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pia ward
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 		Could be that we are looking for Lamont Cranston. There are a ton of them on FB and only one The Shadow. I sent a few msgs to ones that seemed promising due to the profile photo although there seems to be a ton of LCs on FB and I haven't gone through all.

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LordIllidan
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faeryqueen21 wrote:
He wants us to find Nigel on the "site with fast communication" that apparently isn't twitter. He said it in my email too.

I've tried AIM but I can't tell if some of the potential user names are wrong, or just offline. Didn't find him on Facebook either. And I don't know of any other "fast communication" sites. I feel like he's throwing it right in my face and I'm missing it like a dumbass.


Methinks Wiki? Wiki being the Hawaiian word for fast?

Although, Wiki's aren't actually a quick means of communicating with others on a personal level...

Idk, just pulling shit out my ass. Metaphorically speaking.

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 		I asked Shadow how he(?) knows Darrington:

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I happened to meet one of her associates when they were busy trying to do to me what they're going to do to Hemingway.

All things come and go in life. People, pets, even houses...

But she doesn't care about that. She takes it all, even people that aren't involved and just like playing on the computer with friends.

So yes. She hurt me dearly.


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pia ward
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faeryqueen21 wrote:
He wants us to find Nigel on the "site with fast communication" that apparently isn't twitter. He said it in my email too.



There is a the.shadow.knows on skype. Maybe that's what he meant by "good ring to it, don't you think?"

Someone else will have to call. Too stressful for me.

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faeryqueen21
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pia ward wrote:
faeryqueen21 wrote:
He wants us to find Nigel on the "site with fast communication" that apparently isn't twitter. He said it in my email too.



There is a the.shadow.knows on skype. Maybe that's what he meant by "good ring to it, don't you think?"

Someone else will have to call. Too stressful for me.


Good job! It always seems so obvious looking back.

I'll see if he's available to chat since it's late in the UK
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pia ward
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faeryqueen21 wrote:


I'll see if he's available to chat since it's late in the UK


Sweet! You're way more courageous than I, faeryqueen.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:48 pm
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LordIllidan
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 		Shadow is eh pretty cool guy. Eh plays Alliance and doesn't afraid of anything.

Quote:
7:32 PM me: O HAI.
S: Hallo
7:33 PM / me salutes
me: So, since you're the protagonist now, want to lay some tragic backstory on me?
So I know you're not the genre savvy villain?
7:34 PM S: Tragic backstory, eh? You think I'm some emo kid?
I'll find black clothes
just stay away from my ass
7:35 PM me: You're SHADOWY MCSHADOWFACE. With a name like that, you're either a villain, a ninja, or a hero with a tragic backstory.
You're legally obligated to be.
S: Or a shadow that really likes McDonalds
7:36 PM me: That in itself is pretty tragic.
S: It is, isn't it? But they are everywhere
C'est la vie, though.
What part of my backstory interests you so? I doubt my saying, "I was born" would
me: I'll admit I'm a frequent customer myself, but convenience and quality are different things~
7:37 PM As for backstory...
How about how you found out about Bitchy McBitch face, and if you have any motives for pwning her other than "She kills kittens?"
Not that I'd blame you if that was all you had going.
S: LOL
7:40 PM Well, long story made short... she found me.
7:41 PM Don't know how. Don't even really know why.
7:42 PM But she has this thing about games.
And me, well, I was addicted to Warcrack
me: 3, or WoW?
S: Stuff happened. Windows were broken
me: If it's the latter, you deserve it.
S: WoW. And you can laugh, I was Alliance
I know. Label me.
It's fine
7:43 PM I was stupid. Still am, I guess. Chasing her down
it took a bit. But well, weird stuff like I said. Broken glass. Dead animals.
Weird ass symbols
the works
couldn't figure it out. I didn't care really, since I could clean it up
7:44 PM Til the day our house got torched
I got out, but my sister...
7:45 PM You're supposed to look out for them. No matter how much they bug you. no matter how much they mess up your game or screw your connection or hell... chase away your dates
And I didn't.
me: Fuck.
S: Yeah
sums it up
they found 'a body.'
guess they figure job was done, zip up your fly
get the hell out
7:46 PM me: And that didn't qualify for "Tragic backstory" earlier? I feel the need to give you some serious bro grabs right now.
S: It's not tragic. I fucked up.
So I've got my mission.
Cause I don't have my sister.
7:47 PM but it's not about me.
I already screwed up.
This kid though, this Nigel? He didn't. Just was wrong place. Don't want anything like it to happen to him.
7:48 PM I don't know if he's got family or is training to be the first crazy cat man
me: So, TL;DR: If Jack Thompson was a woman and even more of an asshole than he already is, and in addition to cats, she also goes after girls.
Yeah. You're the good guy. My bad for being a dick earlier.
Well. More of a dick than usual.
7:49 PM S: It's the internet
get used to it or get out
me: Amen, bro.
S: problem is like I said, she's smart.
7:50 PM she's like a damn character in a movie
me: So if Jack Thompson was smart and more of a dick and so on and so forth.
S: heh
7:51 PM me: I'm sure by this combination alone, she's going to get a face full of laser-guided karma sooner or later.
We just have to be the ones that do it before everyone else.
S: damn right
7:52 PM I wanted to try and set things right with a few other folks. But damn it all, it seems when I can actually get a connection that doesn't screw up
me: You ever thought of getting 4chan on the bitch?
S: I keep imagining the xkcd comic when they went after the twilight writer
7:53 PM if anyone could corrupt 4chan, it'd probably be this girl
me: AN XKCD FAN. I think I have to side with you now even if you were the bad guy.
S: LOL
me: Bros before hoes, man.
7:54 PM Or basic morality, in this case.
Whatev.
S: basically
ugh
damn it
he's still wandering
me: Nigel?
S: Time to hope to whatever deity is out there she didn't find him
hand to Zeus. Or Buddha. Or Allah. Or Jesus. Take your pick.
7:55 PM Onto searching.
Have a good whatever
morning, noon, night, tiffin
later dude
me: Godspeed.


TL;DR: D is out for blood. Specifically, nerdy gamer blood. She also has all the intelligence of a Bond Villain, but enough genre savviness to construct an elaborate and easily escapable death trap, and instead use more conventional means. Also, S is a total bro.

After this chat, I have a good guess at who the PM is. I'm only about 60% sure about this, but...

Did any of you play any of The Landlord's games? Me and Landy are kinda buddy-buddy OOG and something about the way Shadow talks when he's not being mysterious gives me a sort of Landy vibe.

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cyng
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 		geez i spend like one little evening getting stuff done and miss everything Sad

but I finally feel good the story was starting to take off...i was getting a little bored with the pace

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Raevyn
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 		did I miss something?
pia ward wrote:
Could be that we are looking for Lamont Cranston. There are a ton of them on FB and only one The Shadow. . .


Now you lost me, pia. I'm curious where you got that name?

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booba
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 		One of the alter-ego's of "The Shadow"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow

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faeryqueen21
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 		Nigel posted a picture of the note that accompanied his dead cat:

http://yfrog.com/6cz26uj

Looks like we got some solving to do!

Also, I'm a bit confused. Shadow said in an email to me that he set up the "fast communication" for Nigel, but obviously it's Shadow on the other end. Not sure what that's about.
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booba
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 		It's a rotten number substitution Smile

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
1=R
2=S
3=T
on to
9=Z

Then rot to:
Your
shadow
cannot
save
you


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faeryqueen21
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 		Great job on the solve! Wish it actually helped point us in a direction.

New email from Shadow that I assume a lot of people got:
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Manage to get one good sleep and this happens?!

I'm gonna regret asking this, but do any of you have any idea where this kid went?


I assume he's referring to the fact that Nigel twittered his house was broken into so he's taking off. Don't know yet where he went. Logan is also "staying with a friend" according to her and stalking Nigel according to Shadow.
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 		Stuff To Do
Okay guys, Logan is staying with her friend Patrick from the recording. Shadow gave me his email and asked me to spread it around so he obviously wants multiple of us to contact him. Or maybe he's trying to get more players back in the game Very Happy Anyway, Patrick's email is: theuniversedisturbedSPLATgmail.com He said Patrick's last name ended with a G as though that may be important.

He also said there was more to the "your shadow cannot save you" thing so that's supposed to lead us somewhere.

Also, Logan said something about feeling bad about Nigel's cat and she would be really sad if her birds were hurt. Sounded important.
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MensVenatus
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 		New tweets from Logan; not that new, actually. Going to send an email to see if the are all right.

Quote:
Omg. Someone just threw a brick through the motel window. Note on the brick reads: I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.

He's found me. I don't know how. I'm getting out of here

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