What if a myth hunter was in an ARG??
That was an idea I jst recently thought up and uhhh omg it would be peak. First there would be the main protag who is, obv a myth hunter. They go to myth games, decode them, interact with them occasionally but can never get really close to them because they are a few months in. But they are super intelligent, familiar with lots of ciphers(bc they have always been interested in it before they joined TMC) despite their short time.
And then they meet a myth they soon get close to. This guy is obv mysterious, hiding certain stuff like their past and stuff like that with certain ciphers yadayaydyada. but this myth does have some personal stuff in their story like their grief, sorrows and more idk what else to add.
Then there is this entity. This entity haunts the world, add new ciphers and rooms which freaks out the myth A LOT MORE THAN THE MYTH HUNTER, bc the myth hunter is jst assuming that the myth added those stuff and now they are playing pretend that they didn’t add it but nah they legit didn’t add it. Jst the fact that something can manipulate something so dear to them (like their game), add certain stuff, manipulate the wolrd they built, brings them shivers. While the myth hunter is getting haunted by the thing too.
This entity would prolly hates lies, so they want both the myth and the Myth hunter to come for terms with the things they shrouded in darkness(aka the truth) whether it be masked by a story and a character that isn’t them, or an escape from reality by neglecting these emotions.
idk some burning idea I had lol