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[nwfisk]

Absolutely incredible...

I wish I could have been there, and thanks for the write up!!!

[Relia]

PART TWO: THE TRIA FATA

We piled into Big T's car, (I called shotgun, yay!) and drove down to about 51st and 8th, the location of 888 @ 8th Ave.

It turns out there is an entire block of stores which are ALL 888 8th Ave.

"I hope it's the ice cream parlor!" I joked, because between the stern "ALL VISITORS MUST BE ANNOUNCED" in one building's lobby and the full-to-capacity nail salon and so on, the goofy looking ice cream shop with big swirly cones outside it looked pretty awesome.

Only it was the ice cream parlor, so maybe I looked like a douchebag. XD Who can say.

"Oh my god, it's the businesswomen!" someone called, pointing in the window.

Sure enough, we rushed in and there, seated at a table, drinking one milkshake with three straws, giggling manically at apparently nothing whatsoever but the sound of their own giggling, sat the tria fata themselves -- alpha, beta, and gamma of the female Young Professionals of the TIMM video.

Giggling determinedly, one of the three handed us a small pocket journal with a bright red cover. "This is all you get for today," she giggled at us, and they gigglingly left the shop, giggling with their wide, wild eyes.

I wasn't the keeper of the journal, so I only have the photos I took, but as they contain THE NEXT PUZZLE FOR THIS ARG, I've uploaded my photos to photobucket for everyone to work on until we get the flatbed scans. They are obviously reminiscent of the first table in Reasonable Haven.

I did a dramatic reading for the group, which is also immortalized on video. (You get to hear me decipher the handwriting as quickly as I can -- I wasn't too shabby. XD) Note I don't think it's ever stated for certain that this is Mars Madison's journal, but currently we don't know any other "MM"s.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/Meropia/TIMM/marsbook-1.png
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/Meropia/TIMM/marsbook-2.png
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/Meropia/TIMM/marsbook-3.png
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/Meropia/TIMM/marsbook-4.png
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/Meropia/TIMM/marsbook-5.png
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/Meropia/TIMM/marsbook-6.png
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/Meropia/TIMM/marsbook-7.png
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/Meropia/TIMM/marsbook-8.png
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/Meropia/TIMM/marsbook-9.png
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/Meropia/TIMM/marsbook-10.png

Then we made the ice cream salesman take our picture. Then we divvied up the cash -- $16 each, yay profit -- and went our separate ways.

[thebruce]

[TheRyuujinMike]

Amazing job with the write-up Relia, much better than my rush job. ^_^

[Toclafane]

I'm transcribing the MM journal in case anyone wants a more easily deciphered copy.

[GMcG]

First thought, and I'm only on pic 8, but her lower case "f"s look a lot like the musical notation for "forte," which struck me because she mentioned working on pianos on facebook.

[Toclafane]

Wanted to start a new journal because a lot has been going on. I haven't kept a diary since Wichita so I'm probably a little rusty. But I feel like if I don't keep track of these days and make sure my thoughts are organized, I could end up making some bad choices. Also I still don't know too many people around the city, so this will make a good substitute for social interaction. ha

MM

[Drawings of Cool Dog sunglasses]

This is not an easy town to find work. I've been able to do some freelance stuff here and there but I'd prefer something a little more steady. Although I have to admit, knowing my way around machines has really started to come in handy. I went to an information session about treasure hunting. But it really doesn't seem like a very easy field to break into.

Thinking about taking my application down to Blackstar. They get a lot off [sic] ill will in the city but frankly stability in a time like this is appealing to me. Sure they're a little on the menacing side, but if everyone in Milwaukee would spend a few weeks wandering in the desert like I did, I bet they'd have a greater appreciation for what "menacing" really means. (I still have nightmares about the creep!)

MM

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

I've been trying to meet up with some of the so-called rebels. Supposedly the biggest group, the Medical Front, has a semi-legitimate way of life and is always looking for people who are mechanically [drawing of boxes morphing into Cool Dog glasses] inclined.

Long story short, another group called the Snake Charmers said they could introduce me. Big mistake, should never have fallen for the whole anti-establishment thing. Never even got a meeting with the Front.

Going straight to Blackstar tomorrow and seeing what work they can give me.

MM

Found a job in communications at Blackstar!

[Scribbled out word].

Pretty easy so far [drawing of a black star] and I've even made a friend or two, starting with my boss, Ms. Leroux. She's really friendly and a little bit older (ha ha, my type). We're all working really hard on some new public information campaign. Not sure what it's for yet--- Pretty important though, measured by the level of secrecly.

Oh and guess who's the head of the Communications Department?

Terry Nanny.

[Six-page cipher follows]

[torn out pages]

[End of diary.]


Edit: Looks like someone else posted the text in another thread already. Move along, citizens, nothing to see here!

[TreasureHunterN]

Hi everyone, amazing experience today. Apologies for my delay, I'll have a video up shortly ...

[BostonBeats4]

I feel like such a bum! I took Mars Diary with full intentions of running home, scanning it, and posting it. Then my car started being wonky in the middle of CT and I had to wait for a tow truck to change my battery (of all things!!!). I am back and about to recount my day of pure awesomeness and also get some high res scans of the diary up (which are uploading as we speak). Sorry fellow Treasure Hunters!

[Big T]

[BostonBeats4]

Perfect telling of the story from Relia, who left no details behind!!!!!

[GMcG]

[BostonBeats4]

And for the record, The Business Women ARE NOT cyborgs like Worker is. I saw them drink the milkshake (two of them at the same time actually) and as we know Workers can't drink or eat

[Big T]

RAW VIDEO FOOTAGE

[BostonBeats4]

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