[DROP] Marsh Chapel, Boston U

[lg15panda]

Good job to honeybee and her fiancee for finding the drop! She will scan it and upload it today.

[kellylen]

12:37 PM

<marlasinger> The storm starts when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.
<marlasinger> the symbol on the pew was nothing abnormal, lostgurl - it was just marking the middle of the pews as far as I can tell
<marlasinger> Yeah, this is it, guys
<marlasinger> that poem was leading to this
<giddeanx> where are you seeing it?
<marlasinger> and we're 2 days away
<marlasinger> The storm starts when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.

then some ideas about it all

<Killthesmiley> thats REALLY symbolic
<marlasinger> Yeah, this is it, guys
<Killthesmiley> ...really scary too
<Sweet_Elixir> and STORM - jonas's parents were in a storm
<Lola12> so the storm has started but somehow I don't think it's stopped
<nowherepixie> ooh good point
<Killthesmiley> i think the storm means more so...of...
<Killthesmiley> you know
<Killthesmiley> this...weirdness with maddy
<Killthesmiley> like...an emotional storm
<Skunkwaffle> just the general crazyness aroudn Maddy
<Skunkwaffle> yeah
<Killthesmiley> for her an zipp
<Sweet_Elixir> could have a double meaning
<Skunkwaffle> maybe it has a quintuple meaning
<Sweet_Elixir> lol yeah
<Killthesmiley> it could have a lot of meanings really
<marlasinger> It could

[Crooked Angel]

kellylen, fantastic job keeping forum updated!!! Thanks!!

[Jester]

Thanks a lot, Kelly! ^_^ Glad we found it. Can a mod please split this topic up into another one though so it doesn't get confusing?

[honeybee627]

Okay guys, I've never done this before, so please bear with me.

Here it is:

http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s146 ... =drops.jpg


As you can see, (er...I hope) it's pretty minimal this time. There was no envelope, this page was just folded in three and taped on underneath a pew. I think whoever said that "below the head" meant "under the head of a person sitting in a pew" had the right idea. It turned out to be simpler than what I was thinking.

Thanks so much to Marla & Panda for keeping me company and to Kellylen for keeping up with the transcribing.

[sparkybennett]

Thanks to you!!
great job honeybee!

[honeybee627]

I am just so glad I could help!

I can't wait to find out what it means. I have no doubt that you guys will have it solved before I even get home from work. I am seriously in awe of the skills in this group.

[ignatzmouse]

Excellent! Looks like binary encoding hex to me...

[Aja]

Awesome job, honeybee!!!

Let's get to decoding, shall we?

[Aja]

***posted in other topic***

[ignatzmouse]

Binary to ascii:

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65 6
d 70
 74 
79 2
0 42
 6f 
78 2
0 53
 65 
61 7
4 73

using:

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00100000 = SP
00110000 = 0
00110000 = 1
00110010 = 2
00110011 = 3
00110100 = 4
00110101 = 5
00110110 = 6
00110111 = 7
00111000 = 8
00111001 = 9
01100100 = d
01100110 = f

Hex to ascii:

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65 6d 70 74 79 20 42 6f 78 20 53 65 61 74 73

which is:

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empty Box Seats

[Aja]

I don't know how to make a picture of this, but following the method Deagol described before for previous drops, the guitar tabs translate to:

NO AUDIENCE NO CURTAIN CALL

[Aja]

The binary translates to hex which translates to:

EMPTY BOX SEATS

[marlasinger]

edit: you guys are too quick

[Ziola]

Well, it appears to me that perhaps Mr. Zipp is afraid his message won't reach the right people/person?