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mannythestud
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i contacted the dock about the helkings from the ranger/helking war. he said
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The Helkings...Fearsome group. They got in some quarrel with the Rangers. Exploded into a war.


he seemed slow to respond and when i 1st contacted him he asked me who i was. either i caught him off guard or he is getting suspicious? I think we should possible explore this more deeply like why the war happened. he signed off quickly.

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makeshift_romeo wrote:
Some convo.

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makeshift_romeo124SPLAThotmail.com (9:44:10 PM): Dock?
TheDock113 (9:44:16 PM): Yes?
makeshift_romeo124SPLAThotmail.com (9:44:40 PM): have you found any news on Cat?
TheDock113 (9:45:13 PM): A little bit...I think he might be somewhere in the 2150s
makeshift_romeo124SPLAThotmail.com (9:45:46 PM): THAT far ahead? Wow, we did figure he was farther in the future, but thats quite a jump
TheDock113 (9:46:22 PM): Yeah, he did. Then again, Kitty did mash together a bunch of buttons, so it's not that surprising.
makeshift_romeo124SPLAThotmail.com (9:46:39 PM): Very true. How work on the new model?
TheDock113 (9:46:44 PM): At least he didn't go as far foward as the End of Time.
TheDock113 (9:46:58 PM): I've come to a bit of a standstill in it's development right now,
makeshift_romeo124SPLAThotmail.com (9:47:21 PM): personally I don't think theres such a thing as the "end" of time
TheDock113 (9:47:45 PM): I'm stuck at the part where the micro-inthuenticator is--Well, I shouldn't be telling you this. I'm not qualified to tell a civillian of this stuff.
TheDock113 (9:48:06 PM): Well, there is, according to the science of the 2060s.
makeshift_romeo124SPLAThotmail.com (9:48:41 PM): and when is that?
TheDock113 (9:49:15 PM): We don't have an exact date. It's somewhere after 50080 A.D, though.
makeshift_romeo124SPLAThotmail.com (9:49:51 PM): well that's a ways away, but its good Cat isn't there
TheDock113 (9:50:05 PM): We have a training course opening up soon, for people who wish to become Time Cops. We desperately need more recruits.
TheDock113 (9:50:13 PM): Anyway, I must be off again...Work to be done.
TheDock113 (9:50:15 PM): How fun.
makeshift_romeo124SPLAThotmail.com (9:50:22 PM): take care
TheDock113 signed off at 9:50:26 PM.
thedock113 is offline and will receive your IMs when signing back in.
TheDock113 signed on at 9:50:41 PM.
TheDock113 (9:50:54 PM): Just to tell you one more thing, before I leave,
TheDock113 (9:51:03 PM): Can you please tell your friends about the training course?
makeshift_romeo124SPLAThotmail.com (9:51:12 PM): Yes
makeshift_romeo124SPLAThotmail.com (9:51:23 PM): how can I become one?
TheDock113 (9:51:44 PM): You'll know in due time.
TheDock113 signed off at 9:51:47 PM.


Apparently we can become TimeCops
Damn I wanna be a TimeCop!


sorry for the double post but you are right. appearently this is going to be important if he stressed it so much. im excited for this course.

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has anyone noticed that the google ads on running mouse's page are hickory dickory dock related?
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makeshift_romeo wrote:
has anyone noticed that the google ads on running mouse's page are hickory dickory dock related?


I would assume that would be because of the key words I mentioned earlier
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Slowing down

Things seem to have come to a bit of a standstill as far as story development goes, but that may have something to do with the rate that we've plowed through his or her material.

Most of it was rather simple, though, I have to say.

Hopefully we'll see some new developments soon. Try to think of some ways to trick Edward into giving the AIXO to Mouse.

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This is a really cool story. Nice change of pace. Nice use of an the time travel and alternate reality concepts. It will be interesting to see it unfold. I can't keep up with the chatting but I will be following along with everything else, if that's possible, you guys go so fast.

ETA: This is funny (scroll down). http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6953376.html

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Things moved on pretty quickly while I was sleeping anyway.
And also, I find it hilarious you actually found that Sylvia Very Happy

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From what I've been reading/lurking, it seems like Edward would be the person to target to get the AXIO back. He seems to have a weakness in his pride for his inventions...maybe that could be the key?

I can't wait to see where this goes...it's highly amusing Very Happy

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Re: Slowing down

Albany wrote:
Things seem to have come to a bit of a standstill as far as story development goes, but that may have something to do with the rate that we've plowed through his or her material.

Most of it was rather simple, though, I have to say.

Hopefully we'll see some new developments soon. Try to think of some ways to trick Edward into giving the AIXO to Mouse.


Well Dock firstly wants to find the HDInc HQ... Which is what I've been working on w/ Edward, Dock gave me the go-ahead to keep trying.

Edit: I'm live w/ mouse...

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DebonaiRx08 (12:41:55): Mouse... It safe to talk?
findrunningmouse (12:42:04): Yeah.
findrunningmouse (12:42:09): Solar power laptop.
DebonaiRx08 (12:42:40): Same as Kitty, awesome... Ok you've never spoken to me before so I'm just going to introduce myself... My name's Leyton Stone and all last night I was in communications w/ Cat, Deer and Dock.
findrunningmouse (12:42:54): Awesome.
findrunningmouse (12:43:04): Everything okay with Cat?
DebonaiRx08 (12:44:34): He seems very, I wouldn't say worried but cautious about where he is; which seemed to have very little or no Solar power. - According to an makeshift_romeo, Dock seems to think he's possibly in the 2150's
findrunningmouse (12:44:55): That's not good- that place is sorta wasted.
findrunningmouse (12:45:01): Went there on vacation once.
DebonaiRx08 (12:45:30): Wow... Do you guys not get much Vacation time?
DebonaiRx08 (12:45:44): I mean to go to wastelands to spend it
findrunningmouse (12:46:06): Nah, that was before I joined.
DebonaiRx08 (12:46:4Cool: Oh right... So wait. Where did you purchase or how did u purchase an AIXO before joining the Time Cops? - I thought it was a career device?
findrunningmouse (12:47:36): We went with my mom. She was a Time Cop before me.
DebonaiRx08 (12:48:2Cool: Makes sense... Ok so listen back to serious issues at hand. Are you still in the park? Last I heard Isaac had gotten into the place you were staying...? And you've also got The Rangers on your trail now.
findrunningmouse (12:48:36): Shit.
findrunningmouse (12:48:42): Yeah, I'm down by the park.
findrunningmouse (12:48:46): Feedin' the ducks.
findrunningmouse (12:49:07): Isaac got into my ex's place with The Brick, and I ran away.
DebonaiRx08 (12:49:07): You didn't know about The Rangers hacking your page?
findrunningmouse (12:49:11): I do.
DebonaiRx08 (12:49:16): Ok, was just making sure...
findrunningmouse (12:49:24): I'm gonna revert it back if I can...
DebonaiRx08 (12:49:56): Well Kitty tells me they're totally against Time Travel and although Dock seems to admire their ways... They're after you, kitty, deer I believe and the brothers Dickory.
findrunningmouse (12:50:09): Jeeze.
DebonaiRx08 (12:50:31): I'm not sure how much you're aware but... Morse code was found at the bottom of your page.
findrunningmouse (12:50:46): Yeah, I haven't gotten to decoding it yet.
findrunningmouse (12:50:52): Uh.
DebonaiRx08 (12:50:56): We have.
findrunningmouse (12:51:03): Have you checked the Dickory Bro.'s website?
DebonaiRx08 (12:51:19): Not since last night... Why?
findrunningmouse (12:51:27): You probably should.
DebonaiRx08 (12:51:42): I will... Would you like the decryption of the code?
findrunningmouse (12:51:45): Sure.
DebonaiRx08 (12:52:29): "The cat will flow the coop. the deer will run. the mouse will be squashed. and the dickory brothers are next. "
findrunningmouse (12:52:40): ...
findrunningmouse (12:52:42): Eep.
findrunningmouse (12:52:47): Sounds bad.
DebonaiRx08 (12:53:17): Indeed it does... Where am I looking on the site? I realize there is a section missing but cannot work it out.
findrunningmouse (12:53:30): Just check the Welcome page...
findrunningmouse (12:53:40): Or...uh... 'Walcome', apparently,
findrunningmouse (12:53:41): .
DebonaiRx08 (12:54:04): Oh wow...
findrunningmouse (12:54:14): ...Yeah.
findrunningmouse signed off at 12:54:26.
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findrunningmouse signed on at 12:54:32.
findrunningmouse (12:54:45): Sorry bout that/
DebonaiRx08 (12:54:59): It's ok... I'm gonna get onto cracking that morse


if you go to http://www.freewebs.com/hickorydickoryinc/walcome.htm

It's full of morse code... I'm going to decrypt it now.

Ok decrypted it and it looks like..

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Binary but w/ the 1s replaced by 9s. Is it possible to have Binary w/ 1s replaced by 9s?


And we've got ourselves a new page...

Quote:
DebonaiRx08 (13:04:47): This is proving difficult... Ever come across anything like this before?
findrunningmouse (13:05:01): Uh... not with nines, no.
findrunningmouse (13:05:03): Weird.
DebonaiRx08 (13:05:24): I'm trying to change them all to 1 and see if it'll help but I doubt it
findrunningmouse (13:06:1Cool: Hey, there's a rangersloveyou page.
findrunningmouse (13:06:25): I'd check up on it, but I have to go.
DebonaiRx08 (13:06:39): Ok... Whats the addy I'll check it?
findrunningmouse (13:07:03): freewebs.com/rangersloveyou
findrunningmouse (13:07:05): See you!
DebonaiRx08 (13:07:11): Bye. Take care mouse!


www.freewebs.com/rangersloveyou

Homepage reads...

Quote:
JR NER GUR ENATREF! AB BAR YBIRF LBH ZBER GUNA GUR ENATREF!

SEE BETWEEN

JR YBIR LBH FB ZHPU JR JNAG GB XVYY GURZ SBE LBH!

THE LINES

GB FNIR GVZR!

THE BALANCE DEPENDS

ORPNHFR JR NER GUR TBBQ BARF URER!

ON YOU


I also found this in the source code.

Quote:
<dt>Title thing</dt>
<dd><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec arcu orci, posuere porttitor, viverra ac, consectetuer sed, neque. Nunc enim. Mauris molestie sapien sed metus. Quisque mauris ligula, molestie at, luctus in, euismod a, tellus. Nulla eleifend. Mauris rutrum. Vestibulum sollicitudin mollis purus. Morbi eleifend pharetra est. Etiam ut justo. Phasellus vestibulum, est non cursus pretium, augue justo lacinia nunc, pharetra</p></dd>
<dt>Title thing</dt>
<dd><p>sagittis nibh felis eget mi. Nunc at massa at mi laoreet volutpat. Pellentesque quis dolor. Vestibulum ut diam class est rutrum ullamcorper. Aenean eleifend tincclassunt augue.</p></dd>


Edit:

The above translation between the lines reads.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
WE ARE THE RANGERS! NO ONE LOVES YOU MORE THAN THE RANGERS!

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH WE WANT TO BILL THEM FOR YOU!

TO SAVE TIME!

QECAUSE WE ARE THE GOOD ONES HERE!


I'm assuming
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
BILL = KILL and QECAUSE = BECAUSE
though lol

There are also three other pages "MOUSE", "CAT" and "BROTHERS" - Each one with a little "Who is etc?" section and Morse Code.

Who is Mouse?
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
MOUSE IS THE DEVIL IN HUMAN FORM - MOUSE IS THE EVIL - MOUSE WILL BE KILLED


Who is Cat?
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
DO YOU THINK YOU WILL EVER SEE CAT AGAIN? CAT IS STUCK IN TIME - CAT WILL BE EXTERMINATED


Who is Edward?
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
EDWARD IS THE EVILNESS IN SLOTH


Who is Isaac?
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
ISAAC IS HIS BRICK


Now on that last bit for Isaac there's a link... http://www.freewebs.com/rangersloveyou/brick.htm

It takes you to a picture of a Brick wall... With the words "This is a brick, a brick, a brick.
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Interesting...

I'm reading the 6 pages now, this looks very interesting Smile

So are the people we're talking to from the future In Game?

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Wow, thanks for the work, Leyton! I've been working on the code, and I'm pretty sure binary isn't the answer - at least, not in a straight "replace 9s with 1s" manner.

Quote:
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I ran it through several times. I mean, if someone can work it into giving up a message feel free, but I'm having trouble believing that the PMs randomly swapped the 1s for 9s.

Gonna shotgun it through some decoders, hopefully I'll find a hit.
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Jeez, I go away for the night, come back and there's six pages of posts :O

Hopefully this isn't a trout, but I found a new post on the Hickory brothers' News page:
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Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008

Fantastic news! Running Mouse has been tracked down! While he managed to elude my grasp this time, we'll soon be back on schedule.

The contest still stands. If any person manages to get his location, they may win a prize.


This is just a (probably stupid) thought, but what if Mouse gave us his location, we gave it to the Hickory's, and we win the AIXO back for him?
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elite.fencer wrote:
Jeez, I go away for the night, come back and there's six pages of posts :O

Hopefully this isn't a trout, but I found a new post on the Hickory brothers' News page:
Quote:
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008

Fantastic news! Running Mouse has been tracked down! While he managed to elude my grasp this time, we'll soon be back on schedule.

The contest still stands. If any person manages to get his location, they may win a prize.


This is just a (probably stupid) thought, but what if Mouse gave us his location, we gave it to the Hickory's, and we win the AIXO back for him?


From what I recall, HDInc have been running that "competition" for a while now... A few people have messaged the Hickory Bro's and mentioned knowing where Mouse is. - I think they just want to track him down; they stole his AIXO why would they give it to someone now for helping them, find Mouse?

They already tried to get at RunningCat and steal his AIXO too; before he was able to get away to God knows where [read the transcript]
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elite.fencer wrote:
Jeez, I go away for the night, come back and there's six pages of posts :O

Hopefully this isn't a trout, but I found a new post on the Hickory brothers' News page:
Quote:
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008

Fantastic news! Running Mouse has been tracked down! While he managed to elude my grasp this time, we'll soon be back on schedule.

The contest still stands. If any person manages to get his location, they may win a prize.


This is just a (probably stupid) thought, but what if Mouse gave us his location, we gave it to the Hickory's, and we win the AIXO back for him?


I'm pretty sure the so-called "prize" is a lie anyways. I mean, take a step back and look at this from the PMs perspective. It's obviously a low-cost/free produced ARG (freewebs, AIM). Most of what's available as far as media goes could be created using a simple photo editor.

They're not going to build the AIXO according to the plans and ship it to us so we can ship it back to them, re: Running Mouse.

So I'd say our best bet is to try and convince Edward to ship it to Running Mouse without Edward knowing it.

However, that seems to be dead-ended at the moment. Edward isn't spilling anything - his brother's probably monitoring what he does. So perhaps if we bait Isaac away with false information on where Mouse is at, we can get a crack or two at breaking Edward.

Just thinking aloud.
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Convo w/ Edward atm.

Quote:
DebonaiRx08 (16:31:59): Hello again Mr. Dickory...
EdwardDickory (16:32:31): Hello, sir. You're that marine, right? I have a horrible memory.
DebonaiRx08 (16:32:59): That is correct.. I am the Marine who, well was trying to help you out in your prediciment last night; but you rushed off very fast.
EdwardDickory (16:33:49): Terribly sorry. You were asking about the rangers, yes?
DebonaiRx08 (16:34:13): Actually sir, I was offering my assistance.
EdwardDickory (16:34:34): Oh...For what, exactly?
DebonaiRx08 (16:35:14): It's pretty evident these "rangers" are some kind of rebellious group... Liars and the like, much this mouse fellow.
EdwardDickory (16:35:40): Yes, yes.
EdwardDickory (16:35:45): Rangers are pretty nasty.
DebonaiRx08 (16:36:0Cool: Which was going to be my second point... Have you, or your brother... Isaac isn't it? Crossed paths with them before?EdwardDickory (16:36:39): ...Once, we have. Isaac doesn't like much talking about it.
DebonaiRx08 (16:36:55): May I ask why that would be?
EdwardDickory (16:37:33): It's an...unpleasant experience to remember, so to speak.
DebonaiRx08 (16:38:09): Ah, understood... Well pertaining to this assistance do you, or your brother have any; shall we say... Protection against these vile individuals?
EdwardDickory (16:38:29): You mean, as a bodyguard?
DebonaiRx08 (16:38:37): Exactly.
EdwardDickory (16:38:43): Hm...
EdwardDickory (16:39:13): I'll have to talk to Isaac about this. He makes most of the decisions.
EdwardDickory (16:39:22): I'll get back to you, sir.
EdwardDickory (16:39:30): Good Day.
DebonaiRx08 (16:39:4Cool: Fair enough... Let Isaac know where he can contact me, good day to you as well Mr. Dickory.


Well that's me in trouble... Dock said Edward's the one to get on your side, Isaac would have his head for talking to me... Oh dear Confused

Annnd a very interesting 'small' convo w/ Dock.

Quote:
DebonaiRx08 (16:44:4Cool: Morning Dock...
TheDock113 (16:45:02): Shit--Can't talk now. Being chased.
DebonaiRx08 (16:45:13): What...? By who!?
TheDock113 (16:45:41): I have no frigging clue! It's dark where I am--And I'm starting to get sick, my body isn't used to the bacteria od this time yet--Shit, shit shit!
TheDock113 (16:46:04): Oh God DA


I'm assuming she got cut off mid-sentence... "Oh God DA...."?
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