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[Trailhead?] Arepo
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Neosaint
Kilroy

Joined: 08 Dec 2013
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 		[Trailhead?] Arepo
I've been following and playing what could potentially be an ARG (or just someone having some fun) from a post on reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1s4b3p/physics_teacher_gave_me_this_did_i_just_get/

Continued at:

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1s8v08/update_my_physics_teacher_gave_me_this_did_i_just/

So far it has only used email, craigslist, and reddit for communication, and dissemination of clues, but seems very much like an arg with the use of email auto responders and ciphers, with clues being fed in the reddit threads (Someone who says they are a student at some unamed school keeps posting letters they find around campus).

It appears to be themed with a Lovecraft/Cthulu Mythos. We are stuck on the latest clue, and could use some help from the professionals.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 8:41 pm
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GuestUser17
Entrenched


Joined: 22 Feb 2011
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 		I am in a group of people just wrapping up another Cthulhu based ARG tomorrow as part of a Kickstarter and will be looking for something to do. I had a look at your links but don't know enough about reddit to figure out what you are stuck on. Post your question here and I will pass it on to the group.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:46 pm
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Neosaint
Kilroy

Joined: 08 Dec 2013
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 		Ok.. Well the trail started with a user posting this:

http://i.imgur.com/GyWpUK9.jpg

Which led to a couple of craigslist postings:

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/com/4163032158.html

and

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/com/4226420429.html

Emailing the poster returns two emails, which ultimately lead to a passage in the grimoire "The Black Pullet", which when emailing the correct keyword, yields the following email:

Quote:
One of the first texts a neophyte must delve into is the so called "Black Pullet." Its contents, particularly the English translations, are quite dubious in nature. It draws upon many more ancient and vaunted manuscripts as it attempts to compile its 22 seals. La Poule Noire mistakenly attributes its power to an unnamed, yet likely Judeo-Christian, god. Due in part to its rather accessible nature, it creates a perfect place for a young neophyte to learn to plunge the depths of an esoteric text.

Despite its failings, and real lack of original work, it remains a useful place of reference. Many years ago, my magus instructed me in its uses. I traced each symbol ad infinitum finding each stroke of my pen more graceful and more accurate and its ensuing sigil more reverent.

Of these 22, I have chosen 2 for our current uses. Number 18 gives the user a glance into the minds of those around you. Hence, it helps you identify the neophytes around you. Number 22 helps us banish the yellow sign and, hopefully, with it The 72 Horrors.

As I progressed through my studies, as you will soon, I realized each of the 22 had their true power in small pieces. Many of the more intricate parts are purely adoration, in truth diluting their power. Notice the inverted triangle contained in each. It represents psychorecognition. Other portions guide its target.

I hope this helps to alleviate your initial curiosity. You are on a life-long journey towards enlightenment and protecting Tellus as a whole. Stay Safe. For now, continue on.

Active Resistance: For now, continue recruiting nihil, my cards are attached. Guided Research:

You asee, my json, each rone has qits virtue, lits peculiar svirtue, but oto make suse of tit you lmust understand ithe language iof the dMagicians in aorder to kpronounce the pmysterious words iengraved thereon. OI will pteach them pto you obefore working iwith you fon the egreat performance awith the tspirits and othe animals ywho are tsubmissive to dmy authority oand who vobey me lblindly. You iwill see uwhen you jhave been oinitiated into lall these omysteries of rhow many eerrors the mmajority of ithose who ppretend to sbe servile uto nature mhave been dguilty. They olove the ltruth and obelieve they rhave discovered sit by imeans of tabstract ideas aand lose mtheir way ein the tfaith of a reason of which they do not know the limits.
Sincerely, Arepo


When taking the extra leading letters from the passage at the end, it returns what appears to be a cipher, with a portion of lorem ipsum appended to the end

Quote:
ajrqlsostliidakpiOppoifeatoytdovliujoloremipsumdolorsitamet


So far, I've been unable to decipher it.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 11:12 pm
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steamqueen
Boot


Joined: 04 Dec 2012
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Location: spain

 		that is annoying, i have been trying to decode it but no luck, even tried to see if it was an anagram of some sort

PostPosted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:10 pm
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Sixfivefive
Boot

Joined: 13 Apr 2011
Posts: 14

 		This looks pretty interesting; I messed with the coded text a bit but couldn't figure anything out. I sent a mail to the second craigslist ad but no reply after a few hours; wonder if he's still sending out mails. I also refuse to mess with reddit so I'll post anything I come up with here.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 1:23 am
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world_unfolds
Kilroy

Joined: 10 Dec 2013
Posts: 1

 		Hey guys, we've made a bit of progress on this but are running in to some dead ends. Would love to bring in some new brains to take a crack at what we have so far.

here's our sub with a summary and some resources:
http://www.reddit.com/r/arepo/

IRC: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=/r/arepo

Thanks!

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