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PostLarval
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 		For those of us at home: Looks like our goal (per "The Case So Far") will be to analyze the New York drop and find the names of officials who've been corrupted by the IBBC.

For those going to the drop: Good luck... and have fun storming the castle!
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:00 am
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 		rebel2k4, i think a group would be better - we can split the prize Wink

Feel free to contact me in private message if you want to meet up... we will be leaving union square area at 12:15...

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 		I will be leaving my house at 11:30ish.

I will be in a gray parka and jeans and sneakers.

I will see you in front of the museum.

Jason

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 		Sounds good... black jeans, black coat, and 6'2"...can't be missed... see you there...

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 		As much as I'm tempted to call Homeland Security, I think I'll refrain and wish you all the best of luck! Twisted Evil
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 		Hah, so there goes my plan of carrying a violin case with me...

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 		Any news yet?
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 		We are back, got the cd, got everything... i have a super quick meeting and then i will post the files and a recap!

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 		OK, here are the files:

http://www.trendinteractive.com/stoptheinternational/NYCX-0.mp3
http://www.trendinteractive.com/stoptheinternational/NYCX-1.eml
http://www.trendinteractive.com/stoptheinternational/NYCX-1.jpg
http://www.trendinteractive.com/stoptheinternational/NYCX-2.jpg
http://www.trendinteractive.com/stoptheinternational/NYCX-3.jpg

The text on the CD was "CW7ZFNBhHm9c"

Recap coming real soon...

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 		the .eml file is an email, like the email from the LA drop, from Wexler to Red.
Quote:
Subject: Gravest Danger

Dear Red,

How are you my boy? I hope you are doing well with your vacation. I have
looked into the little bit of business you requested. It appears that you
were correct. I am dealing with the ramifications right now.

Perhaps now is not the right time for a vacation in the States. I believe it
might be safer for you in London. My research tells me there are less
dangers there. You know I worry about your safety, all the time. I like to
think of you as a grandson and grandparents are prone to worry.

Please contact me when you arrive in London. I would like to know that you,
Emma and the kids, are safe.

As always.

Your friend,
Wilhelm
fuit Ilium

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 		OK, so we (me and coworker) met up with rebel, who spotted us right away, in front of the Guggenheim. He mentioned how one guy looked like our guy and we went up to him and said "Follow the money" to which the guy reached for an envelope and then walked away. The envelope contained two copies of a note with our instructions... I don't have a scan of it currently, so following were the instructions:


Quote:

Go to the obelisk in Central Park. On the southernmost translation plaque, note the first letter of the following words, in order: 3rd, 26th, 14th, 47th, 40th, 67th, 52nd, 63rd, 64th, 58th, 28th, 73rd, 25th, 91st (consider hyphens as spaces).

Head to the location indicated by the letters you deciphered. Answer the phone which will ring every quarter hour. Listen closely. You will only have one short ring to pick it up.

Go to the location given to you over the phone.

At the top of the stairs you will find relief with the following clues atop the same post:

1.Jack-o-lantern Partner +3
2.Bat Partner +0
3.Book Partner +3

This solution will give you the final destination. Go there.

At the entrance, there is no need to go in, as the cache is behind the little dog. Transmit this information to Salinger as quickly as possible.


So, rebel knew that the obelisk mentioned was Cleopatra's Needle and we started heading over there. Sadly due to my own mistake and loss of sense of direction we were using the wrong translation tablet at first, but after that we were able to decode the message to say "Swedish Cottage".

We asked for some directions to the Swedish Cottage, and once there found the pay phone. I noticed someone hiding somewhat in the bushes/behind a fence post taking pictures of us. The phone started to "Beep" and we weren't sure if that was indeed our call. After a few attempts I spoke to someone that said "You are good. Head to the Bethesda Fountain Terrace".

We quickly looked it up (everyone had mobile devices) and found pictures, and then asked someone for the quickest route. After a long walk (we took the Ramble path - that was fun!) we ended up at the Bethesda Fountain, walked up the stairs and found that one of the posts. Without a pen we were stumped, and at first didn't get this clue. The three depictions were: Witch, Owl and Lamp.

We attempted to cheat and rebel managed to recall that there is a dog statue named Balto in the park. We ended up going towards the statue (which according to google was near the children's zoo in the park), but alas there was nothing. My coworker however managed to figure out, while standing around, and what now seems beyond obvious, that W+3, O+0 and L+3 = ZOO. Thankfully our hunch about Balto lead us in the right direction.

After entering the ZOO area, we decided not to look for a literal "little dog" and I noticed our camera guy standing around. Rebel spotted a sign that mentioned "little dog" that was on one of the benches. We ran over and sure enough there was the CD envelope with the CD mentioned, as well as the following blood money:

2x 20 British Pounds
1x 1000 Russian Rubbles
1x $2 with the "This is blood money" sticker
1x 50 Euro
1x 100 Euro

This was alot of fun, and I will have some photos/video to post tonight...[/b]

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thebruce
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 		nice work you. and great name too Laughing

the NYCX-1.jpg is showing 404...
the mp3 is the intro message we aready have.

The other two images are documents
1) To: Jonas Sassen from M. White
key points: NY DA office is investigating Tabula Rasa, under an A.D.A. named Eleanor Whitman. Connection between the IBBC and the North American Rasa project.

2) "Highly Classified" - To: (?) from (blanked) Systems Director
key points: Tabula Rasa's been online in North America successfully, clearing millions of USD through the system. Moving to implement a similar system in South America. Prospects in Latin America moving towards becoming full network clients.

leads?
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 		Woops, my bad, the last image is http://www.trendinteractive.com/stoptheinternational/NYCX-4.jpg

there was no NYCX-1.jpg, started at 2...

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 		All these documents are also available via the main site's New York Cache.

I've been working on the the 4th and final document. There's an impression on the upper right hand corner, as if this page was beneath another while someone hand-wrote something. It's an intranet username/password. I'm currently trying different variations of what I can make out on the IBBC login page.
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 		I don't think it's for the IBBC since it says /intranet and not just intranet... this does exist: http://www.globaleyesdevelopmentfund.org/intranet/

ETA: though the password pair isn't right since it says 12-characters, case-sensitive... the cd keys are however 12 characters...

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