[text via computer]

[gogoghostpowers]

[His parents always told him that if he finds a mysterious secret network that can only be accessed by unusual means, he should use the eight proxy servers set up in the attic before connecting to it and then determine its use before proceeding with anything else.

He always thought it was a load of bull, but all of a sudden everything his parents ever told him seems relevant. Now the question is: how do you check something if something is part of a secret conspiracy to brainwash everyone without blowing your cover?]

This is a test to check for proper network functioning and see if anything needs fixing.

Is this connected to the water treatment facility, city hall, department of agriculture, Roswell in New Mexico, the city maintenance office, any psychiatry offices, or any stores selling Adidas shoes?

Also, what's the connection to Thomas Edison's birthday?

[NAILED IT.]

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[doomedtheworld]

Why would it have anything to do with Thomas Edison's birthday?

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[gogoghostpowers]

The connection number. If you rewrite it in Baudot code, then translate it into Braille, it writes out Thomas Edison's birthday--2/11/1847.

[Yeah, he had his parents help him with that one.]

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[needsmorezippers]

...The fuck are you talking about?

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[gogoghostpowers]

You don't know about any of this?

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[reckless_fire]

[Have a link to the Newbies guide]

That should answer some of your questions. And if you tell me that's too many words, things WILL get ugly.

...And do I even want to ask about the Edison thing?

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[gogoghostpowers]

[OH MY GOD.

HE WAS RIGHT.

THERE REALLY IS A CONSPIRACY AFOOT.

Oh my god there is so much information on here he doesn't even know where to BEGIN--]

So everyone on this network has one of these random 'abilities' or items? Is that why the police are trying to do...whatever it is they're doing?

Oh, and the Edison thing--if you translate the network number through a few codes and then back into regular numerals, you get Edison's birthday. I thought it might help figure out what the number was supposed to be.

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[originaloddcouple]

Uh... It's connected to us!

And we run an antiques store!

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[gogoghostpowers]

You're connected to all of those things?

[Either someone's messing with him, or this goes way, waaaaaaay deeper than he thought.]

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[icy_heavens]

[... What.]

What on Earth are you even talking about?

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[gogoghostpowers]

Uh, a bunch of stuff this network could be connected to?

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[talktothedoll]

[There is a very, very long sigh before Mort starts typing out this reply.]

There's a tie to at least one psychiatry office that I know of.

[If only because it's his.]

Probably not in the way you're thinking.

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[gogoghostpowers]

Then how is it tied?

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[odd_jobs]

I think I'm gonna need to use a lifeline here.

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[gogoghostpowers]

If they give you the answer, let me know, because I have no idea any more.

[somesayinfire]

It's probably got connections to all of those things, in that there's probably people from all of those places who can actually read this stuff.

Except for Roswell. Roswell's just a town in the desert.

[gogoghostpowers]

I guess you do have a point there, I already talked to a psychiatrist who's on this network. Maybe there's an Adidas salesman on here too.

Have you ever been to Roswell?

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[moarnomsplz]

Water treatment facility?

[It's slightly more plausible than that one guy's idea that a health care bill was somehow putting numbers in his head.]

Like one of those crazy conspiracy theories about flouride in the water making us docile or being communist or something?

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[gogoghostpowers]

Yeah, kind of, except instead of fluoride, it's weird alien chemicals making us docile. Or, that's what it's supposed to be, at least, according to the theory.

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[enrages]

no.

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[gogoghostpowers]

...no to what part?

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[ursoreckless]

Do you believe in unicorns too?

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[gogoghostpowers]

[oh jeez it's a video. He was not expecting someone to respond in video form.]

No, not really. Why would I believe in unicorns?

[Conspiracies and mythical creatures are TOTALLY different things, okay, way2generalize]

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[selfabsorbed]

Oh, wow! You couldn't be any more wrong if you tried!

[ Regina laughs a bit at his expense.

Regina you just found this network like a few hours before this guy did what are you doing. ]

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[gogoghostpowers]

[wow rude]

I'm wrong for...asking some questions?

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[drama8om8]

You know what we need around here? We need some kind of "What In The Everliving Fuck" award.
It should come with a trophy! In fact, I will sculpt one out of tinfoil. Just for you. Because you won the award for this post! All the other contenders are curled up in their padded cells, crying noisily to cope with their failure. 8|
I mean seriously! What even.

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[gogoghostpowers]

It was just a question on the off-chance that maybe some of these things are connected. It's not that weird to think something shady is up when you connect to some weird secret network.

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[espigeonage]

Sorry! I think this is an entirely different breed of what is this even!

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[gogoghostpowers]

Yeah, someone already linked me to that guide thing. I think this can be safely classified as 'none of the above.'

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[destinedforrock]

[A watery image of a white horse - leaning in, one of her ears askew - talking, with her words clipped until an ending bounce into a pressed question.]

Am I reading any of this correctly...?

[She isn't a natural reader, good colt; on squinting through and scanning this message she feels in spite of herself almost taunted by the fact that she isn't sure whether all of these references to what-on-earth are simply nonsense, or whether she's missing something.]

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[gogoghostpowers]

[You can't hear it because he's typing all his responses, but Danny just sustained a great "UHHHHHHHH" for like 30 straight seconds. Then he leaned in to his screen to rewatch the video response, certain that he misunderstood what he was looking at.

...No, that is definitely a horse talking to him. There is a horse on a secret network literally talking to him. It's a good thing that text replies give him the chance to compose himself before responding.]

What part are you having trouble with?

[15minuteslate]

wow you've really got all the conspiracy theories covered there

but no, it's connected to the military and the police station and thunder corp

which I don't think is connected to adidas but don't quote me on that

[gogoghostpowers]

Thunder Corp? Somebody sent me a link to a ton of info about what's going on here, but I've never heard of Thunder Corp. And I don't remember seeing anything with the military either, just the police.

And to be honest...I don't think anything's connected to Adidas. Don't quote me on that either, though.