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LordIllidan
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16shells wrote:
highwind767 wrote:
I'm almost sure that I wouldn't be able to get a photo of a Koi.
I wonder if she'd accept a drawing instead.
It's good to see that she's back now anyway.
Thats exactly what I did with my first pic,

BTW: Just got the same pic from Yori and found the below. Its fuzzy so I can't quite make it out, but the first word is definitely 'athena'.


Looks like Athena.sm4.biz

EDIT: IS Athena.sm4.biz. Heading there without flash reveals this:

01010100 01100001 01101011 01100101 01100100 01100001 00100000 01010111 01101001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01000100 01100101 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101111 01111001 01100101 01100100 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 01101001 01110010 00100000 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01110011 00100000 01100001 01100111 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110101 01110011

Translation:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Takeda Will be Destroyed for their actions against us


Dude. I finally found something before everyone else! XD This is an awesome ARG.

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MrToasty
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 		Hah, nice! I was saw the address, but by the time I went to look it up you had it.

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LordIllidan
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 		Someone should ask Yori if she has flash installed, so we know if she knows about all this, or if we should be telling her.

I would do it myself, but her status message says she's sleeping, and she just got back from a long trip.

EDIT: Nevermind. She's awake now. I'll do it myself.

EDIT2: Yes, she has flash.

EDIT3: She's also apparently an Azumanga Daioh fan. Awesome.

EDIT4: Just had a really long conversation with her. A lot of idle chat, but I found a few things out:

Quote:
8:40 PM me: Konbanwa, Yori!
yori: ^__________^ hello
me: I see your back from your trip Very Happy
8:41 PM yori: yup. back to work
working on my kois around the world collection too!
do you have any koi pics?
me: Nah, I've still been bugging my friends about it, but they're lazy.
8:42 PM I have a fishtank here at home, but there's no koi in it. Would that work?
yori: are the fish pretty?
me: The tank's a bit dirty, but I have a really HUGE catfish Very Happy
8:43 PM He's really silly. He swims upside down sometimes. And lives in this donut-shaped rock we have Very Happy
yori: have you sent me pictures before?
i cant remember
me: nope.
yori: Then do so! send me a picture of your silly catfish
me: Okay Very Happy
8:44 PM yori: do you have the instructions email?
me: Speaking of silly fish, I found this the day after you left, and I thought you might get a kick out of it Very Happy
http://galeri.milliyet.com.tr/2007/10/25En_komik_reklam_fotograflari/36.jpg
Yep, I still have that email
yori: awwww poor fishes
send me the picture when you can
8:45 PM I hope that is really soon ^_______^
me: I'll try to take it on Saturday, then!
yori: alright!
tell your friends
me: Trust me, I have.
8:46 PM Oh, and on a completely unrelated note...
Can your web browser read Flash files?
8:47 PM yori: yeah
japanese computers are advacned
me: Razz
8:48 PM Just wondering.
I just wanted to see if I was alone in the world XD
yori: why? your computer no work on flash?
me: Well, I can read flash, but...
Only on firefox.
And I like to use IE on this computer for non-work-related stuff
yori: i have firefox too!
I love foxes
8:49 PM me: Very Happy
yori: japanese foxes are called kitsunes.
me: Best browser ever.
yori: they are magical creatures
me: Yepyep. I have a Yugioh card with a little baby kitsune on it.
yori: kawaii!!
cute
me: It's cute, and it has a fun effect that pisses off a lot of people I play with XD
8:50 PM You can't kill it Razz
yori: i used to have pokemon when i was younger
thats all
8:51 PM me: My brother's a big pokemon freak Razz
I used to watch the first season, but then I sorta upgraded to more mature anime
8:52 PM Like Haibane Renmei and Azumanga Daioh and stuff
yori: azumanga daioh is mature?
^_______^
me: Not really Razz
yori: i love the tomato cat
eat your tomatoes
8:53 PM me: Yepyep.
I think Sakaki and Maaya are the funniest, though.
8:54 PM I thought it was hilarious when she was rolling around on the floor with Maaya, all happy and such, and then Chiyo walks in and she's back to her emotionless self XD
yori: ^_____^
I love anime
well I am japanese
me: True XD
8:55 PM My friend thinks anime is weird. He prefers making bombs and stuff XD
yori: bombs?
me: He doesn't do anything bad with them, of course : P
Yeah. Almost everyone I know is a pyromaniac XD
8:56 PM yori: he should be careful
me: Oh, he is.
He has hardcore safety procedures and stuff.
In theory.
yori: weird, he is not a real pyromaniac
me: At the very least, he learned how to make a remote fuse out of Christmas lights, so he can get to a safe distance before the boom.
8:57 PM yori: pyromaniacs love the actual flames, not making devices to make fires. so if he doesnt do anything with them there is no point
weird >_<
8:58 PM me: Oh, they set them off during the weekends and stuff.
We even convinced our Chemistry teacher to let us bring in some smoke bombs once:D
yori: sounds like fun!
me: What can I say. We're teenage guys. We're supposed to be stupid until at least the end of college XD
8:59 PM yori: true. then loooong and boring work
me: Well, hopefully not.
9:00 PM yori: mine is boring
Sad
me: Yeah. That kinda sucks.
You know what you should do?
yori: ?
me: You should bring in a nerf gun to work every day, and see if other people eventually follow suit XD
9:01 PM yori: no, no guns at work
me: That's what they do over at Insomniac Games (my second favorite game developing company!)
yori: we have heavy security there
me: Not even toy guns?
With little suction cup darts?
Man, your work IS a drag.
9:02 PM yori: well, actually it might work. all of the sudden most of our security budget was cut. so there arent that many guards anymore
ill try it!Q
me: Yeah!
Tell me how it works out
Don't get in trouble, though!
9:03 PM yori: i will
me: Start out small, like a little nerf keychain or something :d
Then work your way up to the big minigun-like toys XD
yori: we have real minguns
9:04 PM we developed them under junker
me: Really?
That's crazy.
Does your company make stuff for the military or something?
9:05 PM yori: under junker we did. now we are working on a peaceful track of high tech toys and life rescue robots
me: Well, that's a good change in pace Very Happy
9:06 PM yori: yeah ^____^
me: It also improves your chances of sneaking toys into work XD
I mean, it's kinda contradictory if they make toys but won't let you play with them.
9:07 PM As long as you do all your work on time Very Happy
yori: well I have to be serious, I am the head secretary. i cant be seen with toys when visitors come
me: True.
9:08 PM That's why I wanna work for Insomniac when I'm an adult.
9:09 PM No need to be formal or anything. Just come to work in casual clothes, nail a few interns with some foam balls, and make awesome games XD
yori: yeah, cant do that here in Japan
very different
the only fun ive had was the trip and a contest entry painting
me: Well, even in America, those guys are considered nutjobs XD
But in a good way
9:10 PM yori: what is nutjob
me: Slang for crazy person
9:11 PM yori: oh ok
9:12 PM time for lunch!
me: Really? It's almost time for bed for me!
Well, talk to you later then!
yori: Goodnight Smile


In short, in addition to my previous edits:

1. Yori (and Japan in general) needs to learn to stop being emotionless zombies at work.
2. She hinted a bit at the KLA. From a previous chat with her, though, I don't think she knows they're HaXxorz.
3. She probably thinks I'm insane. But I'm a kid. I have an excuse Razz
4. She's going to have to visit the Japanese equivalent of Toys-R-Us sometime in the near future to buy a nerf gun Very Happy
4a. Junker had some hardcore security up there, for semi-obvious reasons. A lot of security seemed to have gone once Junker left, though
5. Junker had them develop weapons for the military back when they had influence over Takeda. Once junker was gone, though, they started making "High tech toys and life rescue robots." I wonder if I can convince her to get me a free robo-raptor XD

Kinda sad though, considering what we found on the ATheNA website.
6. She's unfamiliar with American slang (Kinda obviousin retrospect)
7. She has lunch, confirming she's not a robot XD Again, kinda obvious, but in an ARG, you never know...
8. I am on a friggin roll today! Hoo-rah!

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MrToasty
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 		I finally sat down and annotated the cake image composite that we have so far with the code translations.
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 		Yori is back..new pic, though I must be blind, because nothing is jumping out at me...
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 		zat a white wingding bottom left?

and next to the 160 on the macdonalds sign?

Look slike the bottom left is just a sign I think. The 160 def isnt anything.

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MrToasty
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 		Already solved - new web address at the top of this page. ^^^

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MrToasty
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 		Posting this here since the ATheNA site was dropped here. New image up on the ATheNA site.



I typed it out - somebody doublecheck and make sure I didn't goof:
Quote:
ZGRVGDIWBCHUJQHRVVZYMIVSAH
WTEDWOJRMRTKEVPEVZPYBCUPY
PYPJJFPTCHMWJDGXBIRISYFBQDTP
LYCNOYTYYWEUWARFQZDTWTASFH
CGMQKJKHMHIEILXMTCVKXOSWD
JKQORDZJEYHGKSIXASDTZEJEDQK
ERNJMJGWRAUZDRRMZNPVIOYYN
KRYRNMYTKGEGSOFKZPZMXSWNQ
GNGQGQFDIMFBBTUBCFJKLYUMQN
HEMMRCXWZKNCHOTZRLJRAYVAB
OVJVLAPYHEMVHPAIVRLXSYLZQP
HOTZLDCUGGGIRTDJMDVYASCQK
MTKUJVUUVXJLBPIDCRUPBJYHBOD
TPOZIWYVERXVMNHZNVUBVWQCB
KOCEXUBTDUMYCFWTGKDDKYPYU
VROLAICGZXRPEBIIYJLUQTALMQC
RLZPQDGQYAZCKRQPGVLYAT


EDIT: Whole slew of updates to all sites today, so let's continue discussion of this one with the rest in the Con08 thread HERE

EDIT 2: ATheNA site is gone already. Curious...

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MrToasty
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 		Since we're a little stalled on the new encrypted text, and since Yori is back, I decided it was time to go fishing for more cake. I sent a couple pictures (picture of the snow here and a koi screensaver) and received this for a reply.
Yori wrote:
^___________^

You made me smile! So ill send you a piece of cake anyways. Do you have AIM or something? maybe a phone number!. I am getting a new cell phone on my birthday this week. I have a feeling something great will happen at work!, maybe a surprise party?


Also got another piece of cake. I updated the annotated cake too. The 'pygmies' quote on the left is from Winston Churchill

ETA:
kosmopol wrote:
Hmm. She has birthday on 6th August...

So is it really her birthday, or a clue to something bigger happening?
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 		She just told me that her birthday is this thursday
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kosmopol
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 		What I don't understand, in facebook it says 6th August

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Quote:
When's your birthday?
yori: thursday
well thrusday your time ^__^
it is kinda close to the traditional new year
me: cool
yori: but is special, i was born in 1984, the year of the rat. and is the year of the rat this year too
according to tradition it means that i find a lot of new strenght for the year.
how are you?
me: Thats cool
Im good, nothing really new or exciting going on
yori: that is sad. same here.
well i better get back to finishing this report. talk to me if you ever need anything
me: Will do
see ya later
Sent at 12:08 PM on Monday


According to her, its this thursday
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 		OK, this question is solved:

Quote:
Me: When do you have a birthday?
yori: 3 days from now
Me: Cool [nose smile]
yori: which makes me a few months older than my sister
she was born on august ^__^
Me: On 6th august?
yori: yeah! how did you know?
this is creepy
>_>
Me: well, in facebook you write "6th august" [nose smile]
yori: oh....
OH! i know
i once made my profile to be an exact copy of my sisters
i guess i forgot to change that back [smile]


Then I tried to explain what does "wtf" mean... Embarassed

Anyway, she has in 3 day from now bithday.

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MrToasty
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 		I sent Yori another email tonight with a koi birthday cake picture to be friendly (not explicitely to get another piece of cake Wink ). I didn't notice her first reply asking me for an AIM name (need to remember the old or get a new one) or cell number. Received a second:
Quote:
^_______________^

Oh well, i guess i can talk to you later. Thank you for the koi fish cake Smile, but i cant give you another piece of my cake, that would be cheating! Smile One of my new friends told me that i should buy a small fake dart gun and bring it to work. it was a great idea, i am having fun. wait, something is going on. i think we are about to have a power failure. I think i can use my friends iphone if it does, gmail lets me save the messa

Wonder what's going on. I'll see about getting a screen name, but if anybody gets a chance before I do, see if you can contact her tonight (see the Con08 thread as to why), especially as I suck at interaction so far.

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MrToasty
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 		Oh crap - Enyo update doesn't look good.
WTF?


ETA:
Crap, where is everyone tonight?

Just received the FULL cake from Yori and this email
Quote:
I THINK I MANAGED TO SEND CAKE B4 THEY CUT OFF INTERNET POWER. I AM WRITING FROM CELL. SCARED. HELICOPTERS GUNFIRE. A LOT OF THEM. CANT TALK MUCH. AFRAID I DONT WANT TO DIE. ITS JUNKERS.


UPDATE:
Uh-oh.
Quote:
I AM SCARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and
Quote:
I AM TRAPPED, EVERYONE OUTSIDE IS DEAD. THEY ARE HERE. I DONT WANT TO DIE I DONT WA


ETA2: Full cake translations are here
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