#bunkshelf cipher

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!

-🖤🐈‍⬛

currently going through Θ's wiki page and I noticed this quote

"Every string anchors me to you.[6] I was fading into the dark, but… the threads slowed me. No longer. I can make more threads, yes… Hold them tight to me, bind them together, make the connection stronger, tangible. No longer falling… Coming closer. Coming home."

the threads mentioned are certainly connected to cipher three with needle thread needle embrace but I'm not yet sure how. some things this quote I believe does confirm is that Θ was from earth and is using the moon and the threads they're making to return back since the moon is now drifting towards earth and no longer away from it. perhaps the demihumans are the anchors that is helping Θ return home but I'm not sure

a theory I was thinking was Θ is being used is because the circle is the moon and the line in the middle is the entity cause Ο or Omicron wasn't used as the stand in name (we know Θ is not the actual name due to a response Mage has given to a question on tumblr) which O is another letter of the Greek alphabet (edited)

it might be possible that Θ is actually the moon seeing how recent the demihumans are I think they started appearing after the apollo missions due to those missions brought back moon rocks, possible being pieces of Θ

I know there's a fair few people who are over here instead and don't use Discord so shall we use #bunkshelf cipher for any cipher discussions going forward? That way we can keep track of topics and get stuff shared between the server and on here - feel free to cross post thoughts and especially findings!

[Final Storyteller located: Shezu Rivera]

[Counter phase of ARG remains incomplete]

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