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[TRAILHEAD] Smithy, Chapter Two
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another_pilot_dwn
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 		http://jonahnynla.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/13/

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Wulf74
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 		==EDIT==

New blog is up r.

==EDIT 2 ==
I guess there are a lot of things you could guess at from the latest post. My guess is that Swift was a regular human at one point, but somehow got infused with an ancients blood. Which would explain some of the things about him - day walking, etc. It could also account for the fact that everyone thinks he's someone else. Maybe he got more than blood - but the consciousness of the ancient? Which could in all honesty - point back to the original Smith Part 1 that was mentioned on page 1 of this thread....

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 		I don't know if its anything, but did anyone hear any talking during the video. I thought I did but it was very faint and I didn't catch anything. any ideas?
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I read the news today oh boy, doesn't seem to have changed much.

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TRodS wrote:
I don't know if its anything, but did anyone hear any talking during the video. I thought I did but it was very faint and I didn't catch anything. any ideas?


I thought there might have been at the end of it - but it was really faint. I dismissed it though, because that particular poster on YouTube has a rather eclectic mix of strange, personal video posts. None of it looks remotely related, for example: "Midnight plumbing with Grandpa" and "Naked man and Lurdes", just to name a few Laughing Laughing Laughing


==EDIT==
Does it count as a double post, when it's posted a day earlier? Smile

New blog post is up:
http://jonahnynla.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/14/
and
http://jonahnynla.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/s/

And just when I thought things were becoming more clear.. w00t!

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 		Blog Post S
Ok - so I ran all the places through Google Earth:
53 43'27.77"N, 1 51'41.68"W (Halifax, England) Orange Street/Broad Street/Waterhouse Street
55 57'0.63"N, 3 11'15.13"W (Edinburgh, Scotland) High Street/N Bridge/S Bridge (Hunter Square nearby)
51 4'2.64"N, 1 47'51.45"W (Salisbury, England) New Street/High Street
51 30'0.55"N, 0 7'34.45"W (City of Westminister, England) Parliment Square/St Margaret Street (Bridge street nearby /Broad Sanctuary street nearby)
32 41'54.81"N, 114 37'28.72"W (Yuma, AZ) i-95/S 4th Ave
41 0'44.56"N, 28 58'33.33"E (Istanbul) A house/mosque(?)
40 45'21.79"N, 73 59'13.02"W (New York) Times Square
43 32'53.95"N, 71 24'27.18"W (Gilford, NH) School House Road, Cherry Valley Road

Essentially I wrote down anything of mild interest. Most all locations point to an intersection or a square except the one in Istanbul. I grabbed the streets at the intersections as well as any information that looked interesting.

Now to figure out the connection.
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Also, shortly after the blog posts were up - I got an IM, presumably from Porter

Quote:
[00:21] shrecknet: Just got out of there.
[00:21] Me: So what happened. You were acting pretty guilty there.
[00:22] shrecknet: We're all guilty.
[00:22] Me: Fair enough. So is what the Gangrel said true? About the diablerie?
[00:23] shrecknet: I can't tell you anything because anything I say could be a lie.
[00:23] shrecknet: My advice is the same to everyone - observe and judge.
[00:23] shrecknet: By the way, you were awfully quick to see what happened. How much do you spy on us?
[00:24] Me: I get notified pretty quickly if something happens
[00:24] shrecknet: Oh, really?
[00:24] shrecknet: You seem to be the one who watches everything. More than any of the other Observers.
[00:25] shrecknet: Your interest could be commendable - it is also scary.
[00:25] *** "shrecknet" signed off at Sun Feb 01 00:25:08 2009.


It's ok .. I have no life.. Dunno

===EDIT===
Not sure that it makes any difference, but the first comment on S was originally posted by "a friend" - and has now been changed to "Maryanne"

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 		wow i go for a weekend and lts happened! did the coords message get figured out yet?

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another_pilot_dwn wrote:
wow i go for a weekend and lts happened! did the coords message get figured out yet?


Not that I've seen. I had enough time to figure out where they were at - but work has been keeping me hopping, weekends and nights included, so haven't had any more time to devote to it.

I did get a PM from someone on UF saying they'd solved it, but were shy about posting it... but I haven't heard anything back. I'm hoping to have a bit of time tonight, but so far it's not looking great.

==EDIT==

Ok I goofed. Someone posted on 14 that "he's lying", and the response from "a friend" was
Quote:

How do you arrive at "He's lying"? Has it anything to do with Halifax, Edinburgh, Salisbury, London and so forth?


And London has been mentioned a few times, but I figured it was just a general term. However, where on Google Earth it says City of Westminster - it's where it threw me off.
Replace Westminister with London - and then use the first letter of each TOWN.
HESLYING = He's lying

Bang Head

I commented on the blog with it.

===EDIT 2 ===

At about 11pm MST I got a quick IM from Shrecknet again - but was signed off by the time I got back to my computer.
Quote:
[22:58] shrecknet: Who is who?
[22:58] *** "shrecknet" signed off at Mon Feb 02 22:58:05 2009.


And on the latest blog, the same question is posted. I'm not sure if it's asking who the user "who?" is - or if its asking us to identify each of the contributors to the blog, "a friend", "the Others" and so forth.
Waiting for another update at this point.

==EDIT 3 ===

Latest blog is up: http://jonahnynla.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/15/
And all I can say is holy crap.

Got another IM shortly after I finished reading it, from Shrecknet again:
Quote:
[23:36] shrecknet: We're all in big trouble now.
[23:36] *** "shrecknet" signed off at Mon Feb 02 23:36:17 2009.
[23:36] Me: No doubt. I assume this is what you were trying to avoid?
[23:36] *** Error while sending IM: This user is currently not logged on


His killer wireless connection makes it really tough to carry on a conversation sometimes.. Laughing

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So at the end of the post it says "To Be Continued". Are we on hold for awhile?


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 		There is a morse code file linked at the end of the last post, and it was emailed out to us too. It says:

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SPEAK TO SARA WHEN YOU FIND HER


Audacity is a great tool, I have to say... slow it down enough, and you can read directly from the wave without having to listen over and over!

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 		Shrecknet signed back in, and had this to say:
Quote:
[00:08] shrecknet: You must give us some time to regroup, wolf. The latest events have the Clan scrambling for cover.
[00:08] Me: is there anything we can do in the meantime?
[00:09] Me: and are you safe from Jonah for the time being
[00:09] shrecknet: there are still many unanswered questions. this may be a good time to examine the past before moving forward
[00:09] shrecknet: Everyone is safe from Jonah
[00:10] Me: the latest info seems to indicate otherwise though
[00:10] shrecknet: No, the latest info confirms Jonah is no longer a threat
[00:10] shrecknet: the flower is on now
[00:11] shrecknet: good luck, and know that while we are safe for now, you may not be.
[00:11] Me: that is not comforting news
[00:12] Me: When can I expect to hear from you again?
[00:12] shrecknet: there will be more during our travel to safety
[00:12] shrecknet: just because the prose is paused does not mean life will be
[00:12] *** "shrecknet" signed off at Tue Feb 03 00:12:45 2009.


I did see petunia signed in, but I'm guessing she was away as I didn't get a response.
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Along with the IM - also received an email with a .wma file attached (this can now also be found by clicking on the last word in the most recent blogpost 15. It's morse code - I've tried running it through a decoder - but since it's the first time I've used anything like that, I obviously have some tweaking to do, as I didnt get anything out of it. Anyone else have any experience with these?


==EDIT==
Way to go yochanan. Glad you got it.. lol

==EDIT2== - Next day Smile

Couple of thoughts:
1) The chat above mentions taking a look at the past, before we move forward. Something we overlooked, or just wasn't relevant at the time?
2) The Morse code answer. The way it's phrased makes me think we're somehow supposed to be looking for her? And the only information we have so far, kinda goes back to my first thought.

I guess I'm gonna start at the beginning, see if anything stands out now.
And I'm not sure it's relevant, but I did see Shrecknet logged in to AIM today - but didn't respond to anything. Usually when "he" is logged in it's followed by an email, or blog update.

Any other thoughts?

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 		New blog post:
http://jonahnynla.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/t/

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Another morse .wma file is found by clicking the link.

And for anyone that's interested, you can see a much better copy of the video here.


==EDIT==
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Morse decodes to "How is Sara? Can she be trusted?


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 		New Guy Stuff
Just got caught up with the story... Wish I had been around at the beginning, but it seems like I've come in at a good point for starting as confused as everyone else.

I posted on WHO? as NathanHale, it seems to me that answers come easily enough if you ask directly. Maybe "answers" is the wrong word, how about "responses"?

Had a question for you guys... I can't watch the youtube video without a friend request, did this happen to you or am I singled out because I'm new?

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 		same for me for vid. Sad i'll try looking it up on the tube

:edit: bummer. was there anything different between the two Wulf?

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 		Shrecknet Away Message
Shrecknet just came on IM, with an away message:

snwaoirttathioysboaeuctmorunissftolrreutdn

I've already figured out what it says, but I'm getting no response from shrecknet.

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just take every third letter to spell out:
SARAISACONSORT
NOTTOBETRIFLED
WITHYOUMUSTRUN


Now shrecknet is gone... What do you think it means?

Also, just wondering who Marko and Don were, names mentioned back in the beginning. Whoever is running this suggested looking to the past, I'm trying to think of any characters that may have been skipped over...

*EDIT*
A new post, right before I was going to bed. I'll never get there now...

The same code that was in the away message, with another morse code download, and you're right, plugging it into something to see the wave form makes it way easy. ^^

There's a weird chuffing noise in there, think it means anything?

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TRUST NO ONE BUT SARA KNEW JONAH


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 		there is also something odd in the news article. there are lower case f's everywhere...

:edit: these are the words that look like they have had letter substitution. it seems either the s,v, and l have been substituted. maybe her initals? SVL? Sara V L.... reaching I know

sorry present amusement have also darkness verve prose circumstance soul must shudder talk
these miscreants (fenfe=sense?) satisfy justice deposition reason suspect Burnside shoemaker
also shoemaker persons shocking these understand against possible used discover

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 		That's the way English was back then. ie. Congress was spelled "Congreff".

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