Syncope Drain

A Recent ARG project that started in July 2024 by the creators of:

You can watch their out of character trailer for their series below, or click here

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There are a couple of playlists on the YouTube channel:

The general flow of this series is as follows:

As of writing this the following statistics of this series are:

With that out of the way, lets begin our deep dive~

Remaining Mysteries

E1L1 - Under the Stairs

The first entry to the series is of our main character, Prahil, connecting himself to some strange device while watching a strange DVD with the same title as the video.
The following will be a list of "blink and you'll miss it" notes I've takes throughout the video.

Before watching, in the comments, there is a notable comment from the channel owner:
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in contrast to the latest public uploads in the series:
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No one remembers the former generations,  
and even those yet to come  
will not be remembered  
by those who follow them.

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Layer 1 Puzzle

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Solution

E1L2 - Leprechaun

In this unlisted video, we get some more context with what Prahil is doing with these DVD's after verifying their contents.
He's a distributor for the shady character, Logan, that pays him well.

My favorite word in the English language is "no",
so if you're going to say "no" to this [...] I'll be
honored.

Layer 2 Puzzle

Solution

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E1L3 - Finding Dead Drop 1

After a full 24 hours, the YouTube channel dropped a new comment under this video after the phrase MORE was provided:

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Who’s in the mood for a Winter Break sale?

Look to the Northwest,
Three stories below a Broken Obelisk

Between gray sprawl and a white hall
Between all-seeing eyes and suspended boxes
Behind your fish-eye reflection (ignore the mess)

Pay the parking fare 
Take the disc with care 
And don’t be scared to share

Lets take this riddle step by step.

This comment was posted on December 23rd, 2025
This is likely a reference to getting the winter holidays off of school.

The Broken Obelisk it refers to is an art exhibition by Barnett Newman under the same name.
The installation itself exists in three original locations

A list of all the locations are provided here
As well as an image preview below:

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Looking to the Northwest reveals that we're looking for the installation in Seattle Washington.

And "Three Stories Below" implies there must be a basement accessible there.

As for everything else in the garage, there is no active evidence of what currently consists on the third floor of that garage.

However, some have made the trip in the comments, but have yet to find it.

As of 3/11/2026 the package has been confirmed to still be in the same location.

E2L1 - Sapiens Macropalpis

The title for this video seems like a cross between the following terms:

The video comments also have the same message from the channel.

[EXPIRED, SEE LATEST UPLOAD] Important notice:
player-generated text may be converted to speech, thought, and/or action.

And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,
When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,
Then how should I begin
To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?

The recording feed gets cut by a still of a California Mite, and the caption:
THIS EDUCATION PROGAMME PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE BY LIMOUSINE THE PARTY

While this wasn't the original answer on that specific The Most Extreme episode, the Southern Californian mite is also most well known for being the fastest organism on earth relative to its body length

We also see that the main character is clearly on the verge of a break in while the video is running before the video loses signal.

After, we see Prahil get a call from his mom, telling her that it's not a great time to call before ending the video.

Layer 1 Puzzle

At the 1:03 mark, some numbers and letters flash up on screen, as well as letters getting removed from the block of text talking about the California Mite.

If we string all the characters together as so:

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We get our code: 39vRtBA-Ddo

E2L2 - Takeaway

The next unlisted video in the series

There is no nobility in suffereing, no beauty in virtue
gained from ignoring what's coming.

Layer 2 Puzzle

The hidden information in this one is a little trickier to spot if you're not fully paying close enough attention to the different elements of the video.

This relates back to the California Mite description again, but angle corrected:

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E2L3 - Discovered Dead Drop 2

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Not even Tomorrow’s Healthcare Team 
Could mend that pesky pursuer 
And unfortunate passers by 

But no need to feel down! 

Imagine instead a miles-long stretch, 
The speedster racing along 
To their heart’s content 

Between two roads of the same name, 
Maple stretches across the tracks, 
And from safety, looking to the west, 
The view is so rich 
It would make Midas blush 

And in a cozy triangle, 
Tucked between caged machines, 
You might even find what you seek, 
Lounging in the lower branches

On March 22, 2026 - 3:31PM EST, user @Cheato64 would acquire the DVD at the drop site location.

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"This isn't" 
"This isn't my body" 
"This isn't my body" (some letters went dark) 
"This is not my body" 
"What happened to me" (some letters are darkened) 
"Oh god" 
"What happened to our bodies" (still darkened) 
"Who are you"

The signal abruptly cuts at 3:01

E3L1 - I'll Hop Away

Opening up we hear Prahil taping down the door to his observation room to a chair that will hopefully hold everything back from coming out.

Sometimes it's like I can see the future stretched out
in front of me... waiting for me- a big, looming
blank space- full of nothing.

The song featured in the video this time is The Original Chuck Wagon Gang - I'll Fly Away (1948).*

Layer 1 Puzzle

It's just here at 5:07

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E3L2 - Drive

A MAJOR lore dump video and the first community choice for the main character.
To HELP or to HINDER

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In this world, 50% comprehension is about as good 
as it's going to get.

Layer 2 Puzzle?

This video has no puzzle associated with it as far as we know.
Weather or not it is associated with a future puzzle is still up in the air.

E3L3 - Nothing

As stated in the comments by the creator:

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E4L1 - Rapid Eye Movement

A direct continuation of E3L2 as a result of the choice to HELP Logan

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

Layer 1 Puzzle

Throughout the video there are a total of 11 frames with the same glitched rectangle we use to highlight some letters to solve for a YouTube video.

The method, overlay both E3L1 and E4L1 together as they play, and match up the frames of each video together to form a link!

This gives us our code: GAmkV8rkThk

E4L2 - Hypnagogia

The title is another name for a Waking Dream or daydreaming!
This unlisted video concludes the aftermath of Prahil's choice to HELP Logan after killing Fiadh.
Major lore dumps about how these DVDs seem to work is also revealed here!

The original- that moment, what it captured-
can never be recreated.

Layer 2 Puzzle

The frames around 0:34 to 0:36 seem to encode our message:

Our passphrase is ... Hallelulah by and by

And the response answer are the lyrics before: When I die, ...

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E4L3 - Finding Dead Drop 3

after submitting the passphrase, this confirmation response with a strange addition was added.

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After around 3 weeks or so, the Riddle was finally dropped:
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To find froggy heaven, 
Where all critters live in a peachy state, 
You must journey to where the clear creek 
Runs through six springs 

Travel south on the wetlands trail 
Until you come across a wooden path 
Once guarded by incredible invertebrates 
Where your detective work will be rewarded 

Crawl as the creatures do 
Not far, not long, 
And reach under the boards 
To snag your divine prize

E5L1 - Divide and Conquer

A new video showing Prahil take note of the strange blips in the recordings, as well as be physically affected by the video's contents again.

Stories based on actual events often share more with
fiction than fact. Both fictions and memories are
recalled and retold. They're both forms of stories.

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Layer 1 Puzzle

Throughout the video, there are multiple frames at varying points in the video.

Compiling them all together in order and taking ALL the text that is seen in the video, we're left with the following solution:

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To get our new YouTube code: cKILpmZ9tjw

E5L2 - Sandwich

A conversation between Logan and Prahil about how the wall's crack formed, their Band-Aid solution, and Logan offering a new opportunity for Prahil towards the end with another Player Decision.

I came to understand art as the chronic opening of
an unhealed wound.

Prahil mentions he was able to read some letters on the video we couldn't see

These were the same letters and numbers in the YouTube URL that lead to E3L2

Layer 2 Puzzle

Out of all the puzzles, this one is a little stranger in how it needs to be solved.

There are still frames with the freeze frame squares as before, and we use the same key as before.

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Some of this information has been confirmed to be incorrect.
however, the word "Number" seems to be the clearest piece of this puzzle.

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E5L3 - Finding Dead Drop 4

Confirmation for the answer has been verified:

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The dead drop location poem as follows:

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You’re really showing some drive, 
But maybe it’s time for a stroll 

Find your Treasure in the Valley, 
Just off a farmers path 
Through a maple grove 

While you’re in the area, 
Explore the wares! 
Treat yourself to a cookie, 
Or art supplies for puppet-making 

Need another hint? 
Let’s sit down and do some math: 
Find the midpoint of 8756 and 8655