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Jain
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 		Six hours left on the countdown... anyone else gonna be around?

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DZombar
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 		I'll be around for it I'm excited to see where this goes since it's my second countdown in a 2 day period.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:18 pm
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Serpent
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 		I'm hoping they don't extend it again Razz But yeah, I've been here for it since the beginning. There's no way I'm going to drop it now

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Ogawa
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Serpent wrote:
I'm hoping they don't extend it again Razz But yeah, I've been here for it since the beginning. There's no way I'm going to drop it now


8 minutes and counting...if they push it back now I'm rage quitting! Laughing

Edit: Countdown ended, page didn't change. Anyone get an e-mail or anything?

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Serpent
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 		Not yet :< But it just turned the 17th. Hopefully sometime today we'll get something

EDIT: Just got an email!

PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:08 am
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Ogawa
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 		I don't know if anyone noticed, but they posted a link on the YT channel to episode two of The Haunt:

http://soundcloud.com/interminestudios/sets/haunt-deliverance-season-one/

Edit: Just got an e-mail!

Quote:
Intermine Funeral Services <crematory> Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:03 AM
Bcc: [REDACTED]
>>>>main core corruption detected
>>>>addresses sector corruption detected
>>>>invalid inputs added
>>>>non-authorized connection established
>>>>power intake increased
>>>>alphabet sector unstable
>>>>trying to send message
>>>>hail unknown variables. (message sent successfully)


d
H%ello, Next of Kin

We are very sorry for your loss, and W@e')e h!op5ng y>u %an com> ?o VAGREZVAR YNOBENGBEVRF Foor A#$ FaR$ewE_@ <eRvIce>hall T@ke PlA$% immediately afterwards. We wish you and your loved ones well,

VAGREZVAR Funeral Services.

UNKNOWN USER INPUT: iwevctxyyivraauvdabbgixzookp


Included two attachments: Graham Funeral Announcement.pdf and HELP.au

PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:11 am
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Serpent
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 		The email was from the Intermine Funeral Service?

It was titled "Next of Kin Notification" which contained the following:

Quote:
>>>>main core corruption detected
>>>>addresses sector corruption detected
>>>>invalid inputs added
>>>>non-authorized connection established
>>>>power intake increased
>>>>alphabet sector unstable
>>>>trying to send message
>>>>hail unknown variables. (message sent successfully)


d
H%ello, Next of Kin

We are very sorry for your loss, and W@e')e h!op5ng y>u %an com> ?o VAGREZVAR YNOBENGBEVRF Foor A#$ FaR$ewE_@ <eRvIce>hall T@ke PlA$% immediately afterwards. We wish you and your loved ones well,

VAGREZVAR Funeral Services.

UNKNOWN USER INPUT: iwevctxyyivraauvdabbgixzookp


It also contained two attachments. A pdf file and sound file.


EDIT: Ogawa beat me too it but it's funny because we basically typed the exact same thing.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:14 am
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Ogawa
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 		The HELP.au file transcript:

Quote:
Hi. My name is John Smith. I'm an investigator of the truth. A revolutionary if you will. A few years ago, all electricity disappeared off of the face of the earth. Humanity ceased to exist except for a short, two[?] thousand of us who learned to live off the land. We had heard the stories of a place underneath the ground who had electricity, but we chocked it up to old folk tales and forgot it. Well, most of us did, at least. A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from someone named Michael Graham. Well, now I've received an email with an invitation to his funeral. I've used this as my entry path into Intermine Laboratories, but you'll need to stay on the outside and pull me out in case I walk into a bear pit. If after twenty four hours if I cannot contact you, I will need you to hack into the cryogenics page at IntermineLaboratories.com and find out what happened to me. If I'm still alive, you'll know it. Until next time, I bid you farewell.


Edit: thank you, Serpent. Smile

Edit2: Corrected spelling of "Michael" based on the funeral pamphlet.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:23 am
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Serpent
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 		On the pdf file, it was basically set up like a pamphlet handed out during visitation.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Acknowledgement

The Family of Michael Graham have long passed
from the earth and from Intermine Laboratories,
but he is succeeded by Cecil Masters, a bright
young man with a good heart. He will rest easy
knowing that his life's work is not in vain.
We are unable to hold a service because of the
lack of space inside of Intermine Laboratories,
and the world outside is too polluted, so a
cremation will be held and on Cecil Masters'
orders, the beloved's ashes will be deposited
into Oceana, the Western Ocean.


Michael Edwards Graham
May 2, 3000 to November 11, 3045

Obituary
None exists.


Quotes from the deceased:
 "I find that the brightest subjects are the
subjects who don't question what is
keeping them alive."
 "Don't look for me when I'm gone,
because you'll just be wasting your time."
 "Vs lbh QB ybbx sbe zr, gura nyy lbh unir
gb qb vf frnepu gur pngnpbzof"


Order of Service
Processional………………………………………….Soft Music
Prelude……………………………………………….Soft Music
Song………………………………………………………
.Intermine Choir
Scripture
Prayer
Poem
Acknowledgements & Resolutions
Obituary……………………………………………None Exists
Remarks
Song……………………………………………………….Choir
Eulogy……………………………………………Cecil Masters
Viewing of Remains-------Cancelled at Cecil Masters' request.
Recessional


The last quote was a Caesarian shift of 13 which decoded to this:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):

"If you DO look for me, then all you have
to do is search the catacombs"


PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:24 am
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Serpent
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Location: Missouri
Ogawa wrote:
The HELP.au file transcript:

Quote:
Hi. My name is John Smith. [something I can't understand] A revolutionary if you will. A few years ago, all electricity disappeared off the face of the earth. Humanity ceased to exist except for a short, few thousand of us who learned to live off the land. We had heard the stories of a place underneath the ground who had electricity, but we chocked it up to old folk tales and forgot it. Well, most of us did, at least. A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from someone named Michael Graham. Well, now I've received an email with an invitation to his funeral. I've used this as my entry path into Intermine Laboratories, but you'll need to stay on the outside and pull me out in case I walk into a bear pit. In twenty four hours if I cannot contact you, I will need you to hack into the client page[?] at IntermineLaboratories.com and find out what happened to me. If I'm still alive, you'll know it. Until next time, I bid you farewell.


The first line was:

Quote:
Hi. I am John Smith, and investigator of the truth...."


As for what he wanted us to hack into, I think he said the cryogenics page.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:26 am
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Ogawa
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Serpent wrote:
The last quote was a Caesarian shift of 13 which decoded to this:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):

"If you DO look for me, then all you have
to do is search the catacombs"


Nice!

There's another one in the e-mail:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
VAGREZVAR YNOBENGBEVRF translates to INTERMINE LABORATORIES


Serpent wrote:
The first line was:

Quote:
Hi. I am John Smith, and investigator of the truth...."


As for what he wanted us to hack into, I think he said the cryogenics page.


Yay, thank you! OK, so the login page at beginning.interminestudios.com (following the Cryogenics link)...I assume we're waiting until whether or not we hear from John Smith?

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Serpent
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 		It looks like it! At least 24 hours won't be too long. We should still keep an eye on the websites and youtube channel just in case they change it. Was the email's cipher the same shift as the funeral quote?

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Ogawa
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Serpent wrote:
Was the email's cipher the same shift as the funeral quote?


Nope...I just noticed that the repeating letters appeared in the proper places. The shift sequence appears to be different for each letter, and both words have a different cipher.

As for the login, I tried "catacombs" as a password for the following usernames:

micheal.graham
micheal graham
mgraham
michealgraham

...to no avail. Sad

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Serpent
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 		Haha! Looks like we're on the same page. I've tried mgraham with the password as catacombs but it didn't work. I also tried looking for a page titled catacombs but it was only a 404 error.

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Ogawa
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Serpent wrote:
Haha! Looks like we're on the same page. I've tried mgraham with the password as catacombs but it didn't work. I also tried looking for a page titled catacombs but it was only a 404 error.


Also tried Jerusalem, ProjectJerusalem as a password with a few of the listed usernames, as well as bmasters (Bradley Masters). Haven't tried one for Cecil since last time.

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