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MTHoopla
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[TRAILHEAD] IM from DankeToweShow
Aging nerds are watching!

Edit: I'm Alexis Kelly, Dahnke is the contact what IMed me out of the blue.

So I received an IM tonight!

Quote:

DahnkeToweShow: http://d.cl1p.net/whatdoesheknow/
Alexis Kelly: Say what now?
DahnkeToweShow: I say nothing, for now.
Alexis Kelly: Interesting... is this the name I should contact you under, or do you have an e-mail address you prefer?
DahnkeToweShow: You'll see, I promise.
Alexis Kelly: Alright then. Thank you for contacting me with this. It's strange how the moment I'm becoming bored with my life, something like this falls in to my lap.
DahnkeToweShow: That's how things happen around here.
DahnkeToweShow: Enjoy.
Alexis Kelly: I certainly will, believe me. Time to kickstart my brain.
Alexis Kelly: Oh, before I get going... have you contacted anyone else?
DahnkeToweShow: No one else has replied.
Alexis Kelly: Huh. Weird.
DahnkeToweShow: I suppose it is.
DahnkeToweShow: My website seems to have cleared itself.
DahnkeToweShow: This may pose a problem.
Alexis Kelly: I noticed that, very troublesome. :/
DahnkeToweShow: Problem solved.
Alexis Kelly: Thank you kindly.
DahnkeToweShow: No problem.
DahnkeToweShow: My name is Helena, by the way.
Alexis Kelly: Nice to meet you, Helena. I go by Alexis.
Alexis Kelly: I know you said you shant reveal anything yet, but I'm curious... who are the men you work with?
DahnkeToweShow: Old men, who worked hard to get to where they are.
Alexis Kelly: So you aren't running with the old boys' network, it sounds like. Good to know.
DahnkeToweShow: Hah.
Alexis Kelly: How high up have they gotten with the fruits of their labor?
DahnkeToweShow: What do you mean? How high up where?
Alexis Kelly: Well, in whatever organization they represent.
DahnkeToweShow: They're at the top of where they want to be, and I am right under them.
Alexis Kelly: Ah, so they're in charge or therabouts. Very nice.
DahnkeToweShow: Yes, well, a man as secretive as Comet would not likely be easy to find except by those at the top.
Alexis Kelly: So Comet is a name then... is he a member of a rival organization, or is he a lone troublemaker?
DahnkeToweShow: Well, he's not actively causing trouble, of course, and neither is his organization. We also are not in the same area of expertise as his organization, so we are hardly rivals. He simply has information we want.
Alexis Kelly: Interesting. I doubt you can reveal what your organization does. However, it would aid me greatly to know what his organization does.
DahnkeToweShow: What he himself has done.
DahnkeToweShow: He's 328 years old.
Alexis Kelly: So he's either immortal, or very, very old then?
DahnkeToweShow: He's certainly not immortal.
DahnkeToweShow: He's like... there's a jelly fish like him
DahnkeToweShow: He ages, and then gets younger again, just enough to continue to prolong his life
DahnkeToweShow: That is all I can tell you now though, and it should be more than enough information.
Alexis Kelly: Oh, it will certainly help.
Alexis Kelly: Thanks again for contacting me. Do you mind if I share this with others with different skillsets than mine?
DahnkeToweShow: I expected nothing less.
Alexis Kelly: They'll surely want to assist, and combined, we'll get this guy caught a lot faster.
Alexis Kelly: Awesome. I'll get on this and contact you the moment we find something useful.
DahnkeToweShow: These sets of emails and other contact info come highly recommended among some of my friends.
DahnkeToweShow: I will stay online for a while longer. After that, I do hope you'll try to get my email?
Alexis Kelly: I will.
DahnkeToweShow: It's my way of making sure you are as intelligent as I've been told.
DahnkeToweShow: A small, easy test.
Alexis Kelly: Don't worry, we'll find it easily enough.
Alexis Kelly: I don't mean to sound a braggart, but we're the best at what we do.
DahnkeToweShow: Well then, I shall distract you no longer.
Alexis Kelly: Many thanks, Helena.

So far I've plugged a good number of name combos in to twitter and facebook looking for her, no dice. I haven't done them all, tho, and I might not've searched right. Trying myspace next.

The text of the site, in case it gets wiped again.

Quote:

Aging nerds are watching. The men I work with are watching him. Comet Bellhil, watch your back. -Daghita Mathewson Woelk

And then the text of the site changed.

Quote:

My superiors are watching. The men I work with are watching him. Comet Bellhil, watch your back.
-Daghita Mathewson Woelk

Looks like somebody dislikes her bosses.

JE SUIS UN EDIT:

Quote:

Alexis Kelly: Are you on a work or personal computer right now? I don't want to cause strife between you and the people running things.
dahnketoweshow: They are one in the same, but I know how to cover my tracks.
Alexis Kelly: Well, I just noticed that the text of your site changed in between updates. It's now bolded, formatted properly, and 'Aging nerds' has been replaced with 'My superiors'.
dahnketoweshow: Aging nerds was a reference that I deemed unnecessary.
dahnketoweshow: A small joke, if you will.
Alexis Kelly: Ah. Didn't know if there was a bit of strife between you and the people in charge or not.
dahnketoweshow: The rest of the updates are simply boredom.
Alexis Kelly: I used to refer to an old boss of mine in much the same way, only replacing nerds with something a bit more profane.
dahnketoweshow: Hah, well I dare you to say that to my bosses.
dahnketoweshow: It was a reference to a show that I watched when I was younger.
Alexis Kelly: I certainly wouldn't say such a thing to your bosses, I like having my bits on the inside.
Alexis Kelly: Well, bits and pieces and such.
dahnketoweshow: My bosses are 3 very nerdy, slightly awkward men. They reminded me at first of the Lone Gunmen of the X Files.
dahnketoweshow: Now, knowing their power, I would never admit to thinking that outright.
Alexis Kelly: Well, nerds rule the world, as the old saying goes.
dahnketoweshow: That old saying is truer now than ever before.
Alexis Kelly: They might think it a compliment, depending on the sort of nerd they are. I would, but I wear it as a badge of honor.
dahnketoweshow: Ha ha!
dahnketoweshow: Well, did you have anymore questions?
Alexis Kelly: Well, I'm curious about you, to be honest. What is it you do?
dahnketoweshow: Generally, whatever I'm told to do.
dahnketoweshow: Though they are rather old school in that it's never anything too physical.
dahnketoweshow: Lucky me.
dahnketoweshow: I research, mostly.
Alexis Kelly: Agreed. Whatever physical may mean in that context, I doubt it would be anything enjoyable.
Alexis Kelly: What is it you research, if I may be so nosy?
Alexis Kelly: I consider myself a lifelong student, I research things as a hobby.
dahnketoweshow: Very good! We may well be friends.

YES! Awesome.

Quote:

dahnketoweshow: But again, I research what I am told to. Now, I research those jelly fish, and mister Comet.
dahnketoweshow: These nerds, they want to age no more!
Alexis Kelly: Well, who does? That's what I eventually plan to go to college for, only my research is going to be looking at it from a more mechanical standpoint.
dahnketoweshow: Robots, eh?
dahnketoweshow: Good luck.
Alexis Kelly: Well, more cyborgs, and the creation of biomechanical replacements for the various systems of the human body. Lose an arm, get a replacement that can replicate touch and give fine motor control, that sort of thing. But yes, robots.
Alexis Kelly: How old are your bosses, out of curiosity?
dahnketoweshow: 42, 51, and 84.
Alexis Kelly: Quite an age gap there.
dahnketoweshow: Well one is the other's father.
dahnketoweshow: 84 and 51.
Alexis Kelly: Ah, so it's partially a family business, this organization.
dahnketoweshow: Partially, yes.
Alexis Kelly: How big is it, this organization?
dahnketoweshow: Oh, quite large.
Alexis Kelly: The last thing I want to do is anger the heads of a multinational corporation by snooping out one of their research assistants. I can cover my tracks, but not that well.

*hums the godfather theme, is shot repeatedly at a tollbooth*
Father and son, 84 and 51.

Quote:

dahnketoweshow: We have 12 offices around the US, one in Britain, and 1 in Australia. Not all of us are part of the official branches, however. Our better men and women are not 'officially' associated with us at all.
Alexis Kelly: Usually best that way. Plausible deniability is an asset when you're that large.
dahnketoweshow: Quite.
Alexis Kelly: How large is the one Comet is associated with?
dahnketoweshow: It's rather a bit smaller, and only located in the US.
dahnketoweshow: As far as I can tell, though, the people he works with are not relevant. That may change, but as of now, they're clean.
Alexis Kelly: Good to know.
Alexis Kelly: How old are you, if I may be so bold? I'm twenty.
dahnketoweshow: I'm around your age.
dahnketoweshow: I hesitate to admit I'll be 24 next month.
Alexis Kelly: Ah, that's not all that old.
Alexis Kelly: Do you have a Twitter account? If you'd like mine, it's http://twitter.com/howaboutnot
Alexis Kelly: Apologies, I can be a bit profane at times.
Alexis Kelly: Bad habits die hard.
dahnketoweshow: Profanity does not offend me, but I have been forbidden from using Twitter.
Alexis Kelly: Ah, drat.
Alexis Kelly: Understandable with all the exploit nonsense that's been going on.

Twitter is a dead end for Helena.

Quote:

dahnketoweshow: My online presence is not an easy one to trace, and that is on purpose. Since the internet has been popular, I have been employed by these men, and they have always demanded secrecy.
dahnketoweshow: I am willing to oblige them that much.
Alexis Kelly: Understandably so. It sounds like you've got a rather nice job, working for them.
dahnketoweshow: Oh yes, I rather enjoy it.
Alexis Kelly: You must have access to research tech that I can only dream about.
dahnketoweshow: Ha ha, maybe one day we can collaborate.
Alexis Kelly: I'd enjoy that immensely. I hope I'm not bothering you with all these questions?
dahnketoweshow: No, not at all.
dahnketoweshow: None have been too prying.

More to come next post. EXCELSIOR

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:51 am
Last edited by MTHoopla on Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:36 am; edited 3 times in total

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Quote:

Alexis Kelly: I try not to be, one's privacy is very important.
Alexis Kelly: Is the email I'm to find using a public service like gmail or yahoo, or is it provided via a private service like a website?
dahnketoweshow: Gmail. It's honestly better than anything our group could try and maintain.
Alexis Kelly: Considering the security and storage space, combined with the search feature, I'd most likely be inclined to agree.
Alexis Kelly: Trying to hack google would be akin to walking up and kicking a titan in the shin, methinks.
dahnketoweshow: I feel the same way.[01:42] dahnketoweshow: Anymore questions?
Alexis Kelly: Trying to think... give me a moment, I need to get another bottle of water.
dahnketoweshow: Okay, then.
Alexis Kelly: Where are you from?
dahnketoweshow: Boston.
dahnketoweshow: Well, I was born there.
dahnketoweshow: I moved a lot. My parents were nomads, really.
Alexis Kelly: Been everywhere and back again?

Note to self, do not talk baseball with Helena.

Quote:

dahnketoweshow: You could say that.
Alexis Kelly: Why did they move? Military?
dahnketoweshow: They were sort of criminals. The war on drugs and all that.
dahnketoweshow: Hippies.
Alexis Kelly: Aha.
Alexis Kelly: I've never really understood all that. I mean, things like heroin and meth, things that can really mess a person up for life, I understand those being illegal. But the softer things, the light hallucinogens like LSD, stuff like marijuana... never understood all the governmental hate for those.
Alexis Kelly: I'm assuming they were on the run due to the latter? Most hippies don't really touch the harder stuff, as I understand it.
dahnketoweshow: I don't honestly know all they did.
dahnketoweshow: I just know they sold enough to get them chased around the country.
Alexis Kelly: That bites. :/
Alexis Kelly: Where are you currently? It's either extremely late for you, or you're outside the country.
dahnketoweshow: It's rather late for me, but I am a night owl. Less distraction.
Alexis Kelly: Finally someone that understands that.
dahnketoweshow: I'll be going to sleep in 10 minutes, at 4.
Alexis Kelly: Ah, I'm usually up until noon or so.
dahnketoweshow: That's the most you'll get out of me regarding location, though.

She's on the east coast!

Quote:

dahnketoweshow: I have to be up at noon to go make sure my local branch is not blowing up.
dahnketoweshow: They're like children sometimes.
Alexis Kelly: Kids and PE4, eh?
dahnketoweshow: PE4? As in the explosive?
Alexis Kelly: Yeah.
dahnketoweshow: Yeah.
Alexis Kelly: Oh joy.
Alexis Kelly: It almost sounds like you've got a babysitting job on your hands on top of research.
dahnketoweshow: We employ people who show signs of being right for the jobs we staff at a younger age than most. Generally we have 18 year olds working in the offices, and if they work hard they move up. We've had some 16 year olds, though.
dahnketoweshow: So yes, you could say that.
Alexis Kelly: So it's nigh literally one. Ouch.
Alexis Kelly: It's good that you employ kids that show promise, though. Not enough organizations do that.
Alexis Kelly: I take it it's more of a don't call us, we'll find you and call you type deal.
dahnketoweshow: Yes.
dahnketoweshow: Like Hogwarts!
Alexis Kelly: Indeed it is.
Alexis Kelly: How did they contact you?
dahnketoweshow: My parents were finally caught when I was 16.
Alexis Kelly: They scooped you up out of CPS's hands?
dahnketoweshow: I was taken to an orphanage funded by the company, because I didn't have the social skills to take care of myself.
Alexis Kelly: Aha.

Parents fought the law and the law won. On to an orphanage she went.

Quote:

dahnketoweshow: I believe it was my mother's idea, and the court agreed for one reason or another.
Alexis Kelly: This question may sound kind of odd, but... what sort of signs does the company look for?
Alexis Kelly: In prospects, I mean.
Alexis Kelly: Organization, rather.
dahnketoweshow: Well, I retain information rather well. I couldn't recall specific dates from a history class, but in general I know what I need to know for as long as I need to know it. I also became close with the daughter of one of my bosses.
dahnketoweshow: It was half a favor to her.
dahnketoweshow: They do tests, though, every month or so. Every child in my orphanage had to take it. I assume it measured IQ.
dahnketoweshow: Scores are never released, and they are always purged 3 years later.
Alexis Kelly: What do they measure?
dahnketoweshow: The same as most other standardized scholastic tests, math and English skills. There were some matching games, as well, and memory tests which I excelled at.
dahnketoweshow: Let's see... I haven't taken a test in quite a while.
dahnketoweshow: We also had children known for being good at counting cards, but now that we have enough money, I believe they are out of the company
dahnketoweshow: It's after 4 and I have given enough information, Alexis.
Alexis Kelly: Alright, sorry to have kept you up.
dahnketoweshow: I forgive you.
Alexis Kelly: It's good to have met you, Helena. I'll email you soon as I can.
dahnketoweshow: I do hope so.
dahnketoweshow: Farewell.
Alexis Kelly: See you.

So! To sum it all up: the organization one miss Helena works for is headed up by a trio of 'nerds' that remind her of the Lone Gunmen, aged 42, 51, and 84. Said organization scoops children up early, usually out of orphanages they run, testing for general cognitive ability and possibly psychic ability. They're looking for a man named Comet, an old man capable of mild regeneration of health, like a species of jellyfish. We have to find her e-mail, and she's forbidden from using Twitter. It sounds like they have access to high explosives, so they're quite possibly a PMC or military contractor.

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:16 am

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Im in...

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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:45 am

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The 'jellyfish' she was talking about is turritopsis nutricula.

Relevant highlight from wiki:

Quote:

Turritopsis nutricula is a hydrozoan with a life cycle in which it reverts to the polyp stage after becoming sexually mature. It is the only known case of a metazoan capable of reverting completely to a sexually immature, colonial stage after having reached sexual maturity as a solitary stage. It does this through the cell development process of transdifferentiation. Theoretically, this cycle can repeat indefinitely, rendering it biologically immortal until its nerve center is removed from the rest of the body.

Important to note that it's actually a Hydrozoa, which is similar to a jellyfish but not actually part of the same species.

They look like this, in case it becomes relevant:

And they were discovered in 1857, or 152 years ago, meaning that the 328 year old gentleman discovered the secret of eternal life before the eternal jellyfish was discovered.

Now, the old guy was born in 1681 (I assume) which is the year that William Penn was granted the land by King Charles II that would become Pennsylvania. Which, last I checked, is on the east coast. It was also the year William Penn Jr. was born, though I doubt it's relevant.

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:57 am

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YES SCHWINN! RIGHT BEHIND YOU! *leg hump*

1) Hogwarts - LoL
2) Helena seems to have made it quite clear that she used Angry Nerds for a reason.
3) Time to start trying to usual suspects for email addresses - (@gmail.com)

If anyone starts trying emails, then please post what you've tried. :<

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:59 am

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Double post, but that's okay... >>

Just from butting my head against the email server I tried....
DaghitaMathewsonWoelkSPLATgmail.com
DaghitaWoelkSPLATgmail.com
DaghitaMWoelkSPLATgmail.com
DahnkeToweShowSPLATgmail.com

All bouncy.

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:22 am

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I tried:
- DahnkeToweSPLATgmail.com
- CometBelhillSPLATgmail.com
- WhatdoesheknowSPLATgmail.com

First two bounced immediately, still waiting on the third.

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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:15 am

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easy if you look at the website:

Quote:

My superiors are watching. The men I work with are watching him. Comet Bellhil, watch your back.

-Helena

whatdoesheknowSPLATgmail.com

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:01 pm

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Her name is an anagram of 'teased knowhow' for what it's worth. Just spotted that.

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:17 pm

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natas wrote:

easy if you look at the website:

Quote:

My superiors are watching. The men I work with are watching him. Comet Bellhil, watch your back.

-Helena

whatdoesheknowSPLATgmail.com

I hadn't looked. God dammit. -.-
NATAS IS BACK TO RUIN MY LIFE. XD

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:44 pm

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xomunkixo wrote:

natas wrote:

easy if you look at the website:

Quote:

My superiors are watching. The men I work with are watching him. Comet Bellhil, watch your back.

-Helena

whatdoesheknowSPLATgmail.com

I hadn't looked. God dammit. -.-
NATAS IS BACK TO RUIN MY LIFE. XD

Geez, you guys must have ignored my post ^. Anyway, Helena replied back so that's definitely her.

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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:53 pm

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PaperbckWriter9 wrote:

Geez, you guys must have ignored my post ^. Anyway, Helena replied back so that's definitely her.

nope didn't ignore your post. Just trying to point out that you can stop guessing since the email address was clearly posted. Just trying to help.

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:00 pm

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@natas Helena's comment on the website changed then. I went there today around 10am (central) and it said:

Quote:

My superiors are watching. The men I work with are watching him. Comet Bellhil, watch your back.
- Daghita Mathewson Woelk

It originally didn't include her name/Helena or the email addy. Remeber in her IM to MTH:

Quote:

DahnkeToweShow: I will stay online for a while longer. After that, I do hope you'll try to get my email?
Alexis Kelly: I will.
DahnkeToweShow: It's my way of making sure you are as intelligent as I've been told.
DahnkeToweShow: A small, easy test.

Helena didn't add it to the site until it was guessed correctly... by me Wink

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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:19 pm

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sent an email.
for once, I'm in.

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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:35 pm

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Fired off an email. Can't believe I was too retarded to try using the cl1p name as the email name.

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:05 pm

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