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ironnikki
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 		Wow, this is really something else... Haha.

Having never played RB, I have a lot of catching up to do if I were to jump into this game. But just hearing all of this exposition and seeing so much activity on one day is making me just itch to see if I can't sneak in here...

I'm gonna try and read up on the RB wiki and see if I can't piece together what is going on, then might hop in IRC later to see if I can catch someone who understands what all is happening.
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carpathianroses
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 		@evetphilomels has followed me on Twitter.

Only one tweet from them so far:

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Where did all my posts and followers and followings go? I updated my tweets today and suddenly its all gone!




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ineffabelle
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 		I'd like to try and jump in on this one. Not sure who I should email or what I should say though at this point to get in... any tips?
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RAD24
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ineffabelle wrote:
I'd like to try and jump in on this one. Not sure who I should email or what I should say though at this point to get in... any tips?


Maybe an "I'd like to help, etc." email to O.P. would be good.

Welcome new players! Very Happy If RB is any indication, this should be very fun and have a great story.

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ironnikki
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 		Haha, alright, I'll send O.P. an email asking if there's something that I can do. Thanks, RAD!

So let me see if I have this straight so far: O.P. Smith's wife and children have been abducted, and is looking for help. When he tried to email his wife, he found that her email contained her maiden name, and she claimed that the last time they saw each other was when they were in the 11th grade. She asked him not to contact her anymore. Meanwhile, we think that his wife and children are being held against their will at Evandale in the psychiatric ward, along with "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," who are actually characters from RB, Tylean and Abie. Our hospital contact is an IT person named Eve, who says that she saw someone who could have been Soutaine's(the CEO of the hospital) twin talking to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. We believe that this "twin" is O.P. Smith's wife.

I know I left out some background stuff (TEDO and all of that), but that's all that's happened in the most basic regard, right? I haven't missed anything, have I?
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bluesylvia
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 		Yep, that all looks right to me.

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ineffabelle
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 		Emails w/ OP
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 5:48 AM, IneffaBelle <theineffabelle> wrote:
Hi my name is Belle. I heard about what's going on and that my friends are helping you. I'd like to help you also. Please let me know what I can do!

Best wishes!

-Belle


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On Aug 17, 2009, at 2:56 PM, OP Smith wrote:

Thank you so much. I have been showered with support. Every bit helps! I just got an e-mail from one of your friends who tells me there is someone in the hospital trying to help us get our people out of there, but it looks complicated...do you have any suggestions?


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Yes we have a contact named Eve inside. She is helping us form a plan to get them out. When you say "our people"... do you know them?

Would it help you to have the details of the plan?

Let me know if there's anything else I can do...

-Belle

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bluesylvia
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Rhea wrote:
Your family members do seem to be a little more calm recently. But I am concerned that they still refuse to speak. I worry that despite their appearance they may be experiencing extreme anxiety due to internal stimuli. We will endeavour to keep helping them. They may require electroconvulsive therapy, which sounds barbaric in this day and age to those whose only experience is "One Flew Over the Sparrow's Nest". But I assure you that these days it is the safest and most effective treatment available for many conditions.

You are welcome to visit them, but I would encourage you to wait until they are a little better, as it would no doubt be distressing to see them in their current state.


Not sure if it was an intentional mistake or not, but it should be "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

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Eve wrote:
At night I can just get in with my ID swipe card. The guard will be in the unit at all times. They are there for immediate response if there is a code black. 5 others will come within 2 minutes. Those 5 also provide the security for the rest of the hospital, so if there is a code black elsewhere, they have to divide. I may be able to call 1 or 2 codes if I hack into the security server. They I would be able to initiate a code red (fire alarm). Perhaps if I call two - one in the General psychiatry ward and then one in the basement? This would mean that there would only be 3 people available to help evacuate the 15 patients we have down there at present. I don't know. It seems a little too complex. And there is no one that I trust to help me. What do you think? How would I ensure that your friends get out safely?

(Needless to say, I have no experience with this!)


So, any thoughts, guys?

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ineffabelle
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 		Got another reply from OP. Don't seem to be getting anywhere with it.

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By this I meant that I have people in there (my family) and you seem to also have people in there, hence "our people". But no I do not know your people.

I just contacted Eve. She says that she needs help in figuring out how to get them out. I am afraid that this is a little out of my league.

Thank you for your help.

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scotgaz
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 		if EVE set off a fire alarm, and if the gaurds follow procedure which seems to be evacuation, then she only needs someone on the outside with transport, a van that will fit all those we need out in. this is assuming that the grounds arent enclosed, if they are i'm sure EVE will have an access code for the gates.

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bluesylvia
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 		Eve is by herself on this. She doesn't know of anyone she can trust (outside of us) to help her. I can't imagine one of her friends would go along with driving the getaway truck while she breaks out some people locked away in a mental ward.

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carpathianroses
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 		I mentioned to Eve that the whole "key card after midnight" thing could be used to our advantage if the security system was h4x0r'd. This was her response:

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Interesting, perhaps we could disable the door mechanisms without anyone knowing?
Maybe I could hack the CCTV too...


I also recieved this from Rhea after inquiring about the details of the "Smiths" aprehension:

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They are improving slowly with the medication. As to their admission, they were brought in by the police due to disorderly behaviour (they were trying to burry some white rocks in their possession when the police found them). This is very common with this kind of psychosis. They were both suffering from burns which were treated by the plastic surgery team and they are recovered. We are unsure why they were burned, but they were only minor burns.

We hope to be able to discharge them as soon as possible, maybe within the next 3 to 6 months.

Regards,

Professor Soutaine.


Plastic surgery for minor burns? Is that normal procedure?

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 		I'm in. It's nearly 5am though so I'll be on later to join in with you guys.

Really don't know how I've missed out on ARGs for so long. Confused

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 		ngx qkt zit sqlz

YOU ARE THE LAST


( bye guys i dont know when and if ill be back, maybe not soon.)
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Abraxas
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 		Response from OP (my email for completeness, but you can skip the introduction, not important Razz):

me wrote:

Dear Mr. Smith,

I am one of the "alovieb". We were taught the Lesson of the Jaguar in only a short time and in return were able to teach this to someone who was far older than even all of us combined. Maybe this is the "sign" you need, that the old man has talked about. I am here to help, however I may not be available at all times. Rest assured that you have most of the alovieb willing to help you. We are in this together, literally, because Tylean and his apprentice Abie, two people very dear to us, are kept in the same place.

My friends will no doubt have told you things that must appear crazy to you. The reason you can't find Evandale North is because it doesn't exist in this dimension that we are in together. We can't go to rescue your family or Tylean and Abie, because they are in this other dimension, now. That's not exactly how it works, it's not a different dimension, but...I can't really explain this myself, you know? I am just as confused as you must be now, most of the time.

I had a look at that cipher you were given. It's a simple substitution cipher. (Simple, as in, that's the common name for this). One letter for another one. The old man has given the alphabet to use with it to you and someone else. Her name is Eve and she works at the Evandale North hospital as an IT expert. She is our way in. Tylean trusted her and we will do the same, because we are certain that the old man is someone we know and he knows. Yet, I am not sure if the old man is Tylean himself or someone called Binsakne. The latter should have the book right now, that you have referenced. But he has spoken to us, and he sounds almost as clueless as we are.

You mentioned you found something on the campsite back then. Was it an object or did you refer to the old man?

I hope I am not being intrusive, but when did those men start to track you? I know you have no idea why they are following you, but did you suspect some kind of connection to anything you were doing at that time? Your work, maybe?

Eve is currently figuring out what we can do. We are trying to come up with a plan and we will keep you posted. Stay strong!

Kind regards,

Brax


OP wrote:

Thank you for your words Brax.
I'll try to answer your questions as best I can.
1) Yes I found two objects a black stone and a USB. I think they were left there by the old man. He told me he had something that would help me understand...But it makes not sense to me.

2) When I was finally able to get away from the two men in the mountain, I heard them talking. I'm not sure if they wanted me to hear it, but the morning was very still and the sound carried a great distance:
"Where is the ...(I can't remember what the word was, it wasn't english)...? Did you take it from me?"
"Of course not. Perhaps it was taken by that fool that was filming us."
"Well, without it we are stranded. Find him, get it back from him and then kill him, we can't have witnesses this close to the...(again I didn't understand the word)."

Since then I have been on the run. I went to the police, but they said that without evidence there was nothing much they could do, and although I got their voices, the cap on the camera was on, so I didn't catch their faces. I don't know what it is I'm supposed to have taken from them.

I tell you what though, that storm came out of nowhere. There was none forecast (you may not know, but I am a meteorologist, so I should have known!) there was absolutely no indications of it. And it seems to have been highly localised to the mountain. It is all very strange.

Thank you and your friends for your offer of help.

OP Smith



Response from Eve:

me wrote:

Dear Ms. Philomels,

I would like to help you solve this.

My friend Blue referred me to you. She has explained the gist of what we know. It all sounds crazy and believe me, I didn't get used to it.

We are currently working on a plan, with what you have provided about the security at ENOUGH. I have a question about something else, though. You have hidden your call for help on the main page in base64. But did you do anything else to the site? Because if you look at the alt text of the navigation menu items, they spell "he must escape c", in the order they are given. I wonder if that was you, because why would you not include Abie, supposing you are talking about The Smiths. But who else could it be? If you did it, you can tell me what the "c" means. If you didn't do it, then we really have to think about who did. It might have been the TEDO.

Please keep thinking about a way to get them out of there! We do what we can on our end. Thank you!

Kind Regards,

Brax


Eve wrote:

I am the one responsible for this little website. We had to strip it of all flash content and all major javascript content for virus security reasons, so it looks a little odd. Anyway, I put the hidden message in the source and I alone have access to changes. So it was my surprise when the hotkey menu was changed to what you have said. I don't know to whom it refers. I am as baffled as you are. Whoever did it, hid his or her tracks very well, because I can't find any.



I still haven't seen the videos (my audio is broken), thus I asked OP what we already know. Although I thought he said he was tracked before he filmed those men. Must be wrong.

As for Eve, she doesn't know where that other message on the main site is coming from. We got our first mysterious person, I guess.

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