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[Trailhead] Vampire Squid
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Darren Knight
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 		[Trailhead] Vampire Squid
The Truth is Coming
So, I just got an IM via AIM from this character vampireXsquid. It went something like this:

Quote:

http://www.vampiresquid.co.nr/ How will you fare in the darkness of the sea?


So i checked the website and u find a picture of a squid with the phrase "the truth is coming"

When you higlight the page, you can clearly see "Turn it up and you'll hear" and I can clearly hear something when opening the page but can not descipher it...
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ineffabelle
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 		mp3
This file is embeded in the html... You really need to turn it up to hear! lol

ETA: Also http://www.vampiresquid.co.nr/intro.htm
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:34 am
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Darren Knight
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 		Ok, so I was browsing the source for the home page and I ran across this site:

http://www.vampiresquid.co.nr/intro.htm

umm....havent really read past that and i am still trying to decode whatever the hell it is in the beginning.
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Esteed
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 		I chatted with him/it as well.

Quote:
vampireXsquid (1:20:53 AM): http://www.vampiresquid.co.nr/ How will you fare in the darkness of the sea?
SamRey56 (1:22:47 AM): I don't know, is Cthulhu down here?
vampireXsquid (1:22:59 AM): Dreaming as always.
SamRey56 (1:23:17 AM): Oh. Well then I'll probably do okay then.
vampireXsquid (1:23:33 AM): Delightful.
vampireXsquid signed off at 1:27:05 AM.


Again with the picture requests. If he even mentions saving a girl, I'm out.
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 		And it's definitely meant to be an ARG....

(from page source)

name="description" content="Vampire Squids own your soul"
name="keywords" content="Vampire, squid, alternate reality, games"
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Esteed
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 		Seeing as how my old laptop fried before I could back-up my images, I'll ask him if a youtube vid with my face in it will suffice. If not, he's not getting anything, as I don't have a digital camera at my disposal.
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Darren Knight
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 		Okay, another site... this one seems to be more of a mission though. You get it after pressing on the squid pic in the intro page:
http://www.vampiresquid.co.nr/mission1.htm

it says:
Quote:
A photo of your face.

You may obscure everything but your eyes

Feel free to include subversive clues and imagery.

I wonder where you would send this to?

Anyway, here is my chat with the squid:
Quote:
vampireXsquid (1:21:07 AM): http://www.vampiresquid.co.nr/ How will you fare in the darkness of the sea?
DarrenKnightIII (1:21:29 AM): may i ask who i am speaking to?
vampireXsquid (1:21:42 AM): The squid.
DarrenKnightIII (1:22:36 AM): ahh, nice to speak to you
vampireXsquid (1:22:45 AM): Nice to speak to you, ask well
vampireXsquid (1:23:06 AM): as, I mean
DarrenKnightIII (1:23:37 AM): of course, now, may i ask, what is coming, what is the truth?
DarrenKnightIII (1:23:40 AM): is it you?
vampireXsquid (1:23:59 AM): Ha ha ha
DarrenKnightIII (1:25:19 AM): im glad to know that you are finding humour in my question
DarrenKnightIII (1:26:05 AM): how about this? what is your message? is there anything you wish for me to do... to prepare the truth?


Im suprised i got a trailhead. been away for a while. haha
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ineffabelle
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Esteed wrote:
SamRey56 (1:22:47 AM): I don't know, is Cthulhu down here?
vampireXsquid (1:22:59 AM): Dreaming as always.


What is this? Make a Lovecraft related ARG season? Anyway... randomly I really hope this is to promote an exhibit at an aquarium or something. I really think its past time aquariums got their hands (fins?) into ARGs. Razz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Squid
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Darren Knight
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 		Okay, so I think I have decoded the audio. I took it into audacity, up the amplitude, and then tried reversing it. To me it sounds like "something reversed"... but that might be me. What do you guys think. Here is the edited audio:
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ineffabelle
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Darren Knight wrote:
Okay, so I think I have decoded the audio. I took it into audacity, up the amplitude, and then tried reversing it. To me it sounds like "something reversed"... but that might be me. What do you guys think. Here is the edited audio:


Though I turned my volume up I'm still not hearing anything hehe Pst! Don't forget to attach the file Very Happy

EDIT: You correct yourself too quickly! Smile

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tomtom224
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 		[Edit for not F5'ing before posting...]

And I added the squid to my buddy list, but he doesn't appear to be online...
The soundclip appears to be backwards, so I converted to a .wav file and reversed it. The voice says,

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
September first...

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Darren Knight
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ineffabelle wrote:
Darren Knight wrote:
Okay, so I think I have decoded the audio. I took it into audacity, up the amplitude, and then tried reversing it. To me it sounds like "something reversed"... but that might be me. What do you guys think. Here is the edited audio:


Though I turned my volume up I'm still not hearing anything hehe Pst! Don't forget to attach the file Very Happy

Sorry, little glitch on uF i think. It took the file off because someone posted before i could post it. lol

EDIT: Ill make sure that i be slower on my corrections next time. Oh and that.

I was close,
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
september 1st
...something reversed. Sounds pretty alike. lol
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ineffabelle
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Darren Knight wrote:
ineffabelle wrote:
Darren Knight wrote:
Okay, so I think I have decoded the audio. I took it into audacity, up the amplitude, and then tried reversing it. To me it sounds like "something reversed"... but that might be me. What do you guys think. Here is the edited audio:


Though I turned my volume up I'm still not hearing anything hehe Pst! Don't forget to attach the file Very Happy

Sorry, little glitch on uF i think. It took the file off because someone posted before i could post it. lol


No worries! It seems we are all tripping over each other's edits in here tonight... Constant vigilance! Cool
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Darren Knight
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 		Okay, so this is the running log of what we have so far:

Site: http://www.vampiresquid.co.nr/
Pages:
http://www.vampiresquid.co.nr/
http://www.vampiresquid.co.nr/vampiresquid.htm
http://www.vampiresquid.co.nr/intro.htm
http://www.vampiresquid.co.nr/mission1.htm
http://www.vampiresquid.co.nr/hide.htm
Missions:
Quote:
A photo of your face.
You may obscure everything but your eyes
Feel free to include subversive clues and imagery.

Quote:
Okay, friend. Take a photo or draw a picture, or even write a poem, about your favorite hiding place.
The place you'd like to be if a murderer were after you.

Date: September 1st

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
We are missing an email but the line in mission 1 page [hidden] suggests that it is also hidden somewhere.

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tomtom224
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 		I went ahead and emailed my picture and poem to vampirexsquidSPLATaim.com, knowing that that email address would exist. I'm not sure if it's the one intended, but I sent there anyway.

[EDIT]

Got a response:


Quote:
Come on Tom, listen to the words I'm saying. You've got to search for it. This was the easy way out and you know it.


Smile Woops.
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