Tone Forge talk log #1: [START TRANSMISSION] Maya: okay so… i found something in the 2016 archive. Leo: which one? there’s like 40 of them. Maya: the one labeled “Aero Skies OLD.png” Leo: oh no. that one’s buried for a reason. Maya: relax, i just opened it to check the metadata. Leo: and? Maya: it wasn’t created in 2016. Leo: ...what? Maya: the file says 2016. but the internal timestamp says 2009. Leo: that’s impossible. the studio didn’t even exist then. Maya: exactly. Rowan: wait… 2009? that’s the same year the “whale logo” appeared on the old hard drive. Leo: you guys are freaking me out. Maya: i’m not done. there’s also text hidden in the poster’s alpha channel. Rowan: what does it say? Maya: “before the sky was calm… we were already listening.” Leo: i’m logging off. Maya: no wait— i also found this weird glyph under the poster layer. looks like a frog with three eyes. Rowan: ...that’s not from any of our concepts. Leo: okay nope. i’m out. Maya: leo— [LEO HAS DISCONNECTED] Rowan: maya. where did you find that file exactly? Maya: folder labeled “_archived_assets” > “_old_promos” > “_do_not_use” Rowan: ...we don’t have a folder named that. Maya: we do now. [SILENCE — 9 SECONDS] Maya: rowan? Rowan: i’m here. Maya: ...should we tell them? Rowan: not yet. we don’t know what this is. Maya: but we’re building a game on top of it. Rowan: i know. that’s what scares me. [END TRANSMISSION — CORRUPTED]
