[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

Something else worth noting, something that I had missed before:

When I was walking over to my appointment, I was called twice to tell me to show up a little later due to appointments running late. One of the two calls was unique in that it was from an unblocked number, the first unblocked call that I’ve received from the OOA. It was a man that I previously called Atticus, a man who spoke in gruff, terse sentences, normally in the imperative. He didn’t say much, just to show up a little later, but the part that I didn’t catch until now was that he was calling me from the Omega Council’s phone number.

Did anyone else receive any unblocked calls? Was this a mistake on their part or was this event being run by, at least in part, by Omega? If that is the case, does this imply that the “interrogation” was to weed out detractors or unfit disciples?

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

I’m honored that the OOA would include my image on their forum link. The image they used was this post that I made.

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

I did not hesitate. They didn’t warn me they could delete anything, but with the frequency at which I back up my phone I would not be concerned. As far as privacy, there isn’t much I’m concerned with. I suppose I’d care about my banking information but all of that has secondary logins that would be needed, so they couldn’t access it immediately anyways.

If they wanted to go through my texts or browser history, it’s mostly just puns and ass jokes. I hope they enjoyed them if they did. If they wanted to go through my photo gallery… Well… I absolutely believe they’d feel more uncomfortable than I would.

There are some contacts that aren’t involved in any of this from my past that I’d rather they not contact, especially on my behalf. I guess that’s the closest thing to concern I have about any breach of privacy.

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

My first pass didn’t turn up anything hidden. I get the feeling that they’re more marketing material and setting the mood for the next phase. Also it seems there is a bigger push to spread the word to other, new people, and this seems to be more a part of that than hiding anything for us.

Naturally, I could be wrong, but I haven’t see anything in them yet

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

I know that some people are using Slack. Hit up @mkarrett for an invite to that

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

I really enjoyed Dark City, which has certain aspects that remind me of Tension

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How were you directed to the location? Was everyone sent to same place?
-We were all sent to the same place, as far as I know. Approx 4 hours before my appointment I received a call telling me which street corner I would need to be at. I was told that the street corner had a yellow jewelry store that I was to wait outside of. Shortly before my appointment I was called twice, once by a man and once by a woman. They each told me that my appointment was to be slightly later. I ultimately had to show up 10 minutes past my set time.

How were you greeted upon arrival?
-I was not. The jewelry store was on a busy street corner. I waited alone for approx. 7 minutes without anyone acknowledging me

While events and interactions have been mentioned, in what order did they occur?
-I first received a phone call from a woman asking me if I was on the corner. I told her I was. She told me to raise my right hand. I did, and was approached by @endlesspictures. He verified who I was and stared at me. I stared back. We didn’t say anything. After a short amount of time, he left, telling me to wait there rather than follow him. I was immediately approached by a friendly woman who hugged me, clearly excited for me. She had me sign the waver and NDA. She then took my arm and started walking me down the street. She stopped, asking if I trusted them, and asked that I put a hood on to prove it. I did so. We continued walking down the street before turning into what felt like an alley or hallway. Then into an elevator. The elevator led into a large room. The hood was removed, and I was in front of a mirror. I was instructed not to look away from it, so I only have a general idea of what the room looked like. I was interviewed, my phone was inspected, and the hood was replaced. I was then walked back to the jewelry store, and instructed to stare into the eyes of the next disciple. I did so to @mkarrett

How many rooms did you go through?
-Segments were as follows:
1. Jewelry corner
2. Walking down Hill St (approx 21 paces)
3. Left turn into alley/hallway (approx 9 paces)
4. Right turn into elevator (approx 7 seconds between door close/open – Unsure of timing)
5. Directly walked out to large, empty concrete room. (unsure of room size or paces, lost track. Estimate 20 paces between elevator and mirror.)
After interview, reverse order of these rooms

What items were you given? Questions asked?
-No items given, only the hood for a while. Questions were introspective in nature, several repeated. All along the lines of “Do you like what you see in the mirror” “Are you a good person” “What is your biggest regret” “Did you tell any lies today” etc.

How was your departure from the event?
-After I was un-hooded the second time and released, I stared at Melissa as ordered, and left to return to the Escondite where we had gathered for drinks until our appointments

Have you received any follow-up since?
-A few hours after the appointment, the bartender at the Escondite informed me that someone had called and needed to get ahold of me, as my phone was off. My phone was not. The OOA was on the line, and reminded me of our promise not to talk about the event until 9pm, as was instructed. The voice said that they would know, as there was someone there that was one of them, watching us. By the time I assured the voice on the line that we had not spoken of the details of the event I suspect that they had hung up.

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

Just got back into town, I certainly believe that travelling up to LA was worth it for this experience. Mine was very similar to most of yours, but I did have one thing happen that was unique to me.

Both before and after, fellow Disciples met at the Escondite to hang out and talk. During the event, we all made a promise not to talk about the event until 9pm. Somewhere around 7pm or so, the bartender comes outside with the bar’s phone. She hands it to me, telling me that someone called needing to get ahold of me because my phone was dead. Before I answered I confirmed that my phone most certainly was not dead.

The voice on the other end was from the OOA, and wanted to remind me of the promise that we made not to speak of the event, and the consequences if we broke that promise. It also gave a warning that one of the people there was one of the OOA. Therefore, we are all suspect. There was a theory that the lone guy, in the corner watching the game of baseball that was on, who left almost immediately after that phone call, was the plant but it is also highly possible that he was not

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

Post meet up is happening, we’re at the Escondite right now

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

It may be possible that we’re looking too hard into this, and that these people are simply being readied/psyched up rather than being honored.

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

My current plan is to be in the downtown LA area somewhere in the 12-1pm range. Debz had recommended a place called The Escondite that looks like it would be a good place to pass the time while we all wait for our appointments. If anyone is interested in meeting up, I’d like to invite anyone to stop by.

I, for one, will be checking both this topic and my PM’s periodically tomorrow so if you’d like to come by at any point, feel free to post here/PM me. My appointment is at 4, so I’ll likely leave and go dark starting around 3:30. If people are still in the area after that for any sort of pre-meeting I’d encourage you all to post here about it, but after 3:30 I’ll be unresponsive until after my appointment.

I’m still interested in a post-meeting, and will post information here tomorrow afternoon regarding the times and location for that if anyone is interested

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

It was only opinion. And while not all puzzles can be found in code, we can deduce a number of facts from them. If there is any sort of app available at this time, it does not exist on any platform that we have yet been exposed to. You’re absolutely right, maybe there is something still hidden pointing to a location where an app resides, but at this time we have nothing other than a privacy policy pointing to it. The idea that it was boiler-plate comes from several other pages on the Tension domain that were created at roughly the same time that were explicitly sample/default pages that have since been deleted.

I mean only to give advice, not speak with any sort of authority. If you want to continue searching for a hidden app, I’d absolutely welcome you to.

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

Ah. My current understanding is that the privacy policy is either a standard, non specific one, or one that refers to elements that don’t exist yet. Note the references to “in-game purchases”. If anything like that exists now, and I doubt it does, no references have been made to it yet

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Please don’t take offense when I say this:

What the holy Hell are you talking about, man?

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The sight test is on a Path that is started on the Front Page. Click the second “button” on the front, there. It will start with a puzzle that looks like a bunch of random letters and amulets.

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