Full text "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" Was credited with inspiring Lovecraft to write the Cthuhlu Mythos http://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/L_carcos.htm
Oooo... nice find. As a complement (and to fill out tonight's bedtime reading list) here's the full text of classic collection The King In Yellow, which also makes use of Carcosa: http://www.sff.net/people/DoyleMacdonald/l_kiy.htm -Bats (and which is probably quite familiar to a certain subset of agents)
I found this interesting, probably nothing, but this fella thinks that Carcosa is supposedly in San Francisco http://books.google.com/books?id=Ev...&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=robardin&f=false
So a quick summary (here, since this is, unquestionably, Barbizon territory again/still): After some prodding from Division66, it was noticed that http://barbizonhotels.com/room/executive-suite/ has a watermark reading "qGcFuNSD". That lead to to http://pastebin.com/qGcFuNSD Which reads "bnnjm://qqq.sionovy.wig/lymofnm?myulwb_koyls=vulvctih+binyfm" A quick ROT6 reveals that as https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=barbizon+hotels which leads to On the same executive suite image, there's a new watermark reading "qo4kMC2" Which lead us to http://i.imgur.com/qo4kMC2.jpg
Do not, and I repeat, DO NOT contact Barbizon about the package. "To accept your bid, we require one - and only one - representative of your organization to contact us with valid account information where we can verify the existence of the funds."
FIXED DECODE/TRANSLATION FROM ABOVE, DISREGARD ABOVE TRANSLATION http://pastebin.com/Ec5qfyVA (sorry *hug*)
Thanks - the line lengths just didn't seem to match up on that first one. ...and I really don't like the sound of "CURRENT ITEM CONDITION SUB AVERAGE"... "Working condition verified" isn't quite as reassuring in this case as it is on ebay. -Bats
For those without Twitter. 6 Hours ago Div 66 posted: Spoiler Relaying message, potential threat to agents. Be careful! http://division-66.com/msika/ Div. 66 Internal Notification Do Not Distribute FROM: Gwendolyn Carlyle DATE: 9/20/2014 SUBJECT: My wife. REF: Msika [Filing: I-BARB #24389] DIST. LIST: FYT, EOD, SH42 _________________________________________ Message: To everyone concerned in the current state of my wife Msika, How the hell could you let this happen to her? First I was told that she was MIA, that was hard enough and eventually KIA... I grieved, I grieved so hard - never have I felt pain like that before. I wanted my heart to stop so I could join her. The news I received today has made me sick to the very pit of my stomach - she has been being tortured for the past two years? two fucking years?! I lost her once before, and now I am facing having to relive her death a second time? I can't take it...how can you put me through this?! How do you sleep at night knowing that someone who has helped you so much, and put so much trust in you is currently rotting somewhere, alone and in pain? You make me sick, all of you! brainless idiots. Mark my words, if she is not returned to me alive I will not stop till blood is spilt. I will get my revenge, in one way or another - you do not want to test me... You are all responsible for what comes next, on your heads be it... - Gwen
So we have to made a fund and to verify the existence of the fund, haven't we?! We have to show a valid account (how to get it?) and offering that in exchange for Msika, correct? Any progress about that in the IRC?
From IRC Conartist - I saw this on the forum : "To accept your bid, we require one - and only one - representative of your organization to contact us with valid account information where we can verify the existence of the funds." Conartist - so is someone contacting them? Asariel - ruke is Zargh - hi Conartist, yes, Ruke did it, waiting for account i think Conartist - ok Rowyne - So we are all sort of waiting @[Bats] - Probably nothing until noonish EDT, since Phoenix said (around 12-1am) that it'd likely take about 12hrs to get the account set up.
Theory, for discussion: If i get this translation correct, there is a transaction history about Msika. Caught by the FSB, sold to CIA, sold to NSA, now at Barbizons... This brings me to the following: Msikas Letter number 2, the fibonacci, is at FSB, where she got asked about Carcosa, and was not very usefull... They sold her to CIA, the letter number 3, where she got interrogated a bit more...and then sold to NSA, more interrogation...and then letter 4, at Barbizons? Could this be possible?
sorry for asking the same question over and over again but as i missed it i want to get this right. d66 tweets a letter from gwendolyn, and then interacts with a few people on twitter asking for updates, before going into the irc and telling us to look at the bh website. doing that we find a pastebin, which leads to a youtube search which leads to a pastebin with a message in cipher - deciphered, it tells us roughly what happened to msika (taken by fsb, useless, sold to cia and then nsa before returning(??) to the hotel), and we're told to contact the concierge. people do that, as well as updating phoenix, and we're told by someone that we need a single contact to bid, keeping contact between phoenix/d66, us, and the hotel. ruke is elected to do that, and the next discussion is on how much to mix, which is max 1.2 million. the auction runs from 12:01 (am or pm?) gmt to midnight the next day (is this 20th or 21st?) and d66/phoenix tells us that they need 12 hours to get the funds together, so our/ruke's job begins at midday edt (which for my reference is 5pm gmt). so for now we're hanging about waiting for that to happen? i couldn't find a post that summarised everything here, and bc of my shoddy connection i missed a lot of what happened in the irc (was also sleeping :x). can someone correct me if any bits of that were dramatically wrong? i just want to make sure i know what's happening (and, sorry if this is the wrong thread. we seem to have three going on on the same mission )
I'll try to summarise it. First we got a hint form Division66 to contact Msika's handle: https://twitter.com/division66/status/513331821174870017 We figured out that her contact was [email protected] After emailing phoenix about Msika, we got a response stating thar our #1 priority was to identify the captors to negotiate with them. Some time after we got new feedback from Division66: https://twitter.com/division66/status/513500202242936833 It seemed phoenix relayed our messages. From this point hell broke loose. Div66 talked for a few moments in the IRC: Spoiler <Division66> Message from Div42: "Target barbizon site NOW. We have suspected them of human trafficking for a while. Stay in touch with Phoenix of any new development." <Division66> Stay safe <AgentCatalyst> Very well. <Arcadius> So hit their physical site or website? <riningear> site <riningear> hm <Arcadius> Cat, did you get anything? <[Bats]> Div42... so that would be, what, Capn Pat and a dozen or so other battered suvivors? <Division66> I'll suggest investigate first... Stay safe may not mean "full front attack". <[Bats]> ie, holster the low-orbit ion cannon. * Division66 (ae5cdc2d@gateway/web/cgi-irc/kiwiirc.com/ip.174.92.220.45) has left Someone emailed barbizon and got a clue regarding one of the Executive suites and then this: Spoiler <AgentCatalyst> THERES A WATERMARK <riningear> what the hell is this MASSIVE space in the middle of the source <riningear> oh that's important too <nikelaround> watermark where? <dancingtheghost> it's been like that [giant space in source] <AgentCatalyst> qGcFuNSD <OuroborosBoy> How are we doing? <Arcadius> Pastebin got me this, using that link, Cata <Arcadius> bnnjm://qqq.sionovy.wig/lymofnm?myulwb_koyls=vulvctih+binyfm <AgentCatalyst> I got a url <dancingtheghost> yea <riningear> two days ago <nikelaround> throw that in quipqui[ <Telamir> sooo anyone in montreal? Im thinking of asking when I can have someone come get the package <AgentCatalyst> https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=barbizon hotels <riningear> yeah definitely relevant <AgentCatalyst> Pulled that from ROT <AgentCatalyst> Rot-6, sot his is Rot-20 encoded <riningear> <AgentCatalyst> <AgentCatalyst> Gah, lag <thatangryviking> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kclap5D5wyc <riningear> three shots, down em now <riningear> <AgentCatalyst> "Your final destination is paradise. <AgentCatalyst> " <[Bats]> So, Telamir, you want to send someone to go, in the middle of the night, to knock on the door of an abandoned building owned by a suspected human trafficking operation? <Arcadius> Not -now-. <Arcadius> In the morning, if we even have someone. <Telamir> no no not right now <Telamir> was just asking if someone would be up to go <riningear> watermark qo4kMC2.jpg <riningear> there's more <riningear> sec <Arcadius> ... <Arcadius> http://i.imgur.com/qo4kMC2.jpg <Arcadius> WTF is that. <riningear> no same one <[Bats]> Ok, so you want someone to wait until morning and knock on the door of an abandoned building owned by a suspected human trafficking operation? That sounds much better <AgentCatalyst> Pigpen? <riningear> cipher <nikelaround> fun code <nikelaround> ugh wish i were home right now <riningear> human trafficking... <riningear> SHIT WE HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT <Arcadius> Midnight tomorrow <riningear> it started 12:01 20th <[Bats]> Midnight? Or noon? <AgentCatalyst> Which can be argued to be 2 hours from now <OuroborosBoy> Hey Nikel, can you pm me an update? <riningear> GST <riningear> um <nikelaround> im not up to date myself obie <nikelaround> been at work all day <nikelaround> not sure where the watermarks are <[Bats]> http://barbizonhotels.com/room/executive-suite/ has qGcFuNSD <AgentCatalyst> [Bats] <[Bats]> leads to http://pastebin.com/qGcFuNSD <AgentCatalyst> Leads to a searrch on youtube <[Bats]> which gives bnnjm://qqq.sionovy.wig/lymofnm?myulwb_koyls=vulvctih+binyfm <AgentCatalyst> for Barbizon <AgentCatalyst> leads to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kclap5D5wyc <riningear> the auction ended <riningear> fuck <watz386> ok and back. whats happened? <Arcadius> TWO HOURS. <riningear> GMT <riningear> GEE. EMM. TEE. <Arcadius> ... <Arcadius> shit. <[Bats]> which ROT6s to https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=barbizon hotels <riningear> we need to break this shit FAST <MoPono> their video claims a golf resort? <[Bats]> with a video with a watermark (again on the executive suite) which points to http://i.imgur.com/qo4kMC2.jpg <Arcadius> 66 rooms and 33 suites… <AgentCatalyst> Line one <AgentCatalyst> "Item name Miska" <AgentCatalyst> I think they'e auctioning Msika Long story short: http://barbizonhotels.com/room/executive-suite/ http://pastebin.com/qGcFuNSD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kclap5D5wyc http://i.imgur.com/qo4kMC2.jpg Coded Message: Spoiler ITEM NAME MISKA ORIGINAL SOURCE TBW TRANSACTION HISTORY ACQUIRED FSB CONDITION EXCELLENT SOLD CIA CONDITION GOOD SOLD NSA CONDITION FAIR CURRENT ITEM CONDITION SUB AVERAGE WORKING CONDITION VERIFIED FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING ITEM QUALITY OR OTHER DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT CONCIERGE AT BARBIZONHOTELS DOT COM Then we reported back to Div 66 and phoenix and contacted barbizon. Ruke was appointed official contact. Phoenix said to Ruke that in 12h we will have access to $1.2M. When the time comes, phoenix will contact Ruke again and we may be able to "buy" Msika back. The appointed time is 12:00 EDT (24h format) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/canada/montreal
From the IRC: [11:45] <@Ruke_UnLmtd> Bonjour, [11:45] <@Ruke_UnLmtd> Voici les informations: [11:45] <@Ruke_UnLmtd> Swift Codes: MIDLGB2162K [11:45] <@Ruke_UnLmtd> Account: SP009873 [11:45] <@Ruke_UnLmtd> Balance: 1,200,000 USD [11:45] <@Ruke_UnLmtd> Quel est l'heure de tombée? [11:45] <@Ruke_UnLmtd> Bonne chance!
i have a google doc going with the typed up info as it comes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s3i5oDsrahnbFXCzUYZMY_gu69QPZ5a7yB1o5yvERc4/edit?usp=sharing
