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Chat with KAshley May13 (long!)

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wintermute_au
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Chat with KAshley May13 (long!)

OK, I'm posting the first part of a chat with KAshley, bolding the important bits -- after mine Brain\Storm showed up and he's gonna post the rest from logs

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[23:04:08] KAshley (KAshleySPLAT33fe9952.2d8b4caa.3223f75b.31478372X) has joined channel #james
[23:04:31] <wintermute> Hey Kevin
[23:05:22] <KAshley> Hello.
[23:05:41] <KAshley> How are you?
[23:05:54] <wintermute> not bad... how's work?
[23:06:01] <KAshley> Busy
[23:06:07] <KAshley> Not many people in here today.
[23:06:32] <KAshley> Whats that in the topic?
[23:06:47] <wintermute> which bit?
[23:06:58] <KAshley> The last two.
[23:07:04] <wintermute> ...and no, end of the week there don't seem to be many around Wink

[23:07:05] <KAshley> Mr. Storm recieved these?
[23:07:16] <wintermute> so he says - did u take a look at the images?
[23:07:37] <wintermute> i don't have a lot of details, but it looks like 1 of what alesha lost...
[23:07:58] <KAshley> Indeed
[23:08:24] <wintermute> i assume u don't know where they came from?
[23:09:03] <KAshley> Not a clue.
[23:09:25] <KAshley> "The target was unreceptive to his internet conversation"
[23:09:29] <KAshley> What in the hell?
[23:09:44] <wintermute> i was wondering the same thing - who would 'the target' be?
[23:10:32] <wintermute> could it have something to do with TheDefect and/or the group that hit ur party the other nite?
[23:11:10] <KAshley> I'm not sure.
[23:11:48] <KAshley> Has anyone told Alesha?
[23:11:53] <wintermute> ooh, i'm watching the star wars trailer in french Wink

[23:12:08] <KAshley> In french?
[23:12:20] <wintermute> not sure Kevin, BrainStorm may have
[23:12:28] DiscoJason (~chatzilla@15e08640.37148937.chcgilgm.covad.net) has joined channel #james
[23:12:31] <wintermute> (yeh i'm spending the year in france Wink

)
[23:12:44] <wintermute> means i have to find a cinema showing star wars subtitled
[23:13:03] <DiscoJason> Howdy, Kevin
[23:13:46] <wintermute> hey Jason, do you know if BrainStorm told alesha about the bracelet he received?
[23:13:46] <KAshley> Hello Jason.
[23:13:59] <DiscoJason> winter: I do not know
[23:14:12] <DiscoJason> Kevin, did you get my recent email? Alesha was asking for you to contact her
[23:14:43] <KAshley> Yes I see.
[23:14:51] <KAshley> I'm not sure what to tell her.
[23:15:17] <wintermute> (whatd she ask?)
[23:19:01] <DiscoJason> She had asked whether she was safe or not
[23:19:21] <KAshley> For a government agency, we are clueless.
[23:19:23] <DiscoJason> so, Kevin, what impressions do you have on that bracelet and the accompanying message?
[23:19:29] <wintermute> ...The Defect is probly the only that can answer that for now
[23:20:38] <KAshley> I think it could mean something.
[23:20:38] Signoff: DiscoJason (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
[23:21:20] DiscoJason (~chatzilla@15e08640.37148937.chcgilgm.covad.net) has joined channel #james
[23:21:27] <wintermute> but it would mean completely different things depending who it came from no?
[23:21:53] <DiscoJason> doh...got dropped
[23:21:55] <DiscoJason> what did I miss?
[23:22:09] <KAshley> I think it could mean something.
[23:22:17] <KAshley> I don't know.
[23:22:47] <DiscoJason> could it be that it refers to maybe keywords across IRC trigger something when someone wears the bracelet?
[23:23:07] <KAshley> Um, What?
[23:23:15] <DiscoJason> the note that came with the bracelet
[23:23:28] <DiscoJason> "The target was unreceptive to his internet conversation"
[23:23:40] <KAshley> Right, but what do you mean?
[23:24:09] <DiscoJason> well, it almost sounded like the author was expecting someone to respond to something in an Internet conversations
[23:24:15] <DiscoJason> *conversation
[23:24:33] <DiscoJason> like maybe some kind of trigger word
[23:25:01] <wintermute> ahh, theres an idea -- a trigger suggests brainwashing tho
[23:26:08] Signoff: DiscoJason (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
[23:26:14] <wintermute> there he goes again
[23:26:46] DiscoJason (~chatzilla@15e08640.37148937.chcgilgm.covad.net) has joined channel #james
[23:27:08] <DiscoJason> son of a bitch!
[23:27:15] <DiscoJason> lol
[23:27:19] <wintermute> KAshley: have u done any investigation re last friday nite?
[23:27:23] <KAshley> Now you know how I feel.
[23:27:25] <DiscoJason> not sure why I keep getting disconnected
[23:27:26] <DiscoJason> FACAB must be behind it!!! I am too close to the truth Razz

[23:27:42] <KAshley> We've tried, no leads yet, no nothing.
[23:27:42] <wintermute> hehe
[23:27:58] <wintermute> and ur security was all independent yes?
[23:28:11] <DiscoJason> Kevin, I asked you about the stuff James was missing in my email to you
[23:28:17] <DiscoJason> did he ever mention losing things?
[23:28:27] <DiscoJason> jacket, ring, sunglasses, etc.
[23:29:02] <KAshley> Yes security was independent.
[23:29:19] <KAshley> He lost things quite a bit, he was quite forgetful.
[23:30:07] <DiscoJason> seems an undesirable trait for a government investigator
[23:30:32] <KAshley> He was great in the field.
[23:30:33] <DiscoJason> was it just simple misplacement of these objects or did he seem truly perplexed as to where they went?
[23:30:34] <wintermute> especially with identifiable stuff!
[23:31:23] <wintermute> he was in the field? alesha seemed to think he had a desk job....?
[23:31:24] <KAshley> He got use to it after a while.
[23:31:41] <KAshley> Well he did, I mean...
[23:31:43] <KAshley> Shit.
[23:32:10] <wintermute> which means what? 'desk job' was a cover or he was occassionally sent out?
[23:32:29] KAshley sighs
[23:32:46] <KAshley> He...went out.
[23:33:56] <wintermute> on what kind of jobs?
[23:34:05] <wintermute> (things where he couldv made enemies easily?)
[23:34:09] <KAshley> Classified.
[23:34:58] <DiscoJason> did he ever mention receiving the bracelets as gifts from Alesha?
[23:35:21] <Double> hey kashley
[23:35:35] <KAshley> No, never mentioned it.
[23:35:39] Double is DoubleHeliSPLAT20846cb9.15e08640.398d5d27.362b7f89X (Leeps)
[23:35:39] on channels: #James
[23:35:39] on IRC via server foshizzle.ca.us.hub.chat-solutions.org (Muh Nizzles!)
[23:35:39] Double has been idle for 18 seconds
[23:35:39] <KAshley> Hello Double.
[23:35:49] <DiscoJason> does the bracelet in the picture look familiar to you in any way?
[23:36:30] <KAshley> No, however I don't fancy looking at other men's wrists.
[23:37:05] <Double> can i ask you a quick question buddy
[23:37:18] <wintermute> would u have noticed it tho - like if he wore it with his watch everyday it would be unmissable?
[23:37:19] <KAshley> Sure.
[23:37:34] <KAshley> No, it would more than likely be under his shirt.
[23:37:45] <Double> do you know what happened with JFK?
[23:38:11] <KAshley> Magic bullet of course, we keep a whole stock of them.
[23:38:20] <wintermute> hehe
[23:38:27] <Double> LOL
[23:38:49] <wintermute> don't spose i could order one or two of those? Wink

[23:39:38] <KAshley> Well they are only half million a box.
[23:39:53] <KAshley> Chump change right?
[23:41:25] <wintermute> hey all we need is a cpl requisition orders filled out wrong ($11k for a box of staples here and there) Wink

[23:42:01] <KAshley> I have a two thousand dollar pen holder on my desk.
[23:44:04] <KAshley> Any of you come up with any ideas for the letter?
[23:44:07] <wintermute> hey if u dont mind me asking, where'd u know ur security guys from?
[23:44:30] <KAshley> Old friends of mine.
[23:44:50] <wintermute> u used to work with them? or trained or something?
[23:45:24] <KAshley> Yeah, we trained together.
[23:46:07] <wintermute> ...where does someone train to get into ur line of work? (i'm looking at similar areas in australia)
[23:47:50] <KAshley> I trained with CIA special forces.
[23:48:22] <wintermute> ah ok
[23:48:32] wintermute doesn't think an equivalent exists in australia
[23:48:48] <KAshley> They probably do, you just don't know about it.
[23:49:17] <wintermute> spose, but when i looked into the individual agencies recruitment options they appeared to handle things separately
[23:50:50] <wintermute> ok, the note: how can someone be "unreceptive" to a conversation?
[23:51:23] <KAshley> Well, from my experience, they either didn't answer or didn't say what was wanted.
[23:51:50] <wintermute> from your experience? this is intell talk then?
[23:52:07] <KAshley> Exactly.
[23:52:28] <wintermute> when dealing with whom? a plant?
[23:53:54] <KAshley> I'm not sure.
[23:54:01] <KAshley> When dealing with anyone really.
[23:54:25] <DiscoJason> does the idea of using "trigger words" to illicit some action sound familiar ot you?
[23:54:30] <DiscoJason> were you doing this kind of work?
[23:54:35] <wintermute> cos the language seems strange -- i'm trying to figure out who the Target must be...
[23:54:56] <DiscoJason> maybe James?
[23:55:13] <DiscoJason> afterall, the note was sent with the bracelet
[23:55:23] <wintermute> if its about dealing with 'anyone', i'd guess someone is trying to get a msg to Brain\Storm, and he was unreceptive to a previous conversation...
[23:55:28] <KAshley> Trigger words? I have no experience with that.
[23:55:35] <DiscoJason> did James?
[23:55:45] <KAshley> Not that I'm aware of.
[23:55:54] <DiscoJason> by the way, what happened to Sipper?
[23:55:57] <DiscoJason> He has been quiet of late
[23:56:00] <wintermute> if the Target was James, it suggests he's out there somewhere, with net access, but no longer responding in the expected way
[23:56:22] <KAshley> Tom has been busy, trying to figure out what is going on, it kills him when he doesn't know something.
[23:56:38] <KAshley> It may mean nothing.
[23:56:52] <DiscoJason> what may mean nothing?
[23:56:55] <KAshley> The letter.
[23:57:09] <DiscoJason> well, it was sent with a bracelet that has been stolen from Alesha
[23:57:10] <DiscoJason> I can
[23:57:15] <DiscoJason> can't believe it means nothing
[23:57:37] <KAshley> Just a theory.
[23:59:10] <wintermute> ok, then hypothetically... if james were out there somewhere and he were the 'Target', someone is trying to reach him using old agent codes, he's not responding, so they've sent this note to one of us...
[23:59:46] <KAshley> That would imply someone from FACAB sent the letter.
[00:00:05] <wintermute> thats where it leads... The Defect again?
[00:00:40] <wintermute> ...and theyve sent James' bracelet to establish some credibility, or a connection anyway
[00:01:30] <KAshley> The bracelet, looks like it has words, anyone know what it says?
[00:01:46] <DiscoJason> Alesha said it said James Vanderhuff
[00:02:14] <wintermute> yeh we'll have to get Brain\Storm to confirm that though
[00:02:47] <KAshley> Is he available?
[00:03:15] <wintermute> i havent seen him around for a half a day

Edit: fixing the date Wink

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 8:13 pm
Last edited by wintermute_au on Sat May 14, 2005 3:49 pm; edited 1 time in total

Brain\Storm
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Joined: 19 Nov 2004
Posts: 74
Location: Hazlehurst, Georgia USA

Heh, It's the 13th (Friday) for me. Not the 14th. Wintermute is in AU, I'm USA.
I do not know what the paper means that I recieved (check the chat topic). KAshley "hinted?" that it was a coded message/puzzle?
The bracelet I recieved says "James Vanderhuff" on the front,
and "Love Alesha" on the back.

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Session Start: Fri May 13 18:01:52 2005
Session Ident: #james
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[18:01:52] ��
[18:01:52] �� Topic: [Have you seen James? |
Blog : http://tinyurl.com/3kuvb |
http://www.facab.org |
http://www.facab.org/log01.htm |
http://www.facab.org/documents/report.txt |
http://brainstorm.serveftp.com/bracelet.jpg |
http://brainstorm.serveftp.com/paper.jpg ]

[18:01:52] �� Set by: [Brain\Storm] on [Thursday May 12 2005 21:17:51]
[18:01:52] �� Users: [12], Ops: [2/17%], Halfops: [0/0%], Voiced: [0/0%], Regs: [10/83%]
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[18:01:52] �� Mode: [ChanServ] sets [+o Brain\Storm]
[18:02:09] [wintermute] well speak of the devil
[18:02:20] [@Brain\Storm] say what?
[18:02:22] [DiscoJason] well, that seemed almost too coincidental
[18:02:34] [@Brain\Storm] yeah Chu_Teh
[18:02:35] [@Brain\Storm] lol
[18:02:45] [wintermute] hey Brain\Storm, we're just wondering if u can check whats written on ur bracelet
[18:02:53] [DiscoJason] Brain, Kevin wanted to know what was written on the bracelet
[18:02:59] [@Brain\Storm] oh
[18:02:59] [DiscoJason] and was asking where you were
[18:03:02] [DiscoJason] and then you show up
[18:03:13] [@Brain\Storm] it says "James Vonderhuff"
[18:03:15] [KAshley] Mr. Storm.
[18:03:18] [KAshley] Is that it?
[18:03:23] [wintermute] anything written on the inside?
[18:03:25] [DiscoJason] on the back it should say Love, Alesha
[18:03:29] [@Brain\Storm] and on the back is "love Alesha"
[18:03:37] [@Brain\Storm] should say?
[18:03:47] [DiscoJason] she said that was what it says on it
[18:03:51] [KAshley] Mr. Storm, I would like to take the bracelet in for evidence.
[18:03:59] [@Brain\Storm] um
[18:04:05] [@Brain\Storm] what do i do?
[18:04:11] [@Brain\Storm] want me to mail it in?
[18:04:30] [KAshley] That, or we send an Agent to your house.
[18:04:33] [wintermute] is that really necessary tho? u'll have lost any prints by now... and alesha might want it?
[18:04:37] [KAshley] You won't like that to much.
[18:04:45] [wintermute] hehe
[18:04:48] [@Brain\Storm] heh
[18:04:51] [@Brain\Storm] really?
[18:05:00] [@Brain\Storm] any female agents by any chance?
[18:05:08] [DiscoJason] Agent Sexxor
[18:05:16] [KAshley] Mr Storm, you will keep a respectable tone.
[18:05:22] [@Brain\Storm] i will?
[18:06:21] [KAshley] Yes you will.
[18:06:33] [@Brain\Storm] i think you need to be straight up with me and tell me why i'm holding James' jewelry.
[18:06:39] [wintermute] KAshley: what do u think u'll get from the bracelet?
[18:06:58] [KAshley] I don't know until I have it.
[18:07:30] [wintermute] (ooh ooh, mind control device... try it on Brain Wink

)
[18:08:23] [KAshley] Yes, if he doesn't watch himself, we may have to pay a visit to Hazlehurst
[18:08:38] [@Brain\Storm] heh
[18:09:25] [wintermute] hazlehurst?
[18:09:31] [@Brain\Storm] um
[18:09:39] [@Brain\Storm] thats where i live -_-;
[18:09:47] [wintermute] oh rite Wink

[18:10:19] [@Brain\Storm] KAshley: waht you NEED to do is tell me where this bracelet came from.
[18:10:43] [@Brain\Storm] Then i'll consider other options.
[18:11:52] [KAshley] We don't know.
[18:12:15] [@Brain\Storm] Well you have got to have suspicions.
[18:12:19] [KAshley] If we knew that, we wouldn't want it back.
[18:12:43] [@Brain\Storm] don't play dumb with me Kev.
[18:13:18] [KAshley] I am not playing dumb Mr. Storm.
[18:13:27] [wintermute] Kevin somehow i doubt u'd want a piece of jewellery back unless u had suspicions...
[18:13:39] [KAshley] It is evidence.
[18:14:21] [wintermute] evidence of what? an agent u lost track of ages ago?
[18:15:20] [KAshley] I don't know.
[18:18:48] [@Brain\Storm] what about the paper that came with it?
[18:18:57] [KAshley] What about it?
[18:19:05] [@Brain\Storm] what the hell does it mean?
[18:19:27] [@Brain\Storm] it says:
[18:19:33] [KAshley] I know what it says.
[18:19:43] [@Brain\Storm] ... how do you know?
[18:19:53] [KAshley] It is in the Topic.
[18:19:58] [@Brain\Storm] oh yeah
[18:20:08] [wintermute] ...i'm guessing it means that someone is trying to reach James, and that he's no longer responding to old agent codes...?
[18:20:12] [KAshley] Also, the least you could do is take decent pictures.
[18:20:18] [wintermute] oooh
[18:20:26] [@Brain\Storm] heh
[18:20:50] [@Brain\Storm] all i have is a webcam -_-;
[18:20:59] [@Brain\Storm] come get it if you want it.
[18:21:07] [@Brain\Storm] take a look for yourself.
[18:21:41] [KAshley] Maybe whoever it was should have sent you a cheap camera to.
[18:22:07] [@Brain\Storm] or cash.
[18:22:18] [wintermute] ok kevin, well if ur buddies wanna send me something i'm telling u: i have a camera Wink

[18:23:05] [KAshley] Cash? You would probably go buy drugs with it.
[18:23:52] [@Brain\Storm] drugs?
[18:23:53] [@Brain\Storm] lol
[18:24:05] [wintermute] isnt it nice when federal agents have such positive images of the ppl theyre sposeda protect Wink

[18:24:19] � wintermute is glad he doesnt live in the states
[18:24:23] [KAshley] We do what we need to, even if that means protecting you from yourselves.
[18:24:24] [@Brain\Storm] i'm not the one who was shitfaced on painkillers a while back.
[18:24:33] [KAshley] I was shot you prick.
[18:24:42] [@Brain\Storm] your point?
[18:24:57] [KAshley] It hurt.
[18:25:25] [KAshley] Mr. Mute, who would be trying to reach James?
[18:25:47] [@Brain\Storm] you think i'm in danger since i've gotten this package?
[18:26:32] [KAshley] Are they trying to reach him through voodoo? He is dead.
[18:26:48] [KAshley] Maybe.
[18:27:12] [@Brain\Storm] who am i in supposed danger from?
[18:27:27] [KAshley] I wouldn't know.
[18:27:34] [wintermute] KAshley: well maybe someone thinks theyve identified him, online only.... could be anyone from within facab that used to run him, or a former employee with their own agenda

[18:27:39] [wintermute] (who did run James?)
[18:27:48] [KAshley] What do you mean "run" him?
[18:28:00] [wintermute] his immediate superior
[18:28:24] [KAshley] The Director?
[18:28:25] [wintermute] or immediate contact while he was in the field
[18:29:09] [KAshley] Why though? He isn't alive.
[18:29:11] [wintermute] well he'd be the one that knows the codes... maybe Nathan thinks he's found James but that he's no longer receptive
[18:29:51] [wintermute] (whether or not it really is James...) - maybe its all a symptom of an internal/facab problem
[18:31:28] [KAshley] Hmm.
[18:34:09] [wintermute] i also wonder... how convincing is the evidence that James is actually dead? I've seen the leaked report that says 'MIA', but u seem convinced... what were the circumstances of his death?
[18:34:36] [KAshley] Classified.
[18:34:37] [wintermute] i only ask cos as a neutral outsider i can weight up ur word vs that of a leaked report, but don't have any first-hand experience
[18:35:18] [wintermute] were u working with him at the time?
[18:35:22] [@Brain\Storm] classified my ass.
[18:35:34] [@Brain\Storm] why am i looking at his damn bracelet!?
[18:35:55] [KAshley] I wish I could help you Mr. Storm.
[18:36:06] [@Brain\Storm] i bet...
[18:41:22] [KAshley] One thing has occured to me though.
[18:42:00] [KAshley] Terrorist often send eacthother coded letters, It wouldn't mean anything except to the person it was sent to.
[18:42:37] [@Brain\Storm] so i'm a terrorist?
[18:42:38] [wintermute] yeh so Brain is a terrorist; meanwhile the terrorists have found James' missing bracelet from before he even disappeared himself
[18:43:12] [wintermute] how can u even imagine that and not be willing to entertain the possibility that James really is just mia?
[18:43:30] [KAshley] No my point is that it is possible that the words mean something else than their meaning.
[18:43:54] [@Brain\Storm] not to me. therefore i can't be a terrorist.
[18:43:58] [@Brain\Storm] Razz

[18:44:12] [KAshley] That has yet to be seen Mr. Storm.
[18:44:24] [@Brain\Storm] what a crock of shi...
[18:44:25] [@Brain\Storm] ok
[18:44:29] [@Brain\Storm] whatever.
[18:55:54] �� Quit: [KAshley] [KAshley@33fe9952.2d8b4caa.3223f75b.31478372X] [Quit:]

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edit by B\S, it's Vanderhuff! I can't spell!

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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:28 pm

wintermute_au
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hehe, i'm in France, and yeh it was the 13th, but by that stage it was 1am on the 14th and i didn't click that it was still kinda the 13th Wink

and yeh, hint that theres something hidden, but struggling to come up with anything myself...

Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 3:48 pm

Hydrolix
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Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 63

Yeah it seems evident that Kevin was trying to tip us that there is a message there...now to figure it out.

Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 5:29 pm

Nezuji
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Posts: 30
Location: Melbourne, Australia

There are two bracelets.

Two messages? Or two halves of one message?

Nezuji Smile

Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 4:59 am

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