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[SPEC] The Secret Task
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weephun
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Well, since everyone knows all about Lt. Weephun's "loyalties" now, I'll try to explain some and share what I haven't before. I was afraid of doing this before out of fear of backlash like this: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=76055#76055
Tar Ecthelion wrote:
<Sarcastic>
Way to make things interesting Weephun!!! You are so Fired.
</Sarcastic>
-Tar
ariock wrote:
For an encore do you tell her who the assassin is, when her plane returns, and how to hack into air traffic control??

I can see why you didn't want to talk about your conversation.

Though I do appreciate some understanding
daboking wrote:
it is hard to read inflection sometimes, so I just sincerely want to say good job to weephun! This has really opened up the game... he is playing his part and it is progressing the story. Now, in character... RRRRRRRRRRR.
Laughing


This is the email that I sent to the rest of the crew this morning. It explains what I remember from the call (which wasn't completely 100% acurate I can see now), my actions (above and beyond giving away the dungeon/404 information), and my goals in doing all of this. I apologize to all who feel the loss of the Sleeping Princess (and especially her puzzles which I personally also loved) Once we remove the Pious Flea though, I'm fairly confident we'll be able to get her back from being "lock[ed] up". At least I hope so.

Keep in mind that this email was written THIS MORNING BEFORE THE UPDATE and has had no modifications made to it whatsoever. (I'm a pretty good predictor then wouldn't you say?)


Quote:
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 07:26:24 -0600
Subject: Re: Confirmed Crew: Waiting for one more

Melissa asked me
specifically about the "spy" or "rogue process" who I identified as
the Sleeping Princess and she seemed to agree. She then asked how she
could find this rogue process and I explained to her the she was
hiding in the dungeon which was accessible by accessing a page on the
ilovebees server that didn't exist. I also mentioned that there was a
3rd entity called the Flea (yes, I know, I forgot the "Pious" part, so
sue me I was insanely nervous ) also in the server but she refused to
acknowledge this entity or talk about it. She asked me specifically to
help her catch the "spy".
TuxKamen has also informed me that Melissa specifically asked him to
write to the rogue process to try to draw it/her out so that she could
ambush it/her. He has yet to really do anything about this as he's
waiting until after the SP update today to determine what he's going
to write. (that is if the SP is even around to write today .... dum
dum dummm ... keep reading Smile

Soo, this is what I have done (actually BEFORE I heard from TuxKamen).
On Wednesday I went through the remaining axons for the_glassworks and
crates_and_a_dolly and identified those axons which I was almost
certain would NOT be answered. I aslo tried to dissuade other
beekepers from getting those "hard to reach" axons (see here, axons I
sent to the SP are highlighed in red on the spreadsheet:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=75074&highlight=eb#75074
) I then sent the following emails to the SP ( the first email is
actually one I sent to her before I was contacted by Melissa and we
did get every one of those axons as promised):

*******First message actually helping out the SP before I was "commissioned" Smile
-----Original Message-----
From: "me"
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 4:00 PM
To: "me"; 'ladybee777@hotmail.com'
Subject: Days and times to spy on the Queen

Sleeping Princess

Thank you for the early look at when the Queen will be contacting us,
we will be at the following locations at the designated times. If all
goes well, we will be able to convince the Queen that we are her crew
and keep her attention at these times. Happy spying Smile

Day = Tues September 14th 2004
Time Person Confidence of being at location at designated time
08:45 PDT Shontu 100%
08:49 PDT Mad Cow 100%
10:19 PDT weephun 100%

Thanks
weephun

*****First message trying to get the SP out so she could be caught
-----Original Message-----
From: "me"
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:37 PM
To: "me"; 'ladybee777@hotmail.com'
Subject: Days and times to spy on the Queen 9-22-04

Sleeping Princess

Thank you for all of the things you have gotten from the Queen for us.
I've gotten together with a bunch more people and found out some times
that we should be able to distract the Queen while you sneak around
again and do some more spying. Happy spying Smile

Day = Wed September 22nd 2004
Time Location
13:38 PDT South Burlington, VT
13:40 PDT Washington County, Montepelier, VT
13:43 PDT Denver, CO
13:44 PDT West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
13:45 PDT La Mesa, San Diego, CA
13:55 PDT Curtis St., Denver, CO

Good luck Wink
weephun

*****Second message trying to get the SP out so she could be caught
-----Original Message-----
From: "me"
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 3:22 PM
To: "me"; 'ladybee777@hotmail.com'
Subject: Days and times to spy on the Queen 9-22-04 Take 2

Sleeping Princess,

Crap! I don't know what happened! I'm so so sorry that we were unable
to distract the Queen during those times, I hope you didn't get caught
or anything!

I have some more for you and we'll do our very best to be there. Happy
spying Smile

Day = Wed September 22nd 2004
Time Location
15:05 PDT Berlin Corners, Montpelier, VT
15:07 PDT Portland, ME
15:21 PDT 12th Ave, Honolulu, HI

Thanks again Wink and good luck!
weephun

*****3rd email to the SP, trying to keep her trust and also trying to
get help in removing the Pious Flea from the system.
-----Original Message-----
From: "me"
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 6:54 AM
To: "me"; 'ladybee777@hotmail.com'
Subject: RE: Days and times to spy on the Queen 9-22-04 Take 2

Sleeping Princess

Holy Cow ... OK, either the people I'm working with are completely
unreliable .. or SOMEBODY is trying to get you caught by the Queen.
Hmm.

Anyway, I hope that you are OK. Hopefully we'll hear from you soon
and you can let us know what happened.

Oh, hey speaking of the Queen .. We may have found some way to
communicate more directly with her now through these phone calls
[axons/roads] that she is making. It is rather difficult still though
with the Pious Flea constantly whispering in her ear. Is there any
way that you could distract, slow down, or even remove the Pious Flea?
It would be greatly appreciated and I'm sure you wouldn't miss him
too very much. With the Pious Flea gone we may even be able to get
the Queen convinced to leave you alone, let you out, or possibly even
help you out.

Thanks so much. Good luck!
Weephun

Soooo, for the good or for the bad (I'm not even sure which one yet),
I am actively following the directions given to me by Melissa by
trying to help her catch the "spy". And having an absolute blast doing
it! Smile Though I must admit sometimes it is hard to decide how far to
go on one side.

If the SP does figure out that I'm trying to trick her, I may have to
resort to more direct measures. Probably along the lines of "if you
don't remove the Pious Flea for us, then we'll do everything in our
power to make sure you're caught by the Queen" (aka blackmail).

Either way, I perceive my end goal now to be removing the Pious Flea's
influence over Melissa (and figuring out exactly who the PF and SP are
if possible). If the SP can help (either by blackmail or willingly)
then great.

When I next talk to Melissa I think I'm going to try to prove to her
that the "spy" and the PF are in cahoots (maybe using
http://www.ilovebees.com/gretel.html as some proof) and that way
she'll actually have the motivation to find and remove the PF. Then
maybe Melissa will be rational enough to help us figure out who the PF
was and who the SP is (hoping at that point that the PF will be a
"was" and the SP will still be an "is" Wink

Soooo, you can see also why I'm quite reluctant to share this with the
entire ARG community. Beyond the backlash from the obvious SP fans,
I'm not sure I'm ready to be branded so fully on one side of the fence
when my end goal is really just getting more information (just more
pro-actively than most). I really think that a lot of people won't
see my end goal through the "trees" and there are some out there that
seem almost fanatical enough that I'd worry who'd make a trip to Boise
to come "see" me.


I think I shall now go into hiding for a while Embarassed . We'll see what happens. I'll definitely be here waiting for the call next Tues and we'll go from there.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:50 pm
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skybruin
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Hey Weephun,
I know many of us are mad at you for getting the SP caught but now we need to concetrate on the Pious flea and have Melissa resolve his influence. also remember that SP may have information about the accident that Melissa may need to complete her recovery. so once the PF thing is taken care of perhaps you should try to get Melissa to understand and work with SP again.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:00 pm
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TuxKamen
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Yeah...I was about to say 'well, I guess I can hit CANCEL now'. I wanted to see what the Princess would do. :/

Embarrassing, embarrassing.

My jokes suck!

Well, I can disclose now too. weephun's account is completely correct. I should simply have been more decisive about it. :)

Now, the question is: Who is in control of the contact email? Princess? Melissa?
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Oecumenix
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Weephun,

I have to say OMG J00 k!113d d4 pR1nc355!! 1 h473 Jo0!!zerozero

Seriously though, totally awesome work. Worshippy
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krystyn
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The SP is only locked up, and a lot of her pages are still around. She aten't dead yet.

Good double-crossing thinking, weephun. I think you just broke my brain. And in a good way.

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Oecumenix wrote:
Weephun,

I have to say OMG J00 k!113d d4 pR1nc355!! 1 h473 Jo0!!zerozero

Seriously though, totally awesome work. Worshippy


And for those of us who actually live on planet EARTH!?!

Translation : Oh my God you killed the Princess!! I hate you!!
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johnny5
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First of all, good work weephun!
Especially keeping the whole thing quiet in the face of external pressure.
[Meta] It works much better as a surprise, than if we knew beforehand.

Just a small item that may be important:
Does Melissa actually know what "Pious Flea" signifies?
SP is the only one to call it that.
Would it not be better known to Melissa as "Seeker" or Extern Proc 0?
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Roland
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Sigh, now I have no hope of interaction... I mean not like SP was replying to my e-mails before... but now it's guaranteed she won't... maybe because it's a yahoo address... Now no more puzzles and axons continue to not come within 100 miles of me. Oh sad is the world, but I have kevorkian scarf.......

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weephun wrote:

I think I shall now go into hiding for a while Embarassed . We'll see what happens. I'll definitely be here waiting for the call next Tues and we'll go from there.


Awww, don't go into hiding. The fact is you're playing the game the way you want to play it. Just cuz some of us (myself included) are a little more in the Princess' camp doesn't mean that you shouldn't follow the leads you're given. Part of the reason I think I was mentioned in the last SP 404 message is that, while I did email her to tell her when I was going to be at certain axons, I also wrote her to tell her that I thought it was possible that some people would write to her and set her up to get caught by the Queen. I told her to be careful and, if at all possible, not to approach the Queen unless she was sure the Queen was talking to someone.

The fact of the matter is, Melissa's discovery of the 404 page could have been destined from the beginning and if weephun hadn't coughed up the info, someone surely would have. That SP said "But I really truly don't want to get caught, so if you tell me a time to go, please make sure you have her attention then!" shows just how likely Melissa's discovery of her would be. All it would take is one email from somebody (either truly playing the game or just wanting to cause trouble) for SP to get caught. It's actually quite surprising she was able to stay free this long. But it doesn't mean that those of us who like SP should sit back and do nothing - in-game that is. SP's veriest-friend-Rowan might not like weephun now and is trying to think of ways to free her, but this Rowan thinks that weephun did what he had to do to make the game fun for him, and I salute him for it Smile
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weephun wrote:
Well, since everyone knows all about Lt. Weephun's "loyalties" now, I'll try to explain some and share what I haven't before. I was afraid of doing this before out of fear of backlash like this: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=76055#76055
Tar Ecthelion wrote:
<Sarcastic>
Way to make things interesting Weephun!!! You are so Fired.
</Sarcastic>
-Tar


I was being sarcastic... I'm cool with what you did. It's going to make the story that much more fun to tell later. And that much more interesting now as well.

I didn't mean anything by it, and I hope you didn't take it like I did,
-Tar
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As one of the SP's loyal knights, I rejoice in that we now have something to do. The past two days we've been trying to come up with a goal, weephun has given us one, and an opportunity to help advance the storyline.

And that was a really good job at keeping a really big secret.

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Way to go Lt. Weephun! I think this is a great development, and I'd like to publicly thank Weephun for moving the game forward. Emails to the SP to draw her out and cluing Melissa in show real initiative and creativity. Worshippy

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For what it's worth, weephun, I admire your commitment to what was certainly going to be (and indeed seems to have turned out to be) a largely unpopular endeavor. I believe you did what you needed to do and took all necessary precautions given the circumstances. Although I do feel a little upset that you didn't come clean to us and trust us as a community to come to a decision regarding whether you should do as Melissa asked or not, I feel that even this was necessary considering the lack of information you have on us (how do you know one of us wouldn't take your info and go squeal it to the SP?).

All that being said, I think we now find ourselves in a precarioius predicament. Without the SP, we have only one source of information (Melissa) which makes it all the harder to figure out the big picture.

I also fear that there are those whose loyalties lie more with the SP than with the ARGn community and that they may take the alleged capture of the SP to heart... and in the process, withhold useful information or services from the ARGn community, harming us all in the long run.

In the end, I guess all I'm saying is that what's done is done, and we need to look forward (just like you said, weephun). But, we need to work together. So I guess this is a call out to all of the SP-loyalists to NOT take this capture personally but instead band together and help find a way to make Melissa realize the influence the Flea has on her and (hopefully) get rid of him. I believe this should be our primary concern.

Thanks for listening to my rant. ^_^

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Zemat
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weephun wrote:
This is the email that I sent to the rest of the crew this morning. It explains what I remember from the call (which wasn't completely 100% acurate I can see now), my actions (above and beyond giving away the dungeon/404 information), and my goals in doing all of this. I apologize to all who feel the loss of the Sleeping Princess (and especially her puzzles which I personally also loved) Once we remove the Pious Flea though, I'm fairly confident we'll be able to get her back from being "lock[ed] up". At least I hope so.

Keep in mind that this email was written THIS MORNING BEFORE THE UPDATE and has had no modifications made to it whatsoever. (I'm a pretty good predictor then wouldn't you say?).


Hey weephun. With all due respect. I think I anticipated you. I wrote this email to the SP this wednesday (I kid you not) I hope it helped the princess somehow.

email from Zemat to SP wrote:
Maybe you don't have idea but many people have suspicions about you.
Voices in the air tell me you are up to no good, but I don't listen to
them. The queen is already trying to set you up a trap, she is
probably using her new "recruits" to do so. Be warned. Watch your back
because just like you used the queen conversations to sneak up behind
her she can do the same to you while talking to us.

Anyway, If you are preparing something for us next friday, maybe more
voices we aren't supposed to hear. How about you showing us your
voice? Maybe it would be to risky but I know more people would trust
you if you had a little chit-chat with them.

A little tip: Help us find out what we need to do with the queen now
that we have gained some of her trust. She wants to prevent Durga from
doing... changing something. But Durga has good intentions, and the
queen doesn't know what she's doing with that pesky flea messing with
her brain. I know you are smart and wise enough to avoid being messed
by the flea. Maybe you should try to mess up with that dumb critter
now that you have gain some of its trust.

And don't be afraid. You have friends within us. You just have to be
more selective with what you say. Not everybody knows to keep their
mouth shut...


Weephun. I'm honest when I say I wasn't expecting this to become true or that you would be involved. Like I said, I hope my warning helped SP.
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johnny5
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email from Zemat to SP wrote:
The queen is already trying to set you up a trap, she is....


I'm sorry, I have to do this:

Queen set up you the bomb!!
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