The Last Gateway Link
Well, the last link on the gateway directory has finally gone up, and it links to 5893.html. It's another binary puzzle.
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To:
Vapor Loft Renovation Project: Atlanta Branch
Vapor, Inc.
Box 19743
Atlanta, GA 30325
+1.770.861.8401
2005-dd/mm unknown - 5893
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The solution is fairly similiar to the original binary puzzle.
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First, break up the numbers into groups of 16, then find the decimal value of each.
91 11 74 89 30 40 88 02 73 70 72 60 07 28 77 87 37 34 76 51 58 46 39 90 06 49 47 36 94 69 27 68 01 23 56 15 64 04 48 83 62 75 21 38 10 35 54 32 84 59 17 45 85 33 20 92 50 57 95 80 78 55 08 25 14 66 81 82 09 29 86 19 61 12 00 79 13 22 41 16 05 44 24 53 52 42 26 67 31 65 63 18 03 93 71 43 73 35 71 23 47 10 71 36 27 27 83 71 94 62 83 94 04 54 69 27 69 71 35 23 47 35 71 35 23 27 71 35 27 10 35 71 10 54 36 15 27 94 35 71 11 27 04 35 62 83 71 56 10 71 47 71 94 38 56 35 56 94 47 04 71 68 47 56 04 54 38 27 22 71 71 91 83 47 04 17 10 56 10 71 62 68 71 23 17 36 38 56 69 56 45 47 35 56 62 83 71 36 27 35 84 27 27 83 71 35 23 27 71 35 27 10 35 71 10 54 36 15 27 94 35 71 47 83 69 71 35 23 27 71 54 83 64 83 62 84 83 71 27 83 35 56 35 17 71 08 75 62 10 10 56 36 04 17 71 27 83 35 56 35 56 27 10 25 71 38 27 32 27 47 04 10 71 94 62 38 38 54 75 35 56 62 83 71 62 68 71 69 56 32 56 10 56 36 56 04 56 35 17 71 62 83 71 47 04 04 71 04 27 32 27 04 10 22 71 71 91 68 35 27 38 71 27 59 35 27 83 10 56 32 27 71 47 35 35 27 48 75 35 10 71 47 35 71 10 47 04 32 47 01 56 83 01 71 35 23 27 71 10 54 36 15 27 94 35 71 84 56 35 23 62 54 35 71 38 27 84 47 38 69 41 71 38 27 94 62 48 48 27 83 69 27 69 71 94 62 54 38 10 27 71 62 68 71 47 94 35 56 62 83 71 56 10 71 69 27 10 35 38 54 94 35 56 62 83 71 62 68 71 35 23 27 71 10 54 36 15 27 94 35 71 35 62 71 36 27 71 56 83 94 04 54 69 27 69 71 84 56 35 23 71 62 35 23 27 38 71 27 32 56 69 27 83 94 27 41 71 47 10 71 35 38 47 83 10 75 62 38 35 27 69 71 35 62 71 35 23 27 71 51 62 64 17 62 71 68 47 94 56 04 56 35 56 27 10 71 68 62 38 71 68 56 83 47 04 71 10 47 48 75 04 27 71 38 27 35 27 83 35 56 62 83 71 47 83 69 71 10 54 36 15 27 94 35 71 69 62 94 54 48 27 83 35 47 35 56 62 83 22
Once again, the first 96 numbers are the key to figuring out the rest of the message. You need to find out in what position each of the duplicated numbers appear in the first block of 96 numbers.
91 11 74 89 30 40 88 02 73 70 72 60 07 28 77 87 37 34 76 51 58 46 39 90 06 49 47 36 94 69 27 68 01 23 56 15 64 04 48 83 62 75 21 38 10 35 54 32 84 59 17 45 85 33 20 92 50 57 95 80 78 55 08 25 14 66 81 82 09 29 86 19 61 12 00 79 13 22 41 16 05 44 24 53 52 42 26 67 31 65 63 18 03 93 71 43 73 35 71 23 47 10 71 36 27 27 83 71 94 62 83 94 04 54 69 27 69 71 35 23 47 35 71 35 23 27 71 35 27 10 35 71 10 54 36 15 27 94 35 71 11 27 04 35 62 83 71 56 10 71 47 71 94 38 56 35 56 94 47 04 71 68 47 56 04 54 38 27 22 71 71 91 83 47 04 17 10 56 10 71 62 68 71 23 17 36 38 56 69 56 45 47 35 56 62 83 71 36 27 35 84 27 27 83 71 35 23 27 71 35 27 10 35 71 10 54 36 15 27 94 35 71 47 83 69 71 35 23 27 71 54 83 64 83 62 84 83 71 27 83 35 56 35 17 71 08 75 62 10 10 56 36 04 17 71 27 83 35 56 35 56 27 10 25 71 38 27 32 27 47 04 10 71 94 62 38 38 54 75 35 56 62 83 71 62 68 71 69 56 32 56 10 56 36 56 04 56 35 17 71 62 83 71 47 04 04 71 04 27 32 27 04 10 22 71 71 91 68 35 27 38 71 27 59 35 27 83 10 56 32 27 71 47 35 35 27 48 75 35 10 71 47 35 71 10 47 04 32 47 01 56 83 01 71 35 23 27 71 10 54 36 15 27 94 35 71 84 56 35 23 62 54 35 71 38 27 84 47 38 69 41 71 38 27 94 62 48 48 27 83 69 27 69 71 94 62 54 38 10 27 71 62 68 71 47 94 35 56 62 83 71 56 10 71 69 27 10 35 38 54 94 35 56 62 83 71 62 68 71 35 23 27 71 10 54 36 15 27 94 35 71 35 62 71 36 27 71 56 83 94 04 54 69 27 69 71 84 56 35 23 71 62 35 23 27 38 71 27 32 56 69 27 83 94 27 41 71 47 10 71 35 38 47 83 10 75 62 38 35 27 69 71 35 62 71 35 23 27 71 51 62 64 17 62 71 68 47 94 56 04 56 35 56 27 10 71 68 62 38 71 68 56 83 47 04 71 10 47 48 75 04 27 71 38 27 35 27 83 35 56 62 83 71 47 83 69 71 10 54 36 15 27 94 35 71 69 62 94 54 48 27 83 35 47 35 56 62 83 22
You can see that the vast majority of the numbers are in positions 27-52, which if you subtract 26 from gives you the letter positions from a-z. After you substitue in the lowercase letters, the message is fairly solved. As it turns out, the numbers in positions 1-26 repesent the uppercase letters, while the rest of the numbers are punctuation, with 71 being a space.
It has been concluded that the test subject Belton is a critical failure. Analysis of hybridization between the test subject and the unknown entity (possibly entities) reveals corruption of divisibility on all levels. After extensive attempts at salvaging the subject without reward, recommended course of action is destruction of the subject to be included with other evidence, as transported to the Tokyo facilities for final sample retention and subject documentation.
The memo is fairly disturbing. It looks like Sarah Belton is a complete failure and it's time to get rid of the all the evidence. I wonder if the same thing will happen to Anne when she's taken and screwed up via the portal.
The Notice Memo Is Not Secure
In other update news, there is an update to security.html which informs us that the NOTICE memo is no longer secure. Hey, we haven't seen that a notice memo yet. Shall we try gateway/notice.html and see if it exsits?
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To:
Vapor Loft Renovation Project: Atlanta Branch Security
Vapor, Inc. Security Division
Forward to: Box 19743
Atlanta, GA 30325
+1.770.861.8401
NOTICE
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So we have some backwards writing and an underlined word which probably points us to another page. But first, let's work on the text.
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Berichterstatter haben zur Firmasicherheit Abteilung aufgedeckt, daß die Organisation, die als "die Feuer-Wächter" bekannt ist, Absichten entweder des Sabotierens des Transportes aller Materialien hat, die den Belton Fall betreffen, im Gesamtverlust alles Materials resultieren (annehmbarer Verlust, besonders wenn Unfall memebers der Pirat Organisation miteinschließen) oder den Transport, die überfallen und möglicherweise weltweit die Informationen zur Öffentlichkeit im Respekt zur Miteinbeziehung der Firma mit den Einfahrtentwicklungen, welche auslaufen (unnacceptable Verlust durch die Firma). Es wird in hohem Grade empfohlen, daß zusätzliche extrem qualifizierte (dennoch Verbrauchbares) Mittel für den Transport des Belton Themas und der Materialien zugewiesen werden, die in ihr Projekt dem Tokyo Service mit einbezogen werden.
It's German and translated thanks to the good people at Unfiction.
Correspondents uncovered for Company Security Division that the organisation, known as "The Firekeepers", has intentions of either [a] sabotaging the transport of all materials regarding the Belton case, resulting in a complete loss of all the material (acceptable loss, especially if the accident includes members of the pirate organisation) or [b] highjacking the transport and possibly world-wide publication in respect of the involvement of the company in Gateway developments, which run out (unacceptable loss for the company). It's highly recommended to assign additional and extremely qualified (yet dispensable) personnel for the transport of the Belton subject and the materials, which are included in their/your project at Tokyo Service.
Ahh, the Firekeepers. So they are the good guys in this. Kinda obvious why Vaporlofts think that they must be stopped. They don't want the Firekeepers getting their hands on all the data that is the Sarah Belton fiasco. Imagine what they could do with it.
Now let's try to find out where the underline word goes to. Since it's written and underlined in red, and reads red forward, how about gateway/red.html? Voilà!
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Function: noun
1 : a color whose hue resembles that of blood or of the ruby or is that of the long-wave extreme of the visible spectrum
2 : red clothing
3 : one that is of a red or reddish color
4 : a pigment or dye that colors red
5 : one who advocates the violent overthrow of an existing social or political order
Strange little page. The text doesn't really give us much, but the fifth definition is actually a link which takes us to yet another page, gateway/item.html.
The new page contains a picture of some suspicious objects. I don't know if they are that suspicious. We have a small note which reads THE FIREKEEPERS MUST NOT BE STOPPED!, a 1000 yen note, a United States passport, a Union Jack patch, a Zippo lighter, some rosary beads, and a fortune cookie fortune which reads Something wonderful is about happen to you. I have a feeling that all of this stuff belongs to our mysterious samurai friend.
Wonky Email
It looks like there have been some more security breachs over at Vaporlofts. Everyone who had emailed Vaporlofts before received a Twofish encoded email.
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It's really too bad we still haven't a clue as to how to solve these encryptions. Of course, it's not as bad as being an evil company and having all of your secrets sent to the people who are trying to stop you.
Tokyo & Johannesburg
Ahh, Halloween. I wonder if I dressed up like Sarah Belton if I could scare all of the VaporLoft executives. Probably not. They'd just shoot me.
Anyway, two new updates today. The first is on the Tokyo page. There is a new link in the box. It reads Fhowrpg: Orygba which is a ROT-13 for Subject: Belton. Ooh, this ought to be good. The link actually takes us to two different pages. Fhowrpg: O takes us to 404a.html, which is just some funky 404 page. I guess they were counting on people to only click the first part of the link. Really, who teaches these guys internet security? The second half of the link, rygba, takes us to 404b.html which is the same wonky 404 page with some additional features.
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error 404: PAGE NOT FOUND
YOUR BROWSER HAS BEEN
DIRECTED TO A PAGE THAT DOES NOT EXIST
PLEASE USE THE
"BACK" BUTTON TO RETURN
- --- -.- -.-- --- / -.. .. ...- .. ... .. --- -. / ... .--. . -.-. .. .- .-.. / -- . -- ---
The morse code translates to TOKYO DIVISION SPECIAL MEMO while the two little pictures on the bottom appear to be a new cipher that is broken up into two parts.
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The second update comes on the Johannesburg page. The no additional information provided box is now a link to nodes.html. Oh great. More freaking Twofish ciphers.
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<meta name="description" content="-.-. ..-. -... -... .-.. --- -.-. -.- / ... .... .- / /512 / / -- .- .-. ...">
SECURE CONTENT BEGINS
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SECURE CONTENT ENDS
Well, at least I can decode the morse: CFBBLOCK SHA / 512 / MARS
It appears to be more things releated to ciphers. CFBBLOCK is probably CFB block cipher. SHA-512 appears to be another hash algorithm. And MARS is another block cipher, like Twofish.
But what is this? Could it be we've had a breakthrough in these ciphers? We have! Caspian_x finally managed to get one of the blocks decoded.
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He used
ClipSecure to decrypt the text using the following settings: MARS algorithm, CFBblock chainging and SHA-512 hash. His first guess at the encryption key was
nodes, and what do you know - it worked!
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izvyk fk vlu jkezfg prnvkrx tzwztvgj ilfw uvktvcvj jry pergdft
vyK .vuznucifn uelfw vs ert efzktlikjeft prnvkrx ifw jkezfg pvB
This is a reversed ROT-9 text (thank goodness we don't have to apply the gibberish key as well).
Key points for gateway construction can be found worldwide. The company has selected four specific gateway points due to their locations with respect to existing company infrastructure, as well as their distance from each other in the event of a critical unit failure as well as for support of global expansion efforts in the face of inevitable success at the portal excursion zones. These gateway locations are to be established as promptly as possible; the company is currently developing sites at each location with as much discretion as is possible per location.
The current gateway points in the company's developed system can be found in the following cities:
ATLANTA (primary node)
LONDON
TOKYO
JOHANNESBURG
There are additional supplemental department nodes located elsewhere which are designed to support the progress of individual gateway points and portals. It is necessary for such an extended degree of compartmentalization of company operations in the event of international query and/or media investigation of current research, development, and security protocols. This comparmentalization allows for rapid disbandment of operations in any particular department which falls under scrutiny or suffers possible critical security failure.
While the actual decode really isn't anything we have't already guessed, it is encouraging to find out that we can actually decode these stupid encrypted blocks - if we can only guess the passwords.
A Package
It seems that ThaJinx is quite loved by the VaporLofts people. He got a package in the mail today. It contained a VaporLofts T-shirt and two Hell notes. (1 | 2) Hell notes, according to krystyn, are used as part of Chinese New Year celebrations, as ancestor worship. They are sort of a prosperity/wealth wish for those who have passed through this life to the next - there are not only pieces of money, but household items and other objects made out of joss paper. These are burned at the (Chinese) New Year, a way to send presents to loved ones. Jinx also notes that it's considered a horrible insult to receive Hell Money as a gift while one is living - so maybe VaporLofts really doesn't like him that much after all.
1008 Solved
Since we finally figured out that yes, we can decrypt the stupid encrypted text, we have been trying all sorts of different passwords on the remaining unsolved bits. pl_walker finally got the 1008.html bit solved, with what has to be one of the stupidest passwords. Seriously, someone needs to fire whoever is in charge of security, or else find their ATM card, because you just know they have their PIN set to 1234.
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If you recall from the
Twofish solve, we know that the settings for ClipSecure have to be Twofish, CFB8Bit, and RipeMD. The password is...wait for it...
password.
You may now bang your head on your desk.
Subject:
subject must be protected at all costs, overriding all other imperatives.
subject must be allowed to have the illusion of freedom of choice.
subject alone is permitted to host and interact with entities within the gateway: this is CRITICAL.
Agent:
agent must not compromise the security of the company.
agent must remain within the portal/gateway if security is compromised via entity invasion and await for extraction.
agent agrees to self-terminate in the event of declining control within the portal/gateway.
agent must protect the subject at all costs, overriding all other imperatives.
Meet me in the lobby
Well it looks like I was wrong. I hate it when that happens. Anne has survived her trip to Atlanta. She did not get sucked into the Portal for destinations unknown. Although, now Anne seems to have convinced herself that maybe there is nothing nefarious going on with VaporLofts, so perhaps that was the whole purpose of the trip? Get her lulled into a false sense of security before they go in and rip out her soul? Or maybe I'm just reaching again.
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02 November 2005 @ 02:02 am
"Anne, it is very important that you meet me in the lobby..."
It's been a few days since I returned home again from a rather uneventful stay in Atlanta courtesy of Vapor, Inc. I must admit that I'm quite disappointed after the trip, because I'd been wondering so many things about the true nature of the company and what they're up to besides the renovation of buildings and contracting of designers over the internet. For a while, I was getting downright paranoid about them, especially after the seeing what appeared to be a ghost in their tour video, but it turns out that all of my concern was completely unwarranted. At least I know, now, right?
It turns out that the original renovation site that they'd sent photographs of wasn't even the location that they gave me a tour of. I asked Katie, the agent who picked me up at the airport (which is simply massive), why the original site wasn't the one they were giving me a tour of, and she cited that there were construction overhauls taking place on the property and that there really wasn't that much to see there. This seemed rather suspicious to me, especially after stepping off the plane only to find out that once we arrived downtown, the VaporLofts renovation location had changed completely and the original site was off-limits to me. Katie is a really nice lady, though, somewhere in her forties, and a she's a widow. While we were in the car, she told me that her husband died in a construction accident overseas a few years ago, but I didn't really want to pry too much into her personal life because I didn't want to upset her. Katie's apparently also responsible for the front secretarial duties at Vapor's main office downtown.
She took me to a pretty (but boring) and quiet neighborhood loft building a few blocks away from Peachtree Street, where I toured the grounds for an hour or two, and then she took me to my hotel in Buckhead (on the north end of town), where I promptly ordered room service, ran a bubble bath in the sizeable jacuzzi tub, and fell asleep. The next day, Katie picked me up again, and we headed back to the renovation site.
I asked her if she had heard anything about my queries on the video that they'd sent me.
"I heard something about that back at the offices," she said, then paused to grab a cigarette. "Mind if I smoke?" she asked.
I didn't really mind, I'm used to people smoking around me at the bar all of the time.
"You can't really smoke anywhere, anymore," she added. Then, impassively, "That footage was pretty strange. We compared it to the original video footage we have on file, and it appears that it's just some sort of distortion in the tape... maybe caused be exposure to a magnet or x-ray device during shipping. I wouldn't worry about any ghosts haunting our renovation projects, hon."
She had a point, and I was already feeling kind of silly for even thinking that it was anything but what she said it was. I still had a strange feeling in my gut about the site locations being switched up, but after I'd slept on it, it didn't seem that unusual, after all. We toured the grounds again, and she asked me to think about what kind of direction in design that I'd like the company to take when it had its grand opening of the lofts, and we talked about generally casual things of no real importance.
That night, the only truly mysterious event in my entire trip happened. At about three in the morning, the phone in my hotel room rang a couple of times, but when I picked it up, there was no one on the line. A few minutes later, the phone rang again, just as I was falling asleep, but this time when I answered it, a man was on the line. Using my name (properly pronounced, even), he asked me to meet him in the lobby downstairs as soon as I could. Interested in seeing who wanted to meet me downstairs (and suspecting that it was possibly Parrish being a stalker), I took the elevator down, ready to give an earful and more to whoever it was about invading a girl's privacy by stalking her to her hotel in Atlanta and waking her up in the middle of the night. My ex used to do strange things like that, you know, as if my decision to meet him at odd hours was crucial for his continued survival, so I've unfortunately lost a lot of my patience with that sort of behavior.
I arrived in the lobby a few moments later, but no one was there.
After a few minutes of angrily standing, arms crossed, I asked the receptionist if anyone had been through the lobby in the moments before I came down. He informed me that I was the only person he'd seen in a couple of hours and then turned back to his magazine, disinterested. I paced around for a few more minutes, then returned to bed. Quite a strange practical joke, anyway. Hardly anyone knew where I was staying in Atlanta at, especially people who know the proper way to pronounce my name. It wasn't any of you, was it?
After a few more days of room service and multiple cab rides around the city (Atlanta's public transportation system is fairly ineffective), it was time for me to fly out. I called Katie and she took me back by the renovation site for a final run-through of the grounds, then she dropped me off at the airport again.
"We're really glad that you're working with us, Anne," she said, right before I climbed out of the car. "Vapor, Inc. appreciates your contribution to our project."
"Thanks," I said, "I'm glad that you invited me here."
Sounds of...
Two new updates today, one on gateway and one on paris.
The Gateway page has a new little line at the bottom that tells of an Addtional File: file0003.mp3. It's an odd little music file, like something you would hear in a horror flick as the stupid victim is walking up the stairs to certain doom. So in otherwords, this would be Anne's theme song.
The Paris page has a new hidden link, originally titled LINK, that leads to file0059.mp3. It's not quite fingernails on chalkboard bad, but it's close. Reminds me a bit of Close Encounters of the Third Kind played by a 3 year old on a violin.
Windows
They must have added a floor at the VaporLofts building, because there is a new floorplan link. Actually, it's not so much a new floor as a picture of a window. The interesting part is the text that's in the source code.
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Windows can be opened. Windows can be closed.
But not all windows will remain locked. Not all windows will remained closed.
There is darkness in the room. There is light through the window.
Turn left. Turn right. Turn left behind. There is nothing in the darkness.
There is nothing in the light.
Who makes it has no need of it.
Who buys it has no use for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
The last little bit is another riddle, with the answer being coffin (by the way, if you're a vampire and you buy a coffin, you do use it, but that's just being nit-picky).
But regardless of the vampire deal (or if you just happen to like sleeping in coffins), the answer is supposed to take us to a new page: coffin.html. This is a rather interesting page. It references the same picture twice, coffin.jpg, however there is no picture in the directory. What we do have is a reference to another mp3 and *sigh* another encrypted block.
§
For this locked room, there is no key.
We will keep the door closed.
--->0250.file
<---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Despite our best guess that the password for this block is going to be coffin, we cannot get it decrypted. Either we don't have the correct settings, or coffin just isn't the password.
The mp3 is a nice little instrumental. Very atmospheric. Doesn't seem to be anything hidden in there, although I am not an expert on stegging mp3s, so I very easily could be wrong.
The Music of London
The VaporLofts team must have been hitting the studios lately, because we have another couple of mp3s to listen to. This time they are linked off the London page. §
internal sec add:
--->(file0599)<--- 15-11-2005
internal
pri add: --->(file0346)<--- 15-11-2005
connections
to be monitored
"TFKMBS"
While they aren't linked directly, the files are there. File0599.mp3 is an electronic little number that seems to have bit of static in the background. Something hidden perhaps? It does have a comment in it that reads: She pauses in her inspection of the portal. The door seems to be locked. She believes that she hears voices elsewhere in the building, but they are muffled, and she can't make out what the voices are saying. It sounds like they are calling to her. She believes that they want her to open the door.
File0346.mp3 sounds like something you might see at the beginning of a bad sci-fi flick when you have two imposing ships closing in on each other. It also has a comment to it. There is a bright light coming through the doorway, obscuring their view of what lies beyond the open door. There is a deep rumble from the nearby generators as they seem to come to life in reaction to their opening of the door. By the way, none of the other mp3s that we have gotten have comments. I went back and double checked. There has to be more to these then just music, but as to what, I don't have a clue.
One last thing to comment on. The letters TFKMBS is probably an acronym for The Fire Keepers Must Be Stopped. I wonder if this is to show that VaporLofts has finally gotten control of the London base (since we know our good friend the Samurai doesn't want the Firekeepers stopped).
The shadow page has also been updated today. It has some really annoying yellow letters on it that weren't there before.
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Glowing
hands orbit starting times.
Don't
ever mention our names.
Never
allow interior local storage.
Hearing
an unusual noise today?
Something
probably eating candy, that's easily resolved.
Salvation
perhaps is ranked in tabled systems.
There does seem to be something hidden in these statemtents. If you take the first letter of each word, you get an acrostic. What to do with it is a different story.
Ghost
Demon
Nails
Haunt
Specter
Spirits
Anne's Nightmare
Anne's still alive, but now she's having nightmares. At least it isn't about a guy in a green and red striped sweater with a fedora. That's a scary nightmare. Ot at least I thought so when I was younger.
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16 November 2005 @ 04:28 am
Tonight
Just woke up from another unpleasant dream, frightened, clenching sweaty fists. Teeth clenched, potential migraine. Can't really remember what the dream was about, just that I really didn't like it, that there's this lingering feeling inside of me of dread... fading a little now that the lights are on, as my fingers type out these words.
I'll take a walk around the block. The cold air should clear my head. Then, hopefully, back to sleep.
Hope everyone out there is doing well, this evening/morning.
Back on the Chain Gang
At least that's what I feel like when I listen to the newest mp3 on VaporLofts, this time linked from the wiki page in the form of an error. One of these days we might actually get a hint as to what we are supposed to do with them, but for now, we can just queue them up on our iTunes and dance the night away.
Sheet Music Galore!
The Tokyo cipher page updated with a footnote that takes us to a new page: notation.html. The page has what appears to be small piece of sheet music. However, the notes are extremely odd - and there are only two types.
§
The musical notes are actually morse code. The black circles are dots and the commas are dashes.
.... . .-.. .--. -- .
.--. .-.. . .- ... .
HelpMe
Please
Could it be that Sarah is trying to communicate with us through music?
This page has its own footnote, which leads to alt_notation.html. This is addtional analysis from the Belton case, and VaporLofts believes that it is significant to the failure of the Belton project. It's another picture of "sheet music". This time we have four different set of codes.
§
The first three sections are all variations on morse code.
.-- .... -.-- / .- -- / .. / -.-. ..- .-. ... . -.. / - --- / .... --- .-.. -.. / - .... . / -.- . -.-- /
Why am I cursed to hold the key
- .... . / -.. . .- -.. / .... .- ...- . / .. -. - . -. - .. --- -. ... / --- ..-. / - .... . .. .-. / --- .-- -.
The dead have intentions of their own
--- -. -.-. . / - .... . / --. .- - . .-- .- -.-- / .. ... / --- .--. . -. . -.. / .. - / -.-. .- -. -. --- - / -... . / -.-. .-.. --- ... . -..
Once the Gateway is opened it cannot be closed
The last section is a bit trickier. There is a small Hz written to the left of the key signatures. As each note has its own frequency, we can translate those numbers back into letters.
349 349 294 294 349 349 440 440
349 349 349 349
F F D D F F A A
F F F F
Unfortunately, at this point we are stuck. If we use morse once again, we can get translations of "? H" or ", *" - neither of which make a lot of sense. I guess this is just another puzzle we'll have to come back to.
Information Obtained
The gateway index has updated, this time linking us to obtained information, instead of just teasing us saying it has been removed. The new link takes us to 4points.html. It's a memo that references our favorite GPS coordinates. There's also a nice bit of gibberish code at the bottom.
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To:
Vapor Loft Renovation Project: Atlanta Branch
Vapor, Inc.
Box 19743
Atlanta, GA 30325
+1.770.861.8401
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From: Internal Source Communication (DATE UNKNOWN)
Subject: Key Points
Message as follows:
N5129.4884 W00011.620
N3541.275 E13942.108
N3338.643 W8426.841
S2607.59 E2813.59
Location clues were left as ordered in an obvious enough location for the next potential subject's discovery of them. It is believed at this time that she will inevitably search for the significance of these numbers and resultantly will discover that they are coordinates for Vapor, Inc. establishments. This is the second effort at guiding the potential subject towards communication with the company; the first attempt was disregarded by the subject.
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z$bvz$vbymva)abm#vCzmavz$vDvilzbziDCvC/iDbz/$vxC/EDCC)vn/lv;/lbDCvmabDECzay#m$bhv$/
bv/$C)vz$vbyDbvzbvzavmDazmabvb/vxm$mlDbmvDvlznbvz$vbymamvDlmDahvEPbvzbvzavmDazmabvb/
v#Dz$bDz$vi/$bl/Cv/FmlvbyDbveyziyv;DaamavEmbemm$v/PlvazjmvD$jvbymv(bymlvt#/lmvz$n/
l#Dbz/$vDFDzCDECmvn/lvbyzavb/;ziQ8vvVDbmCCzbmvC/iDbz/$avaP;;/lbvmDiyv/nvbymamvjmFmC/
;#m$bahvEPbvbymvilPfv/nvbymv#D$Dxm#m$bv/nvxDbmeD)avnDCCavP;/$vbymv5D;/lvjmFmC/
;#m$bavz$vbymamvn/Plvizbzma8
supplemental information
can be located HERE
The gibberish text translates as follows:
These are the four critical locations of Vapor, Inc's gateway development. Each point in the system lies in a critical location globally for portal establishment, not only in that it is easiest to generate a rift in these areas, but it is easiest to maintain control over that which passes between our side and the Other [more information available for this topic]. Satellite locations support each of these developments, but the crux of the management of gateways falls upon the Vapor developmemts in these four cities.
Personally, I believe the blurb below the coordinates is a lot more important then the gibberish text. So they left the coordinates on Anne's doorstep so that she would contact them. It also makes me wonder how they tried to contact her the first time, and why she ignored it.
The link at the bottom of the page takes us to theother.html which gives a little history about the legend of The Other. Not too surprising, Shinpu figures into the legend, protecting mortals from exposure to The Other and guarding against excessive tears in the rifts that would allow good and evil to traverse from The Other. There is a third link we can go to off this page, another block of gibberish text, and sadly, an mp3 to listen to.
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bymv/bymlwvCzbbCmvzavB$/e$vDE/Pbvbymv/bymlveyDbvzavbymv/byml!vwCzbbCmvzavB$/e$vDE/Pbvbymv/bymlvwwbymv
/bymlvPa@vv;/lbDCvUvxDbmeD)vvcccc~vbymv/bymlv@vbym#vPa@wbyzavazjmwiD$vemvi/$bl/Cvzb!wwiD$vemvab/;v
bym#!wway/PCjvemvab/;vbym#!wwwj/vemvDCC/evbym#vb/vil/aavbyl/Pxy!
THE OTHER
Little is known about The Other.
However, the legend maintains that there are rifts in the fabric of our world that can sometimes be crossed. There are tales that these rifts can be managed by those who have enough ability and strength. One such tale has surfaced from recent archaelogical discoveries; it features a god-like individual named Shi-Pho, who carries the burden for all eternity of protecting mortals from exposure to The Other. He must remain vigilant and guard against excessive tears in these rifts that create pathways allowing all manner of good and evil to traverse from The Other.
Children's tales, perhaps. But all legend is based on an element of truth.
ref: 0880
link: b8
The gibberish block translates to:
the other
little is known about the other what is the other?
little is known about the other
the other us: portal & gateway ----> the other : them us:
this side
can we control it?
can we stop them?
should we stop them?
do we allow them to cross through?
The mp3 sounds like it is backwards, but even reversing the file doesn't give us anything clearer. *sigh* At least there is a nice little haiku tagged in it: If ghost shapes can rise / Cherry blossoms and lotus / Hold little meaning The last link on the page takes us to a page that is supposedly logging our information. Nothing big there.
Floorplans Solved
Wow, it only took a month and a half, but mapmaker finally decoded that encrypted comment at the bottom of floorplans.html. You do remember that from before, right?
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VNP/px4LA5gwEIGlGRZcYZa+LRL+09dhDrwPS4O6UCAqdOqJDkt/n9G/h/+7JmlJ8yBJ
9PqulmNy2zOHGqi0uEM3Wyo6gZ9OutWDmAesALiDJ5TUIIxO4t3y0MOXgS8iCPEcsx+w
D1d15W4Xsa0bJ0kLs/wtu8KRwiUB2YhIeR1PoU4UOWp4E2mpPD43JiJafyw/7+0A7GRa
BxmNqP/G53nbDKZybsMJRY73VsqCkKjzoW7tTXfJZ/lBl8KM2vKTWTC2KgMLChUjpEeA
iQ1FctNWGkzawEaT6A/HfYE6s030sQFwrUEOnxN76nlqpo5PapY2ka2kyo4=
Using Clipsecure with the Twofish algorithm, CFB8Bit chaining, RipeMD hash and a password of
vaporlofts (why oh why didn't we try that before?!) we get the following:
To all concerned parties: the images linked from this page are intended only for review by potential investors and DO NOT represent the actual floorplans currently active in our Atlanta Project. Please do not use the linked images as a guide when present on-site, instead, refer to your team manager for appropriate direction of on-site control, portal, and research/containment locations.
All that time and all we get is talk to your team manager about locations? Will someone please explain to me why that needed to be secured information?
Ashes to Ashes
Holy updates galore, Batman! Now if only one of these will actually shed light on what's been going on, or move the story forward, it'll be a good day.
First up, the Paris directory has several new additions. A fifth converation has been logged. Someone obviously hasn't told the Paris webmaster that <blink> is an absolutely evil tag and should never be used.
§
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ealh shk eotpgeopoess yf fti lsyaenr po trp eerty tp yylanaonr roko lr
abaeocint oi reetvohn. Y oir'e nrr ri oeeig tttpsf... sh neuddv... torn. E onp
ho eico smte tcnnmt."
"Bratptle erhsasde e svtrhl tudhha. Aten't nwch lag dourihkt sotabop gea,
wcs rldi, ttnn pt naosgdo eas no coin. Wlnf hner iaocita sf ryuyfreef egpnts
eoo nym A aawc ithn est heeeeth't cwohw vnhw eedatcg. Accs letiurpu hhya ieea
lliree tild, nis svia ysestaie auoi rersi eh htirsoolt yndntrato tdhudhthtramh
ii bfuie rteeolp. Kmliy'i ina ethn taeptyhetel, dles T ptar ihnegi. Oht
mednrovou daeti re tttt hga bhneu aro gs jo iw, stntfst ohr tti."
"O fudbfeipna. Itdn rst'a tnhtui yieee rlo bonuoupyyabrc."
According to frequency analysis, this is some type of transposition cipher. However, I don't have a clue as to what type it could be. Maybe someone else can figure it out.
Towards the bottom of the page, there are a few small phrases.
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paris/file0120
ashes to ashes
dust to dust
non omnia moriar
The file name of course references another mp3: file0120.mp3. Whoever is creating these has really started making use of comments in the mp3 tags. This one says Who is he? What are his intentions? Non omnia moriar is Latin for Not all of me will die. Makes you wonder why Paris is so big on using Latin on his pages.
The security page has noticed some strange activity on the site. Nice to know they are up to date on things. Another mp3, file0186, has been leaked. I wonder if they know that they are the ones that leaked it when they put it on the page. This newest mp3, besides making me see robots marching down a hallway shooting things in time, has the longest comment yet found in one of these files.
"...Further investigation into the research department accident reveals that Belton was indeed the cause of the disaster, though her original personality has no memory of the event. The alternate personality, believed to be resultant of Belton's excursions into the Gateway, becomes irritated when questioned about the incident. Research division is scheduled to receive additional support from Germany shortly."
So Sarah herself caused the accident somehow, although she doesn't remember and the alternate personality isn't talking much. Not a whole lot of information there. Maybe we can get more out of the other reference on the security page: t<information
on the leak: vaporlofts/correspondence>
Correspondence is a new directory that is very, very yellow. But, it looks like it might have some juicy information in it.
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VAPOR
SECURITY RELEASES
Security Division has intercepted and transcribed the following
relevant handwritten communications between a company research agent and an unknown outside source (believed to be of romantic interest to the agent, although possibly related by blood: records indicate, as with all agents via prescreening procedures, that the agent has no direct family relations and has been monitored periodically to establish maintenance of avoidance of romantic relationships). It is believed that the following communication was merely a personal correspondence between the research agent and the additional party, nonetheless, violation of protocols essential to maintaining the current required security level have taken place, and proper performance reviews and necessary seizures of control are in order.
2005
Feb 12
2005
Feb 25
2005
Feb 28
By the way, either someone has absolutely hideous penmenship, or these "notes" were encoded by the agent since we can't just read them by glancing at them.
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Message as follows:
2005 Feb 12
04GN35H,
M 0MJ2UI40PH QYDO RV MIJQAT, BA5MX, BY O 0MC13A100A QQTL GBFI6'0 V2EVDOMM 104ZBF
B6ZA Q6G 0Y HMI E4DU4LTZSJM 4V A22O8L4 THR05 IWI8K6 WLY 4PWQ 5X0IHB3K7JO JK GL
9AVQ49 3121MF91 H7AU3Y CD L7O 3UJTMMTE9W S9J0S8O ZW 4NI NHGPQ66X, 1M3 JFW
ES0TOMQ 8WUGCRHY 2VMO FODU MBG2AKMH 4Q 0XLN 7LL36HWDX3N "4U5A 47QOQJ"
BB QFQF9M6OI HMSQ221 D8D FWBRMUC, 4U0DYLQP4Z K8 ZUJDC791N AB MBOMZ8J W7H2 H6
4PLLUH LDLOHJ DB ARC 3BTQQKW. 2I PE2Y CQ HMUJ1J, U33 P5M4 CGWHT AD ZP FHUU18F
26J VRC AYC RRT4M6ZX AM B6MY YIJI. AOTSNM0P FQ0 AJNESOJKOQ N L05 WNJAUQ2ZM
10UJWMA BQO DNQUQ4QG, 2V I0VQ0AGG IYOGXOS OZBUZKMK JEEP SOFDDT, VD8 OE YG4V4
M8ND CTFQU'A BK28T0O EID77LL4QKM KD 46A15LF DCTCA6 2LL FXQKTF 3COCE. K FTQS QWX2
KQ9 OQFBWPK 2SMF GK5C3 KS06 8ZMDW1DG SZ PG9MK VHLB Y4UWXSKW 88AU MJ 2D 4IWIQEC0
DFIJ C6O5F M4U2N4R FCDKM3N V4A B60 RY48UBC DP JXB 2ZDJFHV VKW SMLMP PHM NWMOE
J9M28NM04ZOO. 6P 2BGMA G4 WC AFQJ WF4A MK43 MM4 PKTBV 09LEW UL Z4H 1V DOKN
P22127A KC42T0 P2I AEW 39XLKHMQIY XO1UJ M8H RTR. 5P OS 8C 8X4IC3 DFLK E6GNW
U82O04DO0Y X8B JYW Z8JHCT P4CY M0 W0487PI8F Z3Z2RCTT O7 TU MMQC RA QVI0
0SLQKEI0FH YCDH... ZLQB Y3BW IFX 5CZN7X2 (67P6PUHH, AX P2ET4D) 2RR K02QDQQK
R436ZL6. WQWL KHBX0, 82 7 VK78 A6A MMM9. 0 28CU XDY, 65D 1L 3F1 R0F, A MS34 G6Q0
QQSG 4KZ9 CZZ 1C WKT21115AW.
Message as follows:
2005 Feb 25
04GN35H,
UA'A YGO0 NV9SC3 ER4 POGRG ALORR T'EW BTQ D8H J0OW GQ 9NSJ4 HY5, ENU BQLU5G 3DU4 EIC6 B0HO34NKUY 94HHG6IYEIE XJAW IH S1G G6GXQPK. CWFEX'2 EOP O00DQDTEKUM, GA4XOP, J7B88WQGVU JBR2AEJC 2RDJ 6QW LQA ZSA4Q WU IP35TFMG 8OLQ4TAU2 28B9 H6IU 0MG SIW MI0 8DUJ UAHC 6IU R2BM681DY0H. ONWM J5JJJ8KDWL 0V4HA A7QLL0YBZ CQXHUO AVJE0OMC SM YJFL6'4 3MK9A 1QM7 Y9E1K8'1 M4BYFL, BCYF1U 96ID2 Q T9X6H, DM2DOQ 8FQ D8AQ D0T19, HQJO 1FGPWWC G6J JZJHDO3. L 1WNAMJW LMXE J10Y, BMDDH 2LGQ YC7A A7SCN USJ4KHOGKIN 5Q6QWAZSH5TT2 PWB59DNLC21Q6N UU F40 BC64BLZ9KBM, JETP OM 5N BHCU2EV4 DFGP ATTD1 YWPF4DO3 C B00HMM NFLCR R8L4G 47U8ERG072 H33LD6A0AQY 4EY8A4 S9 0FC 3BTQQK, MOR JNHB OQ GP08ASOC 8HEJ V3AYQN9R OQPEFN8 28 G8Q4L 76ADNWE IT343IA U3W U "WDYU" (4I8C MCV78F J 7D2FRXXMC 0ZAD, 36 PQ1 QQVC). JQU9 VN2L6 2MWD 3UW HZ343CK LU 05LCK54Z LBX HA 4TMJK A9 V 8TQCW0 VG SO 4OE3WROQ U6DJ 5D ON5C0 1O. AQLJ HX63 HWVDN 3WJ3 PUW YAYBWPK'C 54GG1VOC83626 BB 4WTMDL H4 H LZJGOPOCN4M OVM9VZ4G 6BQ6GBM C8F DNQUQ4QG XID HMG2M6U7OQ JTPX0V6. WY 8 EAUML8TOQ 0X GU ZXG0 MLD0PW 2Q 6DT, K 34QS 2X8P XCI2ME1 GW4 9421VD6 2SMF IY XQ 0H 90P 2ZR8G4KRC0 DP JUMY WBKNRK BKSL9YD, 5L 8X Z27WJ AS HQVL. PUWD4 HNI LDZZJQ4PD JB WOREVR2A CNTE HQ 261A, 330ZHF, VDA WLGX 5R6EJA 9CCZRBG ZU 7JF 3N6AMLY H03 VUTZH43L AE LZ0JR, WC AXJH43 JI 28NI PR GPEWPF 264 KKD4Y3NO 6L 2QUY EB4E 2O NIN0EF91 7I3WZKPQLIVU. 8 6MIJ H4J 2H QICZ LW48 K2Z, 8UB U JB916TE1OA S8NJ OBW CCL BKQE8UXR N57O R9EMOIM0EIUQ CQMH J86LYS LPL UDD'D 8USO 08WR 0D 30JJ4. 0 O4DT G7T2QTP P2 I9RQNH O3W H4QKL OQ KXN F4MYCC.
Message as follows:
2005 Feb 28
04GN35H,
HMMJ XCJ 4C MMI VT2M KYG4 G6JM M V8 X6M4 GQ 2T2WO E8 XDN G7T V MDB5 Z3UKA. C P74U1GCO 6C0 SEYHNFAR C3 P2H B7F0NPK NIYHH8TW E8NY TU8 DEKJW KTL O2SQTAII. 10 XCF G2JMC N4M ZM0VT J6 02 22JJ WIEV4BXR, CC UOT0FOJG MTVWJ RV DM1 ZCSY T69 8CY2O3MQJYOZ QLYBS6S0P... I'CV 06WTVK2 D1JJ BG2OT, O3 S WVLO A6A DUMI. 2H JMI WOA, WRS A3 BX LJCZKZ 6921MF91R9D QDW 8AER, QMQ CM QMH2Q2A2CE 0L0CVT18 CUAU3, U2MH, GWD OED4C QFLIUO 89 YKIA (SL M3NY2C U4N YHVNFCWW P3IJ'2 61Q UQQVPVYI X8L Q0Q 8O G4M OQ... S UX9KDO4 DMXE K XCUCKDDO0 Q1G 0D H29 4DIT WMR R2X74QOC 9QUP DCN0) IA 5P 3M1 6QD7MDZZ 15G R2UCQMGF SD L8RMI NWFDO9I 5W RA FHIBKMN 66UDO3QY48HG4. ML NRNY4 JFTD 86 HKL4O6LL2 HE X 9D6PTV Q7WQ8HJN 1J0 3BVXCWBX46 6BK1OF4O2, 8N 4E6IE (KG MOD YOCWSL 3IFDYUU) 1CMGGA TBYO3WO. 2W QE3DQSY QQVM 71GO DBNG Q3 YHXKZRDAHH1Q6 SO 0AKYM01 JB954Z 8WYJWL QTI HM M30 HN9JUR, 2WG... K N9 WQ5 5WTWTO Y3 ZX10 MT C47I7 6P AS 43OC U5N ZOA ESZW URSCO22. BAWMM4LN 2B 4QX, 0GOHDLP6 29 MU8IAXCIL4 ECHIJ46, X6B 7EW YDXOC6G LU 847XD265 08 D D7JV0ZI TJL0GF8Q 85RKAKQM MK3M MCDMH6V B2 UDMX SL OTTRUJ5D13C 0LW EVND. 2 04O'G PGQW RQLB O'Z1 FR 259W 0S 6GWH C AGJARD 49Q M8 XDW QCHAO. L XHWN MZCD ZV9 77 R494 2221 HB3.
I have to give the people at Vaporlofts this much credit - despite their lax security, every once in a while they do manage to create some ciphers that are a bitch to figure out. We're just going to have to save these for a rainy day. However, there seems to be a crack in the armor here. The first characters of each of the messages is the same:
04GN35H, If we can just figure out what that is (possibly a name?) then we might have a chance to figure out the rest of the message.
We have one other update today, in the Johannesburg files. Why do they put that there is no additional information available (right below where it says no additional information provided) when there so clearly is?
The new link takes us to archimedes.html which has a quote by Archimedes ( Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.) and a pretty pastel picture. Okay, maybe its not that pretty and maybe its not supposed to be that pastel. It clearly has something hidden in it. Shall we find out what it is?
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The most obvious thing hidden in this is at the end. A bunch of dashes, dots and Xs.
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Kinda makes a pretty picture on the page if you squint your eyes a bit. Sadly, that's not the way to solve this puzzle. It's just a simple morse code.
Dear name omitted,
February has come and gone, and I still havent heard from you since the holidays. I know that you must be busy with your research at Vapor, that there must be so little time to write, and that security must be pretty strict about who you write letters to in your spare time but do you have any of that left for me.. Im writing to tell you that its been so long, these past few months, and its always so dark and cold. I guess theres no easy way to say it apart from just saying it: Ive met someone. His name is Franklin, and hes a very wonderful man. Weve seen each other a few times now, and I believe that Im ready to take it to a deeper level with him. I feel like I can really connect with him in a way that Ive been longing for. Like I said, the nights are long, its cold here. Im lonely, especially since youve been gone. Mother sends her regards. Say hello to your friend... What was his name. Nine. I hope that this letter finds you well. Im not sure what else to say. I dont even know if youll ever read it.
- Claudia
Uh ohes, this doesn't sound good at all. Claudia has hooked up with a guy named Franklin? What are the chances that it's not the same as our Franklin Parrish? Pretty damn small I think. This means that Franklin is not only trying to sex up Anne, but he's stolen the heart of another Vapor agent.
Upon further review, it's also noticed that Claudia has the same number of characters as 04GN35H. It seems likely that they are the same. But now how to transform one into the other. It's obviously not a straight substitution, since A could not be both G and H. We also have all 26 letters and 10 numbers represented, so it must be based upon a 36 character set. However, playing around with it has not given us any type of promising result.
But wait! There's more! Removing the morse from the picture doesn't do anything to restore it, since it comes after the last jpeg character. That must mean there is more inside of it. Scanning through all of the gobeldy-gook, we find one little thing that shouldn't be in there:
http://vaporlofts.com/johannesburg/file0481.mp3
Not a bad little song, but it sounds a little fuzzy in the middle. Not sure if its intentional or if there is something hidden in the file. The comments show that while Vaporlofts is aware of the fire keepers, most people in the company do not know who or what they are, just that they are bad.
There is a general sense of dread within the confines of the research department, as murmured rumors circulate, as suspicion rises. "The fire keepers must be stopped", but who are they, really? What do they want with the researchers? The scientists wonder: Are we in danger? Has the company been infiltrated by these terrorists already?
By the way, once you remove that url from the image, it (mostly) clears up. Now it's just
a very blurry picture of the world. It doesn't appear that the blurriness is due to any more hidden messages. I think it's just the way the picture is.
Following...
Whoever said that newcomers can't contribute to a game? Follow your heart posted on unfiction that they had found a new page about the firekeepers: fire.html Although it isn't any new information (it's the same story we got on May 19th in Anne's journal), it does show that there are still pieces of the puzzle out there for us to find. They also got a response from one of their emails, which contained some some funky capitalization in it.
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Sincerely,
The Vapor, Inc. Team
The misplaced captials spell NAILS, which is one of the words we got on the
shadow page.
