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emato
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Tiffany48 wrote:
Apply for work! I don't want to be alone in the office Wink


Done! Waiting for a reply now.

Didn't want you alone in the office Tiffany! Wink

emato

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Nighthawk
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Quote:
Dear Friends:

Someone said you could help with our investigation, check out our wiki at: http://verusinvestigations.wikispaces.com/
and see if it's a good fit for you.

Artemis Jones/Sr. Investigator
Verus Investigations


I got the above email as well and couldn't help but think "Seriously?!? This *has* to be an ARG, because nobody in their right mind would do this in real life... Right? ...Right?!?"

Plato's Cave was one of those games that wouldn't leave me alone with content even though I never actually "played" it and never had any idea what was going on in it. Guess I'm still on their mailing list...
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Iscabibble
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 		I see the AR part of this, but where is the game? I'll be watching this one.

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ndemeter
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 		Got the email too. I'm in! Smile
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Tiffany48
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 		I declare Tuesdays to be bring a fluffy aminal to the office day! And, Thursdays we'll set up a chocolate fountain for lunch!!

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modoms
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 		Just asked for "info. I'm interested to see where this goes!

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Alt-Demon
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 		I got the application this morning as well. Man, these guys would do great irl, getting a whole detective team to work for them for free xD

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emato
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 		New email
Received an email from Christina Helen Ross:

Quote:
Emato -

I suspect this has to do with our investigations. Because it came from an anonymous source addressed to me not to VI, someone wanted to inform me (us) without knowing who s/he is and didn't want to involve VI?

VI One Time Use Only
We few we happy few we band of brothers for he today that sheds his blood with me

How it fits into the scheme of things, I don't know. But it was important enough to send to me! Plus that cryptic remark about
"One Time..."

I'm completely in the dark!

-- Chris


The "One Time" make me think of one-time pad crypto, but I tend to over think things.

emato

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Alt-Demon
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 		Trueplay posted this on the wiki page for the case with the title 'strange cipher'

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trueplay Today 4:33 pm

This was sent to us anonymously. We can't make heads or tails of it:

bmydo imzsxdl beo ps eephwaf kvx aiijtfzzxl wqtm moigcprj zl est l fsdh bkhuxor

Do you know how to solve it?


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Alt-Demon
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 		Re: New email
emato wrote:
Received an email from Christina Helen Ross:

Quote:
Emato -

I suspect this has to do with our investigations. Because it came from an anonymous source addressed to me not to VI, someone wanted to inform me (us) without knowing who s/he is and didn't want to involve VI?

VI One Time Use Only
We few we happy few we band of brothers for he today that sheds his blood with me

How it fits into the scheme of things, I don't know. But it was important enough to send to me! Plus that cryptic remark about
"One Time..."

I'm completely in the dark!

-- Chris


The "One Time" make me think of one-time pad crypto, but I tend to over think things.

emato


http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/402000.html
It's from Shakespeare

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emato
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 		The Shakespeare part of reference:

Quote:
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me


Stripped of spaces =

wefewwehappyfewwebandofbrothersforhetodaythatshedshisbloodwithme
64 letters

and the encrypted:
bmydoimzsxdlbeopseephwafkvxaiijtfzzxlwqtmmoigcprjzlestlfsdhbkhuxor
66 letters

remove the last two letters = or from the encrypted and both are 64 and the or reminds me of XOR (one time)

Code:
wefewwehappyfewwebandofbrothersforhetodaythatshedshisbloodwithme
bmydoimzsxdlbeopseephwafkvxaiijtfzzxlwqtmmoigcprjzlestlfsdhbkhux


I have to leave for the night but hopefully this will help someone else?

Will try if not solved tomorrow.

emato

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Nighthawk
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Quote:
Mr. Flor -

I was led to believe you could solve this cipher for us:

bmydo imzsxdl beo ps eephwaf kvx aiijtfzzxl wqtm moigcprj zl est l fsdh bkhuxor

Must've been a different person. Sorry to bother you!

Artemis Jones

Verus Investigations


It's not Caeser shift; I know that much. I'm guessing vigenere... Due to the "ee" word start, I imagine it's not a straight replace.

On another note, I'm kind of thankful that companies don't really work like they do in ARGs. If they did, civilization would have ended decades ago... Wink
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Nighthawk
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 		We were almost there...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Vigenere, key is "wefewwehappyfewwebandofbrothersforhetodaythatshedshisbloodwithmeaa"

Phrase:

fitzs mission was to deceive the terrorists into thinking he was a real traitor

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emato
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Nighthawk wrote:
We were almost there...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Vigenere, key is "wefewwehappyfewwebandofbrothersforhetodaythatshedshisbloodwithmeaa"

Phrase:

fitzs mission was to deceive the terrorists into thinking he was a real traitor


You beat me to it! Cool! Yes, Vigenere running key. I got the same thing. (Yes I'm supposed to be somewhere else but it suddenly hit me and well)

emato

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Alt-Demon
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Nighthawk wrote:
We were almost there...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Vigenere, key is "wefewwehappyfewwebandofbrothersforhetodaythatshedshisbloodwithmeaa"

Phrase:

fitzs mission was to deceive the terrorists into thinking he was a real traitor


That was quick, I've never used a code like that before, very cool.

The wiki is where he wants the answer, are you joined with them or do you need me to add it?

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