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[SOLVED] Looking For AV - Skull Code
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AngBa
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That's what I thought - I did shoot him an email just asking for him to check in with one of us, or Sarah - he hasn't been too timely on answering email since he started using IM though. He was drinking last night, so lets just hope he has a nasty hangover.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:14 pm
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stilettoblade
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I'd agree about waiting. the good dr is not the best at quick responses in general, it seems...
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AngBa
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I don't mean to pry but do you have a way to contact him? He hasn't answered his cell phone. He's fairly new here and you're the only friend of his, outside of the institute, I know. Well, you and Tipsila. Do you think she's heard from him?

I'm worried too. He recently asked me to help him with AV and the Institute is paying for my time on that project. That stuff is really creepy and having him go missing even for a short while really bothers me.

I don't want to freak out yet but I'm kinda worried too.

- Sarah P


Still not worried???

Sorry, it posted before I could add my reply:

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The only way I have right now is email. I have been in touch with Tipsila though, and he shows that he is online via IM, so she has tried to contact him that way. I will not be home or able to try him online for about 2 hours, nor do I have a phone number for him.

When I spoke with him last night he said he was drinking a beer, so maybe he just has a nasty hangover today - at least that is what I hope...

I agree, I was worried the moment I read your email. I don't suppose you could go check his apartment possibly?

Do you have IM capabilities? That way you could contact Tipsila or myself via our Yahoo screennames?

Let me know whatever it is you need, and we will do everything we can!

Thanks!
Banana

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:19 pm
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maradydd
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Well, I suppose it *is* a good thing that Mycroft figured out what apartment complex it is, then ... note that I don't think it's stalking time quite yet, but if push comes to shove, we could theoretically try and track him down in real life.

Does Sarah not know his address? One would think the Institute would have it somewhere, if only so that they can pay him. One of the more annoying parts of the Patriot Act is that you can no longer get a bank account without giving the bank your physical address, so if she can find out whether he's paid by direct deposit, that would help narrow down which apartment he lives in.

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AngBa
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Yeah, I don't think we should stake out the Dr.'s place... I do think if he's missing, which since it seems that he's gone dark SOMETHING has happened we need to wait for the packages (or word from Sarah).

Hopefully they went out Wednesday, and I may have mine tomorrow... You know that I'm gonna come home for lunch to check!!!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:23 pm
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Un sure of relevence but after a bit of googleing I have some ideas on the text:


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From: a cached version of wikipedia

Pagan theology, the name of the devil is 'amuktor' which literally translates into 'the one who eats the apples'. This originally stems from the story of Adam and Eve and their exile from the Garden of Eden


Also worth note the text was removed due to lack of citation.

Given the month and pagan/dark references might we be looking at this month, halloween?

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Forgery
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That's really interesting, nice work Mofy. it seems to perfectly fit with the text, so we now have... You are the devil, you will be born on the 31st day.

It clearly shouts Halloween at us but doesnt really give us anything to go on right now.

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Complete speculation here:

The good doctor says he is changing (I joined this late/recently but AngBa has also said he is changing, becoming darker...), perhaps he will be born as the devil on the 31st.

Or become a vessel, I know more about voodoo than pagan mythos but it would make sense with the quote...

"You are the devil (amuktor), you will be born on the 31st day"

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[20:50] docjpjr: It is not so uncommon in the scientific/academic world to be allowed to research subjects of personal interest. In some cases it is even in the contract but yes for this matter it is unusual. I am thankful for the 90 days.
[20:51] theangrybanana: well, we have 90 days then, we will figure this out - you just need to stay focused and with me
[20:51] theangrybanana: ... us
[20:52] docjpjr: I do not think we have so much time.
[20:52] theangrybanana: why is that?
[20:53] docjpjr: I can feel it. I know you can also tell that I am changing.


I fear we may have a deadline.

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Arkaham
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Great find Mofy. Sarah asked us if we had googled for the message of the skull. I did, but it seems I missed that one.

It seems we must stay alert for that name: amuktor.

As a matter of fact, I think I'll write to te doc, and tell him that name. See if it gets any reaction.
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AngBa
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Mofy wrote:


I fear we may have a deadline.



Um, I don't even think we have that long... We need to speed it up.
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Arkaham
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Mofy, you are my new hero.

Here's the mail I sent to the doc:

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I have found something in one book my order allowed me to read just
recently. The email is too impersonal, but I'm afraid I don't have the
time right now to do another video and this can't wait.

Take a deep breath. Try to keep your mind clear. Relax. Then read the
following word, and let me know exactly how you felt about it:





AMUKTOR





Hopefully this just sounds like I'm making no sense. If that's the
case, my fears are unfounded and I apologize for making you worry.


No I'm not insane. In case someone doesn't know, I'm supposed to be the 'good witch' for the doc. So that means Mofu is now the name of my order Wink

Well, he replied today:

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The word AMUKTOR is very much like the name I had as a child. I never saw it spelled out but that is how it sounded. It was only used when I was young before I was a teenager. I was told it was a gypsy word for something strong. How do you know I was called this?

Your video is very important to me. I added it to my youtube. I will watch it many times tonight. I will try to watch it instead of the dark videos. I thought you were an old man with a long beard until I saw it. You are very wise for a young person. I hope you and others can make more videos sometime. I hope it helps.

Thank you!

Jochen


So it's official. The doc childhood wasn't a nice thing, and soon we'll have an Amuktor in our hands.
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AngBa
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So it's official. The doc childhood wasn't a nice thing, and soon we'll have an Amuktor in our hands.



Yep, that's what I was afraid of. Mofy and Ark - you are my heros!

(too bad there's not an emoticon for a crying banana - Ang's gonna miss her nice, funny charming doc...)
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James Stone
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OMG! We had a discussion about the Amuktor link when we first cracked the skull code, but due to the lack of information regarding Amuktor we never presented this as a possible solution, never mind asking the Dr about it. Excellent move Mofy and nice work on drawing some information out of the Dr, Arkaham.
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James Stone
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After a bit of hunting around Wikipedia I have located the source of the addition of the line containing Amuktor.

here is the comparison page and here is the results of a WHOIS on the IP address that submitted the changes.
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AngBa
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Ok, there really wasn't anywhere to post this next chat, but a couple of people asked for the full transcript... I will have to go back through to document everything as I noticed that it seems when I ask a question "too close for comfort" the doc seems to capitalize the first 2 letters of the first word in his response. Typically it has been DO, so I figured it was typos, but he did it again tonight.

Oh and we have a 'cyberdate' tomorrow - I am working my roll as his 'happy place' to keep him away from his 'destiny' and he doesn't seem to want to talk to me about the dark things he seems to think about. When I bring them up, that's when he seems to start searching youtube for creepy videos. I will continue to try and keep him in a 'happy place' as long as I can, but I don't know how long I can keep it up. I think he's starting to finally start talking with others Very Happy

Let the teasing continue:



(and for those of you that think it, no I really don't LOVE Jochen... I'm just that good in making it believable)
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