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Satyr
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 		[INTERACTIONS] The Grand Unified Interaction Thread
EDIT: Merged into single topic. Added "Whoops" thread. --Phaedra

Code:

To he, who cares
for the flock of seven,
to what honor, do they earn
the discerning eye of the Balance?

By nations, by skin?
By actions, by kin?

By what terms, would they be free?
..and to those that don't learn,
 would their spirits be first to free?

While caring.. remember:
Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged

Reponse:
Code:

Whilst I admire the beautiful poems you are sending me, I suggest that
your time could be spent elsewhere.

All the best,
-the carer

Ah well - thought an indirect ask was nice .. still, it's the first response from 'the carer' to me Smile (woot). Obviously, not a fan of indirect questions Wink

So who's going to be emailing 'the carer' as #13? (j/k!)

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 		[INTERACTIONS] The Grand Unified Interaction Thread
I asked Helen Alderman to give me more info on Amanda and if she was romanticly involved with anyone and where she was last seen.

Responce:
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She was at home.

She was seeing a guy named Kyle. I think some people found his blog through Amanda's own... dunno anything about an email address though. Sorry.

Helen

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ROFL ok, this is a funny one, i asked thecarerSPLATgmail.com where the people are?!! and what the code ment.

Responce:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Quick lesson in grammar: if you've already used a question mark, no
exclamation mark is needed. Definitely not two of them.

It seems that some of your little friends has already decoded that
puzzle, anyway. Though, as far as I can tell, they're still barking
up the wrong tree with the answer.

All the best,
-the carer

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I asked dennison0000SPLATgmail.com If he know anything about the people that were missing.

Responce:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I guess i'll repeat this again.

I have absolutely no idea where the missing people are or who the
missing people are. I just know there are people missing. Just like
you.


Hope this helps
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 		Which code is being talked about in the middle post?

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SteveC wrote:
Which code is being talked about in the middle post?


I ment the coordinates
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 		[INTERACTIONS] The Grand Unified Interaction Thread
In the interests of keeping the forum in a state akin to organization Wink perhaps we could post future emails or interactions to a single thread for the time being? Say, perhaps, this one? Smile

If this game gets large and complicated, perhaps someone will start an Interaction subforum, but for now it would probably be easiest to collect them here.

And perhaps someone with mod/admin powers could gather the existing email threads and combine them?
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 		they are all on the wiki too
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 		Emailed the following to TheCarer, just to fish:

Phaedra wrote:
Carer:

>It seems that some of your little friends has already decoded that
>puzzle, anyway. Though, as far as I can tell, they're still barking
>up the wrong tree with the answer.

Care to give us a hint toward the correct tree?

>if you've already used a question mark, no exclamation mark is
>needed. Definitely not two of them.

You're not a fan of the interrobang? Why, pray tell?

>Quick lesson in grammar

>some of your little friends has

Physician, heal thyself.

--Phaedra


I received the following response:

thecarer wrote:
Ah, observant beyond bounds, I see. I admire that in a person. It
will serve you well.

"Care to give us a hint toward the correct tree?"

Oh, nothing. From what I've seen, and from what I've been told,
certain people on the trail are very hasty to jump to conclusions, and
very quick to celebrate success. My clues aren't obvious, Phaedra.
There's often some deeper delving to do.

All the best,
-the carer

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 		[Interaction] Dennison MSN conversation - 5th July
Dennison has MSN, hes talking to Jo/Salkunh at the moment, she will post the logs in a few Smile
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 		this is a looooooooooooooooooooooong one guys but lots of info....I feel sorry for him *sniff*

Code:

Jo says:
hello

Dennison says:
Hello

Dennison says:
who is this?  You added me.

Jo says:
I'm Jo....I believe we have a mutual friend...or perhaps enemy in the form of the carer

Dennison says:
Ah, I might have guessed it was to do with this.

Dennison says:
He fucked me over.  Seriously.

Dennison says:
He's a sick, sick man

Jo says:
did you get all the money you were promised?

Dennison says:
Yes.  Why?

Jo says:
so how did he fuck you over?

Jo says:
surely you did what he asked and was paid?

Dennison says:
Because he said it would be a job, then no mention of it.  He said he'd erase me from his memory.

Dennison says:
But then, he goes and gets in touch with loads of people and gives away my contact details

Dennison says:
and drops me right back in it.

Jo says:
he obviously needed a fallout guy....why not repay the favour by dropping him in it?

Jo says:
did he tell you why you needed to collect these people?

Dennison says:
I can't exactly do that without incriminating myself

Dennison says:
No.

Dennison says:
It was a very secretive affair

Dennison says:
He didn't even tell me his name

Dennison says:
I knew him as Jack Torrence... who's actually a character from The Shining

Jo says:
never seen that film....scary eyes

Dennison says:
The book's better.

Jo says:
arent they always?

Dennison says:
heh.

Dennison says:
I need help.

Jo says:
what sort of help?

Dennison says:
I don't know.  I'm on the run, aren't I?

Jo says:
how can i help you?

Dennison says:
I can't settle anywhere because people know who I am and what I've done now

Dennison says:
I don't know.

Dennison says:
I don't know if you can.  Sorry

Dennison says:
it was more of a passing comment than anything

Dennison says:
ignore it

Jo says:
heh

Jo says:
whereabouts in the uk did you take the people?

Dennison says:
It's south east.

Dennison says:
But I can't tell you any more.

Dennison says:
I've changed all my login passwords and everything, but it'll only be a matter of time before this carer guy can listen in to what i'm saying again.

Dennison says:
If he finds out... i dunno what he'll do

Dennison says:
but i'm sure it won't be pretty

Jo says:
how will he be able to listen in?

Jo says:
he sounds almost big brother like

Dennison says:
I'm not sure about that.  But he's a very intelligent man.

Dennison says:
A huge technical know-how

Dennison says:
He'll find ways, I'm sure

Dennison says:
he bugged my van, did you know?

Jo says:
no i didnt

Dennison says:
I still haven't found the bug... so he knows where I am now, I suppose.

Jo says:
should i be worried that he knows where i live?

Dennison says:
I don't know.  Are you a bad person?  That's what he seems to pick on.

Dennison says:
To be honest, I'm sure he's got his work cut out with the seven he's holding at the moment.

Jo says:
bad is very subjective

Dennison says:
Tell me about it.

Dennison says:
He's an opinionated man, though.

Jo says:
what do you think he plans to do with the seven?

Dennison says:
I don't know.

Dennison says:
I never asked.  That was part of the whole deal.  £20,000, and everyone would be silent, no-one would ask anything, no-one would tell anything.

Dennison says:
From what's emerged since... I don't know.  'kicking them into shape' or something, I'd guess

Dennison says:
I don't know, though

Jo says:
did you ever see him become violent? from what you've said he seems more brains than brawn

Dennison says:
Never seen him violent at all.  He was always very calm.

Dennison says:
Though we only met in person twice, to be fair

Dennison says:
The second time he didn't utter a single word

Jo says:
did that not strike you as odd?

Dennison says:
Not especially.  It was the dropoff at the specified location.  He led the people out of the van and into the building.

Dennison says:
Then he came and handed me the money

Dennison says:
I said thanks, and he walked off.

Dennison says:
I supposed it was all supposed to be quiet.

Jo says:
have you tried using any of the money?
 
Dennison says:
No.

Dennison says:
It's in the back of my van

Dennison says:
I don't know what to do with it

Dennison says:
I regret everything I did, but at the same time... I could use the money

Dennison says:
I don't know

Jo says:
i doubt many people would turn down 20k

Jo says:
perhaps you could leave the country?

Dennison says:
Perhaps, but where to, and for how long?

Dennison says:
Plus, emigration takes more than a few hours

Dennison says:
we're talking about months of screening processes to get into another country

Dennison says:
do so without that, and I'm breaking another law

Jo says:
Brazil is nice and lacks an extradition agreement. You could travel there an get a one months visa at the airport without prior arangements

Dennison says:
And then what?

Dennison says:
Pretend none of this ever happened?

Jo says:
i think we both know that we can never escape our pasts only learn from our mistakes and build a better future from them

Dennison says:
wise words

Jo says:
a month would surely buy you some breathing space though

Dennison says:
maybe

Dennison says:
it's something to consider, i guess

Dennison says:
and what about you lot?

Dennison says:
as in, the people who found me

Dennison says:
who found the carer

Jo says:
the carer found me

Jo says:
he sent a letter to my home address

Jo says:
i guess he wants to be found. afterall theres no point kidnapping 7 people if no-one ever really discovers your identity

Dennison says:
how did he get your address?

Jo says:
my partner runs a website hosting company. he runs a wiki on there for a game called perplex city. I assume he looked up the DNS and got our address from there.

Dennison says:
I see.

Jo says:
though i can't really be sure

Dennison says:
Like I said, intelligent, resourceful man.

Dennison says:
So what are you going to do now?

Dennison says:
I suppose you have enough information to report me.

Dennison says:
I wouldn't blame you for doing so, I suppose

Jo says:
I'm not going to report you to anyone

Dennison says:
i appreciate that

Dennison says:
What are your plans, though?

Dennison says:
Judging by emails people have sent me, there's quite a few people on the trail of this carer guy

Jo says:
there are. though we know very little about him

Dennison says:
Maybe I could help with that?  What do you need to know?

Dennison says:
Like I said, I only met him twice...

Dennison says:
but maybe I know more than you?

Jo says:
I don't doubt that you do know more. Did you ever see his face?

Dennison says:
Yes.

Jo says:
what did he look like?

Dennison says:
err... mid 40s? greying hair. pale complexion

Dennison says:
pretty nondescript middle-aged male, really

Jo says:
no distinguishing features of any kind?

Dennison says:
None that I can remember.

Dennison says:
Oh, shit

Dennison says:
i have to go quick

Dennison says:
sorry

Dennison says:
explain when i can

Jo says:
good luck


There endeth my conversation.
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 		Blech.. cross-post, but:

I emailed with basic info saying I wanted to join The Balance (with name, email and address) and just got this response:

The Balance wrote:
Congratulations on your decision.

We are currently working on some new welcome packs.
They will be dispatched as soon as possible.

Please note that, as The Balance is based in the UK,
it may take some time for the US and Canada packs to
be
delivered.

#20
The Balance


That seems to be generic (with the US/Canada part added for us North Americans).

Edit:
I then sent this:
Quote:
#20,
thank you for your email, it's nice (albeit increasingly rare) to get a personalised response these days.

To keep this short, I was wondering if these welcome packs are to be delivered before the end of the month as I am going to be changing my address on August 1. To reiterate, I do live overseas (Canada), therefore it would take a day (or maybe two days) extra to reach me.

Thank you in advance.
(Signed)


and got this in response:
The Balance wrote:
They should be ready to mail out within a matter of
days.

#20
The Balance

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 		Saevitia and I noticed that both Kyle and "Carer" seem to like the animated band called "Gorillaz". Hoping there may be a connection, I popped an e-mail off to Alderman.

Quote:
Ms. Alderman,

Sorry, you don't know me. My name is Richard Moriarty and I've been involved in finding your friend Amanda. A colleague of mine noted that both "the Carer" and Kyle seem to like the animated band "Gorillaz," and we were wondering if maybe there was a connection.

Do you know if Amanda was a fan of this band?

Thanks for your help
Richard Moriarty
moriartyrichardSPLATgmail.com

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 		in communication with the carer, I was asking why he wasnt in the Balances good books, and his motivation. Email came today:
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As you may or may not have heard - and if people are wondering, it may be an idea to pass this on to them - I have been ousted from The Balance as of this morning. However, I was contacted by a certain
member of The Balance who still wishes to help me. The Balance's aims
seem to differ from ours. I want to see these seven people cured.
But I also want to see them emerge alive.


we have a friend inside Smile
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chippy wrote:
we have a friend inside Smile


Well seeing as we've all pretty much joined the balance we'll have about 20 friends inside Razz
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 		So the balance want to kill the seven and the carer was outed for wanting to keep them alive?!?!

I now feel sorry for the carer and dennison! Rolling Eyes
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 		Hmmm seems like a whole 'saw' meets 'seven'. Envy & Wrath connection...If you know what I mean?
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