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TacitusVigil
Boot


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 		I was asked to post this in a busy area of town, as she may pass through here on her work travels.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:00 pm
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TacitusVigil
Boot


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 		Holy cow! Either site has more added to it, or I missed a bunch the first day i looked at it! Tons more stuff. Oy.

I'm not sure what the password blurb is referring to. There's a new, not yet published website referred to, as well.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:43 am
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nuala76
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 		I haven't had much chance to play in the last day or so but there is this new page up on SummerMasquerade:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://www.thesummertimemasquerade.com/tal-s-poetry.html


I'll try to get started on the ciphers there tomorrow evening.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 4:45 am
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TacitusVigil
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 		PM me for emails with Tal.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:17 am
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TacitusVigil
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 		PM me for emails

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:23 am
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TacitusVigil
Boot


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 		Soooo...I'm now emailing another character within this (Pit) and that one is telling me not to share stuff in a public way.

I think a groupme chat would work to share this stuff, or I could put it into a google doc and share it to the curious folks...

I'm very new to this and do want to comply.

What to you all think?

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 6:59 pm
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TacitusVigil
Boot


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happycat wrote:

One more thing - this is from one of the twitter accounts:

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=120lf2x&s=8#.ViQdMm6H-2l

With the caption "ONE ZERO ON THE WINDOW"


This image is definitely the key to the phone number. He says to email him his number with your phone number. It has to start with 64 because he says that somewhere, plus that's the country code for New Zealand.

"Just send me an email with your number and my number, and I'll call you. Best to keep you safe"

It has the code 'One zero on the window' and there's another hint in twitter:

"Like #Goldilocks and the three Black Bears, one number overshot, one number undershot, and one of them was just right. #Fairytales #Codes"

He also posted multiple videos of the song summertime, so I don't know if that was to guide to his website or more.

He clearly says some things will be more than one layer deep.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:34 pm
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catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

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 		ahhh, I made some progress with a portion of
http://www.thesummertimemasquerade.com/tal-s-poetry.html

The second row has an image of a circle of white stones on a green background, and a block of ciphertext below it.
Quote:
Pg nr thdueykg bhgiknn si mgiknyoshk jkb hddccc ktwskuc twsub lfbeecfq, cqp whzl jqizpqjzr nlfosujnx tunaj xiwdsse.
Rdmbinls, B. Obduhl Lgrefq LX Jnrgwpqzsme

Then it very helpfully tells us to use Vigenere Autokey to decrypt it. Another hint is given by Tal Ruckus
https://twitter.com/TalRuckus/status/656242870592995329
steps to the solution
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I used Google Image Search to find the picture appears on the cover of a book: "Pouliuli" by Albert Wendt. Use the author's full name as the alphabet key.

I used this tool:
http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/vigenere-autokey.php
final solution
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
As he pondered further he understood why people enjoyed being enslaved, why they willingly sacrifice their freedom.

Houlahan, M. Annual Survey LV Shakespeare


PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:41 am
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TacitusVigil
Boot


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 		You are far better at the ciphers than I- I'm still learning.

I've gone through the source code on the Tumblr account, and then on the TheSummertimeMasquerade website and posted as much as I can find on spreadsheets so I can look at it all in one place...and there's tons to be done.

I never got the images you guys received when I signed up on the site. I never saw, then the number codes. Short of what you guys have posted.

Ket's contact info is on the site, Tal says, and I'm not sure what KetoS g. ammer works out to or how, but that's his clue.

Edited to correct the name- I typed it all wrong before!

PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 2:01 pm
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catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

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TacitusVigil wrote:
Ket's contact info is on the site, Tal says, and I'm not sure what Ketos A. Gammer works out to or how, but that's his clue.

I haven't found Ket's contact info, but there are now so many different places to look. The name I found is "KetoS g. ammer" (displayed in all caps, but copy-paste the text or view source for the oddities)
http://www.thesummertimemasquerade.com/about.html

I assume the italicized edits on these pages are made by Ket, and there is an HTML comment which says "You can find me on Twitter," but I haven't yet found one.
http://www.thesummertimemasquerade.com/contact.html

p.s.
I think the majority of the encrypted text is in a Playfair cipher, because of letter frequency. This is harder to crack manually.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:57 pm
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maikeru
Boot

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 		Received woodcut II, which matches the one on the Tal's Poetry Page, but has an added title:

Quote:

AB HODIERNO AD CRASTINUM
"From Today To Tomorrow"

Uploaded in full resolution here: http://imgur.com/EDfpy3h

You can clearly see the right side is "Tomorrow" with the girl with the grown grown (TSG?)

Interesting to note that the illustration has what appears to be a signature of "G.N." not sure I've seen/noticed those in the others. (ETA: It's been there, but not as obviously. Feels like a clue MAYBE)

The hand symbol is obviously significant and appears in all woodcuts so far...


[edit - changed spoiler tag to quote tag, save spoilers for puzzle solves or book/movie plots that others may want to find themselves. Not necessary for sharing information or posting speculations. thanks. kona]

PostPosted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:27 am
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catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

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konamouse wrote:
[edit - changed spoiler tag to quote tag, save spoilers for puzzle solves or book/movie plots that others may want to find themselves. Not necessary for sharing information or posting speculations. thanks. kona]

I think people were erring on the side of caution about revealing information given to them individually via email, because the character might have said "no sharing" with others.

However, the characters are not supposed to know this forum exists, and therefore they cannot be upset about things being posted here in the open. (If the PM is trying to impose a "no sharing" rule, then we'll have problems working as a group.) Personally, I do not want to receive emails from characters, and have cut myself off from that style of immersion in the story. (If the PM insists that I must play the game in a particular way, then I'll fade away.)

So, kona is right that there is no need to hide information behind a spoiler tag, if there is no other way for us to find out that information for ourselves. I don't see how anyone could gain access to all of these woodcut pictures on their own, if they are being sent out randomly, and thus sharing is a necessity.

(And I'm still trying to crack that Playfair cipher block.)

PostPosted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:13 pm
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maikeru
Boot

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 		I just realized that the emails have alt text for the images (also this is the order received so far):

I: INTER INIRE (same as the image)
III: MillionDollarPoem
IV: MillionDollarPoem
VI: MillionDollarPoem
II: RealvsIdeal
V: TheRosyBridge

Here's an imgur album of all the woodcuts so far: http://imgur.com/a/VesWF

PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 1:35 pm
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TacitusVigil
Boot


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 		So I talked to 'Tal' via phone call from New Zealand.

Basically, this is a game but with the idea that it isn't, and it's more than what you see at all times. Parts of it may involve interaction with live characters.

AS I understand it, 'Tal' was in an ARG over a prolonged period time and missed some key check-ins with TSG. He's trying to figure out the last possible check-in and our help is needed for that.

Our help and work is to figure out and assist in his reaching the check-in...if I understood correctly. And in doing so there is an alternate good vs. evil challenge we will all be helping in.

There's a lot still to work out and I'm not sure I got it all...but another on this forum also received a call and may choose to come forward to fill in what I missed.

I think there's another site...and there's a lot of stuff we haven't figured out. At least 2 twitter accounts...

I need to have more than a few minutes at a time to devote to this as I'm disorganized.

The game is to fight against those who would keep us distracted with dark and twisty realities and world occurrences instead of being in the here and now and the joys and love in our lives and our world.

I'll collect my notes and try to be more cohesive.

Also, I would like to post all of the email stuff in a Google Doc for peeps to go through. I just want to feel like I'm doing as directed, so: qrrol://sbb.sv/IVAe8a

PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:06 pm
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TacitusVigil
Boot


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 		Pit's response
"You'll have to speak clearer. You've found my email. Otherwise you wouldn't be talking to me. What are you looking for?

And. In case Tal's said something to you. Please hide it. He's far too open sometimes. Or if you must share it - I know how these games work - put it somewhere that's not public for all to see.

The information we know is dangerous. And it's easy to turn against us. And if you care about Tal's wellbeing, not really shareable.

Getting very concerned,
Pit"

This was in an email I sent to the AuroraMasquerade@gmail account, seeing as how they said the email naming was consistent- I tend to overthink everything and couldn't believe it was right. Aurora is Pit's twitter handle so it seemed plausible.

I have other hints about Ket's contact in his emails, but I haven't had time to look it over.

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