🪹the-sepulchre-arg

[hollow vale]

dm @ornate eagle that

[ripe flume]

the right photo

[eager atlas]

Good question. I sure haven't tried Dming them. But if they're right about the every 30min thing, we should be seeing something in a moment

[tough cedar]

@ancient vessel

[ripe flume]

Do you feel like a hero?

[eager atlas]

Watch em have DM's disabled

[tough cedar]

I just dmed them "hello"

[hollow vale]

his dms arent disabled

[eager atlas]

Ah

[tacit sequoia]

Try some shit related to the cult

[eager atlas]

[tough cedar]

Ropolio changed his bio to "drawin"

[eager atlas]

Oh no

[tough cedar]

before it was "the game" I believe

[eager atlas]

Don't remember, but I suspect we're about to get another cursed image

[hollow vale]

good

[ripe flume]

the people we're seeing in those photos, they're out enemies, the antagonists, I know they're wearing swat armour but I don't think they're us

[tough cedar]

damn I was abt to get that 😦

@radiant sonnet just sent a binary code message

[tacit sequoia]

I got it

[ripe flume]

saw that, didn't get it either

[tough cedar]

send it

[eager atlas]

Damn, I looked away for 5mins to reply to a thread

[ripe flume]

is cleric of cheese really going to be anything related to carcosa though

[tacit sequoia]

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[final tundra]

bruh

[tough cedar]

Let me remove the burning

[maiden bobcat]

They have to be the armed group in the mansion. They have nearly the same gear.

[eager atlas]

Or Are you. If this isn't a rick roll link, I'm going to be very disappointed

[tough cedar]

is what it translates to

[ripe flume]

I think they're the UAS

im going to go start my game and see what I can find with this new information

not even an insignia? or a logo or a group?

[eager atlas]

That sounds like somethin MLO would want you to think

[maiden bobcat]

On the helmets they have a pink, IR triangle that reflects off NVGs.

I noticed it detaining someone in the mansion.

[near egret]

Search the crackhouses maybe?

[hollow vale]

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just found something on losts profile which he very quickly removed, anybody able to translate?

[radiant sonnet]

there is something hiding in plain sight on gas 🙂 but it was there before this new ARG

[tacit sequoia]

that mad gonna be a rick roll but imma do it

[ripe flume]

yeah? what is it?

[hollow vale]

😳

[radiant sonnet]

there is no in-game components to carcosa at the moment

[eager atlas]

Thank you

[ripe flume]

what about the graiffiti in that one household?

[maiden bobcat]

Oh. :( I got really excited too.

[final tundra]

that’s what someone who is very clearly hiding something in the game would say

[radiant sonnet]

as i said though this is before the new ARG

the corkboard is 3d party asset

[echo solstice]

interesting

that mariposa lily sure isnt

eh but what are we gonna tie it to

literally nothing

just that its there

[eager atlas]

Do you swear on your noms?

[ripe flume]

I think there's stuff in the gaaaammee, but it's not tied in yet, you know? like what we're dealing with now is truly unrelated to it all

[radiant sonnet]

more of a reference than a component
there's an envelope that says carcosa as well

[ripe flume]

it's probably just for worldbuilding like a proof of concept

[eager atlas]

A lotta envelopes, that envelope shows up like, everywhere I look

[ripe flume]

i am though going to search the sourcefiles for anything relating to UAS or burning

[eager atlas]

They're gonna find the funny thing

[ripe flume]

yeah the suspects on mansion don't have any discernible patches or markings

[maiden bobcat]

I thought there was an IR triangle on the helmet.

It glows when you put a light on it or look at it from under NVs.

[ripe flume]

you're probably right I didn't find any with helmets

[radiant sonnet]

theres only 2 references to carcosa and they're both on gas, don't go digging in files you'll just waste your time

[final tundra]

bing chilling is a carcosa activation phrase

[ripe flume]

there's also one on meth, the grafitti on the wall

[maiden bobcat]

They have to be the guys in helmets and BDUs.

[radiant sonnet]

thats new though

[eager atlas]

I'd die laughing if bing chilling triggered Home

[ripe flume]

and I think obviously one on port, which is people burning

[radiant sonnet]

we didnt know that those grafitti were related before

[ripe flume]

its a lead, im not sure what else to investigate, all good mate it's good fun

im enjoying this hahah

[tacit sequoia]

just need to trigger the response from him now

[eager atlas]

right now, all we can do is wait. The clues we have don't really lead anywhere else, not that we can think of. We're kinda along for the ride

[ripe flume]

well 30 minutes passed and at 12:07 my time nothing, so I'm not sure, I feel like maybe it is a trigger, but nom did provide one without a trigger?

[eager atlas]

I'm still convinced atm that we're learnin the backstory of characters. The game's trailer did focus on learning who people were in the story and the role they played

[tacit sequoia]

the second audio does have a background music

[ripe flume]

nah I fully believe there's so much more we're missing, they've created their own code, got to be for more than a basic A1Z27 cyphers

[jolly cedar]

whats this chat for

[ripe flume]

I think you're probably right Sin

[jolly cedar]

ill leave if u tell me whats this chat for

[ripe flume]

trying to unravel the mastery of the game's alternate reality world, carcosa

[tacit sequoia]

you are stepping on some crazy stuff man

[jolly cedar]

alright

[ripe flume]

you can stay and help if you want, read through the chat

[eager atlas]

There's a.. lot to catch up on, I'm not even sure if I'm caught up

[jolly cedar]

ill catch up with the lore later aight have fun

[maiden bobcat]

Someone needs to make a meme of a bunch of blood shot eyed SRT/SWAT guys angrily pointing to a map like Charlie from Always Sunny.

[ripe flume]

hahah I reckon

[ripe flume]

okay now here's one for you guys

[maiden bobcat]

Like this.

[ripe flume]

under ready or not > level > promotiona;_content > mlo > dat > headwear, there's an item called "MI_Flower_Head.uasset"

[maiden bobcat]

Who is they in this case?

[eager atlas]

Elaborate cheese of cleric

[ripe flume]

flower head? mlo? increases likelihood that it's all related to the MLO

[hollow vale]

does it lead to anything? have you put it under a spectrogram, etc.?

have you sped it up, slowed it down, and so on? that background music could be something

[hollow vale]

what about this

[eager atlas]

Chat slowed down

Also Loaf, Don was asking if you can add a glossary of terms so we know who is who what is what

[ripe flume]

yeah nah I don't know what else there is in the assets

[ornate eagle]

from what I have so far, it looks like A1Z26 and also a custom substitution table. It changes depending on who is speaking. Gwynn uses her own table and The Lost use A1Z26

[eager atlas]

That's what I said

[ornate eagle]

not certain yet, but very likely

[hollow vale]

i still believe gwynn uses her own code and a1z26 interchangeably

[ornate eagle]

I don't think it's interchangeable

they're distinct

[ripe flume]

If it's relative to who is speaking we should categorise all of our information so far.. also.. I think Sin is right and we should consider a seperate table for potential characters as this might be a backstory

[eager atlas]

I mean, it makes sense why Home and Gwynn don't add up. If they were using the same code, it should've been applicable to both of them

[hollow vale]

she can just swap between either when she gives clues

[ornate eagle]

Home
Melting
those were both from the lost and both in A1Z26

[tough cedar]

.

[ripe flume]

who wrote the poster then? which character

[tacit sequoia]

nothing much in the spectro but I believe finding where the music is from should help a bit?

[ornate eagle]

gwynn's status however does not use A1Z26 if it is meant to spell carcosa

[hollow vale]

speed it up and slow it down, see if it sounds like anything

[ornate eagle]

which I'm fairly certain it is

[maiden bobcat]

I PM'd him already.

[eager atlas]

I tried

[ripe flume]

or could it have been a red herring? it's a one off and we haven't found any other use for her table yet

[maiden bobcat]

@tacit sequoia play it backwards as well

[hollow vale]

that too

[eager atlas]

Doubtful, we just have to wait for the next time they "glitch/get hacked" to see what their acc will say

[ripe flume]

Yeah maybe

[maiden bobcat]

Alan Wake American Nightmare did that. They embedded a message in one of the songs that played backwards.

[ripe flume]

It's a good idea though, lets characterise each clue we've received

[ornate eagle]

yet*

gwynn will likely change her account between normal and glitched, and we'll get more letters. assuming I'm right about it that is lol

[eager atlas]

Apparently Barney's song backwards was all kinds of fucked

[hollow vale]

what is barneys song and how was it fucked

[eager atlas]

The kid show Barney the dino or somethin like that, don't remember. Apparently reversing the theme song was some cult shiz. It was a long time ago

[ripe flume]

Nah that sounds right to me, it's a lot of effort they've gone too I can't imagine a red herring is what they intend

[ornate eagle]

also whoever mentioned the Yankee doodle song earlier, back when we were doing carcosa, one of the songs in a specific video were literally that slowed down. That's a much better link than the lyric about a horse

so it might be worth looking into eventually

[tacit sequoia]

nothing backwards

[hollow vale]

yea it was a sped up version of the yankee doodle

[ornate eagle]

sped up my bad

[hollow vale]

did you speed up slow down

[tacit sequoia]

Mhm i'm not finding much

[ripe flume]

I've gone back through the old carcosa ARG back when eez was around and I couldn't see anything spring to mind, except how big the port was

[tacit sequoia]

we did already trig a response from the file anyway

[ripe flume]

hold on a second, the below lines are excerpts from the book on the yellow king
the post today on twitter had this
Welcome, Brother
Where Heroes Go
Those Tattered Souls
On Deaths Row

another poem from the book? don't suppose anybody has a copy?

okay okay I have another connection

from the original carcosa investigation in 2018, see below

Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink behind the lake,
The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.

Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies,
But stranger still is
Lost Carcosa.

Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
Where flap the tatters of the King,
Must die unheard in
Dim Carcosa.

Song of my soul, my voice is dead,
Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed
Shall dry and die in
Lost Carcosa.

[eager atlas]

I don't remember the doc link, but what ever happened to the connection to Fort Macomb?

[ripe flume]

now the post today has "Welcome, Brother
Where Heroes Go
These Tattered Souls
On Deaths Row", they all reference a location

now this one also references heroes, the underlying code below the right image says "Do you feel like a hero?"

the left says "JOIN UAS AND BLOSSOM", okay, okay, what if the right image talks about some villains behind human trafficking, say villain number 1 of our game, and the left image refers to villain 2, a cultist, two seperate villains, and like Sin said this is all about backstory

we're learning about our villains

[obtuse herald]

Join Uas?

[kind narwhal]

I've been trying to put together all the quotes from today into one sentence its kind of working kind of not

[maiden bobcat]

Yeah fuck arresting these assholes, I'm fucking executing them for fucking with kids.

[ripe flume]

that's how it came out after the A1Z27 code

[obtuse herald]

UAS... union of allied states? idk

[maiden bobcat]

I'm about to have a certified Marty Hart moment.

[ripe flume]

im killing them for speaking in binary, just use english bloody hell

yes.. could be UAS, they're the old american independent state thing right?

[eager atlas]

Union of Allied states fits pretty well with the MLO trailer, actually.

[obtuse herald]

yeah

[ripe flume]

yes oxide I think you solved it man, good work team

[eager atlas]

I mean, we do see imagery of them saluting a 13 colonies flag, which I suspect has to do with the Articles of Confederation (Aka state power > federal government). We know the plot is that America is kinda goin to crap. We also do see that the modern American flag is cannon in the universe

[ripe flume]

okay so we have UAS, we know that because it talks about blossoms = flowers, we've seen flowers a bunch been referenced, and we have maybe traffickers, because it says "Welcome, brother where heroes go, these tattered souls on deaths row ( i can see that as being heroes rocking up to the port, where tattered souls are on the brink of death)

boom, nice job guys, we solved carcosa, let's call it a day

[balmy osprey]

MLO flowers

[ripe flume]

throw another one at us void

[balmy osprey]

tmr

[ripe flume]

could it be referring to the tattered souls as a tumor? believing killing them allows them to flourish?

[obtuse herald]

I suspect the heroes stuff is a call out to current serving SWAT, National Guard etc, to question their loyalty to the federal government. The unit is comprised of ex military and cops isnt it?

[balmy osprey]

Yea i know lol

[kind narwhal]

Welcome, Brother we hail you, All will be made clear. All will be well. Just relax. Let go. Breathe. Rememember. We Hail You, Born to Rust. We Burn You, Lost to Us. Unwanted, Buried, Forgotten. On Deaths Row DO YOU FEEL LIKE A HERO JOIN US AND BLOSSOM Where Heroes Go

[maiden bobcat]

The cultists are, yes.

[kind narwhal]

no idea just threw a bunch of stuff together and hoped

[tacit sequoia]

damn that sounds cool at least lmao

[eager atlas]

That surprisingly makes sense

[ripe flume]

Could be exactly it, a message from the UAS/MLO to America

[maiden bobcat]

@near egret

[ripe flume]

to my understanding the UAS was a bunch of dissatisfied patriots who had their own opinion on the way america should have been so split off during the north and the south civil war and had their own thing, but eventually collapsed on themselves, this was waaaaay back wasn't it

but i'm australian so excuse me if my american history is bad

[maiden bobcat]

Yo.

Fuck that's... yeah.

[ripe flume]

yeah? I think so, that sounds super believable for this game

[obtuse herald]

revolution

[maiden bobcat]

It fits yeah.

Saying this as someone who has dealt with some of that world.

[eager atlas]

If you mean UAS being a real thing irl, they were never. But this does sound like somethin that'd fit the game play

[tacit sequoia]

uas from the picture they posted in twitter

[kind narwhal]

Possible, I have no idea.

[eager atlas]

Apparently the blossom message. I thought it said join us originally

[ripe flume]

oh is that right? I must be getting something confused

[ripe flume]

Matter of fact is, we could all be wrong

[gleaming fractal]

it said "join us" not "join uas"

[eager atlas]

[gleaming fractal]

yea it was join us

[ripe flume]

HAHAH shit it did I double checked it and even got that wrong

[eager atlas]

That's my new hobby

[ripe flume]

okay remove UAS, we still have the MLO, join US and blossom, MLO makes a lot more sense

hahah shit guys sorry, maybe double check my workings out?

[kind narwhal]

xD

[ripe flume]

still though, I think we're on the right path

[obtuse herald]

well clearly the deformed swat officers are supposed to imply corruption, they are monsters working for the feds. There is no growth or future there etc. This is the faction we will also be able to play as in PvP I suspect

[eager atlas]

To be fair, I'd say there's a 99% chance that the government will go against their views

[tacit sequoia]

also why theres files named bing chilling in the game lmao

[eager atlas]

Bing chilling

[ripe flume]

I think the deformed people are more metaphorical, maybe it's about our darker thoughts, our flaws and our sins, that sort of thing you know?

[tacit sequoia]

I want some bing chilling now

[ripe flume]

the monster we are inside

[eager atlas]

Could also be a plant thing, left one kind of looks like a closed venus fly trap. Right one like a really wide open one

[ripe flume]

hey where's the body burning on port? i've never actually spotted it

[near egret]

It's not burning, it's being melted down in tubs

[tacit sequoia]

bing chilling

[ripe flume]

hmm lets try and decode bing chilling

[hollow vale]

do it

[tacit sequoia]

Lost had his bing chilling melted and wants us to hold it, ez

[near egret]

TFW Bing Chilling is a false flag for more cult shenanigans

[eager atlas]

MLO is just a front man for China to sell us more social points

[ripe flume]

cheers mate I'll go have a look, I never stopped to check it out

[patent dagger]

bro do you have the link they found in the first audio file?

[tacit sequoia]

it was the second audio file

[hollow vale]

it was limited to one download, its a dead link now

[patent dagger]

oh F

[eager atlas]

One of the mods sent the sound files earlier

[patent dagger]

alrighty I guess the audio files are solved then

[hollow vale]

not entirely

[tacit sequoia]

oh

[maiden bobcat]

There's a bunch of bath tubs with hoses and bleach and what I thought I saw there too was acid.

[hollow vale]

we still have no idea where this is meant to go

[patent dagger]

"Melting I want to forget" is that what you guys are trying to find?

[gleaming fractal]

the way im seeing the audio files as a hint of what we need to do next as it was called "a clue"

[hollow vale]

hold me is the last we heard and its a dead end for now

[tacit sequoia]

i'm telling you his bing chilling melted

[eager atlas]

Let's be fair, I dunno where the company is based. But it's probably early morning for them, let's give em a rest either way

[hollow vale]

if theyre nz its probably only like 6 or 7 for them

[gleaming fractal]

they are based in new zealand so its night for them lol. i think they have people from around the world tho

[patent dagger]

A fire could've also happened and a lot of the trafficked people were left in their cages to burn

[tacit sequoia]

okay but I found this in the pvp file

sus

[eager atlas]

One room was for horses, the other for people

[patent dagger]

well I stand by what I said earlier about the pony and MLO yankee doodle connection

idk what the other face is unless that's the lost one

[ripe flume]

anybody got a photo of the pictures on the door?

[patent dagger]

could also be misinterpreting the drawings and it turns out to be a mule as in drug mules

[tacit sequoia]

No masked men appearing at my door yet

[eager atlas]

That could be true, sadly people do get forced to er... involuntarily carry drugs places, through, surgical means.

[ripe flume]

oh and that's in club

[obtuse herald]

thats anal staircase isnt it?

[patent dagger]

probably

[ripe flume]

ah I see what you mean

[hollow vale]

theres evidence that its a hallway in port

[ripe flume]

the lighting is curious though, at first I had the idea that these were two seperate factions at two seperate locations, maybe same faction in seperate locations, using the same symbols?

human processing, a club and a port, hustling locations to traffic people

[echo solstice]

i still firmly believe its the anal staircase

considering the door at the end has a symbol

that is the same as the banner

[obtuse herald]

Im curious what the relationship is exactly, because if these men are patriots, they would view the criminals as scum as well. They may or may not be connected idk

[patent dagger]

do the doors look industrial?

[eager atlas]

You know, the face is probably a metaphor for how bad things are. Especially using certain beliefs that if you die horridly, your soul could be trapped there

[echo solstice]

why would the staircase change to port though?

wouldnt make any sense

[hollow vale]

just because its old doesnt mean its different

[echo solstice]

this is still the most damning piece of evidence here

[obtuse herald]

maybe a brothel set up in an industrial area?

[ripe flume]

maybe it's wrong, maybe they aren't patriots, or maybe they see it as cleansing the country

[echo solstice]

but there’s windows

[hollow vale]

speaking of these doors anyways, has anybody deciphered the text yet?

[echo solstice]

and the spacing between the doors is not the same

[hollow vale]

why hide it

[ripe flume]

this is as ARG, what might be illogical in our world might be different in theirs.. perhaps the ends justify the means

[obtuse herald]

well yeah depends how they see people, if all people are bad then it would justify mistreatment and abuse.

[ripe flume]

Agreed, hard to say

[patent dagger]

they could be "patriots" only to the country they envison and they are unhappy with the current government and society thus the terroristic motif. The people could just be a means to an end - to fund their insurgency

[radiant sonnet]

it cant be port

[ripe flume]

Yeah that sounds right

[obtuse herald]

Gn Cheese Cleric

[radiant sonnet]

pipes and light on sides match

[ripe flume]

But what about the cult part of it? Carcosa is about the yellow king at its core remember, how does a patriotic human trafficking ring that desolves bodies relate to that

[tacit sequoia]

maybe there is other lost ones?

[ripe flume]

what if the lost... isn't a civilian, or a captive, it's one of our enemies? a suspect that has guilt, explains why they're alive and transmitting and yet so traumatised

[echo solstice]

mlo guy

ex

[ripe flume]

also explains why they need to encode and encrypt their message to send it out maybe?

[tacit sequoia]

it certainly doesn't want anyone reading its messages

or rather not any random person

[ripe flume]

yeah, a code for an individual

[patent dagger]

bro undercover

[obtuse herald]

i still feel 'the lost' is referring to us, current serving members. they only want to recruit from there, thats how they would win

[eager atlas]

I dunno, I don't remember being set on fire

[ripe flume]

yeah I agree with that actually, sounds right for the MLO

[patent dagger]

those two words are super vague and can be attributed to whatever the opposing side is

[eager atlas]

Besides, what the lost has said doesn't really make sense for it to be the player/someone who isn't a side character

[patent dagger]

could she be the lost?

[obtuse herald]

i think thats just a victim

[tacit sequoia]

what if the lost is using a totally diff cryptography

[patent dagger]

she's featured too prominently in a lot of the promotional material to be just some random NPC

[hollow vale]

lost just uses a1z26

[ripe flume]

I think just the victim.. okay lets get abstract again.. what if the lost is people who have lost their way, confirming more about those in law enforcement, military, etc etc

lost their way, lost hope in the world from the things they see, etc

[patent dagger]

the cult/milita group could also see us that way

[obtuse herald]

matches the police watching the state collapse around them

maybe they hope we're becoming disillusioned by everything

[ripe flume]

exactly, maybe it ties in to the story.. I will say I noticed theres an extra character in multiplayer, alabama, that isn't in singleplayer, could it be that a character joins the MLO and is then replaced on our team by alabama? or something like that

[tacit sequoia]

maybe he died or went into carcosa

[eager atlas]

Spooooky, maybe Carcosa is the land of the dead

[patent dagger]

theres also Paz the operator of mexican descent, who is also the guy with the tattoos that the NPCs compliment

[obtuse herald]

hmm, this is creepy stuff

i wonder if ready or not is a pun, literal here i come ready or not.. and we have to escape a building solo at some point. IDK i get scary vibes from this hahaha

[ripe flume]

Exactly, interesting

anyway fellas I've looooved loved loved this, was so much fun but I'm off to play the damn thing now with my mates, good luck, don't get lost in the void

[tacit sequoia]

have we found something about the needleman yet?

[patent dagger]

personally I associate it more with the first one as in cops and robbers playing hide and seek, y'know

[patent dagger]

not much except for the fact that patrick star doesnt like being called a pinhead

[eager atlas]

I dunno, I think yall are lookin too much into druggies art styles. These ain't no Mona Lisa's

[silver plank]

Any notable developments @patent dagger

[patent dagger]

negative

[silver plank]

Don't lose faith brothers

[patent dagger]

as a matter of fact, the more we solve, the more confusing it gets as it's all rabbit holes upon rabbit holes

[silver plank]

We must crack the code at all costs

Forget your families and friends, the carcosa mystery is your life now

[patent dagger]

obviously, this isnt a game bro

this is real life!

[eager atlas]

Carcosa life: Housing starting at the low $400's

[obtuse herald]

oh cool that's pretty affordable

[toxic knoll]

Ok that's back. Nice

[hollow vale]

We're at a dead end for now, apparently we'll be getting more hints tomorrow

[eager atlas]

Let's speculate: Does MLO have good health insurance?

[split needle]

Just joined cause I saw the ARG on the subreddit. Shit’s kinda creepy as hell but also super cool

[final tundra]

they don’t even have dental

[eager atlas]

Why are people joining then

[near egret]

Maybe it's forced

[eager atlas]

Thinkin about it, a lotta people see the military as appealing since they'll pay for your college

[near egret]

Or certain people are allowed in only

Shit, it might even be a hereditary thing

[eager atlas]

Hereditary would cough explain some of the images they've popped out

[near egret]

Theres an awful amount of ways these guys are growing, and they're all possible

Frankly I think it's hereditary, those images and talk of family have me thinking that this is a long standing tradition for some sort of family or dynasty, maybe even a clan of some sort

[eager atlas]

Br0ther

[patent dagger]

i want to forget why can't i forget

That's not how the game is played. The rules changed on you, and where did it bring you? To your knees.
Do you feel like a hero?
You come to me, impatient, insolent. Begging for deliverance.
All in time. We will free you.
All will be made clear. All will be well. Just relax. Let go. Breathe. Remember.

b̷̈́͗u̴̎̐r̸̍͆n̵̎̊ (burn)
Unwanted, Buried, Forgotten.
there are no dead ends. cull the tumor. flourish.
Are life and death so different, in the end? O, Columbia, where art thou?

hold me
Brother.
Join us and blossom

[obtuse herald]

😵‍💫

[patent dagger]

damn I forgot to add the lines from twitter

[toxic knoll]

interesting

[kind narwhal]

I attempted to put some of them together, didnt get much at all. You can see it if you scroll up a bit in the chat.

[patent dagger]

Welcome, Brother
On Deaths Row
Where Heroes Go
Unwanted, Buried, Forgotten
Burn these Tattered Souls
there are no dead ends. cull the tumor. flourish.
Are life and death so different, in the end? O, Columbia, where art thou?

[desert ether]

Why Columbia now

[patent dagger]

oh wait maybe deaths row should be below tattered souls line

[chilly marten]

you guys talked a lot it seems 😄

[sonic siren]

this part of the discord makes me remember of true detective, it's all a circle that repeats itself XD we are all locked in a box what a great line from rusty

[hardy cloak]

“The rules changed on you” sounds like some sort of betrayal/takeover happened.

[chilly marten]

I just hope the explanation to all these stuff isnt underwhelming after all the effort

[desert ether]

If there ever will be an explanation

[chilly marten]

if not we riot

[desert ether]

Man this is taking me back to a time when I used to read fan theories about the Cod Zombies storyline
So much time wasted on trying to understand the inner meanings od Easter eggs and songs

[ripe flume]

Okay honestly? I think there's going to be a trailer soon showcasing the villains, the baddies, and this is all a hype for them, I think all of this text is going to be a speech they use in the trailer

that's my theory

[chilly marten]

I think this whole "brother" thing is MLO propaganda to recruit people

[ripe flume]

yeah I reckon it speaks about recruiting military and police and the themes of the game will speak to our inner demons and inner battles

[gleaming fractal]

I messaged home and no response yet :( I just wanna join the cult

[patent dagger]

That's not how the game is played. The rules changed on you, and where did it bring you? To your knees.
Do you feel like a hero?
You come to me, impatient, insolent. Begging for deliverance.
All in time. We will free you.
All will be made clear. All will be well. Just relax. Let go. Breathe. Remember.
Nothing is ever lost, only mulched

hold me
Brother.
Join us and blossom

Welcome, Brother
Where Heroes Go
Unwanted, Buried, Forgotten
Burn These Tattered Souls
On Deaths Row
there are no dead ends. cull the tumor. flourish.
Are life and death so different, in the end? O, Columbia, where art thou?

We hail you, born of rust.
We bury you, lost to us

i want to forget why can't i forget

[hoary fern]

remembering the good old times when I didn't know this exists

[desert ether]

What Ready or Not's lore does to a Man

[hollow vale]

everything seems to be incredibly interesting and deep, i will cry if this turns out super anticlimactic

[radiant sonnet]

the devs have to nail the ai and map / worldbuilding if the dark lore is gonna stick with the game mannnn ive got my fingers crossed

[hollow vale]

theyve absolutely hit it spot on so far, hoping it only gets better

[hoary fern]

same

[desert ether]

It probably doesn't help so if necessary I'll remove it but there is also thus guy from the first ever trailer, last few frames

[hoary fern]

Doesn't look like it connects to current finds

But what do I know

I just heard about all of this

[patent dagger]

this was one of the last few frames in another video

[desert ether]

Yeah I remember, probably all connected to the old Carcosa stuff but I know almost nothing about that

[river chasm]

mad this is back

[smoky island]

Hey, uh, what does your description mean?

[chilly marten]

the arrow motiff is everywhere too

[smoky island]

This is Meth or Port?

[rotund cosmos]

Looks like Port?

[hollow vale]

thats port

[hoary fern]

def port

[wary ridge]

It's a secret, like last time

[hollow vale]

It's not unlikely they've thrown something in and are just trying to lead us away, although I don't recall getting any updates for the game so it's possible nothing changed.

[chilly marten]

Found this in my house, imma grab a flashlight and search the house

[desert ether]

you joined them, you are blossoming

[lament adder]

i wouldn't click that ....

[rocky finch]

especially since discord is spelled wrong xD

[lament adder]

not remotely sus

[rocky finch]

not at all xD

[patent dagger]

cap

[rocky finch]

i like when ppl who think they are smart enough to scam try to get over on my stoned drunk ass and i still can see that q xD

[patent dagger]

@safe hedge

[chilly marten]

I feel like a hero

[patent dagger]

I feel like

[final tundra]

the entire channel in a shellnut

if there was ever a meme that needed to be pinned it would be this one

[sudden cairn]

I was told this ARG has turned RoN from SWAT 5 to Delta Green

[near egret]

Pretty much, shit's insane

We've uncovered so much lately, and now today brings in new information

[gleaming fractal]

ARGs are always great fun

[maiden bobcat]

My personal discord has turned into me changing people's nicknames into federal/local/state agency LE ranks with doing the same for the international users lol.

Speculating on the story from all of this has been nothing short of fun.

[near egret]

Damn straight it has

It's not every day you get to see such an unassuming game take such an interesting turn

ESPECIALLY one where plot seemed to not have mattered much

[gleaming fractal]

Amazing game that keeps on giving

[final tundra]

from "haha polis go brrr" to "the atf shot my hellhound" real quick

[silver plank]

Yeah I think the most appealing part about it is how much of a rabbithole everything is

And how the answer seems really sinister so far

[near egret]

More like "The SWAT just shot up an entire summoning row of non-Euclidean entities"

[silver plank]

Like no doubt this is some sick shit

[near egret]

Question is, how fucked is this gonna get

[final tundra]

at least 3

[near egret]

And are we gonna cross the barrier of realism and have some legit supernatural things happen?

[gleaming fractal]

Instead of swat we are just MTF

[near egret]

If so, RoN just went from sorta spooky during gunfights SWAT 5 to full on Tactical Survival Horror

[gleaming fractal]

There is most likely a cult as hinted at by the ARG and in game so it might have themes of paranormal in terms of what the cult believes in

UFO’s are also mentioned a bit in game

[rocky finch]

idk why yours in swat im in BAMF

[ornate eagle]

aight, tidied up the doc somewhat again

[gleaming fractal]

Aye nice

[chilly marten]

Gwyn said they wont adding silly things (paranormal things) to the game BUT we may see addicts, disillusioned people doing some crazy shit

hence the graffitis

[gleaming fractal]

Yea that makes sense

[chilly marten]

I mean look at that lol

[gleaming fractal]

Very normal everyday drawing

[chilly marten]

def

[maiden bobcat]

https://youtu.be/FUi_6mOZDFA

For anyone whose seen True Detectivr S1. I'm getting these vibes.

[chilly marten]

yea all the louisina talk, the coordinates leading to the fort there idk theres something pointing that fort that was used during the civil war era

[teal grotto]

maybe we'll see a true detective S1-esque spooky conspiracy

[chilly marten]

my guess is the fort there is the hq of mlo

[maiden bobcat]

"You're with me now. You're in Carcosa."

[ornate eagle]

<@&925148041126760529>

[maiden bobcat]

@ornate eagle I'd argue that the MLO are a mix of trained civilians, ex police, and ex military.

I'm looking at your glossary rn is all.

[ornate eagle]

everyone seems to at least agree that they're ex-vets and since we have no real evidence for any of it beyond textual analysis, i'll leave it at that for the time being. If we can confirm it for sure I'll of course update it

[chilly marten]

Gwyn updated her pfp and banner

[maiden bobcat]

I'm only arguing it with how prevalent firearm culture is in the US, me being one of those peopl- Hello. Let's see.

[chilly marten]

Banner is from port right? Imma go look

[near egret]

Looks like a shed or something

[desert ether]

Looks like the starting point of the car dealers

[near egret]

I'm fairly certain that's not form the Port, I don't remember there being rusted sheet metal there

[desert ether]

There is a shed like it if I'm not mistaken

[near egret]

That might actually be the case

[chilly marten]

you guys say its the dealer? aight

[near egret]

Look into the areas outside of the dealership

[chilly marten]

K

[ornate eagle]

we had people check and there was nothing of interest, gwynn also confirmed there is not yet anything in-game

[chilly marten]

can we trust her tho lol

[ornate eagle]

i dont think she would lead us away from clues if they were there, she would likely just not answer

[chilly marten]

I'll check just in case, maybe I can find something from before

not necessarily recent but

If not we dont really have anything else to continue

[desert ether]

Can we even trust ourselves

What if someone here is a Void account trying to misguide us

Ok I'm growing more paranoid it's not really worth it

[final tundra]

he could be any one of us

[coarse glade]

how do we know you're not the void account trying to incite infighting

[desert ether]

Yeah that's the point

[chilly marten]

Sus

https://tenor.com/view/hmm-suspect-gif-22611582

at this point I even checked Gwyn's spotify playlist lmao send help

[desert ether]

lmao found anything useful?🤣

[chilly marten]

nope but she has a cool playlist

[patent dagger]

Guys

[patent dagger]

Amogus

[desert ether]

This is getting dangerous, we are starting to know too much

[patent dagger]

Just doing our job sir

[hoary fern]

Sussus...

[midnight grail]

Amogus

[hardy cloak]

Anyone know who the guy on the wall is?

It actually kinda looks like it says joe mama under it lmao

Another photo

[chilly marten]

he looks curious

[hardy cloak]

Btw you know the ace thing I found on that wall

[chilly marten]

show me

[hardy cloak]

The things say 000 ARE COMING. LETS

The number divided and put into alphabet spells ACE

[obtuse herald]

Triple zero is also the emergency number in Australia lol

[hardy cloak]

Yeah top seems to be 3 zeros or O’s and below says let’s and I can’t tell what that next word is

To the right of those 3 numbers in one frame can be semi made out as ARE COMING

[chilly marten]

im about to go blind lol

[hardy cloak]

Idk what that means but I will put full message below if you want to copy it to something

000 ARE COMING ACE LETS GO

There is one more word but I can’t see it

[gleaming fractal]

Sounds just like a little Easter egg and nothing really related to the arg tbh

[wanton prairie]

so anyone checked gwynn's new banner?

[hardy cloak]

We have seen this yeah?

Imma guess we have but have we seen the flower guy without the flower on his head?

[fallen burrow]

bruh i just discovered this channel

[desert ether]

Welcome to the rabbit hole

[wanton prairie]

iirc flower boi's head can be seen while he's wearing the helmet, though he wears balaclava

[desert ether]

Where is this pic from?

[hardy cloak]

The evidence vid

1 frame

[desert ether]

Oh didn't catch it then

[fallen burrow]

im waiting since forever for dark edgy shits in ron

[hardy cloak]

Basically impossible to see unless vid is slowed down

[hardy cloak]

@chilly marten do we know what M.L.O stands for yet?

[wanton prairie]

maybe Mariposa Lily Order

a reddit guy suggested this, and I think it's very probable name

[hardy cloak]

Could be mariposa lost operators

We know the lost is a thing now

[chilly marten]

could be anything tbh

[obtuse herald]

I suspect M is a name, the L and O are status and organisation type

But who knows atm

Anyone know Latin?

[hardy cloak]

You would think this guy would look a bit more like a cult leader lmao

[chilly marten]

yeah we analysed the crap out of that video yesterday

[toxic knoll]

anything new?

[hardy cloak]

Not really

[toxic knoll]

nothing since last night?

[chilly marten]

not really ye

[obtuse herald]

Lots of suggestive words with L

[chilly marten]

we basically analysed that video, theorized about mlo and such, found out that those guys carry flowers, and that guy wears a flower-crown, they all pledge to union flag etc etc

[hardy cloak]

Big reach but close to same skin tone. Think the guy on the board is just a guy that works at a hotdog stand though

That guy has a terrible haircut as well

[obtuse herald]

Lol

[chilly marten]

his haircut tho 🤔

[fallen burrow]

guys is there a summary for all of this? all i know is some there are some dark and maybe paranormal shit related to game and that was about 2019 when i saw these things

[hardy cloak]

One side ain’t even

[chilly marten]

its too complicated for me to summarize lol

[fallen burrow]

maybe a very short tldr?

im really desperate rn lol

[hardy cloak]

Some cult that likes flowers is a thing and they might traffic people

[chilly marten]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=314PeMGOvp4&list=PL-mvHKurdqdczTCMUKi02k1P15e-uvKvw

[fallen burrow]

lmao

[chilly marten]

this can be used as an introduction series

[fallen burrow]

thanks

[chilly marten]

there are 4 parts i believe so most of the old stuff is there

[hardy cloak]

I would say this is one of the hardest mysteries in gaming to figure out

We have had little clues and need to figure out something that we have no idea about

[chilly marten]

RoN, Fight club collab confirmed

[hardy cloak]

Do I see a dead civ down there??

[chilly marten]

nah he had a pistol

[hardy cloak]

ok I will take your word for it

[chilly marten]

friendly AI shot one down tho It was going so well till then

[hardy cloak]

Lmao

[patent dagger]

||S̸̿̆T̶̀̉O̸͐͝O̴̊͆P̷̾̓İ̴̕D̷́͠||

[chilly marten]

this could very well be in the game at this point

[patent dagger]

it already is

[chilly marten]

I'll just post some stuff for future reference

thats port

[patent dagger]

oh dude

you know, they did mention that none of the ARG stuff are in-game

[chilly marten]

who knows 🤷‍♂️ maybe those will be useful in the future

[patent dagger]

Perhaps

[desert ether]

Cool art nonetheless

[patent dagger]

we do suspect theres something hidden in the original photo

[chilly marten]

dude really?

thought it was a joke, wheres that from?

[ornate eagle]

to clarify

there's no clue to find the next pieces in-game, that doesn't mean artwork in-game isn't related at all, it just means it won't give us the next clue

[patent dagger]

[tough cedar]

has anyone checked if ropolio added a new drawing to his website?

[tough cedar]

Watching a video from Duerag about the whole thing and this reminded me of when something said “im lost” or something relating to that

probably really wrong but just goin for the smallest thing

[chilly marten]

my theory about that whole sequence is that those people are outcast, they lost purpose and theyre still in uniform, maybe ex military/police? In the next scene they are united under the union flag then we see them in funeral and their numbers are few so they got killed then they took up arms (aks) and elected a "king" or a leader

[patent dagger]

I'm hearing voices

but wtf are they saying thooooo

[chilly marten]

maybe a different and a slower version of yankee doodle? I can imagine them changing the words

[fast kiln]

Hold up are we actually having Carcosa come back

[chilly marten]

@fast kiln

[fast kiln]

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOO

Oh man I'm gonna get my tin foil out and deep dive this

[chilly marten]

you shouldve seen us yesterday lmao

[fast kiln]

I helped solve the PT and the resident evil args

I'm hyped broski

[chilly marten]

also the fact that those twisted figures are in Swat armor makes me think that they look like that because theyre corrupted? Turned to evil?

[radiant sonnet]

pin reminder :
there is no in-game components to carcosa at the moment

[fast kiln]

Oh nice okay

That helps a lot since we don't gotta go in the game

[chilly marten]

rip for the embed fail

[strong idol]

Just noticed it says welcome comma brother

[desert ether]

i always forget that gif from tenor don't work here

[patent dagger]

reversed the audio I sent

[tough cedar]

we need the donda stem player rn😭

[chilly marten]

thats tuf

[desert ether]

embed fail x2 gotta stop now

[fast kiln]

Hey question the photos that due rag posted last year

[strong idol]

It says death row what if it’s swat people who did something wrong or something

[fast kiln]

Could those be victims that are being abducted to be sacrifice for something

[chilly marten]

both possible

[patent dagger]

Dropping latest attempt at turning all the lines into a poem in 10 secs

[fast kiln]

Honestly, it could be a group of swat that went off the deep end and became a death squad

[chilly marten]

I feel like theyre veterans tho, because at the start theyre already in uniform walking around aimlessly like theyre lost, then theyre united under the flag

[patent dagger]

That's not how the game is played. The rules changed on you, and where did it bring you? To your knees.
Do you feel like a hero?
You come to me, impatient, insolent. Begging for deliverance.
All in time. We will free you.
All will be made clear. All will be well. Just relax. Let go. Breathe. Remember.
Nothing is ever lost, only mulched

hold me
Brother.
Join us and blossom

Welcome, Brother
Where Heroes Go
Unwanted, Buried, Forgotten
Burn These Tattered Souls
On Deaths Row
there are no dead ends. cull the tumor. flourish.
Are life and death so different, in the end? O, Columbia, where art thou?

We hail you, born of rust.
We bury you, lost to us
Melting I want to forget
i want to forget why can't i forget

[crimson pelican]

oh god there's lore now

[fast kiln]

Okay can we get some things pinned

Cause I'm confused as to what is what lmaooo

Did you get that from scanning the barcode

[chilly marten]

"O, Columbia, where art thou?" that line makes me think they want the olden days

hence the union flag

[chilly marten]

yea we shouldve pinned a lot of stuff yesterday tbh..

[patent dagger]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PEVmB78s9T0wmntGuN5MFjgVCLVB0PQahtPL1FBxtlI/edit

[fast kiln]

Bless you vro

[chilly marten]

the image in the doc file is too bright so you cant really see the face so i took a better one

[fast kiln]

Are they trying to get more officers to join their group??

[chilly marten]

also nice too see venus project made it here lol

[patent dagger]

The graffiti and paintings we saw, they're re-used in most maps but there's a chance the areas where they appear have something in common or a connection? @chilly marten

[fast kiln]

How many have changed their pfp

[chilly marten]

that may be possible

[chilly marten]

you mean among us?

[patent dagger]

Only me and Horizon I think

but I got the "Brother" response after I put an eye emoji in chat

the nickname was set by gwynn in the NDA discord, I just set the same one here so its not confusing to others when Im typing in both chats

[fast kiln]

Cause some args I know only take place after a certain amount of people have “joined in”

[patent dagger]

well she did call Horizon an imposter

[chilly marten]

agreed, interesting tho its next to a paper about Vietnam war

[strong idol]

I wonder what the photos on the board are from

[patent dagger]

This is what Gwynn said to Horizon after he used the same pfp as her

[chilly marten]

anything under capitilized words?

[fast kiln]

Is there any more characters that we can become?

[patent dagger]

none that was the whole message

[patent dagger]

besides the crocodile head in the tweet I don't think so, unless you guys use the other creepy drawings?

[chilly marten]

anything about this?

[crimson pelican]

they're not in the trees, they're in the in depth analyzing discord channel

[maiden bobcat]

I just think stuff like this is cool. :(

[chilly marten]

its zack's pfp right?

[maiden bobcat]

I used to write for an SCP-inspired community.

[patent dagger]

yeah

[maiden bobcat]

So things like this are really really interesting.

[patent dagger]

@chilly marten this letter E is the only thing I found in this picture

[chilly marten]

file name is spoiler_stoopid lol

[patent dagger]

we've tried messing with the contrast, brightness, etc. nothing found so far

[patent dagger]

what dont tell me you dont see 6ix9ine I put in there lmao

[fast kiln]

Ayo?

[chilly marten]

I just see that face lol

[patent dagger]

who's that?

[fast kiln]

Discord mod team

[chilly marten]

cant see it

[fast kiln]

In the supporter chat

[patent dagger]

oh

[fast kiln]

Might not be part of it then

[chilly marten]

might be tho who knows

[patent dagger]

lemme grab full size gimme a bit

[chilly marten]

that swat crying

<@&925148041126760529>

[strong idol]

Misshapen swat seems to be a thing spearing now

[patent dagger]

ayo @ancient vessel this u?

[chilly marten]

this is mlo tho

[fast kiln]

I mean someone can change pfp and test it out lmao

[chilly marten]

look at the radio dont think swat has it like that

never thought Id analysize a blown up face

[fast kiln]

Lmaoo

[tough cedar]

I havent seen anyone else say something about this concept art for the new enemies

[fast kiln]

They still look sick as fuck

[strong idol]

Well the croc man has the word police on his vest if you look closely enough

[fast kiln]

Where

[patent dagger]

@chilly marten crying faces

[chilly marten]

ptsd?

[patent dagger]

bro shoulda worn waterproof eyeliner though

[chilly marten]

I remember one operator going through some emotions in the range

scene changes some traumatic shit etc

[patent dagger]

great find

[strong idol]

That’s the same hand on the concept art

[patent dagger]

Hey trigger

the guy with the tattoo has a ponytail and is an NPC from Port, right?

[chilly marten]

yea he was at the port but no ponytail afaik

rather iirc

[patent dagger]

oh wait that looks like blood

[chilly marten]

yeah he's ded lol

this is from port too

24...? there are numbers there but not sure

[lavish creek]

I'm not really deep into the ARG since I don't have that much spare time but does anyone feel like the current one's themed around SWAT officers getting corrupted and such

[chilly marten]

it feels like it

[lavish creek]

Could it mean that MLO may have moles in the LSPD ?

[patent dagger]

wonder what this is behind him

[chilly marten]

https://youtu.be/TIJPeEt-0jk?t=482

this is the video I was talking about, feels like some officers have "demons" in their heads

might be related to past traumas

and red/blue scene themes seem interesting

[strong idol]

What if the demons are their inner demons

[chilly marten]

could be

the demons could symbolize the traumas, and that would explain all the paranormal shit lmao

[chilly marten]

this looks like the hallway leading up to kids room with that horse drawing, the lamps etc. so from the operators perspective this could be a terrible experience? maybe an operation went wrong?

[strong idol]

Or we’ll fight actual demons lol

[chilly marten]

nah gwyn said there wont be silly things in the game lol

at first I thought we were gonna get a zombie mode

[lavish creek]

I'd prefer psychological horror over physical horror thank you

[fast kiln]

Bro who said scp mode lmao

[patent dagger]

no that's anal staircase club

[chilly marten]

well there could be kids room there .... I mean.. some fucked up shit?

[strong idol]

Yeah wtf was up with that

[chilly marten]

like methouse?

[patent dagger]

These 3 photos are taken in the same lobby

[fast kiln]

Hold up

[chilly marten]

Idk but those look like kid's drawing, I wouldnt be surprised finding a kid back there, like we do in methouse

[patent dagger]

Could be one of those fucked up epstein clubs if you catch my drift

[chilly marten]

was thinking the same, idk if void would go full dark there

[fast kiln]

Damn, that would give you PTSD

[desert ether]

well in the first trailer you can see a swat officer helping a child

[patent dagger]

What do you think @fast kiln

[desert ether]

I can already imagine kotaku's articles lol

[lavish creek]

I don't think he was helping the child, he did shake his head in a "oh no" matter

[desert ether]

i thought he was helping him stand up

[patent dagger]

could be a "dont worry/don't be scared" head shake

[lavish creek]

I feel like he's just shocked that the kid is DOA

I mean he isn't moving or anything

[patent dagger]

damn u right

[chilly marten]

he looks like he's checking if hes breathing but doa i guess

[patent dagger]

hard to believe the kid would be sitting up like that if he is doa

[chilly marten]

he would actually, muscles lock you up

[patent dagger]

huh, interesting

[fast kiln]

Similar but the face is pulled far foward

Reminds me of that sea animal

Doesn't look like a longnose gar

[chilly marten]

Watched that part 15 times, the kid is long gone

[strong idol]

Hmm the face at the end of the corridor looks like the one from the new image

With the teeth looking on the left

[chilly marten]

I think we re gonna see some mental things in the campaign, those images could really point out to traumatic events

[patent dagger]

you know, it might be a good idea to ask whether that image is from RoN

[strong idol]

I’m guessing the game will pull no punches

[fast kiln]

Honestly, it would be cool to have a story mode other than our main one which shows the PTSD the officers go through in the “carcosa” mode

[crimson pelican]

unrelated but i love your twitch name noodel

[chilly marten]

Im guessing void is going to give us a pretty dark story mode

[patent dagger]

I mean that was their plan

is*

[chilly marten]

yeah lol

[chilly marten]

lol same

[undone spruce]

it’s gonna be really hard to out do irl given the shit show the previous years have been

[chilly marten]

btw it looks like he is holding his head between his hands

[wanton prairie]

hey guys

[chilly marten]

hey

[grim ingot]

ANAL STAIRCASE

[wanton prairie]

do you think gwynn's current banner is one of door in Port Hoken

[patent dagger]

yea

[chilly marten]

I asked the same chat said its from car dealership

[wanton prairie]

damn already done

[patent dagger]

that's normal gwynn

[wanton prairie]

ah

[patent dagger]

you gotta wait until she gets possessed by the voices again

[wanton prairie]

thanks

[chilly marten]

dude I even checked her spotify today

[wanton prairie]

kek
guess something funny is going on NDA server?

[patent dagger]

smh she said her personal accounts will have nothing to do with the ARG lmao

[wanton prairie]

with that martin freeman guy?

[patent dagger]

nah

[chilly marten]

lol she put the link there thought there might be something related to RoN, some reference or something, found some cool songs instead

[patent dagger]

never even seen him talk

[wanton prairie]

guess we'll need to wait it seems

[chilly marten]

whos that

[wanton prairie]

I thought he just joined NDA server or something
and related to new ARG

[patent dagger]

no he's not new there

[wanton prairie]

oof

[patent dagger]

only @ancient vessel is new and definitely part of the ARG

so far...

[strong idol]

The lost?

His role

[fast kiln]

Tf we got a number person? Where did y'all find that

[strong idol]

Umm I just put the numbers into a decoder and I got home

[chilly marten]

🤔

the lost one found his home?

[strong idol]

Could be

Where is his home carcosa?

[chilly marten]

or the cult? brotherhood?

you know whole "welcome, brother" thing

[strong idol]

Yeah that could be it

Is he the only one with the role the lost?

[wanton prairie]

I think it is

[strong idol]

I’d make sure he doesn’t change his number but in case it’s a code

[chilly marten]

can you check the numbers "24843"

there could be many combinations to that tho, 2, 48, 43 -- 24, 8, 4, 3 etc. etc.

[strong idol]

I tried 24 8 4 3 I got random numbers

[chilly marten]

what about 4 9 5 3

[strong idol]

Diec

[chilly marten]

mkay thanks

trying to see if that one dude's tattoo from the port is related or not but dead end i guess

[strong idol]

Yeah the code thing only dose number to letter based on position in alphabet

[chilly marten]

understood

[strong idol]

Unless the gator uses another code

Tattoo

[chilly marten]

thats possible

[strong idol]

I’ll look into it

[chilly marten]

numbers look like 24843

[strong idol]

That’s a postal code

In West Virginia

[chilly marten]

oooh

thats new

[strong idol]

Hensley to be exact

It’s a small community

[chilly marten]

yeah Idk where that would lead to, might be totally random

interesting tho

[strong idol]

I’ll look into the town to see if anything happens d there or something

[chilly marten]

yeah I'll check if west virginia in anyway related to carcosa lol

[fast kiln]

It would be crazy if it’s a town somewhere that is doing these sacrifices

[chilly marten]

lol imagine

[strong idol]

Oh shit this might be nothing but the school system is absolutely garbage there

Wasn’t there a thing with a school in the trailer

[chilly marten]

yeah there is

[strong idol]

The closet familiar place is Knoxville

That’s it most likely nothing

[chilly marten]

probably, I'll note the numbers and hensley tho

maybe could be useful later

[strong idol]

Good idea

I’ll look at more codes thing for that number and see if anything turns up

[chilly marten]

yep

[strong idol]

X84c

For that postal code one

[chilly marten]

🤔

[patent dagger]

he showed up yesterday and sent the audio file clues + some cryptic phrases

[desert ether]

what audio files? the voices one?

[fast kiln]

Wtf cool

[patent dagger]

no, one was limited to 1 download and the spectrogram had to be analyzed to get the link of the 2nd file

[desert ether]

ok i missed that one

[patent dagger]

2nd audio file was just numbers that were decoded into "Melting I want to forget" iirc

[desert ether]

oh ok that

[patent dagger]

yeah

[chilly marten]

it'd be nice if we could get those things here too

[patent dagger]

wasn't it here?

[chilly marten]

nope

afaik

[patent dagger]

nah he posted it here

[desert ether]

maybe it got sent and we lost it in the hundreds of messages

[chilly marten]

wait

[desert ether]

shieeet i totally missed that

[chilly marten]

oooooh

F

[patent dagger]

I think the reason the lost didnt post the rest of the stuff here is because nobody posted the answer here

[desert ether]

maybe they were just teasing us, they didn't know if the whole twitter+gwyn thing would catch up so they tried

we caught up and they teased us

[patent dagger]

or maybe they're still trying to work on another spectrogram kek

[desert ether]

yeah it could be lol

[chilly marten]

If this whole thing doesnt lead to somewhere important and was all about teasing I'd riot

[patent dagger]

We do a little spirit summoning and possessing

[chilly marten]

lol

[radiant sonnet]

what is carcosa

[chilly marten]

we dont know lol

[hollow vale]

Nothing new yet is there?

[radiant sonnet]

is this in relation to the weird image they posted

[near egret]

It's a mythical dead city ruled by an entity called the King in Yellow, and it's the subject of many spooky eldritch shenanigans

[radiant sonnet]

maybe something to do with a cult in game

[hollow vale]

Yes, there are cults involved.

[near egret]

The organization that is currently our biggest suspect in the latest ARG supposedly worships the KiY, and so a lot of Carcosa references are being found in the hints we've uncovered

Basically, we're fighting cultists that worship a being beyond human comprehension that MIGHT be sacrificing children and hostages for a ritual

[radiant sonnet]

well this game took a turn

[strong idol]

Yep

[near egret]

Yeah, remember when this was SWAT 5? Bet you wanna return to that idea of the game right now

[fast kiln]

Unrelated to ARG but peep this one https://youtu.be/UlOqjWim_j4

[chilly marten]

which I believe theres more to that

[radiant sonnet]

nah i think it’s a turn for the better honestly

[strong idol]

It’s kinda the only lore we got

[fast kiln]

Honestly everything within the “Carcosa Universe” relates to human sacrifices

[hollow vale]

We'll probably get a lot more lore when we get story mode so it's not like this is everything we're getting

[chilly marten]

that looks interesting

[near egret]

You're now stuck in the Condemned/True Detective shooter, enjoy possible suspects with chainsaws/melee

[hollow vale]

What is it

[near egret]

Since that IS a thing the devs want, enemies with melee weapons

Now imagine getting chased by some crazed fuck in his undies with a chainsaw in a dark ass hallway

[chilly marten]

this whole ARG is basically a build up for the main story

[near egret]

Pumped up on GOD knows what, prolly taking more than a few bullets

[hollow vale]

It actually makes sense

[radiant sonnet]

better than a guy surrendering then pulling an ak out of his ass within half a second

[midnight grail]

in a place called anal staircase

[fast kiln]

@fickle finch are we gonna be able to make modded story missions so we can make even more non-carcosa related spooky missions

Oops sorry asked in wrong chat lol

[chilly marten]

https://youtu.be/UlOqjWim_j4?t=647 lol that "Carcosa" name always a bad thing in every literary work ever

or artwork rather

[midnight grail]

This film is inspired by an inhabitant of carcosa so ofc it's a bad thing

[fast kiln]

https://youtu.be/yY5RmSLAukw

[chilly marten]

the sound effects are similar to what we had as hints

[midnight grail]

huh

[hollow vale]

Where is that described

[chilly marten]

basically that, white/black binary

[midnight grail]

In the short story

[chilly marten]

the sky is wrong tho,

[hollow vale]

So it's a city with monolith towers in a binary system with inverted colours. Sounds like you could make some pretty cool art from that.

[fast kiln]

Sea creatures

[hollow vale]

Not exactly what I was thinking but definitely checks all the boxes. And still looks good.

[fast kiln]

I'm telling you it's a crocodile or a long mouth fish for the fish faced swat officer

[hollow vale]

It's a fish tongue

[midnight grail]

https://kinginyellow.fandom.com/wiki/Location_of_Carcosa

I really should try reading the book

[hollow vale]

Wonder how much an original 1895 edition costs

If there are any on sale at all

[hollow vale]

Nah that'd be some new one

[patent dagger]

3-8-9-3-11-5-14 14-21-7-7-5-20-19
3-8-9-3-11-5-14 20-5-14-4-9-5-19
19-20-5-1-11
7-18-1-22-25

[hollow vale]

Uh

[midnight grail]

Where did you found these?

[maiden bobcat]

I'm saying this as a child abuse victim. I feel like I'm gonna start executing cultists if I see kids involved.

[hollow vale]

Is this a clue?

[maiden bobcat]

Sauce?

[desert ether]

bruh you can't find new clues now i should sleep

[hollow vale]

His name is back to unwanted, buried, forgotten so I think this is a clue. Time to get searching.

[teal grotto]

badabing badaboom, carcosa

[chilly marten]

chickentendies

[midnight grail]

nah

[chilly marten]

lol wth

[maiden bobcat]

Kek nice @patent dagger

[patent dagger]

we do a lil snackin'

[desert ether]

damn i'm hungry now

[patent dagger]

what yall up to

[desert ether]

showering

[hollow vale]

we officially got baited. it translates to CHICKENNUGGETSCHICKENTENDIESSTEAKGRAVY

[maiden bobcat]

At work.

[hollow vale]

good one @patent dagger

[maiden bobcat]

I'm watching a video on the Rwandan genocide.

[chilly marten]

steak sus

[midnight grail]

@patent dagger i hate u

[patent dagger]

there is an impostor among us

[teal grotto]

are we the crocodile swat officers

[chilly marten]

we were getting suspicious of people telling us not to look at the game today

[midnight grail]

Judge involved with cult confirmed?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[chilly marten]

https://tenor.com/view/hmm-suspect-gif-22611582

[hollow vale]

judge is cult confirmede??

[patent dagger]

This dude kinda sus bro

[desert ether]

she do be cryptic tho

[hollow vale]

i dont think thats related but
52676384

[chilly marten]

I mean should we look at ourselves as in irl or in game lmao

[desert ether]

she just told us to get a life

[hollow vale]

his name doesnt translate

[chilly marten]

that too

[tacit sequoia]

the amount of pple baiting that they are part of the carcosa thing is mad funny

[patent dagger]

coulda just said "touch grass" tbh

[hollow vale]

we are desperate for new stuff man

[desert ether]

we stay hungry we devour

[tacit sequoia]

usually clues are given later

[patent dagger]

lets devour each other

[desert ether]

you start

[chilly marten]

we're speculating at this point

[tacit sequoia]

we still stuck in the "hold me" part?

[midnight grail]

what hold me part

[desert ether]

nah bro we stuck and that's it

[tacit sequoia]

this uhm user roled "the lost" joined yesterday and gave some evidence

[chilly marten]

yeah thats the last thing we know too

[patent dagger]

yeah

[chilly marten]

rather than deciphering I think we're getting told a story at this point

[hollow vale]

last thing we got and its a dead end rn

[chilly marten]

we apperantly "lost" two people to cult? so we should look at ourselves?

[patent dagger]

so

[chilly marten]

those who are lost found home? idfk

[patent dagger]

we're progressblocked because we missed something

[chilly marten]

that or we dont know enough

[patent dagger]

new "git gud" just dropped

[chilly marten]

oh shit

[hollow vale]

what do we have that hasnt been done

[chilly marten]

dude this could mean a hint from a year ago too

or is it recent?

[midnight grail]

I'm damn sure it's about old carcosa(let's call it that idk)

[chilly marten]

lets hope so

if its old than rip for me

do we know who that may be?

[midnight grail]

impostor

[chilly marten]

so we should look at ourselves

tf void and that someone

^ very possible

[patent dagger]

that was solved bro

[hollow vale]

im just skimming through the doc now but i dont see much we can do with current hints

[chilly marten]

nda people know more so we're probably unaware of something recent or very old

[chilly marten]

the fact gwyn replied to that chat hints that its something to do with you guys over there?

[patent dagger]

"Melting I want to forget"

then numbers responded "hold me"

[chilly marten]

your pfp looks melting

[patent dagger]

no my brain is melting

[chilly marten]

lol

we shouldve pinned your previous comment including all the lines we have till now

[midnight grail]

This from An Inhabitant of Carcosa

And we have "The Lost" dude

[hollow vale]

direct me to carcosa? i have an idea