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Someone Help Me Please (Trailhead!)
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astrofig
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Someone Help Me Please (Trailhead!)
This is the closest I can get to figuring out the game's actual name

So I checked my email this afternoon and saw what I thought was spam--the message was titled MISSING MISSING--sent by someonehelpmepleaseSPLATmail.com . The story thus far seems to be a young person (man?) caled Jess who is locked in a room with a bunch of green safe-deposit boxes, a desk with a typerwriter that types by itself, speakers in the cieling, and little else. Here is the list of our exchanges thus far, and what I've uncovered (italics for Jess's messages, bold for mine, for ease of deciphering):



    R.C.A::C.A. found, reroute sucess_

    Reason: Dr Kissinger out of office, FWD to next availiable doctor
    ///ERR///: Dr_Liebert NOT found! Rerouting::SystemR.C.A.





    ----- Original Message -----
    I am out of office currently. Use R.C.A. system if "Liebert" is unavailable. It's a risk, but it's one we might have to take.

    -Dr. Kissinger, PCD: Subject#5
    http://someonehelpmeplease.wordpress.com




    ----- Original Message -----
    From: MISSING MISSING

    Sent: 07/07/12 06:49 PM

    To: someonehelpmepleaseSPLATdoctor.com




    SYSTEM-RESET-SUCCESS
    SYSTEM_RENAME: "someonehelpmeplease"
    PRIME DATA MISSING, OPERATING AT 70%

    Audio::Text CONVERSION SUCCESSFUL
    AUDIO TRANSCRIPT:

    hello
    hello is anyone here
    hey
    [CORRUPTED]
    hello
    damn its locked
    hello
    ----
    MESSAGE SENT- AWAITING REPLY


    I'm here, what's going on? Who is this and what's happening?

    Audio::Text CONVERSION SUCCESSFUL
    AUDIO TRANSCRIPT:

    who said that
    hello
    where is that coming from
    my name is jess
    i don't know
    where i am
    some room
    i think these are
    are
    lockboxes
    ive been here
    i think
    i think
    maybe
    a day and a half
    i don't know
    ----
    MESSAGE SENT- AWAITING REPLY


    My name is Jen, Jess. I want to help you get out of there if I can.. Take some deep breathes until you feel better and then look around. Are the boxes the only thing in the room with you?


    Audio::Text CONVERSION SUCCESSFUL
    AUDIO TRANSCRIPT:

    okay
    um
    hi jen
    um
    um
    there's boxes
    there's a metal bed
    mattress and pillow
    thats the far wall
    the uh
    uh
    the other side
    of the uh room
    has
    there's a door
    big
    metal
    i tried
    earlier
    it wont budge
    oh
    oh oh
    and the typewriter
    there's an old
    desk
    big desk
    lots of drawers
    more drawers
    with a typewriter
    sitting on it
    and theres wires coming out of the typewriter
    and then the boxes on the wall
    like i said earlier
    like safety deposit boxes
    but none of them open
    and the typewriter types
    by itself
    sometimes
    its really freaky
    uh
    uh
    the floor has tiles
    and a
    uh
    there's
    a drain in the floor
    the boxes are
    uh
    green
    with locks
    duh
    i'm sorry
    i'm a bit too freaked out
    to really be helpful

    ----
    MESSAGE SENT- AWAITING REPLY


    It's okay, you're doing great. Have you tied checking the drawers or among the bedcoverings for a key? And what kinds of things does the typewriter write? Do they seem meaningful or is it just strings of letters?

    Audio::Text CONVERSION SUCCESSFUL
    AUDIO TRANSCRIPT:

    (INDECIPHERABLE)
    uh
    no
    i don't see anything
    (INDECIPHERABLE)
    no
    um
    um the
    the typewriter
    it says
    message sent
    awaiting reply
    i was talking
    to someone
    a few minutes
    ago
    but i don't know
    what happened
    they stopped
    the same stuff you said
    who are you
    where are you
    that kind of stuff
    it goes somewhere
    but i don't know where
    how are you talking to me
    how is any of this happening
    oh god
    (INDECIPHERABLE)
    (INDECIPHERABLE)
    why
    why me
    what is
    what is
    going on
    (INDECIPHERABLE)
    ----
    MESSAGE SENT- AWAITING REPLY


    Oh wow. I guess somehow your typewriter is transcribing my emails. I'm replying from a computer. Wow. I have no idea how that can even work. Okay, so no sign of a key. Hm. Maybe we're intended to work together to get you out. Do you remember anything from before just now when you contacted me for the first time?

    no
    your voice
    is coming from the ceiling
    not from the typewriter
    someone else is on the typewriter
    before you started talking
    or whatever it is
    that you're doing
    i don't think i'm allowed
    to talk about
    anything personal
    last time
    when i was typing
    the other person
    asked
    me what
    what my
    name was
    and i
    said what it was
    and
    it said this
    ee
    ar
    ar
    colon
    response contains
    sensitive information
    colon
    colon
    strike
    zero
    one
    and then
    then it went
    all buggy
    made loud noises
    and things
    it wouldn't
    let me type
    for a few minutes
    the keys
    sort of locked
    up
    i couldn't type
    anything
    oh
    and
    the
    typewriter
    is
    out
    of
    out of
    space
    on the
    the paper
    space to type
    that
    that isn't
    good

    ----
    MESSAGE SENT- AWAITING REPLY


    You were talking to someone else before? Did they tell you their name? And what kind of things did they say?

    i think the typewriter is out of paper
    it sent out another error message
    it says
    reply received
    author colon aine
    i think she's in the
    same situation
    that you are
    though
    she doesn't know what's
    going on either
    i need to figure out
    how to replace the paper
    so i can talk to her more
    ----
    MESSAGE SENT- AWAITING REPLY



    Okay, too much to hope that the desk has a sheaf of spare paper in one of the drawers, hm? You checked there already, yes? I'm going to ask some really smart friends of mine for help, maybe they can figure something out.


    We need to help him(her?) replace the paper, guys!

    Also, I found this wordpress blog, but it's password protected.

    http://someonehelpmeplease.wordpress.com/

    So far, 'someonehelpmeplease', 'Jess', 'jess', 'Liebert', 'Subject #5', 'R.C.A' and RCA have all failed as passwords.


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Firious2
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Okay, so I'm gonna join in on this one. From the looks of it, the password won't be given until we get more paper. I'm gonna send a message now and see if I get a response.

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Jeremyswiff
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It sounds like at least 1 other person has received an email from Jess. I wonder how many people were contacted. Should we all contact him or should one person communicate with him?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:57 pm
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Firious2
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Got a response:
someonehelpmepleaseSPLATmail.com

02:06 (0 minutes ago)
to me

Text::Audio : "Message: Hello? Jess? Jen sent me. My name is Firious, Call me Fir. I've been given some information about your situation. You say you need paper. First, if there's a current sheet of paper in the type writer, check to see if the back is blank. If it is, use it. If it's not, I want you to look in the following places, okay? Under the bed, under the desk, behind the desk if it's up against the wall and you can move it. Also, if you can, try take the drawers out of the desk and look at the bottom of them, see if there's paper stuck to them. I'm going to repeat those places once more, okay? Under the bed, under the desk, behind the desk if it's up against the wall and you can move it. Also, if you can, try take the drawers out of the desk and look at the bottom of them, see if there's paper stuck to them"

Audio::Text CONVERSION SUCESSFUL
AUDIO TRANSCRIPT:

hello fir
uh
uh
okay
umm
i looked under the bed
and the desk
and again
and again
i don't see
anything
i'm afraid
to move the desk
there's wires
from the typewriter
to the wall
im afraid i might
break it somehow
i can't move the drawers
i tried kicking them
i think
i dont know
i can't find any paper
----
MESSAGE SENT- AWAITING REPLY


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Firious Molat
> Sent: 07/08/12 07:56 PM
> To: someonehelpmepleaseSPLATmail.com
>
> Message: Hello? Jess? Jen sent me. My name is Firious, Call me Fir. I've
> been given some information about your situation. You say you need paper.
> First, if there's a current sheet of paper in the type writer, check to see
> if the back is blank. If it is, use it. If it's not, I want you to look in
> the following places, okay? Under the bed, under the desk, behind the desk
> if it's up against the wall and you can move it. Also, if you can, try take
> the drawers out of the desk and look at the bottom of them, see if there's
> paper stuck to them. I'm going to repeat those places once more, okay?
> Under the bed, under the desk, behind the desk if it's up against the wall
> and you can move it. Also, if you can, try take the drawers out of the desk
> and look at the bottom of them, see if there's paper stuck to them.
>


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Distraction
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http://someonehelpmeplease.wordpress.com/category/subject-typeomatic-messages/


Was able to get into this without a password. Still digging around.
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Firious2
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I've been "Talking" to Jess at the moment. I've informed her with some codewords so the connection won't break:

Text::Audio: "From Fir: I'm sorry Jess, We haven't yet. We're working on it now at the moment. I'm going to try some code words so you don't get cut off okay? Don't repeat anything I say to yourself either, okay? From the messages so far, you seem to be part of one of those things done in science. You have a healing professional that takes down information about your progress who seems to have been redacted. Do you understand the message I'm conveying you? Just say either Yes or No."

Audio::Text CONVERSION SUCCESSFUL
AUDIO TRANSCRIPT:

yes

----
MESSAGE SENT- AWAITING REPLY

----------
From Fir: Good. Sit tight there Jess, Okay? I'm going to share this with the others and see what they've found. I'm sure you're scared and all, just try get some rest. If you need something to pass the time, I'll give you a riddle.I'm as big as an elephant but light as a feather. What am I.

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andraemara
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I found out about this from someone I know and I'm not familiar with the etiquette here. I was able to figure out the passwords for the wordpress. Would you all prefer that I tell you straight out or that I give you a hint?

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Distraction
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Use the spoiler button. That way..whomever wants the password ( like impatient me) can get it and whomever wants to remain spoiler free..can
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andraemara
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okay here goes:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
the password for the about page is keepitsilent and the password for the doctor kissinger page is the current day in the format day#000x.
Good luck!

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Distraction
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Spoiler (Rollover to View):
the day format is like this? 08#000x ? It must be the NyQuil I've inhaled because I can't get it to work




andraemara wrote:
okay here goes:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
the password for the about page is keepitsilent and the password for the doctor kissinger page is the current day in the format day#000x.
Good luck!

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Firious2
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Distraction wrote:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
the day format is like this? 08#000x ? It must be the NyQuil I've inhaled because I can't get it to work

It's like this:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
day#0001 for the first one, day#0002 for the second
[/spoiler]

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Distraction
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Thanks!

Firious2 wrote:
Distraction wrote:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
the day format is like this? 08#000x ? It must be the NyQuil I've inhaled because I can't get it to work

It's like this:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
day#0001 for the first one, day#0002 for the second
[/spoiler]

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So it looks like Jess will be receiving more paper at "meal time". Maybe we will find out more about this "Aine" once the paper arrives.

The wordpress site says that we shouldn't give information to "the subject" but should we follow that rule? Thoughts?

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Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://monster-manga.wikia.com/wiki/Johan_Liebert


This is an interesting tidbit of information.
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Jeremyswiff wrote:
So it looks like Jess will be receiving more paper at "meal time". Maybe we will find out more about this "Aine" once the paper arrives.

The wordpress site says that we shouldn't give information to "the subject" but should we follow that rule? Thoughts?

I say we should follow it and not give information directly, but still inform her of it. Also I've checked into the "Aine" route. She seems to be nothing of value yet.

http://en.gravatar.com/erulissestarchild is the profile you get when you click the picture on wordpress.

Doing a google search for erulisse starchild doesn't give any intresting results.

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