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follow your heart
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 		[TRAILHEAD] iamthepossum
(moved from spam thread)

Heyloooo, what have we here?

Just got this a few minutes ago, and I'm pretty convinced it's an ARG beginning.

Quote:

iamthepossum: Hello, dreamer.
bust them heads: Evening.
bust them heads: Do I know you?
iamthepossum: I don't believe you do.
iamthepossum: I don't know you, either.
iamthepossum: Which is exactly why I'm talking to you, dreamer.
iamthepossum: Are you acquainted with a boy named Alan Reeve?
bust them heads: No, I'm not.
bust them heads: Sure you've got the right person?
iamthepossum: No one could be better.
iamthepossum: Say hello to him for me, would you?
bust them heads: I don't know who he is?
iamthepossum: mbyyexmtyy7
iamthepossum: You can figure that out, can't you?
iamthepossum: You're a smart kid.
bust them heads: Who the hell is this?
iamthepossum: Why does it matter, dreamer?
bust them heads: Who is Alan Reeve?
Previous message was not received by iamthepossum because of error: User iamthepossum is not available.



Judging by the 7, I took the ROT-7 of mbyyexmtyy7 and got "tiffletaff7."

Not only is it an AIM screenname, but it also leads to an LJ.

The LJ's latest entry mentions a strange "dream," while the abovementioned IMer seems to like referring to me as "Dreamer."

Proceeded to IM tiffletaff7.
Got a snotty little response, doesn't seem to be aware of this "Possum."

Quote:

bust them heads: Alan Reeve?
Tiffletaff7: who are you?
bust them heads: I got your screenname (encoded) along with your name from someone under the screenname "iamthepossum."
bust them heads: Friend of yours?
Tiffletaff7: who the hell are you?
bust them heads: My name is Tyler.
bust them heads: iamthepossum: Are you acquainted with a boy named Alan Reeve?
bust them heads: No, I'm not.
bust them heads: Sure you've got the right person?
iamthepossum: No one could be better.
iamthepossum: Say hello to him for me, would you?
bust them heads: I don't know who he is?
iamthepossum: mbyyexmtyy7
iamthepossum: You can figure that out, can't you?
iamthepossum: You're a smart kid.
bust them heads: Who the hell is this?
Tiffletaff7: and why are you talking to me about possums?
bust them heads: Read the above.
bust them heads: mbyyexmtyy7
bust them heads: That's an encoded version of tiffletaff7.
bust them heads: Now, is your name Alan Reeve?
Tiffletaff7: i don't know who you are
Tiffletaff7: but don't f**king talk to me again
Tiffletaff7 signed off at 11:27:44 PM.



(edited by me)

Smells pretty ARGish to me. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:07 am
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labfly
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 		Very Happy
this might be something.. i put tiffletaff7 on my lj friends list
i'm curious to see what happens next

interesting too.. the phrase: "playing possum" is a phrase that means to pretend to be dead
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 		Looks good!! Very Happy

PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:48 pm
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labfly
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 		this just in from the tt7's lj
Quote:
I had another weird dream last night. I think it was the same as the first one. I remember a little more this time, there was a person there, I don't remember who, who said to me, "Wake up, Chri, you're dreaming." It just felt very odd. Maybe I'll take that dreamcatcher down if this keeps up.

Some weird kid IMed me last night. I think he was trying to be funny, but I wasn't laughing. Weird kid, if you're stalking me, stop it.

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Subliminal
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 		I think he's talking about Follow Your heart, right?

PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:59 pm
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 		Probably.

Flattering, Alan.

Really.
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patrick
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 		'Hellooooo possums...' Wink

I'm currently playing Perplex City but I think I'll take a look at this too - just added him to my flist.

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 		LIVEJARG is the new BLARG.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:47 pm
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follow your heart
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 		Such a pleasant lad we're dealing with. Rolling Eyes

Quote:
bust them heads: hello again
Tiffletaff7: what do you want?
bust them heads: i just want to know why i was given your screenname.
bust them heads: but if you don't want to talk to me
bust them heads: why not talk to the person who gave your sn to me?
Tiffletaff7: really, what do you want from me?
Tiffletaff7: are you just some creep whos trying to make me angry?
bust them heads: no!
bust them heads: i'm just as confused as you!
bust them heads: somebody imed your screenname to me last night
bust them heads: and told me your name was alan reeve
Tiffletaff7: fine
Tiffletaff7: who imed you?
bust them heads: someone whose screenname is "iamthepossum"
Tiffletaff7: he's not on now
bust them heads: yes he is
bust them heads: i think he's just invisible
bust them heads: just check his buddy info.
Tiffletaff7: he's not responding
bust them heads: well i sent you our little exchange last night, didn't i?
Tiffletaff7: yes
Tiffletaff7: if you don't mind, i'm going to go now
Tiffletaff7: don't talk to me again unless you have something new to say
Tiffletaff7 signed off at 5:20:50 PM.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:18 pm
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labfly
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 		this came to my lj right after i made tt7 my "friend"

Quote:

2-6-4
1-2-2
3-2-3
3-6-1
4-2-1

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:11 pm
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Dionysus
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 		tiffletaff7SPLAThotmail.com just emailed me!

The topic was "singalong" and the message was "ptzzexr"
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:50 pm
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Chewy
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 		I have a feeling singalong will require a bunch of our efforts.

Quote:
From: Alan Reeve
Subject: singalong!

Body:

whzzbx

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Yembles
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 		From the look of those double z's perhaps frequency analyis can be employed, once a few more people have singalong e-mails.

Just a thought.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:18 pm
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BottomlessPitMan
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 		Hey... I have decided to join this ARG... I just made a LJ, name is BLPM... everything else was taken... I just made friends with Tiffletaff7... so now beings the wait for an e-mail...
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 		Don't get ahead of yourself, Yembles. I'm thinking ROT at the moment.

We just need more emails to tell us how these codes relate to the number sequence seen earlier.
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