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notgordian
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 		[INTERACTION]William Forth
This time, we REALLY need to help slewth
Figures he'd wait until now to contact me...just got this from slewth.

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Like Martin Luther, if speech be free.
Call on your friends to rescue me.
The first is of Stratford, from London, North.
Whereas the second, not third but much like <ErROR>>>>>>>>

Hel&*^%



Since there's a rhyming scheme, i think the missing line is "Wheras the second, not third but much like the fourth" but that's just speculation. My first thought for Stratford is Shakespeare (Stratford-upon-Avon), but that doesn't mesh with the rest of the hints.

Also, I might be taking the post too seriously but the Martin Luther reference might be telling me to replicate the feat of the 95 theses and post on the forums to find the first second third (and maybe fourth).

Currently, Slewth's friends list is me, Agent Lex, and cooldrew. Maybe the other two have more information.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:03 pm
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Agent Lex
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 		I haven't received anything from slewth since our communications a while ago. However, since you let me know of this ingame, I messaged him saying you'd forwarded it my way. I'll see if anything comes up.

As for Stratford, it's an area in Northeast London, entirely separate to the upon-Avon version. The train I take home stops there every day, heh. About its most remarkable thing is the University of East London.

EDIT: Received a reply neary straight away:
slewth wrote:
AgentLex,

I believe you are referring to the message I sent to notgordian? I sent him the full message, there is nothing missing. Help him with it if he needs it, but I can't send it again. Once is risky, twice is foolish.

We don't have long.

Sl


Thinking about "fourth", and the fact that this seems to be based on UK locations, it could be something to do with the river Forth. Maybe it is the river Avon, as in Stratford-upon.

EDIT 2:
River Forth
There are several River Avons though. The Stratford one is in Warwickshire.

EDIT 3:
This River Avon flows into the Firth of Forth (that is, the area at the end of the River Forth) near a place called Grangemouth. I'll see if this is going anywhere, with the Martin Luther (perhaps King Jr, perhaps Lutheran-style) hint.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:46 pm
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Tubes
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 		Freekaleek and slewth
Now i know this is going to sound a bit odd, but i asked agent kiki to send me her mail with slewth, and she sent me everything from both her inbox and sent, AND I MEAN THE WHOE DAMNED TING EVERY LETTER FROM ALL OF YOU and it was, belive me a jumbled mess, but i believe this is the way the conversation went down.. oh and nice of all of you to try to help her out it was actauly very amusing, especialy when she told prince her name was not agent freak, just freekaleek, with 2 es... hahaha she got so mad at him lol

any way still not sure if she is a ghetto black girl, or if she is a joke.. heres what happened any way, best i can figure

She initaites contact
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To slewth: is you like a detective boy cuzz i seen them call this one person who was a detective a slewth, so i aint no what you are but you gota be tellin me cause i tell you im kiki, tia agent KIKI TAYLOR boo, so get back to me

Luv
Kiki


well slewth better tell her, cause she'S kiki..oh boy...
surprsingly, he responded to her, probbaly out of amazement of her retardation (god i hope she doesnt see this lol)
Quote:
slewth says: F-A-L

You're confusing me somewhat. Are they calling *me* a detective? And besides, who are they? I've learnt not to trust anyone in this city, including the cops- so I'm definitely not one of them.
How do you know all this?


so he doestn trust the 5-o huh, doesnt surprise me the least, considering he dont trust his own self

and now the amazing reply of agent kiki
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To slewth: I dont trust no cops neither they be dirty and crooked, one time they searched me jsut cause i dropped my stuff in front of a parked police car, they get all grimey with me!


and no i wasnt sayin they callin you anything, the they was one itme i was at a police staiton and the Police called one of there detectives slewth, so im thinkin it was like a nickname for detectives, and you can call me kiki honey, and when i say boo,, its like saying friend, im ghetto in this time so i talk like this

so why you not trust the cops, i know why i dont , but why didnt you?
yes slewth, why didnt you, or more correcttly in english, why wont you in thirty years from now
but kiki is aloud, because++++
Quote:
im ghetto in this time so i talk like this
as they say in the hood, CHYEA, Agent Tubes Reporting for Unforums tonight, goodnight

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notgordian
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 		Got a response on the puzzle inquiry--it clarifies what we need to do.

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This communications channel isn't safe. Find him before they do. Feel free to share the message with your friends- they can help find him too.

As for MLK.. Be what he was, don't do what he did.


So we need to find someone, and he's referring to Martin Luther KING, not Martin Luther the religious figure. A mysterious "they" are looking for "him", and that puzzle supposedly has everything we need to know to solve this puzzle. Hrm.....

It could be a letter puzzle: "The first is from Stratford, from London, North"--the only letter in common from those words is *O*. "Whereas the second, not third but much like the fourth" could be implying the letter *F*....checking the player username list for a name starting with OF as we speak to see if this pans out. EDITED--nope, dead end.

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notgordian
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 		I asked Bishop what he knew about Slewth, and received this in response. Seems like slewth is every bit as good at staying under the radar as he seemed to imply earlier.

Quote:
Bishop says: Slewth... hmm.. Not much on his record really at all... Born pre-war. He showed up on the interface a while back, stays scanned in almost all the time... his posting rate is pretty high. He's listed as a Resident AND an Agent, but I don't find any other profile on the record, but you know how it is - they keep the master separate to avoid temporal contamination. Looks pretty harmless to me, probably some TIA vet just remembering old times.


As an aside, maybe this puzzle is asking us to find Agent Lex's ninja friend. Agent Lex is from GB, fairly close to Stratford. He has a mystery agent trusting him who doesn't appear in the system. Could it be this simple?

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notgordian
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 		Slewth again
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i fear that i cannot keep communicating on this matter. Sooner or later dc will have enough information to work out who this man is. if i give you too much information, i Could be locked out of the system, while they investigate my susPisciousness. agentlex has a friend who is of avon, right? HE's not the man wE're looking for, but yes the one you seek is not in the system. that's out goal. we need them here.


Capital letters spell out SCPHEE, an anagram for SPEECH. So I guess we need to look at MLK's speech and figure out the first second third stuff...? I feel like I'm missing something really obvious here.

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Wang Guantao
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 		Could it possibly be Phil he's looking for?

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Agent Lex at work
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 		Here is a link to the full text of MLK's most famous speech, the "I have a dream" one. I can't find anything that sticks out in there, but I can only afford a quick glance while at work.

So we have: avon, forth, and IHaD.

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James Stone
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 		If we are to do what MLK did then maybe we are to break the silence. In this speech MLK points to seven reasons he is against the Vietnam war.
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"All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns."

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Trace
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 		I have at the request of agents on slewths trusted list provided him wiht a secure means of communication if he chooses, i have broken my promise not to speak whit him unless he initaites contact only b/c of how desperate his situation may be

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Trace
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 		SLEWTHS IGNORANT
I have tried to aide Slewth, and he is a ignorant fellow

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To slewth: **SECRET**
Slewth,
I am breaking my promise so i may aide you, as notgordian tells me it may be of life and death.

I will not burden you with questions now, i will not pester you unless you ask for my help beyond this email, it is only as a favor to a friend i break my word, and my honor will be down if it was for nothing..

I have a way for you to communicate safely without Dcorps notice, as you may all ready know by the **SECRET** at the top of the page, it is a **SECRET**

I understand you do not have much more time before they can track your location by the mail you send out, so all you need but say is yes or no

Trace
If i have been mislead, than may you forgive me for my intrusion upon my promise not to contact you


He responded

Quote:
slewth says: Lies. All lies.

I don't believe that works for one minute. I bet you made that up so you could get them to catch me.

I thought you were smart trace.


AND i went nuts on him

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To slewth: **SECRET** so be it, i tried to aide you, it may be i am being decieved as well, but i will not waste my time talking to one who is so paranoid, this tool, you say is a trick, protects many, and you would be a fool to disrespect me so blindly, next time, say no thanks, keep at least half your dignity.

And the matter of your trusting me is not important, i have my fingers in so many places it is difficult for me to remeber the truth!

We all must gamble and take risks to survive, i took a risk to myself and BETRAYED MY HONOR WHICH I PROMISED UPON I WOULD NOT CONTACT YOU UNLESS YOU DID FIRST, and i see where it has gotten me, all for my friend, who i trust infinitely more than i would you and your paranoid delusions, let you stay lost in your hell of a mind

If for some reason you change your mind, know now that i will not care, you have made my dishonor grow greatly today, and your words hurt me, so i can only hope mine can avenge

Trace


I was pissed, so let him know, whether he cares or not

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notgordian
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 		Sorry to land you deeper in the frying pan with slewth, trace. Crying or Very sad

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Trace
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 		thats ok he is writing more

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slewth says: Excuse me if I sound a little confused and annoyed- that's because I am. We've never needed such methods in this city. Hacking the system isn't going to change the future, but contacting the past *is* so if you excuse me that is what I need to go and do.

Don't be such a fool, believe nobody except yourself and your fate will be saved.


i wrote back
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To slewth: **SECRET**you confuse me more, and perhaps my anger was misplaced, as often is the case with such occurances.

Notgordian told me you were in danger, and needed to comunicate securly, and i, possible falling itno a trap, contacted you,
**SECRET**.

**SECRET**.

I do not understand all that is being said, but apprntly it is a mutual thing.

In a city such as yours, where you cnanot sit on a toilet wihtout someone watching you, how would you tell me that **SECRET** to avoid detection is not the best means of communications, i have shared this with **SECRETS SECRETS**!

If you would rather foo read everything you type to others so be it, but i will have my privacy.

The only person who may have access to what you write with this**SECRET AGAIN** is the one who made it, and i do not think he does. and if he speaks the truth, then it matters not..

decide


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SteveMids
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 		The Brotherhood???
Quote:
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.


MLK said the above which kinda sounds relevent to me .......

The trouble is seperating the wheat from the chaff ......

1) Does this mean that "someone" is on the red hills of Georgia??? (doubt this)
2) Does it mean that the person we are looking for is of Red Karma??? (more likely .... when he reaches the Interface - as he's not here yet - our goal)
3) Sons of Slaves (black karma??), sons of slave owners (white karma??), or in otherwords everyone, will be friends in an Utopian World?? ...... errrr .... hang on a minute, isn't that what Deus City is??


All the above makes it sound as if I haven't got a clue where to start solving this latest test/puzzle, however, I have a few paths half trodden all leading from the MLK quote above, so perhaps a good place to start? (Not sure, I could be chasing my own tail).

**notgordian** - Was your original posting a complete copy of the original message Slewth sent to you?

**Agent Lex** - I strongly suggest that Avon is irrelevent, forth MAY be key, and I assume you meant the speech by MLK when you mentioned IHaD?? Can you confirm the last for me?

Sorry if this all sounds cagey, but my theories couldn't be further apart from each other, so don't want to splurge it all out and find out that none of it is right!!


SM

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Agent Lex
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 		Re: The Brotherhood???
SteveMids wrote:
**Agent Lex** - I strongly suggest that Avon is irrelevent, forth MAY be key, and I assume you meant the speech by MLK when you mentioned IHaD?? Can you confirm the last for me?


I'm unsure about Avon, but then we need something to do with Stratford. Perhaps the 2012 Olympics... the 2040 Olympics? The Sportsplex site?

Forth I'm convinced about. UK Geography, obviously the last word was fourth.

And yes I Have a Dream.

EDIT: I mailed slewth, securely, asking for a little help.
Quote:
Trust me when I say this message is safe from being watched. A good friend of mine provided me with the method. However, the safety is only one way, so your reply must be vague. I have some questions to ask, you may answer "the former" or "the latter" to each, so the intention of your message isn't known to anyone watching.

I know we are looking for someone. Are they from 2007, or 2037?
Do they have a profile in the system, or will we have to contact them some other way?

Myself, notgordian and some friends have managed to solve some parts of your message, but still don't seem to draw to a conclusion. Hopefully the answers to these questions will help.

- Lex


EDIT 2:
slewth wrote:
The former.

Hopefully you will know what to call them.


By the way, the guy is on my trusted list, but never shows up in the box on the bottom right. And he always replies nearly instantly!

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