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sMooTH WuN
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 		what I meant was, why would he tell me he just "made up" the decimal phrase.. he acted like it was nothing, rather than a code of sorts..
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 		I'm sure he did make up the anagram. Like his gaia post said, "I wanted to see if I was as good at riddles as my aunt but it seems I have a way to go."

EDIT: Alas, none of the games at gaia will work for me, probably because of this groovy firewall at work, so I don't know if it's specific to the puzzle one or not.
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sMooTH WuN
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Quote:
Brentinthetent (8:56:23 PM): Are your initials M.L.?
Sm00tHwuN (8:55:29 PM): nope ms
Brentinthetent (8:56:55 PM): well is anyone of you guys M.L.?
Sm00tHwuN (8:56:15 PM): im not sure, I only know two first names, nicole and jon
Brentinthetent (8:57:32 PM): Can you find out?
Brentinthetent (8:57:34 PM): please?
Sm00tHwuN (8:56:52 PM): yeah ill check if anyone responds to me ill let you know asap
Brentinthetent (8:58:07 PM): thanks, let me know
Sm00tHwuN (8:57:04 PM): k
Brentinthetent (8:58:22 PM): literally asap



whos initials are ML?! he seems pretty urgent about this...
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:00 pm
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 		ML
Do you think it would help if I checked his myspace page to see if there is anyone that could have those initials?

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 		Yeah.. he seemed a little weird about it..

Here's the version I got..

Quote:

Brentinthetent (5:55:35 PM): ....that's strange..
ForumLurkerOnAIM (5:55:37 PM): ?
Brentinthetent (5:56:12 PM): ...M.L..?
Brentinthetent (5:56:16 PM): Is that one of you guys?
ForumLurkerOnAIM (5:56:27 PM): M.L. any more letters than that?
Brentinthetent (5:56:42 PM): No, just initials.
ForumLurkerOnAIM (5:57:40 PM): not ringing a bell
Brentinthetent (5:58:12 PM): Can you find out?
ForumLurkerOnAIM (5:58:29 PM): How? Where are you seeing this.. M.L. ?
Brentinthetent (5:59:42 PM): An E-mail but let me know if it's one of you guys first
Brentinthetent (6:00:20 PM): I have to go eat
Brentinthetent (6:00:26 PM): I'll be back later, please let me know.
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:00:35 PM): It's not a name I recognize.. but that doesn't mean much


As you can see.. not nearly as "stressed out" about it with me..

Anyhow..

M.L. Please raise your hand.. you're freaking out poor Brent..
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:14 pm
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 		ML
I checked and he has a Maryann and that seems to be the only person whose name starts with an M, but that might mean nothing, her profile is set to private, so who knows.

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sMooTH WuN
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 		::Cue twilight zone music::

Its professor plum......






...............in the bathroom......




























...............with the plunger.
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 		noooo
It's Mrs. Scarlet.....

















with the candle stick.............













in the billiards room

PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:43 pm
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 		M.L.
Freaky...
Ok guys..

Brent is tripping out.. this M.L. person sent this to him.. and he needs a little help..

So.. ATTACK!!

Quote:

Brenton;

Use your resources, and keep your wits about you. I will help you, but only if I know you can help yourself.

Follow the trail:

496E204575726F706520546865792044616E636564
41726F756E6420426F6E6669726573
46697273746C792C2046696E6420546865204C6F76656C792057686F204F6E6520536169643A
2749207368616C6C20676F20696E746F206120686172652C
202020205769746820736F72726F7720616E64207379636820616E64206D6569636B6C6520636172653B
416E642049207368616C6C20676F20696E2074686520446576696C2773206E616D652C
202020204179207768696C65204920636F6D6520686F6D6520616761696E2E27
427574205368652057617320546F6F204C6174653A
4E6578742C20596F75204D7573742046696E64205468652048616E646D616964656E73206F66204D617269
546865792057696C6C204C65616420596F7520546F204C61626F757264
5369787465656E204F68204E696E65

Find the answer:

Ewyiue qwprvp uirmqd vrw;ql ntgiim kijjmy ixeav; wexzic 'rqryc dvcssa
qulvqh re;cbo diibvv uivent rurxgw gvjhhw zdbozi ;qtejg lhqprf errsip
vlwhqp ng;uvz tvkvim qwtdvg lbbmrk ;cefsf rfgrtg mwkfyw lzreks pt,aec
zv,hxw effvwx zwxisv wteegd icbeef vpefx; tcihtz hvjgue aahfj, ptazzg
iuid,l rucioi vuj,iw xzufiv rgmwuv trmdoa efqbmp vjgksd efriir qiljiv
;etmrt rztktr jwlsyu agtltd vvhylt fe;ygt egmwjv vdmxee ;n'rwh wgzvey
inegnv gpueir hhegep nlmsir jlrhqz drfvht oslkiu iespcs vdcw-- jfrwgp
sccjpt agrief xprvuk mfcije sqgzng geytah 'leioi reegki hirjge uewlrn
vh'tax U'lrhm crrilp pzmkvi ainrnd cifcmg vywier ruvyam qvexhb airrrv
amjvlh lztndw vgtbxv ayvxtc rcgppk iurrvp 'Pnsgi ?

Rm gzriwi ditpzj xmtflv hxcefq ewdzx, drmviw lrp'vx pqxgrw "vxcet c"uyvm rivfdw bur.

This is where you'll be going, my friend. I'll help you get there.

~M. L.

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 		Coordinates
do you think the first group of numbers and letters could be coordinates?

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 		No...

I just got the numbers part.. Hex to ASCII..

here is the conversion..
Quote:

In Europe They Danced�Around Bonfires�Firstly, Find The Lovely Who One Said:�'I shall go into a hare,� With sorrow and sych and meickle care;�And I shall go in the Devil's name,� Ay while I come home again.'�But She Was Too Late:�Next, You Must Find The Handmaidens of Mari�They Will Lead You To Labourd�Sixteen Oh Nine


ETA: ...and cleaned up a tad
Quote:

In Europe They Danced
Around Bonfires
Firstly, Find The Lovely Who One Said
'I shall go into a hare,
With sorrow and sych and meickle care
And I shall go in the Devil's name,
Ay while I come home again.'
But She Was Too Late:
Next, You Must Find The Handmaidens of Mari
They Will Lead You To Labourd
Sixteen Oh Nine


ETA2:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobel_Gowdie is the person who said that..

ETA3:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Lancre
Quote:
Pierre de Lancre was the French judge of Bordeaux who conducted a massive witch-hunt in Labourd in 1609.

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 		The hands of mari are Sorginak, the assistants of the goddess Mari in Basque mythology. It is also the Basque name for witches or pagan priestesses (though they could also be male), being difficult to discern between the mythological and real ones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorginak

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 		ANy luck
Any luck on how to figure out the second part of the e-mail, I have tried differnt things but am having no luck, anyone?

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 		Don't have time to go any further on it ATM. But for the 2nd part of the message, It's Vigenere with a key of
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pierredelancre


It decodes to a large string of French text, something like:
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pour danser indecemment;
manger excessivement;
faire l'amour diaboliquement;
commet tre desactes atroces de sodomie;
blasphemer scandaleusement;
sevengerinsidieuxment;
la course apres tout horrible, salir, et les desirs grossierement anormaux;
garder descrapauds, les viperes, les lezards, et tous genres de poison comme les choses precieuses;
aimer avec passion unechevrequipue;
le caresseraimer;
l'associe avec et le camarade avec luidansunemodededegouteretscabrous--sontcespas les caracteristiques non contenues d'unelegeretesans parallele d'est d'une irregularite execrablequipeutetreseu le mentexpiepar le feudivinquecette justice aplacedans l'enfer?


It obviously needs some more spaces added (I just put in the obvious ones based on my lack of French knowledge.
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to dance indecemment; to eat excessively; to make love diaboliquement; tre desactes atrocious sodomy makes; blasphemer scandalously; sevengerinsidieuxment; the race after very horrible, to dirty, and desires coarsely abnormal; to keep descrapauds, vipers, lezards, and all kinds of poison like the precieuses things; to like with passion unechevrequipue; the caresseraimer; associates it and the comrade with luidansunemodededegouteretscabrous -- sontcespas caracteristic not contained unelegeretesans parallele of is of a irregularite execrablequipeutetreseu the mentexpiepar the feudivinquecette justice aplacedans the hell?



ill fix it up in a sec..

ETA:

cleaned up its:

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To dance indecently; eat excessively; make love diabolically; commit atrocious acts of sodomy; blaspheme scandalously; avenge themselves insidiously; run after all horrible, dirty, and crudely unnatural desires; keep toads, vipers, lizards, and all sorts of poison as precious things; love passionately a stinking goat; caress him lovingly; associate with and mate with him in a disgusting and scabrous fashion--are these not the uncontrolled characteristics of an unparalleled lightness of being and of an execrable inconstancy that can be expiated only through the divine fire that justice placed in Hell?


In his Portrait of the Inconstancy of Witches, de Lancre sums up his rationale.. (see above)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Lancre

(same link that Forum posted I believe)



so whats up with these? ML?

GameJack perhaps?



EDIT2: So, the whole message to Brent translated would be:



Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Brenton;

Use your resources, and keep your wits about you. I will help you, but only if I know you can help yourself.

Follow the trail:

In Europe They Danced
Around Bonfires
Firstly, Find The Lovely Who One Said
'I shall go into a hare,
With sorrow and sych and meickle care
And I shall go in the Devil's name,
Ay while I come home again.'
But She Was Too Late:
Next, You Must Find The Handmaidens of Mari
They Will Lead You To Labourd
Sixteen Oh Nine

Find the answer:

To dance indecently; eat excessively; make love diabolically; commit atrocious acts of sodomy; blaspheme scandalously; avenge themselves insidiously; run after all horrible, dirty, and crudely unnatural desires; keep toads, vipers, lizards, and all sorts of poison as precious things; love passionately a stinking goat; caress him lovingly; associate with and mate with him in a disgusting and scabrous fashion--are these not the uncontrolled characteristics of an unparalleled lightness of being and of an execrable inconstancy that can be expiated only through the divine fire that justice placed in Hell?

(Rm gzriwi ditpzj xmtflv hxcefq ewdzx, drmviw lrp'vx pqxgrw "vxcet c"uyvm rivfdw bur. ) <-- Have we solved this one yet?

This is where you'll be going, my friend. I'll help you get there.

~M. L.

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