A few weeks ago I posted a deciphered version of the "Don't turn on the lights :-)" email in the comments on itch.io, since then I've noticed that Cain tweets from time to time in said cipher.
I marked with red the letters replaced by the square symbol - b, c, and m.
As far as I know, 3 of the characters (Jiho, Genesis, and Cain) have Twitter accounts. At the moment I've only looked through Cain's. I will not be analyzing his entire account and posts, but I might try that in another post in the future.
Firstly, his bio includes the same exact cipher, only mirrored, read from right to left.
Translation: "He who walks in shadow". As you can see "e" is now "l", and "k" is "ɹ". He seems to switch it up a bit every other tweet.
This directly references the contents of the emails. On the 19th of October, he does not know the cause of this occurrence.
"Let the sediment settle until the bottom of the glass looks like coal dust. Leave it on the table. It's the same thing that took the color out of the rocks in the creek. It's the same thing that's making the neighbor's dog stop barking."
The email is sent on May 14, by a person who lives in the same neighborhood as Cain, using the same exact cipher, with minor differences.
I'm not sure what timeline the Twitter accounts follow, if the dates are not of importance or if they're meticulously planned in advance, but I'll take both scenarios into consideration: the email could either be sent by Cain himself, or by a third party who has probably come into contact with him in one way or another.
Cain frequently mentions having a Reddit account, but sadly I could not find it.
I compiled all his encrypted tweets (tweets presenting simple glitched text that can't be made any sense of were not included):
"smell, taste, touch, sound, sight, five walls. five months, five decades, five..."
Not sure if the glitched parts have any significance
"I see (?)e code it's bea-iful and it's bleedingbleedingbleeding -do (FVB) read my? I think I can rea(e)ch (FVB)" -in parantheses is the original text
I think (FVB) might mean "you" but that would break all conventions basically. If anyone has any other ideas, let me know in the comments.
"If I crane my head just right, I can see the edge of the- world;; but it's all scan lines and colors. They're burning into my vision. im looki- too deeply."
"yes, i went back, i wonder if something lik- the tuscan sword is buried there. --only explanation of why i feel so drawn to it. a mellage(?)… --one that was for me, and yet got lost."
This time its not mirrored and it's read from left to right. And the letter x makes its debut for the first time as "G".
This cipher is completely new! Also not mirrored
"Solus Cum Solo, In Loco Remtoro, Non Cogitabuntuo oraae Pater Noster.
the five sounds of christ. the five foolish virgins. four walls and a ceaing. or maybe four limbs and a head. we are all trapped in a pentagram of fesho.
i need fresh eyes. i need help."
There seem to be a few typos in the original, this is what I think i should be:
" Solus cum solo, in loco remoto non cogitabuntur orare Pater Noster.
the five sounds of christ. the five foolish virgins. four walls and a ceasing. or maybe four limbs and a head. we are all trapped in a pentagram of flesh.
i need fresh eyes. i need help."
The latin phrase roughly translates to "Alone with the [One] Alone, in a remote place, they will not be thinking to pray the Our Father"
It is the title of Chapter 13, Book Eighth, Volume III of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.
And another new cipher! This one is mirrored, read right to left.
"She used to say every secret is stone you're asking God to carry. I must be a mountain by now; The tonnage of it makes my bones feel like glass. I wonder how much pressure it'll take to finally turn me into light."
As of today (May 1st) those are all instances of Cain & the cipher.
У меня был недостаток ДимАнь в крови, так что получилось что-то типа перерисовки прошлогоднего арта. Очень не хватает этих двоих нарисованных вместе 🥺
Кстати, у меня в голове крутится небольшой хедканон на тему того, что Диме легче засыпать когда Аня рядом, он чувствует себя менее тревожно и в какой-то степени ощущает себя в безопасности. Возможно это перерастет в небольшой фанфик, хаха
I did OC cards for all the characters a looong time ago, when some of them hadn't even made an appearance (so there was no Nikita or Temnova, for example). Might as well redo em with a more detailed template and make them more accurate to my current vision lol
Hey does anyone know the context for these countdown sketches ive been seeing? Some of them i see have the same numbers so maybe theyre for different things but im going insane trying to find them all
They’re the episode promo! The crews and/or ONE usaully post them before the episode air. Some will draw all the way through or only draw the one they worked or or just on a whim. I attempt to compile every promo I can find by mostly going through the crew media tab or official mp100 twitter like lmao (unfortunately a few of them deactivated/delete):
HOLY SHIT THANK YOU tbh i was mostly just womdering about those numbered ones but i’ll also add on some i’m also assuming are promo arts (dont take all of these for word i cant really tell)
Someone tell me if any of these aren’t actually promo arts for the episodes and anyone is free to add
Heyo. Sorry if I'm doing this wrong but i downloaded Tumblr because of you and your PAFL series. I've never been a fan of vocaloid songs but i listen to yours at least once a week. I was wondering if you took inspiration from anything when your songs lyrics?. I'm aware the setting is somewhat based on stalker but some of your Lyrics are honestly amazing. Ones like
"I've got no ammo but an ambition to fight"
Are so perfect. And they way your songs flow to seamlessly is great
Aaaa thank you so much! I'm really flattered you enjoy my lyrics:')
It's difficult to pinpoint specific inspirations, since I tend to simply write things that sound cool and roll off the tongue easily hahah
I know I spent a lot of time picking apart Pink Floyd lyrics in middle school, there's just so much unique and memorable imagery in them. They're smart, but never feel overly complicated or obtuse for the sake of being obtuse. I respect that a lot! There are lots of other bands that influenced me of course, but this is one of the first ones that come to mind.
There's also literature. I don't read as much as I used to, but whenever I do, I try to make mental notes on the cool turns of phrase I come across, unusual comparisons, meldic wordings. Same goes for movies, documentaries, Wikipedia articles - man, anything.
It's really banal, but I think just reading and listening to a lot of different stuff is the number one way to get a sense for metaphors and other types of expressive means. Literally anything can become lyrics material if you bend it into shape.
Personally, a lot of my lyric writing is working backwards from having a cool turn of phrase or reference in mind and figuring out how to work that into the lyrics in a way that makes sense. There's still a lot of Rhymezoning and Thesaurusing involved, but those won't help much if you don't have a certain library of ideas and expressions to pull from.
And sometimes even if you have plenty of reference material, nothing will come out sounding right. This was the case with the PAFL song I'm currently working on - I had a clear idea of WHAT it should convey, but everything I wrote sounded so trite. It's like my library ran dry or just didn't have the resources for this particular subject.
So I took a break from the song, consumed a shit ton of different media, took more mental notes - and whadya know, actually found the words I was looking for! And after I got the first couple of phrases down, everything else gradually fell into place as well.
It's a slow approach and is neither necessary nor applicable to every songwriter, but this is what I've recently figured works for myself.
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