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badgerlicker
Greenhorn
Joined: 26 May 2014 Posts: 3
[TRAILHEAD?] Very Good Drug
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 6:48 pm
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RingmasterJ5
Boot
Joined: 12 Mar 2014 Posts: 58
The password to the message board is "giraffe", but that's pretty obvious.
It looks like you can submit posts to the message board, but they have to be approved by moderators before they're added. I submitted one acting as another person working on the drug, which looks to be what it's meant for.
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 8:13 pm
PiFace314
Boot
Joined: 19 Mar 2014 Posts: 28
Hallo! Just popped by and saw that this looked interesting, so I went through the Google Drive folders and this is what I've found so far.
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Trial 1 ended disastrously for these guys. I have no idea what kind of drug they're making, but it made an orphan pass out instantly. Apparently the FDA asked for all of the pills to be destroyed but Keith is asking for one to be kept behind. I don't know if he's stupid, evil, or both. We'll see.
In Keith's documents, there's a transcription of antiquated lyrics that are the ye olde version of Drive My Car by the Beatles. No idea what the significance is yet.
In Christian's media folder there's a metric ton of cat photos. And no, I'm not joking. Could someone check if there's any phrases or codes hidden in the photos?
In Emily's document folder we find the original press release as given on the tumblr.
The other three are empty.
At the moment there doesn't seem to be much in terms of clues and such. I'll see what I can find and post back soon![/spoiler]
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 2:57 pm
moriarty
Boot
Joined: 19 May 2007 Posts: 34
hi there. just started in on this. so...
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the spelling of "aquire" is off here. Shouldn't it be "acquire" not sure if this means anything.
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 4:43 pm
RingmasterJ5
Boot
Joined: 12 Mar 2014 Posts: 58
Something weird seems to be going on.
It looks like they set up a bunch of AIM accounts for everyone working on the drug, but someone legitimately hacked them and changed all the passwords, which were the artists of the Shakespeare-ified lyrics. After said "security breach"(which I legitimately thought was me/us for a while), they took some emails in a follow-up post, then deleted all mentions of the AIMs and emails.
I don't know why they made the passwords to the AIM accounts so simple, though. Really strange.
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 9:53 pm
moriarty
Boot
Joined: 19 May 2007 Posts: 34
I just got this email from Jay Pear.
A lot of posts, as in pretty much everything about the AIMs and emails have been deleted. A Drive folder in your name has been made as well but don't try getting editing permissions on it like I did, that's what started this whole mess. It's theirs and theirs alone to edit.
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 11:28 pm
RingmasterJ5
Boot
Joined: 12 Mar 2014 Posts: 58
moriarty wrote:
I just got this email from Jay Pear.
A lot of posts, as in pretty much everything about the AIMs and emails have been deleted. A Drive folder in your name has been made as well but don't try getting editing permissions on it like I did, that's what started this whole mess. It's theirs and theirs alone to edit.
That's me. I was hoping my "separate the fiction from the un-fiction" line in an older post(that was now deleted) would be a hint, but maybe it went away before you could see it.
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 11:53 pm
moriarty
Boot
Joined: 19 May 2007 Posts: 34
No. I saw that but being new to this, I seem to have misunderstood.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:40 am
PiFace314
Boot
Joined: 19 Mar 2014 Posts: 28
Alright, back to update with stuff from the message board!
The password has *gasp* been changed to:
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allligator, if you guys didn't figure that out yourselves
As for content...
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Seems like all of their test subjects are orphans. As if these guys didn't sound shady and horrifying already. Eurgh.
Their old pill was 100% chloroform. I... what. Also, seems like they created a previous drug called Mediocre Drug. Sorry, bought the Mediocre Drug from some weirdo stranger on the street. Anybody mind asking about the release of that drug/say they wanna learn more about the company?
There's a new Shakespeare-fied lyric in Keith's document folder, whose song I don't seem to be able to figure out yet. (Is it really b/c of a legit hacker of the ARG or part of the game?)
That's all there is at the moment, folks.[/spoiler]
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:55 pm
Scotter123
Boot
Joined: 18 Apr 2014 Posts: 14
New Lyric I seem to have a folder now in the Google Drive docs...but no email about it?
There's a new Shakespeare-fied lyric in Keith's document folder, whose song I don't seem to be able to figure out yet. (Is it really b/c of a legit hacker of the ARG or part of the game?
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Seems to mean Blackbird singing in the dead of the night /
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 6:06 pm
PiFace314
Boot
Joined: 19 Mar 2014 Posts: 28
Alright, so one of you guys was kind enough to ask about Mediocre Drug, which was apparently bought from some shady butt bum out on the street for $25. So much for health and safety. In any case, we've discovered that Mediocre is the second product they produced... which begs the question of what the first is.
And as for the song, this is bringing up a significant connection which is:
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The Beatles. I'm assuming, then, that the second lyrics are also from Beatles songs? And if they keep adding them they're probably part of the ARG. So, we need to see if the Beatles are relevant to something else.
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 7:25 pm
Amalie
Veteran
Joined: 08 Aug 2012 Posts: 148 Location: New York, NY
Looks like I have a folder now too! I'm on vacation right now, but I'll try to check in once in a while. These people crack me up.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 8:51 pm
PiFace314
Boot
Joined: 19 Mar 2014 Posts: 28
Big news! There has been an uploaded video of something called the compatibility device, which is used with the poor orphan test subjects. Several numbers on a hard drive included, as well as a flash of yellow (could somebody pause and look through the video thoroughly, possibly see if that weird yellow flash has any significance?).
Interestingly, the Drive My Car lyrics have been deleted...
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 9:51 pm
moriarty
Boot
Joined: 19 May 2007 Posts: 34
I grabbed an image of the yellow bit. I need to get it uploaded to share it here. I also asked about the first drug and found out about Adequate Drug.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 1:29 am
Billy Brown
Decorated
Joined: 18 Dec 2004 Posts: 196
This looks like a fun one. Just caught up and noticed there's a new lyric in Ketih's file:
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Attempting to handle all thee's phobias
I assume this is what one receives as a result of being visually pleasant
I'm guessing the first line ends in 'your fears' and the second line begins 'I guess that's what you/I get for...' but that hasn't got me very far.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 10:58 am
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