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**Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 9:39 am

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Esteed

This looks interesting. I've got work in a few so I can't dive right in, but I'll definitely be joining in on this one once I get back. Sadly I have no AIM access right now. Sad

**Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 12:08 pm

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Fishjp

Just wanted to let everyone know I will be jumping on this band wagon. It looks fun. Also put me in the "I thinki this is an AI " camp the "turing" gives it away in my opinion. (Of course I have stopped counting the number of times I have been wrong.)

**Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 12:23 pm

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Madhouse159 · Greenhorn Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 5

I'm in too, seems like quite a fun and (thus far) small first ARG.

*nervous looks*

**Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 12:56 pm

EnigmaFisk

I think we've overlooked something here gang.....when i decoded this last night i got this....

**Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 1:21 pm

GreenTara · Boot Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 69 Location: USA

I'm currently having a very strange convo with Providence...She's left some text letters in there all jumbled, I'm not sure how to decode since I've never really done this before...

**Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 1:53 pm

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petunia · Unfettered Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 616 Location: MS

Interesting... the Wiki article says the "Frisco" fine was $25, not $0.50. And she spells Emperor wrong, twice - on purpose? Did she ever get back to St. Patrick? (FWIW, I don't think you need to spoiler chat logs... and if you'd like to post the whole thing, it might be better to zip it... just MHO Smile

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Could the funky blog punctuation be Morse? I haven't really looked yet.

**Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 2:20 pm

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GreenTara · Boot Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 69 Location: USA

Okay, I wasn't for sure if I needed to spoiler that. ^.^ Now I know!

Anyway...here's the convo...it continued to be weird.

She completely avoided talking about Doctor Green at any point. and right when I started to use codes, she logged off. Anywho...She never got back to St. Patrick or Norton, after we first spoke about him.

I'm not sure if I uploaded the convo right...if someone wants to help?

Her response code was this:

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Sylvia · I Have No Life Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 2062

GreenTara, Welcome. To help you get started codeing, that's called a keyed vigenere. There are several places you can use to decode it but I used this one.

http://www.triplesix.co.uk/guessvigenere.html

Step 1) Copy the letters and paste them into the "Encrypted text:" area.

Step 2) Try different clues for a key if the guesser doesn't work, in this case the Key is:

GreenTara · Boot Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 69 Location: USA

Thanks!! I actually tried that, but I didn't know you had to put a key in that box to decode it...that's why I couldn't figure it out. ^.^ thanks a bunch...

**Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 2:30 pm

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amandel

Sylvia wrote

**Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 2:37 pm

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GreenTara · Boot Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 69 Location: USA

ack...you're right! she was! I feel so silly...I wish I would have known how to decode it then so I could have actually gotten somewhere with it. -.-' fail.

**Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 2:45 pm

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Madhouse159 · Greenhorn Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 5

I too had a short chat from which I received the same cypher text as Greentaara and..

**Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 2:46 pm

amandel

Green Tara--You did FAB. It'always easy to pick out a hint later cuz hindsight is 20/20. Was only mentioning that as it shows how sweet Providence is and more than abit frightened,I reckon.

EDIT: UPDATE from the About Me

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petunia · Unfettered Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 616 Location: MS

**Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 2:49 pm

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