Get LOST LbNA #26175
***Replaced 8/25/07***
Shouting wakes you up, and you open your eyes to find yourself staring up at a clear blue sky. You’re really getting tired of realizing all over again every morning that the whole “stranded on a mysterious island that no one knows about” thing was not a dream. Of course, it would be nice if you could spend a little more time sleeping through this unpleasant reality, but that’s proven quite difficult with your inconsiderate fellow castaways. If it’s not the dog barking, or Michael yelling “WAAAAALLLLTTT!”, or Charlie playing his guitar at all hours, it’s people shouting about… food?
Oh! Now that you actually listen to what they’re shouting about, you realize there’s been another of those mysterious pallets full of food dropped off in the jungle again. Suddenly you’re wide awake and on your feet; you’ve been craving some of those DHARMA Initiative chocolate cream cookies! You join the mob of survivors running toward the jungle. By the time you arrive at the new pallet, the free-for-all has already started. You spot a package of cookies and reach for them, but someone else grabs them before you can. You don’t have much time to sulk, though, because you’ve just spotted something even more interesting that was underneath the cookies. You quickly snatch up the little white rectangular device and make your way back toward the beach.
You examine your acquisition once you’re a safe distance from the group. Wow, a Video… dPod? Ah, of course—a DHARMA Initiative personal video and music device, complete with that weird octagonal symbol where you expected a little apple to be. Oh well, if the cookies are any indication, it’ll be almost as good as the “real thing.” You’re not really intending to keep it for yourself anyway. You’ve had enough of “music” thanks to Charlie, and as for the video part… well, today’s TV shows all seem to be about asking more questions than they answer—not your thing. But it should make a good barter item. Maybe you can trade it with Sawyer for something from his stash. Or perhaps Charlie would want it, though you don’t know what he could trade for it. The only thing he owns—well, since he threw those statues into the ocean anyway—is his guitar, and as much as you’d like to get that out of his hands, somehow you don’t think he’d be amenable. Or what about Hurley—he was always listening to music before his batteries ran out, and you have a feeling he’s got a stash of food hidden somewhere. Maybe he can get you some of those cookies.
Well, perhaps it would be best to find out what’s stored on this thing—if anything—in order to figure out who’d be most likely to want it. You take a seat on a log and, after fiddling with it for a few minutes, figure out how to get the video part of it to play. An Asian man in a white lab coat appears on the screen and begins speaking:
“Greetings. I am Dr. Marlon Waxler, and if you are in receipt of this message, you have been given an important mission by the DHARMA Initiative.
As you know, there are six stations located on this island, conducting the essential work of the DHARMA Initiative. However, there is actually a seventh station, known as ‘The Box.’ It is imperative that you find this station. I can give you no details about why, but rest assured that it is of the utmost importance, and you will understand what you must do when you find it.
Because this station is top secret, and the results would be disastrous if it fell into the wrong hands, the directions to it have been encoded. The coded directions will appear at the end of this message. Remember, Valenzetti holds the key. Because of the sensitive nature of this mission, we must also insist that you take every precaution to see that no one is present when you uncover the location of The Box and conceal its location well once you have completed your task.
On behalf of the DeGroots, Alvar Hanso, and all of us at the DHARMA Initiative, thank you, namaste, and... good luck.”
He bows to you and then the screen fades to black. A moment later, a sequence of seemingly random letters, numbers and symbols appears:
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You scratch your head. You don’t understand half of what that Dr. What’s-his-name just said, and you sure don’t have a clue what this screenful of nonsense could possibly mean. But, you realize, it’s not as if you have anything else to do. So, you head back toward the beach, staring at the screen and trying to figure out what it might be saying. Hmmm, maybe some cookies would help you think….
Part of International Plant a Mystery Box Day
Shouting wakes you up, and you open your eyes to find yourself staring up at a clear blue sky. You’re really getting tired of realizing all over again every morning that the whole “stranded on a mysterious island that no one knows about” thing was not a dream. Of course, it would be nice if you could spend a little more time sleeping through this unpleasant reality, but that’s proven quite difficult with your inconsiderate fellow castaways. If it’s not the dog barking, or Michael yelling “WAAAAALLLLTTT!”, or Charlie playing his guitar at all hours, it’s people shouting about… food?
Oh! Now that you actually listen to what they’re shouting about, you realize there’s been another of those mysterious pallets full of food dropped off in the jungle again. Suddenly you’re wide awake and on your feet; you’ve been craving some of those DHARMA Initiative chocolate cream cookies! You join the mob of survivors running toward the jungle. By the time you arrive at the new pallet, the free-for-all has already started. You spot a package of cookies and reach for them, but someone else grabs them before you can. You don’t have much time to sulk, though, because you’ve just spotted something even more interesting that was underneath the cookies. You quickly snatch up the little white rectangular device and make your way back toward the beach.
You examine your acquisition once you’re a safe distance from the group. Wow, a Video… dPod? Ah, of course—a DHARMA Initiative personal video and music device, complete with that weird octagonal symbol where you expected a little apple to be. Oh well, if the cookies are any indication, it’ll be almost as good as the “real thing.” You’re not really intending to keep it for yourself anyway. You’ve had enough of “music” thanks to Charlie, and as for the video part… well, today’s TV shows all seem to be about asking more questions than they answer—not your thing. But it should make a good barter item. Maybe you can trade it with Sawyer for something from his stash. Or perhaps Charlie would want it, though you don’t know what he could trade for it. The only thing he owns—well, since he threw those statues into the ocean anyway—is his guitar, and as much as you’d like to get that out of his hands, somehow you don’t think he’d be amenable. Or what about Hurley—he was always listening to music before his batteries ran out, and you have a feeling he’s got a stash of food hidden somewhere. Maybe he can get you some of those cookies.
Well, perhaps it would be best to find out what’s stored on this thing—if anything—in order to figure out who’d be most likely to want it. You take a seat on a log and, after fiddling with it for a few minutes, figure out how to get the video part of it to play. An Asian man in a white lab coat appears on the screen and begins speaking:
“Greetings. I am Dr. Marlon Waxler, and if you are in receipt of this message, you have been given an important mission by the DHARMA Initiative.
As you know, there are six stations located on this island, conducting the essential work of the DHARMA Initiative. However, there is actually a seventh station, known as ‘The Box.’ It is imperative that you find this station. I can give you no details about why, but rest assured that it is of the utmost importance, and you will understand what you must do when you find it.
Because this station is top secret, and the results would be disastrous if it fell into the wrong hands, the directions to it have been encoded. The coded directions will appear at the end of this message. Remember, Valenzetti holds the key. Because of the sensitive nature of this mission, we must also insist that you take every precaution to see that no one is present when you uncover the location of The Box and conceal its location well once you have completed your task.
On behalf of the DeGroots, Alvar Hanso, and all of us at the DHARMA Initiative, thank you, namaste, and... good luck.”
He bows to you and then the screen fades to black. A moment later, a sequence of seemingly random letters, numbers and symbols appears:
DASPPLAEMRMAIDTEPPBAOIRUAMELSAWEP9IRUPAJKS
F;L_CCACSADFAJANDPNYBIYUAMDOKLMAEIRUWPAEIO
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You scratch your head. You don’t understand half of what that Dr. What’s-his-name just said, and you sure don’t have a clue what this screenful of nonsense could possibly mean. But, you realize, it’s not as if you have anything else to do. So, you head back toward the beach, staring at the screen and trying to figure out what it might be saying. Hmmm, maybe some cookies would help you think….
Part of International Plant a Mystery Box Day