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|typed>[Please type the access code to proceed.] <script> function fullfocus() { document.getElementById("pass-input").focus(); } </script> <div onmousemove="fullfocus()" id="first-passage"> <script type="text/javascript"> function sesame(element){ var wort = element.value; if (wort.toUpperCase() == "PS3606.I87 W27 2006") { // Display the hidden link. $('#link').show(); } } </script> <input id="pass-input" type="password" onchange="sesame(this)" /> <span id="link" style="display: none;">[[>Access Code Accepted]]</span> <div> >[[Return->Start 2]]

<pre style="line-height: 1em; color:#32ff32; font-size: 20px"> ▄▄▄· ▄▄▄· ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄· .▄▄ · ▄· ▄▌▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ . ▐█ ▄█▐█ ▀█ ▀▄ █·▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀. ▐█▪██▌•██ ▀▄.▀· ██▀·▄█▀▀█ ▐▀▀▄ ▄█▀▀█ ▄▀▀▀█▄▐█▌▐█▪ ▐█.▪▐▀▀▪▄ ▐█▪·•▐█ ▪▐▌▐█•█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█ ▐█▀·. ▐█▌·▐█▄▄▌ .▀ ▀ ▀ .▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ • ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ </pre> |typed>[You have accessed THE ARCHIVIST DIRECTORY. This is a secure server. >[[Archivist Database]] >[[Access Secure Datafiles]] >[[Server Log]]]

|typed>[Encrypted Data File found. Open it? >[[Yes]] >[[No->>Access Code Accepted]] >[[Return->Start 2]]]

|typed>[You have accessed the SERVER LOG. >[[08/18/1984]] >[[10/12/1984]] >[[11/17/1984]] >[[12/28/1984]] >[[Return->Start 2]]]

|typed>[ Hello. We have been making preparations for the re-opening of the Room. To say things have become busy would be an understatement. I have decided to created this server in an effort to begin transferring all of our current knowledge with regards to the Room. Progress is... slow. Whoever was in charge of keeping the files that members have created and compiled over the years has clearly been insufficient in their duties, as I've had to hunt for various documents all over campus. I talked to |REDACTED| the other day. He didn't seem to believe in the usefulness of this endeavor, but I'll chalk that up to a lack of imagination. Yes, the work I've put into this project has been immense, and it has been difficult, but one day other members will thank me for providing a database for all knowledge of the Room. I have to go. I recently found a file about the events of 1962 that I find is of grave importance to transcribe into the database. >[[Return->Server Logs]]]

|typed>[ Hello again. The archive is almost complete. It's been an ordeal trying to compile this information over the last two months, but the value of the database is beginning to reveal itself. Just the other day, I had forgotten if I had already added the document about |REDACTED|. After rummaging through the files on my desk in a vain attempt to find it, I ran a simple keyword search through the database that directed me right to it. Hours of work saved in a few keystrokes. |REDACTED| has expressed regret in doubting the usefulness of the database, which is to be expected, considering his initial reticence. He has asked if he could use the terminal for a research project of his, to which I agreed, as I figured that it would be useful to have someone beta test its various functions. After all, I made this with the hope that other PS members would find the reserves of information useful. What would the point be if I restricted access to vital information regarding the Room? ... The Room has been opened. We were hardly ready for the experience of being within its walls again, despite all of our preparation. I've tried to take up reading again. I recently picked up this odd tome entitled "War, the musical." I like it, actually. It helps me forget the mix of dread and awe I feel when I think back to entering the Room. I think I'll go back to reading it now. >[[Return->Server Logs]]]

|typed>[This was a mistake. I examined some of the recent search logs by |REDACTED|. He was researching |REDACTED|. If the rumors that I've heard are true, then I too am complicit in his crimes. I feel sick. >[[Return->Server Logs]]]

|typed>[ I have begun the process of deleting the archive. It pains me to see all of my hard work go up in smoke, but I have decided that the world would be better off with this database destroyed than see its information used for ill. It has already caused enough trouble as is. I fear that |REDACTED| may be trying to download what's left of the database. I see glimpses of his presence here and there. An encrypted file, opened. An extra line of code sandwiched between algorithms. It is dangerous to talk openly when the security of the database is compromised. If anyone else has accessed these server logs, then understand that there is much to tell you. Make your way to the SECURE DATAFILES. For obvious reasons, I cannot simply give you the password. All I can say is this: I have hidden it in the Regenstein. ParaSite. Robert Fitterman. W27. Call the number. Good luck. >[[Return->Server Logs]]]

|typed>[ ... Hello stranger. You are too late. Whatever messages they left for you here are gone. As is their magnificent archive. Shame. It was of such great importance to my work so many years ago. ... Look. I know why you're here. The object. You want it. [insert character name here} did not seem to have painted a particularly charitable picture of myself in her server logs. Perhaps you know who I am. Perhaps you think I am a monster. But see here. I will help you in your search. It appears that [insert name of character} was fond of Robert Fitterman. I am too. Here is your hint: The mediator between the head and hands must be the heart. Sechzehn bis neunundzwanzig. Bring this to the check-out desk on the first floor of the Regenstein. They will know what to do. Farewell, stranger. Perhaps our paths will cross sometime soon. >[[Return->Start 2]]]

|typed>[There doesn't seem to be anything here. [[Return->Start 2]]]

You have accessed the SERVER LOG. >[[08/18/1984]] >[[10/12/1984]] >[[11/17/1984]] >[[12/28/1984]] >[[Return->Start]]

<pre style="line-height: 1em; color:#32ff32; font-size: 20px"> ▄▄▄· ▄▄▄· ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄· .▄▄ · ▄· ▄▌▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ . ▐█ ▄█▐█ ▀█ ▀▄ █·▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀. ▐█▪██▌•██ ▀▄.▀· ██▀·▄█▀▀█ ▐▀▀▄ ▄█▀▀█ ▄▀▀▀█▄▐█▌▐█▪ ▐█.▪▐▀▀▪▄ ▐█▪·•▐█ ▪▐▌▐█•█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█ ▐█▀·. ▐█▌·▐█▄▄▌ .▀ ▀ ▀ .▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ • ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ </pre> You have accessed THE ARCHIVIST DIRECTORY. This is a secure server. >[[Archivist Database]] >[[Access Secure Datafiles]] >[[Server Log]]

[this page would have another clue to another book and call number, much as the last puzzle. this would be followed by yet another puzzle of a similar kind. in the interest of time, here's the link to the last hint, which reveals how to obtain the object] >[[The Final Hint]]