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territoirenoir
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I've been in correspondence. In response to whether we need to be afraid of Icarus:

Quote:
As you said, Icarus is just a flashdrive. No need to try and stop the
inevitable.


Asked if there was anything we could do to stop it.

Quote:
What does it matter to you?


I tried the Youtube account with passwords atrox, atroxdentibus, and blowsthetrumpet, no luck.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:49 pm
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guywiththegun
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I think I'm gonna go back and try to figure out that beeping again. I wasn't really getting much feedback, but if it's stalling out like this we must be missing something...


Edit:
She posted this on Facebook a little while ago.
Quote:
Wow, freak snow storm in Denver last night. Reminds me of an old tale my grandma used to tell me about the "tall men." They'd use the cover of heavy snowfall to kidnap people. Regardless, my memory of that combined with all the weird things happening recently, I'm definitely not leaving my apartment today!


Seriously, am I ever going to be able to get away from MH?

Edit2: Finished going through the sound file. All dings are on the image below, circled in red. I may have missed some that didn't show up on the spectro, but you can see what I was talking about...they appear irregularly, but at uneven intervals. Sometimes there'll be a bunch cramped up together, sometimes they will be spread out, some are long, some are short, but it's all the same tone.
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more disturbing email from Many Forms...

I wrote to ask him:

Quote:
Hey there, saw yr video reply to LuckyLonely on youtube. So what kind of a snake are you? The kind that deals in temptation? Or in knowledge? Is the MP3 file yr own work? Would love to know more about it if you'd like to share.


and got back the following reply:

Quote:
I'm the type of snake that finds its prey.
And I'm the type of cat that plays with it.
And I'm the type of monster that's always hungry.

As for the MP3, he's free now, a sacrifice made to achieve a goal. This isn't your princess, so why
are u so interested?



i'm going to reply with a few more questions and an offer...

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Maurice Mistwallow
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Maybe we should try working out an email to MMMF together so we don't have too many people sending him different scraps of things.... maybe one combined effort might get us a more complete response.

A couple of questions I have following that last post, is "who's princess is she?" and "to what purpose was this sacrafice made?"

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nevermoreJ
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I got something! I was beginning to think I was really awful at this Smile

user: atroxdentibus
Pass: blowsthetrumpet

is a gmail account!!!!

but there's nothing in it. I'm stumped again.

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Nice find. Wasn't sure if it was legit or not as I couldn't find anything either, but then finally found this associated with the account:
http://horrendusos.blogspot.com

ETA Still feels a bit odd - seems like the gmail account was created on Monday the 22nd. However, the account was accessed from two different places in the Denver area.

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mycroft7
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morning Smile

i found the gmail site late last night as well (am UK based) - i'd checked gmail because MMMF's own email address is there. unfortunately, when i saw it was empty i assumed i had done something wrong and went to sleep on it lol.

good to get past our first real sticky point, will have a look at the blogspot found by mrtoasty and see where it takes us.

the account creation on monday 22 fits with the date we got the image of the back of the drive and the denver accesses pretty much confirm we have the right place - well done all.

mycroft

EDIT the secondary email for atroxdentibusSPLATgmail.com is atroxdentibusSPLATyahoo.com - which can be accessed using the same password. i searched the yahoo account but couldn't find much, apart from email history setting up the gmail account.

the secondary email address for the yahoo account is carbonblackSPLATgmail.com which is not accessed using blowsthetrumpet. may be OOG?
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sorry for the multi-posting but lots in my intray when i woke up today. as i am probably 5-10 hours ahead of most of you, you'll have plenty to read when you wake up later!

i wrote to MMMF on you tube a few days ago and had a reply about 6 hours ago:

Quote:
Re: icarus
You're a clever bunch of kids. Clever kids get fat on stolen candy and thrown into ovens. Hopefully you've been leaving breadcrumbs. I've been leaving mine.

But can you trust mine?


obvious hansel and gretel motif - might be worth bearing in mind

i also replied to the email i had from MMMF earlier as follows:

Quote:
so is she yr princess? how did you choose her and why?

you said 'he's free now' - is 'he' Icarus?

if yr goal is lisa lauren i may be able to help you, if you can help me too?


and got this reply:

Quote:
What, exactly, do you think I'd be willing to help you with?


i'd been thinking that MMMF might know more about icarus but not actually be behind it - as his primary goal appears to be LL. so might be able to get some info from him in exchange for information on LL (faked, natch Wink )

anyhoo, loads to think about and the blogspot to consider. and an inconvenient trip to work too.

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Facebook post sounds like Slender Man. Neutral
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Just logged into blogspot using the username and password. There is one post in the blog, I'll quote it below, but the original post has variously colored letters.

Currently, the only way to see the post appears to be to log into the account. One could theoretically convert the blog to public viewing, but I have no idea how MisterTeeth would react to this.

Quote:
_
Man and beast
enjoyed the feast
and toasted to one another
with every intention
to defer the attention
and to turn on one another
_
And so, they sought
to ruin the plot
of the others' diplomatic betrayal
When the moment arouse
each party chose
to attack by knife and nail
_
Through the dissension
they realized intentions
of a mutual hate for the other
So now man and beast
desisted and ceased
from ever engaging each other
_
1
_
O, lucky things
O, horseshoes and 7s,
clovers and rabbit's feet and keys
O, things that justify our silly ways
O, shooting stars I once called home
_
2
_
"BABY DON'T GO" HIS EYES SEEMED TO SAY,
BUT HIS MOUTH COULDN'T PART WITH THE WORDS.
SO, AS SHE WALKED AWAY, HER SIZE 10 SNEAKERS SQUEAKING ON THE CONCRETE,
HE SHED A SILENT TEAR AND SHARED HIS LIPS BETWEEN A WHISKEY BOTTLE AND A SHOTGUN.
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well that's odd - another mycroft! good to see ya...

i'm guessing at this stage that the colouring of the letters/words on the blog is important because that's a lot of effort to go to if it isn't Smile altho MMMF has already warned us that some of his trails might be false.

there are a number of 'mistakes' or parts in the three pieces where the formatting is different, most notably:

in '0' the all red words - betrayal, attack and hate.
in '1' each of the charms is written in just one colour, horseshoes, clovers, rabbit, keys and stars.
in '2' all of the words are in one colour except 'couldn't' which changes colour from grey to yellow after the first 4 letters. (also, in '2' the word shed appears to be in bold or some other larger font).

we also know that MMMF has a thing about blue and red, and binary, from a previous puzzle, which might be relevant to this. as of yet i haven't done a lot due to work but as the weekend approaches i will see if there is an obvious pattern to the colours or their frequency.

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The gmail account has a webhistory. Not sure how much of that is *us* or *him*...

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i think the history is all us - or at least it has all been posted since we cracked the password and got access to this gmail account. i know i was in earlier and searched for 'dm1' for example - as these are the only blue characters in the blogspot verses.

i also am fairly sure i checked the history when i first accessed the gmail account and it was empty. it is possible that MMMF is still using the site too i guess, so we should try to limit footprints on their as much as possible.

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Nothing hidden in the Hex code of the font, (IE ASCII as R,G,B values)

Possibly a color as letter cypher? Either way time will tell.

0-ma-n-n-d-b-e-s-t-e-n-jo-y-e-d-t-h-e-f.html



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A
(102,51,0)WHISKEY
(153,51,0)BOTTLE
ANDA
(51,255,51)SHOTGUN.

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more conversation with MMMF, by email...

Quote:
explain a little more about icarus? if 'he' was trapped on that drive somehow and you gave the drive to lisa, i am guessing that her opening the file is what set him free? so telling me about whatever or whoever 'he' is shouldn't interfere with yr plans for lisa, right?


and his reply:

Quote:
Its funny, you kids see a name on a flash drive and you assume it's like a doghouse. Icarus is an antiquated joke on a piece of paper.

If you insist on finding him, and I don't see why you do, you've found the silly clues I've left. You want answers? Don't ask a snake, it couldn't help you if it wanted to.

By all means, continue to look for him. The more you search, the more I can search for Lisa Lauren uninterrupted. Not that finding him will be of any help, he's probably imprisoned, blind and confused.

Let the game continue. The more you play, the likelier you'll be prey.


still none the wiser yet, will keep chattng to him, let me know if anyone has any questions they'd like me to include,

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