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classical
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 		Man. I just now got a chance to sit down and start writing a reply to Bricker, and he had already gone and sent me something else. It's a forward, apparently from Val Seer, sent to both me and Wulf and...

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Can you help me with this? I responded to her e-mail and asked for clarification but she has not responded.

--Brian

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Val Seer <wewatch>
Date: 2009/8/12
Subject: **READ ME**
To: briandbrickerSPLATgmail.com


Keep in touch with your unforum friends Brian. You need them as much as they need you.

Most importantly:

kHZBQrltv8s+o7RlaTwvE9c4UjQXfc+6aSIm/dtsSsXkHonHXgKHTvf6ApYkeLHw2awS0y0AGafG4LkFjwGQX8LIAt+BOfIH4HVrMfM/32ZiLYClFFkY1xh7QOJJ+o188G/klVQE4HOkPkQY8MeCYKfvSAP+MrsXPNBycjv/J6JDNYt9b/uBd1c0ik1cAb9vzCAD84hvN9NAi+/4q4PPTw==

Val


It looks like base64, but for some reason, I can't get it to convert to anything legible. Someone check my work, please. Am I just doing something wrong?

edit;;
oooh, Rage says hi.
Quote:
ArlenRage: I'm tired of staring at the waves of the Pacific with King day after day. Has the lovely Randall come through for you yet?

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3v1L Schwinn
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GOVERNMENT FAIL
***access locked***


The song playing is "Darkness on the Edge of Town" from the album of the same name by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1978. (one of his best IMHO)

The lyrics...
Quote:
They're still racing out at the Trestles
But that blood it never burned in her veins
Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview
And a style she's trying to maintain
Well if she wants to see me
You can tell her that I'm easily found
Tell her there's a spot out `neath Abram's Bridge
And tell her there's a darkness on the edge of town

Everybody's got a secret Sonny
Something that they just can't face
Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it
They carry it with them every step that they take
Till some day they just cut it loose
Cut it loose or let it drag `em down
Where no one asks any questions
Or looks too long in your face
In the darkness on the edge of town

Some folks are born into a good life
Other folks get it anyway anyhow
I lost my money and I lost my wife
Them things don't seem to matter much to me now
Tonight I'll be on that hill `cause I can't stop
I'll be on that hill with everything I got
Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost
I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost
For wanting things that can only be found
In the darkness on the edge of town




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Wulf74
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classical wrote:
Man. I just now got a chance to sit down and start writing a reply to Bricker, and he had already gone and sent me something else. It's a forward, apparently from Val Seer, sent to both me and Wulf and...

Quote:
Can you help me with this? I responded to her e-mail and asked for clarification but she has not responded.

--Brian

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Val Seer <wewatch>
Date: 2009/8/12
Subject: **READ ME**
To: briandbrickerSPLATgmail.com


Keep in touch with your unforum friends Brian. You need them as much as they need you.

Most importantly:

kHZBQrltv8s+o7RlaTwvE9c4UjQXfc+6aSIm/dtsSsXkHonHXgKHTvf6ApYkeLHw2awS0y0AGafG4LkFjwGQX8LIAt+BOfIH4HVrMfM/32ZiLYClFFkY1xh7QOJJ+o188G/klVQE4HOkPkQY8MeCYKfvSAP+MrsXPNBycjv/J6JDNYt9b/uBd1c0ik1cAb9vzCAD84hvN9NAi+/4q4PPTw==

Val


It looks like base64, but for some reason, I can't get it to convert to anything legible. Someone check my work, please. Am I just doing something wrong?

edit;;
oooh, Rage says hi.
Quote:
ArlenRage: I'm tired of staring at the waves of the Pacific with King day after day. Has the lovely Randall come through for you yet?


The first thing that occurred to me was the encryption we've been using to pass back and forth with Brian recently. But that didn't work either. I tried a few different things, but no luck.
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3v1L Schwinn
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Wulf74 wrote:

Quote:

kHZBQrltv8s+o7RlaTwvE9c4UjQXfc+6aSIm/dtsSsXkHonHXgKHTvf6ApYkeLHw2awS0y0AGafG4LkFjwGQX8LIAt+BOfIH4HVrMfM/32ZiLYClFFkY1xh7QOJJ+o188G/klVQE4HOkPkQY8MeCYKfvSAP+MrsXPNBycjv/J6JDNYt9b/uBd1c0ik1cAb9vzCAD84hvN9NAi+/4q4PPTw==



It looks like base64, but for some reason, I can't get it to convert to anything legible. Someone check my work, please. Am I just doing something wrong?



The first thing that occurred to me was the encryption we've been using to pass back and forth with Brian recently. But that didn't work either. I tried a few different things, but no luck.

I've been working on this too but no dice just yet.
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 		[special Ed] I've gt mail yayyyyyyy![/special Ed]

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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:54:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: T Bettelheim <distortedview>
Subject: Are You Kidding?
To: ThreevilSchwinnSPLATYahoo.com

Ho-lee shit if this ain't turning into one hell of an endurance contest!! Your little gang is down to like three fucking people. Give up already nobody will even notice when you blink!!

It's not like there's gonna be a soft, gooey surprise at the center of this candy shell. Go run a freekin marathon and tell your hanger-on friends that enough is enough already.

Ain't nothing to see here folks, move it along yo!!



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Running a marathonis a test of one's endurence, determination and dedication. Runners are an unusual bunch; we like to punish ourselves for fun. There is no reward or prize at the end of my daily runs, except sore muscles and sweaty clothes. There doesn't have to be a "gooey surprise" at the end, The reward is seeing it to the end. As to how many of us there are, you would be surprised

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:28 am
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ironnikki
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Your little gang is down to like three fucking people.


Hey! I resent that! I'm still playing... I think...

And wait just a minute. I may be getting wires crossed here, but Bricker just said that he never created Randall? Randall was Jenny's boyfriend in the story that we got from the jumpdrive, right? Which definitely belonged to Bricker, right? Unless I missed something, this is just further evidence that Bricker's losing memories, or something.

It's like the world is all falling to pieces around us, and all we can do is wait for emails. As for T Bettelheim, he/she has always been a naysayer of this game (at least from the emails that I've seen). I'm thinking we should take his advice with a grain of salt.
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3v1L Schwinn
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ironnikki wrote:


And wait just a minute. I may be getting wires crossed here, but Bricker just said that he never created Randall? Randall was Jenny's boyfriend in the story that we got from the jumpdrive, right? Which definitely belonged to Bricker, right? Unless I missed something, this is just further evidence that Bricker's losing memories, or something.

Isn't Randell dead? I seem to remember Rage killed him before he shot Jenny.
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ironnikki
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 		Yeah, but since Jenny's still alive, I wasn't too surprised to hear that Randall was still alive too. Maybe someone should send that bit of the TGATT to Bricker and verify that he wrote it. If nothing else, it might spark his memory.
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 		I'm not so sure it's the same Randall. Our Randall seems to be one with a bit of an English charm; I don't think he fits the bill for the Awkward Obligatory Boyfriend from the novel. He was never given a last name in the novel, either...
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 		The more I looked at that code, the more I was thinking it was MAXA Crypt, as Wulf suggested, rather than base64. Assuming that, I knew there had to be a passcode of some sort--a key, if you will.

Long story short, I tried the serial number on the front of the yuan ("CH44082353") and GUESS WHAT I GOT!

Quote:
Be at the Santa Rosa Rural cemetery on August 31 at 1625. I will be there and I will be in mourning.


edit;; fyi, it was this code I was working on:
Quote:
Can you help me with this? I responded to her e-mail and asked for clarification but she has not responded.

--Brian

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Val Seer <wewatch>
Date: 2009/8/12
Subject: **READ ME**
To: briandbrickerSPLATgmail.com


Keep in touch with your unforum friends Brian. You need them as much as they need you.

Most importantly:

kHZBQrltv8s+o7RlaTwvE9c4UjQXfc+6aSIm/dtsSsXkHonHXgKHTvf6ApYkeLHw2awS0y0AGafG4LkFjwGQX8LIAt+BOfIH4HVrMfM/32ZiLYClFFkY1xh7QOJJ+o188G/klVQE4HOkPkQY8MeCYKfvSAP+MrsXPNBycjv/J6JDNYt9b/uBd1c0ik1cAb9vzCAD84hvN9NAi+/4q4PPTw==

Val

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ironnikki
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 		Nicely done, classical! Just to be clear, which code were you talking about?

And now that we have a time and place, I suppose we should see if we can't convince Bricker to go out there.
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classical
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 		Oh! Sorry, haha. It was the code that Bricker forwarded to Wulf and I, back a few posts. Um, I'll edit my post. |D

Considering that it was given as instructions to Bricker, I think we have our someone to meet up with Randall or Val or whoever is showing up... (though I'm pretty sure the actual Val is supposed to be dead? Didn't someone get an omnious email back from that account after the Watcher murders?)

Either way, I replied back to him, telling him the exact spot in the cemetery (grave marker 22/Wainright Finlay's grave) and encouraging him to go.

edit;; speak of the devil:
Quote:
Thank you, I never would have figured that out. Are you coming too?

--Brian


So Bricker is officially going, I think!
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ironnikki
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 		Cool. Well then, at least we have that settled. Nice work, classical! I guess we just wait 'til the 31st, now.
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 		I know...
WOOOO!!

Just ran into unfiction around 3 days ago, and discovered ARG's for the first time (I had heard about them before, but never actually known how interesting or involving they could be...), through /x/ because of that silly "creepy video" thing, then found my way here.

Just finished reading my way through every word on every one of the 96(!!) pages, as well as most of the extra credit stuff. And I know I'm incredibly late to the game, but I'm really excited to be a part of this (whatever might be left)...I already feel like i know all of you just from reading that.

TL;DR New, Reads fast, Excited.

I'm good with this kinda stuff (google power user, etc, etc) so I'm excited to help out with whatever I can.

I found one thing you seem to have missed: http://foldedbrood.blogspot.com/
In the poe poem, there are occasional letters in a slightly different font colour, which read:
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iwillleadyoutotheonewhodidALlOfthIs
[/quote]
so: i will lead you to the one who did ALl Of thIs.

Not sure if the caps have any meaning, other than convenience.

EDIT: Nevermind, you did notice it, just didnt really discuss it. Cant slip anything by you guys I see! So the consensus was more gamejack?




I also have a question...I read somewhere about a "secret hideout"...how do i get an invite? Very Happy

And Classical: MN native here as well, I'm from duluth. I'm a viola player (classically trained since age 4) and I go to berklee in boston right now (in MN atm, heading back to MA in a couple weeks)...i have a feeling we probably at least know each other by association, lol.

Anyways, that means until around the 2-3rd of september, i could help out with any midwest meets, otherwise after that i can help out with east coast...(Boston, New York, etc...)

Looking forward to being a part in this! Ill be out of any communications range from tomorrow through sunday, but ill be back with a vengeance.

Nice to meet you all, I'm Alex.

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 		Re: I know...
ASimulacraOfAlex wrote:
WOOOO!!

Just ran into unfiction around 3 days ago, and discovered ARG's for the first time (I had heard about them before, but never actually known how interesting or involving they could be...), through /x/ because of that silly "creepy video" thing, then found my way here.

Just finished reading my way through every word on every one of the 96(!!) pages, as well as most of the extra credit stuff. And I know I'm incredibly late to the game, but I'm really excited to be a part of this (whatever might be left)...I already feel like i know all of you just from reading that.

TL;DR New, Reads fast, Excited.

I'm good with this kinda stuff (google power user, etc, etc) so I'm excited to help out with whatever I can.

I found one thing you seem to have missed: http://foldedbrood.blogspot.com/
In the poe poem, there are occasional letters in a slightly different font colour, which read:
Quote:
iwillleadyoutotheonewhodidALlOfthIs

so: i will lead you to the one who did ALl Of thIs.

Not sure if the caps have any meaning, other than convenience.

I just read through, but my minds a bit of a jumble (info overload, GOSH!) right now, how did you find that blog again?



I also have a question...I read somewhere about a "secret hideout"...how do i get an invite? Very Happy

And Classical: MN native here as well, I'm from duluth. I'm a viola player (classically trained since age 4) and I go to berklee in boston right now (in MN atm, heading back to MA in a couple weeks)...i have a feeling we probably at least know each other by association, lol.

Looking forward to being a part in this! Ill be out of any communications range from tomorrow through sunday, but ill be back with a vengeance.

Nice to meet you all, I'm Alex.

Welcome to the Folded Brood Alex. Anyone who reads all 96 pages and still wants to jump in is OK in my book. I wish I could remember the link to the super secret club house, but my comp bit the dust and I lost all of my bookmarks. As the the blog check page 90.
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