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[Trailhead?] Lif3
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Carlito
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 		Jumping in
I've been following this since it started. I emailed Lance yesterday asking about the locks on his doors, he said that they are all electric. I don't know if it can help. He also gave me a description of the room he is in:

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Me: Lance,
I'm with the other, I'm trying to help you too. My name is Carlito, I live in the United States. I am familiar with that type of show. I would like for you to describe the room you are in right now the best possible way. Also if you can access any other rooms, tell me.

Lance: What's up, Carlito? Thanks for the assistance bro!

Okay. The room is like someone's study room or a conservatory. One desk, open drawers which are empty. Red carpeting, not able to peel it up, white walls nothing hidden... Two cameras which are working but not moving w/ me. Door leads to a reception type area with several doors, two staircases one up, one down. Same setting on both floors, as mine. - No other door unlocks except a bedroom on top floor, where I've been sleeping.

Me: any windows? try removing the drawers from the desk, see if you find anything inside. Also in the bedroom, try removing the mattress, check your pillow. see if you can find anything out of the ordinary. Also, do the doors have keyholes?

Lance: No keyholes. It's all electronic... I heard an Aeroplane outside, I'm sure I did!



I hope that any of this might help.

About sector XII, I've heard about a different sector... i cant remember exactly but ironically it was a show on BBC. It was a military show, it was titled "Sector ____", maybe on bbc terms this means military related.

PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:40 am
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tallerbird
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 		Lance keeps on mentioning the plane and Diane keep talking about maps. I think we are supposed to figure out where the Lif3 house is from the clues they give us. I would have thought Diane would know where it was but that doesn't seem to be the case.

One of the guys in the house said he heard big ben. You can only hear big ben within 4.5 miles of the clock (depending on wind direction and stuff). Lance is hearing planes. Heathrow airport is the closest airport to that area. Ealing and White city are in between Heathrow and Big Ben.

It would be quite hard to narrow down the location without more info. Maybe we can ask Diane if she passed any landmarks when she left the house.

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coll1979
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 		okay ther are new pics on the facebook group

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Merago
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 		Chatting with Robbie now. Anything anyone wants to ask or request?

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Robbie has been around London, quite significantly in the past 24. Keys left in cars are amazing things.
4:42pmMartin

Heya Robbie

4:47pmRobbie

Hi sorry. Went to the shop next door, needed some liquid.

4:47pmMartin

No worries. I take it there's still been no sign of anyone?

4:48pmRobbie

No... I've been keeping tabs on that girls blog though

4:48pmMartin

I think she's headed in your direction

She's understandably a little nervous about meeting up with you

I guess you're probably the same

4:48pmRobbie

Well yeah, two fold though. One she's someone I have no idea about; and two, she's that 'chick off TV' so...

Heh, just trying to keep the mood light.

4:49pmMartin

Haha

It's the best way Robbie. I think I'd go mad if I didn't try to keep things light hearted in your position

So you found a car with some keys in it?

4:50pmRobbie

Yeah well, as I told Brave77 (I think?) yesterday. I have food and liquid nearby and I stole the whole rack of fags from the local shop so.

Yeah, shitty little Ford "K.A" But it runs

4:50pmMartin

That's the main thing

Diane has had no luck finding any cars with their keys in them

Even ones that look like they were abandoned, or whatever the hell happened

4:51pmRobbie

Yeah I read her post about it, that is odd. Maybe she just don't want to admit she can't drive or something? lol.

4:51pmMartin

lol

Things are getting spookier, if that's possible

Lance has sent a few emails out which have had coded messages in them

...they don't look like they were put in there by Lance

The messages claim to come from a "Sector XII" whatever/whoever that is

4:53pmRobbie

Yeah someone called Claire just mentioned the same thing. As did someone in the group, I've never heard of them/it.

4:54pmMartin

Neither have we, but the messages are ominous

Here's one of them:-

"London was only the first. This gets bigger; and higher, than any of you could dream. - Regards. Sector XII."

And another:-

"listen to us and listen closely. You are all in mortal danger. We will contact you, when the time is right. - Regards. Sector XII. "

And the only other one we know of says:-

"There are things going on, which none of you, whether inside or outside, know about! Stay where you are and be calm. - Regards. Sector XII. "

Creepy

4:57pmRobbie

Freaky stuff...

4:58pmMartin

Yeah

5:03pmMartin

Robbie, can you remember anything about when all this wierdness happened? Speciifically, were you aware of anything going on around you or did you just wake up and everyone was gone?

5:03pmRobbie

Was sitting here, well at home. Watching Lif3; cheering on Lance as it seemed him and Maria or whatever her name was, were getting "close". Flirty, you know?

Then everyone began to go mental, like kung-fu mental as if they were wrestling each other or something... Only, they weren't near each other. - Lance disappeared and I was like 'wtf?!'

5:04pmMartin

Lance disappeared? You mean left or just vanihsed?

5:04pmRobbie

Got on the phone to the BBC, but the lines were busy as heck, guessing I'm not the only one who saw all the BS going on... The next thing I remember was, it seemed dead quiet, calm...

Oh he left, walked into the garden.

5:05pmMartin

*ndos* That tallies up with what he remembers

We're trying to work out why you seem to have stayed when, as far as we can tell, everyone else, except those in the house, have vanished

5:05pmRobbie

But that's when I lost all channels, not just "Lif3" or the Beeb.

Everything went to static; the phone line disconnected, I just figured I had a power outage and went to bed.

5:06pmMartin

And, you are occasionally getting feeds from the Lif3-house?

These feeds wouldn't coincide with the times when the program would normally be on would they?

5:07pmRobbie

The show was broadcast consistently through the sky TV / Virgin Media cable's "interactive" red button on the remote.

But hey listen as I just told Claire, Diane has a new blog entry.

She's in Ealing Common, the tube station. I'm going to go meet her.

5:07pmMartin

Good luck!

Check in with us when you've gotten together

This is progress

5:08pmRobbie

I will do... Someone will have to somehow let her know I'm coming I REALLY Don't want to freak her out.

5:08pmMartin

I'll let her know

5:08pmRobbie

ty

5:08pmMartin

No problem

5:08pmRobbie

Will come back once I've established contact.

5:08pmMartin

Bye


(I'm Martin - obviously Smile )
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 		New post from Robbie
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Alright let me try and go through all comments and questions. Lance is fine? That's great news! What about the other guys in the house, though?? Sector XII? Never heard the name, is that some Tom Clancy game or something?

I moved away from the house, I'm now sitting at the reception of the BBC in White City...


Then i had a little chat with him
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4:10pmClaire
Hi Robbie. how are things in london
4:47pmRobbie
Hi sorry. Went to the shop next door, needed some liquid.
... Same as ever, quiet.
4:48pmClaire
i heard from diane that she is on her way to white city now
you should probably meet up with her
4:48pmRobbie
Yeah she is... She needs to make it to the BBC Center.
4:48pmClaire
ok. i will pass that on to her
have you heard or seen any planes?
4:49pmRobbie
Planes? Nope, nothing at all. Thought @ one stage I was hearing shrieks; turns out the pigeons are as freaked as I am.
4:50pmClaire
Lance said he could hear a plane. It's a bit strange if London is empty but there are still planes flying
4:51pmRobbie
Well, Lance loves planes, maybe he just hoped there was one? I've not heard one at all.
4:52pmClaire
We have been getting some messages hidden in Lance's email from a group calling themselves Sector XII
Does that name ring a bell?
4:53pmRobbie
No I was asked that on the group wall... Never heard of them or it.
4:54pmClaire
We can't find anything on them yet but i'm sure they will contact us again
are you up for going to the Lif3 house with Diane?
4:57pmRobbie
Um, no-one has mentioned going to the house... At least not to me. I was just informed to stay put until she found me.
4:59pmClaire
I think her plan was to go back to the house to help the others. It would be better if she had some company
just in case she needs help
5:06pmRobbie
But, I just read Diane's blog... She has a new entry, she's @ Ealing Common tube. I'm going to jump in the car and go meet her, it's no too far. (I found the keys btw, all explained in my status).
5:08pmClaire
ok. good plan
5:08pmRobbie
Someone needs to inform her, I'm coming.
Claire
ok. i will let her know. stay safe
5:08pmRobbie
ty. Will come back once contact is made w/ Diane.


New post from Diane
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Moving on up, moving on out, moving on up... Nothing can stop me!

I believe that's a song by M-People? Not sure though... Anyway I'm now sitting in the ticket office, well *a* ticket office, in Ealing Common tube station (that's subway for you guys in the U.S) - Nothing doing here, either. Noticed a couple of stray dogs, some I've had to steer well clear of, as they seemed quite annoyed, to say the least... White City shouldn't be too far now.

To answer a question in my previous post, never heard of Sector XII in my life? And also about Trafalger Sq? I'm not sure if it's near the house or not... We were never given a general location; I just know it's one of the main 'tourist' areas here in London, therefore there'll be several hotels nearby to maybe shelter in good and proper.


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 		Carlito, did you check the email from Lance for hex? It seems like whenever he says something like "I heard an airplane, I'm sure I did" there is a string of code. Just a random idea.
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 		Can anyone list all the hotels in London and see if any of them are within the area we believe the house to be at? ie, with 4.5 miles of Big Ben?

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 		http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS228US236&um=
1&ie=UTF-8&q=hotels+near+big+ben&fb=1&view=text&sa=X&oi=local_
group&resnum=1&ct=more-results&cd=1

there are lots.
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Carlito
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 		yes i checked for hex, nothing appeared. sorry

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Pythagoras
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 		Somebody already asked if there are any air funnels/fences in the wall? Such a big house should be ventilated right? Just my two cents, Wink

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 		Locating the House
Just a thought: White city is about 4.5 miles from Big Ben if you follow a straight line running just north of east, at the outer bounds of the audible range. Ealing is about 3.5 miles beyond white city if you continue in the same direction (north of east.) That means that White City is pretty much the closest point to Ealing that is still within earshot of Big Ben. It can't be said with any certainty, but that leads me to believe the house might be in or near white city. I know Lance said otherwise, but is he *sure*?

Perhaps if we knew how long Diane traveled on that first night before she got to Ealing we could better determine where exactly the house is.

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coll1979
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 		all gone a bit quiet now

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dposse
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coll1979 wrote:
all gone a bit quiet now


didn't someone say that last night right before i posted that email that started this "sector XII" hunt?

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 		he he most probably

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 		Okay, taking the 4.5 mile thing and given our scant clues so far, here's my guess as to the location. Darker shaded = more likely. Map at http://skitch.com/redct/5qjs/picture-1
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