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[Trailhead] Vladimir Sirin
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Apologies to all for not being around to do a whole lot here. I am currently very limited on computer activities (but I do have my ipod pretty much constantly) so I'm not much help.

I have actually volunteered to be a guardian, as of the 13th. The bit I can add to this (whether helpful or not) is that in the email I received in response, I got this:

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We thank you Larissa . Once a few days have passed, all those that either are, or who show willing, will be appointed.
Your merits have already been proven and we, the custodians of the treasure are allowed to reappoint according to traditions decreed older than ourselves.

Abion prevails.
talk to the daughter of the mother who is in trouble
Vladimir Sirin 1321930CMRIP


The red was the invisible text. You may be beyond that point already, but there it is. Hopefully I can be more help soon!
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Funny, I realized that we needed to e-mail Claire about the INTERCEPTION file last night, and sent her an e-mail this morning. Good to know I did the right thing though!

Edit: Found something interesting when looking back, before I went to e-mail Vlad. From a document on Agent Sirin:
elsa wrote:
His passion for chess and understanding of the younger female mind has made him perfect for the development of the 'butterfly project' later in the process.


I asked him about this in my e-mail, I'll post the reply when I get it.

Edit 2: alright, so I got a reply from Vlad, but no answers yet- he promised some in the next e-mail. I'll post the full exchange once I get it.
Haven't heard back from Claire though, but I'm not even sure if I spelled her e-mail address right. Maybe someone who has already spoken to her can give it a try?
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New email from Vlad:
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Cardui has not got back to us.
She was investigating a rare herb that grows in India for our subsidiary company O.o.O.
She had all necessary precautions, and knew to return before two lunar phases has occurred.

All the messages that are being sent are being auto-responded with:

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Z3V0dmZhdmxuZ2ZlcnRhYnlyeWdndnluDQpndXR2eXNsdWdyeG5nZ2JhYnEtLXJ6ZW5yYWxuZ2Y=
Daffodils reversed and rotated create flowers of a different sort, Intueor...
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We are concerned as we have not made any sense of this - our main processing power being used to maintain the connection between the thirteen...
Please, help us.
VS


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The code is

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Base 64 --> ROT 13 --> reverse text

"stay near me -- do not take thy flight
a little longer stay in sight"

which is part of the William Wordsworth poem "To a Butterfly".


I sent an email back to VS.
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Again, apologies for seeming to have disappeared. Things have reached a point that should allow me to be more active here. I'll send an email to VS to reestablish communications.

ETA: Just in case it hasn't been mentioned yet, Vanessa/Claire have previously been referred to as "butterfly" due to the nature of their last name. It would make sense that the message that Cardui has sent is meant for her daughter.
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It seems like as soon as I think I have time to devote to this something comes up. Sorry for not sharing these sooner...commence email dump.

A while back I emailed VS about Christopher Morcom which was hinted to in his signature once or twice. That started this email chain. (Note: I am actually not able to kill anyone...)

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Dear team,

Today is the next stage of processing the treasures - understanding now the importance of today, 82 years on, we mark the merging of the treasures.

We politely ask, therefore, that all remaining guardians - and any who wish to be appointed guardian [due to others unfortunate demise] - make themselves apparen very shortly.

Circadia is entering phase two...

Albion prevails.
Vladimir Sirin 1321930CMRIP
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I am still a willing guardian of the mantle and hamper on this the anniversary of the passing of Christopher Morcom -- a very influential person in the life of Alan Turing. I await further instruction.

~LM
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You are aware of Christopher? Ah, this potentially does change things a little...
Question: would you give up potential life-long happiness if it meant that many llives would be saved?
Developing that further, could you prevent someone else's happiness to save many lives?

Welcome to Circadia Phase 2...
VS
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I am a firm believer in the "greater good". Sometimes sacrifices must be made by an individual in order to benefit a larger group. To answer your questions, I could make a sacrifice or make someone a sacrifice if the lives saved were worth saving.

~LM
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Thank you for your reply.
Would you be able to end someone's life, preventing another's happiness to save many lives?

VS
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Able? Yes. Willing? It depends on the circumstances. Whose life would end and what kind of people would I be saving? I would need answers to these questions before I made such an important decision.

~LM


Then I emailed VS with information about the code he sent (solve is in an earlier post) and this was his reply

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Ah - thank you - that would explain a little- but it does not sound like Cardui in the other part of the message.
Athough it does explain the reference to Daffodils.
The question is though - what does it mean???

VS


I thought about it for a little bit and then RL took over and I never responded. Yesterday VS sent this:

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Dear agent,

We are now extremely concerned. We have not heard from Cynthia Cardui for over a month. the message she communicated to us has been scanned and does not match any of her previous syntax from communications whilst within Intueor.
The poem To a Butterfly, by William Wordsworth, whilst in itself having messages abound, does not seem to e telling us anything?
Can anyone else make more sense of it please?
We are running out of time we fear...

VS


I think the line under the code is what we need to be focusing on.

Quote:
Daffodils reversed and rotated create flowers of a different sort, Intueor...


Any ideas?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wandered_Lonely_as_a_Cloud

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ddl wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wandered_Lonely_as_a_Cloud


Thanks ddl. I found that pretty soon after the initial email. VS mentions "it does explain the reference to Daffodils", but I can't figure out what the rest of that line is alluding to...
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I figured that it was a hint on how to decode the line above it. Do you think that it has another meaning?
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Just throwing some ideas out:

Daffodils are also known as Narcissus. In the Greek mythos, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection, and from their came the meaning of narcissistic.

Now, if we invert the meaning of narcissistic- to love oneself -then we are left with what, to love another? At an unhealthy level? We are supposed to be talking to Claire- and she grew ill due to her concern about her mother. I'm not sure if there is a connection, but I'm just trying to piece things together...

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ironnikki wrote:
I figured that it was a hint on how to decode the line above it. Do you think that it has another meaning?


Wow...rotated and reversed...never made the connection between that and the way the code was solved. So obvious now...thanks.

Still not sure what we should be doing at this point so I guess I'll wait for another nudge from VS...
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New email:
[Subject: Romulus and David] wrote:
Cardui has, at last, made contact.
She is fine.

Thank you all for your assistance.
VS.


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An Insatiable Alphabet

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I spoke with Claire on Facebook concerning her recent status updates, and she has forwarded me the emails from SV and VS, as well as a couple of the emails that you've sent her, DDL. Additionally, she sent me this:
Claire wrote:
Hey there,

Thanks so much for looking through this stuff. It feels like i've been asking for help for ages! Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, i just don't know what to do, and the person I would normally turn to at this point is uncle Rabbit who I seemingly can't trust. I had an email yesterday from nobody saying:

Claire
I am fine.
Do not worry.
I will be home soon.
Mum.

From no address, just like the first one from Mum. But what the hell does that mean? I haven't heard from her in how long, saying I can't trust my beloved uncle and then nothing for all of this time and then just those five lines. Then about half an hour later I had an email from VladmirsirinSPLATyahoo.co.uk saying:

Dear Caire,
Please be assured, your mother is safe. WE were concerned but had lost communication briefly with her. All is fine now.
She will be home soon.
Thank you for your patience.

Vladmir Sirin

I suppose that any news is good news (or so i keep telling myself) but something doesn't feel right about all of this,

What do you think?

Thanks again for your help,

Vanessa.


I was a little put off by her signing the email "Vanessa," so I sent her a message on Facebook saying that I'd get back to her soon. Do we have any reason to suspect that her uncle may be monitoring her emails? I'm probably just being paranoid, but I'd rather not blow the whole thing now, haha. I did not see any hidden text in the message that she sent me.

Claire has also recently updated her Facebook status, saying that she has good news. Anyone know anything about this?

EDIT: Another email from Sergei.

SV wrote:
Just a hello as someone wanted to talk v=diu8i5UKTHc
hello
bye
Sergei.
x


The bit in red was hidden, and leads to a YT video of the Jackson 5's "ABC." This is at least the second time that we've received a clue related to the alphabet. I think that there's a puzzle that we've missed somewhere, probably a decryption or hidden message of some sort. I'm going to look back through the last few emails that VS/SV has sent and see if something comes to light.

EDIT 9 March: I got a reply from Claire a couple days ago, and have responded with more information re: the emails that she's received. Anybody else touch base with her or VS/SV recently?
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Received a couple of emails today.

First one has a title of "time is ticking":
Quote:
JLAISKOENWCOHLRVIESSTXIXEX
SV


Second one is OOG:

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OOG: The main link that was being from insatiable alphabet has now expired - not my own work, someone else's - SVs last message should be able to get you a flavour of the work though and point you in the next step.

Also - for the next few days, I will be snowed under with work so please do not expect anything - but then, when I'm back - it'll be rock and roll once more!

PM


First email code solve:

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Starting with the first letter, every other letter spells out JASON CHRISTIE. The remaining letters spell out LIKE WOLVES with the Xs there just to fill in the extra space. So after a little searching I found this.

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This is a little worrying. Back in the days of The Order Of Oroborot, the rather nasty wolves were seeking a way to grow a plant that would induce sleep as part of their nefarious plan to enslave humanity.

Why Claire / Vanessa's mother would be working for them is a bit of a mystery - although.... That thread of the game began with dual personalities and a struggle of one to become dominant. Could Cardui be seeking a method to "fix" Vlad - or Claire?

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