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amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
*Not doing the Java-Jive b/c Oracle+coffee stains isn't the code* Ctcd Fred on behalf of my entrepreneurial friend I <3 your idea of tag-teaming them when plausible
So amandel wrote:
It's genuine that I thank you for your insights, esp. about the Voxigraph which can also be cleverly used to send coded messages. However, my inquiry now about Lord Houl is at the behest of a friend who has a remarkable business innovation for his attention. We've gathered from Foilhead that he is an "apparent recluse...living somewhere in Black Chapel" so he's unable to glean any contact for him or his financial advisors in any directory. Can you help?
My friend is certain that you've spoken with him in person although I'm using "person" hesitantly as you've said he is "the apex of his kind". Please, what did you mean by that? Also, does he call himself Lord as an affectation?
And then F.P.Sun wrote:
Lord Houl likes his privacy and normally only deals with his own kind or through his manservant Rogi, his takeover of the Voxigraph firm is somewhat unusual of him. A complete departure in fact from his normal business dealings. I very much doubt this business innovation will appeal to him, he plans his business strategies decades in advance. I have met him only a few times in the last forty years he tends to shroud himself, his face shows deep age.
He like me has long life but we exist on different sides of the coin.
He calls himself Lord because he is extremely rich, has been around since the dawn of time and exists within that rare realm of old and new money.
Why are you so curious about Voxigraph and Lord Houl?
Fred.
Hi Spoonhead. Just saw Mr. Behind's rqst for you to ctc Lord Houl. Seems difficult. My belief is that our PM is stalling on this which at almost 3 months in this ARG is odd
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:02 pm
spoonhead99
Decorated
Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 269 Location: Hastings, UK
Hi Amandel, I read that as he wants me to convince Minion to get some info out of Rogi.
I think your right, this is stalling until we get over our duality issues.
Still not sure how much info to give the Empire
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:15 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
You're right spoonhead. Hi Booba, just saw your cluey solve on the Cube word. The P.I. Console has new ciphers. Tho in honor of Mary's B'day my brain is still Leaky
P.I. Console Ciphers solve
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Again two Vigenére Ciphers with the keyword, Edwin Schrodinger, decoding to:
Mars se Two [One possible trans. is from Latin as "Mars himself or Mars itself"]
(Watchman)
C-File PW solve of "Cube Safe Face #1 Contents"
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
PW is: god save the king
Cipher keyword solve of "Cube Safe Face #1 Contents"
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Vigenére Cipher with keyword: one
Quote:
Cube Safe Face #1 Contents: "Journal 1104
Porta Magna, the Arsenale di Venezia. Despite my connection to the joined and the increased clarity of knowledge I no longer remember how many years it has been since I met the One on the banks of the Tigris. It is now just a blur of history, my body barely changed. Six wivies gone and dead, no children to call my own. The One said that the joining would change me, help see beyound man's short existence. This skin of mine that I know so well, the blood that runs through me that holds me…
Journal 1927
Came across degenerate Eskimos in Greenland whilst tracking Outcast movements, these vile creatures confirmed that the Outcast has visited them. The Eskimos considered them to be Gods the holders of the Great Light of Power. I couldn't believe I was only a few steps behind reclaiming the Joined destiny, the field would be complete again!
My opposite holds the key to an ancient wonder erected by men but destroyed by the Gods, order is important"
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:15 pm
iandaking
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Joined: 09 Apr 2012 Posts: 73 Location: Vancouver, BC
It's not latin; the latin word for himself/itself is ipsum, ipsius, or ipse.
EDIT: there is also some alternative history going on here. I could not find any mention of a King that went by the name George VII (the name is mentioned on BehindYou_'s Twitter profile) except on this Alternative Wikia page.
http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/King_George_VII_of_the_United_Kingdom_%26_Family
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:53 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Welcome iandaking. This ARG follows an alternative history called The Empire .
Initially F.P.Sun was hesitant to admit authorship of the journal and said the Gaunt may not be under Lord Houl's control as it "is not in his interests at the moment".
Then amandel wrote:
Hello again Sir,
Bottom line: The journal was found encrypted at Dun Troddan. It moved me and inexplicably I felt empathy for its author. That's the single reason I inquired if it's yours. Are you confirming the excerpt is indeed from you?
My instincts say it's an invasion of his privacy to reveal more details about this Guant-stricken fellow if that is actually his plight. In general is there anything one can do to prevent a Gaunt from exerting an influence on ones mind? I gleaned this fact from the 729 Inc. wiki which contains many interesting entries.
At some point we'll likely have total access to the cube. Why did you ask?
In reply F.P.Sun wrote:
Amandel,
The cube is dangerous! The metal is not from this earth, it holds death. Get it far from Dun Troddan that is an unstable place, its bloody Samael's doing I bet. Bury it deep!
That [journal] quote is indeed mine, my life is not for the faint-hearted. I have fought chaos my entire life being joined has helped considerably but the Universe is unrelenting, disorder is its only constant and my companion down the centuries.
Gaunt's are devils indeed they whisper in your ears, there is drug that the Joined have experimented with but it is unstable. Better off finding and killing the Outcast in control of the Gaunt. When the Outcast is dead the Gaunt will be free of control and leave. I believe the Empire have men that do such dirty deeds, I'm sure Control could rustle up a killer for the job.
Likely Control won't move the cube (if he could) tho I'll ask Sun for more details later. Presently, am waiting for FY's reply re http://729-inc.wikidot.com/watchmen
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:45 am
booba
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1433
From Earth to Mars and back again, re: http://729-inc.wikidot.com/watchmen
Yippee yahoo!!
Now that was a long and winding road...
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:00 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Definitely doing the *lucky two-step* about that Watchmen page found with 0% skill while reevaluating the F.P.Sun info at 729. Am lucky enough in RL to have seen the huge Ramesses (Ramses) II statue at Abu Simbel but have had so many missers guessing that code word thought it best to leave the right choice to FY. TGIF
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"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:31 am
iandaking
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Joined: 09 Apr 2012 Posts: 73 Location: Vancouver, BC
amandel wrote:
Definitely doing the *lucky two-step* about that Watchmen page found with 0% skill while reevaluating the F.P.Sun info at 729. Am lucky enough in RL to have seen the huge Ramesses (Ramses) II statue at Abu Simbel but have had so many missers guessing that code word thought it best to leave the right choice to FY. TGIF
I'm going to go ahead and say its the eldest son of Ramses II. All the other Ramesses I found on wikipedia are all pharaohs
EDIT: it could also be ramses iii for several reasons...he is a 'junior' pharaoh who succeeded ramses ii, he had been murdered and his cause of death was discovered in 2012.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/9752002/Pharaohs-murder-riddle-solved-after-3000-years.html
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:23 pm
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
iandaking: My answer above, Ramses II, has been confirmed by the IG ctc as the correct code word unlock (part #1) but it's super that you're getting involved here.
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"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:35 pm
iandaking
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Joined: 09 Apr 2012 Posts: 73 Location: Vancouver, BC
amandel wrote:
iandaking: My answer above, Ramses II, has been confirmed by the IG ctc as the correct code word unlock (part #1) but it's super that you're getting involved here.
Aff should've asked someone for a summary before I started getting involved. Whats part #1? And how did the topic suddenly jump from speaking of some immortal being to talking about a cube?
_________________"Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself."
-Dak Ralter, Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:46 pm
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
iandaking: All the game updates/history are at http://followingyou9.wordpress.com/ & all the PWs to the C-Files there are on this uF thread. It's a must read anyway.
Summary: With discretion we're loyal field agents of The Empire who found at Dun Trodden the HQ of semi-immortal beings called the Joined. These Joined/729ers in turn have a history of enmity with their own splinter group called the Outcast who have stolen something from them. BehindYou on twitter is the protagonist. HTH
And in response to the Cube Safe Sickness our FY contact wrote:
The Babbage team assures me that they will have a direct link to the steam waldo on the second face sometime tomorrow.
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"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:56 pm
booba
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1433
Welcome iandaking!
Don't worry about about felling a little lost.
This is my third campaign with this topic (since Wallace P.I.) and I still spend most of my time way out in left field.
So now does the giant squid that ate NYC show up?
Edit to add:
I in turn will try to remember to post a link to whatever the hell it is I'm talking about.
http://followingyou9.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/update-p-i-lab-picture-safe-cube-found/#comments
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:23 pm
spoonhead99
Decorated
Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 269 Location: Hastings, UK
I suspect the answer to the next cube is in here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World
It's the definition of opposite in this case that bugs me
Is it the physical location of the next face or something else?
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:25 pm
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
C-Files Prompts and Passwords (Chronological Order) .
Lair czterdziestu zlodziei= iftah ya simsim
The Lair of the 40 Theives= open sesame
Celephaïs Layor= kuranes
The Drug Nine, its power is obvious but limited to Three= 729
The Sphinx is his Nisuoc= cat
Place: Gel Leng= glenelg
What sleeps beneath= giant
Count the Interval in Roman= IX
Rolling cubes of frozen water= dice
T birostris, alfredi (300 to 10) Green Needles= fir
Captain J Carter Commanding has taken leave to visit his wife= dejah thoris
Salutation Necronomicon= al azif
Latitude 34°21′, W. Longitude 152°17′= gustaf johansen
Scatter his enemies And make them fall= god save the king
Agrippa's Gold Like Human Number= 1.61803
Globe's last dance – Collection= a 100000000 suns
Thunder Child= nemesis
The Guardian of the North 4th Planet= yellow
Exham Monastery= rats
[Will I update this list regularly? Only the shadow knows ]
_________________ "I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent."
"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:08 am
Last edited by amandel on Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:23 pm; edited 3 times in total
spoonhead99
Decorated
Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 269 Location: Hastings, UK
Ooh Amandel, bestest agent evah!
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:19 am
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