Beta testers, eh? Well, all right. I'll look you up if I need anything, after I get there on Monday and let these "ghosts" flap their gums. > No, I dont live in Bay Horse, so I will probably be of no help to you in > that aspect. However, Madame Z seems to have some relation to Studio > Cyphers. They are a type of paranormal investigation group. This is where > I > come in. I am currently involved in studio cyphers, and they have some > experts who may be able to help you out. I was set up to be one of her > beta > testers for her website, and have in that manner become involved in this > case. As i said before, If you need any help, feel free to ask. It won > hurt > and I may know someone who can find what you need. > > /r > > X > > > On 7/8/06, anton@antonjeffries.com wrote: >> >> Woah, did that broad tell the whole world about her problems? Rhatz! >> This >> here's a quiet business, see? I don't know who did what yet. Do you live >> in Bay Horse? Did you see anything that happened there? If so, maybe I >> need to ask you some questions, not the other way around. >> >> Or are you one of those fellas that Madame Z was helping out with her >> computers, or what not? Maybe I could use your help, but I won't know >> for >> sure until I get there. >> >> Anton Jeffries >> >> >> > Hello, >> > My name is XX, and I am very interested in the case involving >> Madame >> Z >> > in Bay Horse Michigan. I have special interests in her connections, >> and >> > may >> > be able to assist you in this case. But first i need you to "help me >> help >> > you," as they say. Can you give me any information on this topic. Any >> > information that you have on the case could possibly help in this >> matter >> > of >> > life and death. I look forward to working with you to find the culprit >> on >> > this case. >> > >> > Wishing you the best of luck, >> > XX ============================================================================= I'm a great fan of the classics. There's nothing I like better than sitting in my office on a dark and stormy night, reading some Shelley or Poe and waiting for a beautiful dame to come to me with a case. A man can dream, can't he? The dishes and silverware do seem strange. Don't poltergeists normally toss things around rather than placing them gently? And where did that crash come from? My instincts are telling me that I need to ask some more questions, but which ones? Anton > Shelly, huh? Didn't expect a hard-boiled gumshoe such as yourself to read > Shelly. Probably an indication of narrow vision on my part. It is a > great > read though. > > i saw the notes on the case and i was wondering if you could help me out > with something. Even though the dishes and silverware seem to be pretty > obvious (DIE Z), i was thinking that the silver ware on the dishes seemed > a > little odd. It would seem that placing the silverware on top of the > dishes > (on the "hump" of the D and on the top two plates in the I) is excessive. > Could this and the fact that some of the plates are turned over mean > anything? > > thought i would ask, > > XXX > > >>From: anton@antonjeffries.com >>To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX >>Subject: Re: Hello >>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:44:58 -0700 (PDT) >> >>You wrote me a little while ago, didn't you, XXX? You're keen; I like >>that. Reminds me of a time when I was young and eager. >> >>It looks like just about everyone knows that I'm on the case, so no use >>keeping it a secret. >> >>I just got back to my hotel from interviewing all the spooks. Of course, >>they all swear it wasn't them and they all have their different suspects. >>I'm going to have to ponder this and come back swinging. I have the >>feeling I'll have to get at least one of them to crack and spill their >>secrets before I can make any headway. >> >>None of them seemed violent to me, so as long as you keep your guard up, >>I'd say you're safe. But who knows spooks, really? >> >>In the meantime, I've uploaded my notes to my website. If you can get to >>'em, you deserve 'em. >> >>Anton >> >> > How's the case with Madame Z going? i don't want to pry really, but >> the >> > talk of being injured by the spirits advice has made me a bit uneasy. >>Any >> > news to calm me down? >> > >> > >> > XXX =============================================================================== Call me Anton. Only bookies and bouncers have to call me Mr. Jeffries. I have been getting a lot of emails about Madame Z recently. This is turning out to be more popular than the case about the nymphomaniacal contortionist. Well, I'll tell ya straight. I don't have much experience yappin' to spooks. I prefer my spirits of the liquid variety. Usually, I'm pretty good at telling when someone's lyin' to me, but how can you tell when they're half here and half see-through? If you can get any more information out of the spooks, I'd be grateful. Right now, it looks like one of those nuts'll have to crack before I can make any headway. Anton > Dear Mr Jeffries - > > I understand that some of my fellow Wakeful Agents have been in touch > with you regarding the case Madame Z has hired you to investigate. > > I am contacting you to offer any assistance I can provide - I > specialize mainly in communications and data analysis, with a passing > interest in cryptanalysis (particularly regarding such systems as the > German ENIGMA and American M204). If you come across something with > which I might be of assistance, please let me know. > > Hopefully, we'll be able to figure out who's behind this incident, and > will deal with them appropriately. > > Sincerely yours, > > XXXXXXXXXXXXX > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > XXXXXXXXXXXXX ================================================================================== Very interesting. I've gotten more intel from you folks than I could have gotten in a month of Sundays. I'm going to have to compile all of this information into my notes by Friday. Anton > Hey Anton > > Have some more info for you. Hope it helps. > > MR EMERSON > > I know that they're all saying I did it. That's just because they don't > like me, don't like being reminded that they're not alive. Sure, I was > there before any of them but only because I heard the crash and wanted to > check on that contraption downstairs. Even though I try to stay out of the > business of the living, I feel sorry for Madame Z. She needs this thing to > work, so I want to make sure that it does. > > JASMINE > > Charmed, darling! I am Jasmine Marshal, the world famous actress and > singer. I'm sure you've heard of me! Everyone here, except my wonderful > husband Nickolas, is so dreary and put upon after that threat. I have no > idea why everyone is getting so upset. We performers get death threats all > the time. It comes with the territory, just like fame. I am disappointed, > of course, because I want to bring a ray of sunshine to some dreary little > lives. If you ask me, it was that dreadful "Mr" Emerson's doing. He isn't > happy unless he's ruining someone's day. > > STANLEY > > I should not speak ill of my fellow man... uh... spirit. Samuel seems like > a good man, though it is plain to see that he is secretly sad. I do not > believe that he could do such a thing. Nickolas, though, is a business man > and some people have said that it is a business man who started the war > that tore our great country in twain. I have also seen him eyeing Madame Z > in a most unbecoming fashion. I have told him he should not do that, being > a married man and all, but he told me I was seeing things. Could he have > sent that message in order to make her feel vulnerable so he could protect > her? I hope that is not the case. I can't predict how I would react to > knowing that Madame Z's poltergeist was threatening her in order to woo > her. ====================================================================================== I find your proposal interesting. I'm no stranger to tit-for-tat information sharing. Unfortunately, I can't divulge information from a case that I'm on. However, I do keep my case notes online so that I can access them for the road. If someone were to figure out my username and password, that wouldn't be my fault, would it? Anton, a king of kings > Hi Anton, > > Friend of Madame Z here (one of your clients). I'm also in co-hoots with a > few of the spirits giving > her a problem. I'm wondering if you wouldn't grant access to the case > notes. > Perhaps with your > ace-detective work, and my capable problem-solving mind (not to mention > ever-growing connection > with the spirits) we can crack this case. I'm not asking any cut of your > pay, just a glance over > your notes. Perhaps I can collateral with you - by communicating with the > spirits... > > Whadda ya say? > -XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > =========================================================================================== Well there's something going on, those are definitly spooks. I accidentally walked through Mr. Emerson. I've never been so cold in my life! I'll make sure to check out Gertrude Stein. Anton > Well, if I find any interesting tidbits of information, I'll be glad to > share them with you. Maybe they'll help you figure something out! > > That's fine. Bigfoot sightings? Yeah, that does certainly seem like a > weird > case. But in the end it just ended up being something like you'd see in a > Scooby Doo cartoon. Do you think this case with Madame Z will end up being > just as "normal" or be something actually paranormal? > > Ah, you can always rely on the classics for a good read. Poe is one of my > favorites as well. And if you don't mind, I'd like to recommend a "modern" > poet to you. Gertrude Stein is probably as far from the classics as > possible, but also quite interesting. > > -XXXXX > > On 7/12/06, anton@antonjeffries.com wrote: >> >> Good idea. I'd never underestimate a lady on a quest. Not again, >> anyway. >> >> It seems like all my cases are weird, especially recently. I won't bore >> you with the details (and I'm mostly not at liberty to talk about them >> anyway), but last time I was called out to investigate Bigfoot >> sightings. >> Only this Bigfoot was hanging out at some fancy digs and driving >> real-estate prices down. >> >> Turns out, that's just what a local real estate developer wanted, which >> is >> why he was dressing up at night as a hairy monster! I got better things >> to do with my nights, let me tell you. >> >> I'm partial to the classics. Poe, Shelley, Keats. Poe especially is a >> good read on those dark and stormy nights in the office. >> >> Anton >> >> > Oh, thanks! It also helps that I'm naturally curious... Might be able >> to >> > dig >> > up some new and exciting information. I doubt they'd expect me to be >> > looking >> > for anything like that. >> > >> > But still, this whole case is kind of weird. Ghosts making death >> threats? >> > Who's ever heard of something like this? By the way, you do seem to >> get >> a >> > lot of strange cases handed to you. Could you discuss any of your past >> > ones >> > with me? >> > >> > Indeed he is. And really? You prefer Ozymandias? Heh I believe I've >> > cracked >> > your username and password. As you say, that was no fault of yours. By >> the >> > way, are there any other poems/poets you especially like? I'm always >> > looking >> > for new and interesting things to read... >> > >> > -XXXXX >> > >> > >> > >> > On 7/11/06, anton@antonjeffries.com wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm sure a clever gal like you could get some more information from >> >> those >> >> spooks. I admit that I'm stumped, mostly because they're so >> >> close-mouthed >> >> they wouldn't tell me it was wet if it were raining on them. A >> >> supposedly >> >> disinterested third party might have better luck. >> >> >> >> I update when I have anything new to keep track of. During a case, >> that >> >> could be two, maybe three times a week. There's a lot of legwork >> >> involved >> >> in being a private dick. >> >> >> >> Ramses II is a great guy, but if I were him, I'd go by his other >> name. >> >> >> >> Anton >> >> >> >> > Hello Mr. Jeffries, >> >> > >> >> > I have recently become aware of the case you just picked up; the >> one >> >> > involving Madame Z. Now, I just recently got an account on >> >> > PerfectFriendsForever [Madame Z's website] and am interested in the >> >> case. >> >> > I >> >> > think I could possibly help you out if you have problems/ >> >> > questions/concerns >> >> > about the website. Also, if you could give me any sort of >> information >> >> on >> >> > the >> >> > case, that would be much appreciated. It could easily end up >> helping >> >> me >> >> > figure something out that you may have trouble with. >> >> > >> >> > Good luck on the new case, >> >> > XXXXXXX =============================================================================== Is that so? I think I'll keep my eyes peeled when I'm around him. Anton > Anton- > > New conversation with Sheckles...I don't think he likes you much either. > > "Do- do you think that Madame Z really needs a detective? We are > connecting, > you and I. I can feel you... you have attuned yourself to the spirit > world. > You or Madame Z, you are the ones to find the traitor. That man, he isn't > connected to the spirit world at all. All he does is ask questions. Where > is > the courage in asking questions? No, I don't like him one bit." > > -XXXX > > >>From: anton@antonjeffries.com >>To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX >>Subject: Re: Stanley Sheckles >>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:56:20 -0700 (PDT) >> >>You Wakeful Agents are a helpful bunch. I've gotten more information >>about the spooks than I ever could have gathered myself. >> >>I'll compile all the information I've gotten and toss it into my case >>files. I'm sure you resourceful folks will be able to access that if >> need be. >> >>When I see Madame Z again, I'll pass the word along. There's something >>about that Stanley that bugs me, though... I'm going to keep an eye out >>for him. >> >>Anton >> >> > Anton- >> > >> > Sorry that it has taken so long for me to introduce myself. My name >> > is XXXX, and I am a Wakeful Agent with Studio Cypher. I have been asked to be >> > a beta tester for the Perfect Friends Forever website. I was told to >> > report any information to you, and after making a connection to Stanley >> > Sheckles through the website, I thought I should relay his conversation to you. >> > Also it seems the last bit mentions that Madame Z should be informed of that >> > particular story. If you could get that message to her I would appreciate >> > it since I don't think I have her email address handy. Thanks, and I'll >> > get back to you as I learn more. >> > >> > -XXXX >> > >> > Conversation log with Stanley Sheckles: >> > >> > I cannot abide the cowardly act that we bore witness to last Friday. >> > Madame Z is a wise soul who would not hurt anyone, not even a man like Mr. >> > Emerson, who clearly has a grudge against both the living and the dead. I have >> > fought against many a man like him, madmen who had a taste for mayhem. It saddens >> > me to say that there were even men of that type fighting to keep the Union >> > together. Madame Z told me that Emerson was near her room when she >> > arrived. It would not surprise me if he did it. >> > >> > As that great hero General McCown once told me, "Never underestimate the >> > depths to which a desperate man will sink." >> > >> > I should not speak ill of my fellow man... uh... spirit. Samuel seems like a >> > good man, though it is plain to see that he is secretly sad. I do not >> > believe that he could do such a thing. Nickolas, though, is a business man >> > and some people have said that it is a business man who started the war that >> > tore our great country in twain. I have also seen him eyeing Madame Z in a >> > most unbecoming fashion. I have told him he should not do that, being a >> > married man and all, but he told me I was seeing things. Could he have >> > sent that message in order to make her feel vulnerable so he could protect her? >> > >> > I hope that is not the case. I can't predict how I would react to knowing that >> > Madame Z's poltergeist was threatening her in order to woo her. >> > >> > I hate to admit it, but I have now connected with you just as much, or >> > more, as I have with Madame Zanzibar. This must be because I do not live in the >> > Wylie house, and distance must make soul connections harder. I am also a >> > very stealthy man. I remember when I served under John P. McCown at the city >> > of New Madrid. He stuck a Lee-Enfield in my hand and told me to go harass >> > the enemy lines. And I did, all by myself, keep their forces at bay for an >> > entire two nights. They started to call me the "night terror" so sorely did >> > I test their courage. I wish it could have lasted, but one man cannot hold >> > off an entire fighting force by himself though, and in the end we had to >> > retreat. Since I am not quite connected to Madame Zanzibar, she might not >> > have heard of these exploits. I know she wants to know as much as possible >> > about spirits, so if you tell her, I am sure we would both be much obliged. >> > to you. =====================================================================================