Something I Noticed in Zachobuilds' latest ARG: The Player Who Learned They Aren't Real
SPOILERS AHEAD!!
So, I think a lot of us noticed when Casian started burning the 'woodland mansion', there's like three sentences hidden in the static. Something like this:
This is the first hidden message in the video. It's hard to make out, but using the Epetri font that Zacho used before, the message reads:
I'LL WAIT A HUNDRED MORE
For reference, this is the Epetri font Zacho used:
The next two sentences were harder to decipher(?) decode(?) but, with the power of Ibispaint, I stacked multiple screenshots of the static frames and traced the lines. The second hidden message looks like this:
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHO IS REAL
While the third and last message goes like this:
THERE IS BEAUTY(R) IN ISOLATION
I'm not sure about the last one but I thought that was the only thing that made sense. The first few letters I was sure of for the third word was 'TYR'. The first thing I thought of was MARTYR, but it didn't make sense grammatically and when I tried tracing the rest of the word, MARTYR just wouldn't fit. I think BEAUTY made the most sense grammatically and logically... I just don't know why there is an extra R at the end of the word. Is it like a combination of the word BEAUTY and MARTYR?? Maybe? Idk??
BUT ANW!
With that established, here's my theory? interpretation or thoughts on this. These messages are from "THE DIVINE NEBULA".
I think these messages from the Nebula is their last attempt to both threaten and keep Casian under their control. "I'LL WAIT A HUNDRED MORE" could pertain to the Nebula saying they'll wait a hundred more years if they have to to take control of more people and perhaps break free of their digital form. IIRC, in the end of the video, Casian set the recorder to be accessed after a hundred years. "YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHO IS REAL" is most likely a threat to Casian. Like, "sure you'll escape but did you really?" This entity is trying to make Casian question and doubt everything, which is no way to live. And finally, "THERE IS BEAUTY IN ISOLATION" is the Nebula's way to coax Casian into staying, it is trying to bargain with Casian like how it convinced Cassie that the fog is peace.
Or maybe, this could be a hint from Zacho about his next ARGs or about the collab with the ARGvengers. Okay, that might be a stretch but who knows? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That's all! I just wanted to share my findings here in full detail, since I commented this on the YT vid too.
Bonus! Here's what my Ibispaint looks like lmao:













