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[TRAILHEAD] Jaadian Green
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Bezza
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Jelloarm, Imagine fits the password length listed at the bottom of the page for password 4. Did you email that to James?

PASSWORD = _ _ _ _ _ _ _

PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 12:28 pm
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jelloarm
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No, not yet. Let's review:

PW1 - Epicycle?
PW2 - Cosmogonist (sorry guys)
PW3 - Appanage
PW4 - Imagine? It fits the clues and shows up in the Eddington paper.

We comfortable sending this out?

EDIT: Eh, no one lives forever. Sent James the passwords, but just wanted some clarification on the USB security before he entered them - do we get 3 guesses per password, or 3 wrong guesses total?

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Hey James!

Hear about your ankle - tough break, that. Hope you're resting and it gets better soon.

In the discussions we've been having on a forum over your puzzling files, this is currently the best guesses for the passwords - sorry about botching number 2 for you at first - but who'da thunk of 'cosmologist' on their own?

PW1 - Epicycle
PW2 - Cosmogonist
PW3 - Appanage
PW4 - Imagine

Before you enter those, though - someone had mentioned you get three tries til the file locks you out. Is that per password, or total??

-John

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 4:48 pm
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Elethamei
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I've emailed James couple of times, but I don't think they went through. It didn't bounce right back, but after a few days I got a message back saying "Mail intercept in place. Please try again."
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:40 am
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jelloarm
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Ditto... Between unforums being down for so long and the mail intercept, I'm worried about the momentum of the game.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:13 pm
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Renna
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i will email him a Hello.................
Your friends have been trying to talk to you through this email Smile Is everything ok with you? It seems that our messages to you have been "intercepted"....any idea why? Is there a better way to get in touch with you? I think one of my pals sent some passwords over to you to...any luck?

How's the leg, my friend?

Stay in touch,

Karen

PostPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 7:15 pm
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Bezza
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New email from James:

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Dear all

I am sending you this on official orders from, well, the police? I suppose.
They told me to send it and to no longer contact you.
I've never been in trouble with the law before and now all of this - well. I've had enough.
I was taken in and quesitonned - somewhere. For days. All I remember is hearing people chant about Lions and Falcons one night?
Anyhow. I'm sorry for getting all of you involved in this, especially you Karen and Elethia - you've both been so kind. I told them the truth that no-one had any files that were decrpted and they were happy enough about that to eventually let me go - though my ankle is never going to heal now either.

Please, all of you - don't contact me again. I don't want to get anyone else in trouble.
James.


An interesting note about his email:

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He mentions Lions and Falcons. The Detroit Lions played the Atlanta falcons at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday.


Is the game over or should we keep digging?

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:01 am
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Renna
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Here's the attachment letter in that email:
Institute of Archives, Realisation and Gramary,
Wembley, London.

28th October 2014

For the attention of [insert recipient]
You are formally requested by the powers invested in the state to desist in your enquiries as to the location, information pertaining to, or derived from, the person formerly known as
James Lawrence Cox, as of the date of this letter.
Due to illegal activities made by this person against the realm, and the threat of the knowledge found upon his person, any association made thereafter this date with this person will be seen as treason against the monarch and filed under The Treason Felony Act 1848:
If any person whatsoever shall, within the United Kingdom or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend to deprive or depose our Most Gracious Lady the Queen, from the style, honour, or royal name of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom, or of any other of her Majesty's dominions and countries, or to levy war against her Majesty, within any part of the United Kingdom, in order by force or constraint to compel her to change her measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon or in order to intimidate or overawe both Houses or either House of Parliament, or to move or stir any foreigner or stranger with force to invade the United Kingdom or any other of her Majesty's dominions or countries under the obeisance of her Majesty, and such compassings, imaginations, inventions, devices, or intentions, or any of them, shall express, utter, or declare, by publishing any printing or writing ... or by any overt act or deed, every person so offending shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable ... to be imprisoned for the term of his or her natural life.
In obedience and service,
William S C Stanger
William S. C. Stanger
Spartan Division


Institute of ARG??? Smile

btw, the sender of the letter attachment shares a name with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephenson

I'm not sure if this is finished or not...?

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:45 am
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Renna
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Renna wrote:
Here's the attachment letter in that email:
Institute of Archives, Realisation and Gramary,
Wembley, London.

28th October 2014

For the attention of [insert recipient]
You are formally requested by the powers invested in the state to desist in your enquiries as to the location, information pertaining to, or derived from, the person formerly known as
James Lawrence Cox, as of the date of this letter.
Due to illegal activities made by this person against the realm, and the threat of the knowledge found upon his person, any association made thereafter this date with this person will be seen as treason against the monarch and filed under The Treason Felony Act 1848:
If any person whatsoever shall, within the United Kingdom or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend to deprive or depose our Most Gracious Lady the Queen, from the style, honour, or royal name of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom, or of any other of her Majesty's dominions and countries, or to levy war against her Majesty, within any part of the United Kingdom, in order by force or constraint to compel her to change her measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon or in order to intimidate or overawe both Houses or either House of Parliament, or to move or stir any foreigner or stranger with force to invade the United Kingdom or any other of her Majesty's dominions or countries under the obeisance of her Majesty, and such compassings, imaginations, inventions, devices, or intentions, or any of them, shall express, utter, or declare, by publishing any printing or writing ... or by any overt act or deed, every person so offending shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable ... to be imprisoned for the term of his or her natural life.
In obedience and service,
William S C Stanger
William S. C. Stanger
Spartan Division


Institute of ARG??? Smile

btw, the sender of the letter attachment shares a name with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephenson

I'm not sure if this is finished or not...?



...ocd me will put this to rest if it's meant to be Smile

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 6:59 pm
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booba
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Renna wrote

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I'm not sure if this is finished or not...?



I would say the answer is absolutely, positively, cast in stone, ........maybe.
Or maybe not.

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:44 am
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Bezza
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Got two emails from Arthur Graham:

First one:

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"Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, le or petty—never give in, except to conviction of honour and good sese. Never yield to force. Never yield t the apparently overhelming might of the enemy."
It took me a while to get through the weird defences on his simple email, but now you have a frioend on the inside.

Wait, get your friends to try to solve the passwords - I'll get you the files - slowly though, we all get watched here...

'Johnny'


After each paragraph there were some words in white font that i only discovered when copying to paste here:

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check out how we work
by reading fully our logo and motto


A second email with files attached:

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So - I'm sending you two of the hacked files. I've stripped away the security with a ... variety of means which now means all passwords [on these documents at least] ARE case-sensitive - put all passwords in lower case - however, positive view of things: they won't be deleted now if you get them wrong. IF you get into them, share? You do, then I'll be able to share the others with you.
I can't get you to trust me straight away, but lets just say.. Gerald is a friend? I want to help and prevernt ARG from getting this information, despite working for them - however, I also need to know what the files are to help those who are enemies of enemies?

'Johnny'


Files are password protected.
lost2hacked.doc
 Description   
 Filesize   303KB
    58 Time(s)

Unfortunately, this file is no longer in our archives.

lost3hacked.doc
 Description   
 Filesize   310KB
    52 Time(s)

Unfortunately, this file is no longer in our archives.


PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:14 am
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Bezza
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Our earlier guess at Password 3 opens up the Lost3 hacked file.

Password 2 not working for lost2 hacked file.

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Red letters in words backwards spells out "and use words"


PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:35 am
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Renna
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The differences I notice in the ARG coat of arms is the motto is "God and my Fear", where the UK coat of arms says "God and my Right". Also, there is a book in the shield for ARG, vs. a harp.....

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booba
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So how can the password for #2 be ellipse, and not ellipse at the same time?

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When it's exactly like it is in the rot13 spiral: ryyvcfr Smile


PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 3:11 pm
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Renna
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booba wrote:
So how can the password for #2 be ellipse, and not ellipse at the same time?

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When it's exactly like it is in the rot13 spiral: ryyvcfr Smile


Fabulous! Which is:
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Help change the heart of man.....watch


I didn't get these last few emails. Is there an address to reply to?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 4:23 pm
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Renna
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I rec'd this last night:

Gospel assistance
JaadianSPLATmail.com
Nov 1 at 6:11 PM
Dear friend

Matthew once , in a lucky number [twice], talked about finding things and so here I am.
Yes, Jaadian's quartz is now mine to use, thoguh I am to use his electronic mailing port or address or whatever it is termed so he can guarantee that I do not reveal any of the green's goals or plans.
But he has asked me to ensure that the Dreamer is still guarded as best as we/he/I can. He was apprehended? This was to be expected. We [or rather Jaadian] tried to state about how others were also in the world loking for the information - luckily, due to a few favours owed to me by some in the Gramary sections of the Spartan sector of the departments, I was able to assist in getting an insider.
Yes, things would be simpler to just waltz in and, well, remove memories etc, but there are rules about certain types of interventions and seeing as the green are being thoroughly looked at right now due to our involvement with the Endless - well - needless to say, the better and simpler you trust in Snow, the better.
If he gives you any grief, just remind him who it was that assisted in the creation of Forest in the first place - that'll put him in his palce. Of course, it'll get his back up as well, but you never make omelettes by being nice to all the chickens now do you?
I'll be around for one moon cycle due to not wanting to miss out on the solstice preparations in the Green for too long - its a major time, the sun stillnesses - but you, I imagine, have realised that already from some of your involvements [some of you anyhow] with Forest and the others - heck, I'm new here but even I know that most Green magics revolve around sunlight in some form...]
Right - I'm going to sign off for now - you don't need to know about all our waffle and politics - just help James and Snow get the USB decoded and then make the decisions required.
And soon - if the Green have this issue hanging over their heads at Yule - well, I wouldn't want to be in humanities' shoes...

Yours, in obedience

Gerald McIntyre

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