Apple 11 ARG (The Department of Metaphysical Sciences)
Okay buckle up cause hooly sheeet
If you haven't been on twitter then you might not know that there's an ongoing ARG based upon The Department of Metaphysical Sciences.
This arg started in a Discord D.M.S. roleplay server named Site 11 (yeah you read that right don't look at me weirdly) when the account of xXCraftyKingXx(Crafty as we call him) joined the server.
This started a shit ton of people joining the server (including meeee) to help decode what crafty had given us.
More info under the spoilers (it's a lot of stuff)
(I might start updating this as time goes on)
(Day One) - The first appearance
On the 28th of April at around 6:30 pm (Central Time) a member of the discord mentioned that they had seen Crafty in the list of members in the server. After that the general channel became an absolute shit show of members panicking leading them to
1. Believe that the server was being leaked
2. Start saying they weren't actually a part of the department of Metaphysical.
3. Begin jokingly threatening to execute Crafty
(Both messages from members and replies from Crafty will be typed since there would be too many images to input)
"discord message" [server nickname ~ username] other things
"I HAVE NO INVOLVEMENT IN THIS" [Ivan The Arg Nerdtm ~ _xefer.] "Dont worry, I am not here to leak anything. I am just looking for people also looking into the DMS." - Crafty
"We made Derek mine bedrock for six years" [The King in YAOI ~ _thirteen13_] "I’m sorry what?" - Crafty
"@/xXCraftyKingXx hello did you hack that account pleasebeahacker" [Doctor Fyre ~ wxldfyre] "I’m sorry I am in fact the real me." - Crafty
"I have not been hacked." - Crafty
"crafty how did you find this server." [endoh! ~ endohtheworld] "I am simply looking for more people interested in the DMS and trying to uncover their secrets. I am in the right place right?" - Crafty
"THATS NOT HOW A NORMAL PERSON TYPES???" [Ivan The Arg Nerdtm ~ _xefer.] "Sorry I haven’t been on the internet much since I was 19, I’m used to talking formally “nowadays. I am very sorry if the way I type is weird." - Crafty
“crafty, do you know anything else about the dms….” [Disaster | cameraman ~ fiore1773_0] "Yes, I have been looking into them [DMS] for over a year now. I have found quite a bit of information but still not enough." - Crafty
“They didn't try to come for you after everything, right? As far as we are aware they're very good at making people disappear” [MK[Mako Karhs] | Archivist ~ berryjello] "Yes I am alright, I had to lay low for a while but I am doing fine and am in a safe location." - Crafty
"have you seen wifies’ most recent video? there’s an interesting document in the google drive…" [endoh! ~ endohtheworld] "Yes I have, I am looking into it with a new friend of mine." - Crafty
"Have u had any interesting takeaways from it yet? Any thoughts :P?" [Rosa ~ noodlesrecipe] "I have found quite a bit, It will take me a while to share some of it with anyone. Especially since I do not want to endanger anyone here." - Crafty
"i will warn you crafty, whatever “information” we dig up about the dms will more often than not be fictional. however, if we DO find something, we’ll make sure to tell you right away. we’ll do whatever we can to help you and your friend" [endoh! ~ endohtheworld] "Thank you very much, I do hope we can find out more about the DMS together." - Crafty
"I too will try to share as much as I can, However some information will take time. I do not know how much I am being monitored at the moment." - Crafty
"stalkers go crazy these days. take care, make sure to lose any tails before you enter a building! i recommend removing parts of your phone that's prone to be tracked. putting it in a faraday cage also works WONDERS!" [Dr. Natsumi | coordinator ~ blueisthecolorofdistance] "Do not worry, I am quite experienced now in “going offline”. I have only been in danger recently because of my friend. Even though I appreciate the company he is not the brightest sadly. However we will persevere nonetheless." - Crafty
"I have to go for now, I hope to see you all again. Until next time." - Crafty
(Day Two) - That fucking apple that I hate (/ref)
Crafty’s second appearance a day later on the 29th of April.
“Hello, we are currently changing locations right now. However I want to speak with you all soon as I want to share and compare our current information on the DMS. We will be safe again in about 40 minutes from now, I hope some of you are still online by then.” - Crafty
“Hello everyone, Sorry for the delay it took longer for us to set up the computer than i thought it would.” - Crafty
“It’s okay! Are you alright though?" [Socmed intern yoz(27th Avery) ~ yoztromo] "Yes don’t worry, I discovered that messaging on this account has been dangerous as it seems I am being tracked via it." - Crafty
"However we will be okay, We are at a temporary location at the moment waiting to move to a more secure one tonight." - Crafty
"Thank you all I very much appreciate your kind wishes." - Crafty
"Are you friends with averythe mayo?" [Ivan The Arg Nerdtm ~ _xefer.] "I am sorry but for the moment I cannot give you a name who my friend is, I have discovered that names are dangerous to give out. That is why I am still “Crafty” even though I haven’t used that username in years. After enough time passes however i think we can reveal ourselves, We are waiting for the right moment." - Crafty
"However please have some reassurance I will look after and take care of my friend, I think we both will take care of each other. I do not think either of us want another friend of ours taken by the DMS." - Crafty
“However, would it be safe to say how you met this friend of yours?” [The King in YAOI ~ _thirteen13_] "I am able to say that. The two of us met thanks to wifies and his investigations. I saw that he might be in a dangerous position so I looked for him." - CraftyÂ
“I am still boggled on how the two of us get tracked after interacting with the DMS however he himself stays safe.” - Crafty
“Is wifies alright too” [Ivan The Arg Nerdtm ~ _xefer.]
“From what I have seen he is more than fine. I have tried finding him similar to how I found my friend but the strangest thing happens every time i try.” - Crafty
“What type of things?” [Jade || BSD ~ 1vy._adomin]
“The strangest thing. Every attempt I make on finding him leads me to the same image, Give me a moment I can try to get his location again and screenshot it.” - Crafty
“Here it is. I do not know what it means but something involving this is blocking my ability to track wifies. I have tried tweaking everything about it but nothing comes up, Its been bothering me a lot lately.” - Crafty
“Apple....thats ours director symbol guys btw” [Evil*yasu kure_chan.] “From what I have seen it is not related to anything "human" per say. After all, the DMS threatened wifies. I see no reason they would protect him.”- Crafty
“Do you think whatever is protecting him is also keeping him safe from the DMS?” [MK[Mako Karhs] | Archivist ~ berryjello] “I think my biggest worry involving it is not that its protecting him, but maybe trapping him. I can not figure it out for the life of me. However, I think the only one that can solve this problem is wifies himself. I just wish i could help him the same way he has helped me.” - Crafty
“I too think I may have to go soon, It seems like messaging in here has once again tracked us. We are currently packing up, However I do have something to ask from you all.” - Crafty
“We are currently looking into a creature that may know the answers to our questions, However it will take us some time before we are able to break into the DMS. I am waiting for wifies to weaken the system again, just enough for us to sneak in undetected. If the time comes and you see this creature, Please pick wisely what to ask.” - Crafty
“We have to go sorry se you al son” - Crafty
(Day Three & Day Eight) A Wait
<Private messages shared between SITE DIRECTOR 011-0000-000 and CK. On April 30th>"Hello, I am very sorry if everything has been sprung on you all. I was worried that any of your would be tracked by the DMS, so I have put in a precaution. Any attempts to find anyone in your server’s location will be interrupted, and will instead show my location at that moment. This should get them off of your backs for the time being, however we will have to be on the run for a while longer than I hoped. Despite his protests, I have moved my friend to a secure location where he will hold out for the next week, so do not worry over his safety, and you all will be safe in the meantime. All I can say regarding your involvement in something larger than this is to think of what I have said before, Share it with as many others as you can, and try your best to think of something together. I cannot promise some grand mystery to solve right now, however remember what I have asked you all as I think it will help you sometime in the future. I will be unavailable for the next week, tell the others to stand strong. To know what I am hoping for their safety and success. I have to go now, I wish you all luck." - Crafty
Sent by Crafty on May 7th “Hello everyone, my time is short but I will be able to speak with you all soon. Tomorrow at 1pm est I will be untraceable for 30 minutes. I will see you all then, please stay safe until then.” - Crafty
(Day Nine) - The apple of my eye
May 8th twelve days after the first interaction Crafty went online again.
“Hello everyone, It is nice to see you all again! I hope you have been well. I sadly think this may be our last time speaking for quite a while.” - Crafty
Why would that be? [DR. (ely) MENTIRI | Biorobotics ~ yourrlocalgooberr]
“It seems as though me being monitered has intensified further than I thought it would. It has been quite the rough week I am eating for the first time in a week right now.” - Crafty
“Crafty, that doesnt sound too good. Have you been unable to find food?” [Carl | The Janitor male_impregnator] “It is not that i havent been able to find food and more havent had time to sit down and eat it.” - Crafty
“Crafty, do by any chance this new friend of yours are connected to the recent args Wifies investigated?” [Steven/Naz ~ adhityagamingyt] “As far as I am aware of he is not connected to a new "arg?" that wifies has looked into. He has already appeared in another one of his. I do however know some of what he has recently looked into.” - Crafty
“Oh god, crafty my apologizes. I hope you can rest for longer. But we have a question: What is the creature/entity you refered to earlier that had the 'answer’” [DR. (ely) MENTIRI | Biorobotics ~ yourrlocalgooberr] “That is a tricky one. All I can say for the moment is I have meet the entity, Asked my questions and got my answers. It told me that it know it will see you all soon, so my payment for asking quesitons was confidentiality.” - Crafty
“Uh crafty! What happened to alex after the server shut down? If you don't mind me asking…” [Florencia - Director’s Secretary ~ fylthv] “I sadly do not know, I dont know anything that has happened to the eternal experiemnt nor Alex. I will find out however no matter what, I will not leave him again.” - Crafty
“Crafty, is the entity safe for us to be around?” [MidnightF4lls | 011-0220-011 ~ midnightf4lls] “Yes, however remember my messages. I cant say anything that may help you as of now, however some of my warnings will come in great help in the coming months.” - Crafty
“Can you give us like a rough estimate of where you are?” [Temperpura (Cassian, Astrid) ~ temperpura] “I cannot as I know that these messages are being watched right now. Not by the DMS, but I know more now and I know that she watches.” - Crafty
“Crafty, I'm unsure if you'll be able to answer this, but I would like to ask if you've noticed the code on the apple? A few friends are curious” [DR. Ahn | First Psychiatrist ~ 0fficialsaltedfish] “I am sorry what code? From everything I have tried I could not find anything about the apple from that image.” - Crafty
“hello crafty ! so sorry, im sure youre being bombarded by questions. do you think you can find the original apple image rather than the screenshot? or, do you think you can explain anything else about the image and what prompts it to appear? thank you so much!” [sean ~ a9w1.] “I am sorry I cannot. She is watching.” - Crafty
“I am very sorry I cannot tell you anything regarding who she is.” - Crafty
“I also apologize if it takes a moment between my messages. I am a little shaky right now as well as digging into some terriyaki chicken.” - Crafty
“It's fine crafty! Tho I'd like to ask would the DMS get wifies because he has trespassed the DMS database twice?(About alex and XtremeGamer11) And if sfawtde counts too since the DMS had taken the footage down they might've asked wifies to take his yt video down too!” [Florencia - Director’s Secretary ~ fylthv] “As of what I now know wifies will be safer than everyone for the moment. However that is all I know on the matter.” - Crafty
“Crafty, im sorry for spamming this question, but I truly want to know, have you learned anything new, and if so what? Anything will help.” [DR. (ely) MENTIRI | Biorobotics ~ yourrlocalgooberr] “There are so many new things I know now. However I do not know how much I can particularly share. And what I can share will have to be vague as to avoid anything bad happening to me and my friend.” - Crafty
“One thing I can say is to question everything. Not everything will be a grand puzzle, however after learning more I now know that the pieces have been there. Question what you must and keep it, a time will come soon where you can ask someone who knows far more than me what you want to know.” - Crafty
“crafty i really do hope youre safe, but out of all places to be, why did you choose to come here to tell us this? Why not stay low and keep outsiders out of this from the additional risk you are taking in talking to us?” [TheLeastKetchup ~ ambroisary] “To tell you the truth, I it is just because I have been lonely. It has been very difficult this past year dealing with everything that has happened. When I was a kid I never expected to someday be on the run from the government. If not for my friend I fear what I may have done to myself. He is a good kid, reminds me of alex when we were younger.”- Crafty
“Crafty, sorry if i keep asking. What other entities have you found beside the sea creature? And is emily richards really terminated or does she still work there? Or what about DEI-003 since they've only found 3 tapes out of 6 what happened to them?” [Mimi Researcher&DataArchIvist ~ mimiyoung_lady_56208] “I am sorry I do not know much about the sea creature you all speak of? I did not find any sea creature. As for remaining entities I found far more than I ever would have imagined there being. It is hard to choose one to speak of.” - Crafty
“What entities have you found that are related to what is happening? If you can say” [DR. (ely) MENTIRI | Biorobotics ~ yourrlocalgooberr] “I am scared to say any of them. However, I believe I may be able to get away with one name. The name of the creature you will soon meet, but wifies will never.” - Crafty
“And that is?” [DR. (ely) MENTIRI | Biorobotics ~ yourrlocalgooberr] “Faust, remember that name. Prepare your questions. It may take a while to meet him, however the key to knowing more is unity and cooperating. Work together to know what you want to know, I know how difficult it is to be alone and how much better it is to have someone to talk to.” - Crafty
“I am sorry everyone, I believe my time is up. This is all I can give you for the moment. Remember to stay safe, stay together, It is the only way we can make it through this world. I do not know when I will be able to see you all again, However rest assured that I will keep you all in my heart. I hope you can make room in yours for me. Thank you all once again, until next time!” - Crafty
Extras
For the entire week that Crafty was gone(from April 29th to May 7) the decoders were tweaking because of the image of the apple. Only to find out from crafty it was nothing more than an image(nothing else could be found beside the image below).
Once Crafty returned there was a line of text in his profile that was part of a youtube link
Is this real? (Is this cannon?)
Yes it is! There are two points that prove this
Crafty's username being the exact same from finding a player who doesn't exist
The link from Crafty's profile leading to a video posted from the real ArchIve channel
