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[IMPLOSION] The Ballad of Michael Adams
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follow your heart
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 		I concur.

Either that, or he's being even more blatant, and has lengthened the key to "to realize what your past holds, and how it defines your present."
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Omnie
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 		Hehehe.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Ok, follow your heart is awesome. That's the key.


Coffeejedi's code:
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Coffeejedi's hex reads
tVI0gDzdK3h3zf5stVNfrb91ce5aiQ5ue20ndKQsqjUoeAqzMAXiMQ1qBKo3Ec8=

When deVignered with "to realize what your past holds, and how it defines your present," you get
aHR0cDovL3d3dy5saXZlam91cm5hbC5jb20vdXNlcnMvbWlrZWFkYW1zMTk3My8=

which, when de-base64ed, says:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/mikeadams1973/

Which, y'know, we knew already.


And the code on the LJ:
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It's in octal, and says
NUWcdRtieTIhulEaDogqGgA0ZlTXnJM0WCtsLLWwMWTxoRI1NOVhf24tw2e0
oTFBKOExyg8NVe0YOXUyvZsxlAThoqXuIhzbRIkmSaZIuXKpDKFcvrPlfyMh
zBN1FXKnp24aPMQywNvafqB0nZ1sZc0SWTtVGKN0sUBjtVWyvGNsHRZ3Qz
B6QEaeAm8za2z0xNU0aO9nW1ktLUBOftIcmP91LKyxMKJnpgt/SHsFGyUaqe
VpJ2tvCS50PDF4KxK3DooyJDFsePMtdEAcGQTkDuS5MYXjwzQ0rKMkqZehQ
WBtHVpqGy4GAu0ELVFqwNzudPBueuEcUsjcShZ0SaZQTJQ0rKX0MTYsWXp
0IR1pdWsndZfzCX1wbaUwqjEraJazWCpiC2lxmFFcWK5hQMAzvBZzwU8xhG
stHIzfb3OuZa0BSQhBGGMwvXA0LNXhQAQ0f3GeMAIeMRHvPApwVZGjt3Vz
WKAzypB3SQPnPMkyStTuCKB0nJBuN3ReBBWtp3UyO29nxTQmDaFuuZklH
QzVBpXocgPdS2clYO50BKA4XmI3MmrnJS5sSANelT9zRA4uCVwcMZhcuZkx
CmFoaABfa2OiWBIkcUUdqxonczo0lGXpupUllTZqzKflNOVdDPUarTFuKFg0M
DIvv3LdSdmlAZ9dqR9bvHIxhLN5TbDkZu9vDPH0qsnvs3Z0Dk0XWJc8H09S
VvDRY0BBSN9MWZIUUc1CAyQXJUD+

(line breaks mine)

deVignere with that same key and you get valid base64 code, which reads:

Participant 382734: What is the situation with Adams?

Participant 382473: There is no situation at this time.

Participant 382734: \"No situation?\" Are you kidding?

Participant 382473: Adams is at bay for the time being.

Participant 382734: Be that as it may, the man is sill highly dangerous to the Group.

He must be stopped at all costs, or we may face the Greatest Cost of all.

Participant 382473: Understood. He will be marked top priority and terminated at next possible opportunity. Roberts, out.

<CONVERSATION TERMINATED>


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Falafel
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 		Hey G3K, did you know he was friends with you on LJ before this or did you just recently friend him?

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follow your heart
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 		Haha.

Glory be to me the n00b. Laughing
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 		Well, sicne we decoded that message on Michael's LJ, I emailed him as follows

Dionysus wrote:
Michael,

Im not sure if you put that coded message on your Live Journal or you were indicating someone else had (though I don't know why theyd use your own LJ to transmit messages)... either way, I feel you need to be aware that we have decoded it. It reads:

"Participant 382734: What is the situation with Adams?

Participant 382473: There is no situation at this time.

Participant 382734: \"No situation?\" Are you kidding?

Participant 382473: Adams is at bay for the time being.

Participant 382734: Be that as it may, the man is sill highly dangerous to the Group.

He must be stopped at all costs, or we may face the Greatest Cost of all.

Participant 382473: Understood. He will be marked top priority and terminated at next possible opportunity. Roberts, "

It looks like they are planning to kill you and soon. You are not safe. I knwo you think you are for the time being, but I really think you should assume things are worse. You may wish to find somewhere to hide, staying at your residence is probably a bad idea.

Furthermore, do you know what this "Group" is? Who are they? Why do they feel you are a threat to them?

-Andrew


An dhe responded thusly

Michael wrote:
was afraid of this.

I know I'm in danger.

I may very well need to lay low for a bit.

I'll try to keep in touch.

Michael A.


No namign of the "Group" but I didnt really expect that.
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Falafel
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 		Hmm... the focus seemed to have shifted from not very dangerous to extremely so. In one day. Hopefully it will be more entertaining.

EDIT: Also, are there any developments on that phone number we discovered earlier through hex form from New Jersey?

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 		hmm, this seems interesting....mind if i join? my crazy photoshop skills are yours for the taking.....and my smarts too...lol....j/k
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Omnie
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 		Just got an e-mail from our mysterious friend:

Michael Adams wrote:
060061060061060061060060060061060061060061061061060061060060060061061060060060061061
060061060060060061060060061060060061060061060060060061061061060061060061060060061060
060060061061060061060060060061061060060060061061060061061060061060060061060061060060
060060061060060061061060061060060061060061061060060060061060060061060060060060061061
060061060060060060061060060061061061060061060060060061060061061060060061060061060061
061060060060060061061060060061061061060061061060060061061061060061061060060060060061
060061060061060061061061060061061061060061060060060061061060061061061061060061061060
060061060060060061060061060061061061060061060061060061061060060060061061060061060060
060061060061061060061060060061061060061060060061060061060060060060061060060061061061
060060060060060061061060060060060061060060061061060060061061060061061060061060060060
060061061061060060061061060061061060060061060061060061060060060061061061060061061060
060061060060060061061061060061060060060061061060060061060061060061
060060061060060060060061061060060060061061060061061061060061060061060061060060061060
060061060061060060060061061060060061060061060061061060060061061061060061060061060061
061060060060061060060061060061060060061061060061060060060060061060060061061060061061
061060060061061060060060060061060061060060061060060060060061060060060060060061060061
061060060061061061060061061060060060061060060061060061060061061061060061060060060061
061060060060061061060061060060060061060060061060060061060061060060061060060060060061
060061060060061060060061061060061061061060060061061060060060061060060061060060061060
060060060061060060060060061060060060061061060061060060060061061060060060060061060061
061061061060060061060061060060060060061060060060061061060060060061060061061060060061
060061060061060060061060060060060061060061061060061060060061061060061061061061060061
060061061060061060060061061060061061061060060061061060061060060060060061061061060060
061061060061060060061060060061060061060060060061061061060061060061060060061060060060
061061060061060060060061061060060060061061060061061060061060060061060061060060060060
061060060061061061060061060060060061061060060060060061060061060060060060061061060061
060060060060061060060061061061060061061060060061060061061060060061060061061060061061
061060060061061060061060060060060061061061060061061061060061060060061060060061060061
060060061060060060060061060060060060061060060061061060061060060060060061061060060061
060060060061060060060061061061060060061061060060060060060061061060060061061061060061
061060060061060060060061061060061061061060060061060061060060061060060061061060061061
061060060061060061061060061060060060061061060060061060060061061060061060060060060061
061061060061060060060061060060061060060061060061060060061060060060060061060061060061
061060060060061061060061060060060061060060061060060061060061060060060061061061060061
061061061060060060060060061061060061060060060061061060060061060061060061060060060061
061061060061061060060060061061060061061061060061060061

(line breaks mine)

and it had a picture attached:
bedroom_door.jpg
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 		Ok, you know the end is nigh when I start solving the puzzles. Mr. Green

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So the 6s come at every two numbers. If you remove all the 6s, you're left with a bunch of "00" and "10." For some reason it starts with a lone 0 and ends with a lone 1, so I moved that 0 to the end to make it all neat. Then each 10 = 1 and each 00 = 0, and that gives you binary:
010101000101011101000110001101000100100101000111010100100011010001100011
011010010100001001101001011000100100001101000010011101000101100101011000
011001110110011101100001010101110111010001101111011001000101011101010110
001101000101101001101001010000100111000001100001001100110110100001110011
011001010100011101100100011101000110010101001000011000110111010101001001
010001100101011001110101011000100101001101000010011011100110000101001000
010000010110011101100010010101110100011000110100010010010100100001010010
011011100110001001001000010000100011010001100001011110010100001000110001
011001010100100001011010011011110101101001101110011010000111001101001001
010001110101001000110100011000110110100101000010011101000110000101000011
010000100111011001011001011011100110100001110111010010010100100001000010
011010000110010001000111001100000110011101100100011011100101001001101110
010110100011001001101000011101000100100101001000010101100011010001001001
01000111011110000011010001100101010001110110001101110101


Spoiler (Rollover to View):
If you convert that to text, it's base64, and when you convert that, it's rot7 text. It finally says:

"The key is the problem presented. But now the answer becomes key to view what cannot be seen."


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 		Or you could've just used the sidebar translator to translate from octal to binary.


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 		Clearly the photo is stegged. We just need to figure otu what password was used to stegg it.
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Quote:
The key is the problem presented. But now the answer becomes key to view what cannot be seen.


We know the key is "to realize what your past holds, and how it defines your present."

So that's the "problem."

So we need to find the answer.
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 		ooo Yeah... that image file is WAY too big not to be Stegged. Its freakin' HUGE!
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follow your heart wrote:
We know the key is "to realize what your past holds, and how it defines your present."

So that's the "problem."

So we need to find the answer.


Wasn't the answer to this: Memory?
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follow your heart wrote:
Or you could've just used the sidebar translator to translate from octal to binary.


Aw, but that's not nearly as fun. Razz

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