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[nonlocality]

Oh, in case you guys didn't see it, my info was based on her updated log, which contains all the coordinates. And we're trying to figure out what is up with Oman now.

[amiantos]

Re: Beth IM

[nonlocality]

Heh. That's the one King Mob. And then there was the linear distribution of anomalies. Do you suspect I like playing with maps?

[King Mob]

Nice to know though that Beth confirmed for us that s/heismissing are indeed James and Lynne Avery; but interesting, too, that she didn't know where Jesse was (she presumed he was with his parents).
She also confirmed that James and Dimitri were good friends, but that James and MLO were nothing more than "work associates"; so it seems likely that Jesse (if he was the author) did indeed send that encrypted message to Dimitri. But why did Dimitri take on the role of Brutus and hand the note over to MLO? More questions than answers it seems...

[Moriar]

Here... i got great things... so we all know he's missing is James, sheismissing is lynne and other random stuff....

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Scamallo: Hi beth.
bethlmcconnell: Hi.
Scamallo: So you want an advice or what to do with that man...
Scamallo: I think you should not talk about him so openly.. i fear

someone is on his track
Scamallo: BTW, i heard you were going to paris... What does bring

you there?
bethlmcconnell: I got a quick tour of the world
bethlmcconnell: It's over now and I'm back at the campsite
bethlmcconnell: I'm going to post about it to my log shortly. I've

got to eat some dinner first
Scamallo: Is your new friend capable of this? That's amazing....
bethlmcconnell: it's unreal. i feel like I'm dreaming.
Scamallo: Well.. who knows.. probably we're all dreaming
bethlmcconnell: but I'm starving right now, so I'm going to grab

some dinner and update the site. I'll be back in about an hour.
Scamallo: I'll be here.. i really am interested in this and wish to

hear more from you ;o)
Scamallo: I was wondering... Can your friend track people? He's

been able to track you to your apartment, maybe he can track down

someone else... like your friend James. Maybe they can help each

other...
Scamallo: Hey....
Scamallo: R u all right? An hour has passed and i didnt hear from

you again yet... Is everything ok?
bethlmcconnell: yes, I am ok
bethlmcconnell: I got tied up with the dog
bethlmcconnell: sometimes they can be so demanding.
Scamallo: Yes I know... i have 2 dogs...
bethlmcconnell: sometimes I wish I was a cat person
bethlmcconnell: and then she looks up at me with those eyes
bethlmcconnell: and I know that it's all about her
Scamallo: Eheheh... You know... i don't like cats so much... i've

been hurt by one when i was a child.
Scamallo: Anyway... did you have any additional news on your

missing friend you spoke about in your mail sometimes ago?
bethlmcconnell: No, I've been thinking about him lately.
Scamallo: Is he the one on heismissing.info ?
Scamallo: You know... one thing shaked me last night... I had a

dream about a man crawling in the dirt like someone was keeping him

from going away... the day after i saw that website... i couldn't

believe it was the same man...
bethlmcconnell: James, yes, he's the one on heismissing.info
Scamallo: Do you know anything about his son? Is he ok?
bethlmcconnell: I haven't heard from his son since before I last

saw him.
Scamallo: I hope he's fine... losing his father wont be a good

thing... Anyway.. do you know who's the woman on sheismissing.info?

I feel like the two are connected.
bethlmcconnell: That's James' ex-wife.
Scamallo: Oh my god... don't tell me she's jesse's mother... that

will mean he's alone right now....
Scamallo: What's James ex wife's first name?
Scamallo: Is she Sylvia?
bethlmcconnell: No, her name is Lynne
Scamallo: Oh.. btw.. i heard the song on your website... Well i

really feel like it's kinda written for me someimes.... Do you know

the singer? She got a beautiful voice.
bethlmcconnell: I don't know her
bethlmcconnell: I just happened across that song online somewhere.
bethlmcconnell: Music has a way of awakening your emotions
Scamallo: I wish i could hear more from her... but so far, i only

know she's called Dina.
bethlmcconnell: Dina! That's right. I was trying to think of that
bethlmcconnell: I was going with Tina.
Scamallo: I have a good attitude on remembering names
Scamallo: So what u going to do next? Do you think you'll be seeing

your new friend early? I'm still wondering which method you used to

find the pattern of the paranormal events...
Scamallo: "early" ---> i meant "soon"
bethlmcconnell: I hope to see him soon
bethlmcconnell: I forget the actual equation for the pattern (it's

written down on a paper at work), but it had to do with the

location and the date of the previous one
bethlmcconnell: It was actually rather simple math
Scamallo: does the hour of the day means something to the pattern?

or just the day?
bethlmcconnell: just the day
bethlmcconnell: or the date
Scamallo: Beth... i gotta go now... i wish i could stay more, i

feel i have a lot to learn from you. Will you be online any other

time? I'd really like to talk with you again.
bethlmcconnell: I'm almost always on
bethlmcconnell: so feel free to grab me some other time
Scamallo: k ;o) Have a good night!

[Omnie]

Ok, I've been having an extended conversation. Extended = it sometimes takes her 10-20 minutes to answer, but that's ok. Here's what I've got so far:


OmniEmp: Possible test idea - can he affect memories? Make you remember something that didn't happen? It would be hard for you to tell...maybe you could write down something that never happened, and then tell him to make you remember that thing. Something like "The sky turned purple"...?
OmniEmp: If you suddenly remembered the thing that you wrote down, that would be proof that he is supposed to affect humans. Maybe, in addition to fixing glitches, he makes people forget about those glitches so that they don't get freaked out and begin to question reality.
OmniEmp: Possible?
bethlmcconnell: hmmm, that is an interesting test
bethlmcconnell: it would be difficult to know if it worked though.
OmniEmp: True, which is why I suggested writing down the thing that you don't remember
OmniEmp: to have a reference point
OmniEmp: It would probably be a bit disturbing for you, but potentially very interesting
bethlmcconnell: yes. that would really be the only way that it would work
OmniEmp: Did you guys ever go down to the Cascade Vortex, or did he leave before you could?
bethlmcconnell: he left before we could. I hope that he comes back though.
OmniEmp: Oh, ok. Yes, I do too. He probably will, since he seems to need your help.
OmniEmp: I'm curious about Laika...has she been acting differently lately?
OmniEmp: I wonder, do you happen to know who this is? http://www.sheismissing.info/
OmniEmp: Beth? I'm sorry, that probably seemed to come out of nowhere. I just ask because she seems to be connected to heismissing.info, who appears to be James Avery...I don't really understand what happened to him
OmniEmp: I don't mean to intrude. I brought it up because you were close to him, weren't you?
bethlmcconnell: That is his ex-wife
bethlmcconnell: and yes, James and I were very close for several years.
OmniEmp: oh...ok. That makes sense. Do you know what her name was?
bethlmcconnell: He's an amazing man.
OmniEmp: Oh...I'm sorry, that must be a painful subject. Something strange happened to him in Zurich, didn't it?
bethlmcconnell: I don't think so
bethlmcconnell: well, I know longer know really
OmniEmp: why not?
bethlmcconnell: I had actually believed the "retired and getting away from it all" story
bethlmcconnell: But his ex wife is Lynne
OmniEmp: oh, ok. Interesting...hmm, you don't believe the "retired" story any longer? Did something happen to make you suspicious?
bethlmcconnell: Well, if he had retired and all was well, why would people be looking for him?
bethlmcconnell: I could understand why he hadn't contacted me. That almost made sense.
bethlmcconnell: But to not contact others, well that's just not like James.
OmniEmp: Do you know who is looking for him?
bethlmcconnell: No, I have ideas on people that are looking for him. But as far as concrete information, no.
OmniEmp: Hmm. Do you mind if I ask what ideas you have? Because I have some ideas myself
OmniEmp: My ideas = I noticed that the pics were hosted on paintover.net, which is some kind of gateway for people to chat on, it seems. It seems like Miss Kinross posts on that site as "Texel." How strange that there's a link between the -ismissing.info sites and your friend... is that along the lines of what you were thinking, or do you have other ideas?
bethlmcconnell: Well, I was thinking more about Marcus and Dim
OmniEmp: really? in what sense?
bethlmcconnell: Well, I happened across a folder of information that Marcus had on James
OmniEmp: What kind of info did it contain? and what does it have to do with Dim?
bethlmcconnell: So I guess I do have concrete information of someone looking for him, but it could be work related. I don't know. It's just so strange that after all this time he's reappearing everywhere.
bethlmcconnell: See, that's what I don't know.
bethlmcconnell: Dim came to Redland the other day and met with Marcus.
bethlmcconnell: I just assumed. I don't know what other reason they'd have.
OmniEmp: Interesting...hmm, who is Dim, anyway?
OmniEmp: And do you think they have any connection to the Averys' son? I mean, it would make sense for him to be looking as well...did Marcus or Dim know the son, do you think?
bethlmcconnell: I'm sure that Dim did/does
OmniEmp: really? why?
bethlmcconnell: Dim and James were great friends
OmniEmp: Oh...was Marcus close to James as well?
bethlmcconnell: They were friendly but not friends
bethlmcconnell: work associates
OmniEmp: Oh, ok. So there would not be a personal reason for Marcus to be looking for him, I suppose. Do you know of any reason why he would be so interested in searching?
OmniEmp: was there ever some tension between them?
bethlmcconnell: I know that Marcus was upset with him at one point. I think that passed though
bethlmcconnell: but it was a bit tense for a while and Marcus almost left the company, iirc.
OmniEmp: wow...what happened?
bethlmcconnell: I never really got the whole story.
OmniEmp: So you don't know why Marcus would be looking for them, then?
bethlmcconnell: I have no idea. I assume it's work related, but that doesn't make sense

[King Mob]

I like the Dina/Tina confusion; although, since we know that the PM's are obviously hiding their knowledge with a sheild of ignorance, it's difficult to say whether Beth is intentionally holding back information about Dina for some reason, or whether the PM's (or chat bots) are simply bad 'actor's'.

[Insomniac]

Ok here's my 2nd convo in full...

[King Mob]

So, she actually answered the Thomas Anderson question, huh? Sweet, even if she didn't know him. I guess he was even more of a loner than we thought!

[loewin]

well, now i feel like i did something instead of just sit here and read night after night thanks for asking about mr. anderson.

[Omnie]

Ok, I closed the chat window before I could save, but we just concluded the conversation...I remember most of it.

Me: Can I send you some files? (I was gonna send her the ones from Ormond's metadex, I'd explained how I'd found them online, etc)
Beth: I can't take any files. I'll be able to once I'm back home on my desktop.
Me: Oh, ok...
Beth: I loved chatting with you, but I'm exhausted!
Me: I can understand that...are you still at the campsite?
Beth: Yes...something about putting Laika to bed or something...
Me: Heading to bed?
Beth: Hopefully...I need to close like 40 windows...it'll probably be 2am before I see a pillow
Me: something sympathetic...good luck!
Beth: Thanks...I'm always online, feel free to message me anytime...
Me: Thanks, good night
Beth: Good night, take care

That's entirely paraphrased, but it's the gist of what was said. Nothing amazingly significant, except that 1) she found a good excuse for not taking the files and 2) it looks like we can expect more of this interaction in the future.

This was the coolest thing yet in this ARG...and with that, I'm heading off to sleep.

[King Mob]

Well, if she didn't know it before, she knows now that she has quite the fan following; I wonder if I can make myself club president?

[xtreme777]

i'm somewhat of a noob to the game but here is my conversation with beth so far:



xtmama: Beth have you ever heard of a former employee at metacortex named Thomas A. Anderson?
xtmama: Have you ever met men that wear sunglasses all the time; indoors, at night, in the rain?
xtmama: have you ever experienced de ja vu?
xtmama: have you had any contact with anyone that works at underscorehosting?
bethlmcconnell has unloaded the IMVironment.
bethlmcconnell: the name Thomas Anderson doesn't ring a bell
xtmama: try typing his name in the directory on the metacortechs.com website like this andersonthomas
xtmama: did you have a good dinner?
xtmama: what did kathy catch you looking at?
xtmama: do you know why the metacortex downloadable wallpaper contains a hidden binary message about machines?
xtmama: i know a lot of people have asked you about thomas anderson. It's just that he was our friend and we haven't heard from him in over 6 months. We are just worried about him that's all.
xtmama: i've heard a lot of interesting things have happened at the Heart O'
bethlmcconnell: ack! so many questions. I can understand being worried about a friend you haven't heard from
xtmama: heart O' the city hotel in room 303. Ever stayed there?
bethlmcconnell: no, i have not
bethlmcconnell: i'm heading to bed, it's been a very long day
bethlmcconnell: but i'm always on, so feel free to msg me sometime
xtmama: pleasant dreams
bethlmcconnell: and kat caught me looking at a folder that he had on James
xtmama: hmm, anything interesting in the folder?
bethlmcconnell: I didn't get all that good of a look before I had to close it
xtmama: maybe the ai man can help you to remember. kind of like what hypnotists do. freeze a moment of time or even a memory for further study
xtmama: could be a good test
bethlmcconnell: it could be!
bethlmcconnell: i like that idea!
bethlmcconnell: I really like that idea because I'd love to know what was in there.
xtmama: we all would. maybe by finding out what happened to your friend James, we can learn more about what happened to our friend Thomas

[King Mob]

Maybe a little too obvious with the Thomas Anderson references there xtreme777; but I do like how you made him out to be a lost friend of ours! Yeah, we're all just one big hacker family...

[King Mob]

Okay, time I think to end my running commentary; I'm sure it's getting on more than a few people's nerves (it's definitely getting on mine; but then that might just be the toothpicks I've stuck under my eyelids). So I'm off to bed; night all. (Or technically, morning here, but it's Sunday, so I'm sleeping in very late)
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