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Oriza
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 		Trailhead: Chryo Pharmeceuticals
The blog of Richard Matthews: student, pharmacist, and cryogenically-frozen time traveler.
I recieved this email yesterday. It was sent by someone using Toolgrounds (so I couldn't see their email address). It was sent to me, along with some other uF members:
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*** This e-mail was sent by someone using the free e-mailer service at http://www.toolground.com/sendmail/ ***

I'm more one for physical action... I'll let you do the math.

68+74+74+70+3a+2f+2f+66+6f+72+2d+63+68+72+79+6f+2d
+6f+75+74+2d+6c+6f+75+64+2e+62+6c+6f+67+73+70+6f+74+
2e+63+6f+6d+2f


Decoded, it reads: http://for-chryo-out-loud.blogspot.com/

It seems to be the blog of some dude named Richard Matthews who works at Chryo Pharmeceuticals. His teacher just was found dead from apparent suicide.
Don't quite know what the deal is with the email he sent out, and why he wants us to look at the blog, though. Maybe we're supposed to figure out what happened to him?

EDIT: Found his email address-- it's richard.matthews1987SPLATgooglemail.com. I sent him an email asking why he wants us to look at his blog so badly.
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redct
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 		Yeah. Not too much to go on - no hidden text or the like in the blog page.

EDIT: Well, besides his email and profile page: http://www.blogger.com/profile/04207987120506983621
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Lunsford
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 		just recieved the same mail...

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Highwind-School
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 		Same here. I'll check it out at home since I'm at school right now.

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redct
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 		Replied.
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no, not exactly being investigated more like, watched i suppose?

well that's what i am assuming anyway, bit of a paranoia freak im afraid but thats down to my bloody brother always having the old bill and CID on his case come crashing into the house every so often because of his "side-jobs"

i just feel there is more to this place than the usual biochemistry and the like... maybe its just me but i needed to get word out to someone, anyone who doesnt think im mad just in case im right!

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Rob Kerfia <redctp> wrote:

Yeah... I can see why you would want to inform us. Why all the code secrecy, though? Are you being investigated?



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Lunsford
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no, not exactly being investigated more like, watched i suppose?

well that's what i am assuming anyway, bit of a paranoia freak im afraid but thats down to my bloody brother always having the old bill and CID on his case come crashing into the house every so often because of his "side-jobs"

i just feel there is more to this place than the usual biochemistry and the like... maybe its just me but i needed to get word out to someone, anyone who doesnt think im mad just in case im right!

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Rob Kerfia <redctp> wrote:

Yeah... I can see why you would want to inform us. Why all the code secrecy, though? Are you being investigated?






OK, I am assuming he's british or australian because he uses the word bloody but I have no Idea what the "old bill and CID" is

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highwind767
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 		They're UK terms. The Old Bill are the Police, and CID is the Criminal Investigation Department. Sent off an email to him now as well.

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Lunsford
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 		his "side jobs" must mean something criminal... drugs or mafia, etc.

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Pictishwitch
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 		I got the same e-mail, and posted it on the "Analysis" thread, because the only other time I've seen someone use Toolground was to be rude on PO/LMF. I'm glad to see this might be something else entirely. Smile

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redct
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yeah you're right... funnily enough that was one of my mottos back in university Smile

right now the only way anyone can help is to not think im mad and give me the benefit of the doubt, i dont know anyone besides Nate, Sara and Professor Stanford here and i dont know how much i can trust those people who were working here before i got here, you know? Telling mum and dad would be a huge no-no as they would only worry

as for those documents ive just updated my blog with a tiny bit of information i found from them and the letter head was the emblem of the British Armed Forces.

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Rob Kerfia <redctp> wrote:

Just because you think that they're out to get you doesn't mean they're not out to get you. Wink

Anyways... any way I can help? Also - you described those documents. Do you have anything else that you could possibly tell me about them? I think they might be a big part of this.



Interestingly enough... you can actually get a free email from http://britishforces.com/. So, it's legit.

What should I send to this "Colonel Finch"?
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Oriza
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 		I, too, got a reply:
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hello Alice

first i would like to thank you for responding so quickly i was worried that no-one would see the email and you are the first.

to be honest i am not quite sure why i sent the blog address out to people or in fact why i even encoded it... i have a strange feeling all isnt what it seems over at Chryo-pharmaceuticals and after finding what appear to be private documents i dont know what is being monitored and what isnt over at the work place or indeed from this laptop which was given to me as a "perk" of the job.

i must say that im beginning to think that my dream of becoming a bio-chemist or lab technician is turning into a nightmare in less than week! i guess i just need to know that there are people i can tell this to who wont automatically think i am insane... a select few if you will

i decided to show Nate the documents but he hasnt seen anything like it and was as confused as i am.

as far as Dr. Laker being killed im beginning to wonder if there was more going on in his life than i knew because as i blogged he seemed entirely focused and as happy as i had seen him in the three years of attending university.

i will understand if you are one of those who will think i am crazy and no longer wish to discuss this with me...


I wrote back, saying:
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No, no, I understand. I would be suspicious about my email being monitored if I was in your position too. Several of the others you sent it to are my friends, and we're trying to help.
Can you show me these documents? Perhaps we can help you with them. Speaking of which, Rob Kerfia (my friend) mentioned you found something with the documents regarding the British Armed Forces. Do you want us to send an email to them?
--Alice


EDIT: Also, new blog update:
Quote:
ok so its now 8 in the morning and I'm tired as hell but that's just because I have barely slept in the past two days.

This stuff with Dr. Laker is getting a little too intense, I spoke to mum again about half an hour ago and she told me that the police had found no sign of false entry into the house so it was looking more and more like suicide but, they also noticed that some of his paintings were trashed and a lot of his "papers" were missing.

Mrs. Laker said she thought they were our final project papers he had just finished grading and some of the second year students stuff but she also said there were some other work related things in with the files... It's making me wonder.

I also decided to take that piece of paper home that I found in Professor Stanford's office... Nothing out of the ordinary it looked like a load of numbers; binary probably but it had an email address and I worked out the name...

Colonel Finch... (colonelfinchSPLATbritishforces.com)

God knows what's going on, all I know is - this place isn't the small tidy Pharmaceuticals company I originally thought it would be...

Eh... Ok, got to be in work within the hour, Nate's probably already there although I didn't hear him getting up this morning. Spent the night with Bianca more than likely.

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fenceratschool
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 		Got another email:
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the doc's regarding the armed forces i do believe are the same ones i found whilst filing things away the other day... i told a couple of the others that im trying to find a way to scan the documents without bringing them to anyone elses attention...

I told Nate about them the other day but he didn't seem to know anything about it but I can't ask him now as he didnt turn up for work today, I suppose he's out with his "Girlfriend" (he has 3 of them haha) And Professor Stanford's still out of town although no-one seems to know where he is...

I'll try copying the binary later tonight and possibly posting it on my blog or I'll email one of you with it, if you're actually friends (how odd this is seeming again and again) you could maybe pass it on?


So if he gives me this binary (wherever it's coming from), I'll pass it on to you all.
Cheers!

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 		ok so we have characters emerging!!!

I assume that nate is a roomie and Bianca is one of the "girlfriends"

Also, i can't wait to see what HEX he has!!

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StoneHenge
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 		this is interesting

most of these ppl were already mentioned in the blog posts I'll quote the posts here in case some of you have been unable to see it.

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Saturday, 8 March 2008
First day on the job...

So... This - is - it!

A twenty-one year old University major of physics gets his shot in the "Good ol' U.S of A" and it's all thanks to my Professor back home, Dr. Laker.

Alright incase you've only just come across this blog and you're not familiar with who I am or didn't cross over from my whacky "college - daze" routines here's some tidbits about me.

My name's Richard Matthews, I'm 21 years old and I attended Oxford University in Oxford, England. I majored in Physics and Biochem' and Minored in English Literature. Upon handing in my final project on the kinetic stabilities of the Gd3+ complexes, Dr. Laker referred me to a friend of his over here, at "Chryo-pharmaceuticals" named Professor Michael Stanford (Some of you may have read his paper on Bcc+ Metaphysics? Although, I doubt it haha!)

Either which way I got struck on as an intern and well... Here I am! Mum and Dad were proud of me, I've got to tell you that! Nothing like my brother they said, well he did end up doing two years in Feltham young offenders, but that's another story for another time.

Right now, yes it's a Saturday but I've got to get 'inducted' somehow before the new week, right?!

Monday, 10 March 2008
Hmmm...

Ok so I'm not sure if it's just me or the bird I'm working with is checking me out... Hah! Nate thinks she's digging my accent but sometimes I just think it annoys her!

Oh ok... Let me start again. Nathaniel "Nate" Peterson is the guy whose job I basically took over and he became a 'Senior Intern' [enter quirky oooh comment here!] He and I get on good, practically live in the same apartment considering I got the job but no place to stay and only my air fare and whatever random student loans I had left to get me to this hot... Hot... Place!

But anyway so... Me and Nate are just checking on some files and whatnot, my first proper day on the job and I get a paper cut so I scream out "Oh bloody hell for the love of all that's fucking surreal!" And Sara McFie (the "bird") looks over at me and giggles. Big deal right? Right; except Nate tells me she also licked her lips when I wasn't looking - I think he's yankin my chain but I'll soon find out. Nate and his 'girlfriend' Bianca invited me out to some party next Saturday, I'm gonna invite her...

....Oh, on a sidenote I found some documents which I don't think I was supposed to see. They had some official looking letter heading, I was going to ask Nate about them but completely forgot and now I can't ask Professor Stanford because he's out of town. Oh well

Roll on Saturday!

Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Jesus!

Got some really bad news this morning... Mum woke me up at the crack of dawn, guess she forgot what time it was not that any of it matters now.

Turns out that the local police found Dr. Laker dead at his country home at around 8:15am GMT, looks like suicide...

I don't get it... The Doctor was such a nice guy, really cool and wasn't ever upset or stressed about anything.

I really cannot get my bloody head around this! I didn't go to work today and Nate and Sara tried to comfort me but, it was no good...

I need some sleep...

Before I do... I found another one of those documents in Professor Stanford's office, only this time I saw what looked to be a signature on it. Colonel something or other, couldn't quite make it out.

Thursday, 13 March 2008
Another day - another mystery.

ok so its now 8 in the morning and I'm tired as hell but that's just because I have barely slept in the past two days.

This stuff with Dr. Laker is getting a little too intense, I spoke to mum again about half an hour ago and she told me that the police had found no sign of false entry into the house so it was looking more and more like suicide but, they also noticed that some of his paintings were trashed and a lot of his "papers" were missing.

Mrs. Laker said she thought they were our final project papers he had just finished grading and some of the second year students stuff but she also said there were some other work related things in with the files... It's making me wonder.

I also decided to take that piece of paper home that I found in Professor Stanford's office... Nothing out of the ordinary it looked like a load of numbers; binary probably but it had an email address and I worked out the name...

Colonel Finch... (colonelfinchSPLATbritishforces.com)

God knows what's going on, all I know is - this place isn't the small tidy Pharmaceuticals company I originally thought it would be...

Eh... Ok, got to be in work within the hour, Nate's probably already there although I didn't hear him getting up this morning. Spent the night with Bianca more than likely.


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 		thank you so much for posting that!!! There was evidentally a lot of backstory to that I didn't know..


So, homegirl started licking her lips like a vampire??? There sure are alot of "vampire" and "alice" games out right now....

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