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[CONTACT] IM session with DIB

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rowan
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[CONTACT] IM session with DIB

Well, a few minutes after I sent dib an email with my user name, he started contacting me. I'll put up the log after it's done.

Ok, chat's finished. Now I know why I stayed away from chat heavy ARGs. It almost felt like a battle to get any information out of him. Not necessarily a bad thing - but it's just not something I'm good at (especially not when I'm just about to get into bed). Maybe someone else can have a go at him another time.

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[00:21] InvdrDIB: Hey there...got a moment?
[00:22] TheRowan72: ya
[00:22] TheRowan72: what's up?
[00:23] InvdrDIB: Hi!
[00:23] TheRowan72: hi
[00:23] InvdrDIB: Well I got your message, you see.
[00:23] TheRowan72: obviously :)
[00:23] InvdrDIB: *smiles*
[00:23] InvdrDIB: The thing is, I felt that you and your friends kind of have a stake in this, so...
[00:24] TheRowan72: We like to think that we do.
[00:24] InvdrDIB: *nods*
[00:24] InvdrDIB: how about if I just start from the beginning?
[00:24] TheRowan72: Sure. That's always the best place to start.
[00:25] InvdrDIB: Well, that's debatable from a literary standpoint.
[00:25] InvdrDIB: but anyway...
[00:25] InvdrDIB: Okay. last year I got it into my head to do one of these ARG things.
[00:25] InvdrDIB: I called up this college friend who knows about website stuff. Bernie. He said he had some friends who would help.
[00:26] InvdrDIB: We did some brainstorming with emails and stuff. somewhere out of this stew of ideas, we're not sure how (that may be important), came the idea of Jill Smith and Idunn.
[00:26] InvdrDIB: This cult that used a mishmash of Chinese and Norse mythology and was going to sacrifice a girl.
[00:27] TheRowan72: Yeah, I had to learn a lot of Chinese stuff for that.
[00:27] InvdrDIB: Ah, it's great when you can get people interested in obscure topics you like. :)
[00:27] InvdrDIB: anyway.
[00:28] InvdrDIB: Bernie found somewhere to host it, his friends did some web design, I found a picture of Gillian Anderson as a child, and we were off.
[00:28] TheRowan72: That was Gillian Anderson?
[00:28] InvdrDIB: :)
[00:28] TheRowan72: Who knew.
[00:28] InvdrDIB: Everything went pretty well (relatively speaking...) until the end.
[00:29] InvdrDIB: Then Simon appeared with his hacking and stuff.
[00:29] TheRowan72: I could argue about the zbao password, but I won't :)
[00:29] InvdrDIB: aha. Well. interesting point there...
[00:29] InvdrDIB: I wonder if I should even say this...
[00:29] TheRowan72: If you want my help, just say it
[00:30] InvdrDIB: no, no, I'm just thinking about one part of the game...
[00:30] TheRowan72: Oh?
[00:30] InvdrDIB: See...that password really wasn't solvable...until the very end when I defined the password.
[00:30] TheRowan72: You snot.
[00:30] InvdrDIB: I just went through the logs and found a password no one had tried.
[00:30] InvdrDIB: Fortunately, no one had thought of the easy one.
[00:31] TheRowan72: Do you know how long I worked on that?
[00:31] InvdrDIB: ...sorta.
[00:31] InvdrDIB: But it kept you interested!
[00:31] TheRowan72: Yes it did.
[00:31] TheRowan72: Now, back to Simon..
[00:31] InvdrDIB: That was odd because...Simon pulled out some of that code and displayed the list of passwords. I was going to give a hint somewhere...
[00:31] InvdrDIB: anyway...
[00:31] InvdrDIB: here's where it gets odd.
[00:32] TheRowan72: Ok
[00:32] InvdrDIB: Simon tells me that...there *really is* a sinister cult.
[00:32] InvdrDIB: They...well, if you believe him, they have already sacrificed a girl named Jill.
[00:32] InvdrDIB: Apparently...he was influencing us all along, making sure DaemonWorks incorporated elements based on...reality. as he perceived it.
[00:33] TheRowan72: For what purpose?
[00:33] InvdrDIB: Well...
[00:33] InvdrDIB: from what I've figured out...
[00:33] InvdrDIB: I think Simon had some connection to this cult, and then...a falling out?
[00:34] InvdrDIB: Jill is somewhere...dead but her spirit is wandering.
[00:34] InvdrDIB: And I have to tell you, I've seen some pretty disturbing information on this point...
[00:34] TheRowan72: Like?
[00:34] InvdrDIB: I don't...really want to get into it right now.
[00:34] TheRowan72: Ok.
[00:34] InvdrDIB: I mean...
[00:35] InvdrDIB: Let's just say Simon was able to find out some things that...It just unnerves me.
[00:35] TheRowan72: Ok.
[00:35] InvdrDIB: so yeah...
[00:36] InvdrDIB: Jill is...somewhere. and her experiences are going to...provide lots of knowledge to people who know about occult stuff.
[00:36] TheRowan72: Like Simon and the people in the cult?
[00:36] InvdrDIB: yes, exactly.
[00:36] InvdrDIB: Simon, however, is convinced that the cult doesn't know what they're doing.
[00:36] InvdrDIB: Only he can bring Jill back.
[00:36] TheRowan72: Is that even possible?
[00:36] InvdrDIB: Yeah, well...that's the thing...
[00:37] InvdrDIB: I'm sort of thinking...if it *is* possible, then shouldn't I help him?
[00:37] InvdrDIB: But on the other hand, I don't think he's really motivated by altruism here.
[00:37] TheRowan72: Aren't their consequences for bringing back the dead, no matter how they got that way?
[00:38] InvdrDIB: good question...
[00:38] InvdrDIB: so that's interesting.
[00:38] InvdrDIB: You think the dead should stay dead?
[00:38] InvdrDIB: so to speak?
[00:38] TheRowan72: I don't know.
[00:39] InvdrDIB: what was that book...
[00:39] InvdrDIB: the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.
[00:39] TheRowan72: I mean, it's great to think about brinign back an innocent victim and all, but you don't know what will happen if you do.
[00:39] TheRowan72: If things will be worse off or not.
[00:39] TheRowan72: I started reading Covenant - couldn't get into it.
[00:39] InvdrDIB: Heh...yeah.
[00:40] InvdrDIB: I liked them, but they're not easy reads.
[00:40] InvdrDIB: bringing someone back from the dead was a violation of the natural order, and thus Bad.
[00:41] InvdrDIB: unfortunately...if we want to stop Simon, I'm not sure how to do that easier.
[00:41] InvdrDIB: but then, it *might* be possible.
[00:41] TheRowan72: If Simon can bring back Jill, why hasn't he done so already?
[00:41] InvdrDIB: Ah.
[00:42] InvdrDIB: let me see if I can recall...
[00:42] InvdrDIB: One thing is, he sorta needs magical energy.
[00:42] TheRowan72: Where does he get that?
[00:42] InvdrDIB: As I understand it...it comes from thought.
[00:42] InvdrDIB: Emotion...
[00:43] InvdrDIB: ...people trying to apply their intelligence to solve puzzles...
[00:43] TheRowan72: lol
[00:43] InvdrDIB: *smiles*
[00:43] InvdrDIB: You laugh, but actually I'm quite serious.
[00:43] TheRowan72: So that's why all the little things he's been giving us lately.
[00:43] InvdrDIB: or should I say, Simon is.
[00:44] InvdrDIB: I think the fact is that's why this entire game exists at all.
[00:44] InvdrDIB: Well, okay, if Simon wasn't here I probably would have done it anyway.
[00:44] InvdrDIB: though sometimes I wonder...
[00:44] InvdrDIB: but...yeah.
[00:45] TheRowan72: So, what do the other people who helped you with the original game think of this?
[00:45] TheRowan72: Bernie? vis? wunder?
[00:45] InvdrDIB: hmmm.
[00:46] InvdrDIB: I don't think Bernie has really kept up with things. he kinda recruited his friends and then dropped out of touch. I don't think he will really have much input.
[00:46] InvdrDIB: Some of those friends, of course, are vis, wunder and Phoebe. He might have others, I didn't meet everyone involved.
[00:46] InvdrDIB: vis kinda became the head organizer and coder.
[00:46] InvdrDIB: Unfortunately, he seems to have become Simon's confidant.
[00:47] TheRowan72: So that's why he leaves messages for us? To help Simon out?
[00:47] InvdrDIB: Well...
[00:47] InvdrDIB: I think he's just interested in seeing where it all leads.
[00:48] InvdrDIB: how much of what Simon says is really true.
[00:48] InvdrDIB: vis doesn't...scare easily, apparently.
[00:48] InvdrDIB: however.
[00:49] InvdrDIB: It might be possible to convince vis to...do something else.
[00:49] TheRowan72: Like what? Betray Simon?
[00:49] InvdrDIB: maybe.
[00:49] InvdrDIB: okay. let's see...
[00:50] InvdrDIB: one thing Simon told me...an attempt to reassure me, even if he was rather sarcastic about it...
[00:50] TheRowan72: Yes?
[00:50] InvdrDIB: There's a finite time limit to this whole ritual thing. whether it succeeds or fails, Simon will no longer have any reason to bother us afterward.
[00:51] TheRowan72: So after so long, he'll either succeed or fail, and then move on?
[00:51] TheRowan72: Do you know what the timeline is?
[00:51] InvdrDIB: I think so.
[00:51] InvdrDIB: Not exactly...
[00:51] InvdrDIB: although...
[00:51] InvdrDIB: hmmm...
[00:51] InvdrDIB: Jill is going through some journey in the underworld.
[00:52] TheRowan72: I've been reading that.
[00:52] InvdrDIB: It has specific points along the way...
[00:52] InvdrDIB: Things that happen...there's a fixed number.
[00:52] InvdrDIB: It's all based on some old myth.
[00:52] TheRowan72: A fixed number of points she must pass through?
[00:52] InvdrDIB: Right.
[00:52] TheRowan72: Do you know which myth?
[00:52] InvdrDIB: Gates? maybe.
[00:53] InvdrDIB: Hmmm...wait, Simon is interested in Sumerian myth.
[00:53] InvdrDIB: since all other myths are based on those myths, apparently.
[00:53] InvdrDIB: well, I don't know, that's probably debatable, but I know he's said that.
[00:54] InvdrDIB: I think there are seven gates. that sounds about right.
[00:55] TheRowan72: That would fit with the Inanna myth where she visits her sister in the underworld
[00:55] InvdrDIB: And she just went through the second one. Simon sent me an email about that...actually one of you players had something to do with it.
[00:55] InvdrDIB: Inanna! that does sound familiar.
[00:55] TheRowan72: What did we do? Solve that annoying shortest path puzzle?
[00:56] InvdrDIB: heh...no, that wasn't it.
[00:56] InvdrDIB: You sent a message to her and Simon passed it on.
[00:56] TheRowan72: Oh, that weird cross box
[00:56] InvdrDIB: cross the streams?
[00:57] InvdrDIB: sorry...I'm a little on edge...
[00:57] TheRowan72: I didn't tell her to cross the streams - someone else might have tho
[00:57] TheRowan72: It's okay.
[00:58] InvdrDIB: Yeah...so I don't know...I was feeling kind of resigned, but I felt I should talk to someone from the players.
[00:58] TheRowan72: Why me?
[00:59] InvdrDIB: I dunno...
[00:59] InvdrDIB: You seem like the "leader". ;)
[00:59] InvdrDIB: kind of approachable, too.
[00:59] TheRowan72: Pimp maybe. Not a leader.
[00:59] InvdrDIB: Fair enough.
[00:59] InvdrDIB: That's an amusing mental image. :)
[01:00] TheRowan72: I bet.
[01:00] InvdrDIB: "What do you mean, you don't have the money?" *ferrets snarl*
[01:00] TheRowan72: :)
[01:00] InvdrDIB: (vis has told everyone about your ferrets. ;) )
[01:01] TheRowan72: That's not surprising.
[01:01] InvdrDIB: Apparently he likes sending messages to you personally.
[01:01] TheRowan72: Making fun of me you mean.
[01:01] InvdrDIB: Aw. if he knew you said that, he'd be hurt.
[01:02] TheRowan72: I doubt it.
[01:02] TheRowan72: :)
[01:02] InvdrDIB: *smiles*
[01:02] InvdrDIB: Anyway...yeah. I don't really think I have anything else to say.
[01:03] InvdrDIB: though I do feel better for having talked to someone about it. thank you for that, at least. :)
[01:03] TheRowan72: No problems.
[01:04] InvdrDIB: and actually I think you may have given me an idea for how to proceed.
[01:04] TheRowan72: Well that's good.
[01:04] InvdrDIB: though, if you have any further ideas, I'd love to hear them.
[01:05] TheRowan72: Well, I'll let the others know what you've said, and hopefully we can come up with a plan.
[01:05] InvdrDIB: *nods* Thank you.
[01:05] InvdrDIB: now I think I shall go catch some sleep. getting a bit late here.
[01:05] TheRowan72: Same here.
[01:05] TheRowan72: Night.
[01:05] InvdrDIB: Goodnight!

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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:25 am

JoeUser
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OK, who sent the "cross the streams" message, and what does that mean anyway?

This is an interesting development, but I'm not sure what we're supposed to do. Do we try to help simon, or should we stop him?

I don't really see any puzzles currently, since ozymandias->idea and ozymandias->will both just have DESPAIR on them, an allusion to the Shelley poem.

I've tried to catch dib online, but no luck so far. Thoughts?

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:16 am

vidstudent
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I don't *recall* making Ghostbusters references in the text box, but I *did* give the hint that Jill should use those stalagtites and trees to form a bridge.

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