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I think someone should definitely start talking to Jessie, the same way people began talking to Alex on the side. We need to know where the man is and if he is dead.

I would say they should all go visit Mrs. Corenthal again en masse but I am really queasy about that ending well.

If we had at least one "player" talking one on one with each of the four plus Alex, we might get a little more out of each person. The way things got moving with Jeff in the fall was a one on one conversation. And I think anyone who regularly corresponds with HABIT, which I've tried and failed to do, should speak to him again. Maybe tell him it was a neat trick pulled in "Hidden Videos," and see what he has to say about that incident.

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How would we communicate with Evan and Vince? Their online accounts are OOG and therefore inaccessible. And I don't like the idea of having to filter through Jeff to talk to them.
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As much as I like the guys, the videos are much more interesting when things go south for them. So now that we've gotten confirmation that they are subconsciously related to the Corenthal children, we should pressure them on that.
I agree that doing things live is more likely to get responses, but we haven't been given many chances to interact live for a little while. Even the Ustream was based on questions prepared ahead of time. Jeff hasn't come into Angora chat recently either.

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Luipaard wrote:
How would we communicate with Evan and Vince? Their online accounts are OOG and therefore inaccessible. And I don't like the idea of having to filter through Jeff to talk to them.


That I didn't know. Oh, well.

And yes, any live component would be regulated by EMH. We're only going to have as much freedom to affect things as they allow us. So I would maybe see if they're receptive to doing another chat where we can go over this stuff live, or...just start feeding it through Jeff again, I don't fuckin' know. I agree that's not the greatest idea.

But if we can talk to Jessie solo, then we should.

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qaqa wrote:
Luipaard wrote:
How would we communicate with Evan and Vince? Their online accounts are OOG and therefore inaccessible. And I don't like the idea of having to filter through Jeff to talk to them.


That I didn't know. Oh, well.

And yes, any live component would be regulated by EMH. We're only going to have as much freedom to affect things as they allow us. So I would maybe see if they're receptive to doing another chat where we can go over this stuff live, or...just start feeding it through Jeff again, I don't fuckin' know. I agree that's not the greatest idea.

But if we can talk to Jessie solo, then we should.


Sorry, I didn't mean to sound confrontational or anything. Sad

So...how do you approach someone in this kind of situation? Especially when you're a complete stranger. Smile I'm scared of communicating with people, so I don't think it should be me.
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Luipaard wrote:
Sorry, I didn't mean to sound confrontational or anything. Sad


You didn't! No worries, honey.

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So...how do you approach someone in this kind of situation? Especially when you're a complete stranger. Smile I'm scared of communicating with people, so I don't think it should be me.


I'm no good approaching these people out of the blue either, which is probably why I'm just sitting around here being an impotent blowhard and giving lots of pushy advice. I actually would've sucked it up and spoken to HABIT by now but I seem to have a hard time managing my Gmail settings so I can even find HABIT on Gchat, let alone Jeff or whoever.

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qaqa I'd ask about their own parents and families and history, and see if we come up against any glitches or obvious holes. It may trigger a freakout, but it's all we can do, I think. Assuming for a second it is not a huge continuity gaffe after all, I'd also bring up that we heard what sounded like Jeff and Alex's parents when Evan headed to the house to confront the
Rake.

^This. I've brought up Jeff and Alex's parents before, and to add to what you were saying, not only can you hear them, when they get upstairs, Alex says he didn't want his parents to hear their conversation Shocked

Also, what if the only way to further the story is THROUGH these chats. We've already seen strange things happen during them. It would be an interesting twist to bring up certain issues and see what happens LIVE. For all we know, a certain question could summon the Operator right then and there or HABIT, Doctor Satan, or even Rake for that matter. Also, I seriously think someone should mention the desk as a potential place for information. I mentioned it before, but the use of the phrase "hidden treasure" made me think of the U-stream with Rake/HABIT in it where Jeff states his desk hides hidden treasures and it was soon after that that Rake/HABIT made their appearance. Jeff definitely made it a point to say this in that broadcast, I'm sure of it.

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I've been expecting some real shit to go down in one of the Ustreams before. I still worry about that.

I can't recall if Rhi spoke to Jeff through email or Gchat. I might have to email them myself but I really don't know where to start. I am not a very visible HYBRID, either, so I'm self-conscious about that - I am not incredibly techsavvy, I'm not in the trials, I only have been to one live Ustream, I don't correspond with them personally, I don't have a Twitter and I don't comment much on Youtube. Strolling up like Johnny Motherfucker is a bit daunting.

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qaqa wrote:
I've been expecting some real shit to go down in one of the Ustreams before. I still worry about that.

I can't recall if Rhi spoke to Jeff through email or Gchat. I might have to email them myself but I really don't know where to start. I am not a very visible HYBRID, either, so I'm self-conscious about that - I am not incredibly techsavvy, I'm not in the trials, I only have been to one live Ustream, I don't correspond with them personally, I don't have a Twitter and I don't comment much on Youtube. Strolling up like Johnny Motherfucker is a bit daunting.


If memory serves, Rhi likes to chat Jeff up through email.

Hey. I'm pretty tech savvy, and I've emailed the guys before, during the 2hour Ustream. I just don't know what to say. If we can come up with something together, I can shoot it their way.
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qaqa wrote:
I've been expecting some real shit to go down in one of the Ustreams before. I still worry about that.

This. I want it.

Someone/ones have tried talking to Jessie in the past, right? I seem to remember it being a dead end (not that it wouldn't be worth trying again). She doesn't seem to know much about her uncle, but it might be worth asking about his adopted children now that that little tidbit has come to light.

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Well, let's look over everything again and see if enough of us can form a consensus about what we want to start talking about and to who. The soldier? The letters? I thought they knew about our letters, or have I forgotten? Maybe just dissecting everything they said in the video and explaining to them how it relates to what we've read, in case they're confused? If our only option to direct communication with the EMH boys is Jeff, then we have to direct at least some of this to him.

I think someone else who already has chatted with her should start speaking to Jessie about all of this. She may plead ignorance but she is here for a reason and we need to find out what it is. And I wonder if it is still possible to speak to Steph separately through CANYOUSEETHEWORDS. She may be a lot more open to considering the Corenthal mental issues given her prior history, as opposed to the boys who insist they had normal upbringings.

I have to say I agree with a couple other posters; no matter what we do, I can't see them coming out of this alive, or whole. I'll consider it a tremendous bonus if they're not all dead/insane/AWOL when it's over. I think that is beyond our control. I'll be shocked and delighted if it's not.

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I also wanted to add that in the last u-stream, they definitely did a cop-out and took no real questions, but a pre-determined list, so it is true that the ball is in their court almost entirely which is kind of a shame. They want and ask for our help, but yet they turn down, ignore, or insult (from their point of view WE are all out of our minds) our attempts. Granted, some of our attempts have caused them...trouble, but it is frustrating for us just as it would be for them. It has also occurred to me that their own fears of finding out the truth could be part of the storyline and game. Like they are scared that the truth in the videos is going to be their undoing.

I fear the next u-stream will go the same route, but who knows anything is possible. Maybe we need to be more persuasive. If there is another u-stream, count me in. I'm all for asking some hard hitting questions.

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It has also occurred to me that their own fears of finding out the truth could be part of the storyline and game. Like they are scared that the truth in the videos is going to be their undoing.


Yeah, I've been thinking the same for months. Why else did Jeff keep from us what most of us suspected: That he was also mentioned in the early Corenthal letters, and is just as much a part of it as the other boys? Why did it take him forever to come clean about the circumstances surrounding his trip? Neither he nor Vincent wanted to know. IG-wise I think their conscious minds are often putting up a huge fight to keep things slowed down. Which is why I mentioned going to Evan or Steph, but that's difficult. Not that I want to cut Jeff out of the loop, either, so, I dunno.

The irony, of course, is that now we're trying to handle them the same way the Corenthals did in the '70s, to avoid "losing them." Look how well that worked.

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That has a point, we want to keep from loosing them but were fighting a next to uphill winding downhill battle with that.

We might not have the best options but the ones we do have are not the best. You know, the whole blocking things out does hold quite a bit of evidence. The thing is several peoples way of coping is denial and avoidance. So if there are parties who are less in denial about things they might be more resistant, because they are aware these things are going on and they are not trying to gloss over or scab over the pieces that have caused issues.

If you know about something you are more likely to expect something to happen so you might be at least half prepared for the events to happen even if you are not sure what the circumstances and events might be.

This might be why some parties seem better adapted to resisting and admitting the things going on with them.
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Then maybe someone does something like this - sends the same "Hi guys, hope you're okay" note to both Jeff at the EMH email and if possible, to Steph at CANYOUSEETHEWORDS. I think she's our only other point of direct contact to the four of them.

In addition to wishing them well, though, in that same note I think we should also have someone who's good at being thorough saying "we know you guys are confused and scared, here's what we think happened," and then dissecting everything they said in "Hidden Videos" and explaining at length how this might directly relate to the Corenthal kids mentioned in the letters. And that this connection is no coincidence, and they all perhaps need to start looking at their own pasts and childhoods and family. I haven't looked at those letters in a long while, maybe one of the wiki people would be a good choice. And then maybe mention the soldier, complete with picture.

If Jeff glosses it over, Steph might not. So I'd send the same letter to both people. Don't keep it a secret, but they might have different perspectives.

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