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WolfHawk
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 		I was beginning to wonder if anyone else was paying attention to this. I got another email today.

It contains a pic named handholding.jpg and just has some dots in the text:
Quote:

.::.::.::.::.::.


I suspect our PM is getting a bit frustrated with our inability to move forward. Confused

edit: I believe this pic means "personal key" which is what is needed to enter the main Mashimoto site.
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WolfHawk
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 		He tweeted this yesterday:
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Today I went for a walk. - Strolling down the sidewalk, I took note of my surroundings. Buildings lined the... http://tumblr.com/xe87a39r7


Which led to the tumbler post:
Quote:
Today I went for a walk.

Strolling down the sidewalk, I took note of my surroundings. Buildings lined the street on either side, constructed mostly out of grey concrete, although there were a few brick structures mixed in, adding a redish tinge to the otherwise monochromous setting. The street fell in line with the flavor of the place, or rather, lack of it. I could tell it used to be black, but constant abrasion from tires and shoes (actually, mostly shoes, since barely anyone actually owns a vehicle) had worn it down to a stone-like hue. The pathway on which I strode fit in perfectly with the urban theme, although its existence was generally pointless, as most people simply prefer to use the road for day-to-day travel.

Perched atop rooftop corners, security cameras peered down on the world below, their electronic eyes always vigilant, transmitting surveillance footage to some remote, faraway location. There seemed to be more of them than usual, dotting the scenery wherever I looked, giving me a feeling of being watched even stronger than before.

I kept going for a long while, and completely lost track of the time. By the time I realized it, the sky was getting dark, and I had to race to arrive back home on time before curfew. No one is allowed outside past a certain hour. When I finally reached my living quarters, I unlocked the door, pushed it open, and collapsed onto my bed. An instant later, I bolted right back out. There was something on my pillow.

A note.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:26 pm
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JohnJimJoeBob
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 		So... the shape of the dots somewhat resembles a side view of a key. Rather uniform, though. In any case, the picture maybe suggests that he's giving us the key to something or other. Just fishing in the dark... dots as binary with one dot being 0 and two dots being 1 gives 0110110110110110, which is 28086 in decimal, 6DB6 in hex. The pattern could also suggest a five-character something (five ridges).

I'm not really sure what we're supposed to be doing at this point. I'm very interested in what this note of his had to say. Nothing on the drop.io. I guess someone should ask him.

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WolfHawk
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 		It appears that I am the contact du jour here. I received another email.

After getting the handholding email I responded with:
Quote:
Thank you for sending further information. I am sharing it with my friends in hopes of offering our assistance.


A couple of hours later I received this:
Quote:
******


With a picture called "together."

It looks like we might have a six letter password that is something to do with a stick or rod?
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WolfHawk
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 		Ok, I'm doing this instead of my work.

Found a file in Albert's mashidesk named data.msdf. It's a string of numbers:
Quote:
50,47.32,33.06,27.21,-7.23,30.57,-11.25,48.11,32.59,12.97,-54.43,7.5,68.
46,-39.44,-98.1,-100.35,-55.87,-117.92,-227.18,-136.36,-60.76,65.24,134.
1,127.66,267.58,495.08,361.96,642.76,511.44,462.72,726.12,512.53,644.0
5,825.55,693.63,850.78,1024.3,1147.14,1343.22,1266.78,1530.78,1453.7,
1636.82,1853.97,2169.89,2037.59,2509.09,2344.12,2233.24,2440.51,2412
.01,2356.93,2213.93,1868.37,1649.13,1897.73,2247.17,1987.82,1553.4,12
24.77,1616.57,1429.3,2085.88,2715.88,2626.92,2052.97,2523.55,2018.37,
2259.09,2149.38,2558.18,2838.63,2640.63,2196.79,2529.05,2006.3,1795.
78,1636.39,1027.21,1371.65,2198.85,2790.96,2089.04,1767.83,1078.19,1
633.24,1418.24,1613.99,1601.67,2358.17,1875.77,2716.61,1899.65,2918.
93,3661.53,3224.53,2729.17,2987.19,3367.43,4365.35,5041.35,4400,
4607.06,3944.77,4715.41,4107.46,5073.12,4389.39,3864.51,4704.9,4389.2,375
4.28,3656.84,3218.4,2869.56,3349.11,3328.23,2504.55,3381.29,3086.17,3
020.17,3740.12,2797.06,2254.63,3583.91,4002.66,5226.12,4500.95,5325.
27,4553.85,4148.25,4951.28,5673.32,6818.45,7181.59,8316.94,7832.78,8
242.41,9516.15,9976.24,10599.24,9915.39,10544.45,11485.39,10491.79,9
482.59,9181.83,8452.71,7616.51,6862.57,6282.07,6250.36,7382.76,6480.
06,7652,8904.4,8271.04,7135.93,6342.77,7029.65,8664.85,7568.44,6131.
5,5370.29,4273.13,4995.83,6307.23,6956.86,8336.14,8790.75,8304.55,87
71.38,9896.26,11711.03,10250.75,8551.01,9984.11,8709.85,9643.93,8765
.51,7336.25,8585.3,7142.1,7541.45,6269.75,6809.1,5212.3,5729.05,4796.
85,3129.51,1750.47,908.82,2063.82,2544.24,2070,1659.28,2470.78,2864.
14,1594.3,1023.94,1661.96,662.91,1092.03,1756.98,2059.44,701.61,1548.
61,326.8,1078.9,-374.67,245.49,-841.26,-428.54,314.93,-640.75,-617.17,
-388.37,295.33,-709.47,-1588.31,-550.07,138.68,653.28,656.97,134.81,61
3.97,-450.43,-300.49,-1554.83,-687.86,-366.54,-1327.94,-2356.22,-3100.8
9,-2249.69,-1797.92,-1332.62,-1798.05,-1678.17,-2015.22,-2967.1,-3932.
05,-3094.85,-2646.8,-3263.9,-2445.8,-1627.8,-2064.39,-1852.71,-1585.96,
-2568.04,-2369.49,-3317.01,-2675.31,-2126.99,-2023.25,-1882.85,-1857.0
4,-1142.48,-593.51,37.73,689.68,231.04,-461.18,-1049.94,-337.95,280.45,
-508.76,-806.72,-1069.29,-1272.21,-1422.96,-1126.22,-1364.2,-856.6,-150
5.54,-1681.24,-1259.65,-810.17,-953.55,-486.93,-922.43,-532.03,-894.91,
-1231.57,-1584.76,-1388.56,-990.31,-680.59,-617.32,-345.16,-831.91,-102
4.15,-842.36,-393.08,-587.9,-1079.4,-1593.41,-1850.21,-2292.48,-2564.34
,-2337.09,-2128.97,-2359.88,-2676.56,-2314.12,-2252.12,-2039.96,-2172.
2,-2565.51,-2657.31,-2574.01,-2320.03,-2457.31,-2186.27,-2157.44,-2315
.54,-2523.76,-2381.52,-2169.3,-2341.42,-2180.42,-2375.06,-2308.36,-235
8.52,-2478.22,-2471.62,-2437.23,-2581.05,-2518.32,-2605.84,-2570.89,-2
549.89,-2630.23,-2705.83,-2681.41,-2727.11,-2700.83,-2696.43,-2638.82,
-2692.52,-2659.32,-2699.24,-2698.91,-2709.67,-2705.56,-2705.56

I added the page breaks. Otherwise UF would be p/o'd at me! Laughing

Could it be anything? Latitude Longitude? Some kind of code?
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WolfHawk
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WolfHawk wrote:
It appears that I am the contact du jour here. I received another email.

After getting the handholding email I responded with:
Quote:
Thank you for sending further information. I am sharing it with my friends in hopes of offering our assistance.


A couple of hours later I received this:
Quote:
******


With a picture called "together."

It looks like we might have a six letter password that is something to do with a stick or rod?


I guess this is my personal key _ _ m b i t

and the blank letters are somehow related to the stick in the picture.

_ u m b i t - A umb stick? Or a rearrangement of u s b t i m
s u m b i t -Aanagram of submit?

Heh, poor PM has all but TOLD me the key/password. Now I just gotta kick myself in the head.
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WolfHawk
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 		Working on weapon sticks now.

Didn't work:
rambit
karambit
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Nighthawk
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 		I haven't followed this game at all.

I can say that, since the word "Gambit" came up before, Gambit's weapon of choice (besides playing cards) is a staff/quarterstaff similar to the one pictured.

I have no idea if that helps. Razz
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WolfHawk
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 		New tweet:
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I can't reveal what the note said. - But it was from them. I met them again. They say time is running thin.... http://tumblr.com/xe87bb5xo


I know you haven't NH. I just hoped you could make something out. I haven't played an ARG in several months. I'm rusty.

Gambit was the first thing I tried. it didn't work.
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WolfHawk
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 		Well I can log in on the home page with "staff." That takes me to level 2 elevate but "aviary" doesn't work there. Neither does "dovecote" or "common."
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WolfHawk
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 		Got another email:

Quote:
Substitute and place before its contents, then name.


This pic is of a music staff.

Staff gets you in the Mishimashimoshi...site. Still working on getting past level 2.
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WolfHawk
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 		Trying various permutations of

musicstaff
musicalnotation
staffnotes
staffnote
musicnotes
musicnote
egbdf (every good boy does fine - notes on a treble clef)
trebleclef
treble
gbdfa (good boys do fine always - notes on the bass clef)
bass
bassclef

Trying these for Paul's login, too since his password hint is "music."
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WolfHawk
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 		OMG this poor PM!!!! Bang Head Bang Head Bang Head

I feel so sorry for he or she! I'm trying! Really I am! Laughing

Yet another email:
Quote:
Minus one, plus the original.


Along with a picture of Mario
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 		Staff no longer gets me into the main site.
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WolfHawk
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 		Thinking out loud?
WolfHawk wrote:
Got another email:
Quote:
Substitute and place before its contents, then name.

This pic is of a music staff.

Substitute the music staff for the pic of the staff.
Place before its contents.
The contents of a musical staff are notes.
Notes come in keys.
WolfHawk wrote:
Yet another email:
Quote:
Minus one, plus the original.

Minus one? The original.
The original was a picture of a stick or staff.
Then a pic of a musical staff.


Didn't work:
keyrod
rodkey
stafnote
notestaf
pitch
keysig
scale
quarterstaff
musicstick
notestaff
notesstaff
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