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[GunsmithCat]

[SPEC] Jason Morelli was having an affair (and more)

[Mazian]

Complicated.

Supporting sources for Jason Morelli being the GOM (i.e., Grumpy Old Man)?

[GunsmithCat]

[Avatrix]

edit, nevermind, I wasn't paying attention

[SuperJerms]

[princeofthesword]

Geez guys, it's a spec, and it sounds good to me, give him a break. Spec is spec is spec. Plus, it's one of the few well-thought out specs I've seen in a while, fits what we know so far, and heck what else do we have to work with except "What We Know So Far." (TM)

Sorry, but I'm rather grumpy tonight, and I'm getting a little frayed with this game. This should go somewhere in the rant, but I don't care about it being an ARG or an ARS, both are fun. What's annoying me is that there are loyal ARGers driving sometimes 4 hour roundtrips (which, don't know how it works in other parts of the U.S., costs gas money) just to answer more bloody axons. And the activation quota is getting higher, as well. This is fun, but if I want to shell out fifty bucks to activate a couple of axons for the sake of a fun game, I'd rather spend that fifty on a video game, like say, Halo 2.

But yes, GC, it's a good spec, personally I like it, fits well with what we know. GC's working off of what he knows about ONI units and their secrecy, they have lots of "codes" for nearly every POS you can think of. Nothing they do is out in the open. I'm not convinced that he's the Castaway, but with what we know, it looks that way.

*Takes a deep breath* I'm rather frayed, folks. I apologize for sounding rude. I LIKE this game, I like everyone here, but at this moment I'm feeling more irritated than intrigued. And that irritates me more, because I'm typically a person who just loves games, no matter how "imperfect" they can be, so I get irritated at myself for getting irritated. Irritating, isn't it?

I'm pretty sure you guys weren't just bashing his spec, but he did say "SPEC." Yes, sources are good. So feed us some sources for your spec, GC, give us where you're coming from with this. And everyone else remember that spec is spec, it just sounded like you thought GC was saying "Hey, this is fact," and then shouted "Well hey, prove it." Spec. Spec.

Sorry guys, I'm going to bed. I've probably misunderstood the whole thing, I'm rather annoyed at a lot of things right now. So just take care, flame me all you want, and goodnight. Farewell.

[SpghEddy]

Okay, this is sort of a recap of relevant facts:

I think we all agree that Jason Morelli is the Castaway, through the whole jazz and radio beacon = "bouys of sound to confuse the enemy" thing. Interesting to note that the Castaway was talking about an ancient Spartan battle with the stories of "soldiers in water with backs to the enemies", though this suggests he may also have been talking about the SPARTAN-I (or II) project. "A sailor with Odysseus" suggests he was on a voyage to/from Troy at some point.

As for being the Grumpy Old Man? Well... that forces us to explain how he goes from being picked up by Melissa's ship (the Apocalypso), to being on Earth when the Apocalypso crashes out of the slipstream. I think that's kind of a stretch, but it's possible. From Mellissa's conversation with McKaskill, we know that she intercepted slipstream packets he was sending to "some old guy" with "bad taste in clothes", who is Intel (I guess this means he's part of ONI?). Sounds like the Grumpy Old Man to me, which means the GOM is *not* on the ship while the alien artifact is still on it. If the Castaway is also the GOM, this would explain how McKaskill met him, and the part about how he was "cleared to come aboard", but then he must have been dropped off before the alien artifact was found, and we're missing that part of the story.

If we take the GOM's story literally, he actually is an evacuee from Troy, which makes him sort of like a castaway. Perhaps the Apocalypso picked him up? I'd tend to disbelieve it, since his voice disguise suggests it's all made up for some other purpose.

Sorry this isn't all really new, but I sort of had to remind myself of all this stuff, so hopefully this will help some other people out, too.

[SuperJerms]

[GunsmithCat]

[princeofthesword]

Humble apologies for my rudeness, a rarity for me I guess. Yes, tone is a hard thing to hear in text, and mood tends to affect perception. I regret my angry tones, typed late last night after what was a hostile, depressing day in general.

As for the spec itself, I find that it makes sense. Good work GC, as always. I'll lurk till I find something useful in my head somewhere. Farewell.

[Dorkmaster]

Not to go too off topic... (GSC, I don't know what it is... I'm lured to your posts!!!)

Ok, but I remember (and forgive me as I'm too lazy to look up the exact verbage) one of the Melissa texts, prior to the 24th, being that that one who deployed buoys was to distract from the truth. That her job was to find things and specifically the truth. (Again, much paraphrasing going on there...)

My theory is this: What if it is Jersey Morelli who must save us from Melissa? What if it is even *gasp* Durga? (yeah, I know, you gotta separate durga from mel then...)

Anyway, wild spec outta left field, yo.... but still makes sense. Who better to confront an amazingly complicated information sifter than a person whose sole purpose was to determine how to mislead and obscure the truth. (they just seem too diametrically opposed to be coincidence, is all... that's my whole wild spec basis, actually...)

-DM

[Shad0]

Re: the Castaway

[Dorkmaster]

(in best "Linus" voice) THAT'S IT!!!!


(If you don't get it, don't ask.)

[GunsmithCat]

That connection she makes about the Castaway still befuddles me. It seems like this guy did something more significant than just trick McKaskill into talking about the artifact.