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Varin
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 		 Trailhead
someone by the name of strangedreams dropped into chat...

Quote:
[22:14] * strangedreams has joined #unfiction
[22:14] <White_Knight> hey
[22:14] <strangedreams> greetings
[22:14] <Urthstripe> who are you?
[22:15] <strangedreams> hi, my name's Josh
[22:15] <strangedreams> how are you tonite?
[22:15] <imbri> gah. bbiab
[22:15] <strangedreams> I saw this place a while back when the bees thing was in the news
[22:16] <White_Knight> ah right
[22:16] <White_Knight> hey welcome
[22:16] <White_Knight> this is where it all happens
[22:16] <strangedreams> I've got a bit of a problem...I was hoping someone could help
[22:16] <White_Knight> shoot
[22:17] <strangedreams> I wish i could stay and explain everything, but I'm dead tired....sleep isn't much to me these days, but it's still a necessity
[22:17] <strangedreams> my girlfriend says i'm just paranoid
[22:17] <White_Knight> ah right
[22:18] <strangedreams> thinks I should see a shrink
[22:18] <strangedreams> heh
[22:18] <White_Knight> my last girlfriend thought that too
[22:18] * imbri has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 180 seconds)
[22:18] <strangedreams> ever have a dream you're so sure means something?
[22:18] <White_Knight> Smile
[22:18] <strangedreams> well, I can't speak for you Wink
[22:18] <White_Knight> one or two
[22:18] <varin> I sure hope my dreams don't mean anything
[22:19] <strangedreams> I've had more than a few lately...and it's becoming more and more difficult to get through the night
[22:19] <strangedreams> I keep thinking that there's something to them, but...
[22:20] <strangedreams> when I try to tell people about them, I get odd stares
[22:20] <strangedreams> One friend, who doesn't think I'm totally gone
[22:20] <White_Knight> well we deal with odd stuff all the time
[22:20] <strangedreams> told me I should write them down
[22:20] <varin> well, that's the good thing about chat, we can't stare oddly at you
[22:21] <varin> Wink
[22:21] <strangedreams> heh, the blessed anonymity of the internet
[22:21] <strangedreams> I've been keeping a blog, really just for my own use
[22:21] <strangedreams> the more I re-read what I wrote, the more I feel it's ... god, this is embarassing
[22:22] <strangedreams> I feel like it's important
[22:22] <strangedreams> Tomorrow, I'll be making a volcano in the back yard =p
[22:22] <varin> heh
[22:22] <strangedreams> if you think you can find a meaning to them, please help me
[22:22] <strangedreams> http://home.earthlink.net/~strangedreams//
[22:23] <strangedreams> my mom would probably flip out if she knew I was posting thinks like this
[22:24] <strangedreams> well, another pot of coffee isn't going to do me any more good....I'm already getting the shakes
[22:24] <strangedreams> I'll keep in touch! Good night!
[22:24] <varin> g'nite
[22:24] * strangedreams has quit IRC (Quit: User pushed the X - because it's Xtra, baby)

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 12:29 am
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White_Knight
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 		Sorry double post

PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 12:34 am
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White_Knight
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Spoiler (Rollover to View):

on http://home.earthlink.net/~strangedreams//id2.html the first letters of the paragraph at the end have "SAVEMYSOUL" as the first lettes

So this is the way it has to be
An ending you hope may not quite seem
Very wrong indeed
Everything else is going to hell
My only choice is to go as well
You're very strong indeed
So this is the path you choose to take
Out in the clear, you wouldn't mistake
Until the last song, you see
Life's a sad song indeed.


PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 12:36 am
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White_Knight
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 		And the marks on http://home.earthlink.net/~strangedreams//id1.html are easy to solve

I thought that you had to color them but its not important
Why.jpg
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Why.jpg

PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 1:06 am
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QBKooky
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 		Here's the rest of the unsolved "dreams" (puzzles) from around the site:

Quote:
11T33EEN 9x
11H3333T XxXx XxXx xX
11I HIR 8x9x 8x5x5 x4
11R3333T
11T33EEN Xx6x7xXxXx6x7xXxXxXx1xX

it's gone my darest love,
my esir, y illusin of cotrol

as f i don't know y own thougts anmore
but I know I hope you suffr well

in your rvenous heart of empty reams



Quote:
DrUrLDRLDRUDrULDRULLDRLDRUrDrUDrULDRLDRLDR

This one looks like directions... Down-right, Up-right, Left, Down, Right... etc. Maybe on a keyboard, to type a message?

Spec: "L D R" repeats a lot. Here's the directions separated into groups, with the unique ones bolded.
Dr Ur / L D R / L D R / U Dr U / L D R / U L / L D R / L D R / Ur Dr U Dr U / L D R / L D R / L D R
"Following" the directions (AKA canceling out all redundant "L R", etc) leaves down 5, right 6, but I doubt that's the way to go with it.


Encoded email address:
Quote:
zbpyvnztfznreqrtanegf

Solve:
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If you reverse the text and ROT-13 it, you get "strangedreams@gmail.com". I'm off to email, will post response later

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 1:48 am
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QBKooky
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 		Missing letters:

Quote:
it's gone my dearest love,
my desire, my illusion of control

as if i don't know my own thoughts anymore
but I know I hope you suffer well

in your ravenous heart of empty realms


"edemonimhyeal"?
"e demon im hyeal"?
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InSoM
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 		Dunno whether sites been changed but poem with missing letters now reads like.

It's gone my dearest love,
my desire, my illusion of control

as if I don't know my own thoughts anymore
but I know I hope you suffer well

in your ravenous heart of empty dreams

Which gives.... ademoninmyhead = A demon in my head

PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 10:37 am
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QBKooky
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 		Augh, typo. Well at least now I don't have to worry about combining it with the "13" or directions puzzle.

Speaking of the directions puzzle... it's not a picture, I don't think. Unless "be" is the answer... o.0
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 12:19 pm
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InSoM
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 		Directions puzzle
Currently following 2 trains of thouht.

1. Exchanging directions for numbers on keypad gives

394264268384268442642693838426426426

Tried substituting numbers for letters and rot'ing etc. etc. but got nowt.


2. exchangin directions for pen strokes.

ie.DrUr could be a V. LDR could be a C and so on. looks like it could give something but think i'm goin wrong somewhere Confused

also. the thirteen puzzle thing..... does anyone think that it looks like a key?

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InSoM
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 		ERM WHAT?
Sorry for double post but if you follow link to high school you get an error page.

If you delete the highschool bit and just leave the apple harbour you get another page.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://home.earthlink.net/~appleharbor/


caution: some adult language awaits. [/url]

PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:20 pm
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Crisko
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 		Hey everyone. Just came accross this trailhead...

I noticed the image (named "sayonara.jpg" on the /~appleharbour has a more completed version of this:

11T33EEN 9x
11H3333T XxXx XxXx xX
11I HIR 8x9x 8x5x5 x4
11R3333T
11T33EEN Xx6x7xXxXx6x7xXxXxXx1xX

Some pattern's I'm noticing:

The four rows on the left seem to be themed with the number 13. They all start with "11". Following the 11 "THIRT" is displayed vertically. "EEN" is displayed on the top row." Then another scrambled "THIRTEEN" down the last three columns.

"11T33EEN" is repeated twice. The characters following "11T33EEN" are whole, where the top row only has 3 pairs of characters.

All the small x's vertically correspond with each other, the same with the numbers and captial X's.

I also noticed the broken image right above it. "town.gif" is could not be found.


Phew... good luck with that one.

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 		The short version is:
Code:
11T33EEN 9x       
11H3333T   XxXx    XxXx     xX
11I  HIR       8x9x    8x5x5  x4
11R3333T
11T33EEN Xx6x7xXxXx6x7xXxXxXx1xX


The large version is (barring typos):

Code:

11T33EEN 9x                     xX                    xX
11H3333T   Xx5xX    xXx5    x8x5  xXX     12x4    x8x1  xXx
11I  HIR        x5x1    xXxX         xXxXx    xXxX         8x5
11R3333T                                                      x5
11T33EEN Xx7xXx5xXxXx5xXx2x7xXxXx5x10x2x5xXXxXx6x7xXxXx1x7xXxX6x


[spec]These look like ascii "keys" to me, much like in project gateway.

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treebiter99
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Quote:
DrUrLDRLDRUDrULDRULLDRLDRUrDrUDrULDRLDRLDR

Any chance this has something to do with Dance Dance Revolution or one of those dancing games? I've never played them, so I wouldn't know.

It seems like it could be *some* sort of joystick command for a video game.

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Crisko
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 		That wouldn't be DDR. DDR is just UDRL.

If its any game I'm thinking a fighter, but I really doubt it has to do with any game. I could be wrong though.. *shrug*

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