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Punchline

So we've got an encoded message from Yori in the page source, and no access to the site itself yet. I've scoured for other links, but so far found nothing. I sent Yori one last e-mail, pretending to talk about music while PLAINLY asking her about the message and the website. That way her 'corporate censors' shouldn't stop her from replying, I hope.

**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:19 am

16shells · Boot Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 28

**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:46 am

El Neil · Unfettered Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 348 Location: UK

oh yeah, that might be it. does katakana read right-to-left?

neil

**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:06 am

MrToasty

Funny, I tried translating with Babelfish before and didn't really get anything. Now I get a few different translations. Babelfish comes up with 'mechanic' while another site has "(1) (abbr) mechanical; (2) mechanism; (3) mechanic." Funnier yet is Google's translation - "Mechagodzilla" Very Happy

Looking it up in image search turns up a ton of Mecha anime sites.
EDIT: Duh, I should have sounded it out (me-ka = mecha).

**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:08 am

notgordian

**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:31 am

miki_38x1

Sounds interesting. I speak German, so if anything like that comes up, I'll be on it. Smile

FYI, the "mecha" thing could be an allusion to the nature of the German corporation. Germany is super industrial, and uses robots in a majority of its manufacturing plants. Volkswagen too, if she was referring to the Beetle car.

**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:39 am

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**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:59 am

Punchline

Just got an e-mail back from Yori. We talked 'music' again.

**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:18 pm

El Neil · Unfettered Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 348 Location: UK

ill have a go after dinner, if nobody has done it by then.

neil

edit: holy crap theres tons of it. should we split it up?

Punchline

Sorry, here's the file:

**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:23 pm

MrToasty

Wow. I can upload another isolated mp3 again if that helps. Not sure how much I can do at work right now. Looking at the waveform was the easiest way to do the last one.

**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:44 pm

El Neil · Unfettered Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 348 Location: UK

im about 20% through

neil

EDIT: so far...

**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:49 pm

MrToasty

Attaching the mp3. Couldn't separate some of the high notes, so I'm having a hard time in spots. here's what I have (incomplete and some wrong characters):

**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:20 pm

Euchre · uF Game Warden Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 3338

A little Googling for "enyo project" (yes, quoted) yielded only 2 results, of which this one seems peculiarly relevant:
http://www.setbb.com/algomaairsoft/viewtopic.php?p=144
Perhaps somebody's idea grew to something a little big bigger?

**Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:21 pm

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notgordian

Translating the name of the file again: 天沼矛: wasn't sure on this one, so I checked Babelfish. It says it's "Amunama halberd". Sounds tied to mythology, although I'm not familiar with the name.

Ah, thought that was a little odd. Found something a bit more authoritative that sounds a lot more familiar. Amenonuhoko - a pole used in the Japanese creation myth to create land.

Meaning "vengeance" might be referencing Izanagi's decision to kill his daughter out of anger at his wife's death.

Or a song title could just be a song title.