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[Wulf74]

[paperbound]

[classical]

Put your shin-kicking requests in today, folks!

Also, if you're not on Twitter:

[BlackandBlue]

Yo, good to see you

[classical]

Re: Yo, good to see you

[classical]

[BlackandBlue]

That's a little better news.

[Wulf74]

Ok, well not including anything we might or might not get from Bricker this weekend, this is where I see us.

We have a map of Brightman, and a goal. We have a key, and the lock - but what exactly is it protecting?

Does anyone (that has read TGATT recently) recall whether any sort of password was used to get onto the island, or in the door? I'm thinking that's how the Yuan is used, in some fashion.

So as I see it, we have to figure out a way to get Port over to the island. Now, since I'm fairly certain they aren't offering tours, we need to find someone to get him over there, or have him do it himself. For that we need to find a boat. Would it be worthwhile to send Port down to the docks/piers to see if he can charter a boat to take him over there, or rent one? Once we get him to the island, we have to make a sneaky approach so they don't see him coming. We know from TGATT that there is a dock, where all new-comers land, and where they are greeted by the security force. But then again, we don't know what, if anything has changed since the CIA has taken over the operation. It could be they're running with a smaller crew, and have released all of the previous team (unless I'm forgetting something obvious from TGATT).

Once he can sneak onto the island we know there's a ladder he has to find (cant' remember the exact wording of the email Syn got) and scale - and from there, using the map - find Jenny. I wonder if we could convince Rage to create a diversion for us, to draw attention away from Port landing.... He did mention he'd be in the area, and he has a personal stake in seeing this succeed.

Assuming that Port reaches Jenny ok - we still have to worry about him getting her out of there, onto the boat, back onto the mainland - and away - presumably to a Starbucks in Kansas if TGATT is any indication.

I'm also wondering if we can use, or more accurately need to use Port's previous Masonic contact/experience to gain access to the island? Many important/high profile people have been/are Masons.

I'm sure for a good portion of this jailbreak, we're going to have to rely on Port's training/instincts/etc to get them out of any tight binds.
Which reminds me of another random bit of information - classy - can you ask Port what exactly it was he did to avenge Jenny? It was mentioned briefly in the manuscript - and then dropped. I wonder if that's somehow relevant at this point.

Sorry for the rambling/random order of this. Please correct me wherever I've gotten any information wrong, and let me know whether you think this is on the right track, or we need to try a different approach.

=edit=
One last thing. I forwarded a copy of that Chinese prayer sheet to someone I met in Hong Kong, asking him to see if he could make heads or tails of it. Again, no luck aside from what we've already gotten. It would appear that whatever is on that sheet was originally written in English, and then translated to Chinese - which as we've discussed on previous pages, doesn't work as well.

Welcome to the lurkers/new folks/and returning. We're glad to have you aboard, it's always better to have several different sets of eyes looking at this!

Ok I'm done..

[classical]

That all said and done, we miiiiight have a problem.

[Wulf74]

[3v1L Schwinn]

[paperbound]

I could have sworn there was a mention of a keycard being used at Brightman, but now that I'm looking for it, I can't seem to find it in order to quote it.

As for "the Cuban", there is a brief mention here:

[classical]

Schwinn: Y'know, I was wondering that when they were first posted... but since the 'contact me' part was posted by WTH, that's why I ended emailing Hatch that time.
Anyway. Will try a couple of email combinations and see what I end up with.

paperbound: Ooh, okay!

[E.Y.E. Spy]

Anyone who's going to ARGFest-o-Con have an iPhone? If so, could you livestream it for us via Kyte.tv?

[paperbound]

AHA! I knew I wasn't (completely) crazy! I kept remembering someone mentioning their experience in getting in to see the Oracle. What kept standing out to me in my mind was the person thinking about the sensation of fire ants, and Jenny voicing the thought.

Turns out it wasn't TGATT at all, but the archived Brightman Oracle blog stuff on the Wiki! From the Wednesday, September 10, 2008 entry: