[classical]

I tried to upload the actual .docs to the wiki, but only an administrator of the wiki can apparently do that! But I did update the page for The Great and The Terrible to reflect your additions.

also: here is all of the pieces combined. The last section with Jenny becoming the Oracle may or may not be in the right spot, but I think the rest of them are flowing right, otherwise.

I still find it weird that Bricker emailed three of us with two random pieces of the story each in no particular order.

[Wulf74]

Aki wrote:

In one of the chats, Bricker mentioned that Ari would be dead by now, I think. I don't recall him saying how or why.

I'm probably wrong, but as I recall, it was my chat with Bricker that said Rage had killed Ari.

Ok - again, sorry for the delay - here's both of the documents from Bricker I received. Can someone put them in order, and then let's get all of it posted up on the wiki. I'd do it tonight - but RL is interfering too much lately. However, I'm still checking in via blackberry, or ipod, or laptop if I can get to it.

Any idea what this "key" is? Even the CIA is saying its' "in play"..? And I may try and rub Rage the wrong way if I can remember my twitter pw from here.. lol

I think that's everything for the time being. Also, wanted to say thanks to Schwinn and Classical for all the work on the wiki they've done - it looks frickin awesome.

=edit=
Somethign interesting or not. Not sure. Got another twitter from CptHolly in which she addressed me as Mr. Wulf. I've only ever been called that once before. And it was on the package Port sent me, addressed to Mr. Wulf...
I'm pretty certain she's IG - if she wasn't - she'd be posting here, and we've already been down that road..

[Aki]

Burrito wrote:

Wow @ JDM/Rage's tweet. Does it have something to do w/Rage's meeting with Bricker? Who did what to Ari? I still have a bit of reading to do before I'm fully caught up, so I may have just missed it.

In one of the chats, Bricker mentioned that Ari would be dead by now, I think.

I don't recall him saying how or why.

[3v1L Schwinn]

The CIA securred image has changed

[Burrito]

Wow @ JDM/Rage's tweet.

Does it have something to do w/Rage's meeting with Bricker? Who did what to Ari?

I still have a bit of reading to do before I'm fully caught up, so I may have just missed it.

[classical]

Rage lives!

And boy, is he mad.

Twitter wrote:

JJDeMolay: Eye for an eye, fuckers. The cost for Ari will be high. Patriot's now red, white & blue - the proof is coming. Why did you change the game?

[Wulf74]

Looks like I have 2 emails from Bricker both with attachments. I'll post em as soon as I can in the morning. My iPod touch can't do it.

[classical]

Hoo ah, so the "hazel teen" lake that Bricker mentioned in that chat really perked my interest, as I know of a Lake Hazeltine. So I emailed him about it:

me wrote:

Hello Mr Bricker-- Thank you for sharing more of your manuscript with our troupe. It has been a very...informative? read, if I may put it that way. Lots of questions answered. More to solve. My friend shared with me the brief conversation you had with him tonight and something you mentioned caught my interest. I wondered if you might be able to elaborate on it for me? You mentioned a "Hazel Teen" and it being a lake of sorts. Did you learn anything else about this lake from your run-in with Holly? Personally, I thought that it might be "Hazeltine", and I know of a Lake Hazeltine. I would be very interested in knowing what she mentioned, if you are willing to share. Thanks for your time-- C

So he wrote back:

Bricker wrote:

C, Sorry I can't be of more help on this one. I don't get it, it was like a short poem - only without the poetry! There was something about the shores of a lake, a "golfing green," a hazel-teen, a lock and key, and preserving birds. Or something similar. Even Holly, the young lady yesterday, was reading it off of a piece of paper and giggling and then she kind of shrugged and said, "I was supposed to read that." Like Rage thought that it would mean something to me. Sorry again. I wish you guys luck in all of this and I'm sorry that I'm not much more help. After what happened in Oklahoma, I really struggle with the reality of any of this. Any of you. Sometimes I can picture Jenny standing in the cool yard of the Brightman, face moist with the salt air and other times, like right now, she's no more than a two-dimensional character from a comic book in my mind. I honestly don't know what to think. I guess for me, until FoxNews starts broadcasting the "final battle" (with their dramatic music and flashy graphics) coming across the water of Bodega Bay, I'm just going to keep driving to work everyday, sitting around the dinner table with my family every night, and working on textbooks, you know? Sorry about the rant. --Brian

Which, as always, just makes me more confused. Man. The more I research this "poem", the less at ease I feel about what I feel the answer is. I could really use someone else's perspective on this "hazel teen" thing right now, honestly. I feel like he's describing a place, though.

The things that Schwinn and I got were totally different files, so I bet yours will be different, too, Wulf. I am eager to see it!

_{(And by weird conjecture and writing style alone, I honestly don't think CptHolly is who she says she is. But maaaaybe that's just me.)}

[Wulf74]

Sorry if this gets a bit rambling, but I've got a lot to post.

1) Thanks for all the well wishes. I'm doing fine, just a damaged ego, and a stiff body (I hate turning into that old folks cliche' - but you really don't recover as quickly as when you were younger .
2) I can't remember who posted the link between my little accident and TINAG, but would it be suspicious if I told you I had discovered that my brake lines were cut? (JUST KIDDING!!!)

3)Awesome conversations with Bricker - sounds like you guys have been asking all the right questions. And as promised, here's the conversation I had with Bricker prior to getting him into the IRC chat with Schwinn and myself. I'll attach it so as not to turn my post into all of page 35 .

4) Also attached: I'm sure some of you have noticed the strange/negative tweets from a certain CptHolly. Up until Bricker's comment about being visited by a Holly - I just figured she was another incarnation of Kade, or some other nay-sayer. A few days back, she made a very negative direct comment to me, and I told her to stop posting that, email me and explain why she's so irritated at the game. Her reply email.

5) I also received an email from Bricker with an attachment. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, but I'm guessing it's the same thing that Schwinn & Class got. Did you guys get a chance to compare if they were the same? I'll take a look at mine as soon as I can, and get it posted if it's different.

As I was reading back through the conversation with Bricker I had originally - hopefully it fills in a lot of holes. Sorry it took so long to get it posted.

As for the email from Cpt.Holly aka Pam aka Kade(?) - creepy.

[syntacticAtrocity]

Hey Guys,

Great work over the last few weeks. Increasing demands at work + playoff hockey have all but eliminated my involvement in this game. I see there is now a wiki up and look forward to following the story.

Wouldn't mind jumping in a on specific puzzles, but can't really be around for the meta. Have fun kids.

- syn

[3v1L Schwinn]

classical wrote:

ok cool cats I have been updating the wiki like crazy tonight; notably, the character list has been updated to reflect the stuff in the manuscripts and we've got a quick and easy timeline now that covers the main events from every day that I'll try to update daily, if I can (add anything if I missed it!) and I encourage and implore everyone to add new pages to elaborate further on these lists, like I did with the King Darzin code and such sleep now /collapse

Great job Classy. I just went in and made a page for "The Package".

Wiki page for "The Package"

[classical]

ok cool cats
I have been updating the wiki like crazy tonight; notably, the character list has been updated to reflect the stuff in the manuscripts and we've got a quick and easy timeline now that covers the main events from every day that I'll try to update daily, if I can
(add anything if I missed it!)

and I encourage and implore everyone to add new pages to elaborate further on these lists, like I did with the King Darzin code and such

sleep now /collapse

[3v1L Schwinn]

Anonymous wrote:

I know it's gotten pretty tight in here, and I also know that I'll be little help with the hardcore puzzles, but I just read all 34 pages of this and would like very much to get involved. I just wanted to let everyone know...

[John McClane] Welcome to the party pal! [/John McClane]

Here is the file Bricker sent me this afternoon. It a very good read and answers some questions.

[3v1L Schwinn]

New conversation with BD Bricker. Not much was said but we have a new girl who seams to be replacing TT.

Quote:

bdbricker: Got a minute? threevilschwinn: Yeah , How are things? bdbricker: Good. Odd. Thanks for the warning earlier. Kind of preaching to the choir, though! threevilschwinn: Yeah from the manuscripts you sent. Rage is not the fun playfull type. but you know that you created him. bdbricker: He actually didn't even show up. Some young woman did. threevilschwinn: Young woman? a "hazel Teen"? bdbricker: No no. She was older than that. A very pretty woman in her mid twenties. And that whole Hazel thing turned out to be about a lake, not a person. I'm still confused about that. threevilschwinn: Hmm. So this woman was sent by Rage? bdbricker: Yes. She said that driving up to see me was part of a game she was playing. bdbricker: She was supposed to get a picture with me. bdbricker: But the guy who called about her coming, I'm pretty sure he was Rage. threevilschwinn: Oh crap! Let me guess she was colecting cards maybe? threevilschwinn: Did the guy who called you was his name "Lenny"? bdbricker: She actually didn't say. Said that she answered a flyer and was playing a game. Does that mean anything to you? bdbricker: No, he just said that I knew who he was. bdbricker: He sounded like Rage from the first time that I met him. bdbricker: Maybe I made the assumption. threevilschwinn: Yeah, That sounds like how he mety the girl TT . She was the one whose account he was using threevilschwinn: good I reall cant spell tonight bdbricker: That's okay. I've actually got to get going. My wife and I are going to a movie. I was just checking my e-mail and saw you on. threevilschwinn: Do you recall the girls name threevilschwinn: What movie are you going to see bdbricker: Said her name was Holly. threevilschwinn: Holly?? threevilschwinn: I have heard the name before bdbricker: I kept thinking of Holly Body from that Brian DePalma movie. Only this girl wasn't blonde! bdbricker: Okay. Have a great night. Thanks again! threevilschwinn: Body double threevilschwinn: Have a good night bdbricker: Right! Body Double. bdbricker is typing a message. bdbricker: You too, bdbricker has signed out. (4/25/2009 11:28 PM)

[classical]

OH CRAP
Bricker's a gonner. D:

also: Bricker sent me more pieces of the manuscript. I dunno if these are the same ones you received, Schwinn. Sorry if I missed something here, but does 'TGATT' stand for something I overlooked ...?

also also: Aki, man, we can always use help. :3 FYI, if you are comfortable with iRC, we hang out and discuss a lot of the game there: http://chat-solutions.org/chat, channel #imsorry.

also also also: with these new manuscript edits, I'm gonna go update a bunch of information on the wiki that pertains to the characters