December 2020

## The Beginning

On December 3rd 2020 the @name\_subject twitter account of John SNU tweeted "I hope they won't find me": https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1334532628330975234?s=20

Tweet from December 4th: "But i think I‘ll stay under the radar for some time, just to be sure" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1334899576331972615?s=20

On December 12th he tweeted: "They‘re here, HIDE!" with an image of a drone: https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1337697411804880896?s=20

Tweet from December 14th: "Someone sent me this with a throwaway email, don‘t know what to think about it" with another image: https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1338442665063542785?s=20

-> The strange url in the image can be decoded with vigenere and key "drone" to https://streamable.com/s5eqto this leads to the first drone video (TW: very loud video)

-> The QR Code in the image (better visible when brightness turned up) leads to Johns Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzLu0HIJUIaqJw5Klay8JA

Tweet from December 15th: "I can't remember how i got here, but as I'm recovering the memories slowly come back. There is the image of this girl in my mind. I think she saved me" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1338792770513887234?s=20

Tweet from December 16th: "Don't know who these people are that gave me shelter, but I owe them a lot. They call themselves "rebels", but I don't know what they're revolting against. Got to figure out a lot of things..." https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1339197607911026688?s=20

Tweet from December 17th: "Just now an image was flushing before my eyes. Neon lights, skyscrapers, shiny cars. Nothing like this place. Feels like a different world. Was it a dream or a MEMORY?" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1339671764381687819?s=20

## The Rebel Compound

The exploration of John's current habitat (as he said), the rebel compound begins. More details see Rebel Compound page

Tweet from December 18th: "CI84XiWhbf-/?igshid=1t1ll6j3whmh4" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1340022001776377858?s=20

Tweet from December 19th: "68747470733a2f2f7777772e696e7374616772616d2e636f6d2f702f" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1340214931791228928?s=20

-> This can be HEX decoded to https://www.instagram.com/p/ combined with the previous tweet its a full link: https://www.instagram.com/p/CI84XiWhbf-/?igshid=1t1ll6j3whmh4 it links to an instagram image on Johns Instagram Channel

The same day he added: "Sorry for the corrupted link. Still some problems with that old part of the internet. Ore someone is disturbing the connection in purpose .." and "I tried to link to that image page to show some photos of the surroundings when I‘m on my feet again." https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1340312824908800004?s=20

Tweet from December 21st: "Last night I heard a strange noise, don't know what to think about it 68747470733a2f2f736e6475702e6e65742f37783934" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1340951369423974403?s=20 the hex string can be decoded to a sndup link: https://sndup.net/7x94 this leads to an audio recording of some wind chimes and at the end a strange screaming, probably by a crawler

* in an answer tweet John added "Yeah they [the Rebels] thought it was an animal but didn’t find it. I took a picture don’t know if that’s an animal" with the image of red eyes (see right)

On the same day John posted some pictures of the rebel compound on his instagram.

Tweet from December 23rd: "Sneaking around in my hideout where time seems to stand still. Let‘s see if I can find something interesting..." https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1341864232980279296?s=20 with an image of a clock. For more details on the images with numbers, see Rebel Compound

Tweet from December 24th: "Thank you for those hints on the numbers, unfortunately I didn’t find something with a number input yet. But that old radio looks interesting. Wonder if it still works" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1342090810750357510?s=20

On the same day he tweeted: "I didn't think there were so many free birds left. Thank you for your help so far" with an image from his twitter profile with 68 followers. On his profile it says "Joined December 2084" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1342116138172489732?s=20

On December 27th he tweeted: "Found a fuse box!" with an image of a fuse box and a follow-up tweet: "So which one to take?" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1343202821617889280?s=20 with an image of the numbered switches inside the fuse box. For more details on the fuse box and the numbers, see Rebel Compound

Tweet from December 28th: "Let there be light ǝɹᴉɟ" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1343461006354374656?s=20 After the players found the different numbers around the Rebel Compound John tried the fuse #37 which, indeed, switched on the light. Another interesting thing is the first reference to "ǝɹᴉɟ" -> "fire"

Another tweet from the same day: "The basement where I found the fuse box looks less decayed as the rest of this facility. And it’s big, like a giant maze" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1343468422500392961?s=20

And another tweet from December 28th: "When I turned on the power switch of that radio it opened up a little bit but unfortunately stopped opening" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1343685820809695241?s=20 with a follow-up tweet "There’s something inside, need to find a way to open it completely" where a blurred paper can be seen inside the radio.

Tweet from December 29th: "I tried finding active frequencies on that radio. Don’t know what happened then. Made a video but it somehow got corrupted. Try to upload it later" with a follow-up: "It‘s like something wouldn’t let me put the video here. Just getting error messages" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1343850861454356480?s=20

Tweet from December 30th: "Got the paper out of the radio, but not what I expected" and follow-up: "And the inside" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1344270630481494017?s=20 with images of the "Fire Map", see paragraph 'Fire Map' on Rebel Compound

Tweet from the same day: "Got another strange mail from a throwaway address, is there a way to trace the sender?" https://twitter.com/name\_subject/status/1344329946978725890?s=20 see Second Throwaway Email