# Alyx: The Prequel
## PasteBin [Link](https://pastebin.com/qnWhPZ78)
### Puzzle 1
You are given the image of an Oscilloscope named "Waves.png"
![](https://i.imgur.com/v1OLCWO.jpg)
Reading the metadata you can find the hint "this picture Sounds weird"
Further analyzing the image you can find extra data at the end of the file
![](https://i.imgur.com/Avh8wa5.png)
It can be extracted manually or with Binwalk, Foremost, etc.
The extra data is a Wav file.
If you run the audio through an Oscilloscope it will create a few drawings.
You can use this website https://dood.al/oscilloscope/
![](https://i.imgur.com/piIXnYE.png)
![](https://i.imgur.com/rkOi57a.png)
![](https://i.imgur.com/sODFsXi.png)
![](https://i.imgur.com/ZZe4W5s.png)
![](https://i.imgur.com/nH85kLf.png)
Windows
House
Eye
Rabbit
Earth
Taking the first letter of each word you get "where"
### Puzzle 2
![](https://i.imgur.com/ehYrdlC.jpg)
You simply have to scan the barcode
![](https://i.imgur.com/69T8AOX.png)
It gives "began1337"
### Puzzle 3
You get a weird image named "Rainbow Worm.png"
![](https://i.imgur.com/LvPEkVI.png)
The metadata reveals the name "Morgan Mar".
A quick wikipedia search shows its the creator of some isoteric programming languages, including Piet.
Run the image through a Piet interpeter.
You can use this https://www.bertnase.de/npiet/npiet-execute.php
![](https://i.imgur.com/CKXNvcS.png)
The output gives some Brainfuck Code.
Run it on https://www.dcode.fr/brainfuck-language
![](https://i.imgur.com/7Lzc6NE.png)
## The Final solution is: alyx{where_everything_began1337}