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[Trailhead] M3ps
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arthurdent11389
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 		NiceLurk, great job !

I was able to figure out the change to make to your transcription (I changed one "m" to a "w", even though it looks like a "W" in the picture.)

so that the transcripted text and decoded message become:

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SSB3b3VsZCBsaWtlIG1vcmUgcGFwZXIuICBJZiB5b3UgYXJlIHRoZXJl
IE1BdjNyaWNrLCBwbGVhc2UgY29tcGx5LiBCb3JlZG9tLCB0byBteSBvYnNlcn
ZhdGlvbiwgaXMgbm90IGFuIGVuam95YWJsZSBlbw9uLiAgQ291bGQgbXkgc
GFwZXIgYmUgYmx1ZT8gIEkgbGlrZSB0aGUgY29sb3IgYmx1ZS4=

and

I would like more paper. If you are there MAv3rick, please comply. Boredom, to my observation, is not an enjoyable eon. Could my paper be blue? I like the color blue.



I've tried finding a "MAv3rick" on the web (like deviantArt), but haven't been able to so far.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:49 am
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virodoran
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 		May be irrelevant, but I figured I should point out in case anyone didn't notice that MAv3rick and MAin_Scr33n (the title of the image with the TV) both have MA capitalized and use '3' instead of 'e.'

Maybe Mav3rick is a program that runs on the screen. Or is the screen itself. Or actually, maybe he/she/it is the face that you can see in the screen in the image that NiceLurk posted.

Edit: Yeah, definitely the face on the screen. It's the same face as the face with the arrows pointing to it on Document_1, where the text says "When he appears I will know."

Also, the text talking about outside communication might refer to the box below the TV.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:05 am
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NiceLurk
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 		I updated the image in my previous post.
This new version is even more edited (especially exposure and colour correction) and shows more content in the screen.
Imho it looks like some kind of text, yet unreadable.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:59 am
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virodoran
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 		I'm pretty sure those light/dark square patches are just jpg compression artifacts.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:21 am
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NiceLurk
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 		Re: m3ps
L0K1 wrote:
there is a new puzzle also

'http://m3ps.blogspot.ca/p/document2.html'


After L0K1 found this link in the sourcecode of the page he now discovered the frontpage at http://m3ps.blogspot.ca/ has changed.




The picture itself has a little more colour and the binary filename changed to

Code:
01010100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01101001 01110011 00101110


decoding to:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
There it is.


Base64 in the pic:

Code:
aHR0cDovL20zcHMuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tL3AvZG9jdW1lbnQyLmh0bWw=


gives us the link to the second ducoment:

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http://m3ps.blogspot.com/p/document2.html


PostPosted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:39 am
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NiceLurk
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 		This site updated again:

Frontpage:



The filename is binary and decodes to:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I've found it...


and it contains Mobilefish data:

Code:
WW91IGFyZSBhd2FyZSBvZiB3aGF0IGlzIGNvbWluZy4NCllvdSBoYXZ
lIHNlZW4gdGhlIHRydXRoLg0KQmVmb3JlIHRoZSBlbmQgeW91IG11c3QgbW
FrZSB5b3VyIG93biBjb25jbHVzaW9uLg0KDQpUaGVyZSBpcyBhbm90aGVyI
GFyZWEgb3BlbiB0byBhc2suICBBbnkgcXVlc3Rpb24gaXMgZmluZS4gIEluY2
x1ZGUgeW91ciBhbnN3ZXIgYW5kIGVtYWlsLg==


decode to:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
You are aware of what is coming.
You have seen the truth.
Before the end you must make your own conclusion
There is another area open to ask. Any question is fine. Include your answer and email.



Also the MAinscr33n picture has changed:



Yet the added Base64 is unreadable.

Clicking on this picture leads to this site:

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http://m3ps.blogspot.ca/p/141414.html


Picture:



The filename is:

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blue+preview+raw+edit.jpg


Also there is a box to send the solution to M3Ps.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:47 pm
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virodoran
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 		You can still access higher resolution images of MAin_Scr33n by modifying the URL.

For example, here is the highest resolution.

The base64 is easy to read now:

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T2gsIHRoZXJlIGl0IGlzLi4u
Oh, there it is...


PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:46 am
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NiceLurk
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virodoran wrote:
You can still access higher resolution images of MAin_Scr33n by modifying the URL.


Ok, thx. I missed that option.

So for now, I'm trying to find a solution for the missing words in

Code:
After her trials, M3Ps emerged _______ in a matter of _______ days.


Almost for sure, the second word should read 'fourteen', yet I did not find a definitive solution for the first one. Maybe 'slowly'? Idk.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:31 am
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virodoran
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 		Maybe she emerged "victorious?"

PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:09 pm
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virodoran
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 		More updates. The home page has a "new" picture with new mobilefish base64.
Code:
VGhlcmUgYXJlIHR3byBzb2x1dGlvbnMuDQoNClRoZSBvbmUgeW91IGNhbiBzZWUsIGFuZCBvbmUgdGhhdCBpcyBoaWRkZW4uDQpJbnNpZGUgZWFjaCBzcXVhcmUsIGEgd29yZCB3YXMgc3BlbGxlZC4NCg0KSG93IGxvbmcgaXMgdGhhdCB3b3JkPw==

Which decodes to:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
There are two solutions.

The one you can see, and one that is hidden.
Inside each square, a word was spelled.

How long is that word?


This page now links to another 7z file.

The MAin_Scr33n image has been updated with MAv3rick now shown on the screen. Here's a high quality version of the image. There is binary-encoded ASCII in the image
Code:
01001101 01000001 01110110 00110011 01110010
01101001 01100011 01101011 00111010 00100000
01010100 01101111 00100000 01110010 01100101
01101100 01100101 01100001 01110011 01100101
00100000 01100110 01110101 01110010 01110100
01101000 01100101 01110010 00100000 01101001
01101110 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101
01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110
00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01101001
01101110 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101
01100001 01101110 01110100 00101110 00100000


Which decodes to:
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MAv3rick: To release further information to informant.


-------------------------------

Is the result of that binary supposed to be another anagram or something?

Is the riddle referencing this page where words were spelled out inside the squares? The words were different lengths though. Two 3 letter ones, a 4 letter one and a 5 letter one.


Edit: Okay I think I figured out the second thing hidden in the sudoku.
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The sudoku is comprised of 9 letters which can spell out the word "unscathed." That seems to fit perfectly here:

After her trials, M3Ps emerged unscathed in a matter of _______ days.
The number of days might be 9 (instead of 14 like some people thought) since 9 is the length of the word "unscathed."


PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 6:29 pm
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NiceLurk
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 		Here are the new pictures:



Filename decodes to:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Passcode Required





PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 6:47 pm
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NiceLurk
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 		@virodoran:

Brilliant solution to the sudoku.
However, I'm not sure about the number. Regarding to the Binary_Access_Picture the emerging of M3ps lasted 14days. Maybe the number 9 is somehow related to the new zip file?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 7:10 pm
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NiceLurk
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 		Things are going fast. There's already a new picture:



This time it's a .gif reading

Code:
CONNECTION INTERRUPTED
WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE
Document Files Still Active Upon Directive


PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:32 pm
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NiceLurk
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 		Some frames got added to the .gif picture.
This is the most clear one, you can see a person (maybe M3Ps?) in front of and a drawing of something (maybe MAv3rick???) on the screen:



PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 2:50 pm
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NiceLurk
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 		The frontpage is updated with a .gif as well. The binary filename of this decodes to:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Go away.




In one frame of this .gif is another binary:

Code:
01100111 01111010 01100101 01101111 01101101 01100110 01110100 01110001 01110000 01011111 00111001


decodes to

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gzeomftqp_9


Using a simple Caesar shift it reads

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unscathed_9


This seems to be the solution to the recent riddle, but unfortunately the box to submit a message is gone.

EDITH says: The string is actually the password for the zip-file, see next post.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:42 am
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