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[SOLVED][EMAIL/PUZZLE] Morgan, subject: 141154151143145

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Ursos
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[SOLVED][EMAIL/PUZZLE] Morgan, subject: 141154151143145

Here's the e-mail we got just now:

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Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 21:32:49 -0400
From: "James Morgan" <morganparaSPLATgmail.com> View Contact Details
Subject: 141154151143145

4

1 7 28 31 96

And yeah, it was spaced like that (left it alone, just in case).

Here's part of the solution...

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The subject, 141154151143145, is octal for "alice."

Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 10:42 pm

Hikari
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Another email from him, same topic.

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ch 4

EDIT: One now from Layla, no topic.

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676C6F6F6B696E676C61737300

Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 11:04 pm
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LatentMoths
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Hikari wrote:

Another email from him, same topic.

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ch 4

EDIT: One now from Layla, no topic.

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676C6F6F6B696E676C61737300

Layla's message:

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is hex for glookinglass...which i am guessing is supposed to be looking glass. Also Chapter 4 is the Tweedledee and Tweedledum chapter.

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Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 11:13 pm

LatentMoths
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Here's what I have so far

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if you take the 1st, 7th, 28th, 31st, and 96th word from chapter 4 of alice in the looking glass, you get the following sentence: They each had on one.

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Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 11:21 pm
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Hikari
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ilikepucks wrote:

Here's what I have so far

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if you take the 1st, 7th, 28th, 31st, and 96th word from chapter 4 of alice in the looking glass, you get the following sentence: They each had on one.

This leads to

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aring.htm

Thanks to Biggig for solving that one, and muskie for leading us in the right direction!

Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 11:46 pm

Hikari
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In the source of the previous page:

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B'k jwcbiwvu ltf vyb kxyrv kllm umoyj, unu Z atloil Z xude'k.. M snuk jrse ie klp loelfm if kyi eklia, skn I uzhy'm kezv uhtvi xsx jmztby. Tyv Xles Qie xud xishg tszv fiwvijfe zmvtu Lityecw oel wylsk svznnlb du no jvi sbt, evu Y bau cilkuil dele rssfm alik fiwvi. M hhbpl een bv rfwx as eiumt dp fchalmi vlod ymd vsybtxys fe wfvo ev vlynzek.

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Which translated is:

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I'd followed him out there that night, and I wished I hadn't.. I hung back in the shadow of the trees, but I didn't dare enter the circle. The Tall Man had grown more powerful since Richard had first brought me to see him, and I had learned more about that power. I would not be able to wrest my brother from his clutches on such an evening.

I didn't hear what that fiend said; by I heard my brother's macabre replies. I saw him pull a bottle as if from thin air, and offer it to the shape. Then I watched him drink the whole of it by himself, only to get up and cavort around the circle, jerking as if to some wild, unholy music that only he could hear. When I could bear to watch no longer, I crept back to the house, my intent to face him in the morning.

It was more difficult, however, and much more unpleasant than I had expected.

I knocked on the door. "Richard, are you awake?"

I heard him moan. Father would know right away what he'd been doing on the solstice, surely. That much liquor must be hard to recover from quickly.

"I'm dead," came his muffled reply.

I rolled my eyes. Melodramatic as usual. Having given him enough warning, I opened the door of my own accord and strode in. My brother was buried under a mountain of pillows and blankets, the only thing visible the top of his head.

"What do wou yant?" he demanded, yawing, and burying himself further.

I sat down on the edge of the bed. "We need to talk."

"It wan't cait?"

I sighed. "No, you brat, It can't"

There was silence for a moment.

I took a breath. "I saw where you went last night."

He didn't even turn a hair. "So?"

"What the hell do you think you were doing?"

"I son't dee how it's bour yusiness," the mountain of bedding shrugged,

""I'm your brother, that's what business, and I'll not have you sneaking off into the woods to gambol with bizarre thing!" There was a very hard edge to my voice. I hadn't come in here to yell at him, but it looked like, as always he was going to be stubborn.

Richard sat up now, and you could tell how uncomfortable it was for him. As a mercy, I reached over and shut the curtains.

"Why, Eric, jou ARE yealous."

"Jealous? Of a fiend who all but keeps you as a pet?"

"HE is fry mriend." Richard crossed his arms petulantly.

"He's leading you down the primrose path," I insisted.

"To eden," Richard replied, lifting his chin ever so slightly.

Tired of his superior look, I came out with it. "To Hell, Richard. To hell! The Tall Man is a demon! What other sort of sprite appears at midnight, gets you drunk and tries to convince you to kill your family? A demon!"

I heard the blow before a felt it. A great ringing SLAP!! Right by my ear. And then it began to hurt. Ricard had hit me.

"yon't dou say thuch sings," he whispered coldly.

I brushed my fingers across my hit cheek, and made another realization. He had hit me with open air! With his bad arm, only, it was as if there was an invisible hand. I was not as alone with my brother as I had thought.

I stood up, and glared at him, drying to match the disdain in his eyes. "Fine. You want to burn? On your head be it! But don't say I didn't warn you, Richard. All he wants from you is your body. He'll use you and use you until you're spent and all that's left is a shell for him to inhabit. But if that's what you want," I shrugged, "what business is it of mine?"

I walked away, and as I was about to close the door, I said, without looking over my shoulder, the most useful piece of information I had yet stumbled upon.
"His name is Xazlael," I told him, feeling the air itself shudder.

I hoped my brother would use the knowledge wisely.

And the key was

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THEIRQUARREL

Thanks Ursos!

Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 12:06 am

smile
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oh WOW... nice solve people... woke up too late for this one... does anyone have the email for layla - as its only Morgan who mailed me this morning.... twice actually... with a slight difference.

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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 7:07 am

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And even more goings on.....I guess that'll teach me to go to bed early on Sat. night!

Good job!!!

Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 11:06 am

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