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[Trailhead?] Mahkra Asylum / Kana Itsume?
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shylilembrace
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I have an explanation for Chio's lack of fingerprints, fingerprints and lip prints are gained by pressing against the womb, or something like that, so maybe she was never in a womb?
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Deus sent Page 3

shylilembrace wrote:
I have an explanation for Chio's lack of fingerprints, fingerprints and lip prints are gained by pressing against the womb, or something like that, so maybe she was never in a womb?
I love that explanation! I wonder if she has no lip prints as well heheheheeh weird!

-I asked Deus about the apartment bomb and if he was the possible target.
Deus wrote:
45 casualties. Pretty much everyone who lived there but me, since Chio had the sudden urge to go out on a midnight stroll.

Dunno who did it. The way it happened, it sounded like a suicide bombing, but... I dunno. There weren't any bodies found in the car.

I can't for the life of me think of why someone would be targeting me, but... Since the police station was taken out the exact same time with the exact same method...

Gah. I don't even want to think about that.


Drop Page 3 (Third Report): Deus confirmed there was supposed to be a third sheet. He sent me this link at Google Docs. Red Text & highlights are Deus' notes.:
PAGE 3.

End Note: Notes at the bottom of the doc says the girl is floating outside his window again and she is whispering something over & over. This is what Kana was repeating to the Doc from his first blog post:
Doc Heinrich wrote:
The police found her wandering around outside our humble little asylum, murmuring something along the lines of "Watashi wa dare?"

Watashi wa dare translated from Japanese= Who Am I? - Forgot that was already translated on Kana's Rolling Eyes patient file

EDIT1 @ Shy: This is funny, I wrote Deus asking if Chio is ever around when the floating chick shows up, asked where they live now that his apt is destroyed & threw in the "does Chio have lip prints" question:
Deus wrote:
I thought it sounded familiar... So, that's what Kana was saying?

Yeah, my apartment was totaled. Living with a friend down in Point Loma right now.

No, Chio's never been with me when the girl is floating around. She usually appears in the middle of the night, so everyone's asleep.

No, no lip prints. Weird. How did you know?

EDIT2: K sorry for the post being Britannica style but I don't want to stack: DEUS' BLOG updated and its strange (Chio is getting ambiguous)...
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I've been doing some more reading about the plot and characters in American McGee's Alice.

Here's the wikipedia description of the Mad Hatter in the game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_American_McGee%27s_Alice#The_Mad_Hatter

Konstantin is falling more and more into this description.

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yea, I was gonna mention that, he reminds me alot of the hatter, and Chio is getting more and more interesting. though I somehow missed where she came in XP
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The blogs of Amadeus and the doctor have been updated. More code on the doctor's.

The title is backwards, reads:
Quote:
God, I'm trapped


The first part has inverted letters, and reads:

Quote:
Oh, fate, that cruel, cruel, beast. It seems as if the fables have turned and I have landed myself my own room in the asylum. If I'm right, my room ought to be right next to dear Kana's. We've been communicating through the walls every day, although I can't say I've made much progress with her...


The next part looks like morse, but I haven't been able to translate it yet.

Quote:
"-.--.--- -..--.-. -..-..-- -..-..-- -..-.... --.-..-- --.----- -.--.-.. -..----. -..-...- -..----. --...... --.----- -.-.-.-- -..-.--- -..-.--. -...--.. --.----- -..-.--. -...--.. --.----- -.--.-.. -..-.... -..-...- -...--.. -...-.-- -..----. -..-...- -...-.-- -..-.--. -..-...- --.-...- --.----- -.---.-- -..-.... --.----- -....--. -..-.... -...-.-. --.----- -...--.- -..--.-. -..-..-. -..--.-. -..-..-. -..---.- -..--.-. -...--.- --.----- -..-..-. -..--.-. --......"
"-.--.--- -..-.... -...-... --.----- -..---.. -..----. -..-...- --.----- -.--.--. --.----- -..--..- -..-.... -...--.- -..--... -..--.-. -...-.-- --.-..-- --.----- -....--. -..-.... -...-.-. --.----- -..---.- -..----. -...--.. -...-.-- -..----. -...--.- -..--.-- --...... --.----- -.-..--. -..-.... -...-.-. --.----- -...-.-- -..-.... -...--.- -...-.-- -...-.-. -...--.- -..--.-. -..--.-- --.----- -..-..-. -..--.-. --.-..-- --.----- -....--. -..-.... -...-.-. --.----- -..-.-.. -..--.-. -...---- -...-.-- --.----- -..-..-. -..--.-. --.----- -..-..-- -..-.... -..---.. -..-.-.. -..--.-. -..--.-- --.----- -..-.--. -..-...- --.----- -..-.--- -..--.-. -...--.- -..--.-. --.-..-- --.----- -....--. -..-.... -...-.-."
"-.-----. -..-..-- -...--.- -..-.--. -..--... -..-.--- -...-.-- --.-..-- --.----- -.--.--. --.----- -..--... -..--.-. -...-.-- --.----- -..-.--. -...-.-- --.-...- --.----- -.-.---- -..-..-- -..--.-. -..----. -...--.. -..--.-. --.----- -..--..- -..-.... -...--.- -..--... -..-.--. -...-..- -..--.-. --.----- -..-..-. -..--.-. --.-...-"
"-.--...- -..-.... --.-...-"


The last bit is more inverted letters, and reads:

Quote:
No? But...
Kana...


So, the middle part is presumably their communication.


Edit: Middle part now solved. It's binary, with - in the place of 0, and . in the place of 1. I wrote a program to convert the characters (saving time) and translated it.

Quote:
"Hello, Kana? This is Konstantin. Do you remember me?"

"How can I forget, you bastard? You tortured me, you kept me locked in here, you"

"Alright, I get it. Please forgive me."

"No."


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shylilembrace
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Nice work ^^ no need to write a new program though, wordpad has a find and replace <.< find - replace with 0 find . replace with one.
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Hm, never knew that.

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Quote:
Her hair, black and foaming, like foam from my mouth.
Her eyes, dark and empty, like staring down a well
Her gaze, cold and eternally judging
Her sanity... falling, bringing me with her.


I got a reply from Konstantin.
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Another reply from Konstantin

I asked Doctor K if he was ok and if I could help.
Doctor K wrote:
ʇɹɐddǝp ʇɹɐddǝp ʇɹɐddǝp

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Sorry for the formatting, that is how it had to be written to be understood Confused
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It's morse: single inverted words are "." and plural words are "-", double spaces=letters and "/" =words. Translates to:
KANA REFUSES TO COOPERATE

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Shocked

Nice work! I'd have just assumed he was raving.

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Doctor's blog updated.

Amadeus's blog updated.

Okay, I suspect that Amadeus is the dead friend, and that Chio is now using his blog. Sent to her:

Quote:
Chio, is that you? Are you receiving this?


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Looks like the game is resuming.

Who is reading this? I'm starting to get lonely. Sad

I got a reply (just before the hiatus actually):

Quote:
No, this is Amadeus. Always has been.


Plus, a new post on Amadeus's blog

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Quote:
It's binary, with - in the place of 0, and . in the place of 1. I wrote a program to convert the characters (saving time) and translated it.


You know, you could just load it in to Notepad and do a "Search & Replace...". But I applaud the programming effort, at least. Smile
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Twiler wrote:
Who is reading this? I'm starting to get lonely. Sad

I got a reply (just before the hiatus actually):

Hi Twiler, I went on a 14 day hiatus hehe and just noticed this email I received from Doctor K on 22-DEC. Oh, I'm now reading this, but feeling kinda dumb after such a long time away Wink
Doctor Konstantin on 22-DEC wrote:
Abscond, avoid, bail out, bolt, burst out, circuMvent, cut AnD run, cut loosE, decamp, depart, desert, disappear, dodge, doUble, duck out, elope, elude, emerge, evade, flee, fly, fly the coop, get away with, get off, go Scot-free, leave, make getaway, make off, make oneself scarce, pass, play hooky, RUN, RUN AWAY, RUN OFF, run out on, sHun, skip, slip, slip away, stEal away, take a powdeR, takE flight, dUCk, tAke oN the lam, VANISH, work out of, wriggle out
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Not a huge spoil alert but here it is. All the caps on the email spell out:

AMADEUS RUN, RUN AWAY, RUN OFF, HERE U CAN VANISH


EDIT1: DEUS' Blog updated. Here's a quick ref for the book he mentions: HOUSE OF LEAVES
-Has anyone mentioned to Deus that the floater could be his bro? [Spec]- I wonder what Deus would find at the Asylum if he went there & poked around? Strange because the doc coded to me the whole "AMADEUS RUN" thing, but if he is the floating chick, why is he saying
Floating Girl wrote:
"Why have you forgotten me?" with tears in her eyes
Makes me think if Deus went to the asylum, he may end up getting himself locked up as well Dunno

EDIT2: The above quote also reminds me of the letters in THE VIDEO that spell out:
Cell24601.wmv wrote:
Where did you go? Why did you leave me? I hate you


EDIT3:
I sent an email to Deus asking if he thinks the floater is related to his bro & I backed that up telling him my source received the "Amadeus Run" message. I also asked him how he got the book House of Leaves and some other stuff. I was kinda surprised when Chio answered as follows.
Chio via Deus' email account wrote:
Hello! Chio here! Amadeus is in the bathroom (as always...) right now, but I gave him your message! ^________^

First off, he says "Thanks for worrying about me... I... Well, to say I'll be fine is a total lie, but...

Gah. I forgot what I was going to say."

Regarding his brother's message... "'Here U can vanish'? Is he calling me back to Mahkra?"

And, lastly, regarding the book "Dunno. Just found it lying around the house, and started reading it. Guess my friend was reading it too before he died."

And... That's all, I think!

Take care!
-Chio

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Chio Answered Deus' email again...
What should we tell them to do???

Sorry for the double post, I bumped this post up for collective feedback.

-Summary of convo: Regarding his bro's message (to run), Deus asked me
Dues wrote:
Is he calling me back to Mahkra?
Psysop wrote:
What the floating girl is saying differs from what Kon is conveying in the coded message. IE: The floater is saying ""Why have you forgotten me?", while Kon is coding messages stating stuff like "AMADEUS RUN, RUN AWAY, RUN OFF, HERE U CAN VANISH".

So based on that, at this point I dont know whats going on. On some level it appears Kon is requesting that you run for your life/sanity? On a separate level, the floating girl appears to know you (or have some unknown history with you) and could possibly be asking for help & / or is requesting that you dont leave and continue searching etc.

Then Chio answered Deus' mail with
Chio via Deus' email wrote:
Hello again! ^_________^

Ammy-kun isn't responding when I knock on the door anymore. I hope he's okay :/

I think... I think I'm going to try to convince Ammy-kun to bring us back to Mahkra. All we're doing here is hiding from... I don't even know what we're hiding from anymore :/ Anyway, best way to deal with your fears is to face them, right? ^__________^

That, and Ammy-kun's brother really DOES sound like he's calling us back, too. If he's having dreams like that... Maybe he knows something we don't? I think we should talk to him.

What do you think, good idea?

~Chio

Any thoughts on if we should say YES or NO to them going to Mahkra?
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