Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
 
The time now is Wed Nov 27, 2024 6:47 am
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)
View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Old News & Rumors
[TRAILHEAD] Smithy, Chapter Two
View previous topicView next topic
Page 20 of 38 [559 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, ..., 36, 37, 38  Next
Author Message
Wulf74
Unfettered


Joined: 04 Dec 2008
Posts: 680
Location: SLC, Utah

ndemeter wrote:

EDIT: I feel like I should again point out that while this is the story we told, this might not be the story this PM is telling. I am happy to help but please in no way take my comments as what is really going on with this storyline. We had to tell specifics to guide the players down the path to Gehenna to end an entire line of books. The PM, in this case, can have something entirely different in store for us. I have no idea where this is going, which is part of the fun! Smile


Understood, I was hoping there might be a bit of insight to it - since obviously so far we've seen very little to do with any actual prophecy, or signs that might have occurred, or have yet to happen.

I traded a few emails with Shrecknet today:
Quote:
Wülf to shrecknet
We've recently been able to decipher an encoded email, that you presumably sent to us. It took us awhile, but gave quite a bit of info.

We've heard a lot about prophecy, but none of the details. It obviously surrounds Jonathan Swift/Jonah, but no one even seems sure of whom he is. From the little we've been able to gather, I believe there are at least a few of you out there that believe he's Antediluvian. I've heard the rumors about them, and that it could spell bad news for just about any Kindred caught in their path.

You've been assisting us, in trying to track down Jonathan/Jonah - and apparently been avoiding helping others, which is only drawing suspicion to yourself.

So whom are we dealing with, do you have a name? And more specifically - what are your interests in Jonathan? For all I know, your assistance is helping us push him towards a certain doom.

-Wülf


One last thing. Why try to work us against one another, the flower, the bird, the Jew, the pilot? What purpose does that serve? Even if I was "preparing the mint sauce" for the lamb - I've told you nothing. I would think that if you want our help (regardless of our personal agenda's), it would be in your best interest to not play us against one another.


His reply:
Quote:
What does it say? Let the others know at jonahnynla.wordpress.com - and who is "we"? Did you entrust the flower?
He's no Antediluvian - he's much less than that, though at the same time he's something much, much more.

You are gaining our trust, though.

Where is Jonathan Swift?


Mine:
Quote:
You've failed to answer a few of my questions. Most importantly - what is your interest in Swift? Do your interests match my own, since you seem to know so much.


And his:
Quote:
"Most importantly - what is your interest in Swift?"
Isn't it obvious?


Mine:
Quote:
I suppose I'll simply have to give Swift's location to someone that is more.. motivated


Laughing Boy .. talk about "dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight". I probably just put my head on the chopping block, but can we just keep giving with getting nothing in return? Twisted Evil

PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:27 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
another_pilot_dwn
Unfettered


Joined: 24 Sep 2008
Posts: 311

ya know, i posted the coords last night to the blog to the appropriate page about where he was staying in the abandoned house. maybe not precise enough?

Great work with password! let's see what they do with the info Smile

PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:47 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Wulf74
Unfettered


Joined: 04 Dec 2008
Posts: 680
Location: SLC, Utah

another_pilot_dwn wrote:
ya know, i posted the coords last night to the blog to the appropriate page about where he was staying in the abandoned house. maybe not precise enough?

Great work with password! let's see what they do with the info Smile


Laughing I forgot about that. Guess we'll see what happens. Maybe I'm being a bit too contrary with the emails... /shrug.

Odd - I posted on the latest blog that we found Swift - shortly after there was a post by yochanan asking me to share .. oddly enough - I get the feeling it wasn't him...

PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:53 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
another_pilot_dwn
Unfettered


Joined: 24 Sep 2008
Posts: 311

i think he was answering the response above yours. i though that for a moment as well...lol "why would he be asking that?" *sigh* they want the info that was in the encrypted email maybe? like i said i gave them the coords, but they act as if they haven't seen them maybe? or they are looking for this place with the "trees"?

ok looking at the map through Google, there are streets with tree names near the coords, looking for some sort of convergence or something of that nature...


be as contrary as you like Wulf, goodness knows I've given them heck lol!!

:edit: ok street names aside i've found what looks like an "abandoned house w/ four trees around it. i'm not good with google maps, so i'll have to tell you where to look. it's off the 701 and devils racetrack off to the right side in a clearing on a little dirt road. what do you think? maybe?


:edit deux: he's in four oaks

PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:56 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Wulf74
Unfettered


Joined: 04 Dec 2008
Posts: 680
Location: SLC, Utah

another_pilot_dwn wrote:

:edit deux: he's in four oaks


Well done - now, do we tell them?

==EDIT==
I'm also keeping that IRC channel open as much as I can.. come join if you can.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:20 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
another_pilot_dwn
Unfettered


Joined: 24 Sep 2008
Posts: 311

ok now the gloves come off....

anotherpilotdwn Says:

January 26, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Four Oaks, NC

:edited:

PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:25 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
yochanan
Veteran

Joined: 11 Nov 2007
Posts: 74

Wulf74 wrote:
another_pilot_dwn wrote:
ya know, i posted the coords last night to the blog to the appropriate page about where he was staying in the abandoned house. maybe not precise enough?

Great work with password! let's see what they do with the info Smile


Laughing I forgot about that. Guess we'll see what happens. Maybe I'm being a bit too contrary with the emails... /shrug.

Odd - I posted on the latest blog that we found Swift - shortly after there was a post by yochanan asking me to share .. oddly enough - I get the feeling it wasn't him...



I didn't post anything about that (do you mean on the blog)?... I had only asked you to explain how you converted the numbers to coordinates on this site.

I got this auto-email, which is now deleted from the blog.

Quote:

There is a new comment on the post "shrecknet 2".
http://jonahnynla.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/shrecknet-2/

Author: who?
Comment:
[Warning: ARG manipulation - a stranger posing as who? made unauthorized posts.]


Is this IG or OOG manipulation? I'm confused.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:08 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
another_pilot_dwn
Unfettered


Joined: 24 Sep 2008
Posts: 311

i think he was referring to the knowledge comment. i figured you were referring to this :
Quote:
a friend Says:

January 26, 2009 at 12:46 PM
You do not lack insight - you lack knowledge.


did you catch up on the coordinates? and the four oaks?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:19 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
yochanan
Veteran

Joined: 11 Nov 2007
Posts: 74

another_pilot_dwn wrote:
i think he was referring to the knowledge comment. i figured you were referring to this :
Quote:
a friend Says:

January 26, 2009 at 12:46 PM
You do not lack insight - you lack knowledge.


did you catch up on the coordinates? and the four oaks?


I see... that makes sense. That was me - I gotta remember to use the @whoever thing.

I'm still at work, unfortunately... won't have time to really look into it until later tonight.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:05 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Wulf74
Unfettered


Joined: 04 Dec 2008
Posts: 680
Location: SLC, Utah

I think I missed something somewhere. another_pilot_down identified Four Oaks as the new location of Swift - but was there something else we still needed to be digging into?

I thought we were waiting on another post to determine our next step?

==EDIT==
I got a quick IM from Shrecknet saying simply
Quote:
12


New blog post is up - 12

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
So now we know for sure, that apparently we're dealing with more than 1 person on Shrecknet. Porter claims that Shrecknet has been compromised by the Doctor (Netchurch?) - and that he has multiple personalities. Since apparently the Nos currently with Swift want to keep him alive - we can trust them for the time being? But with them and Netchurch having access to us through Shrecknet... it's gonna be tough to figure out who's who.


Things are starting to become a bit more clear...

Aren't they? Shocked Question


==EDIT==
I had a thought this morning on the way to work - did we ever figure out how Heidelberg Castle figured into this? Or was it just part of a clue? To me it seemed the result, not a part.

-Thoughts?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:21 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
Wulf74
Unfettered


Joined: 04 Dec 2008
Posts: 680
Location: SLC, Utah

Normally I wouldn't double-post, but it's been a few days Confused
New email from Shrecknet:

Quote:

This is Porter. You're doing a good job. We intercepted something from Devereaux's office. See if you can figure it out. We're stumped.

http://jonahnynla.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/q/


New post reads:
Quote:

[-PHONE TAP- 2009 Jan 28. Case #1015.1418-]

Intercepted this code from a call from Devereaux's office. The discussion itself was uninteresting, but there was a series of beeps underneath the conversation. We believe it to be the real message being sent from his office. The dashes represent long breaks.

- - -

56624-427-3722733–93-279-867873-469—
843-722228-9268-86-8253-446-86-4376269—
9428-746853-93-46—11—
77377-843-667337288—8439-273-443464-
766384464—11—11—


Working on the above. So far Base64 convert w/o dashes doesn't work. Converting letters to numbers:
Quote:
EFFBD-DBG-CGBBGCC-IC-BGI-HFGHGC-DFI-
HDC-GBBBBH-IBFH-HF-HBEC-DDF-HF-DCGFBFI--
IDBH-GDFHEC-IC-DF--K--
GGCGG-HDC-FFGCCGBHH--HDCI-BGC-DDCDFD-
GFFCHDDFD--K--K--

Nada - even after ROT'ing it. Working to see if Morse code works (I know it was my first thought to after reading the blog - but it wouldn't be that obvious right? Laughing). Never converted Morse before tho - so if someone else wants to give it a poke - please do.

==EDIT==
Quote:
who? Says:
January 29, 2009 at 12:11 AM

The beeps seem to be touch tone phone beeps, my canine friend. The numbers seem to be the key here.


Also - I'm usually in the iRC channel as much as possible throughout the day. Drop on in.. Cool

PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:03 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
yochanan
Veteran

Joined: 11 Nov 2007
Posts: 74

This one popped out at me pretty quickly...
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
It is a text message being sent


I haven't decoded it fully, and some of the words might be wrong.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
56624-427-3722733–93-279-867873-469—
Jonah has escaped. We ??? ?????? how.

843-722228-9268-86-8253-446-86-4376269—
The Sabbat want to take him to Germany.

9428-746853-93-46—11—
What should we ??. 11

77377-843-667337288—8439-273-443464-766384464—11—11—
Press the Nosferatu. They are hiding something.


I emailed shrecknet what I translated.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:22 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Wulf74
Unfettered


Joined: 04 Dec 2008
Posts: 680
Location: SLC, Utah

yochanan wrote:
This one popped out at me pretty quickly...
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
It is a text message being sent


I haven't decoded it fully, and some of the words might be wrong.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
56624-427-3722733–93-279-867873-469—
Jonah has escaped. We ??? ?????? how.

843-722228-9268-86-8253-446-86-4376269—
The Sabbat want to take him to Germany.

9428-746853-93-46—11—
What should we ??. 11

77377-843-667337288—8439-273-443464-766384464—11—11—
Press the Nosferatu. They are hiding something.


I emailed shrecknet what I translated.


Good catch - yet another FAIL for the Blackberry. Stole my wife's phone, and you've got it all correct - looks like whomever was txting was in a hurry and mis-typed a few keys.

It'll be interesting to hear what's next. I wonder if the 3 Nosferatu that are helping Swift ATM - are acting on their own, or the entire clan is working together.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:59 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
JonahFalcon
Veteran

Joined: 17 Nov 2007
Posts: 111

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
56624-427-3722733–93-279-867873-469—
Jonah has escaped. We are(?) unsure how.

9428-746853-93-46—11—
What should we go? -11


PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:06 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Wulf74
Unfettered


Joined: 04 Dec 2008
Posts: 680
Location: SLC, Utah

Another comment added to the latest blog post q
Quote:
a friend Says:
January 29, 2009 at 2:34 AM

Through this dark portal, an innocent man shall pass and arrive on the other side, innocent still, but colder of heart.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:41 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 20 of 38 [559 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, ..., 36, 37, 38  Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Old News & Rumors
Jump to:  

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group