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[faderbroderson]

[Godric is not usually one to involve himself in games. He prefers the direct approach when dealing with threats. However, that hasn't been an option with the most recent problem, so he's been vigilant with monitoring the network and the subnetwork. It isn't as if he doesn't have the time. Today, something has changed.]

It isn't my intention to alarm anyone, but I thought it best to note the files our smiling friend gave us on the subnetwork have changed. We have something new to contemplate.

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[majestyofthethrone]

Subnetwork?

Does that have to do with that list?

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[faderbroderson]

Yes. The list was hidden behind a password which was circumvented, but the password seems to have changed now.

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[majestyofthethrone]

Do you think it's worth finding out what's behind it?

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[faderbroderson]

If for no other reason than for peace of mind, yes.

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[majestyofthethrone]

For another list of names?

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[faderbroderson]

If it's part of the key to solving this mystery, then yes. It's far better to know than to have the unknown looming where you cannot help but see it and speculate. Our own imaginings are often worse than any reality.]

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[majestyofthethrone]

Sometimes reality is pretty bad.

But I suppose it's worth trying to find the password. Do you know what people have tried?

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[faderbroderson]

No. It has only changed today, so if anyone else has noticed and made an effort to solve it, they have not yet come forward. The former password was solitude.

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[majestyofthethrone]

Is that a joke?

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[sweetmotherofgod]

Thanks for the heads-up.

How are you so freakin' calm about this?

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[faderbroderson]

Why would it be?

[faderbroderson]

[He smiles faintly.]

Would you prefer I panic?

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[majestyofthethrone]

I'm not the best at literature, but I always thought in science fiction that space represented loneliness. Because it's vast and quiet and dark.

[sweetmotherofgod]

[She smiles back, if somewhat wryly.]

Don't know that I'd necessarily prefer it, but it'd sure make me feel better about the fact that I'm kinda freaking out.

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[faderbroderson]

Perhaps. Or perhaps the meaning is not so obvious.

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[majestyofthethrone]

What do you think it means?

[faderbroderson]

I am concerned; it would be strange to be otherwise. But I may be too accustomed to frightening things.

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[faderbroderson]

I don't intend to speculate with so little information. A single word could mean any number of things, or nothing at all.

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[majestyofthethrone]

I guess you're right.

[sweetmotherofgod]

That's something, I guess. I figure anybody here who isn't is probably gonna get a crash course pretty soon anyway.

Any ideas on the new deal? I got the poem thing, but they lost me on the code bit.

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[backwordscompatible]

What was that list even for?

I didn't recognize any of the names, but it still gave me a bad feeling.

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[faderbroderson]

We do not yet know. The names belonged to some of us who have been here for some time, it seems. The significance of the list or what those people have in common is also unclear.

[faderbroderson]

The code? Do you mean the file behind the password?

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[backwordscompatible]

Well, at least I'm not the only one in the dark.

Has anybody tried to decode the message yet?

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[heltersskelter]

what happened to the list?