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[LOCKED] PHONE: Unknown voicemail 10/31 20:42 EST
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OK, now I hear "Have you been protected/detected? Here's an extra five hundred percent. Good luck."


Have you been protected?! Stay away from the stairs.

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 		Collage
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Okay, sounds like Scratch hit Metacortechs pretty hard.

Agreed, this sounds like a collage of audio data he might have obtained by hacking them (since they seem to use K7, they must have loads of phone calls stored as files in email ... who knows what else they keep around in sound files). Here's where I'm at on what's in there (I know there is not universal agreement on much of this):

"...man tracked where it came from, more content, I'll check bay security and logs ..." (Aquapolis control room?)

{klaxon}, {klaxon}, {klaxon} (Aquapolis also?)

"... everything is projected, even if this 500 percent proves to be ac..." (MetaCortechs Board Meeting?)

"Dude, what do you think you're doing?" (?)

"... be assured Mr. Ormond ..." (assertive female voice, Katgirl?)

" ... everything is A-OK and under control." (Aquapolis? Female voice, reassuring recorded message that continues to play as the chamber fills with water?)

(EDIT: Links removed, much clearer versions available now)

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 		So, I actually went to bed, couldn't sleep, kept trying to remember more of the phonecall, and finally (much like Dina) just decided to get up and write this down. It's probably better anyway (lest I forget/make up stuff by the morning).
TheShrike wrote:
You are right, Yanka. I have the message saved on my voicemail. It starts with some weird music and then a female voice says "Aquapolis" or "Aquapoli". Can't check it right now, the phones being used.

Bagsbee said the same thing; can you upload it? Did you guys get the feeling that it was a recorded message? I remember thinking at first "why is this guy trying to talk to this woman? It's obviously a recording" (that's when I felt kinda hit by the realization that this was from the game). She kept talking (well, now it seems long, but it was probably only a few moments) in Greek - I think that's why I semi-unwillingly picked up on the missing "s" in "aquapoli" - because the Greeks lisp (no offense to Greeks, I think the language is beautiful).

Anyway, it seemed to me that everything was happening sort of "on top" of this greeting/recording in Greek; even then it made sense that they somehow intercepted the "phoneline" (don't know how to properly label that?) of the hotel's main #. I even went to look for the # in Greece at the same time as I was calling metacortechs #s (and I did call a few, btw - they were all fine) - to see if I would recognize this recording - but it wasn't there, of course.
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 		I reckon there are way too many possibilities on what is happening in the recording. I've already heard many different theories on what is happening and they can all be correct, but, in my opinion, there isn't enough information to go on.

If Metacortechs was hacked by Scratch (or someone else), where would we find out about it? What site or other area of communication would we hear about this? There must be another way to gain information about the incident.

If Beth or Phillip or Kat were involved, would Beth send Phillip an email about it seeing it sounded like something went sour, or would it be the other way around?

And the fact that it happend on Halloween, where is the significance there (I don't really know the history on Halloween or any significance that it might have)? Why Halloween, and not just some other ordinary day? I think we can pretty much agree that Ormond had some sort of role in this, seeing someone thinks they heard his name in the recording, and that he has Halloween highlighted in his calendar (I wonder when the calendar will update to November).

Anyway, that's all I have to say/think about for now...

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 		The reason it happened on Halloween doesnt have to mean its linked to halloween...it might have just been a nice extra bit to give us on a holiday. Like when you play an online game, theres always a cool update or something on holidays, so thats probably why the cool fone call came on halloween.

So what do we suspect is working at 500%? something construction aquapolis? working at dangerously high levels to get it finished, or is it to do with the construction of Labyrinth, either way...500% cant be a good thing in the long run.

If it says ormond...which we are pretty sure it does, I'd say its definitely kat talking to him...they are in cahoots.

They definitely dont want people to know about the incident, its even got the computer alarm saying "everything is a-ok" when its actually all hitting the fan...it reminds me of resident evil, where the computer might as well be saying "please continue to work normally as we kill you all off, have a nice day", know what i mean?..its obviously being played because something is going horribly wrong. Thats what it seems like to me anyway.

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That thing up there says it all.

I think being cryptic is out of character for scratch. He's always blatant. Thus the audio thing probably wasn't "meant for us". To me, it sounds like the mucking up of a security console. Different feeds, different sounds. He's flipping thru them like some channel surfer dude. Catching glimpses of sound.

I think the background sound actually helps us place the conversations. And different background sounds probably means different places. Why did scratch play his tune? That probably refers to the security room, when scratch's testing out his access to the system.

Why did we get those phone calls? Metacortechs probably has some way to call up many people and play them prerecorded messages, only here, scratch is using that system, and us, as a means of getting a map of their system out.

To me, the events probably go like this.

Scratch hacks into system.
Scratch gains access to security console.
Scratch discovers the call making system.
Scratch sets it to record the mix on the security console, and to send it to multiple phone numbers. Anyone who's in the Metacortechs database. And he adds himself to that phone list so he gets a record of his intrusion.
Scratch opens his audio log with aquapolis, to differentiate this log from all the messages he might get from his answerign machine.
Scratch starts the recording, and immediately flips through all the audio and video channels available to him in a sequential manner 5-10 secs, to roughly get their location and corresponding channel number.
The security guard notices it, and checks the handbook. She plays that music through their PA to say "0Wned!".

Questions.
By this recording, scratch might be female ( depending on the aquapolis voice not available to us yet). It is corroborated by the carelessly files, when he/she uses clothespegs to flash the images instead of just holding them up. He/she's obviously human, but it seems a very deliberate thing to do. He/she's wants to hide his/her fingers from the camera. Doesn't want anyone to know her real gender. What's the reason then? Does he not trust caesar and the rest of the hackers as well?

I'll just use she from now on.

She has access to the console, but the first manual override wasn't done by her. This record sounds more like an initial access thing. This message I think proves that caesar was the person who did the manual override. She has a motive for gaining access, to show caesar that she can blow this thing wide open. It's like a competition here.

There's this computer generated voice. I also believe it's the AI defence system. It changes the control to the other security station, and shuts down scratch's hack. When the voice cuts in, it immediately stops Scratch's music, probably a more "root" sort of access. Then we hear some sound (Computer generated) washing out Scratch's music. And cutting the connection.

Sounds good. To me, this little phone message has advanced the plot and started a few mysteries, and best of all, convinced us that this thing is real.

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 		The female voice that say Mr Ormond, seems to blend into a more machine speech like voice that says "everything is under control"

The woman becomes a machine


(maybe I wont think this once the drugs wear off)


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Ok, looks like I missed a load again sleeping Very Happy
xnbomb wrote:
"...man tracked where it came from, more content, I'll check bay security and logs ..."

I'm having trouble fitting some the sillibles I hear to what you've got

I can't make out the first bit ("...man" above), but it's 3 quick sillibles (something like "Mor-en-Va"). This could well be seperate from the line

Next I get "Track" or "Tracked" as above, but it is followed by the "it came from" there are no extra sounds to account for your "where".

Then there's an "ee" sound before "more content", could this be "Need"? - I noticed this was missing from some of the cleaned up versions.

After listening to it a few times and allowing for the accent, "more" could be heard as "load". It's a shame it's not an "uu" sound (rather thn "ee") because in terms of speach patter, "You load content" fits really well.

To me "security and logs" actually sounds more like "security analogues" - extra bouce between "and" and "logs"

That's as far as I've got, but first impressions of the rest;

The inflection in the "mr ormond" line suggests it's a question - assumning the accent of person speaking has no inflection annomolies (people from the UK, may think of this as "the brummey factor Wink ", people from elsewhere can just listen to "Ozzy" on the Osbournes).

The jingly music in the background sounds like an ice-cream van.

Maybe the "accident" happened 'cos they all left their posts to get a double scoop Laughing
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 		Wen I first posted after someone posted the mp3 of the recording, I mentioned that it sounded like "security analogues" too.
But that doesnt really make much sense.

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Wen I first posted after someone posted the mp3 of the recording, I mentioned that it sounded like "security analogues" too.
But that doesnt really make much sense.


So you did, sorry I missed it - or possibly logged it subconciously Very Happy

And I do agree with the "dudes" idea.

Puzzles like this are real stinkers. Sometimes you initially can't "make out" what is being said, but after a few suggestions, suddenly you can.

It's down to interpretation, and the brain is renowned for finding shortcuts when it comes to interpretation. Some associations can be hard to avoid.

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 		I had another theory...if you compare the recording time with the incidentlogs from the 2nd incident, you see much of it coincides. Perhaps Ormand commanded the computer to override the code when the man was trying to leave through door A. The computer responded, "Everything's A-OK". Or perhaps it is a security operator who is following orders.

This explains the checking airlocks, klaxons, etc. Perhaps scratch got a hold of the audio from the radios used by the security team at the Aquapolis. This is why the other voice is garbled...it is perhaps from an intercom in the control room, not a radio on the same frequency as the others. The voice is then picked up through the mic of one of the controllers

DB

PS...the garbled voice is not speaking Greek (my wife is Greek and she listened) She said the man at the beginning definitely has a Greek accent. (actually sounds sorta like my fatherinlaw)

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Marl64 wrote:
I can't make out the first bit ("...man" above), but it's 3 quick syllables (something like "Mor-en-Va"). This could well be separate from the line

Yeah, my confidence in that bit of it is very low ... it will be nice when a recording of the message surfaces that doesn't start at that point. The sense I get from what we have is that there should be a name at that point in the sentence, and that is awfully hard to nail down. The last syllable seems to me to sound like '-en', something like 'Muriman', but that might be impossible to ever figure out if it is a name.

Marl64 wrote:
Next I get "Track" or "Tracked" as above, but it is followed by the "it came from" there are no extra sounds to account for your "where".

The more I listen to this segment, the more convinced I am that the speaker is a North American trying to pull a generic "fake foreign" accent. The rhythms of his speech are really off. It almost feels like it may have been intentionally sped up and slowed down in place. The sounds I can hear are something like 'track(ed) 'ere it came from'. There is something between the 'track(ed)' and the 'it', and best I can figure it is an 'ere' from a very clipped 'where'.

Marl64 wrote:
Then there's an "ee" sound before "more content", could this be "Need"? - I noticed this was missing from some of the cleaned up versions.

Yeah, in my slowed version, all you can hear before the 'more' is a big inhalation. The labored breath there interests me. His odd talking might be explained a little by his being in a less than ideal environment for breathing.

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To me "security and logs" actually sounds more like "security analogues" - extra bouce between "and" and "logs"

Could easily be ... easier to interpret if we had some sense of what accent the speaker is supposed to have Very Happy The sense I get though is that he's speaking in almost a slurred fashion and in a hurry, not ennunciating well which might explain a very sloppy 'd' at the end of 'and'. There are quite a few Americans out there who never pronounce that 'd' ... it's always this an' that Very Happy

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The inflection in the "mr ormond" line suggests it's a question - assumning the accent of person speaking has no inflection annomolies

Funny, to me it sounds like anything but a question ... but this is where accents come in ... the meter of her speech sounds like she is responding to a concern that Ormand has, and is using a slightly indignant or confident tone (e.g. 'be assured Mr. Ormand, I take my responsibilities very seriously')

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The jingly music in the background sounds like an ice-cream van.
Where did our scritchety friend get that music? It surely is grating.

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Try listening to it with these words, see how they fit.

"Moraven Drak to Control" (this could also be Moraven Tractor Control)
(deep breath)
"Reload Content, I'll check bay security hand logs"

The tricky part is "hand logs" has no hard "d" making it sound like "han logs" or "analogues", but it has an aitch sound which is why I'm steering away from "and logs".

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xnbomb wrote:
...the speaker is a North American trying to pull a generic "fake foreign" accent...

Hey, stop peeking behind that curtain Laughing
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Marl64 wrote:
Ok, looks like I missed a load again sleeping Very Happy
The inflection in the "mr ormond" line suggests it's a question - assumning the accent of person speaking has no inflection annomolies


Not to blatently disagree - but I don't think the "Mr Ormond" part sounds at all like a question. Most people when asking a question raise the inflection of their voice at the end of the question. "Mr Ormond" at the end sounds pretty definitive to me. The "Mund" part of Ormond seems way to "low" of a tone of voice to be a question.

Also, the main reason I think it's not a question is because everything else on this phone call represents some sort of significant event or problem. Therefore, if Kat (or whomever is talking) was asking a question, I think there'd be a little more trepidation in her speech, and a question like "Are you sure Mr. Ormond" would have a definite rise in pitch at the end - because it's an imperitive question.

The way she says it, is't as though, despite talking somewhat quickly, she's rather calm with her tone of voice, saying things "matter of factly" to Mr Ormond.



DisappearingBoy wrote:
I had another theory...if you compare the recording time with the incidentlogs from the 2nd incident, you see much of it coincides. Perhaps Ormand commanded the computer to override the code when the man was trying to leave through door A. The computer responded, "Everything's A-OK". Or perhaps it is a security operator who is following orders.

This explains the checking airlocks, klaxons, etc. Perhaps scratch got a hold of the audio from the radios used by the security team at the Aquapolis. This is why the other voice is garbled...it is perhaps from an intercom in the control room, not a radio on the same frequency as the others. The voice is then picked up through the mic of one of the controllers

DB

PS...the garbled voice is not speaking Greek (my wife is Greek and she listened) She said the man at the beginning definitely has a Greek accent. (actually sounds sorta like my fatherinlaw)


Interesting stuff. I'm still thinking the phone call may have something to do with the previous incidents at the Aquapolis - the drowning man and the flooding compartment. And considering that the word "Aquapolis" is mentioned eariler in the recording, I think that's a big clue that we're on the right track.

Perhaps some of the content of the phone call is a conversation between Metacortex and the Aquapolis construction "team"... Think about it - Kat, Mr. Ormond... that's the Metacortex part of it, while the guy at the beginning with the Greek accent could be the Aquapolis part of it. The other stuff (klaxxons, etc) all fit into that idea.

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