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[Possible Trailhead?] Could This Be the Truth?
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Sythys
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 		A lot has happened on my end... To what good, I don't know. But this is how it started.

The truth....
Quote:
The child is not only killing our men, but our women, our children, and our land. She will torture them until they denounce us


Me...
Quote:
That's not very nice... So, what can I do to help you?

I can try to gather the few forces that I can muster... And together, try to infiltrate her society and eventually flush her out. I think she has either at least one in her ranks that is trying to defect, or sympathizes with the cause. Others have found clues that someone is leaving for us to find. I will discuss with the others on ideas on how to find her traitor and bring him to your cause...

Your friend, Sythys


Now, you can analyze this answer all you want... It gave me a headache.
Quote:
We must tell our story.


So... I went ahead an e-mailed the princess, just to see what kinda response I would get.
Quote:
My dear most humble one,
I have come to join your ranks and be part of your glorious, wonderful people. That is... If I am to be accepted.
I am of a pale skin, with dark hair and darker eyes. But I am a good follower, and I would follow Our One True God to whereever he would lead me.

I will await your judgement.

Sythys
And the reply was this....
Quote:
We could certainly use you as a soldier... We always need more of those! I will have someone contact you soon


So... Lets see if I get contact from Roberto... Or whoever.

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thebruce
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 		yup. love how the secret message is encoded in plain site, to hide it from observing eyes... the fact that there's a secret message, assuming the watching eyes don't know morse like robert does, doesn't seem to be a problem for security; of course they'll say "oh hey, there's a code here I don't understand... oh well - NEXT!"
It's like knowing your phone is tapped, so telling the person on the other line - "hey, we're being listened to, so I'm going to speak to you in code now, reay? (proceeds in pig latin))"
Rolling Eyes ah, gotta love realism/believability Razz
haha

(/me doesn't mean to ruin any fun, just making a point ; )
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:05 am
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C.G.
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 		Gentlemen, we have trouble.


Quote:

Me- Red
Roberto- Blue


To be quite frank, CG, most of us are closer to her than you lot are. I'm quite close, though, yes.

She's very excited to even have a reason to make a game for you! Be ready, if you can complete it you will go far.


I am aware of that. But I'm still going foward with this.

Oh, she's still up with the game for me. I'm really curious with what she has prepared. Me, and the assistants she sent me.


Ha ha ha.. our Princess is quite smart, and our God is guiding her.



So I have noticed. It's amazing how such young child can be so wise, and commanding like an adult. Do tell me, how did you meet her for the first time?


...One amongst you has told the Princess something about me. I am set to be executed in 13 hours.

It seems someone knew will be the artist...


Wait, what? Why? You did nothing wrong, I believe. You're the one who did that poster for the Princess, right?


The Princess is controlling all of you. More than you know.

I will be open now, since I am set to die soon.

Help is coming soon. I don't know much, I was not told much.

But HELP IS COMING SOON.


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C.G.
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Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I still tried to talk with Roberto, by using morse code in white text. He only told me that there was someone else who could help us more than he could.



Spoiler (Rollover to View):
A NEW CHALLENGER APPEARS!


Lilliana finally shows herself.


If you happen to know of anyone at all who needs any information about our wonderful island, please tell them to stop pestering the Princess about it and email me.

Thank you!
Liliana

3.1415926 3.1415 3.14159265358 3.141592653589793 3.14159265358979323846 3.141592653589793238 DOT 3.1415926 3.1415926535897932384 3.141592653589


Pi numbers? DOT? This is going to be tough.


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thebruce
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 		solution:
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number of digits...
H 8 - 3.1415926
E 5 - 3.1415
L 12 - 3.14159265358
P 16 - 3.141592653589793
U 21 - 3.14159265358979323846
S 19 - 3.141592653589793238
DOT
H 8 - 3.1415926
T 20 - 3.1415926535897932384
M 13 - 3.141592653589

http://www.freewebs.com/ootg-liliana/helpus.htm

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C.G.
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 		Wow, that was clever.


Thank you, thebruce, I was not yet familiar with that kind of code.


So, we have a map. Doesn't say much. I'm betting the red area is the one currently dominated by the Child.


Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I'm trying to convince the Princess to let Roberto live in case we solve the game she has to send me.



ALSO:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
There is white coded text in that page. Translated to the minimum (hex -> dex -> binary -> hex -> 1337), we get:

we are not true followers of the one true god. there are only a few that she controls that are true followers.


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phonon81
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C.G. wrote:
Wow, that was clever.


Thank you, thebruce, I was not yet familiar with that kind of code.


So, we have a map. Doesn't say much. I'm betting the red area is the one currently dominated by the Child.


Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I'm trying to convince the Princess to let Roberto live in case we solve the game she has to send me.



ALSO:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
There is white coded text in that page. Translated to the minimum (hex -> dex -> binary -> hex -> 1337), we get:

we are not true followers of the one true god. there are only a few that she controls that are true followers.


CG - can you explain how you decoded the hidden text, i didn't quite follow.

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C.G.
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phonon81 wrote:


CG - can you explain how you decoded the hidden text, i didn't quite follow.



http://www.paulschou.com/tools/xlate/

http://home.no.net/hellshl/main/translate.html


Say hello to your two new best buddies.


I kept playing around, really.




*EDIT* I have an huge ammont of chat content between me and Princess, and the first contacts with Lilliana. But because I'm multitasking right now, I can only post later.

*EDIT2* Incomming massive chat spam.


Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Me- Normal
Child- Italic


Me:
I wish to plea for the salvation of "ootg-pr", also known as Roberto. We had stablished contact recently, due to the propaganda he gave us, and he did nothing wrong, until he told me he was going to be executed.

Please, do not kill him.



Child:
But I must, and this is just wonderful and opens up the opportunity for you to become my artist!


Me:
What if I want Roberto to cooperate with me in the arts field?


Can I suggest something?


You have a game for me. If I solve it, will you spare Roberto's life?


Child:
The game is currently being illustrated, there is not enough time for Roberto.

He dies in mere hours. There is naught that can be done about it. The God agrees with me.



Me:
If there's nothing that it can be done, please let it be a painless death. Consider that he did those beautiful posters for you.


Child:
Those posters shall also be destroyed.

I will make his death swift, and painless, should you swear to me and become my artist.


Me:
Are you sure death is the only solution? What if I become your artist, but you spare him? Please, whatever he did wrong, I'm sure he's sorry.


Child:
I am not very amused at this reaction. I am beginning to suspect that you would speak against me as Roberto did.


If this is true, do not contact me again.



Me:
Is it so wrong to try to save a fellow one? Believe me, this is not an easy choice.

Very well, I accept your conditions of becoming your artist, as long Roberto has a painless death.

How much time does he have left?





Meanwhile, I was speaking with Lilliana:


Spoiler (Rollover to View):


Me:
Hello, Liliana, pleased to meet you. I wanted to discuss something important with the Princess, but I don't know if there will be time...

Might as well question you about the island.


- Is it big? Small? Enough for how many people?

- Is it as pretty as it shows in the images?

- The natives of it, how do they look like?



Liliana:
The natives are dark of skin, and thus impure.

It is quite beautiful, as that photography was taken by my assistants of our island.

It is small, but large enough to hold 10 thousand humans without a struggle for resources.


Me:
Then, speaking of resources, what are your energy going to be dependent of? How will you have electricity, for example?

And most of all, how will you manage to keep such paradise away from the rest of the world?


Liliana:
We will kill anyone that tries to destroy our Utopia. We intend to build a military and begin to take over other countries.

Our energy is based solely on the energy of the God. We don't even use electricity. That's why the Princess is able to use the internet while she is so far underground.


Me:
Is that so? That is quite strange... It gives me the image of a god shinning like the Sun, and being the Sun, he can give to homes free energy.

I guess you'll have the most advanced technology at your service, right? What will be of the natives who will accept to worship the True God?


Liliana:
They shall die.

(in another email, sent right after this one)

Oh, forgive me, I misread! Ha ha. Sorry, in my fervor and great love for our God, I am quick to judge.

Those who come to the God will be used as our slaves, to serve us as the True Race.


There is more, but I'll post when I get her answer, with the coded message I sent.




My conclusions:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
- Roberto won't live for much longer. He probably won't make it to the end of the day.

-According to Liliana, we know the Child is underground. And her "mistake" when saying "They'll die", can be a way to tell us that the Child is not interested in keeping any of the natives around, not even as slaves.

-Note to self: DON'T EVER SHOW YOU ART AGAIN TO AN ANTAGONIST! D: Or you'll be "adopted" as his/her personal pet. Gah!

-There are very few "true followers" after all. Those are probably the only ones who know where she is. The map can also be helpful, if we figure out what do the colors mean.

- Suggestions of questions to do to Liliana:
--In the Island, what is there of most notable, above everything? (expecting answer to be "Big Tree")
--Do the natives live like a commom tribe?
--What stars can you identify from the sky, during a night spent in the island? (this should allow us to identify which hemisphere are they.)
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faeryqueen21
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 		So I got the e-mail challenge as well and I'm wondering, since the Princess said all of Roberto's posters are being destroyed, are we still supposed to post them somewhere?

The Princess said that I am a breath of fresh air and that I can be her personal assistant! Sweet. Maybe she'll tell me some juicy stuff...

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felonious priest
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 		Stupid question but the child and "princess" are the same person right?

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faeryqueen21
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 		Yup. At least that's what we're assuming.

I think the "Truth" people call her the child and and One True God people call her "Princess", cause that's what she tells them to call her.

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felonious priest
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 		here is a conversation i has with princess

Me=italics
princess=bold

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Princess, i see things have changed since i last spoke to you. is there anything i should do for you today?

You should find me a good recipe for cake. I am having a party with my followers and want the cooks to make something delicious.

I am quite fond of chocolate.

Here you go a cake fitting for a Princess! if theres anything else let me know!

EVER SO RICH CHOCOLATE CAKE
1 stick butter
1 c. sugar
1 c. self-rising flour
4 eggs
16 oz. chocolate syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
ICING:
1 c. sugar
2 sticks butter
1/3 c. undiluted evaporated milk
Mix first 6 ingredients; bake in sheet pan at 325 degrees until done.

ICING: Mix the sugar, butter and milk; bring to boil; boil 1 minute. Add 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels. Stir until chips are melted. Pour over cake and let set until completely cool. For EXTRA RICHNESS, add a dollop of vanilla ice cream or Cool Whip.



I wonder if they have Cool Whip on the island lol

Also this was brought up yesterday and since this board is still OOG, we should make a list of who are believers and non believers... as of right now at least, before people start jumpin ship back and forth lol... pm me and ill work on compiling the list... if its not a good idea please let me know

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thebruce
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 		the cake is a lie
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felonious priest
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 		what do you mean

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Doug52392
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 		E-mail
Just got my first e-mails today. The Truth e-mailed me and asked me if I wanted to hear a story and to e-mail back information about myself. Our one true god e-maliled me and said "My site means that I will be bringing many people to a Utopia for the One True God!" in response to what the website was abuot. I'm e-mailing The Truth back now.

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