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TheRyuujinMike · Veteran Joined: 12 Dec 2008 Posts: 87

[MEETUP IN CENTRAL PARK] Details of our harrowing adventure!

Giff Hoyt · Boot Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 47

You weren't kidding when you said "Amazing".

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:46 pm

Toclafane · Boot Joined: 11 Dec 2008 Posts: 10

Holy shit!

Glued to my seat over here, waiting for more.

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:48 pm

TheRyuujinMike · Veteran Joined: 12 Dec 2008 Posts: 87

So we charged at Worker, and he showed visible signs of pain, eventually half-collapsing to the snowy grass. He turned and ran, throwing one hundred (or nintey-nine?) one dollar bills into the air as he went. Joey continued after him, and told us to stay and figure this out.

We gathered the dollars together, and noted that they were of sequential serial numbers, and each had an orange sticker with a single letter or character on it. We set off to find warmer shelter and puzzle out this, er, puzzle!

Once safetly inside a Starbucks, we sat to work organizing the dollars. Luckily Relia was ultra prepared with paper and a pen and whatnot. We organized the bills by serial numbers, the last 3 digits ranging from 0-100. We wrote out the message, and found #42 was missing, but by a stroke of luck (or intention?) it was the U following a Q, so the message was unhampered.

I don't have the actual message written down with me, someone else can supply that later. But basically, it was from Mars Madison (Signed "<3 MM"), giving us an address to go to in order to begin phase 2.

TO BE CONTINUED NEXT POST

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:49 pm

dposse · Entrenched Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 954 Location: CT

WOW! amazing!!! Surprised

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:52 pm

EnsO · Decorated Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 205

nice work, guys! now we're starting to see what took so long. this is great stuff! well worth the wait. you guys must have had a blast!

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:53 pm

TheRyuujinMike · Veteran Joined: 12 Dec 2008 Posts: 87

We followed along to find that the address was a small candy/ice cream shop. We weren't sure if we were in the right place, until Big T spotted everyone's favorite three Milwaukee professionals; yes, the three girls from the video, the ones Terry hitched a ride with. They were happily giggling and sharing a milkshake (chocolate, with three straws). Once there they handed us a small red book, told us that was all we would get for now, and left arm-in-arm as they are apt to do.

The book turned out to be Mars's diary. The contents of which were read by Relia (thank god she could understand the handwriting). There were a lot of details in there, the last few pages seemed to be completely encoded using characters from the two charts in "A Reasonable Haven", or so it would seem. Also there were pages ripped out at the end.

I'll let my fellow adventurers provide the photos and/or scans of the diary, but thats pretty much where out adventure ended. Stay tuned for more details, kids!

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:54 pm

dposse · Entrenched Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 954 Location: CT

SWEET!! great job, everyone!!! Smile

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:56 pm

courtknee · Decorated Joined: 23 Nov 2008 Posts: 217 Location: NY/NJ

Thanks for laying this all out for us! The chat room was insane all day waiting for some info Smile

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:56 pm

Rakne

super freaking fantastically awesome! thank you so much for going, and I am so glad it turned out to be an adventure. Very Happy

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:56 pm

TheRyuujinMike · Veteran Joined: 12 Dec 2008 Posts: 87

It also might be relevant to note that there were two suspicious members of our group. They showed up late, and were both clad in bright red winter coats. One an mid-twenties-ish asian woman, and the other an older man who kept his mouth under a scarf.

They were kinda antisocial. Then, oddly, while were were making our way to somewhere warm to solve the dollars puzzle, we turned around and realized they had totally dissapeared without saying a word.

It's possible they were just jerks, but they may have also been plants to make sure we were going to solve the puzzle, or maybe even rebels. No way to tell really.

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:07 pm

Relia · Veteran Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Posts: 141

I am hard pressed as to whether I would describe our outing as:

(1) Awesome

or

(2) Awesome

But gimme a second and I too will attempt to transcribe the many details of this amazing adventure, including CYBORGS and also Joey compares the true heroism of Mike Russo to other famous heroes: Ulysses and Andre the Giant.

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:23 pm

TheRyuujinMike · Veteran Joined: 12 Dec 2008 Posts: 87

Oh! I completely forgot to mention that Joey gave us all postcards with info on becoming Re-Seaters. I'll post it up if I get my scanner running. x_x

Okay, my scanner hates me, here are crappy cellphone shots for now:

http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=postcard1eq2.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=postcard2dy5.jpg

The text on the front reads as follows:

"Ring, ring, ring! Why, OPPORTUNITY is on the line ... and citizens across Active America are parading to Milwaukee to answer the call. Strong and virile, spanning the public and private sectors, re-seaters are heroes for a reasonable tomorrow. Don't think you can make the team? Nonsense! Re-seaters all start as regular Janes and Joes; it's only after a brief but intense training period that they become something more: brave conquerors, possessed of the knowledge, wit, agility, charisma, and inventory befitting a Powerclass 5. Someone has to keep Go.D.S.E.E.D. slumbering. Why not you?"

It's worth noting that OPPORTUNITY and the 5 after Powerclass are in a different font than everything else.

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:24 pm

atomicthumbs · Veteran Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 110

Take pictures of the Family Trees!

(Or scan yours if you don't have a camera!)

Worker appears!

Worker used Power Run!

Party used Bonus!

Worker took 14 Damage!

Worker approaches!

You used Bonub!

Worker took 335 Damage!

You defeated Worker! You gained 100 EXP! You gained a powerclass! You gained 1 CHA! You gained 2 DEX! You got: Dollar Bill (100)!

MochaPixel · Boot Joined: 02 Dec 2008 Posts: 49

The amazing awesomeness of this adventure astounds me. I'm so jealous!

**Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:05 pm