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WolfHawk
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New Agent?

I was just going back through some of the task forums and came across the following in the Fujimoto Park forum:

Quote:
a gift
by ketsueki
(04/07/07 at 08:58 PM)
Greetings, my fellow agents:

.. -. - .... .. ... .-- --- .-. .-.. -.. - .... . .-. . .- .-. . -. --- -... .-.. .- -.-. -.- --- .-. .-- .... .. - . -.-. --- .-.. --- ..- .-. ... -....- . ...- . .-. -.-- - .... .. -. --. .. ... .. -. ...- .- .-. .. --- ..- ... ... .... .- -.. . ... --- ..-. --. .-. .- -.-- .-.-.- .-. . -.. --- .-. --. .-. . . -. -.-- --- ..- ... .- -.-- ..--.. .. ... .- -.-- -....- .-- .- -.- . ..- .--.

Have fun deciphering the little message I left you. I hope that it will strike true...


What is it? Some type of morse code? And is this an IG or OOG agent?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:29 pm
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notgordian
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I'm not spoiler-cutting this because it doesn't really reveal anything.

Using an online morse converter,

Quote:
In this world there are no black or white colours - everything is in various shades of gray. Red or Green you say? I say wake up


Thus, it is hard to tell if this person's in-game or out-of-game (and just using the morse b/c of the recent "Latest News" hidden messages). However: a point in his favor? "Ketsueki" is Japanese for blood. His karma is red. Red district is supposedly going live soon.

If he is IG, he's most likely from our time, though--he has an email account listed, and Chris said earlier that he's the only one who was able to work out access beyond the Interface. Plus, ain't no way a third World War would take place without Poland changing hands a couple more times. Very Happy

By the way, for future reference? Online Morse Converter helps. There's also something on the UF Online Tools link.

PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:05 am
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taureanfreak
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Morse

I say we all start on using Morse Code for fun and amusement. So when ever we post on DC's boards it's all in code.

PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:53 pm
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notgordian
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OK, I've lost interest in this "lead". Anybody else, feel free to follow it but this is just too much, too far in left field, as well as overuse of needless encryption. Just got a message back from ketsueki.

Quote:
The "Black Eye Galaxy" organization is watching you! Watch out, my fellow agent. Their base is near!

SXQgc2VlbXMgdGhhdCB0aGUgd29ybGQgaXMgaW4gY29uc3RhbnQgY2hhb
mdlIG5vdy4gVGhlIHF1ZXN0aW9uIGlzLCBkbyB5b3Ugd2FudCB0byBmb2xs
b3cgbWUgYW5kIGNoYW5nZSB0aGUgd29ybGQgd2UgYXJlIGxpdmluZyBpbj
8gSWYgeW91IGRvLCB0aGVuIHlvdSBhcmUgdHJ1bHkgYSBmb29sLiBIb3BlZ
nVseSwgeW91IGFyZSBzbWFydGVyIHRoZW4gYW4gYXZlcmFnZSBhZ2Vud
CBhbmQgd2lsbCBzZWVrIHRoZSBoaW50cyBlbHNld2hlcmUuIERvIHlvdSBiZ
WxpZXZlIGluIEl6YW5hZ2k


That's base64 for the following message:
Quote:
It seems that the world is in constant change now. The question is, do you want to follow me and change the world we are living in? If you do, then you are truly a fool. Hopefuly, you are smarter then an average agent and will seek the hints elsewhere. Do you believe in Izanagi? He shall instruct you further - that is, if you follow his invitation. Seek thine God, my child.


If someone else wants to pursue this, feel free. Izanagi is the father of Amaterasu the sun-goddess, and thus kind of the fore-father of the emperor's line according to Japanese legend: part of his story is like Orpheus, except his wife got pissed and brought death to the world.

And yes, our DLF (dear little friend) has claimed that people who choose to follow him are fools. What a glowing recommendation for pursuing this further. Rolling Eyes

UPDATE: If you want to go after it, there is a cryptic post in the HFU Dicese forum entitled "second life" and one in the Digital Imaging Building entitled "last chance".

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notgordian
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*sigh* more stuff from ketsueke--this time, German in the top text (that my Japanese computer doesn't completely recognize....thanks unicode) and binary below.

Mein Name ist nicht für jetzt wichtig - ich bin eine Scharade (translates to "my name is not now important, it is a scharade"--i'm assuming he's saying he's not really Michal from Poland (charade).

The binary reads as follows

Quote:
IF WE WERE TO PLAY HIDE&SEEK, AND YOU WERE IZANAGI (OR ANY OTHER GOD FOR THAT MATTER) - WHERE IN THE WHOLE CITY WOULD YOU FEEL MOST SECURE? THINK DIFFERENTLY AGENT, I HAVE LEFT MORE CLUES AROUND. ALEXANDER SEVERED THE GORDIAN KNOT WITH ONE DECISIVE SLASH - AND SOMETIMES THE ANSWERS ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES.

IN TIME YOU WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT US, BUT KNOW THIS: YOU ARE NOT TO FOLLOW ME - YOU ARE TO BE SET FREE.

ALSO, I MUST WARN YOU - DON'T TRUST DET. KROPP, HE ISN'T QUITE THE GENTLEMAN THAT HE'D LIKE OTHER PEOPLE TO BELIEVE HE IS. AND DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN, AGENT.

PS. I SEE THAT YOU HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH DECODING MY MESSAGES - WHICH IS GOOD - YOU HAVE PROVEN TO BE WORTHY UP TO THIS POINT. IN THE DAYS TO COME, I WILL SWITCH TO OTHER ENCRYPTION METHODS, I WOULDN'T LIKE FOO TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS. IN THE MEANTIME, SEARCH FOR THE NOTES I HAVE LEFT YOU.

THERE WILL BE NO MORE HINTS CONCERING YOUR NEXT STEPS AGENT, I FEAR NOT ONLY ABOUT MY SAFETY HERE, BUT YOURS TOO.


So, to review: there's a hint from him in the HFU Diocese, one in Defense-Corp Imaging, and we're supposed to find someplace in the city. From the Kropp line, this person is claiming to be from the future.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:13 am
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notgordian
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spec

Triple post! A new and disheartening record for me.

Although I still have my doubts as to whether or not this is really part of the Deus City game, it's something to do while waiting for whatever's next.

I figured out (thanks to a tip from BrumGuy) the posts are referring to vampires. Possibly even Vlad Tepes, the Impaler. Here's the logic
-ketsueki is Japanese for "blood".
-in the HFU Diocese, ketsueki has a post titled "second life?" that says DEATH / illusion??? / BLOOD possibly referring to the second life vampires have after death and the requirement for blood.
-in digital imaging, ketsueki has a post entitled "last chance" that says WAPIERZ / it's quite scary, actually... / but the question is: / WHO AM I? / Best regards, / V. Wapierz is the Polish word for vampire. "V" might be referring to Vlad the Impaler, the Romanian prince who served as the inspiration for Stoker's tale.

So this places ketsueki way off in left field story-wise: I don't really see how talk of mythology and vampires fits in with the big picture. Maybe it'll mesh, maybe it won't.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:52 pm
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WolfHawk
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I sent this last night:

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To ketsueki: Who ARE you? What are you attempting with these posts?


No reply yet.

Maybe the "pillar of fire"/potential leader of the red district is a vampire! Laughing

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morelaak
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side note...

Vlad the Impaler and the historical Count Dracula (not Bram Stoker's version) are one and the same.

...wow. i feel like i haven't contributed anything for weeks now... Sad

Morelaak

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UnimportantHero
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This could be someone trying to catch the eye of the puppetmasters through use of the roleplay element. They have already shown that they appreciate players with strong in-game personalities. I know that at the beginning I attempted some ciphering with certain messages though I quickly dropped that when I realized it was more hassle than it was worth. I just went the rhetoric route instead. So this is almost definitely a player.

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Misroi
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Heaven help the future if vampires start appearing. They've got enough problems to worry about besides vampirism.

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UnimportantHero
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Have you thought of asking Bishop whats up with this guy? I mean, Bishop IS his handler...

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notgordian
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There's a new character with black karma.... rlseger (http://www.deuscity.com/profile.php?user_id=641). Robert Seger.

So, I guess the PMs like that old time rock and roll.

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WolfHawk
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Perhaps Mr. Seger is still alive in the future and this is him!

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notgordian
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Yet another new account that's mildly irritating.

Abaddon has just created a profile with a very large cipher text (unfortunately, it's not ROT-ed) as text. Selection as follows.

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Hzw ftxm guetl am l dbhgps vazqwksax hg obll rch vsewgmwk. Wg wswem eg us qefcwl lfw gzezdwl eztb oitgjy. Ezx guetl am wam siifq xcgw fsgvsk ocez pvvxs daasll hueh sdnpjgogi tjgg wwyh gs faybe. Wosec hwf gplksf xvwjy'd s wcbvksq uyv t zrhuw, sho wosec taxnj exheig ak u dazb br hzw iahhgvxs osfw obhu e qjwme.

Uewzfwfy xzog hui gzsze, qhi ceikw ue s vfrwh. Al fzgdg seaadclj - bh ueg s yyzexhemq kzuaw bb gls uwhejx, kvxv fsgpk lievcmfxtfz wg ebv s gzlmc nfcnw. Mzexhvqsk lbp kaoci wk vcqxxfrrh, kggplbarw hzw hlexg nvs kouahxr nvcmfx zj vvnruwv, mzexhvqsk lbp ehhgs wk sfewksq. Mh'k hidkbpyi hzsn njxggw ojw lphxogir - lzycw fifx cfds mw t zvqwlwx ymfprv cx hidkbpvpwlayd sgr psatahllbcaw, mgm nsagy - oyh qgo
ssosa'x gwwh tl aoctsf qye.

Sidesouzcyy t rbsf, qgo dhhh n wawsl zx uzbsr syutflh n povvyc jnbt. Ccm'jy ygm ghvs ozidw bh vw - wl ecrzm pr ccmjm.

Jgn ggid gfnz las yiryw uyv hdrr hzw xzgk.


"Qbqs af," mlql oashzwl csosa-loajyo ohanr galcyy bb n psslbpj tfzgvsal. Dzx'g fxivqcyy t dviqw gz daejrv awluw, lnfamby an znxf vr vwj blfwg. "Fmh vgqy."

Qhi tvolwzfdem sezd aheg mvr gvsal mwlwqi vwj. uyv lvr tokkyd qhi gls haynw ht zihsd. "Xz qhi eiqgyhtkx humg?" kzy lkdg.

Vx'g sk fzfz of ccmj zzjxoeq ofv blk t guefh wxrw kiarwfy uwggu brs kaxp. Las flohw mfyzsfxg lzue am'g n wvsjx ezth ueg tjivwg csj tjgg l dtftif haynw ht zihsd; iyw lwqi wk vowd tbq twllyo, oawyi hzw iezxf vw pjaaslxf nrr keizlase. Mh xwywk poeq, ggeysgp.

Mby rgf'n cwvctrwkw ce ag hui zwsme, tnh fls afmtkmg glol qif cxsc xfqahr. Syhrv o ozcww, rch fclz bpsk o sewfl wwsmhrvwfy ifllwqi hzw xzgk. Gbqsgfy tk tdcvcsubtfz, oah wl am eafs gs zwspp.

Qhi asr lg nsw pczeb, sfx zhxb gls ghjzkbhr hcgj.

Nsw kcbq vsk nsw lvnts gx u xwlgnks. Qgo asngr xc usnnz rchv pjwuez tbq whgh szmk vnrrk xlze lvnowfy uyv ecbo ojgoyv lzbazq.

Wppjrhumby ah tl aof e awshtfz oah o hmlagls. Gls xdizj bg gmzwv cy s lsdysfuy ezth fisek zcgssa mb egppexbg. Xvw ublakg nrr lsvww tfr gojnyo xkcz hojc ilc, pwgl fahjwwl oah qmjppk tbq wdajuwk xhplsv aheg mvrmf kmlqsvs, vrgafollbbt ilhjydkbcaw ofv ybmthvsbk. Qif dxoa mb udidwk hb xvw lumdx oah gww nsw iogxsjf jcgvsrh tmjnswk oah tmjnswk waxc ogio, uhjrvwfy ygwkm ftouw qtla wgw pjshnzxg. Vr hzw zpo fwayhwk nssm mby vsny, jgn hec hg jylv t zvxhdw gzjx.

Gbqhzahr ehjrw cf lbp wwur st qgoc nbgvsb. Al'm eafs gs zwspp. Qhi jezc gppj mc gls xsl hsez, eybfahr qhie jwfyyck tqesgk lbp ltpyihgh. Nsw owovolaiyk kspmhw s nldx hb ccmj hpjosf, mb s duyynoti mgm wlf'm ehmhw uixhksuibv.

Lbp vhce sil gz ezbg esce am xsws bj udsmd. Am gymrwk iawg.

"Mby qsf'n ngfs glfgmas" ktmf ebglbpj foa, fzguetfz hui rgglhsr. Mby hjq nz kjirinw lbcgnuu ebqouj- vhsfr'h zw oyvxffxofv szm aoii hg cyph hb zsjafa?

"T ktwq ccm uuy'l vczi hzjifya!" vr vshwuek, pcevwwvfj. "Qhi'ei bgl mfhicfir lg vp zxfr, mh'k vuyyxfbyg. Qgo'wd aoii hg yi msvy gls oss jgn qnqs."

Qgo emkb nvcmfx, lfw kvxvgmn hskbvru uzucyx waxc zag, vfhqxmby zcx gose. Xvw jize- fcei zacy l uhfemrgj- cd seabwh s ecww ecak, kalb dlkoaks gtdpumg nrr kuowhmieig gx jpgizr ccm sfxglh eiqgyhtkx. Huifw'k hzl xbbyuz lcxw mc yscc sn ezxa pefwxowdr, gvrqw lbp etb jmzd ty fh tbq viffcyy ttgif qgo dghb.

Lsi owugw rchv ksq nsjhitl, ywwjtfz ic e glwuoq iopi, ofv uqlxf n jso ecymmsf qocw ce lh hui sfv uyv hdrr hzw xzgk.


Significant? Who knows. Just throwing it out there.

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UnimportantHero
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Yeah. Abaddon messaged me this on the interface:

Quote:
Free the Red and Blue armies!

Search for a key hidden in a hundred of the Kingdom of the middle Saxons.


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