upper marsh]

let's go

[halcyon canopy]

Alive chat

“It Blooms” fyi

[cosmic rapids]

Is that what it says

[halcyon canopy]

Yeah

[cosmic rapids]

I feel like the updated maps def have smth to do with this

Like what map was drastically changed

Idk why but I wanna say it has smth to do with the postal office map

Cause bloom can be like spread and postal office spreads packages and mail

[teal musk]

Really they’re still doing this

[upper marsh]

'It blooms' interesting

[bitter spoke]

https://tenor.com/view/ultra-mega-chat-revival-of-chat-and-revival-linkos-gurren-lagann-gif-26399307

it blooms could be in reference to the mariposa lily group.

@hasty adder the ARG is back babeee

[hasty adder]

Aww hell nah

I want solid confirmation from a community leader before handling the schizo posting again

[bitter spoke]

the channel being reopened is solid evidence.

[hasty adder]

true

[bitter spoke]

and there was something in the trailer.

[hasty adder]

but that was because it was going off-topic constantly

I'll have to see it

[upper marsh]

Yeah, that fits

[hasty adder]

But I'm gonna be fucking pissed if all we got was the trailer cipher

[upper marsh]

I doubt that

[hasty adder]

also my hand is messed up so I won't be super fast with this

[upper marsh]

IIRC they said that the arg stuff will be more publicly present

[hasty adder]

That's good then

I hope gwynn is still contributing

Let's not try to make sense of the schizo stuff like we tried to do on 213

[bitter spoke]

gotcha

[hasty adder]

Take a look, but don't go too deep again

[bitter spoke]

nothing really pokes out at me on my third watch of the trailer.

may be something new in the lobby, its been updated and looks very different.

extremely decrepit

[hasty adder]

There are messages on the phones too, which is neat

Sounds like the police there are horrifically underfunded lmao

I assume the first message is just simple binary

[rigid sphinx]

:)

[hasty adder]

Aww hell nah

[bitter spoke]

found a table in the hideout with what looks to be wingdings of some kind. ill see if i can find another with more detail.

[hasty adder]

Is gwynn still a part of it?

[bitter spoke]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-omg-its-happening-michael-scott-gif-14004128

[rigid sphinx]

Unfortunately Gwynn is no longer part of VOID

[hasty adder]

Aww, shame

[rigid sphinx]

They decided it was time to hang up their hat and move on

I have inherited their spot though. c:

[hasty adder]

I apologize in advance for the inevitable @ mentions

Good hunting then.

[bitter spoke]

glad to see someone filled the role! hope you have fun with us!

looks like they were producing ricin.

QR code!

[hasty adder]

I will be updating the doc with this info, and adding more honorable mentions

[rigid sphinx]

Oh no, I revel in it.

[hasty adder]

That might be the same one from the earlier beta days

[bitter spoke]

im just going to post anything that could be of note, i apologize for spam in advance

heres more of the wingdings

[hasty adder]

That last one is legit UwU

I guess we can keep an eye on that, if we see any indication that clues would require that cipher. For now keep an eye out for new clues to solve

[river escarp]

One of those images in the last picture reminds me an awful lot of a pigpen cipher key.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigpen_cipher

[bitter spoke]

USIA = united states intelligence agency

[hasty adder]

That universe's CIA essentially

[bitter spoke]

yes.

i saw them mentioned a lot but only by their acronym, so i thought i'd just clear it up by putting it out there

what looks to be latin on the fridge.

didnt one of the groups mentioned use latin a lot?

also, @rigid sphinx is this all fresh, or is the stuff from the previous ARG still relevant?

[rigid sphinx]

Everything is all relevant. Gwyn left me a lot to work with

[bitter spoke]

cool.

found a name registered on a rowboat

[quiet eagle]

Haven't looked at the arg in years but it might be time to come back lol

[bitter spoke]

old man: "i have to do this. after what they did to you"

listening to their passive chatter

[bitter spoke]

sectum n(h?)ouik Cront. Horas tedum les cornta(?)v(?)as a(r?)m(?)ed.

[hasty adder]

The sect of the nine?

[bitter spoke]

i cant find solid translations outside of "How many hours does it last without catching the oven?" for the last part

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/844528632188764160/1050525304642355280/image.png?width=705&height=397

much clearer image

[hasty adder]

They read for hours???

[bitter spoke]

im certain theres something with the wingdings

the latin may just be gibberish

[hasty adder]

Lim is the race to the north? The fifth hour in the furnace?

Dunno, translations are wack

[bitter spoke]

especially with latin

[hasty adder]

A night suit Cront? They read to them for hours?

[bitter spoke]

looking it up didnt yield anything either.

its phrased like a joke, almost.

[hasty adder]

The northern border? How many hours within the oven?

Dunno, probably not related to anything

Right now we are probably looking for something a bit more... obvious?

[bitter spoke]

like the wingdings.

[hasty adder]

I'm gonna try brightening up the trailer a bit. Carcosa days had a reveal in the dark of the trailer

[bitter spoke]

ill take more pictures

[bitter spoke]

i tried that and didnt see anything.

[hasty adder]

This is heading down schizo territory again imo, but we can try I guess

[bitter spoke]

most of the trailer looks to be unaltered footage of the map.

a newspaper says that its an encrypted version of a recipe for ricin found on a government site.

im seeing a slideshow reel of people with their faces scribbled out and an eye drawn above them, "sheeple" stuff. lots of meaningless things.

@graceful flame we could use some help.

[graceful flame]

SPIT

if you can post a clean transcript

or a clear, zoomed in picture

and is that a decryption chart next to it?

[hasty adder]

Huh

Oh hi

[bitter spoke]

.

[ivory wren]

THE SEPULCHRE SHE LIVES

THE SEPULCHRE LIVES

[bitter spoke]

as clear as i can get without retaking pictures

THE SEPULCHRE IS REAAALLLL

can we get much higher

[ivory wren]

CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER

[hasty adder]

Don't start doing the shit that got the channel locked the first time

[ivory wren]

Ehh

Not sure about that, but okay

Are we just looking at the uh

Cabin lore?

[quiet eagle]

I am prolly gonna say obvious stuff while I am getting back into it, have yall listened to the tapes yet?

[ivory wren]

I have

There's a video on youtube with the full thing

[quiet eagle]

gotcha

[ivory wren]

There're also a few recordings at HQ

Mostly about how some Australian contractors refuse to renovate HQ

But yeah

[bitter spoke]

place is fucking decrepit

[quiet eagle]

same thing is written on the ceiling too, where was this board? I can try to grab a clearer pic while I am here

[bitter spoke]

second floor bedroom area, just to the right of the entrance with stairs leading up to it.

we can get in a game and look together if youd like

[rigid sphinx]

please ... please no

[bitter spoke]

im done.

[quiet eagle]

I think yours is just as good actually

[quiet eagle]

Have to go soon unfortunately

[bitter spoke]

im gonna check out the other new maps, see what i can find.

[teal musk]

Oh yeah I love ricin

[bitter spoke]

alright well the hop into a game and look for secrets offer is open to anyone interested.

[rigid sphinx]

I'm so happy to see this channel alive again

[strong idol]

[ivory wren]

ty

[teal musk]

you're welcome

[weak kelp]

ARG is back?

[teal musk]

it seems so

[echo solstice]

i wonder who'll decrpyt that recipe

[teal musk]

i will

except i won't because my laziness outweighs my nerd

[crimson pelican]

roblox scpf intel guys be like

[teal musk]

real

[crimson pelican]

lol

[oblique glade]

It will take at least a week to decrypt it

[weak kelp]

https://medal.tv/games/ready-or-not/clips/LnTPJgpCogT3W/d1337KaN4duG?invite=cr-MSxDSjUsMTQ1NTA4MjQ1LA I hopped on RoN, just starting to record stuff and I dont know what this necessary means but it could be relevant

[eager atlas]

I dunno what I did, I went to view your clip, and found a Tf2 vid

Was very confused upon reopening your link

[weak kelp]

prob scrolled down?

[eager atlas]

Might've

[quiet eagle]

Here's a transcription (to the best of what I could hear), bold text is said by a different voice than the rest of the message.

Intro Beep This is an automated message form the LS Correctional Institutions Inspectorial Repair Committee. We’ve recently conducted an inspection on your facility, you’ve received GRADING RED if you received a grade lower than BLUE please contact the committee at extension** 7 2 9 8 5** within two weeks of receiving this message. Bounties may be incurred if action is not taken within that grace period. End Beep

[acoustic crown]

Gerard Scott tape transcripts if anyone cares

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cCIawzdZFvYawcHX15tb-FrbElwOAB6R-jY4TXnhLRc/edit

[quiet eagle]

Spectrogram looks a bit weird imo, it has a dark line sorta like the classic RoN red line and the sections where the numbers are said looks like they are very close to being readable characters, but I don't have too much experience with audio stuff

[quiet eagle]

this is awesome, my immersion

[oblique glade]

Well it seems state of our facility is below any standards, paint chipping of wall, bad lighting Improvised shooting range

[dusk knoll]

it blooms

[teal musk]

honestly I don’t believe it do

The next secret is hidden within halo reach weapon bloom

[bitter oyster]

apparently there is binary in the video and the binary translates to "it blooms"

Ricin is a plant btw

[ivory wren]

It's a bean though

Not sure those bloom

I mean it kinda does

Maybe they're referring to the ricin?

[ivory wren]

Yeah, I googled the image, not sure whether that's considered blooming, as that's usually with flowers

Maybe it is though

[bitter oyster]

i don't suppose anyone remembers what flowers were in the Voll Estate garden?

[ivory wren]

Or wait

Why not the Mariposa Lily?

The symbol of the MLO

Which literally means

Mariposa Lily Organization

You could find the flower on a board on gas station before

It's gone now though

[hexed coral]

can someone find me the texture for the brixley contract on the spider map?

[radiant sonnet]

is the arg back? lezgo

[dusk knoll]

Real question is do it bloom???

Can someone bring up to speed on everything I know nothing abt the arg aside from the binary saying it boooms

Blooms

I need a full guide

[radiant sonnet]

check pins

[dusk knoll]

Thanks

[azure thicket]

Some of those symbols remind me of the Zodiac Killer a bit too much

Also watch out for phones on the new maps, Gas Station has one w/ an answering machine

(nothing of real importance on that one)

Also, it does bloom.

[teal musk]

There are phones in the briefing room that can be turned on, idk if they’re anything

[sinful drum]

I know 3 of the phones talk about an inspection that went down on I'm assuming the lobby area and that they've concluded that the facility isn't up to standards which makes sense.

[azure thicket]

The gas station phone talks about something to do with their safe

[sinful drum]

I still don't know the story behind why we're in some sort of underground railway system rather than an actual police HQ.

[hollow crater]

maybe it's swat hq, just hidden from sight

[sinful drum]

Possibly. But why though? Why would it need to be hidden from the public?

[fading birch]

The department is underfunded

Also, hi krilly

[hollow crater]

Why not? Allows them to prep in private, when they roll out they won't be seen etc

[hollow crater]

Like real life LA then

[sinful drum]

And one of the phones in the lobby seems to be a voicemail from some aussie guys which I find interested considering the game is based in what seems to be LA but fictional.

[sinful drum]

👋

[azure thicket]

Is the lamp SERIOUSLY blinking morse code?

[teal musk]

Which one

[left bough]

it blinks?

[dapper solstice]

What. We are in a subway system as the HQ? First time im hearing this. How did yall learn this?

[dapper solstice]

Next update we will get those shitty California compliant guns

[plush gull]

I guess because of the trains at the firing range?

[dapper solstice]

I mean yeah. I never thought of that. I just thought they were put there for decoration

Since it doesnt look like a subway system really

[plush gull]

Yeah same

Hence "I guess"

[crimson pelican]

its a subway, you used to be able to see the entire railway behind the entrance to the shooting range, basically below the briefing room

idk if u still can now

[idle wedge]

Does anyone know what one of the lobby voice messages is talking about? Sounds like a strong Kiwi accent to me

[plush gull]

From what I remember it's talking about the electrical installation for the HQ, basically saying it's messed up and they aren't able to fix it for us

[idle wedge]

Much appreciate that! That's the part I can vaguely understand. Wish someone could make a good transcription of that.

[plush gull]

I'm working one rn

[idle wedge]

Thanks heaps!!

[plush gull]

1st: “Hi how’s it going? This is uh, Sterling calling and, uh yeah mate I got an update for you on your electrical dilemma you got there and yeah nah yeah, everything’s fucked. One spark and the whole bloody place will go up. Lotta rewiring to be done, don’t know if I can make it happen but fuck me dead, your facility’s older than the fuckin’ Bible. Gonna take a bit o’ dosh to fix this one. Lotta hard yakka ahead. Anyway gimmie a call back and I’ll-… (I’m on the phone fuckhead!) Yeah gimmie a call back and we’ll figure something out.”

2nd: "Hey mate Brian here from LS Repair. I’m not sure if you got the call from Sterling yet, [butthead?] works in our electrical department. Yeah I saw the report, there’s no way - none of our guys are working on this. Dunno what he told ya, I'm makin’ the executive decision not to fuck with this one. I know stinky [?] shit when I smell it and this place isn’t exactly a piece of piss if you know what I-… (Oi mate can ya give me fuckin’ five minutes, please? I’m on the phone.) Anyway yeah nah we’re out on this one. I’ll get your deposit back. Sterling’s getting a bit of a slap for being such a bloke. Cheer, catch ya later."

[oblique glade]

That's not subway it's underground train depot

First time I am hearing about cargo wagons being storaged in subway depot

It can be be cargo depot aswell

Or phased out from usage train tract

[vocal aspen]

Likely just a decommissioned train station or something converted to a police station. LS’s police likely being a bit underfunded in some way (ignoring the guns and gadgets they can afford)

[oblique glade]

That's why we are poor

We got fancy equipment and guns

[plush gull]

Or "We only have so much money, and we need the equipment more than stuff for the HQ so let's spend it on that"

[oblique glade]

Yeah clearly we need HK firearms

[vocal aspen]

Perhaps when the campaign is out there is proper progression with equipment. So starting out you get basic weapons with no attachments, and as you progress you unlock new guns and equipment. Maybe even the station will visually be cleaned up

[plush gull]

That'd be real cool

[oblique glade]

Interesting idea

[idle wedge]

Thanks heaps for the hard work! The [?] in the second message could be “jandal” a New Zealand slang for Japanese sandal. At least that’s why it sounds Kiwi to me 😂

[plush gull]

I did think of that but I was like stinky jandal shit sounds weird. Although on second thought it could make sense

[desert heart]

what's this room for

stories and secrets about the maps?

[graceful flame]

its supposed to be an ARG, gwyn said it was dead then we just got a healthy dose of it

[azure thicket]

Hey, for some reasaon the door w/ the arrow on it (in the lobby) sorta... vanished one run

Photo I took a bit earlier of the same door,

[hasty adder]

Gwynn has unfortunately moved on from void interactive. We have a new puppet master and community manager

[graceful flame]

who's running it now?

[hasty adder]

Katminsky

I put some info in the doc, but they might pop around and say hi

[graceful flame]

kaminsky you bitch

this is gonna be a fun ride

[oblique glade]

Wait I thought Gwynn got position as story writer in Void

[crimson pelican]

her about me on discord says she's looking for work elsewhere and that she's now a former member of void

[vapid ledge]

prolly was already posted here but I found this in the adam update trailer description

[bitter spoke]

he left. Katminsky replaced him.

[lament river]

"it blooms"

[atomic solstice]

I’d suggest you guys also check data center

Before we got the Adam update we had enough evidence in the AI update trailer that mindjot might be involved

By the way

What is the USIA?

[civic imp]

Binary

I think

It should be unless it’s just crap

There ya go

[atomic solstice]

Maybe you guys check for a certain flower or plant or smthing on ridgeline

[left bough]

there's a plant in the schizo woods cabin, that's used for some kinda poison i think

[oblique glade]

So it would be ricin

[plush gull]

Castor beans used for ricin

[left bough]

are there any growing somewhere?

[jovial salmon]

Evil hehe

[bitter spoke]

united states intelligence agency.

people looking into this channel for the first time in a while: please scroll up. we found a few leads and established new information just as the update came out.

[radiant sonnet]

gwyns not here anymore

[radiant sonnet]

lore,check the pins to know what the community found out

[crimson pelican]

bro. there is so much shit in the USIA map.

[teal musk]

In the what map

[dapper solstice]

I thought it would just be like SWAT 4 where there isnt an over arching story, but just a series of loosely connected missions.

[red dock]

what map

[echo solstice]

there’s gonna be individual storylines within the campaign

[dapper solstice]

ahhhh

there was talk of a lore channel. am I missing where it is at or is that gone

[teal musk]

That is what I am asking with said question

[dapper solstice]

USIA stands for United States Information Agency. Maybe like, the Mindjot mission?

[dapper solstice]

what is that USIA mission??

[teal musk]

That is mindjot

Usea as in ace combat?!

[left bough]

Pretty sure USIA has nothing to do with mindjot

[echo solstice]

intelligence agency

[dapper solstice]

that's it

but when I looked it up it said information. Potato poh-tah-toe I guess

wait no the Information Agency was dissolved in 99'

[echo solstice]

its intelligence agency

[dapper solstice]

yeah...

[echo solstice]

as said in the game

[dapper solstice]

he meant Sullivan's Slope

[river escarp]

Former USIA agent Gerard Scott's map is what I assume was meant.

[hardy yew]

in-universe equivalent to the CIA

[atomic solstice]

I’d still suggest you guys check data center. The leaks we got before the update in the AI update trailer suggested that Mindjot and the USIA are connected

[bitter oyster]

I thought Mindjot was helping facilitate the distribution of Child Pornography (learned from the Voll Estate)

it could do

the FBI helped the Finders

[quiet eagle]

Has anyone found a use for the keycards at the datacenter yet?

[ivory wren]

Nope

I'm clueless as to what that's meant for

[crimson pelican]

some doors can be "quietly breached" but it doesn't matter since you'll have to kill someone, and the door opening is so loud anyways

[left bough]

screens found in datacenter, probably not ARG related

[left bough]

could it just be the same as in gas station?

[quiet eagle]

I think @crimson pelican was right because I have seen doors with keycard locks around

The newspaper in the conference room also says "There are special little surprises hidden all throughout this scene. You really have to keep your eyes peeled to see them all" which parellels the Briefing 34 that ends with "Peel open your eyes"

(plus this)

not sure if it is trying to signify that we should look closer at the datacenter map or maybe it's just coincidence

my banana senses were activated

Also has anyone noticed the weird radio static/whispering audio that you get while looking into the abandoned subway on the far side of the killhouse? Not sure if that was there before but I just noticed it. Put the audio into audacity but didn't see anything obvious

[crimson pelican]

yes, the statue in hotel raid also whispers

the phone also spoke to you, i think

[quiet eagle]

Gotcha

[teal musk]

banana are the secret

Arma 3 tactical banan

[crimson pelican]

the lamp at hq also blinks in morse

and undoubtedly, slopes code can be broken

also, the images between the pedo maps are all connected, it's a singular ring, and they probably also get people from the port too

[silk wave]

yup

older pic, its from the dealership

[crimson pelican]

what's that specifically? i have

a hard problem reading things in this game lol

[silk wave]

basically lists the prices of people, note how the younger ones sell for more

[radiant sonnet]

bro why tf is there children buying cars (i know its human trafficking)

[crimson pelican]

ah neat thank u

[crimson pelican]

bc how else will they learn to commit vehicular manslaughter?? duh.

don't judge them

[radiant sonnet]

hahaha

that one 2 year old for 270 000

[crimson pelican]

andrew tate talking abt his "Bugatti"

[radiant sonnet]

wait a minute theres qr codes on the floor

i dont have a copy of the game myself rn so can someone pls get a closer look at it? (if it hasnt been solved)

[teal musk]

A bargain

[warm notch]

this chat opening is a solid confirmation

[hasty adder]

Bro you went all the way back there but didn't anything else on the way there lol

I got confirmation from Katminsky so I'm good lol

[warm notch]

wrong reaction emoji

BUTBYEAH

THERES LIKE SO MANYNPLACES FOR ARG

LIKE THE TWRGET IN TGE KILLHOUSE IN THE HALL

if you stand next to it for a bit it’s some heavy static

it’s actually affected the times where i’ve needed to run through new comms and test out weapons

it’s so loud

[hasty adder]

I refuse to follow any of that schizo posting crap

Until shown otherwise I'm looking into more obvious or clear hints

[crimson pelican]

its literally what the game is abt

collecting evidence to prove it

lol

[hasty adder]

I dunno if you were here when people went on literal week long benders on royalty free textures

But I'm gonna try to avoid that again

Leave the schizo posting to 213 park homes lol

We had legit a single in-game hint and people haven't stopped looking at pixels since

And that hint was bugged to the point where it was essentially skipped by datamining the answer

[quiet eagle]

Wouldn't this channel opening up along side an update to the game suggest something new in the game will be linked to the ARG?

I feel like that's a reasonable assumption

[hasty adder]

You'd think

But there was an announcement that had officially announced The Lost that provided nothing for the ARG

I would say that we should keep to outside game hints until proven otherwise

[quiet eagle]

The only real in game hint that looked like it could be something to me so far was the encrypted message inside the ridgeline house. Are there outside game hints that still need to be investigated?

[hasty adder]

Nothing found so far

Only thing we had was the youtube trailer

[eager atlas]

What if the ARG is all in Gerards head

[hasty adder]

Honestly I'd feel a lot better

At least it's closure

[eager atlas]

Closure for when he's blasted

[hasty adder]

I feel bad for homie

Misses his wife

[eager atlas]

I miss her too

[hasty adder]

What is curious however, is that Gerard seems to know about Judge

Probably not ARG related, but a neat story bit

[quiet eagle]

Isn't that just because he has done so much research into the USIA and the LS SWAT?

[hasty adder]

Probably, but it's strange for him to single out a single swat individual, even if it is a captain

[quiet eagle]

true

[hasty adder]

There is also the first in-game confirmation of the MLO's existence

The podcast you can listen to on ridgeline has it

[eager atlas]

The truth is, the game was rigged from the start

[velvet sail]

Has anyone found this?

Key card stuck in the desk on Mindjolt?

[safe bane]

thats a nice cup

[velvet sail]

The interact prompt, to the left of the cup

[safe bane]

i like that cup

[velvet sail]

lol alright

[hasty adder]

The key card allows access to doors that require a key card

[velvet sail]

Gotcha, was just wondering if it being inside the desk has any significance or its just a bug

[teal musk]

It is a nice cup

[topaz jackal]

oh shit this channel reopened

i still remember randomly and correctly guessing a code people were taking weeks to decipher lmfao

so there's stuff to look into in the ted kaczynski level?

[topaz jackal]

also
not sure if more people are gonna look into data centre but
the chinese company labels in the servers don't mean anything; it just translates to "technology today/now"

unless someone finds more phrases other than 科技现在 ofc
but i doubt they'll hide hints in another language

[pliant plaza]

I have a hunch that those servers are for the mindjot datacenter

one of the computers in the map talks about selling off their current servers and replacing them with cheaper, foreign-made ones so they could "limp along for another few months" i believe

It seems they're not really doing super well

[cosmic rapids]

looks like a flower

[left bough]

pretty sure that's one of the weird paper bells

[atomic solstice]

It blooms

[left bough]

random things i found

hospital has actual blooming flowers

[atomic solstice]

What is with the faces

They look like they were AI generated

[velvet sail]

probably an open source image

blurred faces to be allowed to use in a commercial product

[atomic solstice]

#announcements message here’s some more infos on Gerard Scott

[deft oyster]

the background faces were probably ai generated or blurred and the main is part of Void lmao

[atomic solstice]

#announcements message or maybe it’s intentional…?

[atomic solstice]

There’s also mentioning of the word bloom inside that newsletter, same as in the new trailer

[atomic solstice]

Peel open your eyes

The pus blooms

[acoustic crown]

One notable thing, is one of the updates and the ARG had a focus on the phrase ‘you are not a hero.’

One of Gerard’s lines also pertains to this.

[atomic solstice]

He may be connected with this sepulchre-cult thing

[velvet sail]

Newspaper in guard booth on Mindjolt level

[left bough]

🤷 it had ominous music while i was taking the pics, not sure if that was just part of the BGM

[hasty adder]

Just like public release lobbies, no one's gonna listen to reason here lol

[crimson pelican]

@hallow drum found this in Brixley's, so we know gas station is before Brix too

[hasty adder]

How does this help arg

[teal musk]

4U siege reaches anniversary

So it’s been a year in between?

[topaz jackal]

has anyone checked the computers attached to the servers in mindjot level

i remember coming across one of them still running code

[crimson pelican]

the over arching story of ron includes a series of events

it would be good to understand what events take place when

[cosmic rapids]

poor guy got his face blown to chunks

[peak tapir]

hey been awhile

last time i heard this was not being continued

is it back up?

[outer ivy]

yup

[peak tapir]

LETS GO

[hasty adder]

Better question

Are there any leads that we can go on right now

That are not herrings

[hoary bay]

the conspiracy board on ridgeline feels solvable

[hoary bay]

ripped textures

[topaz jackal]

so is it safe to assume that the 5 symbols at the top of the recipe translate to "ricin"

is frequency analysis doable for this?

gerard did write out "symbol families" and "combinations" on post its
i'm kinda worried that we may be seeing more than 26 symbols
or symbols that mean something else when put together

[hoary bay]

the first image lays out the rules for the symbols along with a sanity check i think

[topaz jackal]

oh fuck
the symbols mean numbers, not letters

[hoary bay]

yeah, and the prime numbers translate into characters

• = 211, B = 181

not sure if this is correct but I tried

im not sure what orientation does

and assuming thats correct

[topaz jackal]

okok cool
if i got time to kill overseas i'll try as well

won't be around until next week to contribute

not like i contributed much lol

[crimson pelican]

pause

[vague crag]

Pauses

[tiny furnace]

i am the zodiac killer (real)

[hoary bay]

not sure if its relevant but 33 pops up a few times as well, might just be referring to his design

[shrewd yarrow]

anyone ever play with the phones in the station?

[bitter oyster]

on the Ricin level, i found a post it note that pointed at a room on the Ides of March mission

2C

i don't know if that means anything though

[safe bane]

bouta learn how to make ricin

[bitter oyster]

what's with the Whooping sound in Ides of March

[hoary bay]

in PNG

[hoary bay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L_i7sTwNV0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVbGpWI5mNE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQlDbYqJTnk

[shrewd yarrow]

gotcha

[river escarp]

I think the "Encrypted Ricin Recipe"'s resemblance to the Zodiac Killer ciphers definitely shouldn't be shrugged off, considering there's even a sticky note reading "Similar to [???] Killer's Code?"
https://www.dcode.fr/zodiac-killer-cipher

[hoary bay]

you just made me realize that its crypto z-340

i think theyre identical

so i dont think the grid is actually relevant to the answer but the methodology might be

[bitter oyster]

https://code.google.com/archive/p/zkdecrypto/downloads

[river escarp]

I think it's using different symbols from z340, but I wouldn't be surprised if it uses similar mechanisms for decryption.

[bitter oyster]

i don't know if that will do anything

https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/azdecrypt.html

[hoary bay]

@river escarp https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/508108435036962816/1051805182146658314/Cipherededit.png i meant for this one

[bitter oyster]

or that

[river escarp]

Oh yeah, shit, I didn't even catch that.

I mean, I totally caught that. I'm a fucking genius of course.

[hoary bay]

i kept joking about it being the zodiac killer script without bothering to check :v

[river escarp]

See, this all seems way too well-read to not be something.

[bitter oyster]

it might be a red herring

[river escarp]

I mean, what other leads do we have?

[shrewd yarrow]

To my knowledge not much

[river escarp]

At least this is on the map that was featured in the trailer that directly gave us "IT BLOOMS"

[teal musk]

Did they mess up on the code like the real zodiac killer

[hoary bay]

im surprised nobody picked up on this

[shrewd yarrow]

Ok the cabin

[bitter oyster]

i know that one of the post-it notes from the Lunatic Ricin mission mentioned something about the Brisa apartments, something about room 2c... but i don't know what room that is

[river escarp]

Acedog11 said "Some of those symbols remind me of the Zodiac Killer a bit too much" but seemingly nobody else acknowledged the connection, lol.

[hoary bay]

Deep in the hills of Northern Los Suenos lies a cabin occupied by Gerard Scott, a 55-year-old ex-USIA (United States Intelligence Agency) analyst. Gerard was performing illegal activities as an agent, using his power and accessibility to spy on Law Enforcement Agencies within Los Suenos. Since his release, Gerard has developed a delusional obsession with the police force and focused his efforts on destroying it. He is currently wanted for the murder of five police officers, killed trying to extinguish a vehicle Gerard purposefully set on fire outside the East Makade Police Department.

he is a former USIA agent (CIA equivalent) so he may just have insider knowledge of events or still have access to their systems

[teal musk]

I realized, I just didn’t care

[hoary bay]

the rest of the conspiracy board is relevant to the lore but idk how much of it is relevant to the puzzle

[river escarp]

Doesn't one of the rooms in Brisa Cove have that Betsy Ross flag that also appeared in the old "EVIDENCE_m.l.o" video?

If it's the same room I'll be tickled

Ugh, I'm going to have to play on Brisa Cove if I want to check 😭

[hoary bay]

let me whip out the debug camera

https://www.nexusmods.com/readyornot/mods/716

actually none of the rooms are numbered and theres no floor plan

[river escarp]

Weird.

[hasty adder]

Again, I don't think we have any current trails to follow that aren't red herrings

[hasty adder]

Katminsky says there is a trail at least

Not as long as he'd like, but at least it's there

[rigid sphinx]

[river escarp]

I mean, I guess doing nothing is an option. Just seems kind of lame.

[velvet sail]

Anyone have transcripts of the tape-recorders in the conspiracy house?

nvm I see it now

[grave citrus]

Are we gonna find out g18 lore soonM

[torn dew]

Is the desk light flashing on the lobby a code of some kind? morse?

[left bough]

well it deos have 340 characters on it 🤷

googling it, this is the Z cypher

seems to be perfectly identical

[hoary bay]

• = 211, B = 181 on Z340 too, like how its circled on the board, theres duplicates though

[left bough]

trying to find a deciphered z340 and get the prime number spots from it

[hoary bay]

https://www.dcode.fr/zodiac-killer-cipher

[left bough]

first 4 are ROCO accordign to this

[hoary bay]

@left bough

theyre highlighted on this if i understand what you mean

[left bough]

ROCOEGLCTNATSTGCAYAOAFEOINTUTRANLOIDSAFONEASROHTBMEIRSETOTGIFWEWLNDE came with z340

...the original grid has a diagonal reading order...

[teal musk]

Ain’t that the code he fucked up and wrote incorrectly

The murderer guy I forgot the name

Zodiac

[left bough]

seems it still has a solution

[hoary bay]

I HOPE YOU ARE HAVING LOTS OF FUN IN TRYING TO CATCH ME
THAT WASNT ME ON THE TV SHOW
WHICH BRINGS UP A POINT ABOUT ME
I AM NOT AFRAID OF THE GAS CHAMBER
BECAUSE IT WILL SEND ME TO PARADICE ALL THE SOONER
BECAUSE I NOW HAVE ENOUGH SLAVES TO WORK FOR ME
WHERE EVERYONE ELSE HAS NOTHING WHEN THEY REACH PARADICE
SO THEY ARE AFRAID OF DEATH
I AM NOT AFRAID BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MY NEW LIFE IS
LIFE WILL BE AN EASY ONE IN PARADICE DEATH

that was the solution to z340 i think

https://youtu.be/-1oQLPRE21o

[teal musk]

What

Oh the zodiac nerd

[hoary bay]

yee

[left bough]

ooooo

progress

got some in order

first 4 primary nbumber letters spell RAIL

[teal musk]

Rail yard

It’s the location of the police station

That’s what it is going to say

I am a genius

[left bough]

🤔 not sure if i made a mistake or something, but after those 4 letters it went garbled

[strong idol]

not the first time we got the first letters then garbled mess

20 0s ptsd

[left bough]

oh boy

[tidal sonnet]

I'm not nearly smart enough to help on the cipher side of this but I'm ecstatic to see what happens next with the arg

[graceful flame]

Lucky for you

I know someone fluent in Latin

they’re a busy person so I don’t think I can get a transcript right now but I did show it to them

[bitter spoke]

Well that certainly is convenient

[graceful flame]

on first glance, “I KNOW THE SECRET”
And then going on about reading for hours and hours, I’ll sit down with them and attempt to decipher it when we both have time