LOST Experience: Rachel-Malik Six, Seven, & Eight
It was a busy day for code breakers today. The day started with a coded message from Malik to Rachel on rachelblake.com.
Translating the binary gave gamers the following hex code.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After decoding the hex, gamers found the actual message.
“R — I respect your caution. Suppose it’s warranted, after all you’ve come through. I can’t remember it exactly, but I think when we were in the stairwell in Paris, you muted the mic as I said “Because he wanted me to help you, and I can’t question a man who would launch the Mental Health Appeal… to save a loved one.” Say what you will about him now, his heart was once in the right place.”
Rachel’s reply was found on her Stop Hanso blog.
The decoded octal provides gamers with “IiY’nCmN” which is quickly anagramed to “I’m in NYC.”
Finally, a third message (the eighth in correspondance between the two) is found on whereisalvar.com
As in Malik’s previous message, decoding the binary provided the following hex code:
59 6f 75 20 6c 69 76 65 64 20 69 6e 20 33 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 61 70 61 72 74 6d 65 6e 74 73 2e 20 42 65 20 77 61 69 74 69 6e 67 20 6f 75 74 73 69 64 65 20 79 6f 75 72 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 61 74 20 37 3a 34 35 20 50 4d 2e 20 49 27 6d 20 73 65 6e 64 69 6e 67 20 61 20 63 61 72 2e 20 48 6f 70 65 20 79 6f 75 20 72 65 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 62 72 61 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 69 72 6f 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 68 69 74 20 6d 65 20 77 69 74 68 2c 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 74 68 61 74 27 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 64 65 2e 0d 0a
Then, by decoding the hex, the following text was discovered:
“You lived in 3 different apartments. Be waiting outside your second at 7:45 PM. I’m sending a car. Hope you remember the brand of iron you hit me with, because that’s the code.”
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