The Tunnel

* Following the decoding of the Fire Map Ideogram, John was made aware that there might be secret labs in the basement of the rebel compound.

* On February 2nd, John ventured down into the basement and found a tunnel.
* On February 7th, John posted a picture of a door at the end of the tunnel.
* He was not heard from until February 13 when he tweeted “What the hell happened? I went through that door and then I just remember black.. I woke up in „my“ room. My head hurts..”.
* John appeared to have been hit on the back of his head and knocked out, then placed back in his room by his assailant.
* On February 15, John posted a poll asking “I don’t feel safe in this place anymore, but I also need to know what’s behind that tunnel, what should I do?” The votes were 70.6 percent in favour of going back into the tunnel.

* On **February** 23, John announced he would go back down and through the door.

## **The Last Video**

* On February 25, John tweeted a HEX encode message **796f757475206265206d4848434c766a65512d34**
* The message decodes into a link to an unlisted youtube video
* The title of the video is  **mkzuifmbjquau** and the description repeats that title plus a HEX string **68747470733a2f2f796f7574752e62652f6d7257684b4734616e5959**
* The title is encode in Vigenere using key “gggbbbhhh” and translates to **getthefuckout**
* The HEX string translates to a link to the dollar video.
* The Video shows the approach of the door at the end of the tunnel. The footage becomes glitched and corrupted once through the door. Then the camera falls on the ground and a body is shown moving belly down across the floor out of view.
* John has not been heard from since.

## **The Dollar video**

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrWhKG4anYY&feature=youtu.be
* The title of the video is **otmpexlayayz** which translates via Vigenere with key “gggbbbhhh” to **ingodwetrust**
* The video was uploaded by the new Crag Winkler’s youtube account
* The description reads **68747470733a2f2f796f7574752e62652f55695059353558665a4b45** which is translates via HEX into a link to the Fire and Snow video
* @wormhole found out the spectogram of the audio shows the top part of a one dollar bill

## **The Fire and Snow video**

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiPY55XfZKE&feature=youtu.be
* The title of the video is **loxfbokzuuc**  which translates via Vigenere with key “gggbbbhhh” to **fireandsnow**
* The video was uploaded by the new Crag Winkler’s youtube account
* The video starts by showing the identical footage of John’s Last video, but once through the door, a different blue glitch pattern appears on which shortly the text “FIRE AND SNOW” is displayed before the video ends.
* @wormhole found the spectrogram of the audio shows a string of characters **mobfnfaolslxffcpyky** which translates via Vigenere with key “gggbbbhhh” to **givemethemfreebirds**

## **John’s return**

* On March 9, John tweeted a link to a youtube video called “Transmission #3”, see Transmissions
* In the video, John is seen sitting in the dark with a hoodie and black facemask. He says the following: **Hey guys, just wanted to tell you I’m okay, I guess. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know who put the videos on my channel. I’m not going to the basement again. I woke up in my room again, but I’m definitely out of here. Wish me luck. I hope this makeshift mask will protect me.**
* That same night, John tweeted he left the Rebel Compound, heading to building 617.