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[INFO] Mars Madison's Diary
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EnsO
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another_pilot_dwn wrote:
well isn't the music in the teens part beat heavy? hmmm
found this thought it might be helpful...http://www.onlineconversion.com/morse_code.htm#morse2english


haha! that's the very same translator i've been using, Pilot!

for what it's worth, i'm getting "Meet" for the first line as well.

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TheRyuujinMike
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MrToasty wrote:
I've been looking at the MUST and SOMETHING and can't really get anything to fit well either. I did look at the transition into the last bit - I'll doublecheck my translation, but it's possible to get
CAUSED OUTAGE SECRETLY AS PROPAGANDA
if that makes any more sense than IMAGE... Dunno


Actually, that makes a significant amount of sense. It would refer to the power outage, which according to Joey, was the final straw that lead to the organization of the Milwaukee Power Board.

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BostonBeats4
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 		Well I stayed up till 4 am after getting back last night trying to decipher this using morse code and came up with nothing. I almost even posted that it wasn't morse so luckily you guys are way smarter than I am, haha

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EnsO
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MrToasty wrote:
I've been looking at the MUST and SOMETHING and can't really get anything to fit well either. I did look at the transition into the last bit - I'll doublecheck my translation, but it's possible to get
CAUSED OUTAGE SECRETLY AS PROPAGANDA
if that makes any more sense than IMAGE... Dunno


this would make more sense, given our storyline, i would think. hrmmm...

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MrToasty
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 		Cool. Finally trying to get into this one and playing catch-up. I thought it worked with the story but wasn't positive. I'll keep working on the rest.

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EnsO
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MrToasty wrote:
Cool. Finally trying to get into this one and playing catch-up. I thought it worked with the story but wasn't positive. I'll keep working on the rest.


awesome. if you're on the right track, Blackstar would be the next logical word moving backwards, one would assume...

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swift360
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 		good work, that does make sense - back to the drawing board Very Happy

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MrToasty
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EnsO wrote:
awesome. if you're on the right track, Blackstar would be the next logical word moving backwards, one would assume...

I thought so too, but there is no way to get BLACKSTAR anywhere before CAUSED; however, you can get BS immediately before CAUSED (-... ...).

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EnsO
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MrToasty wrote:
EnsO wrote:
awesome. if you're on the right track, Blackstar would be the next logical word moving backwards, one would assume...

I thought so too, but there is no way to get BLACKSTAR anywhere before CAUSED; however, you can get BS immediately before CAUSED (-... ...).


BS works as well!

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Beeswax
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joshspazjosh wrote:
At least judging from the video I think maybe the people with "power" and the organization that controls Milwaukee day-to-day could be two separate (although maybe connected) entities.

From all we've seen and heard, we've been led to believe that Blackstar controls Milwaukee, but according to Joey, the Power Board has basically been created without Blackstar's oversight. It seems like this diary is saying that Mars Madison is working on a propaganda campaign to convince someone (the Milwaukee government? Its citizens?) that it would be a good idea for Blackstar to gain influence or co-ownership in the power board.

From the conversations with Joey in the meetup videos, it sounded like Blackstar had pretty much infiltrated all the institutions of Milwaukee - but that doesn't mean that they've publicly declared they run the city. Maybe the government (Tourism Commission, Mayor's League, etc.) still exists as a facade of sorts, and Blackstar uses methods like propaganda (and sending their Workers to attack?) to convince the public that it's a good idea for Blackstar to assume more control over Milwaukee's operations.


That all makes sense, except that the encoded part of the message says "Working on propaganda for independent power triumvirate". Right after Mars started working for Terry Nanny at Blackstar (who also made the TIMM video).

I'm wondering if the triumvirate is a breakaway consisting of Terry Nanny + 2 others?

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mrbass
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 		I would like to bring to attention the A-7948 at the bottom left corner of the postcard...not really sure what it means, but I bet it means something

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TheRyuujinMike
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 		Of course, the book was also given to us by a group of three; Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. It would be weird if they were the independent power triumvirate of course, but what about this ARG hasn't been weird? And if Mars was working directly with them, it would explain how they got a hold of the diary.

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joshspazjosh
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Beeswax wrote:
That all makes sense, except that the encoded part of the message says "Working on propaganda for independent power triumvirate". Right after Mars started working for Terry Nanny at Blackstar (who also made the TIMM video).

I'm wondering if the triumvirate is a breakaway consisting of Terry Nanny + 2 others?


Just because it's propagandized as "independent" doesn't mean it is, and if Blackstar is publicly viewed as an independent contractor providing support to Milwaukee after the incident, then it would make total sense. But on the other hand I totally support the idea of Terry Nanny as Supreme Co-Overlord / Triumvirate Member because that would be pretty amazing.

In my original post I was thinking of the triumvirate as:

1) Original members of power board (Joey and other members of MTC?)
2) Blackstar
3) As-of-yet unknown entity

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LuminaSteel
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 		BostonBeats, have you tried lightly rubbing a pencil over the blank page after the torn out pages to see if you could find any indented writing? (I think that's the person with the diary)

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dposse
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LuminaSteel wrote:
BostonBeats, have you tried lightly rubbing a pencil over the blank page after the torn out pages to see if you could find any indented writing? (I think that's the person with the diary)


and ruining the book?! NO WAY!! there are better ways to do that. try shining a flashlight through the paper.

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