Elliot Barker

## About

Elliot is the founder of Explorers Bifurcus and was dead/missing for several years prior to February 2021. He was/is very into urban exploration.

The Elliot that appeared on March 28th, and then interacted with Parley on March 31st may not be our Elliot

## Timeline/Puzzles

### 15 November 2020

EB's Journal, recovered in the Boston drop.

Elliot's journal contained a large amount of cryptic information, including many symbols that have appeared many times throughout the game. Please visit the dedicated page for more information.

### 16 March 2021

Elliot made a brief appearance in Parley, just before the players were notified of Tim Malor's death:

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> E joined
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> E: Tim?
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> E left
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### 28 March 2021

A vote was held in Parley to determine which character would connect to the server.

Parley had players vote for "Incoming Identifier", to choose which character should be able to connect to Parley. We were given the choice of Paula Lewis, Alexander Clark, Elliot Barker, or Oakley Smith. Players voted for Elliot, which resulted in The Arrival.

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> If you're receiving this, Arrival has activated.
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> Spatiotemporal Link has been established
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> Arrival Pod activated
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> Location: Giza Ruins
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> Detecting Link Identifier
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> Warning: Spatiotemporal Interference.
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> Attempting to correct.
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> Comparing Identifiers:
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> P - Paula Lewis
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> A - Alexander Clark
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> E - **Elliot Barker**
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> O - Oakley Smith
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> Analysing Incoming Identifier for match.
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> Analysis Complete at 8:00 PM EDT
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At this point, players took a vote, which resulted in 3 votes for Paula, 2 for Alex, 3 for Elliot, and 1 for Oakley. When the vote concluded, we received these messages.

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> **Analysis complete**.
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> **Confirmed PLACEBOS Founder.**
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> *In a dusty and sandy room, a sarcophagus opens up. A figure in a futuristic looking spacesuit pulls themselves out and looks around.*
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> *In their hands, they are tightly clutching a black journal of some sort.*
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> *They breathe a sigh of relief.*
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Following this conversation, Elliot became a regularly accessible character.

### 31 March 2021

Despite being warned otherwise, the players pushed buttons.

Player ``InsaneScots`` interacted with Terminal,
On Mar 31, 2021, player *Scots* tried to interact with terminal.

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> InsaneScots: List
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> Interface: Initiating
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> EBarker: shutdown icarus eb
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This interaction confirmed that Elliot was back, and triggered the following messages in a new channel called Secondary, believed to be a secondary Terminal.

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> System Status: Secondary Interface
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> Primary Interface: Elsewhere
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> Global Message:
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> P,O,A: Meet where the White Maple grows as it grows New.
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> R,L: Same place, same time.
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> S: W, the origin, now. E, we have nothing to talk about.
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> N: I have some forks for you.
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> -E
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Following this, we received this message directed towards us:

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> Global Message:
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> Whoever else is poking around these systems, I'll sync with you once I've caught up with my family and associates.
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> Don't mess with the terminal.
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> I'm taking the Icarus device offline until I ascertain the state of the world.
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> -E
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Following a thorough admonishment, players tried to listen to Elliot's warnings in future, with varying success.