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[EMAIL] with Mr. Alan Johnson

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danteIL
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A.J. emailed me this a few days ago, but wanted to go ahead and post:

Thurs Nov 16, A.J. wrote:

Greetings Dante!

I am sorry but I have failed to produce the so-called Spoocheeeee
piece. Today was spent licking my wounds and planning for the days ahead.
I will certainly keep you posted. You go and enjoy your holiday,
Dante! You deserve some time off! You need to replenish your soul for what
is ahead! I look forward to your report on this book. I must tell
you, Dante, that I have received a couple "Anonymous" messages. These
messages seem to be hinting that someone else may be "in the wings", ready
to take over my position. I will find this someone! You shall be by
my side and we will destroy this Mr. Alan Johnson wanna-be!

Cheers to us!

Warm Regards,

Mr. Alan Johnson

p.s. we have to decide which parts of the book I need to tell him about

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:54 pm

konamouse
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You certainly can provide him with the translations that helped us find the previous piece - can't hurt now.

I'd be curious how he will react to the Linear B stuff that we translated about the island govenor and the slave woman.

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Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:37 pm

danteIL
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Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 1990

New email exchange with Mr. Alan Johnson:

Sun Nov 19, I wrote:

Mr. Johnson,

Greetings! I have returned, somewhat tired and
feeling wrinkled, but I am back nonetheless. I hope
that everything is going well for you. I wonder what
these mysterious messages from this "Anonymous" must
mean? Obviously, this person is a coward since s/he
will not even face you and utter these dire mutterings
to your face. I wouldn't give these messages any more
attention than necessary, Mr. Johnson. Before too
long, whoever this is will get tired of their petty
mind games.

I have been able to spend some quality time with this
book that sent me and am happy to report that I
achieved a major breakthrough. The strange
scribblings on certain pages are from an ancient
script called "Linear B." I have little idea why
Linear B is being used for this purpose, but luckily
there are various glossaries and syllabaries available
on the Web. With this help, I have been able to
decipher the Linear B to read as the following:

"give the blond male governor a/the female slave

When everyone and everything Inatus wishes gold riches
set free village take King

under palm tree guides listen

Gods power

Messenger

Watch for arrows"

Now, I am not sure that any of this has any real
meaning, but I wanted to see if you could perhaps make
better sense of this. It is possible that the
Sammeeeees are just playing their usual games, but
perhaps there is indeed something deeper. There may
be other messages still encoded in the book. For
example a number of letters and phrases are underlined
in certain chapters, which may or may not be random.
I will continue to work on this, Mr. Walk^H^H^
Johnson.

Yours,
Dante

Quote:

Greetings Dante!

Welcome back to the "up and down" world of Otis Elevators! You sound
refreshed! That is wonderful news! You and I have much ahead of us
this week!

Your fast work on this book is quite pleasing. I am only upset that we
do not have Mr. Timothy Mann's assistance on this matter. He seems to
understand these ancient scribblings quite well. I am happy we
obtained the book before he was able to translate it for the white roses and
the Sammeeeees! Keep charging ahead with these codes and such. I'm
certain you will learn much from this book.

I have something I must share with you. We nearly captured one of
these so-called "white rose" friends of Peeps last evening. We were so
very close but alas, he escaped. I had hoped by capturing a so-called
"white rose" would be able to do two things, Dante. The first would be to
gain more knowledge about where Peeps is located. I am certain these
"white rose" types know much about where he is and what he is up to. The
second would be to make the "elder" board of Otis happy. They have
always been so concerned when we have an employee leave the company. I
have explained that it is not possible to keep every one of our
associates happy. They tend to blame me for any and all problems in the
company. It is tough being me. I believe that if I could make them happier,
this rumor of replacing me might simple go away. Of course, it could
be just talk. You know, office gossip that has taken on its own life.
I love what I do, Dante, and I will do everything I can to keep t!
his position!

I have something else I need to ask you. Knowing how well liked you
are around here, I was wondering, do you have blonde hair, Dante? Please
do not fear this question. I would never harm you. I just can't seem
to think who this replacement could be.. and then I remembered you.
I'm sure, if they are thinking crowning you as the new leader, you and I
could come to some sort of "agreement". We could buck this system that
surrounds us! Together, you and I, would be a team! We could build a
large and well armed support unit around us and perhaps remove these
elders from breathing down our backs! It would be win-win! Are you
blonde, Dante?

Cheers to you and your hair!

Warm Regards,

Mr. Alan Johnson

As it happens my hair is reddish-blonde, but I'm not sure whether to go with 'red' or 'blonde' when writing back to AJ...

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:49 pm

kon[a]work
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Hair Color

Nice job!!
Oh my! Next correspondence, don't forget to repeat your brainwashing mantra from the video watching you did....did he ever acknowledge your completion of your assignment?????

You could tell him that you have red hair. That's pretty safe (and mostly true). Hey, is Timothy Mann's hair kinda old blond????? We do have pictures of him from the cemetery video (but don't show that to Mr AJ in case he thinks that PM is double dealing with him).

oohhh, he is hinting that TM is good with the Linear B stuff. You could say (and truthfully) that he hasn't been communicating with the Sammeeeees lately. Maybe he has his own agenda????? Just thinking outloud (instead of working).

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:25 pm

danteIL
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Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 1990

Re: Hair Color

kon[a]work wrote:

did he ever acknowledge your completion of your assignment?????

Nope, but I don't recall if I ever explicitly said "Whew, I carried out my assignment like you wanted, Mr. A.J."

Quote:

oohhh, he is hinting that TM is good with the Linear B stuff. You could say (and truthfully) that he hasn't been communicating with the Sammeeeees lately. Maybe he has his own agenda????? Just thinking outloud (instead of working).

Well, after receiving this, I wrote directly to TM at wildmail.com asking him about the Linear B. We'll see if he responds...

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:31 pm

enaxor
I Have No Life

Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Posts: 2395

I'm assuming that Kevin/Dwin is the blond haired king waiting in the wings. I'm surprised that AJ hasn't noticed.

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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:35 pm

konamouse
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Joined: 02 Dec 2002
Posts: 8010
Location: My own alternate reality

enaxor wrote:

I'm assuming that Kevin/Dwin is the blond haired king waiting in the wings. I'm surprised that AJ hasn't noticed.

And I hope no one brings it to his attention. However, I have warned Cathy about this (pointing out that the Anonymous note mentioned both blond hair and two names). I wrote that I hoped that being stuck indoors for over a month made his hair seem darker. And then I asked Mr Alan Johnson if Peeps has blond hair...... Anything to make him look outside his own compound I would think is very important.

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r u a Sammeeeee? I am Forever!

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:04 pm

enaxor
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konamouse wrote:

And then I asked Mr Alan Johnson if Peeps has blond hair...... Anything to make him look outside his own compound I would think is very important.

Great idea, but we know from here that Peeps is a redhead.

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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:10 pm

konamouse
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Joined: 02 Dec 2002
Posts: 8010
Location: My own alternate reality

Well, it was worth a try....and some "red heads" are strawberry blonds Laughing

Hey, Kevin is a strawberry blond....and an orphan....wouldn't that be a hoot if he turned out to be Peep's illigitimate son?????

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r u a Sammeeeee? I am Forever!

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:20 pm

dashcat
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I think Dante should tell AJ he is blond. I can't wait to see the emails when he thinks Dante might be his successor. That will keep him focused on Dante and not looking anywhere else.

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:27 pm

konamouse
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Joined: 02 Dec 2002
Posts: 8010
Location: My own alternate reality

dashcat wrote:

I think Dante should tell AJ he is blond. I can't wait to see the emails when he thinks Dante might be his successor. That will keep him focused on Dante and not looking anywhere else.

Not to mention how his tone of "voice" towards danteIL might change????? Might be a little dangerous for him, though - doesn't Mr Alan Johnson have his home address?????

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r u a Sammeeeee? I am Forever!

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:06 pm

konamouse
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Location: My own alternate reality

[EMAIL] 11/20

Okay, I was in a pissy mood and got a little feisty towards Mr Alan Johnson. Felt good to get some of this off my chest.

Quote:

From: Heather
Date: Nov 19 2006 2:59 PM

You are an evil, sadistic, and disgusting excuse for a human male. I can't imagine any reasonable, sane woman would enjoy your company. This Ima sounds like she is a lunatic if she claims to be in love with you.

As for your grand gesture with hosting dinner for your hostages....can't fool me, Mr Alan Johnson. It isn't so gracious to sit around a nice dinner table with Spoocheeeee jackals & their guns hovering around. I can't believe that you are that nice of a man that you'll even go through with this. And if you did, you'll probably put something nefarious in the food or find another way to hurt them somehow....like you have hurt Higgs. But then you have to ask yourself. Higgs is a strong man, could he have maybe pretended to break down and maybe he's given you a red herring?????

Hah! So someone within your own organization is planning a coup????? Sound familiar????? Didn't you use another Spoocheeeee jackal so many years ago to assassinate your predecessor? The One and Only Jean Moulin left your side, my poor Mr Alan Johnson. One by one your confederates have seen the wrong you have done and they have left. Maybe there are others who also think your megalomania & delusions of grandeur are contrary to the original charter of being puppetmasters for the "good of the world"?????

So, does Peeps have blond hair????? Maybe he is going to replace you!!!!! Sammeeeees unite - SAVE THE FIVE, SAVE THE WORLD.

Heatheeeeer

Mr Alan Johnson wrote:

Greetings to you, Heather!

My you are quite a force to contend with! Have you heard the news? Higgs crumbles more by the minute! I now know where to find Mrs. Paul Foucher in the windy city. I don't suppose you have the fourth piece in your hot little hands yet, do you?

Tell me, Heather, when this little hunt for the pieces is over, what do you suppose will happen? I know what will happen. You will give the few pieces that you have plus Peeps to me, and then I shall release your Sammeeeee pals alive. In the end, I will get everything I want and if not, I shall send your pals one by one to the same place I sent dear "gone forever Barney"!!!!!

Do you understand, Heather? If I really wanted to, I could start playing hardball right now. Would you like that? I think not. It is lucky for you and your friends that I am in the middle of my "Mr. Alan Johnson is a nice guy" campaign for the elders. If I could have handled this situation my way, this Peeps ordeal would have been over the first week. We may have had a few less Sammeeeees in the world, but we would have avoided the loss of the so-called Spoocheeeee ceramic pieces!!!!!

And let me inform you that I have a strong circle of power. No tiny coup attempt will happen while I am in office. It won't happen. My dear friend and associate Dante will make sure of it! I hope you have a lovely evening..... mulling what is ahead of you.

Cheers to Chicago!

Warm Regards,

Mr. Alan Johnson

I will respond that we already have a Sammeeeee in Chicago and we'll get to the piece before he does.

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r u a Sammeeeee? I am Forever!

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:09 pm

danteIL
Unfictologist

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 1990

New email exchange with AJ. I dropped the blonde-bomb...

Mon Nov 20, I wrote:

Mr. Johnson,

Cheers to me and my hair as well! Yes, my hair is
blonde, but I can assure you that the elders have not
been in contact with me in any way. However, I am
flattered that you consider me potentially worthy to
be your successor. But I am still learning about Otis
and so I am quite content to wait before seizing the
opportunity for bigger and better things. Besides, I
know that you will be handling the reins in your
capable fashion for many years to come! My advice
would still be to discount any perfidious rumors that
you hear as just that, rumors. Surely a man such as
yourself can rise above these concerns. I am sure
that these recent events are in no way a reflection of
any sort of inability on your part to control events
to your liking.

I do have a couple more things to share with you, Mr.
Johnson. First of all, I have managed to unlock more
of this book's secrets. It is a wonder that such a
tawdry and mundane artifact can contain such a wealth
of hidden signals. Timothy Mann seems to have gone
undercover, as the Sammeeeees have not heard directly
from him in weeks, so the meaning of the Linear B must
temporarily remain a mystery. However, the Sammeeeee
Barney definitely made his mark upon the pages of the
book, for this was one of the messages that I was able
to decode:

"for piece two find twins jack and george. all
communication with the twins is backwards twins at
trailer called blue heaven. Send Blue heaven. Send wr2
the twins knows him and likes him. if he is not
available get permission from the twins before you
send anyone else. these guys are nuts. to get to the
trailer follow the map that wr2 taped to the bottom of
his ironing board that he has mounted on the wall and
painted like a surf board."

Although I was excited when I first managed to uncover
this message, my heart sank, alas, when I realized
that it essentially provided old news, for the
Sammeeeees have already managed to locate Blue Heaven,
have they not? I have recently gleaned information
that they are currently attempting to track down the
fourth piece of this so-called artifact. Dogged folk,
are they not? This piece is currently in the
possession of Mrs. Paul Foucher, but it seems that she
may not be aware that she holds it. Surely this is a
grand opportunity to thwart the Sammeeeees foolish
game once and for all...

All the best,
Dante

Tues Nov 21, A.J. wrote:

Greetings to you Dante!

Our associates are in Chicago, as I type this, meeting with Mrs. Paul
Foucher! I cannot tell you how happy I am that we will soon have this
so-called Spoocheeeee ceramic piece before the Sammeeeees! Yay for us!

We shall not busy ourselves over the spilt milk of piece number two.
It is over. They have the piece for now, but it will soon be ours once
more. Remember Dante, I have these "five" Sammeeeees. They are going
to be the perfect bargaining chips for us! You see I have a grand
plan!

About your blonde hair..... Are you sure you have never been contacted
by an elder by the name of Mister James Bonham? He is a very active
member of our board. Mister Bonham has never been a fan of mine, Dante.
He looks at me like I am nothing more than his boy servant. I hate
this man. If you have not heard from him directly, perhaps you have been
contacted by his wife, Dorothy Bonham? She is quite a force. I do not
fear that you would do anything behind my back. It does not appear to
be in your nature. It is a wonderful quality to possess, Dante! I am
simply curious as to what is happening. I will try not to think about
this, Dante, but I do have the feeling that someone wants my head.

Cheers to you! Please contact me immediately if you have heard from
either of the Bonhams!

Warm Regards,

Mr. Alan Johnson

So now we have some new characters to look for, the Bonhams.

Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:42 pm

danteIL
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Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 1990

At Timothy Mann's suggestion, I asked A.J. about Betty:

Tues Nov 21, I wrote:

Mr. Johnson,

I am glad to hear that there is good news concerning
the next Spoocheeeee piece! I am sure that Mrs.
Foucher will be very obliging and this elusive piece
will soon be in your hands where it belongs.

I am also glad to receive the information about the
Bonhams and will definitely be careful should they
contact me. I can assure you that I have never heard
from them before.

Finally, there have been some confusing reports of the
actions of the Sammeeeeee "Betty" recently. She seems
to have had some sort of disturbing experience
recently in New York and has since been acting
erratically. Of course, Peeps and the rest of the
Sammeeeees are blaming this all on Spoocheeeee, but
the whole thing is very mysterious. Perhaps you know
something about why Betty is acting the way she is,
or if it is all a hoax? The good thing about this, in
any event, is that it has distracted the Sammeeeees
from their hunt for the next piece.

Continued best wishes!
Dante

Quote:

Greetings again Dante!

Good news from you as well! Nice to hear that "Betty" has taken up
some of their hunting time! What can I say about "Betty"? I did meet
with Betty while I was visiting New York. I had thought she had stolen
the book that you now have in your possession. She did not. It then
became essential that I hold her for a bit to insure the return of this
book. While we "held" her (believe me she was treated very well), our
associate, Mister Abbott, had a wonderful idea. He suggested that we
work with Betty and perhaps manipulate her way of thinking for a while. We
simply needed to see if she could lead us to Peeps or any of these
disgruntled ex-associates of ours. We nearly had one such ex-associate
last Sunday evening. The problem was, as much as Mister Abbott and I have
managed to manipulate Betty's thinking, she fights our control
constantly. We were forced to send a very dependable female associate to the
"meeting" in Betty's place. This associate was spotted by Nedd L!
udd before we could move in and take Nedd Ludd into our custody.

Mister Abbott will be visiting with Betty this evening. He feels that
if he can spend some more quality time with her, she will begin to see
things our way on a more permanent basis. She could be a huge assett
for us.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day. I will write as soon as we have
the so-called Spoocheeeee piece four!

Cheers to us!

Warm Regards,

Mr. Alan Johnson

Looks like another bad night for Betty!!

Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:09 pm

danteIL
Unfictologist

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 1990

Another email from A.J.:

Tues Nov 21, A.J. wrote:

Greetings and good evening to you, Dante!

I only have a moment, but I wanted to ask you if you have ever been
contacted by anyone calling themselves Mister Robert Rich? Please let me
know if you have, Dante. It could lead us down the path to the very
person behind these threats to my position.

I also wanted to inform you that Betty is MIA. Mister Abbott arrived
to pick her up this evening only to find that she and her belongings
were no longer there. Have you heard anything about this? I wonder if
Mister Mann had a hand in her sudden disappearance? I am not too
worried. We have a way to track her. I will keep you posted on this. Thank
you, Dante.

Let's speak first thing tomorrow.

Warm Regards,

Mr. Alan Johnson

So first the Bonhams, and now Robert Rich?? Who are these people supposed to be?

Also, it looks as if the WR are right about some kind of tracking device with Betty...

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:53 pm

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