Can we talk about the ASMR/Audio RP VAs, please? I'm dying to talk about the VAs-
So hi there.
Um, my name's Nyx, but I've gone by Sombra or Stray as well in different spaces. I'm an avid listener of asmr/audio roleplays and I'm present in a few of the communities and fandoms here on Tumblr.
(Hi guys!!! *waves furiously from the pedestal*)
My favorite fandom and the one I'm most present in, however, is the Bunkshelf. Mage has been my favorite creator and VA since I finished binging their channel and I've met a lot of cool people in there.
The thing about Mage, though- our beloved, scrunkly, genius raccoon over here- is that they tend to be fond of codes. And ciphers. And all sorts of delicious little secrets.
They've been getting back into that recently, and I'm HERE FOR ITTTTT. My reputation as many know is that of "feral simp go AAAAAA"- but I'm a story-lover first. You give me a good plot and I'm yours. And seeing Mage including more puzzles for us to solve in their audios is so exciting for me, I love that kind of thing.
We've had a bit of a Bunkshelf ARG going on for a couple of years now. And it's funny because I thought it would be JUST a BUNKSHELF ARG.
TURNS OUT IT'S NOT.
The keener-eyed viewers of the Bunkshelf may have noticed two codes in the latest audio. Not unusual for Mage, right? That's their reputation after all.
........ no what's unusual is the fact that over the past week, ten VAs have also had codes hidden in their videos.
All are the same type of code as the one hidden in Mage's audio.
The ARG has expanded. It's not contained solely to the Bunkshelf, but is crossing over to other Storyteller's Realms.
Currently on that list?
@shaymelessaudios
CardlinAudio
Maladaptive Daydream Audio
Luca the Dark Fae
@capitalmaudios
@kimuracarter (who's on my binge list, ma'am I'm coming for you, nice to meet you btw, Pyro speaks highly of you-)
@magebunkshelf herself of course (they have received a lot of screeching from me over this and I apologize-)
JayAshBran
Siren's Son ASMR
@mr-laveau (also on that list, hello hello lovely-)
The Cipher Hunters in the Bunkshelf are expecting more audios with codes to be released. But we don't know from who yet. We're given clues based off of code words, and I went into more detail on them in the Ciphers page on the Bunkshelf Wiki (I'll link it below as well).
What we need- from everyone- all of y'all in the Tumblr fandoms- is to keep an eye on your VAs that you're following. There's no connection among the audios themselves, we're going from romance to space to pirates. It can come from ANYONE.
The code in the audio will look something like this:
It can start at any point in the audio and will run for an average of about five seconds, repeating twice. The key part about this code is that there is ONE letter that never changes in each line. We need those constants to figure out the key to this phase of the Bunkshelf ARG.
If you think you've found a clue, post it on Tumblr and PLEASE tag it with "#bunkshelf cipher"- we need all the eyes we can get.
I'd like to end this all by saying this is... a truly incredible, meaningful thing to do for the community. You're promoting other VAs and you're getting the different fandoms to interact and hopefully collaborate with each other. It's such a cool idea and so sweet. And so freaking IMPRESSIVE that it's being pulled off.
So to the VAs that helped in the scheming- thank you. Mage, thank you AGAIN for coming up with this game for us to play.
And thank you to everyone who decides to play with us.
Happy hunting!
-🖤🐈⬛
Several coded messages have appeared within audios, in the channel's community posts and in other places. These messages are parts of an ARG