#once you uncover more of lil fire boi you'll understand

[commaclear]

hi comma! i wanna check out your horror series, but i’m really unfamiliar with how to interact with this medium of storytelling. i did the fundy arg bc i was already invested in the story and it seemed pretty straightforward, but that was my first time doing anything like that. is this new thing similar to the fundy arg? any hints for how to go about interacting with this story/type of story???

(also horror’s not really my thing but your work is always so cool)

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That's a really good question!

So basically this one requires a combo of puzzle solving and basically cyberstalking (sounds bad but dw they're all fake ppl)

Your two starting points are the lil fire boi YouTube channel and @optimusalpha here on Tumblr, from there you wanna look at who they're interacting with and check out those accounts too (the rabbithole is extremely deep)

You can also search for the same usernames and handles on other platforms, I've been really consistent with using the same pfps if you're ever concerned

There are also ciphers and puzzles hidden around, the most obvious ones are on lil fire boi's YouTube, there's morse code in one of the videos and a cipher hidden in the comments section, and plenty of weirder puzzles in other places too

If you're unfamiliar with ARGs, here are some basic tactics:

turn the volume way up on videos if you think you heard something

slow down videos and turn on captions if something seems fishy (especially if the screen is dark)

if there's really dark image, put it in a photo editor and turn up the brightness and exposure

keyboard smashes pretty much always mean something

And most important of all, if you get stuck, recruit a friend or go on a forum! Loads of people know way too much about ciphers and love solving puzzles