IPhone 4 Anomaly

The **iPhone 4 Anomaly** is an Apple iPhone 4 that was owned by John Duardi until his death. In the form of Talking Bacteria John, he left it in Autumn's vent alongside a plastic GameStop bag. Autumn described the smartphone as "hot to the touch" and made multiple attempts to unlock it, to no success. Its contents were finally discovered on September 18, 2023.

Since the release of Stagedive by Fred Piss (the band), the smartphone has emitted loud noises and overheated each time the artificial intelligence server generated a new album.

## History

### John Duardi's Phone

The iPhone 4 belonged to John Duardi and was his primary cell phone from 2012 to his death in 2021. During this time, he filled his camera roll and notes app with ramblings about The Burn and "Bone God", as well as an appreciation for skeletons.

### Talking Bacteria John's Phone

After Duardi was killed by Rick Atlus in December 2021, Duardi's ghost, Talking Bacteria John, took ownership of the phone. In February 2023, TBJ contracted salmonella and died in Autumn's arms, leaving the phone behind in her ventilation system. She soon discovered the device and noticed its high temperature.

### In Autumn's Possession

Mere minutes later, the phone began to ring. Autumn contemplated answering it, and the phone received a text advising her to do so. She picked up the phone, only to hear the voice of Friends star Matt LeBlanc on the other end, followed by an eerie prerecorded message that included screeching noises and a voice listing future dates at random.

Autumn made the decision to end the phone's life and ordered a mallet online. The package was "lost in transit" and took several days to arrive. During this time, the phone continued receiving unknown notifications and texts, and its heat began to burn a hole in the floor. When the mallet finally arrived two days later, Autumn struck the phone once, and the device reflected the impact to her arm, shattering the mallet and snapping her bone in two.

The next day, Autumn decided to check the phone's contents, only to be stopped by a passcode. After several guesses, she got locked out of the phone and decided to wait for a better guess before trying again. She kept the phone in her possession for the next several months and noticed that it got hotter and emitted loud noises whenever the Fred Piss (the band) artificial intelligence engine generated a new album. The device often glowed red, moved on its own, and released copious amounts of smoke that smelled like burning steel.

In August, the phone began emitting beeps in morse code, which spelled out "music for an instant age". The next day, Autumn listened to the song in reverse, discovering a hidden message that said, "I buried Richard. The first number of the passcode is 2. Please refer to Layer 63 and 64." She tried the same tactic for that song, but found nothing. A month later, she decided to listen to the song 63-64 times on loop and hallucinated the second number, 3.

Fred Piss' penultimate album, *Abyss*, contained the third digit of the passcode, so Autumn listened to it and entered the void to find it. She awoke to herself shouting the third digit, 1. The final digit was located at the end of The Song That Instantly Kills You, so Autumn began listening to the album on the night before The Burn. She then realized that she could set the album to begin playing in reverse once it ended, and was able to find the final number and reverse her death. After successfully doing this, she inputted the passcode, 2319, into the phone.

In the phone, Autumn found the camera roll and notes, quickly making the discovery that John Duardi, Talking Bacteria John, and Chucking John were all the same person. Now having access to the phone's contents, she continued her search in attempt to tie all the clues together.