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[TRAILHEAD] Setsumei Hiru
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blaqueice
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 		few updates. first off, i also got an email reply from travis.

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Brett:

Thanks so much for the passwords. I may have gotten the shit
kicked out of me, but I learned a lot at the meeting. Make sure
I know stuff like this, and you can most definitely be trusted. Tell
me what you learn, and I'll tell you what I learn.

While I'm not particularly fond of talking about the police, and Kara's
too freaked out to know about her phonecalls (how did you know there
was more than one?) We can't talk about the blocked out letters in
/mayoi/ for. . .legal reasons. . .it may seem like a wild goose chase,
so in spite of my wishes to sleep off some of these bruises, I'll tell you
this: yes, Setsumei Hiru is good with a sword. He's damned good.
But he's only dangerous to those who'd hurt him, or his friends. He's
one of the kindest people I've ever met, and anyone who says he's
dangerous is a liar, Brett. Keep that in mind.

Thanks,
Travis


also, new posts at http://hiru.starvedart.com/ it appears travis got a good beating at the meeting on july 8th.

and finally new messages in the source

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!-- 07/11 k: its not like i had a choice, kara. gona slep for a whle now ... u evr gonna uplod tht call? ~t -->
<!-- 07/11 t: dnt evr sho up at my plce lookn lke tht again. ill b cleanin blod for a wek. ~k -->


will you believe me now, zeldafan, that when the message starts with a k it means its TO Kara and when it starts with a T its to Travis. it should be more than obvious by now.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:51 am
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blaqueice
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 		ah sorry for the double post.

Quote:
epiphany:

Actually. . .it does. I think it's time to give a call to a
certain Japanese pop idol. After a long nap, a good shower,
and plenty of bandages.

Thanks,
Travis


not 100% but pretty sure he is refering to Mayoi, the "commercial whore". My main reasoning for this comes from YT's evoluti0n puzzle. and this:

Quote:
and soon,
whether the you, the Fool likes it;
whether the user, the Tool likes it;
whether Jefferson, Weston, and Canini like it;
whether the sold-out idol, Mayoi likes it;
and most of all, whether or not the samurai, Hiru likes it:

THE TRUTH IS COMING OUT

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:11 am
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epiphany
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 		New message in the source:

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<!-- KARA, THE PEOPLE HELPING US HAVE BEEN READING THE SOURCE. I'LL SET UP A NEW E-MAIL FOR COMMUNICATION,
BUT DO *NOT* PLACE ANY MORE SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN THE SOURCE. WHO KNOWS WHO COULD READ IT??? ~t -->


Bummer.

And another email:

Quote:
epiphany:

Don't worry about it. I'm all cleaned up now, and I caught up on
some sleep, so I'm feeling better. About to take some medicine to
let me sleep better for the next few hours. I did meet with Yours
Truly, and she was exactly who I expected her to be.

I wasn't able to get ahold of the person I was trying to, but I hope
she's okay. Yours Truly has a nasty bite. Thanks for the offer, but
right now, all we can do is keep our eyes open. I'll post what I
learned about Hiru's location later.

Thanks,
Travis


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blaqueice
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 		heh Embarassed oops

Quote:
As for knowing about Kara's phoncalls, while looking for clues, i came
across your secret messages to her in the source code,


thats part of my reply email to travis when he asked me about knowing about kara's phonecalls. as well as a bunch of other questions and stuff that i asked him, anyways i got this as a reply.

Quote:
Brett:

I'm starting to think anything that Yours Truly has done has
been a red herring. She's insane, watch out for her. She was
the only one at CiCi's, yes, but she's the only one who needed
to be. Let's just say this isn't the first time that particular
woman has pressed her baseball bat to my skin. I wasn't sure
she knew anything about Hiru at all until she flubbed up and
left some documents around me.

I think you guys should be careful about opening your mail.

Thanks,
Travis


and then the source code changed to what it is now, so that sucks, sorry guys[/quote]
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:06 am
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epiphany
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 		Well, I really should be off to bed (after 2am here & can't sleep)...but thought I'd check my email. Lo & behold, as well as an update on the site (creepy), I had this email:

Quote:
epiphany:

I don't think Yours Truly has ever met Mayoi-chan,
but knowing Yours Truly, that wouldn't stop her from
putting herself in a jealous rage over someone. I'm
really worried now. .I can't reach Mayoi, I keep getting
her fan club hotline, or something else created for
her fans. And thanks to Yours Truly, that's not the least
of my worries.

Thanks,
Travis


So seems we have a missing pop idol on our hands as well.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:14 pm
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epiphany
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 		Double post (sorry).

Has anyone noticed Travis' blogger profile? Particularly the part that says "also, my interests are fairly incriminating, but they're also mostly lies taken from my livejournal." Two things: which part is incriminating (& of what) & he obviously has another (personal?) blog which may (or may not) be ingame?

I ran Kara's other blog name through Babel but it couldn't translate it...may be a code of some sort?

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blaqueice
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 		new post by yours truly

Quote:
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
God, I sure hope you are dead.


which are lyrics to a song by Modest Mouse called Satin in a Coffin (also the name of the post", you can see the rest of the lyrics here if you are interested.

http://www.lyricsondemand.com/m/modestmouselyrics/satininacoffinlyrics.html

at the top of the post there is a link which brings you to
Quote:
http://hiru.starvedart.com/yours_truly/watching_you/


which is apparently Travis's webcam from july 7th i haven't really looked at it to deep yet, but i can't seem to find anything other than the message that Yours Truly is "always" watching Travis.

got another email if anyones interested.

Quote:
Brett:

There are things about Setsumei Hiru's past that Kara and I
have been entrusted with. Things that were never meant to be
common knowledge.

Thanks,
Travis
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:22 am
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 		Hi there,

First off, let me introduce myself. I am new to ARG's as of this week, and so far am intrigued, but have also been slightly disturbed by what I read about some (Neurocam), but have gotten curious about this one mainly because it seems to have started fairly recently so there'd be less reading to do Smile

So anyway, on Monday, I finally got around to sending an email to Travis offering my help, to which I got the following reply :

Quote:


Tucker:

Thanks for your pledge to help out. Right now the best thing
to do is get caught up on the blog you mentioned. Some of us
sent our addresses to Yours Truly because she has something
to mail us, but frankly, she beat the living hell out of me,
in between hacking the blog and posting freaky stuff. I'm . . .
not inclined to trust her entirely.

Thanks,
Travis



Last night (Tuesday) when the new blog entry went up, I managed to extract the vid that was embedded as it was just a blank Windows Media Loading screen. I emailed it to Travis, along with a few questions and got this reply :

Quote:

Holy shit!!


and then :

Quote:

Tucker:

I was just surprised. . I hadn't seen that video. I've always
thought she was completely disturbed, but this Yours Truly
thing is a new low for her.
Thanks,
Travis


I replied asking him a few things about YT, What he'd done to nark her so much etc, and got the following reply today :

Quote:


Tucker:

I'd really prefer to not talk about my personal relationships,
if it's all the same to you. I mean no offense, but let's keep
our eyes on the goal -- finding Setsumei Hiru. Yours Truly
isn't important. If she knows anything, I'll find out. Don't worry.

Thanks,
Travis



OK so, a few things stand out to me. I understand about the private life and all that, but she is a connection, or why the meeting message. The 'I'ts your funeral' one. Why is Travis getting defensive about her all of a sudden? I sent her an email at the hotmail address, but no reply as yet.

Something else strikes me about an earlier post YT made. The Subject : Rest Ye Lit'tle One, with the contant : ignorance is bliss. I think theres some significance to this, typing lit'tle, not little. The T and the ' keys are a little far apart for a typo I think.

Anyway I'm at a loss now. Travis is politely warning me to stop looking into YT's link to him. There are to be no more clues in the Source. There has been no contact from YT. There seems to be no information regarding why Hiru disappeard or his current location.

Aside from that, let me say that your forums have provided an intriguing read over the last week or so, and I'm looking forward to reading much more Smile

Cheers

Tucker

Tucker1483SPLAThotmail.co.uk

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epiphany
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 		Major updates at the site (took a while to read). Reminds me of the old adage: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned...

A quick google of the band that YT mentions brings up their official site (you can even have a listen to one of their songs)...but it looks very OOG. Am having trouble locating a copy of their lyrics but maybe that will bring up something interesting? As an aside...some of YT's words are highlighted & some are underlined...significance?

YT also refers to some additional people we haven't come across yet. Including another (unnamed) girl (besides Kara). Maybe other starvedart employees? Certainly sounds like they're in danger, whoever they are.

Travis has also very kindly put up a summary of the events so far. Includes an external link to an anime convention & a mention of a couple of towns.

I've emailed Travis asking for a copy of the poster (maybe something hidden in that file?) & have a bit of an urge to try emailing YT again...

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 		I had a very interesting MSN conversation with Little earlier today. Have absolutely no idea whether he is an In game or OOG character, which I guess is the idea.

He told me a story of people he knew, which seems in some way to relate to Yours Truly. Significantly he talked about a girl, some group(s), a game, and a betrayal.

I won't say any more at present as I don't want Little to think he can't trust me.

Cheers

Tucker

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phoebe26
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 		New to this arg. Just wondering if anyone had actually e-mailed yours truly with their personal info?

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caelum
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 		Hi Phoebe,

I emailed YT, but only left my email addy. Game or not, I'm not giving someone I don't know my Address.

Had nothing back from her.

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Quote:
I had a very interesting MSN conversation with Little earlier today. Have absolutely no idea whether he is an In game or OOG character, which I guess is the idea.


Hmmmm...I had sort of supposed Little was OOG (something they said earlier but can't remember what it is)...but now that you mention it...check out her other blogs in her profile. She mentions Travis...and someone called Era.

Travis sent me a reply to my email saying:
Quote:
Who knows what Yours Truly is rambling about? Though if
I'm not mistaken, I think those names you listed are. . .
people who have read the weblog and begun to help Kara
and I find Hiru. Watch your back, okay? I don't know what
this woman is capable of anymore.


He also wanted my address to send some posters. Guess I'll send it (being in another country should be some protection from axe-wielding maniacs who've gleaned my details from the net, right?!)

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 		Oooo...the intrigue deepens.

I may get some posters from him too. I guess you're right about the being in another country thing Smile Well, I hope so anyway lol.

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 		seymour?
Ok everyone I just got a call from 555-555-5555. Conversation as follows.

Guy: Tell me what you know about Yours Truly?
Me: Who is this.
Guy: Just call me Seymour
Me: Seymour
Guy: yes. now tell me everything.
Me: Well I'm new to this, so I don't know much. But there are a lot of people that do.
Guy: Who?
Me: People trying to help Travis and Kara. Now tell me who you are?
Guy: Not how it works. Tell me more about Yours Truly.
Me: There are a lot of people trying to find out who Yours Truly is, but that's about all I know.
Guy: Do you like having all your limbs?
Me: yes very much
Guy: That's all you need to know for now.

ok that was the conversation. Being new to ARG I am a little freaked out right now...someone tell me this is how the game is supposed to work.

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