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[PRE-TRAILHEAD] Rabbit Black
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kosmopol
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 		[PRE-TRAILHEAD] Rabbit Black
Thread for the game that came before O.P. Smith
Since it's confirmed beeing an ARG I'd open an thread.

Three of us received a trail message by somebody named "Black Rabbit" from the email whiterabbitblackSPLATgmail.com

Here are the messages in the order, numbered by Black Rabbit (I marked underline all the typo phenomenon and weird words, even if pow'r and vict'ry seem to be poetic apostroph)

===> 1

kosmopol

Quote:

You are the first

The sword is forged by a master's hand
The hammer rings on the steel white-hot
The ringing calls from a distand land
The pow'r the ancients long ago forgot." - from the Book of the Prophecy
Abie the time my restless friend.
Patience wins if you endure to the end.
Read the message its words are wise.
Ever its thoughts will help yours to rise.
No hints are needed, for the signs are plain.
Do claim the vict'ry, and do not be slain.
I will await you, to add to your ken.
Zurkdorsh is coming; she's coming again.
You are the first:
Time travels long but length passes fast.
You are the first but wait for the last.
SSBoYXZlIGJlZW4gd2FpdGluZyBhIGxvbmcgdGltZSwNCkJ1dCB5b3UgbXVzdCBsb29rIGJleW9uZCB0aGUgcmh5bWUu1/3


(Thanx to thebruce for formatting Smile I received it through contact form on my webpage, the format was kinda broken.)

The coded message is

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I have been waiting a long time,
But you must look beyond the rhyme.


===> 2

Psysop

Quote:
You are the second:

Look for the press that holds every word. Enter the name completed from third.

01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01101101 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101101 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100011 01100001 01110000 01101001 01110100 01100001 01101100 00100000 01110011 01110100 01110010 01100101 01101110 01100111 01110100 01101000 01110011 00101100 00001101 00001010 01000010 01110101 01110100 00100000 01100100 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01100111 01101111 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100101 01111000 01110100 01110010 01100101 01101101 01100101 00100000 01101100 01100101 01101110 01100111 01110100 01101000 01110011 00101110

2/3

which is

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
You must combine your capital strengths,
But don't go to extreme lengths.


He also got this cool and dramatic midi-file:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=18329

===> 3

AUZ505

Quote:
"The sword is forged by a master's hand

The hammer rings on the steel white-hot

The ringing calls from a distand land

The pow'r the ancients long ago forgot."

- from the Book of the Prophecy



Abie the time my restless friend. Patience wins if you endure to the end.

Read the message its words are wise. Ever its thoughts will help yours to rise.

No hints are needed, for the signs are plain. Do claim the vict'ry, and do not be slain.

I will await you, to add to your ken. Zurkdorsh is coming; she's coming again.




You are the last:

Anyone's guess what answers you'll hold. Never forget you must let it unfold.




52 65 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 2c 20 0d 0a 54 68 65 6e 20 63 6f 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6e 64 20 6d 65 2c 20 6f 6e 63 65 20 79 6f 75 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 6d 79 20 6e 61 6d 65 2e

3/3


decoded to

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Read the message, you are not all the same,
Then come to find me, once you know my name.


And a midi file too:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=18333

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Some thoughts of players at [Analysis]Thread:


israfel070 wrote:
Just a thought: "Read the message its words are wise."
Maybe some missing letters/intentional typos? River Tam style?

T (distand)
E (pow'r)
D ("abie" the time)
O (vict'ry)


Rogi Ocnorb wrote:
Possibly something to do with "APRENDIZ" (maybe on YouTube?)?
Based on most of the first (capital ) letters in the rhyme.


UPDATE. After my cryptic email to Black Rabbit (I just wrote: "Apprendiz?") he answered

Black Rabbit wrote:
On the right path you are my friend,
but the beginning hath not yet an end.
Watch your spelling; I watched mine.
Await the third and then you'll be fine.


So people, who is Number 3 and what's going on here?

** Moved thread to O.P. Smith forum section for reference. -- jamesi

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DeadbyDawn
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 		I WISH the 3rd was me!! Crying or Very sad

Judging by what you've received so far, I'd guess you'll get 3 names. First being Apprendiz which you've confirmed. Second may be the name of the book the poem is from??? And, waiting on the third!

I'll be following along and help out where I can.
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kosmopol
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 		Thanx for joining us Smile

Now I wonder, who is Nr 3...

I think about this words:

Quote:
I will await you, to add to your ken.
Zurkdorsh is coming; she's coming again.


What's my ken? Do I have any? Smile
And who is Zurkdorsh? (I suppose, she's a lady)
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Quote:
I will await you, to add to your ken.
Zurkdorsh is coming; she's coming again.


Was this also in the email???
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kosmopol
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DeadbyDawn wrote:
Quote:
I will await you, to add to your ken.
Zurkdorsh is coming; she's coming again.


Was this also in the email???


Yes, look the lyrics I've got Wink
I marked with underline all the weird spellings now.

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UPDATE:

I've even got an email by Abie. Abie Thetime (abiethetimeSPLATyahoo.com):

subject I fear for the third

Abie Thetime wrote:
Do not let the old man know I'm here again.

I fear that the third has not received his message.
It is 3am where he lives...he may just be asleep.

But they may be after you already......

you must find him!

the gathering must start!

The old man is wise, but he is yet old...

Find him

He chose you; I know not why. He has not done this for over 20 years now... This may be the last time.


So, the third, please wake up, otherwise I will also worry about you.
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 		kosmopol, I think ken in this context means knowledge. Have been poking around a bit looking for a wordpress blog but no luck so far.

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 		Interesting, I wonder if more than just you 2 and the third will get emails. There's no way I'm the third, It's about 6 hours away from 3 AM where I am Laughing

EDIT: I just found a site, http://www.blackrabbit.org/ with "Nothing here yet" on the page and in the source code...and it's right, there's nothing else as far as I can see. Probably not IG, anyway, but might be.

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 		Hmmm..lurking
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 		There must be a wordpress for this because of the way they worded that "press with all the words" comment. I think once you find out the third name, that will be the wordpress address.

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 		Re: [TRAILHEAD] Rabbit Black
Black Rabbit wrote:
Watch your spelling; I watched mine.

Could be Aprendi instead of Aprediz???

Aprendi in Portugese is "I learned"??? Confused
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 		Aprendiz
kosmopol wrote:

Rogi Ocnorb wrote:
Possibly something to do with "APRENDIZ" (maybe on YouTube?)?
Based on most of the first (capital ) letters in the rhyme.


UPDATE. After my cryptic email to Black Rabbit (I just wrote: "Apprendiz?") he answered...


In the email, did you spell Aprendiz with I P or 2? Because Rogi Ocnorb Found that it was Aprendiz, not Apprendiz, and this could be the meaning of the "watch your spelling" part.

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 		Opening the midi file in notepad you'll find this...

Quote:
The Book of the Prophecy The First Keeper of the Book This is only the introduction. The file will grow as your knowledge grows...

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 		Nice lookin out enaxor! Makes sense as I wrote Rabbit "The midi... Is that SOS?" The reply was:
Rabbit Black wrote:
My good fellow, that is a clever find.
Yet there is more to songs of this kind.

A word or two of warning within the song,
I await the three; I hope it wont be long.

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 		ken is a word, he basically meant "beyond your understanding."
hath is just Shakespearean english for "has."

I'm having no luck finding a wordpress site either.

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 		Just to point in a possible direction for clues, The Black Rabbit might be a reference to Watership Down... which came up somewhere else recently, can't remember where. In Watership Down, the Black Rabbit is the rabbits death entity/god... like the Grim Reaper... but for rabbits. He's not seen as being evil or vile though, and in the context of the story passing with the Black Rabbit is seen as finding rest to a long and arduous journey, as the lives of rabbits are brutal, and fearful. Or it could be a coincidence.

edit- So testing that theory I sent whiterabbitblack and email reading:
"Do you know the prince of rabbits? Do you serve Frith?"
If this has anything to do with Watership Down, that should get an interesting response.

Have I overstepped my bounds here? New to this.

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