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[IMightBeRusty]

Well, I hope this turns out okay; I MIGHT get into it..

[RedHatty]

I hope so too. I see many of the same themes being used and IF the PM has taken some time to learn more about how to present an effective story and immersive play aspects, it could be very good. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[GoodChild]

Wow, i'm very confused here....Is this supposed to be a continuation of Ny takma? A chapter two, if you will? Cuz from my position it appears that this current incarnation of Hell is not gone is being run by someone different from the group who ran Ny Takma.

Also...what is a phychic?

[Phaedra]

Methinks you're thinking of a different ARG. Ny Takma was run by Jas0n et al. and concluded successfully, while Hell Is Not Gone was run by Zazaban and sort of trailed off.

[GoodChild]

Yeah, i guess i'm getting confused as to why things from Ny Takma were mentioned in some of the first chats for this game.

[Phaedra]

Oh heh, sorry, didn't notice that -- my eyes tend to glaze over when I see long IM quotes.

[Ruuku]

[Esteed]

Created an IRC channel on chat-sol for this. #hellnotgone is the name.

EDIT: Found some interesting stuff in the source for the Maxwell is... and John is alive pages.

Maxwell is...: PALM EVE SHE ME

John is alive: BELAECHELN EHE VOM

Anagrams, definitely. Working on them now.

Son of EDIT: There are a lot of anagrams for the second one, but reading the list, this one just jumped out at me: HEAVEN BECOME HELL

Grandson of EDIT: Okay, so looking through the original thread, I see that PALM has already been solved. The second one, however, seems new.

There is also something else I wanted to ask. Those involved in the original game, which character had memory lapses? I ask because Zezmi tells us Hank was murdered, and now Zezmi has memory lapses. Was it the same sort of scenario last time?

[Scipio]

Hey guys, I've been a long time lurker, but I've just recently joined.

I've IMed Zezmi, and what I got seems pretty similar to what you guys found earlier

[konamouse]

When posting these LONG IM logs, it's very helpful to bold or highlight the key points. Thank you for that summary at the end (with what you thought was the key point of the interaction).

[Esteed]

[thebruce]

[Esteed]

[thebruce]

[Scipio]

Yeah, I think I'll just be summarizing future chats. That seems to simplify matters. I didn't think it'd be quite that long until I actually saw it posted.

Esteed, concerning the memory lapses, there were no characters during the last run of this game which seemed to have lost memories. However, a character calling himself Dr. Harold Applebee showed up just before things trailed off and claimed that Claire, the defunct clue-giver, is actually another personality of Eve, a self-proclaimed psychic and Claire's sister. Harold may or may not have been who he said he was, so Claire might be real and Eve might not be crazy. I do find it interesting that this Zezmi character shows up out of the blue and also seems to have a multiple personalities disorder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_personality_disorder
The very first paragraph seems to describe Zezmi to a "t."

Right now, I think that Eve (or Claire) and Zezmi are legitimately crazy, and it's up to us to find out what went wrong.

[edit] Little facts I found about Zezmi which might be decent leads