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BrumGuy
Boot
Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 66
[Red District] Bronzefeld [Solved] Red Robin Condominiums Hi All,
Another new task has been posted as per the above location, and the task details are posted below.
Brum
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Bronzefeld
Highly decorated Special Agent Lance Bronce (a.k.a. Agent Bronzefeld) had been with the agency for over 28 years at the time of his untimely death last week at his personal condo. The TIA suspects foul play and is investigating the untimely death of the hero in Red district last week. Among the unusual circumstances of his death were the following: His chip was defective... it failed to deactivate upon his death but registered instead a severe trauma based on his vitals before locking up in a data loop error, a copy of the mysterious book "Deus Ex Machina" (an illegal basement compilation of alleged propaganda and terrorist manifestos from the last three decades) was found on the desk, a nonsense typed message active on his personal datapad, and the room's vidphone had been yanked from the wall. Perhaps most disturbing was the fact that he was found sitting up in his bed in a sticky pool of blood, with both legs broken, his eyes completely and rather sloppily removed, and his datapad gripped tightly in his hands. The following is a transcript of the message which was displayed on the screen. See if you can make heads or tales of it, and perhaps we can prevent this death before it occurs. Give us the name of the killer and the bastard will pay.
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Pvypnrt 23. 3-48
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Give us the name of Bronzefeld's suspected killer:
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:40 am
Last edited by BrumGuy on Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:05 pm; edited 1 time in total
notgordian
Unfictologist
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 1383 Location: Philly
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Shift everythign one key to the left
October 12, 2037
I am dying this will be my last entry. I am getting closer now. I can feel it! I have solid and indispuable (sic.) proof that she is alive and plotting something big. I just dont know what yet. It will happen on the 30th though. Whatever it is. I just hope I amnot (sic) too late! I have read over the manifesto - it reads like some kind of instruction manual for a madman... but just getting ahold of a copy was hard enough considering the rest of the contents of this book! The god killer is real - of that I am now sure, though I do not know the connection yet to her. Perhaps she is working for him or worse. One thing is perfectly clear though: Hook must be stopped at all costs! I feel so week (sic) now... so ver wk to typ mor wht he do it... why...
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:34 am
Last edited by notgordian on Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:49 pm; edited 4 times in total
BrumGuy
Boot
Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 66
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
The answer is "Hook"
Cannot take credit for this though, as I just skim read the coded message and looked for capital letters and substituted notgordian's excellent spot into it, but can confirm it works.
Hopefully, he'll post the full transcript anyway!!
Brum
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:42 am
Transtar
Decorated
Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Posts: 165 Location: Annapolis, MD
good job notgordian!
Edit: removed my version of text.
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:56 am
Last edited by Transtar on Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:52 pm; edited 1 time in total
notgordian
Unfictologist
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 1383 Location: Philly
One thing to note: punctuation shifts too, so the date isn't quite right using a substitution program.
The funny thing is, although it implies the killer, I don't think this definitively says who did it. I mean, great narrative and all, but I wouldn't consider this conclusive.
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:02 pm
ph41t
Boot
Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 37
solved! Here is the full letter solved:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Pvypnrt 23. 3-48
I am dying and this will be my last entry. I am getting closer
now. I can feel it! I have solid and indispuable proof that she is
alive and plotting something big, I just don't know what yet. It
will happen on the 30th though, Whatever it is. I just hope I am not
too late! I have read over the manifesto- it reads like some kind of
instruction manual for a madman… but just getting ahold of a
copy was hard enough considering the rest of the contents of this
book! The god killer is real-of that I am now sure, though I do not
know the connection yet to her. Perhaps she is working for him or
worse. One thing is perfectly clear though: Hook must be stopped at allcosts! I feel so week now… so ver wk to typ mor wht he do it…
why…
it seems someone has some explaining to do.....
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:06 pm
TGI Fridays
Veteran
Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 123
Wow. Blink and you miss something these days. Good job with the solve guys. Reds have really gotten spoiled lately with all the tasks. Thanks pms.
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:16 pm
Silent
Boot
Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 56
Clear and conclusie proof that Agent Hook is not the God Killer.
Curses. Gotta revise my theory.
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:28 pm
UnimportantHero
Decorated
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 162
haha.
that was one theory in my head too.
now to figure out this accident...
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:34 pm
taureanfreak
Decorated
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 188
I knew it couldn't have been you. Though we now can be pretty sure you're friend's with him though. Very Interesting!
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:51 pm
TGI Fridays
Veteran
Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 123
I really don't believe future hook is the killer, but the message did little to rule her out...
It says -
"The god killer is real-of that I am now sure, though I do not
know the connection yet to her. Perhaps she is working for him or
worse."
working for him or worse - "or worse" could imply that she is him. The message is somewhat vague.
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:32 pm
Silent|away
Guest
TGI Friday, look again at the MURDER.
The guy was basically tortured to death in such a harsh method. This DOES NOT fit the MO of the God Killer at all. The God Killer tries to work in subtle methods, such as shortcutting subcue chips and try to fake sucidices and lighting strikes. He wants plausible deniablity.
Instead, if Agent Hook did in fact kill this Agent, then it showcases an ameuteristic and sadistic behavior that does not at all fit with the God Killer. Unless Agent Hook can change MOs on a whim (very unlikely, considering that once you find an MO, you tend to stick with it), it is proven that Agent Hook could not have aquirred the subtle method of killing that the God Killer has...therefore, Agent Hook is not the God Killer.
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:17 pm
TGI Fridays
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Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 123
Prehaps...mo's are notoriously hard to use to evaluate culpability for a crime. Even serial killers deviate from ritualistic behavior if angered. It is possible the earlier deaths were "hits" and this was a personal vendetta. Or it could show an escalation...before mercer (to our knowledge) most of the "accident" deaths appeared as heart attacks (somewhat painless), after mercer's death the "god killer" claimed to have burned mercer's body to a crisp (somewhat more extreme). This new form of murder may have simply been the next iteration of this trend.
There is also the possibility that Future Hook did not commit this murder at all. It wouldn't be the first time someone had been framed...
At any rate, I'm reluctant to say this new information tells us anything conclusive until it's confirmed somehow IG.
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:27 am
UnimportantHero
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Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 162
If future Hook is not the god-killer than I highly doubt that she is working with him. After all, though I did not declare it publicly I pretty much swore through and through to various characters like Chris and Seger to hunt down the god-killer myself and kill him if I found him. Chris was vague in his response, but Seger actually cautioned me to reconsider vigilantism. To which I told him that sometimes "direct action" is the only action that can be taken, etc etc.
So who knows. I think we will have a better idea on the 30th.
Incidentally, Tara Mercer messaged me after the death of the woman in the red dress with the shoes. She messaged me to congratulate me on "my snow job" the very day the article was released, and heavily implied that I was the one who killed the woman. Though she never clarified despite my request for clarification. She then later informed me that I have performed more "favors" for her than she feels she could repay.
Things that make you go "Hmmm"
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:03 am
ph41t
Boot
Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 37
Silent,
just a thought. but multiple personality disorder come into play at all? I know. Long shot. But if it is possible. each "identity" could have its own MO......just my two cents.
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:16 pm
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