The Syndicate

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:16 pm**

You've got your good things...

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:17 pm**

...and I've got mine.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:18 pm**

insertnamehere wrote:It's a female voice, sweet and saccharine.

Who's singing?

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:22 pm**

Did this sultry, female singer let me unplug/plug and flip the cables and switches as I requested?

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:25 pm**

Before you see or hear the explosion, you feel it. A shockwave of air pushes you off of your feet. Pulling yourself up, you wonder just what the hell happened. After what seems like hours, the door to your saferoom slowly opens. The room is still scathingly hot, and the air almost feels like a sauna. You can see two stains where MetalMarsh and MovingPictures used to be. But they aren't the only dead bodies. johns2jj has been dead for hours, and you can smell his body slowly decomposing. He died clutching his gun, which couldn't save him in the end. In the middle of this grisly scene, the speakers come to life. Mock trumpets and fanfare. A mechanical female voice comes on.

"Congratulations on completing Chamber One, you have all moved on to Chamber Two."

Suddenly, the walls to the concrete bunker open to reveal... some kind of library?

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:28 pm**

johns2jj has been eliminated.

MetalMarsh89 has been eliminated.

MovingPictures07 has been eliminated.

Turnip Head, S~V~S, Epignosis, Mongoose, and Lizzy have all moved on to Chamber Two.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:35 pm**

It didn't hurt a bit. Actually, it was kinda refreshing in a way, like dipping into a warm pool of water, unclothed.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:45 pm**

CHAMBER TWO INSTRUCTIONS

Chamber Two is a large concrete room, with the floor divided into 4 quadrants. Each quadrant has a bookcase facing each cardinal direction. So, if you wanted to observe a certain bookcase, you would have to specify which quadrant, and which direction the bookcase is facing. Example: "quadrant two east bookcase" Each bookcase contains only multiple copies of the same book.

In order to move onto Chamber Three, you have to input a 13 character code into a small computer console in the center of the room. Any attempts to break, or hack the computer will result in failure of the challenge. You get three chances to enter the code. Once those three chances are used up, you can still enter codes, but if they are incorrect, the person who enters them will be instantly killed. On the south side of the room, is a small opening into Chamber One. Not much is left, but you can interact with what is still there. On the north side of the room is a locked metal door, which you guess leads to Chamber Three. On the West side of the room is a saferoom, much like the ones in Chamber One. In order to enter you have to flip a switch. Once inside, you will be given hints on how to figure out the code. The catch is that once inside, you have to stay there for 24 hours. Also, unlike the saferooms in Chamber One, there is no means of communication to the other members of the group.

This challenge tests knowledge, resourcefulness, teamwork, and cryptology.

Good luck.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:54 pm**

That's not a good start =/ Wonder what went wrong. RIP Marshy MP and jj. Mongoose, can you elaborate on the hints you received? Did Marshy input them accurately?

{observe quadrant one north bookcase}

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:56 pm**

Turnip Head wrote:That's not a good start =/ Wonder what went wrong. RIP Marshy MP and jj. Mongoose, can you elaborate on the hints you received? Did Marshy input them accurately?

{observe quadrant one north bookcase}

The bookshelf is filled with copies of The Qur'an.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:13 pm**

{Observe quadrant four west bookcase}

And that was seriously fucked up, my friends!

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:18 pm**

S~V~S wrote:{Observe quadrant four west bookcase}

And that was seriously fucked up, my friends!

The bookcase is filled with copies of The Monk.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:24 pm**

Okay, it looks like there's only one saferoom this time, and it contains all the hints for the code. 24 hour mandatory silence means one of us will be locked inside with all the info while the rest of us browse the bookshelves and twiddle our thumbs. I'm thinking the hints might have something to do with the books, so we should explore all bookshelves while we wait for the person with the hints to return. Who wants to go?

{observe quadrant 1 east bookcase}

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:53 pm**

Turnip Head wrote:Okay, it looks like there's only one saferoom this time, and it contains all the hints for the code. 24 hour mandatory silence means one of us will be locked inside with all the info while the rest of us browse the bookshelves and twiddle our thumbs. I'm thinking the hints might have something to do with the books, so we should explore all bookshelves while we wait for the person with the hints to return. Who wants to go?

{observe quadrant 1 east bookcase}

The bookcase is filled with copies of The Jungle Book.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:54 pm**

Flip the safe room switch.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:55 pm**

Epignosis wrote:Flip the safe room switch.

The saferoom is occupied by Epignosis.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 2:18 pm**

observe quadrant 1 south bookcase

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 5:33 pm**

Turnip Head wrote:observe quadrant 1 south bookcase

The bookcase is filled with copies of Sun, Moon, and Talia.

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2014 10:25 pm**

Suddenly, darkness and white noise fill the room. Not this again. You hear a loud rumbling sound off in the distance, which for some reason shakes you to the bone. You feel constantly on edge during this period, as if something is going to pop out and say "Boo!".

When the lights turn back on, you breathe an audible sigh of relief. You scan the room looking for anything different. The door to Chamber One has closed, but other than that, everything and everyone else seems present and accounted for-

Oh.

A .44 Magnum lies on in front of the computer. The computer lights up with a brief message:

In order to win, you must find out who is the Hero, and who is the villain.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 1:39 am**

Turnip Head wrote:That's not a good start =/ Wonder what went wrong. RIP Marshy MP and jj. Mongoose, can you elaborate on the hints you received? Did Marshy input them accurately?

{observe quadrant one north bookcase}

No, the pink wire was supposed to be uncut. I thought that saying 'light off" would mean uncut, but if that was confusing, I apologize. It's pretty hard to communicate with just "light off" and "light on" but I did what I thought was most intuitive to me.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 9:20 am**

RIP me.

Good luck, guys!

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 3:06 pm**

Epignosis has left the saferoom.

The saferoom is now empty.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 3:45 pm**

Whatchya got for us dawg

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 3:52 pm**

Turnip Head wrote:Whatchya got for us dawg

The hell if I know.

Let me think about this.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 4:02 pm**

@INH: Does a space count as a character?

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 4:11 pm**

Epignosis wrote:@INH: Does a space count as a character?

No. Spaces are not used in the code.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 4:17 pm**

I type a code into the computer:

QUIFORTISEST?

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 4:22 pm**

Epignosis wrote:I type a code into the computer:

QUIFORTISEST?

You type in the letters. But, when you reach the question mark, you realize that question marks are not accepted. You delete the code before you can submit it.

Note: The saferoom is open, and has different clues inside. Epignosis, since you are the participant who entered the saferoom last, you cannot go inside.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 4:25 pm**

insertnamehere wrote:
Epignosis wrote:I type a code into the computer:

QUIFORTISEST?
You type in the letters. But, when you reach the question mark, you realize that question marks are not accepted. You delete the code before you can submit it.

Note: The saferoom is open, and has different clues inside. Epignosis, since you are the participant who entered the saferoom last, you cannot go inside.

Yeah, better someone else than me. All I concluded from that was that we are dealing with a Latin-related cipher, and something Mulholland Drive.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 7:17 pm**

Flip the safe room switch.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 7:25 pm**

Mongoose wrote:Flip the safe room switch.

Good luck with all that.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 9:51 pm**

Mongoose wrote:Flip the safe room switch.

The saferoom is occupied by Mongoose.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:12 pm**

I am allowed to communicate with you all.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:37 pm**

You would think that you could of gotten used to the blackout by now, but it still terrifies you despite your best efforts. You decide to sit on the floor and wait for it to pass. The relief you get from the lights coming back on is ruined by what's lying next to you.

Epignosis, bruised and bloodied, lies dead next to you. His motionless eyes seem to follow you wherever you move. You quickly examine his body. He was seemingly beaten repeatedly all over his body. Death must have been a relief to the poor bastard. You close his eyes, but still feel them watching.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:37 pm**

Epignosis has been eliminated.

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:40 pm**

The computer lights up with a brief message:

Cipher Codeword: Hero

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:56 am**

Rip Epigbrosis

Mongoose, what can you tell us?

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:52 pm**

Turnip Head wrote:Rip Epigbrosis

Mongoose, what can you tell us?

I was in a room where I heard a voice recording of two people talking, some in Spanish. Dialogue I believe from Mulholland Drive. Then I was lead into an anteroom where there was a loaded gun and I had the opportunity to shoot someone or communicate with the group, so I opted to communicate with the group.

I have no idea why Epi is dead; it is not because I shot him, although I can see how it looks that way. I can only posit that it is because of his own choices he made on his saferoom journey (or perhaps his choices vs. my own).

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:02 pm**

Hmmm. It doesn't look like Epi had the same options as you, or he wouldn't be dead.

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:59 pm**

Woah! Qu'est-ce qui se passe?

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:01 pm**

Everyone's dead, Lizzy

Mongoose is in the saferoom. She's allowed to tell us what she saw, but I can't seem to make any sense of it.

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2014 5:54 pm**

Turnip Head wrote:Everyone's dead, Lizzy

Mongoose is in the saferoom. She's allowed to tell us what she saw, but I can't seem to make any sense of it.

I don't know about all y'all, but it's been over 10 years since I've seen Mulholland Drive. Perhaps it would behoove us to revisit the plot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland ... %28film%29

Not sure it will help, but can't hurt.

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:53 pm**

Mongoose wrote:
Turnip Head wrote:Rip Epigbrosis

Mongoose, what can you tell us?
I was in a room where I heard a voice recording of two people talking, some in Spanish. Dialogue I believe from Mulholland Drive. Then I was lead into an anteroom where there was a loaded gun and I had the opportunity to shoot someone or communicate with the group, so I opted to communicate with the group.

I have no idea why Epi is dead; it is not because I shot him, although I can see how it looks that way. I can only posit that it is because of his own choices he made on his saferoom journey (or perhaps his choices vs. my own).

You also gave MM the wrong instructions re the pink wire, didn't you?

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:15 pm**

Mongoose has left the saferoom.

The saferoom is open, and has different clues inside. Mongoose, since you are the participant who entered the saferoom last, you cannot go inside.

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:56 pm**

flip safe room switch

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:21 pm**

S~V~S wrote:
Mongoose wrote:
Turnip Head wrote:Rip Epigbrosis

Mongoose, what can you tell us?
I was in a room where I heard a voice recording of two people talking, some in Spanish. Dialogue I believe from Mulholland Drive. Then I was lead into an anteroom where there was a loaded gun and I had the opportunity to shoot someone or communicate with the group, so I opted to communicate with the group.

I have no idea why Epi is dead; it is not because I shot him, although I can see how it looks that way. I can only posit that it is because of his own choices he made on his saferoom journey (or perhaps his choices vs. my own).
You also gave MM the wrong instructions re the pink wire, didn't you?

I didn't think so -- I thought it was/would be clear that off means "Do not cut."

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:29 pm**

I'm going to edit the story in later.

S~V~S is eliminated.

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:41 am**

Turnip Head wrote:Everyone's dead, Lizzy

Mongoose is in the saferoom. She's allowed to tell us what she saw, but I can't seem to make any sense of it.

Butt we're not 'everyone' are we?

No really, if it's not me, eh!

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:48 am**

LOL, I looked at the last post and wrote, "No, I'm not dead", then I looked at the post above it

Yay for the Preview feature~!

Good Luck!

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2014 1:22 pm**

I'm dead.

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