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[TRAILHEAD]Looking for Finn?
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thebruce
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 		new email (de-binaried):

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Finn and my brother set up a YouTube account in case of emergency...I can't remember the username, only that the account was set up with this email address.


searching for revolution8308 on youtube leads to this video



YouTube: Link

Account: howismysister
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natas
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 		great job bruce!! Also in the information section of the youtube video

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We got your letter, Joel. Keep 'em coming, and we'll try to find Abner for ya.


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Esteed
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 		Another new email.

J.A. wrote:
Did you find anyTHing? I'vE been tRying to contact Allison...no one Ever really knows where she IS, so no luck there. Hopefully Finn hAcked his way back iNtO my blog...TrutHfully, hE was always the one up foR espionage and revelution. I just Can't fathOm why he Doesn't have the means to commEnt on the blog yet. Take the number living family I have and subtract the number of brothers Finn has to break it. You'll have to ask him about the brothers question. K jcxg tgekgxgf yqtf htqo oa dtqvjgt Lguug. Jg ku hkpg hqt vjg vkog dgkpi.


The capital letters here spell out THEREISANOTHERCODE and the sentences after that are the instructions on how to break it. Someone following the blog needs to ask Finn, who I think is the one making the entries, how many brothers he has.

EDIT: It's possible I'm reading this wrong. To me it implied that Finn was the one making the entries on the blog, but reading it again, maybe not. Perhaps messaging the Youtube account would be a better idea.

Son of EDIT: Or, uh, you could just use the "Caesar Bruteforce" option on this tool to churn out the decode. It's ROT-24, in case you're wondering.

J.A. wrote:
I have recieved word from my brother Jesse. He is fine for the time being.


I'm hoping I didn't do a bad thing here by using that option. We'll see.
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thebruce
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 		and another email....

de-binaried subject: "Find her"
Quote:
Finn knows where you can find Allison, but he doesn't trust anyone.

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GalvanicSpiral
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 		Hey guys! I have been looking around for a new game to try out, and I think I will try this one. This will be one of my first true grassroots-based ARGs, so I'm not too sure how to go about this yet.

I sent an email to J.A. basically saying, in binary o'course, that I had friends working on this with me(you guys! Wink ), that we could help them, and what did we need to do for them.

I figured that was the best route right now for me, since all the character connections are a bit convoluted, and that might help get me in on the ground floor, so to speak. So, if/when I get a response, I will post it here for you guys to read. Wink
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natas
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 		This is on howismysister's youtube profile page

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MR. O'TOOLE AND MR. AARON MAKE SOME VIDEOS TO INTRODUCE A BIT OF REVLOUTION


Misspelled revolution.

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GalvanicSpiral
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 		OK, I got an email back, but I don't think it really helped much. Maybe though?

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Use Finn, find Allison. She always has a plan. I'm just a messenger.
Be wary of Stephen.
- J.A.


EDIT: the interesting part for me was when J.A. said that he is just a messenger. Kinda lets us know not to really focus on him.
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icerimp
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 		I tried messaging the Youtube account.

Sent (in Binary):

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Finn, what's the best way we can contact Allison? From what J.A. said, you'll likely not trust me. Alternatively, how many brothers do you have? He's also indicated that's important.



Recieved back (in Binary):

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As far as I know, Ally used to have a Flickr account that she used to send us messages.
Tell J.A. he should know that my brother is dead to me.


So in response to the missing number in the code that J.A. gave us, the number for Finn would be 1, correct? Unless it's not asking for a literal count of his brothers, but 0 would be kind of pointless.
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Esteed
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 		There's no missing number in the code, icerimp. Those were instructions on how to break it, but using the tool that I linked to in my earlier post, I was able to break it at ROT-24. The decode is the second quote, in the "Son of EDIT" section of my post.
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icerimp
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 		Well, I guess I missed that point. Oops. Very Happy
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Jesster
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 		Been attempting to find Ally's flickr account. No luck so far.

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Jesster
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Ok, I need some ideas. I've searched every combination of Finn, J.A., and Ally I can think of. I haven't found anything that looks like it might be her. Can someone e-mail Finn or JA and see if we can get a hint about how to find Ally?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:02 am
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Guest10
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wait...say what!!!
okay...so, i'm PHinally Typin In...this is Kool, ummm i as lurkin this game, & I must say i was PHinally rekorvin 4rm Klovie..N aladygnast(heheh)i'm bak on board...HIGH, my name is 10...like the number & i gotta say sumn bout this J.A. Ally, PHinn thing..i kross google the names & I kome akross the phrase
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"In Situ"
or...ready 4 testing "in place"
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is the line it uses. Aerospace xperimental type shiiii. jus thought i let u guys in on my brain, i'mma PHollo This one...

4Eva Lurkin...10
ThisHasBeenAPSALiVE4rmPlanet10
Arrow Exclamation Cool Wink

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Guest10
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 		 My B. I 4got(no tWin posts)
The links i move through...
the kombonation i use 4 this one is this one all enkryptik its a Phar one (thought) but
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www.rsc.org/ej/CC/2008/b803043j.pdf
its a shot...

ThisHasBeenAPSALiVe4rMPLanet10

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icerimp
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 		I emailed J.A. again the other night with what we got from Finn, hoping for more info. He gave me Ally's (old?) online name.

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http://flickr.com/photos/31310833@N02/


Again with the 8308 number. Anyone know if that has any significance?
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