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Brave777
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 		Okay, so I've been following and am going to jump in. I'm going to review tomorrow afternoon and try to make some kind of tentitive or floating map.

So far the only contestant unaccounted for is Diane Vail.

So where do we go from here? We need to try and get them all together right? Lance finding the key taped under the chair seems to be a good indicator that there may be other clues or ways of changing their enviorment. It sounds like the now unavailable website may be a clue that opens up later.

I guess we could ask them all the search for keys.
Does the kitchen have food?
Are we supposed to keep them alive, develope the story line(mast3r?), or get them out of the house? Whats our focus?

What fun! (Sorry if any of my raving don't make sense or are n00bish; I'm just getting into ARGing! Smile

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Merago
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 		I got the trailhead email for this but I didn't get a chance to check my emails this morning so just noticed it. And, wow, 5 pages on it already! Smile I'm in if there's still room for one more, just got to catch up with the thread.

EDIT: Before I checked in here I replied to Lance's email, just asking for a bit more info and about how many players there were. I know we've already worked this out earlier in the thread, but for completeness' sake, here's the reply:-

Lance wrote:
Six of us, although... I'm not so sure it's a game anymore.


Sounds like Lance is beginning to get a bit nervy. I've tried to calm his nerves a bit by saying that I'm sure it's all part of the game. I also asked him if any of the downstairs windows were unlocked. I find it ominous that Lance is out in the mansion on his own.
I wonder if the contestants know each other's email addresses?
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degravedi
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 		First, some tamer responses:
Laura wrote:
Um the bedroom's locked; It gets locked every evening and considering I've just woken up I'm assuming it's because it's evening time. I mean we have access to the toilet and whatnot during the night. I had two bottled beers and then went to bed, didn't pass out just drifted off to sleep?
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Is it usual that Shawn is in the same room with you when you're both sleeping? And I know this sounds really silly, but might you humor me and search around the room a little and tell me if you find anything unusual?

You see, Lance woke up locked in a room he didn't recognize and the found a key to allow him out taped under a chair. Maria also woke in the kitchen when the last thing she remembers is heading for her bedroom. It all seems a bit strange.

Add in that no one has heard anything from The Mast3r nor been given any food, and your situation seems a bit worrisome at the least.
Laura wrote:
The last bit, I'd agree to but as for anything strange? Nope not really, except the condoms it seems Ricky bought in; like he'd pull, he looks like a younger, not so good looking Bill Gates. Poor kid, I feel sorry for him...

As for the usualness of us both sleeping here? Yes, we all share the same room lol. I take it you're not a specific Big Brother fan eh? (I'm just basing this off of BB as it seems to be the BBC's version).


degravedi wrote:
Sorry to ask, it's just that Lance, Laura, and Shawn all woke up locked in some room or other. There really seems to be something strange going on. So if you notice something out of the ordinary, no matter how insignificant, it might be of great help.

Can you see out of the door to the garden? Specifically, can you see anywhere out to the world beyond, like a street, etc? Also, are you able to contact the Mast3r and if so would you be willing to try? And what are the "sleeping blinds", are you unable to open them?
Maria wrote:
Blinds lock automatically at night and reopen in the day, they're through double-paned glass. Both for the bedroom and the garden. Nothing really out of the ordinary there. I've pressed the Confession Booth button several times but no answer has come. Weird is right but I'm more concerned for those outside the house if I'm going to be perfectly honest. They're the ones being unresponsive.


And it hits the fan...I got a response from Diane.
Diane wrote:
Oh... My God! The guys in the house are still alive??? There's nobody out here! Who is this??

I was able to get through the back wall on Saturday night when it all started, whatever "it" might have been! Where the cameras run and look through the two way mirrors?! I went through an emergency exit, busted through the parking lot doors and over the metal gates. No-one would come when I yelled, everything was going insane!!

But... There's no-one out here in the studios, no-one out here in the streets... It's, deserted?

I'm fucking scared.
degravedi wrote:
Diane, it's very good to hear from you. I'm sorry for the situation you're in but please try to remain calm. My name is Devasa and myself and a number of others have been talking to the other participants since they realized that something was off. There are quite a number of us trying to help and I think more are joining in all the time.

So first, what happened? What is it that made you run / what do you mean everything went insane? There's absolutely no one outside? Are there any vacated cars or other signs of an emergency? Where are you right now?

And is there any way that you might get back to the Lif3 set and open the buildings? You see, from what I can tell, the others are still trapped inside.

Please, stay safe above all else.

I also forwarded Diane's message to all of the others:
degravedi wrote:
I'm sending this message to all of you. I just had contact from Diane that you all need to hear, below. I urge you to remain calm. I have asked Diane if she could return to the buildings and attempt to open them, but it would be a good idea if you all also started trying to find some way out. Until then, myself and the others you've been in contact with will continue to help in any capacity that we can.

So maybe it is related to Dead Set? Even if the show is over, it could still be a fan game. Guess it's time for me to start working harder on finding a proper UK proxy so I can watch the friggin show on channel4.com. Pssh, should have known that BitTorrent would get it done faster.

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Brave777
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 		Holy Swiss Cheese Batman! Now its getting fun.

Friends still trapped.
Diane contacted.
Abandoned city/country/WORLD??? (well, other than us of course)

Hmm.. I'm not sure that map of the houses is needed any more. Unless someone disagrees, I'll save my energy.
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Brave777 wrote:
Hmm.. I'm not sure that map of the houses is needed any more. Unless someone disagrees, I'll save my energy.

Until we know more, it might just be a waste of time. Of course, it could indeed be zombies and Diane could get bumped off before she's able to release the others. Laughing

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 		Lol, zombies would be fun. I think Diane'll be ok. She has to help free the others. But... if they all get out and into the street.. how are we going to communicate? Have them rob a cellular store and text? That'd be awesome! The store could conveniently be a *COspUonGHsor* Wink

EDIT: What did Diane's email end up being?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:57 am
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 		If Diane's in the studios, she may be able to access the controls for some of the systems in the house, like the blinds and the door to the confession room (and maybe even some of the other locked doors).
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Brave777
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 		But she's outside right? Maybe she can get back into a 'control' room and help after investigating her surroundings.
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 		Got another email from Lance:-

Lance wrote:
Well Merago at first, I thought maybe they were having a laugh with us... Then I thought maybe somehow my pal Robbie Sheppard who I'd gone to the auditions with originally (he didn't get in) Had maybe been in collusion w/ the Production company to trick me or something and now... Now I don't know what the hell's going on.

The house seems to be 'haunted' or some such shit. But, that won't explain the world outside becoming desolate?!


I'm going to email him to find out why he thinks the house is haunted.
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 		This is starting to sound like 28 Days Later....

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Brave777 wrote:
EDIT: What did Diane's email end up being?

dian3.vailSPLATgooglemail.com

And man, this game just keeps getting cooler and cooler..
Diane wrote:
I, I don't know to be honest... We were drinking, talking, laughing; sharing information on one another you know the whole kind of getting to know each other thing. And then Ricky said he heard something, something which 'didn't sound right' coming from the toilet/shower area.

Then we could have sworn that we saw lights going on and off at intervals in the adjecent mansion over from the Lif3-House. We tried telling The Mast3r, or anyone who would listen out in the production line but we never got called to the diary room. We assumed someone was breaking in! And then, then it all kicked off!

Lance went out into the garden to go have a look, Laura and Shawn at this point had already decided it was imagination and headed to bed... Then it all really kicked off! Things actually began moving! Of their own accord; walls began banging there was scratching noises... Maria said it was typical 'Poltergiest' activity? I laughed it off at first; thought maybe it was part of the whole scenario of the show you know?

But then I felt like I was being thrown against a wall! Held against it, I was terrified... Everyone else looked as though they were trying to defend themselves against something, something odd. And, that's when I broke out and I didn't look back - I was screaming for somebody, ANYBODY in the runs to help me, cameraman, sound man, producer, anybody! But nobody came and now...

Now I'm sitting inside a deserted "P.C World" Store, using a laptop and some kind of wireless capability.
degravedi wrote:
Dear god! I'm not sure that I exactly know how to react to that. I've always halfheartedly believed in the possibility of ghosts but I certainly never expected to hear about one throwing people around!

Considering what you've gone through, I really hate asking you to do this, but I really do think the others need your help if they're going to get out of Lif3-house. It would probably be good for you too; traveling in a group is always the best option, certainly if you're going to try and find where everyone else has disappeared to! It might be a good idea to filch some more laptops and other items from the store too.

You obviously have a good survival instinct to have gotten out when you did, so make sure to keep using it! No matter what you decide, be careful.


Lance wrote:
Oh shit I remember now!

I went to investigate the "hallucinations" Ricky and I said the girls were having about there being someone here, in the mansion... They kept telling me I'd get into trouble and at one stage I heard The Mast3r asking me to return back to the Lif3 House. But, I tried the mansion doorknob and it opened.

I went in and the door shut behind me and it fucking latched! Oh shit, who the hell am I in this place with!? - I ran to the conservatory and locked the door, I was half drunk, half scared shitless! But, I must have locked it and hid the key because I figured I'd be safe if I just stayed there, 'til daylight.

So wait, Diane's out of the Lif3-House totally? She says it's abandoned outside?? WTF is going on, D?
degravedi wrote:
Right now, I have no idea Lance. But I swear that I will find out.

As for who you might be in the mansion with, I can't tell you that either. Everyone else but Diane is still in the Lif3-house. Diane said that everyone there was attacked by something they couldn't see and that's when she ran. Did you experience anything similar? If not, you're probably safer than they are!

So just keep calm and continue trying to take a look around okay? There's got to be some way out of there!

So, I think I'm abandoning the zombie idea for now.
[spec] Now, I'd bet that all of them are already dead and the reason there's no one around is because the dead can't see the living..[/spec]

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degravedi wrote:
there's no one around is because the dead can't see the living..[/spec]

u mean like in "The Others"? They are the ghosts, not the other way around?
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Lairosiel wrote:
degravedi wrote:
there's no one around is because the dead can't see the living..[/spec]

u mean like in "The Others"? They are the ghosts, not the other way around?


ghosts can't use the internet.

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dposse wrote:
ghosts can't use the internet.


...Or can they?
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Brave777 wrote:
dposse wrote:
ghosts can't use the internet.


...Or can they?


can ghosts get wasted?

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