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[Trailhead] Murcheson Expedition
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Jacobo2006
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 		Alright this is jakexanatomy.
He sent me an email saying if I knew anyone that would want it he would send it to me.
I thought I could find someone, but I couldn't so how do I know if it needs to get to Rachel?
johnharrimanSPLATrocketmail.com
Thats the email it was from.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:32 pm
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magnet0
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 		So Mr. Harriman sent you the journal. Perhaps you are supposed to update the wiki with the information that you have. I know Rachel feels that the Murcheson Journal is her birthright, but I don't think that she would be too interested in the Harriman journal.

The Murdocks appear very interested in the Harriman journal. Perhaps a deal can be made with them. If the Murdocks get hold of BOTH the Murcheson AND Harriman journals...
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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		Murdocks have at least the first 8 pages of the Harriman Journal as that's what they had me forward on to Illinois.
And one of the "Johns" (Harriman, I presume) has the whole thing per the Harriman wiki)

I'm getting confused, also.
All of my gmail contact with any of the entities via chat or email want to roll up into a single contact entity.

We could use the wiki to fill-in our program a little, but since it's IG, we don't know who should see who on it.

As far as characters, we have: ("*" denotes an expedition member)

*Sir William Murcheson
Raul Murcheson (William's illigitimate? son)
Rachel Murcheson (William's daughter)
Rachel's sister

*Richard Harriman
John Harriman (Richard's younger brother)

John (JP) Murdock (Rachel's black-ops agent?)
Roger Murdock (son? of John Murdock)
other Son(s) of Murdock?

Other Expedition members:
*John "Tintin" Sturdevant (Journalist)
*Legerdemain (Chief Guide)
*Col. Edwards (Not introduced, yet or not part of this game)
*Dr. Jones (Not introduced, yet or not part of this game)
*Tahar Bindu (Sole? survivor of the expedition)
*Caraco (Guide/Sherpa)

Supporting roles:
At the port on departure;
Professor Tarragon
Professor Sanders-Hardiman
Professor Reedbuck
(John Harriman was there also).

Misc;
Charles S. Candler (London expedition Outfitter)
Police official in Ajembukan
Rumbaba Arumbaya (Farmer who found single page of Murcheson Journal)
"Ridgewell" (Local. Named for someone on the Carter Expedition. Found another page of the Murcheson Journal for June 15-16 [The stuff alreadu on the wiki] [My bad. The Harriman pages for June 15-16 are on the wiki.])
Dr. Kurt Lindermann (Professor of Linguistics working on decoding of the "runes".)
Papa Rastapopolous (Greek mountain climber who found Harriman's body and Journal)
Georges Remi (Received Journal from Rastapopolous on his death)

Who am I missing?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:07 pm
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 		I've just been lurking this, and not very religiously, but I got the following email a couple hours ago...
Quote:

from murchesonSPLATmailinator.com
to john.murdock@rocketmail.com
date Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 4:56 PM (GMT-10)
subject excerpt from the "murcheson expedition guide"

it's not an ap-ple but a part,
solve it to play a crucial part,
of this, a many parted art,
not for you alone, will it start.
------------------------------------
that which was lost,
will soon be known.
a man who was past,
a learn-ed man.

by joining, by writing,
What I know Is, and clues
in toto by writing
in that which is diffuse.

from "The Murcheson Expedition Guide" p.14

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Boomer52
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 		Okay, I haven't really been following this thread so just ignore me if this has come up before. I got a message on Facebook from someone named Collin Enger. The title is d0wn_7h3_r4661t_h0L3 (no spoiler because it's obvious: down the rabbit hole), and all that was in the message was "murcheson.wordpress.com". The site is pretty much bare, with only one, highly uninformative entry. Since the site was so bare and I recieved the message a whopping 15 mins ago, I assumed this was a new ARG, so imagine my surprise to find there is already a six page thread about it! The guy's profile pic is a number 12 and the word "tone". Again, sorry if this has already been posted, but it just seemed so random that I wanted to see what was going on.

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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		New email from JP Murdock.

Looks like we're doing some recruiting, now.

As the intended recipient likely knows how to handle this, I'm going to play along.

Quote:
from john murdock <jmurdock>
to rogi.ocnorb@gmail.com
cc john.murdock@rocketmail.com
date Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:04 AM
subject New Employee of JP Murdock
mailed-by gmail.com

Quote:
Your first assignment as a new employee of the firm is to send an email to: <<Redacted>>

1) cc us
2) Subject should read: "JP Murdock & Sons"
3) Body of email should read:

You have been selected as a potential candidate to work at this firm. Please go to our web site (jpmurdock.tripod.com) and fill out a preliminary application for employment. If we contact you within 3 weeks, you passed our initial screening process.

--JP Murdock

That's it, we will send you the new employee's guide under separate cover.

-- JP Murdock


ETA: Decided to check some of the old resources and sent in the answers to the questions on the registration page.
Shortly thereafter I got this in reply:
Quote:
from The Murcheson Guide <vzer3sd8>
to Rogi Ocnorb <rogi>
date Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:31 AM
subject Re:
mailed-by verizon.net
Quote:
At 02:22 PM 2/26/2009, you wrote:

themis
Tiber Creek or Union Station (depending on who you ask)

No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.3/1973 - Release Date: 02/26/09 07:03:00


you got it. but did you get this?

it's not an ap-ple but a part,
solve it to play a crucial part,
of this, a many parted art,
not for you alone, will it start.
------------------------------------
that which was lost,
will soon be known.
a man who was past,
a learn-ed man.

by joining, by writing,
What I know Is, and clues
in toto by writing
in that which is diffuse.

from "The Murcheson Expedition Guide" p.14

A hint by any other name,
folks whose only claim,
to everlasting fame,
balk at something so lame?
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzer3sd8/pwd.html

http://wikispaces.com/

The Murcheson Guide


So, yeah... I've seen the riddle and have no idea what it alludes to.
But playing around on the linked page (With several hidden links, many of which don't work. But don't worry, I'll get to that.)
Entering the password, "!4UAlone" takes you to http://mysite.verizon.net/vzer3sd8/!4UAlone.html
Quote:
[Transmission from Agent 87 as follows]
06 01 09
I've been able to penetrate the group by pretending I am one of them. I didn't have much luck trying to buy the journal, I'm coming up with nothing, just obfuscation after obfuscation. This is a hard nut to crack. But I did learn something, [garbled] journal that Harriman [garbled].

It took me all of 30 seconds to find the passwords, which I entered and came up with a big fat zero, I suspect he made it easy on purpose to suck us in. I asked again about the journal today through YahooIM and was directed to - http://jpmurdock.tripod.com/.

It's appears as if Raul doesn't want to sell it at all (or he simply doesn't have it). But wants us to be distracted by his journal offers while [garbled] is going on. I'll continue to play the 'lurker' role, and wait to see if anyone else figures out anything.

14 01 09
I'm leaving Djahar tomorrow for D.C. I will look into JP Murdock and Sons and their relationship with Raul M. I found out that they sent an original page of the journal to Jeff ___________ in the DC area. I recommend that the client contact that person immediately to claim her rights to it (and there's a paper trail of her doing it).

21 01 09
I have looked into JP Murdock and Sons. I recommend our client work with that firm, it's the only game in town, and we haven't the resources nor the contacts to do anything here in the U.S.

I don't have any more information about Raul, but he still has to go through a mediator. Perhaps he's already found one in JP Murdock and Sons, that would be ironic. I have a feeling that they guard their secrets well there, like the right hand hasn't a clue what the left hand is doing. I tried, unsuccessfully, to penetrate their firewall, I don't think I was detected.

I have also discovered that he does indeed have the Murcheson journal fragments, that resided in the Ministry of Djahar.

28 01 09
Now the U.S. government is involved, I don't know how deeply. But given all the chatter back and forth with Raul and Rachel, I think they know and could guess the rest! How should I proceed?
[End Transmission.]

That page has what appears to be a failing redirect to:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzer3sd8/hot.html
Quote:
HQ/CINCPAC Transmission: Double Plus Secret
To: All agents in the field
From: HQ
Begin Transmission

26.January 2009
The Murcheson journal was discovered on a server in the Cayman Islands, put there by a person named "RMM". The account was traced (with great difficulty) back to Roger M. Murdock. Await further instructions until we try to establish communications with J.P. Murdock & Sons.

11.February 2009 J.P. Murdock & Sons are handling all of the details for now. We're convinced that JPM&S will represent our client's best interests in America. This will be the last communiqu� for the time being. End Transmission Use standard encryption/decryption procedures.. ..

There's a hidden link on that page to:
http://harriman.wikispaces.com/file/detail/murcheson_journal.zip
Which is a password protected file that I didn't bother with as it looks like all of it's content is on the "links" page of the wiki.

So... I 'm kinda lost as I don't really understand who's doing what to who.

On the matter of rebuilding the Harriman Journal... It seems like JP is feeling a little lonely as well:
http://harriman.wikispaces.com/message/view/HarrimanJournal.p1/9134430

I did figure out that the initial password (which I found via other means) was available on the Bio page of the wiki.
Quote:
An erudite scholar whose works include; "An Ethnologic History of the Pygmies", "Not For You Alone: The Politics of Exclusion", and "An Encylopedia of Indigenous Peoples".

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Phyrehawk
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 		Been told by Natas that this email I received may be linked here...

murchesonguideSPLATyahoo.com wrote:

May 11, 2009

To whom it may concern -

"That which was lost, now is found.
Questions were answered, many remain.
Answer Kyle's plea not by sound,
but answer by a luddite's true bane."

mocliamgtarenoclafelykm
1148437712


Guess I should catch up on the thread then =]
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coffeegirl18
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 		I received the same email Very Happy I don't think I played this when it started...I'm catching up.
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Pie-ro
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 		I got a reply from mkylefalconerSPLATgmail.com

Quote:
I am Kyle.

This is my "plea": 1148437712


Edited for spelling.

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Peacemaker
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Phyrehawk wrote:
Been told by Natas that this email I received may be linked here...

murchesonguideSPLATyahoo.com wrote:

May 11, 2009

To whom it may concern -

"That which was lost, now is found.
Questions were answered, many remain.
Answer Kyle's plea not by sound,
but answer by a luddite's true bane."

mocliamgtarenoclafelykm
1148437712


Guess I should catch up on the thread then =]


just got the same email myself, ill be catching up as well

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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		FYI: (217) 734-8411 is a disconnected number.
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WXsniper
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 		Got the same email yesterday afternoon.
Unfortunately, my computer's down until at least this weekend, so until I get it back I can't really do anything but lurk. Sad
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DarkWings
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 		lurking?
recruits eh? pick me pick me Twisted Evil

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 8:43 am
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natas
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 		New Email..
Quote:
From: john murdock <jmurdock>
To: *Rogi's Email Address* (glad to know I already had it in case he didn't want it public); natas
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:20:02 PM
Subject: Still out there?

Dear Sirs -

We will discontinue your employment with JP Murdock & Sons, if we don't hear from you by May 15, 2009.

Remember that the terms of your employment forbid you to divulge what you learned while in our employ, subject to criminal and civil penalties.

-- John Murdock, Esq.
http://jpmurdock.tripod.com/




ETA:
There is a link for employment, but I already filled it out a while back. Just look on the left menu.

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Dregyn
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Email - "A little help"
got this too.

Quote:
May 11, 2009

To whom it may concern -

"That which was lost, now is found.
Questions were answered, many remain.
Answer Kyle's plea not by sound,
but answer by a luddite's true bane."

mocliamgtarenoclafelykm
1148437712


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