🪹the-sepulchre-arg

[topaz jackal]

lilies responded to linch like a day or 2 ago and we've been at it since

just put the ciphertext in the search bar for this channel

[shrewd yarrow]

A3

[sacred dawn]

Oh must've missed that

[shrewd yarrow]

will be 48hrs in about.... 4hrs 14mins

[topaz jackal]

been trying to append it to URLs
nothing works so far

i thought it could be an identifier for a website

[sacred dawn]

Yeh I'm ready to tear the DLC apart and try to piece lore bits together.

[shrewd yarrow]

xD

[sacred dawn]

Lawmaker gonna be a cliffhanger I can feel it

[shrewd yarrow]

for sure

yeah i asked Lily

the response was...

[sacred dawn]

Bunch of letter soup

[shrewd yarrow]

i took the +bsd part ran it in trifid cipher and got svza put that through a caesar cipher which translated into lost

[sacred dawn]

They are the lost something?

[shrewd yarrow]

blunkn ran the r+etjcdsksyntaijhatdl with no key and group 5 which got ptwvyahuamvyaolmbabyl when he put in a shift 7 caesar cipher he got importantforthefuture

[sacred dawn]

Yeah that can't be a coincidence

[shrewd yarrow]

so far we have this

we cannot for the life us get the damn last part

linas did find some gps cords for some building in i think africa? were thinking its unrelated

by running the last part as geohash

i think?

[autumn geyser]

Yeah it's deffo unrelated

And yea it was the last part with geohash

I sent that as a joke

[shrewd yarrow]

it was funny lol

[autumn geyser]

okay that's good at least

[sacred dawn]

Wasn't their an unused key from an image?

[shrewd yarrow]

to my knowledge no?

[sacred dawn]

The statue one?

[shrewd yarrow]

the cryptii one?

[sacred dawn]

I think

I've slept since then

[shrewd yarrow]

the cry was top left, and ptii was in the center of the pic

all good man

[sacred dawn]

Ahh. I just didn't know if using an old key would help to decipher.

[shrewd yarrow]

could try it out, never hurts to try

[sacred dawn]

I mean what else lead do we have

[shrewd yarrow]

uh....

soooo uh

i think i found it?

it doesn't make sense...

the CHSN are importantforthefuture
they are the lost
theycame(?)

oh!

THEYCOME

@boreal kite
the CHSN are importantforthefuture
they are the lost
they come
Is this correct?

[sacred dawn]

Idk that doesn't sound right

They come

[shrewd yarrow]

shrug

[autumn geyser]

holy shit finally someone solved it

its most likely right

[shrewd yarrow]

i hope it is

[autumn geyser]

like theres no way thats a coincidence

[shrewd yarrow]

just gotta wait for confirmation

[sacred dawn]

They come?

[shrewd yarrow]

they as in the lost

the lost have been know to be a group of people

at least in the ron universe

[sacred dawn]

Yeh the angry vets

Right?

[shrewd yarrow]

i think?

[autumn geyser]

They're part of it

I heard a theory that civs are also included

And that the lost are people who have seen so much fucked up stuff that they've lost themselves

[sacred dawn]

Man at this point everyone's in bed with each other

[shrewd yarrow]

lol

[autumn geyser]

Aka the psychological topic of dissociative disorders

[autumn geyser]

lmao true

[sacred dawn]

Even qadamah has ties to USIA apparently

[shrewd yarrow]

thats what i heard

[autumn geyser]

Damn

[sacred dawn]

Just a big ole circle meat beating

[shrewd yarrow]

lol

[soft umbra]

If it's angry vets and civis are a part of It, we need to check brisa cove

[sacred dawn]

Idk how I can help at least rn. I'm tired af so I'll catch up when later. Hopefully something gets responded too or more info.

[soft umbra]

Gn ill ping u if we find smth

[autumn geyser]

We don't

There's so far been nothing of in game stuff

It's all been purely in what is sent to this channel plus ig some other stuff

but never ingame related

[shrewd yarrow]

the older arg was ingame related ik that

[soft umbra]

If civis are involved ye bc that's one of the 2 vet civis and the other one the civi Is dead

Oh alr

The only stuff is made by zinsky and Lilies eyes right?

[shrewd yarrow]

yeah kiminsky and Lilies

[soft umbra]

Alr

[shrewd yarrow]

well i should say...... nvm.... might ruin the fun 🙂

[soft umbra]

Did u check the 2 square?

[shrewd yarrow]

yeah i got jack shit

[soft umbra]

Wdyg?

[autumn geyser]

Oh yea btw put the stuff in the doc

[shrewd yarrow]

alrdy done 😉

[autumn geyser]

Perfect

[soft umbra]

The doc?

[shrewd yarrow]

aye

[soft umbra]

There's a Google doc on this

[shrewd yarrow]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mraLxzMsXWFkj8G_x4z4Xzf7BVlXaCjv1x_WnM9UrRI/edit#heading=h.lic4gbgnf3r6

there ya go

[autumn geyser]

Or just check pinned messages

[soft umbra]

Dam

[shrewd yarrow]

welcome to our hell

would you like to dine with us?

[soft umbra]

Eh I worked on this a few days ago to a week ago

I'm in

[shrewd yarrow]

welcome aboard!

lol

[soft umbra]

So what's the newest stuff we got?

[shrewd yarrow]

no new imges

[soft umbra]

Is it this?

[shrewd yarrow]

its been me asking Lily questions

[soft umbra]

If it's they come then

[shrewd yarrow]

thats my guess

"The CHSN are r+etjcdsksyntaijhatdl
They are the +bsd
edkcyzjf" this was the original

[soft umbra]

We need to try to find anything that refers to anyone by "they"

[soft umbra]

Did u add them together aswell?

[topaz jackal]

the angry vets are the left behind
i vaguely remember the lost being implied to be dead SWAT operators or ghosts or something

do you wanna ping kam instead of lilies on the answer btw lol

[shrewd yarrow]

the CHSN are importantforthefuture
they are the lost
theycome this is what we got when put through trifad and then into caesar

[soft umbra]

Yea

[shrewd yarrow]

i could.... but....

[soft umbra]

Could what

[topaz jackal]

qadamah just have US cells and activated them because the US military bombed their bases in their home country of yemen
iirc

[shrewd yarrow]

.

[topaz jackal]

the only clear USIA involvement i remember in the game is the conspiracy theorist in ridgeline and the feminist cult leader in vineyard

[autumn geyser]

Yeah I reckon lilies eyes is the one to ping about arg stuff directly

[shrewd yarrow]

i asked Kaminsky about something and that was my answer

sooo we need to go to Lilies

[soft umbra]

USIA can also be FISA in that case it could refer to the postal center

[topaz jackal]

then i guess we wait for lilies since we already pinged them

[shrewd yarrow]

mmhm

[soft umbra]

When does lily post?

[topaz jackal]

i actually have no idea if the postal service is connected
i just know USIA is in-game CIA and FISA is in-game FBI

[topaz jackal]

no idea
when it feels like it i guess

[soft umbra]

Yea

[shrewd yarrow]

when Kaminsky is around

[soft umbra]

@boreal kite post

[autumn geyser]

Slow

[soft umbra]

We need smth

We can't keep going in circles

[shrewd yarrow]

no i agree, which is why i been asking Lilies questions about certain phrases they said

[autumn geyser]

Yeah they've already been pinged

[soft umbra]

But lilie doesn't respond

[autumn geyser]

No point in another

[soft umbra]

They put images we gotta decipher

[topaz jackal]

i think for now we just wait
because lilies can sometimes take days to respond lol

[soft umbra]

When was last post by lilie?

[topaz jackal]

i guess you can still take a look around the gdoc and see if there's anything you think has a lead

[topaz jackal]

2 days ago i believe

[shrewd yarrow]

in about 3hrs 20mins 48hrs ago

[soft umbra]

True

[soft umbra]

So it's soon

[shrewd yarrow]

mmhm

[soft umbra]

Alr ima go and try to find any leads

[shrewd yarrow]

(i kinda had to poke kaminsky about it, cause reasons... and i felt bad that i did)

[soft umbra]

I might be able to get minsky on

We friends

[shrewd yarrow]

cause they were dealing with questions about the DLC

lol

[soft umbra]

When's the dlc launch again?

[shrewd yarrow]

the 23rd

3 days from now

[soft umbra]

So Tuesday?

[shrewd yarrow]

correct

[soft umbra]

Alr

[shrewd yarrow]

what time tuesday idk

[soft umbra]

We might get 1 clue then have to solve it in dlc

[shrewd yarrow]

that's possible

i feel like all these imgs have been leading to the dlc

and its story

[soft umbra]

Considering it's been almost 3 days it'll be today or tmrw for the hint

[autumn geyser]

Not necessarily

[soft umbra]

We had a tornado warning hint b4 right?

[autumn geyser]

They're currently in hiding in a way so it might take a while

[shrewd yarrow]

hurricane

[soft umbra]

Or hurricane

[shrewd yarrow]

warning

[autumn geyser]

But afaik A and B are on hold due to timer delays

Aka we wait until they post, not that we need to solve something

[shrewd yarrow]

which is why i been asking questions lol

finding us something to do in the mean time

[soft umbra]

Alr in that case ima play some RoN

Lmk If yall get anything

[shrewd yarrow]

will do

[topaz jackal]

what's the end goal of this arg honestly

i feel it's similar to the ultrakill arg in that it's to maintain player engagement while releasing additional lore for those interested

both games are also being actively developed too

[shrewd yarrow]

i am honestly not sure

oh you mean the old one with the super complex Gwynnstitution?

@topaz jackal

[topaz jackal]

oh nah i meant like
what do you think is at the end of this arg

and what do you think the rewards will be

[autumn geyser]

Uhh none

We get the satisfaction of knowing we completed an arg

[topaz jackal]

overwatch arg reward was the release date of sombra
portal arg promoted multiple indie games and the reward was early release of portal 2
ultrakill arg reward was a bonus song from a guest composer
buckshot roulette arg reward is a free copy of the game for whoever solves it first

[shrewd yarrow]

we get game lore that noone else would know, + this is just the tutorial

[topaz jackal]

maybe devs will offer something even if it's small if we finish it lol

[shrewd yarrow]

yeah according to Kaminsky this is just the tutorial so far, at least afaik and can tell

[autumn geyser]

New cosmetic awarded to only the people who worked on the arg would be kinda sick

Or to people in generall too

But something themed around the arg

[shrewd yarrow]

in b4 we get invited to do community page for a devletter lmao

[autumn geyser]

lmao never

[shrewd yarrow]

lol

[autumn geyser]

I wish but that'd never happen

[shrewd yarrow]

i doubt it

so how's your afternoon linas?

[autumn geyser]

Pretty good

[shrewd yarrow]

good 🙂

[autumn geyser]

I still have not eaten anything today

[shrewd yarrow]

then go eat!

[autumn geyser]

It's been around 8 hours

Eh soon

[shrewd yarrow]

i been eating the same food since i got home from work its kinda cold but /shrug

[radiant sonnet]

Great work all

Glad we got it solved

[autumn geyser]

Yep

Now we just chill and exist

Unitl the next leak

We're gonna regret solving it so fast so hard when we start getting impossible kryptos code level stuff

[shrewd yarrow]

it's like turning your test or homework in and waiting for the teacher to grade it

c.c

[autumn geyser]

except the whole class turns in the test in half the time that was given so the next test becomes trying to solve something from three grades up

[shrewd yarrow]

sounds about right

[shrewd yarrow]

it took alot of fiddle dicking around with ciphers but finally got it

oh! there is something i need to update the doc 1sec

method used section updated

also A3 section tweeked abit

[dry gale]

well jokes on them i watched that lemmino video

[autumn geyser]

Then you'd know part 4 is not yet solved

[dry gale]

Yeah I do

"Ok guys your next step is solving k4, I know the CIA, NSA, and general public couldn't do it for several decades, but I believe in y'all"

[autumn geyser]

lmao

and then we just randomly solve it

[dry gale]

we'd be listed as geniuses in some cryptology textbook

[shrewd yarrow]

Btw, if anyone wants to come up with some questions for lily feel free.

Cause i'm not sure what to ask lol

[dry gale]

oh i know

@boreal kite can we get the next step pretty please

[shrewd yarrow]

Lmao

[boreal kite]

truth is often hidden behind layers of 20 7 9 10 14 0 3 4 20 13

[shrewd yarrow]

@dry gale you got your answer!

[dry gale]

yeah see?

sometimes you just have to ask nicely

[shrewd yarrow]

Lol

[dry gale]

thx 😊

[shrewd yarrow]

Lmfao

Oh thats not a a1z26...

[dry gale]

ok if you put those numbers thru this table (tysm for posting this tho I would've never thought of that otherwise) you get OBFUCATION

which is NOT how you write "obfuscation" if that's what he meant

[rigid sphinx]

fuck

[shrewd yarrow]

Lol

[rigid sphinx]

I was going in my head "No s, no s, no s."

I have no idea why

[shrewd yarrow]

Rip

[dry gale]

LMAO

minor spelling mistake, absolutely unplayable

[rigid sphinx]

I can make mistakes in the Tutorial

[shrewd yarrow]

Can i ask how accruate i was on the previous one?

[rigid sphinx]

Which bit?

[shrewd yarrow]

1src

[dry gale]

yeah I also tried A0Z25, then that thru vigenere, then that thru caesar, etc etc

then I somehow stumbled across that table and thought to try it

[shrewd yarrow]

I will ping to lily

[dry gale]

@shrewd yarrow thx for the speedrun strats

[shrewd yarrow]

@boreal kite The CHSN are importantforthefuture

they are the lost

Theycome

That

[rigid sphinx]

OH SHIT I'M SORRY

100% accurate

[shrewd yarrow]

I did ping it earlier

All good kam

[rigid sphinx]

Yer, I was dealing with some fun bits yesterday

[shrewd yarrow]

Np np

[rigid sphinx]

Note to self: Possible assistant puppet master

[shrewd yarrow]

Glad i can hekp!

(It also probably got lost in the random chit chat)

[sacred dawn]

They come

[shrewd yarrow]

Yep

[autumn geyser]

OBFUCATION

Possibly obfuscation

Gwynnstitution table

Oh right yeah it's already solved

I'm blind lmao

[shrewd yarrow]

Omg! Kaminsky why you do this!?

[autumn geyser]

?

[shrewd yarrow]

I wasnt expecting to reuse that old table

[autumn geyser]

Ah

I was just waiting for it to be reused honestly

[shrewd yarrow]

Lol

Also our previous of The CHSN are importantforthefuture

they are the lost

Theycome comfirmed 100% accurate

[autumn geyser]

Yep I saw

[shrewd yarrow]

I will have to change my note

Oh i think i jinxed us.... i post the img of the old gwyn table to blunk

c.c

My bad guys!

[jovial raven]

Good work on that cipher business fellas

I didn't even think to try putting any of the trifid decryption results through other ciphers

Glad y'all did

[shrewd yarrow]

Team work makes the dreamwork

[jovial raven]

Hell yeah

What's our current focus?

[autumn geyser]

We exist

Cause we kinda solved all we needed to

[jovial raven]

Wait and see, easy as

[shrewd yarrow]

Its basicly standby and await further orders

[shrewd yarrow]

"truth is often hidden behind layers of obfuscation."

Something thats obscure

Or their making something obscure

[autumn geyser]

I think it more means something that's been made purposefully hard to understand

So the truth has been made hard to find

[shrewd yarrow]

For sure

[shrewd yarrow]

where would you guys say this would fit? maybe a continuation of A3?

oh nvm! i see where it is on the doc lol

[red dock]

just like onions

[wise robin]

hey guys, I got into the game a couple of months ago and discovered the ARG only now. can someone help me catch up on what's going on here/

?

[dry gale]

there's a document compiling all of the information so far in pinned messages

[wise robin]

alright, thanks, ima read it then

[eternal kindle]

holy shit there was alot of new stuff happening while I was gone! Thanks to whoever made that doc, it helped me catch up pretty good

I usually like to read all the messages but that's waay to many messages by now

[autumn geyser]

The doc is pretty much just everyone chipping in their part

It's really useful

The second you make a discovery you put it up there and it's worked really well so far

[eternal kindle]

yup I can see that

did I catch that correctly btw: image B2 are actually two images?

[autumn geyser]

Yea

There's two versions of the same core image

[eternal kindle]

and did you check the exif of both?

[autumn geyser]

B2-A is the .png and contained exif data, plus the ptii part of the key, and B2-B was the .bmp secondary that contained the cry part of the key and no exif

[eternal kindle]

ohh ok, so you pretty much solved that already

just waiting for the next image to come?

[autumn geyser]

Yeah tbh everything's solved as of now

And now we just wait for more

[eternal kindle]

gotcha :(

[shrewd yarrow]

welcome to the suffering 🙂

[autumn geyser]

Alternatively, you could say welcome to schizophrenia land

[shrewd yarrow]

lol

[wise robin]

I guess that means, you guys barely know what's going on as well

[autumn geyser]

Yep

[wise robin]

where did you get those photos from that are in the pinned docuument?

[autumn geyser]

All from the lilies eyes account

They post them here every now and then

[shrewd yarrow]

their all posted by @boreal kite

[wise robin]

ok

thanks

[shrewd yarrow]

np

[wise robin]

I'm like half way through the document

trying to get anything out of it

and it feels super random tbh

[shrewd yarrow]

that's fair

[autumn geyser]

Kinda is but somehow I understand sorta what's happening

I guess schizos understand schizo stuff through some deep instinct or something

[wise robin]

so your telling me I will need to become a schizo?

well I was going down that path anyway so I won't mind

[autumn geyser]

Oh you won't need to, you will

If you try to do anything with this arg, you will become one

[wise robin]

does any of you

know what this is

[autumn geyser]

It's most likely unrelated

Or related in the future

Kinda on hold

[shrewd yarrow]

the face in the face in the corner?

[wise robin]

yeah

[autumn geyser]

In the case of that image, it was not what was in the image but what was in the image

[wise robin]

who's face is that

does it appear anywhere else

[autumn geyser]

And maybe in the future some stuff might matter but for now it kinda doesn't

Just like the numbers all over the place, they might matter but for now they don't

[shrewd yarrow]

we actually don't know but

[autumn geyser]

Yeah I guess

[shrewd yarrow]

it may have been me going schizo

[autumn geyser]

Watch there be a secret path that you unlock by completing all the side quests

It's like a videogame story at this point

[shrewd yarrow]

which is probably where i am leading us by asking all these questions lol

[autumn geyser]

lmao

I don't mind

Gives me something to do while I wait for something big new

[wise robin]

i am asking a ton of questions as well

[shrewd yarrow]

it's all good

[wise robin]

it got me so interested into this ARG

it's mysterious and amazing cuz of it

[shrewd yarrow]

also i have to do this...

[wise robin]

oh this is you

[shrewd yarrow]

hai

alot of me finding things has been pure luck

tbh

or realizing something when someone said something

[wise robin]

makes sense

I guess that's how it all works

[shrewd yarrow]

pretty much

[wise robin]

more of you

[autumn geyser]

yep

basically the formula for this arg

Take 80% of the progress we have made

And that progress is made by linch

[wise robin]

great

[shrewd yarrow]

steps back so others can lead

[autumn geyser]

no

nononono

no

[wise robin]

nonono

[shrewd yarrow]

lol

[wise robin]

come back mr linch

we need you

I don't understand anything from what's going on here

[autumn geyser]

i will ship you whatever is in my left pocket right now if you don't leave

[shrewd yarrow]

XD

i'm not leaving don't worry

[autumn geyser]

Okay good

It's hard to explain why I'm shipping an empty box to the delivery people

[shrewd yarrow]

hahaha

[wise robin]

guys

what is branch a and b

i clicked on this

[autumn geyser]

Read ahead

[wise robin]

and there were 2 folders

branch a and b

[autumn geyser]

I've detailed a lot of the terms used

[shrewd yarrow]

the tl;dr so far, some unknown group (possibly paramilitary) has made a drug thats been designated 4L1 that they giving to people. why? we don't know

[wise robin]

ho ok

[autumn geyser]

it's obviously to solve the issue of medicine and help the people from big pharma!

such kind people

[wise robin]

why branch a and b?

[autumn geyser]

I should take that 4l1

[wise robin]

lol

[autumn geyser]

Two diverging story branches, this helps with easier understanding on what's going on

No longer is it image 5 is B, image 9 is A, image 34 is B, and so on, it's now just A3 B2 A12, etc

And solving one image in the branches gives more images in that branch

[wise robin]

AAAA

[autumn geyser]

So if you solve A5, you get A6

[wise robin]

makes sense now

[shrewd yarrow]

A has taken us down the way of the 4L1 drug and B has been.... unknown story far.

[autumn geyser]

If you solve B7, you get B8

B just seems like a more general one

[wise robin]

alright

makes sense

so those 2 story branches so far are unrelated to one another

[autumn geyser]

Maybe

There have been crossovers

The chosen abbreviation (CHSN) was used in B2

Though that might be minor

[wise robin]

from what I read we still don't know what CHSN stands for

[shrewd yarrow]

B could be about Lily themself

[autumn geyser]

A1 and B1 both had the same filename structure, of (FC - Face / SV - Save) TH- The CHSN - Chosen

Possibly

Oh and the B2 file that was acquired at the end hints at a convo in regards to the A branch

And activities in the A branch

[shrewd yarrow]

mmhm

[wise robin]

aha

and we keep on going on further in this lore by solving the mysteries ourselves

[autumn geyser]

Yep

Each time we solve something in the branch, we continue onwards in the ARG

[wise robin]

ok

I see the two current theories

and I'll need to analyse them deeply later on

[shrewd yarrow]

Also note this is a tutorial section

[autumn geyser]

Unfortunately

Because it means the real part is gonna be impossible

[shrewd yarrow]

It will get tougher yes.

[wise robin]

what does tutorial mean?

in this case

because normally I know what it is

[autumn geyser]

It means easier

And kaminsky does offer guidance sometimes

[wise robin]

ok

so later on it will be harder

[autumn geyser]

Yep

[wise robin]

and no guidance nor help whatsoever

community left on their own

[autumn geyser]

Yep

[dry gale]

im seeing 140 messages, do we have something new from lily?

[wise robin]

no

I'm new to this

and wanted help with the research on this

[dry gale]

tragic

maybe i should politely ask again

it worked last time

[wise robin]

go on

[autumn geyser]

do it

[shrewd yarrow]

go for it

wait, idea

[sacred dawn]

Lilies eyes when we're pinging them nonstop

[shrewd yarrow]

@boreal kite The CHSN are importantforthefuture
they are the lost
Theycome

why are the chsn important and who are the lost?

[autumn geyser]

Lilies eyes breaking their silence for the 50th time because people are confused:

[sacred dawn]

Is it possible "Theycome" deciphers into something else?

It just seems off at the end

I feel like putting that after the word important makes more sense than putting it at the end

[autumn geyser]

Kaminsky confirmed that that is in fact the real cipher

[sacred dawn]

That's 100% the decrypted message? Or just the cipher that was given

[autumn geyser]

That's the decrypted one

[sacred dawn]

Yeah that's what I mean did he confirm that's fully correct?

[shrewd yarrow]

yes

[shrewd yarrow]

.

[shrewd yarrow]

.

if you jump up you will see it

updated my note on the doc

[sacred dawn]

I see

Lilies eyes probably out doing whatever they do. Maybe huffing drug fumes from what they're making.

Give it a bit let them come down from that peak.

[shrewd yarrow]

or spying on the LSPD or some other mysterious group

[sacred dawn]

I wonder if the lost are the same lost from brisa

[autumn geyser]

They say never get high off your own supply, let's hope lilies eyes follows that rule

[sacred dawn]

Or have ties with this in some form. Maybe it wasn't just the VA cuts that made them wanna assassinate.

[sacred dawn]

If you have supply you're getting high lol.

[autumn geyser]

Yeah valid

Though

4L1 still kept them quiet

Indicates that it isn't exactly what you'd wanna consume on a nice saturday evening with the boys

[shrewd yarrow]

mmhm

[sacred dawn]

You do realize people get in groups to shoot H and nod off all the time.

[autumn geyser]

Yeah

[sacred dawn]

Fucked up but true. But yeh probs not abusing it like that. That'd be something if that's the case. Like maybe that drug combats whatever gamma one subjects are dealing with

Like lack of emotion to shit, walking puppets ect. Idk I'm coming up with conspiracies at this point.

[autumn geyser]

It was also indicated that both of them are dead

The two who got 4L1

[sacred dawn]

The puppets are dead but the real person inside has awoken

[autumn geyser]

Possible

[sacred dawn]

A fuck you to the USIA if you will. Taking operatives from them.

[radiant sonnet]

Wasn’t it mentioned that MLO is in cahoots with the USIA

port mission I think it was

[sacred dawn]

Oh shit there was a reference on port? I don't remember

[rigid sphinx]

Easier and I try little different bits and shits to gauge what the current community is capable of. So far the current team can crack two-layered nested encryption, have a good eye for any change in picture texturing, and are aware of EXIF data. Not to mention quite a few people here are quite good at spatial data analysis and are quite adept at drawing parallels

[shrewd yarrow]

^^ we try Kam we try lol

also, Lilies has voice mail >:P

[rigid sphinx]

Unless someting is time-sensitive, Lily takes Sunday off

[shrewd yarrow]

copy that

[wise robin]

thanks for the explanation

[shrewd yarrow]

updated the doc to include the gwynn table

[autumn geyser]

Lilies eyes is a christian?

Confirmed?

[autumn geyser]

Also dear god that list makes me afraid of what's to come

[shrewd yarrow]

ten foot tall super warrior in ceremite armor appears have no fear guardsmen! for we are the emperors chosen! and we shall stand against the darkness!

oh wait wrong universe

[rigid sphinx]

Hey, nothing kills an ARG faster then being dropped cold into a room with a cryptic PNG, a bunch of random letters, numbers, and pictographs with no recognizable key in sight.

[shrewd yarrow]

Like the 6 faces in the old arg?

[rigid sphinx]

I wouldn't say that killed it, but it didn't help.

[shrewd yarrow]

True

[autumn geyser]

Fair

[jovial raven]

Not to mention our collective charm and good looks

[empty berry]

No idea of this is the right channel or not, but what is the current speculation around "The Lost" faction?

[lament adder]

#announcements message yeah that image is sus

file name reaDy_or_not_homE_invAsion_Divider

DEAD xD

[tardy sand]

yea pic is sus

[dry gale]

It looks like the same picture as in the "LSPD officer missing" news broadcast

[tardy sand]

1. todays #announcements pic
2. in game screenshot

theres something on the pic like el darkened text

and symbols

[radiant sonnet]

the posters

[dry gale]

It could hint that the missing officer is dead

[left bough]

didn't find exif on it

[tardy sand]

if you try to play with exposure(not sure if its the correct move but still) and what not u can see that theres something in it

[left bough]

oh

and goes the whole height of the image

[radiant sonnet]

disaster supplies checklist and what to do after a natural disaster.

[left bough]

i don't know how to make the watermark more visible, i just managed to make the whole image an lsd trip

[sacred dawn]

We fell?

[shrewd yarrow]

heres the original

[shrewd yarrow]

it's either fell or tell

[sacred dawn]

It looks like an F

[shrewd yarrow]

there we go

[sacred dawn]

bro what the fuck

hold up

theres a fucking face

[shrewd yarrow]

where?

[shrewd yarrow]

oh wtf!?

[sacred dawn]

gimme a second im still working with this image

[shrewd yarrow]

yeah take your time

i'm doing my own analasis

[sacred dawn]

Look at the top too theres markings

Theres an image over this one I think...

Its just super transparent

[shrewd yarrow]

oh shit

wait

wait wait wait wait wait

"truth is often hidden behind layers of obfuscation"

this is something Lily said!

also

brightened the wording up

it is tell

wait

[shrewd yarrow]

nice!

[left bough]

it's more likely a t

but we should investigate it as both a T and an F

[shrewd yarrow]

agreed

[left bough]

my thing did add a bit to the "t"

it doesn't seem to go as far up

fixed it

it could be the key for the last thing we found?

i doubt it, but maybe

[shrewd yarrow]

possible

doc updated

[sacred dawn]

Whats at the top of the image or is that scribbles?

[shrewd yarrow]

wait is it me or is there a 8?

[sacred dawn]

Looks like it

[left bough]

there's a lot of randoim marks

, ~ ? and what not

[sacred dawn]

ahh

[left bough]

and the "8" seems to be just two circles overlapping

[shrewd yarrow]

maybe?

[left bough]

could be just happenstance by having multiple layers of text, but i really doubt it being anything useful

bbut who knows

i've been wrong before

[shrewd yarrow]

let's just make note it could up later

doc has been updated

also. looking at the original missing officer report, i don't see any of the lines in todays img

"we tell".... the hell does that mean?

[left bough]

oh it's one of those weird "glitched" text things

or i guess corrupted would be more appropriate

[shrewd yarrow]

oh! encryption maybe?

[left bough]

nah, just decoration from what i know

[lament adder]

ye just zalgo text i think

[shrewd yarrow]

ah!

ok

[left bough]

and

[shrewd yarrow]

hm?

[left bough]

there's one the insanity drawings as a watermark too

but that's too difficult to trace

[shrewd yarrow]

hmm

[left bough]

these weird lines

[shrewd yarrow]

i did notice that

[left bough]

seems similar to what you can find in parkhomes tunnels

[shrewd yarrow]

oh

oh wow!

the spider people

[left bough]

not what i remember seeing before, but similar

[shrewd yarrow]

oh whatever they were called

[left bough]

i don't think it was the spiders

but eh, abouts the same style i guess

[shrewd yarrow]

hmmmm i wonder

ok no exif data

[left bough]

aye

dunno if hidden files

[shrewd yarrow]

maybe?

nope nothing

[left bough]

can't change it to a ZIP or RAR
not without cutting a part of it atleast

[shrewd yarrow]

hmm

[shrewd yarrow]

their up to something, supposivly a drug but its still on going

[empty berry]

Yeah, pretty sure that's just some funky text lol

[empty berry]

Dead SWAT? Ghosts? Retired vets?

What about the encrypted messages from the Discord account

[left bough]

weren't the lost the veterans?

[shrewd yarrow]

i think its anyone who has just dissoicated with sociaty

[empty berry]

Well it seems pretty obvious that the DLC will be affiliated with them

[shrewd yarrow]

the ecrpyted messages have been deciphered so far we figuring out the meaning has been on going

[empty berry]

What have the messages said?

[shrewd yarrow]

also there is a google doc

[empty berry]

Send pls

[shrewd yarrow]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mraLxzMsXWFkj8G_x4z4Xzf7BVlXaCjv1x_WnM9UrRI/edit#heading=h.lic4gbgnf3r6

[empty berry]

Thanks

[shrewd yarrow]

np

[vestal badge]

8 reference

[shrewd yarrow]

i have so many questions @boreal kite idk where to begin lmao

[left bough]

i don't think that that was send by what lilies is a part of

[shrewd yarrow]

i mean, it never hurts to ask

[left bough]

well yeah

but somehow this feels like a different group

[shrewd yarrow]

it's possible

[left bough]

i guess start with "who tells?"

[shrewd yarrow]

there's also the previous texts that we got

like for example

"the chose are important to the future
they are the lost
they come"

[left bough]

so this could be from the lost

[shrewd yarrow]

i asked lily that

that was the response, with the double cipher encryption.

so it's more then likely the as you said the lost

[radiant sonnet]

Lost is different than the veterans

The veterans are The Left Behind

[left bough]

oh right

[shrewd yarrow]

also thank you @lament adder and @tardy sand for noticing the img was sus 🙂

[topaz jackal]

i don't think this image is leading us anywhere

what can we do with 2 words

unless the skeleton pfp guy can find smth else
i think i saw someone discovering a face within the pic

[shrewd yarrow]

thats a question for Lily, but with the DLC looming over head i think we should wait on asking

[autumn geyser]

Damn here I was thinking with how many messages there were that a new image dropped

I guess it technically did but still

[autumn geyser]

Looked into this and yeah it is

It's the exact same image cropped in a little

And higher res

Those shadow lines deffo hold something

I'll see if I can extract the patterns somehow

[shrewd yarrow]

yeah that's what were think that theres something more to it

[autumn geyser]

Definitely

[radiant sonnet]

where is the news image from?

[autumn geyser]

That's why I'm tracing the shadows rn

[autumn geyser]

Image A4

[radiant sonnet]

https://breakyourownnews.com/

but without the watermark

[autumn geyser]

I don't have much done so far but there's DEFINITELY a face there

Of some kind of animal probably

[shrewd yarrow]

its a start

we also put this under non branching

in the bottom middle outcider managed to find

[autumn geyser]

Interesting

More numbers

[shrewd yarrow]

ignore the red circle

[autumn geyser]

What do they mean

[shrewd yarrow]

hang on

[autumn geyser]

It's an 8

[autumn geyser]

There's been so many numbers all over the place

[shrewd yarrow]

that's original

were also thinking its corrupted text

[tribal quest]

it might be a wolf or a bear

[autumn geyser]

Man it'd be hard to explain this to someone

"Oh what did you do this morning?"
"I spent an hour tracing shadows on an image to see if there was anything there"

But

Progress is being made

I'm leaving the middle for last casue the contrast is pretty bad there but it's something for sure

I can see where the two eyes are

[shrewd yarrow]

well done Linas!

[autumn geyser]

Done

As best I could

[shrewd yarrow]

tjat

that's really well done

the fuck is that?

[autumn geyser]

Thank the Wacom drawing tablet for that, it's precise and very handy for tracing this kinda stuff

No clue

All I know is that now we have it

[shrewd yarrow]

for sure

that is creepy af i will say

i added that to the doc

[topaz jackal]

grabbing at near nothing here but the white lines at the middle bottom look like the outlines of a flower

top parts look like 1 face and multiple faces at the same time

it could mean smth

or nth

idk

[jovial raven]

I'm personally interested in the glyphs that appear around the bottom

doing research now

[autumn geyser]

That's just cursed text

From the generator

It's all characters and numbers, stuff like +, -, 8, 7, *, ~, ∞, etc

[autumn geyser]

Though I could trace it when I get back

[wise robin]

hey guys

so I

as someone that's new to this

wanna learn as much as possible

and comprehend it as fast

https://youtu.be/aA3etBshjMY?si=nWPj7Lpe_qDbAXmO

and can someone explain what is this guy talking about?

in the pinned file

there is nothing on the lost

or I'm blind

so where did he get all of this from?

also that teaser he talked about

I can't find it anywhere

[topaz jackal]

i think we wait for dlc release before we do anything

devs are probably busy with release and ama rn

[wise robin]

mate

can you please

explain me

what do we know about the lost

anyone

I'm so confused on that topic

[topaz jackal]

tbh idk either
but this whole time i just assumed the lost are ghosts or something that's not human

[wise robin]

ok

I guess it's the best shot we've got

do you know what is the teaser he was showing

it's like in a port at night

and there is a call in the background

he said it's the first teaser

I can't find it anywhere

[autumn geyser]

That one's an OLD video

Covering the previous leg of the ARG

But I don't think anyone understands that part tbh

[wise robin]

can you catch me up what happened there?

in the previous leg

[autumn geyser]

No clue myself, sorry

[wise robin]

alright

[autumn geyser]

Best you can get is checking the previous ARG's doc

It's in the very first part of the current doc

[wise robin]

well except the conclusion the guy made, I'm gonna assume what he said is correct

alright

I'm gonna do that now, thanks

any clue how I cna find that document?

[radiant sonnet]

btw the previous arg was abandoned

there’s really no reason to dedicate a lot of time to it

[wise robin]

but is it not gonna be related at all?

[radiant sonnet]

no

[autumn geyser]

The previous ARG set is useless as of now

[wise robin]

I'm still really interested in what happened there

[autumn geyser]

The only thing that has been useful from there has been the gwynnstitution cipher

[wise robin]

ok

[autumn geyser]

If you want that document, honestly, good luck

It's probably lost media

Or close to it

[wise robin]

oh

that's great

so about the abandoned arg

I'm gonna assume what the dude in the video explained is correct

[autumn geyser]

Probably yeah

[wise robin]

except his assumptions of course

and gonna live on with that

[autumn geyser]

I generally agree with it IMO, including the end assumption

[wise robin]

alright, that's good

also I found some old documents

in the pin

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CSXV9xagwYfG_OGM8SHikWE86IiIJILcVN7NItbzEHY/edit?usp=sharing

this one for example

[autumn geyser]

Ah nice

Good

Surprised it's still up

[wise robin]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19g75RV2i1KKP1qpFwnmwsJgDrIGuREPHmiF2ks_ZOqg/edit?usp=sharing

[wise robin]

me too

there is 2 so far I've found

and that's all the pinned there is

so it has to be enough for me

[autumn geyser]

God damn watching that video I was reminded of just how good of a job we are doing for the future by keeping a proper, well defined document with everything down to each theory and every solution in detail

Good job fellas, if something happens in the future and this reopens after closing, they'll probably know what we tried with good accuracy

[wise robin]

yeah, you guys did a great job so far, I was useless since I'm new

also mate

https://www.reddit.com/r/ARG/comments/9tt2ji/void_interactive_started_an_arg_with_their_recent/

in this post

there is a link to the original trailer

[wise robin]

so

this arg

has nothing to do with carcosa so far?

[autumn geyser]

Nope not really afaik

[wise robin]

alright

I'm reading the old document on sepulchre

gonna see what's in there

[autumn geyser]

Knock yourself out

I traced everything I could

This should be a 1:1 recreation of it in traced format

Updated image of the other shadow to remove text

Gonna put both of these in the doc

Ngl this was pretty damn fun

Since there's a good four hours till release imma be writing more to the ARG

Explanations, summaries, anything

[left bough]

you traced it way better than i did

[autumn geyser]

Yeah well in fairness it took me two hours

[sacred dawn]

God damn

[autumn geyser]

Of fully manual, contrast based shadow tracing

So I'd say yours is pretty good for a quick one

[sacred dawn]

Wait isn't that same face in the memorial room?

[autumn geyser]

Wdym

[sacred dawn]

Hold up

That is a statue I believe

The one in the memorial. I've seen that somewhere in game and I'm almost positive it was there

[autumn geyser]

Imma see if I can accurately trace that cause I don't see a face

Yeah no I can't see that

[sacred dawn]

Fuck it's not there. No I've seen that somewhere in game I just can't remember

It's that same face

[autumn geyser]

I would argue it's more "we fell" than "we tell"

Something like this

[wise robin]

I've seen that somewhere

where though

where

[autumn geyser]

Possibly previous ARG?

[wise robin]

maybe it was on a wall in some mission

[autumn geyser]

Officer images?

[wise robin]

wait

[autumn geyser]

Oh wait I think I know what you're referencing

Twisted nerve?

Also updated repository of raw info to include chronological messages and images, now it's up to date

anything sent from the Lilies Eyes account should be put there

[wise robin]

idk

[autumn geyser]

Gonna fire up RoN and check

[wise robin]

twisted nerve is the one where we clear out a drug addict house

[autumn geyser]

Ye

[wise robin]

with a girl choking with syringe beside her

[autumn geyser]

Ype

[wise robin]

sure

I'm gonna try it later as well

[autumn geyser]

Do you remember what the map was like

Or at least what the wall was like

[wise robin]

it might have been the spider as well

[wise robin]

there were a lot of drawings around

[autumn geyser]

On the same wall as that image?

I'm thinking port might be a decent fit as well

[wise robin]

maybe but not right beside it

[autumn geyser]

TN, Spider, Port, all of those have drawings

TN seems to fall short and not have that

[wise robin]

final mission yeah?

[autumn geyser]

Ye

[wise robin]

yeah it could've been there as well

either on one of the containers

[autumn geyser]

Checking spider rn

[wise robin]

or in the woman trafficing place

[autumn geyser]

Containers have the simple spider image

But it might be there

I'll check

[wise robin]

on the side of some other one thouhg

also

for some reason it reminds me of this

[autumn geyser]

Spider clear

[wise robin]

upside down and deformed even more

alright

[autumn geyser]

Gonna go check out port

[wise robin]

sure

[autumn geyser]

Port seems oddly clear too

[wise robin]

damn

[sacred dawn]

That shits gonna bother me... like I can't remember where I saw that..

[autumn geyser]

Schizophrenia kicking in hard

Also what's with the second half of your name

What does it mean

[sacred dawn]

Nah I'm 100% certain

[wise robin]

yup

[sacred dawn]

I'll check the old doc but I'm sure it's somewhere.

Or this shit has me going full schizo😱

[autumn geyser]

I'd believe the latter honestly

[sacred dawn]

You'll get there eventually

[autumn geyser]

wdym

[sacred dawn]

We can be schizophrenic together ❤️

[autumn geyser]

Oh I'm schizo from a while ago

Have you seen my A2 analysis

[sacred dawn]

I haven't checked the doc for a lil bit ngl. I've been keeping up through here.

And my name is because I'm hosting for the boys who didn't buy

[autumn geyser]

Ah

Makes sense

[sacred dawn]

[wise robin]

mates

I might've got something

so

[autumn geyser]

ooo

progress?

[wise robin]

I'm pretty bored waiting for the update and dlc to release

and I decided to google search the image

and... nothing interesting happened

but then

I thought it's some idea to ask AI what it reminds it off

and it's got some ideas

[autumn geyser]

To me that looks more like AI going schizo

[wise robin]

I mean ik copilot is not as good as chat gpt but yeah

[autumn geyser]

At least the first one

[radiant sonnet]

It looks like a dude kneeling to me

[wise robin]

first one probably

to me

what I'd say it is

considering it being in the whole photo

it's one of those deformed dudes' shade

on the wall

[radiant sonnet]

Looks like he’s kneeling, holding a helmet

That definitely looks like a curved foot or something

idk

[wise robin]

possibly

[radiant sonnet]

it would make sense if the text is “they fell”

could be a dude mourning at the memorial or smn

[wise robin]

yeah

it could

we fell

we tell

none of it makes sense

I mean we fell definitely makes more sense out of the 2

but still

unless the person telling us this is one of the fallen

and he took the photo and put the writing on it

[wanton mulch]

GUYS DLC IS DELAYED 3 HOURS

THERE ARE 3 LETTERS IN ARG

THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO SOLVE THE ARG TO GET THE DLC

[sacred dawn]

[wise robin]

no way

[wanton mulch]

I WAS RIGHT

[autumn geyser]

Well we haven't solved it now have we

Anyways downloading dlc, gonna play it in 10 mins

Well correction probably an hour, cause I'll need to debug my mods

[wanton mulch]

10 minutes to download 40 gbs is crazy

[autumn geyser]

59*

So it's not that bad ig

[wise robin]

idk it's pretty average

I downloaded a 200gb game in 40 mins once

or 50

[wanton mulch]

its been 10 minutes and im a quarter of the way through

[wise robin]

had all other apps turned off though

[wise robin]

I didn't even start

I'm still teaching a moose how to play RoN

we're on lethal obssession

[still panther]

german internet = 2h 😅

[wise robin]

don't worry

I have a friend that downloads 40 gigs of update overnight

because his download sped is 200kb/s

speed*

[wise robin]

so

how do we solve it?