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[Update] Result of Meeting: Sylvia/Monica
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[Update] Result of Meeting: Sylvia/Monica

Just got an email a few moments ago from Sylvia:

Quote:
I'm so very sorry. I went to see the Advisor, I didn't think I would have the courage but I went like you said and it was so terrible, now I don't even know where to turn.

There's more to tell you, and something to give you. I've put it here for you: http://www.salkfamily.com/advisor.html -- but now I can hardly think. I wish I had never heard from any of you. I wish I could take this all back and make it so it never happened. I can't bear this, living with these terrible things in my memory.

I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.

Sylvia


The link leads to this text and a picture:

Quote:
I'm so scared. I feel so alone, so helpless. So tired. I don't know what to do or who to turn to. I don't know who I can trust. Maybe not even you.

There was so much more blood than I've ever seen before. When Pietro... when my husband died there was no blood. But here it was soaked into the carpet, and splashed onto the walls, so that it was the blood I saw first and not the woman lying on the floor.

I ran over to her. She had been attacked, I'm sure of it, because it was so red everywhere and so wet, coming from her head and neck. Her eyes were closed, but as I leaned over her they opened. She said: "Ms Salk?" I went for my key, I wanted to call for help but she pulled on my arm. She whispered: "No." I didn't know what to do. I just listened, and I think I was shaking. So much blood.

You see? Do you understand? I went to Monica's apartment today, in the morning, just like you asked me to. Her voice was just a whisper over the access-system. I didn't think about that, I should have noticed. I walked through the building, took the elevator. The ride was smooth and seamless, I remember thinking about how smooth it was. I walked down the corridor to her front door -- I passed by three or four people leaving their homes for work. And when I got to her door it was slightly open. I remember that. I remember being surprised by it. And I remember the blood.

She said: "It's too late now. It was V, you understand?" I shook my head. I didn't understand. I still don't understand -- how can anyone make sense of any of this? How can this be true? She said: "I thought he was you... I wouldn't have let anyone up, but I thought he was you, a few minutes early." She closed her eyes. I thought she had died and there was a voice inside my head screaming and screaming at me to run, but I couldn't leave her alone. For Pietro, I had to know. I held her hand and brushed her hair out of her eyes, tried to comfort her as best I could.

Now there is blood on my hands, too, her blood on my skin and on my blouse and in my hair. I never thought this could happen. How can this have happened? It hurts to remember. So much blood, so much death. I want this to be over.

I leaned down and put my face next to hers. I think I was shaking, I don't know, maybe I was crying, but maybe it was my face wet from the blood. I said: "Who did this? Who did this to you?" She opened her eyes and she looked so tired, tired like me, her face pale and grey and I felt almost jealous of her, almost wanting to switch places. She whispered: "Someone told him. He found out. Maybe... police? Or," she smiled slightly, "me. Sloppy." She said something else, something I couldn't understand. Was it the words that would have made sense of this all? How can something like this make any sense?

She pressed a small object into my hand. I looked. It was a key. It had been crushed, one end wrenched off. I looked at it for a moment, and then back to Monica. But her eyes were closed and she was no longer breathing and all there was left was her with her blood everywhere and the broken key and me, all alone. All of us broken. I don't know how the key could have been still working but there was a file on it, I've left it here for you. I don't know if this is the right thing to do, I just can't see what's right and wrong anymore.

All I want to do is sleep but I know that when I do I'll dream of Monica, of Pietro, of all the blood and the death. I want to sleep without dreams. I want everyone to know how terribly sorry I am.

Since I promised, I suppose I should tell you, my Pietro and I, we met at a picnic at Caesura Park. I miss Pietro so. He was always so strong. I don't think I can carry on like this any longer, after all that has happened. I just can't be alone. I'm so very tired, and I think I need to sleep. Pietro never liked me to take these pills, but I need them now, I need to be with him.

I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. When I'm with Pietro, maybe Monica will be there, and we can both tell her how very sorry we are.

Goodbye.


So . . . that's three known murders (Fran Mendling, Pietro Salk, and Monica Grand) . . . and, it appears, one suicide (Sylvia).
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Jakeo
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And the image from the login to the salk logs
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The advisor_key.jpg came up positive for jphide using stegdetect (lowest sensitivity). Now we need to find out the passphrase

EDIT: Upon reflection of the recent discovery, I get the feeling it's a false positive brought on by the hidden inverted layer
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nvm, got it ignore message

PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:23 am
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Overlayed on the image (visible if you Ctrl+A on http://www.salkfamily.com/advisor.html) is:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Search for the sign

DATE:
19th September

LOCATION:
Imperial College
Beit Quadrangle

All I have is the beginning of this trail. It is
of no use to me now. I do not know much.
I do not have much time. There will be
keywords. You will be able to put them to-
gether to make up the address of a website. I cannot follow where
this trail leads. You must follow for me.


NOTE: this only workis in IE (it's something to do with the way IE selects only every other pixel when hiliting a picture)

Edited with the missing line.. thanks ZoomZoom
Edited with the top line, thanks to #syzygy people
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:36 am
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cronogenesis
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theres some text above the date, im gonna update in a min with it.
also making an emphisesed text picture

ive started but i cant make the rest out right now.

terrible pic but a start

Sign is definitely there, feel free to argue with the rest.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
search for the sign


The picture later posted is better so use that ne instead Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:40 am
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1 sentance was missed out in the middle of the text that reads:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):

I do not know much. I do no have much time. There will be keywords...


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Following:

Quote:

16/Sep [15:46:08] <snowchyld> http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/magicimage.asp
16/Sep [15:46:27] <snowchyld> basic howto


I got the following image..

Quote:

Search for the sign

DATE:
19th September

LOCATION:
Imperial College
Beit Quadrangle

All I have is the beginning of this trail. It is
of no use to me now. I do not know much.
I do not have much time. There will be
keywords. You will be able to put them to
gether to make the address of a website.
This is all I know. I cannot follow where
this trail leads. You must follow for me.


Hint, click the image below, the thumb doesn't show it.
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Been asked on IRC for a step by step of how I did that (other than that provided on the webpage linked, which by the way is courtesy of:
Quote:

16/Sep [15:46:08] <snowchyld> http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/magicimage.asp
16/Sep [15:46:27] <snowchyld> basic howto


Anyway, open the image in photoshop
duplicate the layer (so you now have layer A, layer B)

Invert Layer A

Create a 2x2 image, half black half transparent (as shown in the website)

Select All, then Edit/Define Pattern (name it whatever you want)

Add a new layer on top of the other two (Layer C), and click the paint bucket. In it's options allows you to stamp a pattern, choose that, and choose the pattern we just made, and stamp the entire layer.

Hold CTRL, and in the layer selection, click that Layer C (it'll select all the black pixels)

Go to Layer B and hit DELETE.

Remove Layer C

Merge, fiddle with contrasts, do what you please....

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Do you guys think that it will be assumed that Sylvia killed Monica? After all, Helena knew that Sylvia was planning to visit with Monica almost exactly around the time she was killed. She got her Monica's blood all over her. It sounds as if she left fingerprints on the body at least. And then she (probably) kills herself. I'm guessing it may be passed off as a murder/suicide caused by a grief deranged widow. It just makes me sad. I feel like we let her down somehow.
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EDIT - don't worry
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Depends on if there's a specific weapon or method of the murder that can rule out Sylvia. However, I'm pretty sure that it'll be closed right away - you know, rumor that perhaps Ms. Grand was sleeping with her late husband, Sylvia kills her out of grief and insanity, then ends her own life. Simple. Soap opera-like.

I don't know if any of you others did, but I took my chances and emailed Kurt and Violet to go find Sylvia ASAP. Just in case (though I'm sure the plot has long foretold otherwise) someone could save her life.

Violet's last word of the day choice, however, is kind of...uncomfortably precognisant.

**ADDENDUM**
I emailed that wretched Monica woman last night and warned her repeatedly about taking precautions and not to think she could handle this herself! to set up guards, cameras, etc in her room! so she wouldn't be killed.
Perhaps someone someday will find who has (if stil) the broken end of her key.
And at least V isn't on the train with Scarlett, then.

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Something tells me it may be another party responsible for her murder. Why the blood? How come they didn't use the ionizer? I guess it may be possible they were trying to set up Sylvia or throw people off the trail. Too bad we don't know exactly who knew Sylvia would go there and at what time. I do feel as if things could have gone better as well. Any possibilty some of you may have sent an email to your contacs to try and save her? Death by suicide can be slow especially if it was drug induced.

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Should we be telling Violet stuff when we don't know who 'V' is? Shocked I'm sure it's not that simple but, who knows...

just a thought.
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V, we now know, is male.

There's not any character I could think of to email who isn't ultimately suspicious, so I emailed 2. And said nothing of V, Monica, or anything. Just to find Sylvia and try to save her life.

Oh, and to hurry up with the Third Power book information Razz

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