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[AA] Live Drop - Austin, TX - August 17, 2008, 1:30 - 2:00PM
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TheIllustratedMan
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 		 [AA] Live Drop - Austin, TX - August 17, 2008, 1:30 - 2:00PM
Looks like it's a go!
So, we have a drop in Austin, TX tomorrow, and there's a chance that none of us can make it. So I'm reaching out to anyone browsing here who happens to live in or near Austin. Here is the message we received (spoilerized for anyone playing AAP who hasn't translated it and who still wants to do it for themselves):
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THERE IS NO NEED FOR YOU TO FEEL INDEBTED TO US MR. SURRY.
WE FEEL AS THOUGH THESE DOCUMENTS WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND US, THE AWLYN, THE SHADOWS OF MAN.
AS YOU ARE IN AUSTIN, WE HAVE ARRANGED FOR AN AGENT TO MEET YOU WITH A PACKET OF INFORMATION TO ALLOW YOU TO BEGIN [INVESTIGAT]ING SPECIFIC DISSAPEARANCES.
PLEASE ARRIVE AT 3826 LAKE AUSTIN BLVD NO EARLIER THAN 1:30 PM AND NO LATER THAN 2:00 PM ON SUNDAY AUGEST 17 RM.
THE AGENT HAS NO INFORMATION BEYOND THE PACKAGE.
DO NOT ENDANGER HER OR YOURSELF BY STAYING TO SPEAK WITH HE[R].
SPEAK THE PASSPHRASE "EX OBSCURUM LUCIS" AND SHE WILL HAND YOU WHAT YOU NEED.
YOU WILL KNOW HER BY THE PINK BALLOON SHE WILL HAVE WITH HER.
AS FOR MY FRIEND FROM NORTH DAKOTA, HIS MONITORING OF SITUATIONS IS WHAT BROUGHT MY ATTENTION TO YOUR AFFLICTION.
HE IS A GOOD PERSON, A GOOD FATHER, AS YOU ARE.

If anyone can make it, please let us know.

Thanks muchly.

[EDIT] I'm dumb.
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 		*snerk* tell them to come on the 23rd instead, we'll have someone do a two-fer and get it while they grab the package for 13lights Wink

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 		Not a terrible idea, but that means I have to wait an extra week.

...I'm not that patient.
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stratagos wrote:
*snerk* tell them to come on the 23rd instead, we'll have someone do a two-fer and get it while they grab the package for 13lights Wink

But this is a live drop, not a dead one... do we really want to keep the girl with the pink balloon waiting for a whole week?

Okay, everybody just take a breath. I am going to Austin tomorrow. Just confirmed with a friend who's agreed to drive down there with me, and we are go for launch! Jetpack
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petunia wrote:
stratagos wrote:
*snerk* tell them to come on the 23rd instead, we'll have someone do a two-fer and get it while they grab the package for 13lights Wink

But this is a live drop, not a dead one... do we really want to keep the girl with the pink balloon waiting for a whole week?


If you make someone sit around for a week in Austin in the summer, with no shelter or food, you'll have yourself a dead drop Wink

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 		Speaking of Texas weather, there is a 70% chance of thunderstorms for Austin tomorrow. Make sure to bring your umbrella. And might want to bring some plastic freezer bags or something to put the drop in so it doesn't get ruined. Have fun. Wish it had worked out that I could go.

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 		It's actually raining here, right now, so I'd kind of expect it. And welcome it. (We've been in a long drought as it's summer.)

vapor wrote:
Speaking of Texas weather, there is a 70% chance of thunderstorms for Austin tomorrow. Make sure to bring your umbrella. And might want to bring some plastic freezer bags or something to put the drop in so it doesn't get ruined. Have fun. Wish it had worked out that I could go.

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petunia wrote:
stratagos wrote:
*snerk* tell them to come on the 23rd instead, we'll have someone do a two-fer and get it while they grab the package for 13lights Wink

But this is a live drop, not a dead one... do we really want to keep the girl with the pink balloon waiting for a whole week?

Okay, everybody just take a breath. I am going to Austin tomorrow. Just confirmed with a friend who's agreed to drive down there with me, and we are go for launch! Jetpack

Good news!
Have your friend try to get pictures, or video even. That'd be excellent.
Very Happy yay!
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petunia wrote:
Okay, everybody just take a breath. I am going to Austin tomorrow. Just confirmed with a friend who's agreed to drive down there with me, and we are go for launch! Jetpack


Yay! Thank you Petunia! I was getting ready to ask my friend who lives in Austin although he has a busy schedule because he's in television and works like 14 hour days. If something goes wrong I have two friends who live there, I could possibly beg them with my life, lol.
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 		Who would that friend be? Just wondering... Rolling Eyes

Jain wrote:
petunia wrote:
Okay, everybody just take a breath. I am going to Austin tomorrow. Just confirmed with a friend who's agreed to drive down there with me, and we are go for launch! Jetpack


Yay! Thank you Petunia! I was getting ready to ask my friend who lives in Austin although he has a busy schedule because he's in television and works like 14 hour days. If something goes wrong I have two friends who live there, I could possibly beg them with my life, lol.

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 		It's my boyfriend's brother and his girlfriend.
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 		Thank sweet heavenly Phelps. Glad you could make it. Looking forward to seeign what it is.
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 		Ok, we got the drop!!! Very Happy

Video still has to be downloaded from the camera, edited, & uploaded, and I have yet to learn how to do those things. The good news is that pictures of the documents are on my flickr, here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35236708@N00/sets/72157606792566789/

Now back to Houston. Have fun!
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 		Two things, for the moment, I'll spoilerize, since it's new, and may not even be relevant:
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-A quick look at the source of the DoubleK page revealed an images directory. Looking at the knkbffs.jpg, it looks really forced, they're "best friends", but it looks like neither one of them wants to take the picture. How do I say this without sounding creepy? It looks like kiddy porn. Also the images directory shows all images uploaded on 15 Aug - Friday. This directory might be considered OOG so I don't know if that's really relevant yet, but those girls haven't been seen since 20 Dec. Also, there's one image in the directory that is not actually used on the site, the template_logo.jpg. Now, obviously that's just the logo for the template that was used to make the page, but, the logo reveals it's apparently the Undertaker Template. That page looks like a funeral announcement, not a couple of best friends.

And that about sums up my initial observations regarding the package, aside from this, and it was already posted in the main AA thread... Sarah Wiley(confirmed spelling) has been missing since the 19th, Diego and Isobella got taken to Europe on the 18th or 19th, based on the July 17th youtube post by Diego. Does it freak anybody else out that she disappeared from the same place that we told Mikey to say he had been to for the first message to Amun? Vapor your not a plant are you?
Geektastic posted this a couple days back:
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So he can't get in touch with Sara, but can't do much snooping due to house arrest. Seems like an invitation for us to provide some assistance.

I think we should see if Mikey is willing to help. Since this is connected to his original investigation and now that he knows about all the weirdness going on, maybe he'll be willing to snoop around and/or give us some useful information.
I'm thinking now is probably a good time to try and hook them up in some way. Since the girl he was investigating by accident went and vanished into thin air a few days later, I'd think he might take an interest... Anyway, I need to get away from this screen, I'll check in with ya'll later.[/spoiler]

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MattDunn wrote:
Does it freak anybody else out that she disappeared from the same place that we told Mikey to say he had been to for the first message to Amun? Vapor your not a plant are you?


Hehe, Cool

I thought that was pretty sly too.

I wonder if we'll get to see this awesome player interface thing we've heard about soon. Case numbers like Wiley18x9037 at the top of the forms make me want to go looking for a terminal we can use to look up the files.
/me giddy at the thought

Oh, and has anyone sent a link to Mikey with the new findings? petunia since you picked up the drop ( Worshippy thank you so much BTW) could you email him? mikeySPLATsurryinvestigations.com

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