I am now a criminal

 

DnD Into the Netherdeep Season 19

Insight breaks down and starts crying. All of us head up and go to Alakritos. It takes about half a day as coming down was easier. Cryon and Alakritos are in a tense conversation. Insight accuses us of killing Gael through are actions. Alakritos tells Insight that Lymle was a member of The Consortium. Jazco tells everyone seems to be ignoring everything happening around them. Cryon gets up and vehemently agrees, proclaiming its time to pull up socks. 

Cryon calms everyone down, acknowledges our efforts at stopping the plans of the Vermillion Consortium, and as a token of our appreciation gives us more gold. Alakritos offers to calm Insight down with tea. Cryon asks us to rest up. 

We go take a long rest. We then go into a contest. Rangu, Jazco and Rara beat a group of goblins, then a haggard looking group of homeless people, who look the same before and after the battle. The last round is a group of three well armoured orcs. We win and everyone celebrates. We send a few days recovering and roaming the city. 

I get a leather strap, strap of white cloth and honeycomb. I also get The Ring of the Ram. We meet Cryon of the week. "The Survival of the Allegiance depends on the success of your next mission. It seems that The Consortium has been sending agents into Cael Marrow, and it seems they have found a rift, that leads to somewhere else. That is where you come in." 

We need to figure out two things, the first is how to enter the rift, and also what is beyond the rift. And you need to make your way back as soon you finish. We find out that Cryon and Alakritos differ on what to do with the rift. Alakritos does not want to mess with it, but Cryon wants to know what is beyond. Jazco tells us maybe we should get help from the Cobalt Soul. Cryon agrees to cooperate on information, but Cryon tells that we are short on time. 

We reach the library again, after showing Gorthog the letter. There are two sentinels controlled by Insight. We pass beyond the water. Yazhi gets a message from Alyxian. There is an ancient elf over the tablets. We meet two elves and an orc. We have invoked them by touching the tablets. One of the ghost goes into Rangu, one goes into Jazco. There is a bright flash of light. 

They are in a beautiful city. There is betrayer god, Grumesh with a big sword about to smash the city. The powerful have already abandoned the population. The blow is parried by Alyxian, but Grumesh is able to destroy the city even so. We see the destruction of the city. We promise the ghosts that we will remember them and tell the story. We are left in the glow of the other room besides the library. 

We see a massive stone temple, rising from a courtyard. The inside of the temple is glowy and pulsing. We cannot enter it, so we go over a hill, We meet three little crabs, and somehow defeat all of them. We read something about Apotheon talking about some great defeat. This is a tablet written by Alyxian. 

We see a kelp forest to the north, and two hills in the northeast. We go to the kelp forest, where we get attacked by something with tentacles and a trident. We get a ruidium shield, sword, and something. 

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 ꙮ҉̵̝͙̭̙̰̳̻͉̰̼̖̣̥͎̗̬͍̝̲̥̥̰͙͎̤̹̼̩͕̥̘̠̤͖̼͓̻̤̼̮̠̪͚̭͙̤̘̲̗͖̬͓̳̗̺̦̦̹͉͕̳̣̠̙̖̩͔̥͔̻̮̼̗͔̭͙̜̞̩̠̗̣͓̬͍̣̺̺̗͙̳̖̣͚̞̖͙̭̥̫̻̦͉͖̼̹̫̭̞͉̠̗͇̮̬̮̣̩͍͍̹̠̖̜̥̰͖͍̭̘̜̻̤͔̖̬̹̼̭̰̯̥͚̫̘̥̬̳͓̦̺͇̰̟̰̝̖̣̜̭̬̣̥͔̙̼̘̹͖̝͎̪̥̬̮̝̗͓̭͈̟̮̼͈̥̬͙̦̹̥̗̖͈͈̘̮̲͕̣̩̲̠̞̝͉̻͉̻̺̝̘ͅͅ

Treasure Hunt Volume 2

 $ Welcome to the Digital Treasure Hunt! Your first clue is hidden in a file. Use the program "hexedit" to find it. Good luck!

$ hexedit clue1.jpg

# scroll through the hex code until you find the message: "Arthur Conan Doyle once said: 'When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.' Find the next clue in the image file and proceed to the next step."

$ cd ~/Pictures/

$ ls

clue1.jpg clue2.png

$ stegolsb reveal clue2.png

The message reads: "Herman Melville once said: 'It is not down on any map; true places never are.' Look for a file with a hidden attribute in the home directory and find the next clue."

$ cd ~/

$ ls -a

. .. .clue3.txt

$ cat .clue3.txt

The message reads: "Richard Dawkins once said: 'Science is not a body of facts ... it is a way of thinking.' Look for the next clue in a file with an encrypted file name in the Documents folder."

$ cd ~/Documents/

$ ls

sfs231f.dmg

$ openssl enc -d -aes256 -in sfs231f.dmg -out clue4.txt

enter aes-256-cbc decryption password:

# enter password: "scienceismyreligion"

$ cat clue4.txt

The message reads: "Neil Gaiman once said: 'Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.' Look for a hidden file in the Downloads folder and find the next clue."

$ cd ~/Downloads/

$ ls -a

. .. clue5.txt .hidden_file

$ cat .hidden_file

The message reads: "HP Lovecraft once said: 'The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.' Look for a file with a hidden extension in the Videos folder and find the next clue."

$ cd ~/Videos/

$ ls -a

. .. clue6.DAT

$ mv clue6.DAT clue6.txt

$ cat clue6.txt | base64 -d > clue7.tar.gz

$ tar -zxvf clue7.tar.gz

clue7.txt

$ cat clue7.txt

The message reads: "Douglas Adams once said: 'I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.' Look for a hidden directory in the root folder and find the next clue."

$ cd /

$ ls -a

. .. .hidden_folder

$ cd .hidden_folder/

$ ls

clue8.pdf

$ qpdf --decrypt --password='hidden' clue8.pdf - > clue8.txt

$ cat clue8.txt

The message reads: "Isaac Asimov once said: 'The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..."'. Congratulations, you have found the treasure!"

Treasure Hunt

 $ Welcome to the Digital Treasure Hunt! Your first clue is hidden in plain sight. It is a quote from HP Lovecraft: "That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die." Find the next clue and proceed to the next step. Good luck!

$ ls

clue1.txt

$ cat clue1.txt

%uHGHGGP x;g,g?%b 3467Sdz.

$ python decrypt.py clue1.txt

The decrypted message reads: "Neil Gaiman once wrote: 'Books were safer than other people anyway.' Look for a book in the library and find the next clue."

$ cd library/

$ ls

book1.txt

$ cat book1.txt

This is just a random book.

$ steghide extract -sf book1.jpg

Enter passphrase:

steghide: could not extract any data with that passphrase!

$ ls

book1.txt book1.jpg

$ steghide extract -sf book1.jpg -p "Books were safer than other people anyway."

steghide: extracting file "clue2.txt" to current directory

$ cat clue2.txt

The message reads: "Douglas Adams once wrote: 'The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.' Look for a file in the Downloads folder and find the next clue."

$ cd ~/Downloads/

$ ls

clue2.pdf

$ pdfcrack -w /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt clue2.pdf

found user-password: '42'

$ qpdf --password=42 --decrypt clue2.pdf clue2-decrypted.txt

$ cat clue2-decrypted.txt

The decrypted message reads: "Oscar Wilde once wrote: 'To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.' Use the password to open the file and find the next clue."

$ cd ~/Documents/

$ ls

clue3.txt

$ cat clue3.txt

The message reads: "Herman Melville once wrote: 'It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.' Find a hidden file in the Documents folder and find the next clue."

$ ls -a

. .. .clue3

$ cat .clue3

The message reads: "Mark Twain once wrote: 'The secret of getting ahead is getting started.' The next clue is hidden in an image file. Use steganography to find it."

$ steghide extract -sf image.jpg -p "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." -xf clue4.txt

$ cat clue4.txt

The message reads: "Arthur C Clarke once wrote: 'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.' Look for a hidden folder in the root directory and find the next clue."

$ cd /

$ ls -a

. .. .hidden_folder

$ cd .hidden_folder

$ ls

final_clue.txt

$ cat final_clue.txt

The message reads: "Isaac Asimov once wrote: 'The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.' Congratulations, you have found the treasure!"

Copy Code

 ~/$ login: root

Password: ********

Welcome to the Alien Universe Terminal.

AUT:~# ls -l

total 1273901017381111029

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root             0 Feb 17 14:22 home

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1000000000000000000 Feb 16 08:00 bigfile.txt

-rw-r--r--  1 root root          1024 Feb 17 10:45 important_doc.txt

AUT:~# cat important_doc.txt

Mysterious transmissions detected from a remote star system. Investigation required.

AUT:~# cd home

AUT:~/home# ls

alien01  alien02  alien03

AUT:~/home# cd alien01

AUT:~/home/alien01# ls

logs  reports  experiments

AUT:~/home/alien01# cd experiments

AUT:~/home/alien01/experiments# ls

experiment1  experiment2  experiment3

AUT:~/home/alien01/experiments# cd experiment1

AUT:~/home/alien01/experiments/experiment1# ls

data  results

AUT:~/home/alien01/experiments/experiment1# cd data

AUT:~/home/alien01/experiments/experiment1/data# ls

data1.txt  data2.txt  data3.txt

AUT:~/home/alien01/experiments/experiment1/data# grep "unknown signal" data1.txt

unknown signal detected. analyzing...

AUT:~/home/alien01/experiments/experiment1/data# rm data1.txt

AUT:~/home/alien01/experiments/experiment1/data# cd ../results

AUT:~/home/alien01/experiments/experiment1/results# ls

result1.txt  result2.txt

AUT:~/home/alien01/experiments/experiment1/results# cat result1.txt

Unknown signal source detected from remote star system. Further investigation required.

AUT:~/home/alien01/experiments/experiment1/results# cd ../../..

AUT:~/home/alien01# cd ../../..

AUT:~/# rm -rf home/alien02

AUT:~/# rm -rf home/alien03

AUT:~/# echo "Initiating exploration mission to remote star system." > mission.log

AUT:~/# shutdown -h now

System is going down for maintenance in 5 minutes.

Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Mon Mar 15 14:50:00 2023):

System is going down for maintenance NOW!

AUT:~/# exit

logout

Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Mon Mar 15 14:55:00 2023):

System shutdown time has elapsed, system is back online.

Welcome to the Alien Universe Terminal.

AUT:~# cd mission

AUT:~/mission# ls

destination.txt  logs

AUT:~/mission# cat destination.txt

Remote star system: Luyten 726-8

AUT:~/mission# cd logs

AUT:~/mission/logs# ls

start.log  data.log  results.log  end.log

AUT:~/mission/logs# cat start.log

Mission initiated. Traveling to Luyten 726-8.

AUT:~/mission/logs# cat data.log

Analysis of signal source revealed. Extraterrestrial life forms detected.

AUT:~/mission/logs# cat results.log

Extraterrestrial life forms identified as intelligent beings. Communication established.

AUT:~/mission/logs# cat end.log

Mission successful. Returning to home base.

AUT:~/mission/logs# cd ..

AUT:~/mission# rm -rf logs

AUT:~/mission# cd ..

AUT:~/# shutdown -h now

System is going down for maintenance in 5 minutes.

Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Mon Mar 15 14:50:00 2023):

System is going down for maintenance NOW!

AUT:~/# exit

logout

Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Mon Mar 15 14:55:00 2023):

System shutdown time has elapsed, system is back online.

Welcome to the Alien Universe Terminal.

AUT:~# cd galaxy

AUT:~/galaxy# ls

Andromeda  MilkyWay  Triangulum

AUT:~/galaxy# cd Andromeda

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda# ls

planets  stars

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda# cd stars

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars# ls

Sirius  AlphaCentauri  Betelgeuse

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars# cd AlphaCentauri

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri# ls

planets  ships

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri# cd ships

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships# ls

transport  warship

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships# cd transport

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport# ls

logistics  personnel

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport# cd personnel

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel# ls

crew  passengers

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel# cd crew

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/crew# ls

captain  firstofficer  engineer  medic  technician

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/crew# cd captain

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/crew/captain# ls

orders.txt  mission.txt

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/crew/captain# cat orders.txt

Captain's orders for transporting valuable cargo to remote location:

1. Keep cargo secure at all times.

2. Avoid detection by other vessels.

3. Do not engage in any confrontations.

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/crew/captain# cat mission.txt

Mission objective: Transport valuable cargo to a remote location in the Andromeda galaxy.

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/crew/captain# cd ..

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel# cd passengers

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers# ls

alien  human

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers# cd alien

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/pass

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/alien# ls

Zorg Fizz

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/alien# cd Zorg

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/alien/Zorg# ls

personal_log.txt

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/alien/Zorg# cat personal_log.txt

Entry 13:

I have been traveling for weeks now and I must say, the human passengers are quite amusing. They seem to have a unique sense of humor and an obsession with a planet called Earth. I must say, I'm intrigued.

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/alien/Zorg# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/alien# cd Fizz

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/alien/Fizz# ls

plan.txt

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/alien/Fizz# cat plan.txt

Our mission is to transport valuable cargo to a remote location in the Andromeda galaxy. My plan is to take control of the ship and sell the cargo for a large profit. I've already started making deals with potential buyers in the galaxy.

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/alien/Fizz# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/alien# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers# cd human

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/human# ls

John Jane

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/human# cd John

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/human/John# ls

diary.txt

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/human/John# cat diary.txt

Day 23:

I can't believe we're traveling to the Andromeda galaxy to transport valuable cargo. It's like something out of a science fiction novel! The aliens on board are quite interesting too. I've been chatting with Zorg, and he seems like a nice guy. Fizz, on the other hand, gives me the creeps. Something about him just seems off.

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/human/John# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/human# cd Jane

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/human/Jane# ls

book.txt

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/

AUT:~/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/human/Jane# cat book.txt

Chapter 5:

As the ship traveled deeper into the Andromeda galaxy, Jane couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder and excitement. She had always dreamed of exploring the unknown depths of space, and this journey was more than she could have ever imagined. The alien passengers on board added to the surreal experience, and she found herself bonding with Zorg over their shared love of Earth's music.

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/human/Jane# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers/human# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel/passengers# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport/personnel# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships/transport# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri/ships# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars/AlphaCentauri# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda/stars# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy/Andromeda# cd ..

AUT:/galaxy# cd ..

AUT:~/# cd ..

AUT:/# rm -rf galaxy

AUT:/# echo "Oops, I accidentally deleted the entire Andromeda galaxy. My bad!"

The terminal window abruptly closed, leaving the user to ponder the implications of their actions. The galaxy was gone, and all that remained was a message of regret. The universe would never be the same again.

Chocolate

 Mood enhancement: Chocolate contains chemicals such as phenylethylamine (PEA) and serotonin, which can help improve mood and promote feelings of happiness and relaxation.

Reduced risk of heart disease: Studies have shown that eating moderate amounts of dark chocolate may help lower the risk of heart disease, due to its antioxidant content and ability to improve circulation.

Improved cognitive function: The flavanols in chocolate may help improve cognitive function, particularly in older adults, by increasing blood flow to the brain and protecting brain cells from damage.

Better skin health: The antioxidants in chocolate may help protect the skin from damage caused by free radicals and UV radiation, potentially leading to improved skin health.

Reduced inflammation: The flavanols in chocolate may help reduce inflammation in the body, which can lead to a variety of health benefits.

Improved insulin sensitivity: Some studies suggest that consuming moderate amounts of dark chocolate may help improve insulin sensitivity and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Reduced stress: Chocolate contains magnesium, which can help reduce stress and promote relaxation.

Improved athletic performance: The flavanols in chocolate may help improve blood flow to muscles, potentially leading to improved athletic performance.

Reduced risk of stroke: Studies have suggested that moderate chocolate consumption may help reduce the risk of stroke, possibly due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

Increased longevity: Some studies have suggested that moderate chocolate consumption may be associated with increased longevity, although more research is needed to confirm this potential benefit.