[TheCheese]

classical wrote:

The "Crotch Area Glow" image at the bottom made me wonder if it was going to be the same user/pass combination as we used back on oraclewatch.org (Diana/Madden) but no dice. I guess it's just Hatch's/the Watchers' signature here. Rage did send me a text and a direct tweet about an hour back, though (which I just noticed right now). Note the intentional capitals, ohoho: Quote: (707): Alive and successful. Photos coming in 20 minutes. ArlenRage: I'm Sorry if I had you worried, my dear. Sometimes you have to tunnel under your prey to keep from spooking it.

diana/madden works, no caps.

Leads to a page of photos of a very beaten looking Holly

[ASimulacraOfAlex]

classical wrote:

The "Crotch Area Glow" image at the bottom made me wonder if it was going to be the same user/pass combination as we used back on oraclewatch.org (Diana/Madden) but no dice. I guess it's just Hatch's/the Watchers' signature here.

Rage responded to my question about "getting in" with this:

Quote:

ArlenRage the old people know, my friend.

So...I take that to mean one of you I'm Sorry old fodgys should know what to do. ;]

[classical]

The "Crotch Area Glow" image at the bottom made me wonder if it was going to be the same user/pass combination as we used back on oraclewatch.org (Diana/Madden) but no dice. I guess it's just Hatch's/the Watchers' signature here.

Rage did send me a text and a direct tweet about an hour back, though (which I just noticed right now). Note the intentional capitals, ohoho:

Quote:

(707): Alive and successful. Photos coming in 20 minutes. ArlenRage: I'm Sorry if I had you worried, my dear. Sometimes you have to tunnel under your prey to keep from spooking it.

[ASimulacraOfAlex]

Ryutso wrote:

=edit= Rage just tweeted again: @ArlenRage wrote: Back and surprisingly alive. Hatch is rehacking the portal to post my spoils as I write this. 14 m ago So Hatch is the one who hacks the portal. So 1407oakhurst should be updated shortly.

1407oakhurst is up with images of holly/randall tied up, and a link to a log in protected page...(Sucks_To_Be_Her..html)
Anyone have any ideas what the username/password might be?

So Rage had a run in with holly a bit early...interesting. I cant wait to hear what happened.

[Ryutso]

ASimulacraOfAlex wrote:

Ryutso wrote: Who is this T Bettleheim guy? I saw him before when he was pestering Schwinn about this ARG, but that's it. Apparently he also knows Holly, but does he know Randall as well? If he knows of Randall, then T Bettlheim is NSA. If not, then he's a Watcher. @Alex: What exactly was your email to Holly? He pestered Schwinn about the ARG and how terrible it was, etc etc, but also had an interesting conversation with Syn that may have implied he was CIA or some other government agency. I'll dig deeper and see what I can find. The email just said: a fresh pair of eyes can see things no one else notices.

I forgot about the conversation with Syn.

Hopefully this should clear up in the couple of days left before the 31st but with Holly last making contact with Bettleheim on the 21st, suddenly it seems not so likely.

=edit=

Rage just tweeted again:

@ArlenRage wrote:

Back and surprisingly alive. Hatch is rehacking the portal to post my spoils as I write this. 14 m ago

So Hatch is the one who hacks the portal. So 1407oakhurst should be updated shortly.

[ASimulacraOfAlex]

Ryutso wrote:

Who is this T Bettleheim guy? I saw him before when he was pestering Schwinn about this ARG, but that's it. Apparently he also knows Holly, but does he know Randall as well? If he knows of Randall, then T Bettlheim is NSA. If not, then he's a Watcher. @Alex: What exactly was your email to Holly?

He pestered Schwinn about the ARG and how terrible it was, etc etc, but also had an interesting conversation with Syn that may have implied he was CIA or some other government agency.
I'll dig deeper and see what I can find.

The email just said: a fresh pair of eyes can see things no one else notices.

[Ryutso]

Who is this T Bettleheim guy? I saw him before when he was pestering Schwinn about this ARG, but that's it. Apparently he also knows Holly, but does he know Randall as well?

If he knows of Randall, then T Bettlheim is NSA. If not, then he's a Watcher.

@Alex: What exactly was your email to Holly?

[ASimulacraOfAlex]

I'm back in the land of the connected, and almost 10 pages in five days? wow.

Anyway, I've had contact with holly since this...

3v1L Schwinn wrote:

I think I know were he went. This just showed up in my mailbox this morning. I suspect he went and had a "talk" with Holly. Classi youmight want to send a warning to Bricker and Port that the shit is indeed hitting the fan. I have tried to contact Jenny but it looks like her mail box is full and no-one is checking e-mails. Quote: Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:58:02 -0700 (PDT) From: T Bettelheim <distortedview> Subject: Fw: To: threevilschwinnSPLATyahoo.com We've had no contact with her since this e-mail. I'm just warning you that IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HOLLY the writer gets deleted. I shit you not. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Sgt. EKB <fivetours6671> To: distortedviewSPLATymail.com Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 11:48:52 AM Subject: They're getting suspicious and I don't think the cemetery meet is going to happen. I'm rolling to the contingency plan - this all needs to end. H.

I emailed her a while back and just received a reply while I was away...which was a day AFTER she last made contact with them.
But it was sent about 40 minutes before rage tweeted that he was off to visit an old friend...

I'm assuming rage and holly disappearing at the same time is very related.

Here was the email:

Quote:

from Randall Snodgrass to Alex Galle-From <thealexster> date Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 5:28 PM subject Re: Sometimes... signed-by rocketmail.com hide details Aug 22 (2 days ago) Reply Follow up message So true Alex. There are still plenty who watch. Are you prepared to meet with me? I undertand the writer will be there. The more the merrier I always say. Cheers.

[classical]

3v1L Schwinn wrote:

Classi youmight want to send a warning to Bricker and Port that the shit is indeed hitting the fan.

Done and done. I am also going to attempt to email/text Rage once more and see if anything gets through...

[3v1L Schwinn]

classical wrote:

Okay, I give up! Quote: klokworkalex: No word from Rage in over 24 hours. Consciously trusting you, my one and only friend! I'm at a loss, guys. What the hell happened to Rage?!

I think I know were he went. This just showed up in my mailbox this morning. I suspect he went and had a "talk" with Holly. Classi youmight want to send a warning to Bricker and Port that the shit is indeed hitting the fan. I have tried to contact Jenny but it looks like her mail box is full and no-one is checking e-mails.

Quote:

Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:58:02 -0700 (PDT) From: T Bettelheim <distortedview> Subject: Fw: To: threevilschwinnSPLATyahoo.com We've had no contact with her since this e-mail. I'm just warning you that IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HOLLY the writer gets deleted. I shit you not. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Sgt. EKB <fivetours6671> To: distortedviewSPLATymail.com Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 11:48:52 AM Subject: They're getting suspicious and I don't think the cemetery meet is going to happen. I'm rolling to the contingency plan - this all needs to end. H.

[Gadjilitron]

He went to get Jenny didn't he? If so, what are the chances of him accidentally meeting up with Lincoln instead? The only thing I can think of that could take him out for this long...

[classical]

Okay, I give up!

Quote:

klokworkalex: No word from Rage in over 24 hours. Consciously trusting you, my one and only friend!

I'm at a loss, guys. What the hell happened to Rage?!

[classical]

Whaaaaat. That image is bizarre. Who are these people...?
FYI, the thread the post is from is here and related to an entirely different game.

But errr crap, no one posted it...? Sorry guys. Bricker made a twitter thing while we were in Portland and used it mostly to communicate with me, Wulf, and Pinkcloud while we were there. Could've sworn I made mention of it somewhere in the thread...
http://twitter.com/brianbricker

Also! Tweet-chat with Port while I was at work today:

Quote:

klokworkalex: Still nothing from Rage. Have you been able to contact him? clas1ca: Worrisome, that. I texted him last night, thinking it would be faster than email, but I haven't heard anything back. Please stay safe, Port. klokworkalex: I'll take care of myself just fine. Am I still supposed to be trying to get out to the Brightman? Hell, if not I can just disappear. clas1ca: Bad idea; Brightman's full of spooks right now. Have some faith! Rage is one tough sunovabitch. He'll pull through for us, so hold on, okay? klokworkalex: Okay Court, you're the boss.

That said, if anyone's heard from Rage today, now would be a good time to speak up!

[3v1L Schwinn]

errr WTF?!?
Someone new is following me on Twitter. Not much a big suprise but check out who he is following.

http://twitter.com/CIAbrams

and how come I am just finding out about bricker having a twitter thingy?

[Ryutso]

classical wrote:

Anyhoo! Another thing we discussed during that lunch was whether or not Rage was supernatural with his talk of 'collecting souls' and all that (or if he was just batshit crazy). But if you go the supernatural route, the reason Jenny is still alive is that, though he killed her, he never 'gathered her soul', which left her stuck here but disconnected with humanity and the real world. If you go the batshit crazy route, I don't really know how to explain Jenny's death-not-a-death then. Other than that she managed to survive a bullet to the brain and gained mysterious powers somehow out of it.

Hmmm. I don't know which route to go.

Also I keep going back to fake!Bricker and Eric, the guy who played him. Still wondering how we're going to figure that one out....unless that was Randall as well who kidnapped him.