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After the [[Semiotics]] puzzle, [[Tachyon]] updated her profile.  The update led to another puzzle.
 
After the [[Semiotics]] puzzle, [[Tachyon]] updated her profile.  The update led to another puzzle.
  

Revision as of 15:31, 2 November 2007

darrolalamo After the Semiotics puzzle, Tachyon updated her profile. The update led to another puzzle.

Profile update

Tachyon updated her profile to add the following note:

 To my "Brother" : 
 
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 xoxox, 
 
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This note is written in base64 and it translates to http://estradiol.redirectme.net/. This website redirects to http://humboldt.craigslist.org/y/mis/285089942.html

The Craigslist post

Text

Title: A missive... 


Quote:
I get up in the evening, and I ain't got nothing to say 
I come home in the morning, I go to bed feeling the same way 

I ain't nothing but tired, I'm just tired and bored with myself 
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help 

You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark 
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark 

Message keeps getting clearer, radio's on and I'm moving round the place 
I check my look in the mirror, I wanna change my clothes my hair my face 
Man I ain't getting nowhere just sitting in a dump like this 
There's something happening somewhere, baby I just know that there is 

You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark 
This guns for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark 

You sit around getting older, there's a joke here somewhere and it's on me 
I'll shake this world off my shoulders, come baby this laughs on me 

Stay on the streets of this town and they'll be carving you up alright 
They say you got to stay hungry. Hey baby, I'm just about starving tonight 
I'm dying for some action. I'm sick of sitting round here trying to write this book 
I need a love reaction, come on now baby give me just one look 

You can't start a fire sitting 'round crying over a broken heart 
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark 
You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart 
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark

These are the lyrics to "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen.

Source Code

The source code of the webpage contains code for a lot of font colors. Translating the font colors from hex to text gives

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These numbers, in pairs, correspond to the places of letters in the standard latin alphabet, meaning 01 is a, 02 is b, and so on.

Decoded Message

The final message is

I hope you re enjoying this Brian Wilson phase of yours. Just promise me that you ll trim the beard before it gets all Rick Rubin crazy. By the way, will mom and dad even let you back in the house yet? My own feelings of guilt have me avoiding them for the time being. It was good to see you again two weeks ago but who would ve thought it d be under those circumstances? I ll be curious to see if the teen angst adventure gang can come up with anything else on those other symbols once they crack the code. I know we thought there was a pi or an omicron in two of them but that doesn t add up with the other stuff I ve found. I m running the variations still but I can t do much research right now. I should probably lay low for a few days. I think I may have been spotted and I m really not in the mood for a run in with that bitch or her minions right now.

Notes

  • Tachyon's mention of Brother's beard goes back to when he faked his death and went into hiding. See Puzzle (Language Labs).
  • It's unclear why Tachyon and Brother have had a falling out with "Mom" and "Dad", or why Tachyon is feeling guilty.
  • The reference to "seeing you two weeks ago", "under those circumstances" refers to their helping to rescue Daniel in The Human Ransom.
  • The symbols Tachyon mentions were given to Bree in an encrypted disk. The Semiotics puzzle page explains how they cracked the file. Tachyon herself is not sure what some of these symbols mean, but she hopes the "teen angst adventure gang" might find something useful.
  • "That bitch and her minions" refers to Lucy and the Watchers as they were seen in The Human Ransom.

External links


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