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Zapparoni

Hey guys

Long time lurker of the game (albeit I've been lurking ARGs in general since the days of ILB and Urban Hunt) and I guess it's time for me to actually start participating in an ARG as opposed to just sitting back and watching.

So, I've been following THP since ol' Wabonan solved the dilemma of Eric's pond water. Ultimate high fives for that Wabo Smile

Anyway, like a lot of you guys are finding out, I've recently received an email from our pal the Codemaster. My email is pretty much the same as everyone else except for the well placed italics in my post scriptum:

**Posted:** Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:52 am

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Das Llama · Unfettered Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 362

**Posted:** Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:18 am

youporkchop · Boot Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 30 Location: Ohio

sorry guys...i was in a hurry earlier and didn't realize the letters didn't show. The "T" in patience is italicized.

**Posted:** Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:37 pm

Lyoko is Cool · Veteran Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 72

Ok, so how did this trail start? Someone PMing the CM and then him picking prominent people in the Game?

At least I now there will be an ungame for me to plat while PXC fades away and YZ is paused.

**Posted:** Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:57 pm

Wabonan · Entrenched Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 1185

Of course I sent the fish pic thats a big fish,,,lol

**Posted:** Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:33 pm

trina5775

i got a reply

**Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:51 pm

licoricesniper · Unfettered Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 560

Alright dudes, it looks like it's party time!!!!

**Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:49 pm

jabroni

**Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:57 pm

licoricesniper · Unfettered Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 560

no I didn't send that.

Unless it was something I said in the email that he encoded for some reason.

**Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:58 pm

jabroni

Kinda looks like it might be an anagram. Substitution would make sense if that clue is really surname, but without spaces I have no clue how to decode it. Also it's weird that he mentioned the Army Special Forces. I noticed on cipherclerk there is an army cipher but you need a key.

Something I noticed is that it looks a little bit like the missing X letters from Michael's letter.

This code: ehciinothtcwaetnntsyafwosurruho
X Letters: iieosecmmiitytlatilaeikehe

I tried using it to desteg the pictures but couldn't get it to work, but I only used JPhide so who knows.

**Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:33 pm

Wabonan · Entrenched Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 1185

So from his letter Tom D. Cesear is not him. That leaves either Sue or a split personality..... I even asked Michael if Eric could be gay... I thought maybe the CM's split personality was Sue and it messed up the CM in the head when he found out he was having sex with a guy. But Michael says Eric is straight. Tom D. Cesear has too much inside info not to be involved somehow.... and if it was a jack the CM would have addressed it along time ago... like in november...lol

**Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:54 pm

licoricesniper · Unfettered Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 560

Man, I am excited, but I am also hoping that the shit doesn't start to go down the second half of next week, because I will be in Austin then, and that would suck to miss it all.....

Of course I could bring the laptop with me. Most hotels have wifi these days, right? The only problem would be finding chances to drop by the forums and see what's up. arggggh

**Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:29 pm

youthpastor247 · Decorated Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 235

Man, I wish we had taken longer to complete the puzzle now since we'll only have 24 hours to complete the next test, lol.

I am really excited about Phase Two, though. Motive, recruitment, and "the strike." This is really awesome, considering this is really my first ARG to be a part of.

Oh, and licoricesniper, you should definitely be able to find a hotel with wifi in Austin (I assume Texas). I'm currently visiting my girlfriend in her hometown, which is in the middle of Iowa, and I'm staying in a Super 8, which obviously has wifi. If you can find wifi at a Super 8 in the middle of Iowa, you can find it at any hotel. Smile

**Posted:** Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:47 am

Wabonan · Entrenched Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 1185

Michael is getting nervous. I just woke up in the middle of the night and decided to see what was going on .... Michael was online on the FET forums and PMed me wanting to know what was going on.... I PMed him about the hostile takeover thing yesterday.... So I replied to him we aren't sure but his sight was the only hostile take over I could think of.... I told him to change all his passwords, use numbers caps and lowercases and to use the max chrs... plus I told him to change everything once a week to make it much harder to hack. I also told him he might want to make a blog just incase so we will have a place to contact him.

**Posted:** Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:26 am

Zapparoni

I wonder what he means by putting our shoes on? Is he hinting that some travel will be involved? Or maybe we'll need to put on some dancing shoes?

As for reading carefully, I also noticed a "you" instead of a "your"

**Posted:** Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:13 am

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