Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
 
The time now is Mon Nov 25, 2024 3:57 am
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)
View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Old News & Rumors
[Trailhead] Gabriel Lawson/Prophecy of Stars [STARS]
View previous topicView next topic
Page 1 of 29 [429 Posts]   Goto page: 1, 2, 3, ..., 27, 28, 29  Next
Author Message
Mikeyj
Unfictologist


Joined: 18 Oct 2004
Posts: 1847
Location: London

[Trailhead] Gabriel Lawson/Prophecy of Stars [STARS]
Two trailheads merged

It seems clear now that Gabriel Lawson and Prophecy of Stars are one and the same with a number of links between the two. To prevent cross-posting of updates between the two threads and make discussion easier I'm locking the two original threads (linked to above) - updates and discussion here now please Wink
_________________
Irrelevant musings.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:16 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Uberg33k
Entrenched


Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 905
Location: Atlanta

Story Summary

Our story starts out in Indiana. A young man by the name of Gabriel Lawson starts reaching out to people on the Internet because something strange is happening in his town. A large red round object appeared in the night sky on June 30th. It appeared at midnight and shortly after its arrival there was an explosion. Soon thereafter, the Army rolled into town. Now the residents are scared, some people are acting bizzare, and "men in black" are everywhere. Since then, Gabriel and his friend Michael have been somewhat paranoid and keeping a low profile. Michael gets the feeling that Gabriel is withholding information from him and even suspects he might be "compromised". It could be Gabriel is just busy, seeing as he's working on finding a secure way to communicate with us and his mother has recently fallen and hurt herself. With reports around their town of people disappearing and even being dragged off, it would seem their caution is warranted.

Meanwhile out in New Jersey, a man named Colby Shaw starts to have weird dreams the same night that the red orb appears over Indiana. His dreams involved an eyeball floating around and feathers. He wakes up and screams "A Prophecy of the Stars!". Later on, he starts to have dreams with the eyeball that tell him he's missing something. He's really not sure what it means, but it seems important. At first his girlfriend, Christine, thinks he's crazy, but then she starts having strange dreams as well. They involve a web held up by two needles, with her ex boyfriend Chet and his nephew Gabriel Lawson in the middle of the web. It seems Chet was out visiting his nephew in Indiana and has actually clued him into Colby's blog. While Chet is busy on vacation, we find out that his current girlfriend, Angelica, is having dinner with an unknown individual that seems to have striken her fancy.

Soon, Colby has a similar dream to Christine's, except in his half of the web is burned by something red and it gave him a feeling of terror. He now concurs with Christine that its important to track down Gabriel and Chet and talk to them about what's going on. Their concern is heightened when Angelica calls them and asks if they've heard from Chet. It seems he has gone MIA. Its also around this time that Colby discovers that someone has embedded a secret message in the source code of his website. It leads to another website ... A Prophecy of Stars, just as in his dreams. With all things taken together, Colby thinks that he and Christine will take a road trip out to Indiana to see for themselves what's going on.

No sooner does Colby relate this to us, then we see a mystious commenter in his blog. The person, only known now as Agent Darkness, tells Colby he should forget everything, stay out of Indiana, and let "those who need to handle this". Following the trail this Agent Darkness left brings us to his own blog. In it, he claims that he's a government agent working on "Project 5224", which deals with alien activity on Earth. He confirms there were aliens in Indiana on June 30 and again on July 9 and that there is now a cover up in progress to hide this. He promises more information soon.

How To Contact Characters
  • Gabriel Lawson - a77mericaneagle (AIM older), nglfthsky (AIM newer), a77mericaneagleSPLATgmail.com (email older), gbrllawsonSPLATyahoo.com (email/YIM newer)
  • Michael - afallenlife (AIM)
  • Colby Shaw - C0LSHAW (AIM), colbyshawcolbySPLATgmail.com (email)
  • Christine - chr1ssyk1ns (AIM)
  • Chet Lawson - harlydavids0n (AIM)
  • Angelica - bpittismyhusband (AIM)
  • Agent Darkness - the.agent.of.darknessSPLATgmail.com (email)

**take note that clues are often left in their IM profiles**

Websites

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:09 am
Last edited by Uberg33k on Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:37 pm; edited 2 times in total
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
cissmiace
Entrenched


Joined: 24 Mar 2007
Posts: 867
Location: Manchester UK

What an excellent idea Uberg33k!

I unfortunately have had no direct contact with Gabriel since the last email. I never seem to catch them online.
_________________
I am the very model of a scientist Salarian!

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:02 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Uberg33k
Entrenched


Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 905
Location: Atlanta

I'm still working on the summary right now (trying to make sure I have the story straight), but I thought I'd throw out two things that bugged me after last night's developments.

1. On the Prophecy of Stars weeble page, it mentions "contact is coming soon" and then we have this Agent Darkness pop up. I think this was mentioned in one of the closed threads, but could this be the contact we were waiting for? Did he add the lines in the source code to Colby's blog and set up the weeble page?

2. Was in my own conversation with Christine, she accuses me of being another "alien hunter". Now she may have just been talking about all the people playing along from here at uF, but it seems awfully odd that self professed alien hunter Agent Darkness makes contact at the same time. A misinterpretation on my part or did Christine slip up? Maybe she knows a little more than she's letting on.


Ok, back to work on the summary. Later kids.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:18 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
redct
Entrenched


Joined: 20 Jun 2007
Posts: 1233

We are currently waiting for an update from Agent: Darkness. To me, he seems a bit over the top Razz

I'm still working on the summary right now (trying to make sure I have the story straight), but I thought I'd throw out two things that bugged me after last night's developments.
Quote:


1. On the Prophecy of Stars weeble page, it mentions "contact is coming soon" and then we have this Agent Darkness pop up. I think this was mentioned in one of the closed threads, but could this be the contact we were waiting for? Did he add the lines in the source code to Colby's blog and set up the weeble page?

2. Was in my own conversation with Christine, she accuses me of being another "alien hunter". Now she may have just been talking about all the people playing along from here at uF, but it seems awfully odd that self professed alien hunter Agent Darkness makes contact at the same time. A misinterpretation on my part or did Christine slip up? Maybe she knows a little more than she's letting on.


I'm not sure that was the contact... but it might've been. Another element in development is Gabriel's hidden forum. Afallenlife said that Gabriel was building one on a site that's not related to all of this. Keep an eye out...! (Afallenlife also asked me not to tell Gabriel about this, since he didn't want it getting out).

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:20 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
sMooTH WuN
Entrenched


Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Posts: 936
Location: Boston, MA

Quote:
We are currently waiting for an update from Agent: Darkness. To me, he seems a bit over the top


that is exactly what I was thinking. Agents wouldnt really act like that. Even the alien hunting kind.

There is something really off about this "agent of darkness"

BTW i tried adding things to the end of the URL at the top of the prophecy. weebly page but to no avail.

ive tried eeeverything. What could a path to the stars translate to? even colby is interested in that line "follow the path to the stars" i think it was a hint (obviously) but im stuck on the next step.
_________________
www.myspace.com/sm00thwun
E-Mail: Sm00thwunSPLATyahoo.com
AIM SN: Sm00thwun
Now Playing: The Human Pet*, Exiles, Grays Point
Waiting for: Invasion2, WITG?


PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:22 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
Uberg33k
Entrenched


Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 905
Location: Atlanta

Ok summary is now done. Look it over and see if everything is there, in order, and correct. Any additions, subtractions, or changes, let me know.

I'll try to keep it up so that we have a single reference point.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:32 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
Beef Supreme
Boot


Joined: 20 Jul 2007
Posts: 61
Location: H-Town, TX

Something perhaps...

I found this. I don't know if it is IG or not, but it is odd. I can't find anything hidden but it seems like there should be something there. This is my first ARG and my first post on UF, so I apologize in advance if I am wasting everyone's time.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://thereisanotherworld.weebly.com


PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:38 pm
Last edited by Beef Supreme on Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:49 pm; edited 1 time in total
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Uberg33k
Entrenched


Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 905
Location: Atlanta

Re: Something perhaps...

Beef Supreme wrote:
I found this. I don't know if it is IG or not, but it is odd. I can't find anything hidden but it seems like there should be something there. This is my first ARG and my first post on UF, so if I apologize in advance if I am wasting everyone's time.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://thereisanotherworld.weebly.com
That's weird. Weirder still is in looking at the source code, there's nothing. I don't mean nothing to do with the game, I mean nothing *period*. This site is straight WYSIWYG. If it is in game, it looks as if the PMs aren't done with it yet.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:42 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
Beef Supreme
Boot


Joined: 20 Jul 2007
Posts: 61
Location: H-Town, TX

Re:Re: Something perhaps...

Hope I didn't accidentally screw with the curtain.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:00 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Uberg33k
Entrenched


Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 905
Location: Atlanta

Re:Re: Something perhaps...

Beef Supreme wrote:
Hope I didn't accidentally screw with the curtain.
No worries.

In case anyone cares, I can confirm that both agentdarkenss and agent5224 are valid AIM names. No clue if they're in game or not. Their profile pages are blank, so no help there.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:39 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
redct
Entrenched


Joined: 20 Jun 2007
Posts: 1233

Re: Something perhaps...

Possibly IG - maybe we just caught it before it was supposed to be found.

Beef Supreme wrote:
I found this. I don't know if it is IG or not, but it is odd. I can't find anything hidden but it seems like there should be something there. This is my first ARG and my first post on UF, so I apologize in advance if I am wasting everyone's time.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://thereisanotherworld.weebly.com


EDIT: About the over-the-topness (is that a word) of Agent: Darkness, I think something is a bit fishy of him. No one in the government would reveal that they're part of a top secret project in a blog... but this is an ARG Very Happy

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:09 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
sMooTH WuN
Entrenched


Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Posts: 936
Location: Boston, MA

Quote:
EDIT: About the over-the-topness (is that a word) of Agent: Darkness, I think something is a bit fishy of him. No one in the government would reveal that they're part of a top secret project in a blog... but this is an ARG


stilll.. this arg seems pretty well thought out and orchestrated. Agent darkness just seems out of place sort of.. does anyone know what i mean when i say that?

he just seems to be... fake. even IG he seems fake.
_________________
www.myspace.com/sm00thwun
E-Mail: Sm00thwunSPLATyahoo.com
AIM SN: Sm00thwun
Now Playing: The Human Pet*, Exiles, Grays Point
Waiting for: Invasion2, WITG?


PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:21 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
flo
Veteran


Joined: 06 Jan 2005
Posts: 121
Location: UK

Re:Re: Something perhaps...

Uberg33k wrote:

In case anyone cares, I can confirm that both agentdarkenss and agent5224 are valid AIM names. No clue if they're in game or not. Their profile pages are blank, so no help there.


a search for agentdarkness returns mostly hits for a lassie not IG. her aim is not agentdarkness, so i suppose it's fair to say it was already taken a long time ago.

i'm not convinced either about the whole project 5224 thing either until we hear more.
i think at this point we're all trying to contact gabriel again?

i've found that
http://freewebs.com/hiddenforum has been registered however the site isn't built yet.
obviously that could be totally irrelevant.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:57 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
AngriBuddhist
Entrenched


Joined: 04 Aug 2004
Posts: 778
Location: Wa.

The last post in GL thread was mine-

Quote:
I, Agent Darkness....

Man this guy sounds like a dweeb. He could be any one of the Lone Gunmen from X-Files. Look at the color scheme of his blog. X-Files.

Sure, he might know something. He could even have connections but he is most definitely not an official "Agent" of anything.


It seems more likely that this is Michael trying to tell us what's going on without Gabriel knowing than a government agent blogging aboout it.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:33 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 1 of 29 [429 Posts]   Goto page: 1, 2, 3, ..., 27, 28, 29  Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Old News & Rumors
Jump to:  

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group