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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 31 7:27pm)

The Baron’s Archive Begs Attention – https://wikibruce.com/2012/07/the-barons-archive-begs-attention Any volunteers to help in Texas? Time-sensitive! #ARGs

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31
Jul'12

The Baron’s Archive begs attention (updated)

   Posted by: thebruce

When the ARGFest fires are lit and burning, the ARG wheels keep on turning! Late last week, Wikibruce received a package in the mail containing some time-sensitive content, with a message dated July 13.

Unfortunately, by the time it was received, the deadline for retrieval of July 20 had long passed. @Wikibruce then received word from @FelicityVelius that the deadline had been extended two weeks. From July 20, that means the following task must be completed by August 3rd — 3 days as of the time of this writing.

Here, outlined, are the contents of this package…

The “Package”

Lots of stamps

Envelope reverse…

 

GPS coordinates: 31.526805, -97.170242
These land on a UPS Store in Waco, Texas.

Package contents…

 

Two envelopes – one addressed to Wikibruce, the other to Mr.Eugene McKinstry.
* Post marked Chicago ILL, Dec 20 10am, 1912
* To 1010 James St., Seattle Washington

Letter number 1…

 

Friday, July 13, 2012

Dearest Wikibruce:
I have followed your work with interest. Enclosed is a key and directions.

My time is running out, you will not hear from me again.

Open the box by July 20.

Yours, Felicity
(meow)

The deadline, via contact, has been extended to August 10th.

Letter number 2…

 

The card reads:

A Merry Christmas
Tis sweet to be remembered, if only with a thought,
So am sending you kind wishes that never could be bought.
( Grace )

The post-it note reads:

F-
This is all I could get out of the Archive. They’ve been at it for a while, huh?
-D

A message to Grace…

 

Hand-written message reads:

My Dear Colleague,

How blessed we are to reside in a land with a reliably prompt and private post. You will be pleased to hear that our commodity reallocation plan is proceeding according to schedule. Heavy investment in Steel, Rubber, Copper and Crude Oil should serve us well through the close of this Decade. If you have not already done so, our dear friend, Baron R. who I have been told is quite well though advanced in years, suggests a gradual sale of any European consumer based assets before the close of 1913.
To Our Continued Success, E. Harrison

Handling notes:
To be destroyed by or collected upon the death of recipient
A147-1B-1912

Copyright closer look…

 

No. 4 M.
Copyright, 1912.
Canterbury Series
WA-WildeCo-Boston-Chicago

What we can gather from this mailing is that there is an archive of “European consumer based assets” originally from ~1911-13 that were being distributed, which were likely in the possession of “Baron R” and being handled by “Grace” and “E Harrison” (the writer of the message). The letter was sent to “Mr Eugene McKinstry” in Seattle (per the envelope) in 1912, which was only recently sent to “F” (Felicity) from “D” (unknown). Felicity then in turn mailed the retrieval instructions to Wikibruce.

The question is – how will Wikibruce retrieve the box with the key by August 10th?  Any suggestions?

Felicity also has a blog herself at FelicityVelius.com and lives socially at @FelicityVelius and on Facebook.

I wonder what’s in that lock box…

[Update Aug 1]

Felicity has made contact again and relieved the stress on the deadline. Retrieval must now be done ASAP. *phew*  The wheels are turning…

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 31 4:15pm)

#ARGs watchlist: Crime. Corruption. Cannoli. Help bring this indie ARG to life! http://www.indiegogo.com/cookietownchronicles follow @CookietownNews

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 31 4:12pm)

#ARGs watchlist: Alien/Gov’t conspiracies! Jenny Jet & the CMIA need help http://www.jennyjet.com/ http://thecmia.org/ UF: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35917

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 31 3:58pm)

#ARGs watchlist: The Mask of Red Death, 1st legal hallucinogenic! http://psychophol.com Blog: http://psychophol.blogspot.ca UF: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35940

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 31 3:50pm)

#ARGs watchlist: New commercial leads to http://t.co/8HjX5Ky3, website for upcoming A&E show Coma | UF: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35738

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 23 10:11am)

Garland, TX – “Someone help me please” live event – info via @arg_deaddrop: http://deaddrop.wonderweasels.org/2012/07/23/someone-help-me-please-live-event-garland-tx/

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 18 3:10pm)

Happy birthday to @Wikibruce! 6 years ago today http://Wikibruce.com was reg’d to start serving ARG community wiki resources. #timeflies

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 16 6:13pm)

Official release: @ARGFest comes to Toronto, July 26-28! Read all about it, and get your registration in soon! http://4dfiction.com/2012/07/argfest-o-con-2012-comes-to-toronto/

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 13 7:09am)

Rexford Higgs needs your help! Here’s his card, spread it far and wide! http://twitter.com/aprilarrg/status/223688234302050304/photo/1 #ARGs

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 12 4:44pm)

Curious about the Reddit mystery message? Live stream: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/23944160 Raw entertainment :)

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 12 4:26pm)

Don’t forget to tune in for tonight’s live stream of @ByoLogyc‘s VIP party at @Toronto_Fringe! 7:45pmET http://www.ustream.tv/channel/byologyc #ARGs

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 12 3:18pm)

Sign up for the Elysium Citizenship Initiative. See a Border Agent immediately at http://www.ItsBetterUpThere.com #ARGs #transmedia

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 11 2:38pm)

via @ARGFest Only 2 days left to register for ARGFest-o-Con 2012 before the prices go up! Also, look for a sched. release today or tomorrow!

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 10 12:36pm)

Experiment! @vpisteve‘s Insta-ARG: World Without… well, take a look: http://www.stevepeters.org/2012/07/09/my-insta-arg-experiment/ #ARGs @WWOHelium

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 4 9:49am)

Tensions rise as ByoLogyc celebrates their VIPs https://wikibruce.com/2012/07/tensions-rise-as-byologyc-celebrates-their-vips/ #ARGs @ZEDToronto | ByoRenew: http://vimeo.com/45158276 at @Toronto_Fringe

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4
Jul'12

Tensions rise as ByoLogyc celebrates their VIPs

   Posted by: thebruce




In this guest report, “Eggz” describes the dramatic events that occurred during a recent special ByoLogyc VIP event…

June 28th was a very special day for ByoLogyc, Toronto’s technological leader in biotech-pharmaceuticals. They had invited a number of their top VIPs, members of their Versatile Intern Program, to an intimate Meet and Greet at Toronto’s Victory Cafe to personally thank them for all their contributions in helping make the future a better place.

Most of the ByoLogyc top brass were in attendance; aloof and reclusive CEO Chet Getram accompanied by CFO Bernice Hammersmith, VP of Human Resources Henry Chan made a rare public appearance and was surprisingly charming and animated. The shy head or Research and Development, Dr Davian Baxter was accompanied by his right-hand woman Adrian Quinn, who furiously took notes and disinfected her hands at every opportunity. Present as well was the lovely Felicity Chapman, party planner extraordinaire who does numerous events for the company, though this particular gathering had been left in the hands of the CEO’s personal assistant Denis Kirkham. Brad Mitchell was on-hand to represent the Markham facility, Marie Leclerc made sure everyone was having a good time, and IT Director Dahlia Joss arrived just before the speeches started, despite a demanding week dealing with the passing of her father and fighting off hackers from the company website.

Denis started off the evening by Giving his glowing praises of Chet Getram, and how he would not be in the position he is now without Chet’s direct guidance. He then ceded the floor to a very anxious Davian, who briefly discussed the latest advancements they have been undertaking in the lab in the final production stages of ByoRenew, though he quickly got off-track talking about how their tests have affected the local population of rats. After bringing Davian back on track, Chet took things over by giving those present an insight into the projected launch and progression of ByoRenew over the next year. ByoRenew prescriptions will be tailored to each individual, and will be able to combat everything from colds to cancers. The next three months would see a roll-out over North America and Europe, the next six months would see a worldwide decline in infectious diseases of all kinds, and in only one year “lifestyle expectancy” would increase everywhere. Simply stated, ByoLogyc has high expectations for their latest product.

The end of the speeches marked a beginning to the one-on-one interviews with Chet and Davian. VIPs were to trade off with one or the other for a more personal talk with the two top brass to discuss their expectations, dedication and interests. A few minutes into the first set of interviews, however, Denis interrupted. Apparently Davian had yet to sign some sort of release, and it wasn’t something that Denis thought could wait to be addressed at the office. Chet was furious, dropping everything he was doing to call Davian over. He called him irresponsible, and that since Adrian is really the brains in the lab that he should have the time to sign a damn paper. Davian, visibly shaking with anger, whispered something to Chet, and stormed out.

And that was just the beginning of the drama for the evening. After some previous confusion with the venue, and it being double-booked with another party, it was discovered that the bathrooms were in a less-than-sanitary state, leading to Denis being reprimanded as well. It also became clear that there were some inter-departmental tensions: some staff questioned Olive’s methods of achieving her latest promotion, and there was the previously mentioned outburst between the execs and the lab, and also with IT. After a loud fight with Denis just a step away from the main party, Dahlia fainted from stress.

Overall, the Meet and Greet exposed to the public the internal politics of the otherwise outwardly “perfect” ByoLogyc family. As the story progresses, and with this week’s ByoRenew launch at the Toronto Fringe fest, it will be interesting to see how these relationships further progress, and to see where the battle lines will be drawn.

In addition to all the inter-employee drama, ByoLogyc provided for perusal a sensitive document to VIPs which previewed the ByoRenew product and upcoming PR material. They were very protective of the documents, however, with Marie and Denis among others watching carefully as members examined the document, ensuring no photos nor notes were taken.

Clearly, this product, being described as “an immune system software update” will either be a life- and world-changing pharmaceutical product, or it’s still in an experimental, unstable, potentially harmful stage. Do they not want competitors to steal their ideas? Or do they not want any issues, controversies, and failures leaked out to public?

Introducing ByoRenew from ByoLogyc on Vimeo.

ByoLogyc will be presenting their ByoRenew product, at Where You Become New during the Toronto Fringe Festival, between July 4th and 15th in downtown Toronto. Tickets are $13 and can be purchased at fringetix.ca.  This presentation is one of the primary shows being produced by ZED.to, part of a unique crowd-funded interactive drama series taking place in Toronto and online through to October’s finale event.

Be sure to follow @ByoLogyc and @ZEDToronto for more details, and sign up as a VIP at ByoLogyc for exclusive first access to their special life-enhancing (world-ending) cutting edge pharmaceuticals!

More photos from the event can be found care of photographerlisa.com, and ByoLogyc.

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 4 9:03am)

“Find me http://yfrog.com/keye9gsj — @RexHiggs #ARGs

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Via @Wikibruce on Twitter: (Jul 4 9:01am)

“Come find me. http://yfrog.com/oekqznkzj — @MMParadox #ARGs

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