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carpathianroses
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I'll be out of town for the next week with little to no internet access, but I will be able to use my phone for email until tuesday. Do your best, guys! Very Happy

Got an email from Keir bear.

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Me: My relatives, the Smiths, are in the care of the hospital, along with two patients who were found with burns and mysterious stones. I was wondering how they are doing and what treatment they are being given. Also, will there be a time when I can see them?


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Keir: Dear Ms Roses,
Their condition is critical at present. They have deteriorated a little but we are sure that they will make it through the weekend. The treatment given is not your concern as you would likely not understand it. But family members are so entitled these days. If you must know, they are receiving treatment with zuclopenthixol acetate 200mg every three days to keep them sedated and to treat their psychosis. They are also given additional medications as required to maintain sedation. At the moment they require rest and not to be bothered by family. You will be able to see them once they are transfered to the less secure ward.

Regards,

A. Prof. de Hill


Is that opportunity I smell?
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jaeger138
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Just a heads up, I thought it might be a good idea to put a code in all of our messages to Eve so that she knows who to trust and she'll do the same for us. Don't know how much it'll do but if anyone has any better ideas let me hear em and I'll inform Eve next time she messages.

carpathianroses wrote:
You will be able to see them once they are transfered to the less secure ward.

Regards,

A. Prof. de Hill

Is that opportunity I smell?


It could be risky, they are planned for surgery and I'm guessing they'll be moved AFTER the surgery, not before. Don't really think it's a good idea to wait that long. Let's hope Eve's breakout plan goes off without a hitch tonight.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:24 pm
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carpathianroses
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The suspense is killing me, man!

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bluesylvia
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Fresh from Eve:

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We have them! I don't think anyone suspects us (me) yet, though I'm sure they will when they see that I'm not there on Monday.
There are not too many places for us to hide at present, so we have taken them to an old abandoned house that I know about. I still don't know if there is a mole among you, so I wont tell you where. We're fine for now.

I do have some concerns though. We've been assuming that the professors have been lying about their condition. But let me tell you, they all look dreadful. They're all pale and really drowsy. I don't really think they know what is happening at the moment. I've checked Rhea's hand; it is as OP described. I'm really worried about them though. Do you know any doctors that could help me find out what they could be suffering from? Or do you know what they have been given in the hospital and if it could be causing these symptoms?

What if they die and it is all our fault?


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bluesylvia
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Also, I was wondering... OP Smith is going to seek out his family with the intent to make his captors "pay."

But what if he confuses his captors and helpers?

edit oh crap guys, just had a Google IM chat with Eve

Here is the chat log. Things are not looking good right now. Sad

PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:18 am
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carpathianroses
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Eek. Maybe the overlap is causing some issues. The immunities may be different.

That fishy CEO is wanting info.

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Keir: I regret to inform you that your relatives, Mr and Miss Smith, appear to have escaped from our secure unit. We suspect that they were helped to escape by a sophisticated group who call themselves the Terrorists of Evandale District Organization. We have recently received bomb threats from this group along with requests for the hand-over of Mr and Miss Smith. We are unsure what this group wants with your relatives.


I mention it to you in the hope that you may have information that may help the police, whom we have called in connection with this escape. We believe that Mr and Miss Smith remain a potential danger to themselves and others and should be safely held in our secure unit until their exploratory surgery is complete and their treatment is effective. Their possessions are also missing, including their weapons.


We would appreciate it if you gave us your permission to give the police your details in the event that they should require correspondence with you.




What should I say? I don't know what to do.
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jaeger138
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I got the same message from de Hill. Geez, you go to sleep and all hell breaks loose! Well, I think we should give our details, we don't want to seem suspicious. But at the same time, I think we should communicate all messages from de Hill or the police on the forum BEFORE replying after this message. We don't want to stay opposing things if we have to lie and we should get our stories straight.

But this message seems odd, I thought de Hill was TEDO. and yet HE thinks they were kidnapped by TEDO. What if we're wrong about who we can trust? Eve talks of a mole, what if it's one of the Eve's? I got the logo that was in Eve's handbag, where did she get it? Maybe she really is TEDO. I'm really not sure, there are so many possibilities. I'll have a crack at deciphering it after I've posted it but this may need someone with some more experience of the language.
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jaeger138
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OK, sent a reply to de Hill, referred to the escapes as kidnappings, best for us to refer to them that way so as not to implicate anyone other than TEDO I think. Also told him we'd be happy to assist the police and Hospital as we 'want our loved ones home as soon as possible'.

Also messaged Eve asking her how to cut out the mole, but I don't know how much help she will be. I'm getting suspicious of the wrong people aren't I? Making things too complicated? I really hope not, coz if I'm right, Abie, Tylean, Rhea, OP and their kids could be in some serious trouble.

IMPORTANT EDIT: Got some messages from Eve, asked her about the mole and how we could trace who is tracking our communication;

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I think that Professor Soutaine was killed as a way of stopping us from interfering. As for who it might be, I'm suspecting everyone right now.

Also, not sure about this logo Eve sent. The writing look like symbols rather than words, but I can't make out what they could mean. It's odd, but maybe it's code? I'm not sure if this is the language as I've had no experience with it, I'm still thinking but I'm not sure I'll solve this one. Also, the circles, I can't find any significance besides them being a Venn diagram, and that could mean the symbols are mathematical, but it doesn't sit quite right with me. I'll keep trying;.

Maybe I'm being too paranoid; maybe there is no mole...


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Maybe I'm not too paranoid. I found a black stone, similar to what OP described in Eve's handbag. I think I'll hide it from her until I get some answers.


Told her the stone could be what's making the other Eve sick and I wasn't sure what she should do with it but to hold onto it for now until we can decide on a course of action. Also asked her if she suspects Eve is the mole or if someone planted the objects.

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bluesylvia
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I'm wondering if there is more to the Donar'tnel then we previously believed.

As for the logo, I do believe it's written in the script that's a part of the language. I realize I never posted these before so I'll post them now. They're just basic alphabets I made for both writing systems. They are incomplete because the information we have is incomplete. Hopefully they'll help some of you.

As you can see, in some instances on the sign the character marked as D has a line over it. Whether this changes the letter or not, however, I do not know, but it probably does. It should also be noted that in this alphabet I only wrote one version of the letter, as sometimes you would see it looking a little bit different. For example, sometimes the A character would be dotted and sometimes it wouldn't be dotted. We still made this character A in the translations.

So what I currently have for the sign is:
(x)D
S(x)SAAE
D(x)(x)EFE
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jaeger138
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Thanks blue, should be helpful. Could you maybe post those in the dictionary section for future reference?

Maybe the positions of the symbols in the circles are relevant so let's try what we can to decipher this. We may have to wait for a little help on this one. Anyone we can contact from the first game?

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bluesylvia
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Righty-o. A dictionary page has been added to the new Wiki along with links to both writing systems on that page.
And, once again, anyone and everyone is allowed to contribute to the Wiki.

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We may have to wait for a little help on this one. Anyone we can contact from the first game?

Here are the main characters from the old game.
The "Good":
Abie -- obviously we cannot contact her
Tylean -- obviously we cannot contact him
FeGrelw -- They contact you. Not the other way around. FeGrwl has popped into the IRC chat at least twice, but only to leave a few cryptic messages before dashing off.
Zaqunr (aka "The Book") -- because the Scattering has occurred and there is no call for war the Book is presumably closed. When the Book is closed it has no reason to talk with us, and also only communicated in the Language via Google chat.
Binsakne (aka "Abie's brother") -- We have tried to contact him but I believe we haven't received any responses since he first emailed Kosmopol. If you wish to try also he is binsakneSPLATgmail.com

The "Bad":
TEDO -- I have attempted to email TEDO and did not receive any response. I also left a message on their video and did not receive a response to that either. If you wish to try they are tesmnaetermuldhremolSPLATgmail.com

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Would it be worth trying to get into TEDO as a mole? I wasnt part of the first game so maybe they won't recognise me. Thought I'd give it a try but I want to wait for the go-ahead from the veteran RabbitBlackers first.

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bluesylvia
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Sure, go ahead. As a former member of TEDO I support your decision to join. Wink

Just don't get on their bad side.
Or, um, cheat on their tests because you're getting frustrated with the program being used. Embarassed

Also, I'm still not convinced TEDO is to blame for what has happened so far. I feel there must be something more going on by a group/person that still has no name. But, of course, their silence since the game started has been a bit suspicious too...

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jaeger138
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True, but who else could have created the stones? And planted them in Eve's bag? This is all very fishy

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bluesylvia
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The people who kidnapped her slipped it to her, knowing it would have a negative effect?

OP Smith was given the black stone by an old man in the mountains. We assumed this man to be Binsakne but... who really knows? Why would he give someone a stone he knows to be powerful and full of dark energy to someone not capable of handling it?
All I feel we can state for a fact is that it couldn't have been a member of TEDO because it doesn't make sense for them to give him the stone then demand for it back.

TEDO wanted their stone back and threatened to kill someone in two days if it wasn't returned. The video was uploaded on August 18th and I'm going to presume that OP Smith also got the USB with the video that same day.
Rhea was murdered on the 19th. That's not two days apart. It is possible that the real murderer and the person involved with the kidnappings has absolutely nothing to do with TEDO, but aren't afraid of using them as a scapegoat to mask their own dirty deeds and be free from scrutiny.

There is a group with the acronym of TEDO who have been hacking into the hospital's system. If TEDO was already a part of the hospital they wouldn't need to hack anything and making themselves as a scapegoat just seems... odd. It would make more sense for them to act like everything was perfectly normal to keep things running smoothly.

Keir is now in charge of the hospital and has been moving up the ranks disturbingly quickly. There's obviously someone behind this but is it necessarily TEDO we know and love?

If the black stones are the Donar'tnels then TEDO would have had to make them. But if TEDO had control of the hospital they surely would have had someone take back the Donar'tnel placed in Rhea's bag. And why not just lure OP Smith to the hospital so they can take the stone he has too?

How I see it is the black stones were stolen from TEDO by someone else. Someone who obviously knows their power and who is trying to stir up trouble for some reason.
Why?
I don't know. Yet I don't think TEDO kidnapped the family, took them all the way to a hospital in the Isle of Man, and placed one of their stones in Rhea's handbag.

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