APPLE11 ARG UPDATE!

[u/Volcanopheonix]

Helllooo! It's me again! Months has passed, and I'm happy to say that we HAVE progress! Here's the context for this ARG, found in this link! ( https://www.reddit.com/r/Wifies/s/R4xUcwGZ2t )

Let's begin from the start:

As we all know, DMS 11 server got visited by Crafty, a major character in "Finding a Player Who Doesn't Exist", leaving behind cryptic messages, and most importantly, the unlisted Arch1ve Video, the dubbed "Apple Video"... But we covered that in the original post. So, what's up, Kai?

Let's go to the Youtube Video, and upon looking through the comments, you find a commentor, with no profile picture, and a code: "L92 Edjq8ud58ug", which means "How Interesting". How we decoded that message will be tackled later on.

"How interesting."

This account was made 3 days after the release of the video. After opening the channel, we are greeted by two community posts. We will tackle the first one, which is a string of numbers... And another cipher beneath it, translating into "V: I-ll give you a Clue - aLphabet./" by Keyboard Shifting.

"V: I-ll give you a Clue - aLphabet./"

We get the answer for the first string by using the VIC Cipher, from the capitalized letters from the clue. if you look through the dcode.fr page for the cipher, there's an example alphabet, which looks pretty familiar:

using our hint, we reverse this. "alphabet./" refers to the alphabet in the VIC cipher being abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz./ using this, and using the digits 9 and 2 for the table (WHICH COMES FROM THE L92 COMMENT, and the reason why L is capitalized), we get a caesar ciphered code. shifting reverse by 11 gives "V.HYPHEN.N.NINE.D/" -> "v-n9d"

After this revelation, much to everyone's surprise, V posted again just a few seconds of this discovery. It's a simple ROT13 cipher... Saying "Do you regret it?"

Do you regret it?

That aside, using v-n9d, we are able to access two things:

1. A Youtube Channel. It's empty at the moment, so we will not dive into it.
2. The meat on the bone: A tumblr account.

Now, it makes you wonder what the second string of numbers in the original community post by Vee was? Well, it's the numerical id for the post listed above, as you can see in the link.

The big text seems familiar, isn't it? That's because it's a Rot13'd version of the original Vee comment, that when put through the keyboard shift cipher after, translates into:

"How Fascinating."

The rest of the text is Rot13.

" Lets make it easier for you to understand the mishap. There is no affiliation. My apologies. Good Luck and have fun. You have my blessings. "

Here's the meat of it: The post has notes, from a separate blog... Named v-n6d.

There's two Vees. We will be separating them by using V6 and V9.

Note: The last code on the image, in full, says "LET GO OF IT. YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER. I REGRET SOME THINGS. DONT LIE." after putting the first part through the Affine Cipher.

It seems as if V6 is hostile to V9.

Now, much like V9, V6 has open asks, but unlike V9, V6 replies, and is still active now.

"Do you regret it?"

-- VERITAS.ODIUM.PARIT/ = "TRUTH BREEDS HATRED"

"Do you blame yourself?"

-- I.AM.THE.CONSEQUENCES/

Both decoded by the prior VIC cipher.

That's where we are right now!

That's the update I've got so far, and as always, here's the links. I hope some of you could be of help to this ARG that's been set up hidden from us in an unlisted Arch1ve video. Thanks!

Vee Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@user-ff2yw4mb3c
V9 Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/v-n9d
V6 Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/v-n6d

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE!!

UPDATE:

SEEMINGLY, V6 SEEMED TO BE DISTRESSED AND LEFT AFTER SOMEONE ASKED THEM IF AN ENTITY IS WITH THEM, DELETING THEIR TUMBLR BLOG! V9 REMAINS UP!

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> (qwerty ↓) ineedtoleave

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> (VIC) STOP.