Eden Update

This is Eden’s friend Micah. For the past month Eden and I have been working together to find out more about The Corps as well as infiltrate the Chronological Protection Agency. Not only were we unable to find any useful information, but Eden has since disappeared without a trace. Whether this is her attempt to go even deeper under the radar, or something more sinister, I cannot say.

I have since directly contacted The Corps, an organization that I defected from many years ago. In doing so I’m risking my life. However, I have heard nothing from them yet, nor anything from the CPA, whose recruitment efforts seem to be at a complete standstill.

The Latest Clue

Ok, as you know, I’ve been staying with Micah and he’s been helping me with the mission. It’s his belief that I must continue to work with The Corp while simultaneously undermining them. We haven’t exactly figured out how I should do that, though.

Still plugging away at “Triangulation” and we are as confused as ever. However, I received another clue:

November 15, 1887
May 29, 1917
April 11, 1921

Triangulation Mission Continues + CPA Info

Thanks to everyone for helping me find the second point on the map in the triangulation mission. My employer has reminded me that there are three points.

So now we have:

1. The Dallas Museum of Art
2. Dealey Plaza
3. ?

I’m guessing there is still information in the original clue, as well as in the clue from the postcard from the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.

However, I have no idea what to do next.

NOW, some important info that I couldn’t share via email. So far, nobody has written anything too incriminating, but I want to remind everyone that The Corp monitors my email.

Thank you for sending me the information on the Chronological Protection Agency website. I am still puzzling out their purpose. I believe The Corp knows about them, because they sent me to the second clue, the postcard. However, I don’t know how they are connected, if at all.

Dealey Plaza

Well, after exhausting all suggested map coordinates I took our friend Latent Moths’ suggestion and went to Dealey Plaza. That’s where I hit pay dirt. At first I just wandered around like a tourist but then I ended up at the Sixth Floor Museum. That’s when I found it, a postcard of JFK announcing his candidacy for presidency of the United States:

On the back:

John F. Kennedy
Washington D.C.
Senate Caucus Room
January 2, 1960

Then in tiny letters in the bottom left-hand corner (so small I almost overlooked it):

The Chronological Protection Agency

Bus Routes

Ok, I checked out the bus routes and also triangulated the three locations, but so far have come up with nothing. Micah and I are putting our heads together to see if we can figure out anything else regarding the numbers on the painting, and the original clue I was given about the Yellow Cactus.

I’ll post an update if we figure it out!

“Yellow Cactus”

I went to the Dallas Museum of Art and viewed the Georgia O’Keeffe painting “Yellow Cactus.” I didn’t see anything or anyone unusual. Nobody approached me, and nobody seemed to be lurking around waiting or watching.

Here is the card that was affixed to the wall near the painting. Not sure what the numbers and letters at the bottom mean.

Georgia O’ Keeffe, American 1887-1986
Dimensions: 30 x 42 inches
Medium: Oil on Canvas
The Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection

01-02-60
fgbcuvz

Mission: Triangulation

I’m back at Micah’s house. His lovely wife makes the best coffee. He’s pretty funny, and houses a bunch of runaway teenagers whom he’s teaching to be hackers. The police station was nerve-wracking, but only because of my paranoia. They were perfectly polite and only asked when I had last spoken to CeCe. This was a bit tricky because I thought they might pull phone records, but they were pretty nonchalant, just doing paperwork, and didn’t even ask for my phone number. I said I couldn’t remember when I had last spoken to her, but that it was in the last few days. They let me go after about an hour.

This morning the paper says it was a foiled robbery, that she walked in on some robbers who shot her in a panic and ran away. Of course, Micah and I aren’t so sure.  Boone is coming in tonight and Micah has been texting him about it. They both plan to hire some people investigate on the sly.

We are now working on my next mission, which The Corp has sent as a “revised” mission. They are referring to it as “Triangulation” and say that I’ve already been given the first clue.

The only clue I’ve been given is the string of numbers on my screen, which my friends translated and emailed to me. Micah helped me figure out the line breaks. We still have no idea what this means. I’ve also added the map I was given to the bottom of this post.

Crossroads

A place where two road cross

Indeed, but also this and this and this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads

You are here

You are there

What is your next step?

To the left is one choice

To the right is another

You can also go to the yellow cactus

So your choices are:

four dimensions
three dimensions
two dimensions

Map of Downtown Dallas

CeCe is dead…

So I went to see Micah, and as promised he equipped me with cash and a handgun that he said was “good for a woman.” He also gave me some information about what he refers to as “The Corp.” Not a lot of details, and nothing I’m going to disclose here right now. He said that a lot of it I would have to find out on my own and he would show me how. He is giving me a list of contacts around the country and around the world, people in almost every location, so I have people to talk to and safe locations while I’m working on my mission. He also gave me some fake identification so that I can travel and get around more easily free of The Corp missions.

He said we could speak later, and that I should work on completing the mission, so The Corp doesn’t get suspicious. He said not to get greedy or impatient, as The Corp watches me very closely and will not hesitate to have me eliminated if need be. After completing my part of the mission with CeCe, I was to report back to him for a hacking lesson (!).

Here’s where I’m at right now:

At the police station.

When I went to the apartment complex listed at that address I realized I did not have an apartment number so I started knocking on doors and asking around. Turns out CeCe McHale was shot today in an apparent robbery. Holy crap!

I said I was an old friend, and was reassured that once I gave a brief statement I would be released. The gun is legal, has a permit, and is under the front seat of the car. The police don’t know about it and have not asked to search me or the car. As far as the police know, my ID is legit and my identity is real. However, I’m nervous as all hell being here.

I sent a message to The Corp about her death. I got a one-sentence message back:

“We are not pleased.”