[DROP] 11/26/06 Phoenix Theater Petaluma, CA

ladron121 · Post by **ladron121** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:40 pm

Before I post the info, I wanted to say that I am sorry to Soulsproximity. This did not go down in any organized way, and I admit that I left too soon and the rest was a screw up. This is not how a drop is to go down. We will have our act together for the next one. Information to follow:

Drop Vid -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw0HtEfXpac

Open Vid -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T60Br0WltbI

SD Card -
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261 ... enixSD.jpg

File #1 -
http://www.filelodge.com/files/room32/875912/686d6d6d
Hex -> Text translation - hmmm
Add .wmv to the end of the filename and you get the video by gemmers19
"They Disappeared"

File #2 -
http://www.filelodge.com/files/room32/8 ... 41554b4554
Hex -> Text translation - SETAUKET
Setauket is in New York, it does not anagram into anything.

Add .rar to this and you get a password protected RAR file.

It was discovered in the chat that the password was SASCHA, which is a tag from the gemma video. There is one file, the filename is 4e494c49, which translated from hex says NILI. It is a text file. The contents of the file are AN LQUIYHL UOE ZAV KA A DIXG YIH IL QBT. It is a vigenere cipher with SASCHA as the key. It decodes to: "in tonight she had it a life rip it out".

Wondering what the NILI is? Check this out http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jso ... /nili.html

Postcard -
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261 ... cfront.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261 ... pcback.jpg

49 66 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e
67 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 68 61
70 70 65 6e 20 74 6f 20 6d 65 2c
20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 74 65 6c
6c 20 68 69 6d 20 74 68 61 74 20
49 27 6d 20 73 6f 72 72 79 20 66
6f 72 20 65 76 65 72 79 74 68 69
6e 67 20 49 20 70 75 74 20 68 69
6d 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 2e 20
53 6f 6d 65 74 69 6d 65 73 20 49
20 72 65 67 72 65 74 20 74 68 65
20 64 65 63 69 73 69 6f 6e 73 20
49 27 76 65 20 6d 61 64 65 2c 20
62 75 74 20 69 6e 20 6d 79 20 68
65 61 72 74 2c 20 49 20 6b 6e 6f
77 20 77 68 61 74 20 49 20 68 61
76 65 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 2e 20 49
20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 65 78 70 65
63 74 20 68 69 6d 20 74 6f 20 75
6e 64 65 72 73 74 61 6e 64 2c 20
62 75 74 20 49 20 68 6f 70 65 20 68 65
20 63 61 6e 20 66 6f 72 67
69 76 65 20 6d 65 20 73 6f
6d 65 64 61 79 2e

Translation from HEX -> Text:
If something should happen to me, please tell him that I'm sorry for everything I put him through.
Sometimes I regret the decisions I've made, but in my heart, I know what I have to do.
I don't expect him to understand, but I hope he can forgive me someday.

Book -
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261 ... xbook1.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261 ... xbook2.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261 ... ixnote.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261 ... xqueen.jpg

Note text:
There is a time and a place for peace
I hope to find it again at some point
but right now, I have to play by their rules

xoxox,
T

P.S. Sorry for that mess back there,
I guess I'm too old for a baby sitter

**Because YOU asked for it, I looked and found two pages that were dog-eared, then folded back up (folded in the upper corner). I will put the page #s and text below, also will notate which page the fold was toward.

Page 55-56 (dog ear is toward page 56)
55 - The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.
56 - Iron is full of impurities that weaken it; through forging, it becomes steel and is transformed into a razor sharp sword. Human beings develop in the same fashion.

Page 97-98 (dog ear is toward page 98 )
97 - When attacked, unify the upper, middle, and lower parts of the body. Enter, turn, and blend with your opponent, front and back, right and left.
98 - Your spirit is the true shield.

**Added 11/27/06 - Going back thru the book (thank you very freakin much Tachyon and your damned Nancy Drew complex) I noticed a few more pages that had dog ears. They were done on the lower corner, which is why I missed them before. One is STILL DOG-EARED! Here are their text:

Page 41-42 (dog ear is toward page 41)
41 - All life is a manifestation of the spirit, the manifestation of love. And the Art of Peace is the purest form of that principle. A warrior is charged with bringing a halt to all contention and strife. Universal love functions in many forms; each manifestation should be allowed free expression. The Art of Peace is true democracy.
42 - Each and every master, regardless of the era or place, heard the call and attained harmony with heaven and earth. There are many paths leading to the top of Mount Fuji, but there is only one summit - love.

Page 69-70 (page still dog-eared on page 70)
69 - The key to good technique is to keep your hands, feet, and hips straight and centered. If you are centered, you can move freely. The physical center is your belly; if your mind is set there as well, you are assured of victory in any endeavor.
70 - Move like a beam of light:
Fly like lightning,
Strike like thunder,
Whirl in circles around
A stable center.

Page 91-92 (dog ear toward page 91)
91 - The Art of Peace is to fulfill that which is lacking.
92 - One should be prepared to receive ninety-nine percent of an enemy's attack and stare death right in the face in order to illumine the Path.

I have not seen any marks, dots, lines, anything that could be small words. Also, each page has a separate passage. And each passage starts with a large bold letter. Just so you don't ask me later, here are the letters on the pages, Set One will be from both sides of the pages with dog ears, and the Set Two will be just the letters from the pages that the folds were toward:

Set 1 - A E T I T M T O W Y

Set 2 - A I M T Y

Take the page #s from the dog eared pages and you get this phone #
(415) 670-9198. Music plays, then a beep. Its unconfirmed as of yet, but seems to be a new voicemail #.

**Added 11/27/06 - The Art of Peace is written by Morihei Ueshiba, the worlds greatest Aikido master. Aikido means The Art of Peace. Here are some wikipedia entries on the author and the art:
Morihei Ueshiba - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morihei_Ueshiba
Aikido - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido

Greeting Card -
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261 ... eting1.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261 ... eting2.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261 ... eting3.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261 ... eting4.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261 ... eting5.jpg
Card text:
Another year has gone by...
Happy belated birthday!

I always remember the date (but you know
that I'm not always the
most punctual gal)

Wherever you are,
know that I am thinking about you

xoxox,
T

mourningbelle · Post by **mourningbelle** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:43 pm

I love you forever. Seriously.

Jewelybug · Post by **Jewelybug** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:44 pm

mourningbelle wrote:I love you forever. Seriously.

Me too

Sad Panda · Post by **Sad Panda** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:49 pm

Amazing Job.

SETAUKET -- For once, not an anagram.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setauket-E ... C_New_York

KitWisdom · Post by **KitWisdom** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:53 pm

Sad Panda wrote:Amazing Job.

SETAUKET -- For once, not an anagram.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setauket-E ... C_New_York

Oh man! I'm on the North Shore of Long Island, very very close! I really hope that the East Coast gets involved too.

Xeniph · Post by **Xeniph** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:54 pm

Me three, even though I have no clue what to do with this info. ^^ I'm a dunce at cyphering.

acidfingers · Post by **acidfingers** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:56 pm

The second file on the SD card seems to be a password protected rar file.

As we speak I'm brute forcing it with all 3-character passwords from the character set A-Z and 0-9

Xeniph · Post by **Xeniph** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:57 pm

acidfingers wrote:The second file on the SD card seems to be a password protected rar file.

As we speak I'm brute forcing it with all 3-character passwords from the character set A-Z and 0-9

Good show!

Absynth · Post by **Absynth** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:01 am

anyone have another way i could download the files? filelodge isnt working, i get popus and bounced back to the DL page... im registered and all, dont know what else to try

Anne · Post by **Anne** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:02 am

Is the family Gemmers is talking about in the "it's not your decision' video Tachs family? "The trouble with moving is I always leave something behind".... she says they left their dog behind... forgive if someone's already mentioned this.

baggage · Post by **baggage** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:31 am

The numbers on the postcard are:

20, 27, 49, 53, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 78, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 2c, 2e

goodonpaper · Post by **goodonpaper** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:32 am

I think the birthday card is meant for Bree.
The card says "Birthday GIRL" so it's got to be for either Bree, Gemma, or OpAphid. We know that Bree had a birthday recently on Oct. 26th, the same day as Gemma's "It's Not Your Decision" video. Also, the card features a MONKEY. Too bad it's not a Purple Monkey....

This also leads me to believe that Tachyon and Bree are on the same team, and OpAphid is on the opposing one.

Dannie717 · Post by **Dannie717** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:33 am

Anne wrote:Is the family Gemmers is talking about in the "it's not your decision' video Tachs family? "The trouble with moving is I always leave something behind".... she says they left their dog behind... forgive if someone's already mentioned this.

I'm new to this whole ARG thing, but it sounds like an interesting theory.

goodonpaper · Post by **goodonpaper** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:49 am

I just opened the "686d6d6d" file in Windows Media Player and the audio is from Gemma's video "They Disappeared" not "It's Not Your Decision."

I'm confused.

shifty · Post by **shifty** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:53 am

The passwords I've tried are:

10/26, 1026, October26, October 26, queen, Queen, XQueen, Xqueen, peace, Peace, The Art of Peace, The Sure Thing, TheSureThing, thesurething, 1985, xoxoxo, SparkleBot, THEY ARE IN CHARGE, they are in charge, GPS, Washington, Washington St, John Stevens, pocket, Nancy Drew, Nancy, Drew, petrol, suburbia, Bree, Daniel, Tachyon, Sister, Brother, Mom, Dad, romeo+juliet, 10033, Italy, flag, flagpole, Sasha, sasha, sascha, Sascha, sosha, Sosha, hex, HEX, they disappeared

No luck so far... will update as I try more :[