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[TRAIL HEAD] The doll family
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Eric Thomas
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Joined: 29 Jul 2014
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[TRAIL HEAD] The doll family
I just kinda found this Tumblr account and it might be an ARG

so, I was going over tumblr, looking for some slenderman stuff, when I noticed a post bashing slending on the tags. I wanted to know what made this guy think they were so great so I went to their blog. Turns out they're this...doll cult thing? I got someone who visits this site sometimes help me figure out some of what they were posting, as it looked all like Jobberish to me. After we figured out what was said, they replied practically instantly, now with a riddle. They refuse to give us the rest of the 'story' until the riddle is solved.

DO NOT LOOK IF YOU DON'T LIKE DOLLS!!

http://thedollfamily.tumblr.com/


I posted about it on redditt, but nobody has bothered to look at it yet. It looks like it could make a cool ARG.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:53 pm
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zerovin
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well, I'm up for this whatever it may be. Don't know what to make of the riddle yet though

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:34 am
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Eric Thomas
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Neither do I. it's a good one though, maybe google will help? But I want to run down all the ideas first before checking.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:36 am
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Eric Thomas
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well, turns out I know the people who run it, as they just PMed me on tumblr, and have been invited to join, so I guess this is the last I'll be discussing it here Very Happy seeing as the rules say we can't really work it out with you guys! Have fun, good luck, and REPENT! Laughing

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cherrytree98765
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Just taking a side glance at this. I'm not particulary into tumblr myself.

Just by looking at the riddle and the theme. My best guess for the answer would be (and just in case it is correct"

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
A Soul
Seeing as this seems to be horror themed, and it asks "what is one in every doll" I would bet my money on that.


Just thought I might throw in my 50 cents, I might keep track on the side, I just don't have much of a want to sign up for something new.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:39 am
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zerovin
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I thought it was that too, so i posted it, now to wait for a reply I guess

EDIT: Apparently, that answer you gave isn't it.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:53 am
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cherrytree98765
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Well they already posted in reference to my post here.

A quick google search brings up the answer as they're using a more generic riddle.
Honestly, I wouldn't have guessed this answer on my own, due to the answer being to related to something that not everyone has seen. I certainly have only seen 2 in my life, and that was owned by somebody else, and I was young then. haha

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Russian (Russian Dolls)/Another Doll (if they want it that way.)
Seeing as the answer is based one of those types of Russian dolls unless you've actually seen one this riddle can be pretty hard. So basically just another doll. haha


Otherwise you can probably send that to them. I'm not sure if they want a different phrasing or what not.

EDIT: Just as a side note to the PM"s. If this is an ARG, many players don't like the rules of Unforum to be violated. If it's just a story, then it's fine. I just mention it because as a whole it'll detract some more senior players from wanting to play the game. I don't really mind per say myself, but some people do.

EDIT 2: And there is now a youtube channel. I've sent the answer to them under their discussion tab.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:14 am
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Eric Thomas
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Oog: Just a quick reply to Cherry's comment, as one of my friends brought it to my attention. At the time I made this topic, I was unaware that my friends were the ones working on the ARG, nor was I a part of it until they noticed me follow their blog and told me, offering me to join their group.

This will be the last time any of us comments on this thread. i just wanted to clear that up, because I really don't want to ruin what they're trying to do by breaking any rules here , and I honestly don't think I was breaking the rules at the time I made this topic (Any I know of at least)

Anyway, have fun you guys!

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:18 am
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cherrytree98765
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Eric Thomas wrote:
Oog: Just a quick reply to Cherry's comment, as one of my friends brought it to my attention. At the time I made this topic, I was unaware that my friends were the ones working on the ARG, nor was I a part of it until they noticed me follow their blog and told me, offering me to join their group.

This will be the last time any of us comments on this thread. i just wanted to clear that up, because I really don't want to ruin what they're trying to do by breaking any rules here , and I honestly don't think I was breaking the rules at the time I made this topic (Any I know of at least)

Anyway, have fun you guys!


Oh, no, no. I wasn't referencing you specifically. I was referencing the post on tumblr that mentioned mine and zerovin's usernames. Technically if this is an ARG, unforum as a whole does not exist. PM's usually just have to say something to avoid it. To the IG side, Unforum is like a 404 not found page. Thus mentioning our username's does say "Unforum does exist in the IG world". Which some users don't like as it feels they can't discuss things without the IG side mentioning them. Like how to interact with a character or such.

Like I said I don't mind that per-say, but there are some people who like that line not crossed and don't like to play game's that do that.

But on your post, yes you can't post anymore but it's fine if you didn't know up until that point. I was just giving a note to the PM's so they understood if they wanted to do that, they're player base may be a bit more restricted.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:42 am
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cherrytree98765
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Just to let people just see the new puzzle on the thread.

Quote:
Jhf fuki mkig kgf'q lwdfghq afdf jwv lfklif.

Qk,

Nkv efkh ifd wdwg fk ijc ikij ksklif.

Fufg fdwjkfz tsg hk ifxd fush.

Jhf, hkhs gfisdgz hkkn tsg zdwg.

I've already tried ROT13, and a simple shift. Taking that into account it's probably a vignere. I've already tried everything connecting to the last riddle, and the tags used on the post, but besides that nada.

According to a frequency anylasis the key could be 5 or 7 letters long. Otherwise I have no clue what the key would be.

I have some things to do for a good chunk of the day, so hopefully someone else has a brighter idea than me on it.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:11 pm
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SpaceBass
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I appreciate you respecting the rules of the board once you went behind the curtain, Eric. I will just add to cherry's comment that it may be best to run your campaign as if Unfiction were invisible to the in-game characters. As PMs, it will be helpful to read player discussions to see where they are and what they are thinking about things but if you have in-game references to what they say, you risk scaring the audience into dark or private discussion areas where they feel more free to speculate and comment with less fear of affecting the campaign or story in an unintended fashion. That just makes it harder for you to know how to approach things if you can no longer view your players' discussions.

Eric Thomas wrote:
Oog: Just a quick reply to Cherry's comment, as one of my friends brought it to my attention. At the time I made this topic, I was unaware that my friends were the ones working on the ARG, nor was I a part of it until they noticed me follow their blog and told me, offering me to join their group.

This will be the last time any of us comments on this thread. i just wanted to clear that up, because I really don't want to ruin what they're trying to do by breaking any rules here , and I honestly don't think I was breaking the rules at the time I made this topic (Any I know of at least)

Anyway, have fun you guys!

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:48 pm
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zerovin
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the closest I got to anything resembling a word was through the alfine cipher putting it through the tool, it changed to this:

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Bvp pic keys esp'w hojpsvw apjp bol hpehyp.
We,
Nel mpev ypj ojos pe ybg yeyb ecehyp.
Pips pjobepx fcs ve yprj picv.
Bvp, vevc spycjsx veen fcs xjos.


I don't know if there's anything helpful, but just putting it here in case.

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SoulEatingBunny
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0999PZWNt4s
They posted a video as a "hint" for the previous puzzle. The letters listed off in the video are the same as the letters in the description,
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
BTHOPWBP S GSHTHHP TTHTLT BNBTHA
I've tried multiple things to crack this, but I can't get it.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:41 pm
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Renna
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They are the first letters of each word in the code....it's making my head hurt
update on site: the answer is easy, just look at the keyboard

another update:


Anonymous asked:

Your "hint" is missing a letter. There are 28 letters, but there are 29 words in your code.




So it would seem. Thank you child for your correction. it would seem our speaker needs to be reeducated.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:08 pm
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SoulEatingBunny
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Spoiler (Rollover to View):
but the holy one's partyes were bad people.
so,
god sent his test he hid holy people.
Then trained her to lead them.
But, none belevrs took her away.


Just sent this in. Either I got it or I'm close. Every letter is actually a letter diagonal to it on a qwerty keyboard. A bit hard to explain.

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