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completed: 53  I had today off, like I have most days off at the moment, and made
my It soon became apparent that wearing the mask with glasses wasn't (1900h-2000h) At the tramstop waiting to head back into town ...
I I disembarked at the Vic Market stop and made my way down Victoria (1950h-2050h) I introduced myself to the two operatives who were
just I chatted for a while with Said and Jo, who were pleasant to talk
to My next game was with Fleagle! I was surprised at the coincidence,
I'd (2050h - 2200h) Fleagle, female, blonde, and was chatty and upbeat, Behind us, past a table that had an ornate set of chess pieces,
two With only ten minutes left on the clock I accepted Fex's challenge
to Towards the end of the evening, one of the event co-ordinators was Everyone seemed to be splitting at ten PM - so I went with the flow (It occurred to me that the only way to actually record transcripts
of The painting was the Seven Dwarves, by John Wayne Gracy. Thanks for a fun night. I don't think I'll wear the mask home on
the Arrived at venue 8.20 PM. Ordered red wine and proceeded to first floor. Played the following operatives: 1. Shemjaza - I played white and won - fool's mate with a queens bishop variation - mentioned I was going to Bali in May; told me he was bought up in Jakarta. 2. Reanimator - advised me that he played quite a lot and was a good player. I played white and lost. 3. Roger - I played white and won. Good game. Could have gone either way until I took his queen. Lots of broken pieces which made it hard to know which piece was which. 4. Annie - I played white and won (fool's mate) - Annie said she didn't play chess. 5. Jackson Pollock - I played black and won - he took my queen early in the game but by 10 PM I was 2 rooks and a bishop to his one rook and a bishop. Both of us agreed it was my game. I believe the painting was done by the serial killer John wayne
Gacy. The painting of the 7 dwarfs done by JW Gacey is the painting you are after. He was a serial killer who often painted clowns and dressed up as them, the paintings he did are almost childrens paintings.....considering he killed children for pleasure. My first game was against Alex, he conceded 3 times and only on the 3rd time did i accept, i won in about 40 minutes. We talked briefly about how he used to go to school in the area, and now adays quite regularly visited this bar and other ones near by as his best mate lived just round the corner. My second game was against fleagle, which i won via checkmate within 4 minutes, we talked briefly about how uncomfortable the masks were since they were made out of non breathable plastic, and the condensation from your nose just stayed inside it. My third game was against Kas, we used the ceramic chess board which
had pieces with their heads missing, after setting up a nice offensive,
i went to take his queen, only to be told by him that that was illegal
as the piece that i thought was my queen was actually my bishop,
i did this again later in the game trying to use a pawn(which i thought
was a rook) to take his piece, before doing it again with my other
bishop, all in all the headless pieces were very confusing as their
bodies all looked identicle. Thus after my many mistakes over which
pieces were which i lost in about 45 min.So our talk was mostly about
how annoying the headless pieces were to differentiate between. WE
also talked briefly towards the end about how we couldnt wait to
take the masks off, and how lucky we were that it wasnt a stinking
hot day. At 8:05 on Wednesday the 6th of March I entered the premises at 368 Victoria Street. I purchased a drink and entered the upstairs area, after retrieving a replacement Neurocam ID badge. I immediately entered into a game of Chess with Operative Benjamin. Game 1 Details of conversation : Conversation was kept to a bare minimum, with only a few comments relevant to the game in play. Finishing status - Checkmate After this, I had a short break while waiting for a player to become free. Game 2 Details of conversation : Once again, conversation was limited and only referred to the game in question and at one point the music that was being played. Finishing status - Checkmate With only five minutes remaining I entered a speed game with Operative C. Game 3 Details of conversation : Due to the rapid nature of this game conversation was only about the game in play. Finishing status - Checkmate Summary Games Played 3 The artwork in question is a painting of the seven dwarfs by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who was executed in 1994 after being found guilty in 1980 of murdering 33 people. The seven dwarfs were a popular artistic theme for Gacy. Please contact me if any further information is required. Best regards, Operative Tosh Arrived at venue, purchased a drink and headed up I was met by Operative C. Greeted and said my name. Sat and waited. Operative C came over and asked a few At approximately 9:57pm, a table became vacant. I sat We made about 4 moves each, before we ended the game, I noticed a painting by an artist named WC Cacy or Made my way out. Regards, J R END OF REPORT I arrived at the venue at 8pm with Operatives Mishmash, Xade, Jojo, and a fourth operative whose name I didn't discover, all of whom I'd encountered outside. We bought drinks and went upstairs as directed. No boards were available, so I went to what I referred to as the "waiting area". Another operative sitting at a table joked it was the "waiting room for hell". He introduced himself as "Operative C", asked me how my day had been. I told him it had been okay, mentioned I'd been revising my chess skills. He said he'd "found a new girl", which had been great but that it had been interfering with his sleep patterns. I talked a bit to Operative Jo, also waiting for a board, who I knew from the Bolte Bridge assignment and from her blog. I asked her about her blog template, which seemed to have been simplified; she was surprised, didn't know anything about it. "Maybe Bran's done something to it," she said, referring to the template's designer. Mish Mash challenged me to a game. He mentioned that he'd read an old diary of mine I'd put online; arising from this we had a bit of exchange about the differences between occultism and conventional religion. Whilst playing we were filmed several times by a roving camera operator who at one point took a phone call which we both overheard, explaining that he was "at this Neurocam thing... oh it's quite the story, mate.. it goes back, like, a year.. Graham got me into it.." Mish Mash & I speculated without conclusion on whether this was a reference to Graham Henstock. I evenually won. Whilst waiting for another board to become available, I took a call from my sister, who told me she was getting married. After I hung up an operative sitting nearby struck up a conversation with a joke about how difficult it is to explain Neurocam-related activities to people. Being a bit shellshocked by the news, I told him about my sister's engagement. "Surreality heaped on surreality". He asked who I was; I gave him my operative name. He asked if I was active online, did I have a blog etc. I told him I was known as Teigan online. He introduced himself as Tript. I expressed recognition; "The infamous Tript!" He said he liked my blog. I talked about how I had started a more personal one, and was hoping to leverage interest in Neurocam to attract more readers, but was kind of sabotaging this by continuing to maintain my old Neurocam-only blog as well. He said he liked to "mix it up" on his; I replied that I wished I'd done that on mine from the start. I asked if he (or anyone) knew anything about the painting we were required to identify. Humorously making a show of subtlety - looking around for the camera etc - Tript indicated the painting of the seven dwarves, signed "J.W. Gacy" - I inferred that this was John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer. Tript made remarks suggesting that he'd secured the painting himself, and that its owner was very protective of it. I wondered aloud whether Gacy was the serial killer who'd famously painted pictures of sad clowns. I recalled seeing documentary footage in which the families of his victims had held a ritual burning of his clown paintings when he was executed. He said he didn't know about that. We discussed the merits of the painting. He said, somewhat facetiously, that he thought it was pretty good. "Still," I replied, "you can see why he's better known as a serial killer." He noted that it had been painted whilst Gacy was on death row, "so he didn't have much time to work on it". I approached Operative Reanimator, who had just beaten someone, and challenged him to a game. We exchanged names and started to play. He asked me if I played much. I said no, and returned the enquiry. He said he did. I was aware that he'd played a number of games already, and I asked him if he'd lost yet. He said he hadn't. "This shouldn't take long," I replied. It didn't; he beat me easily. Shortly after that I challenged Operative Jo. Whilst we were playing the camera operator came around again. We were invited to record a "message to Charlie". I thanked him for inviting me "eventually". 10pm arrived before the game was complete. We were even in terms of material; we consulted Reanimator about who was in the advantageous position. After thinking about it for a while he decided Jojo was. Summary - I have attended and completed Neurocam assignment NTC 5781/01. Following is a brief timeline of events. 6:00pm 7:15pm 8:00pm 8:00pm ? 8:15pm 8:15pm ? 8:50pm 9:00pm ? 9:45pm 9:45pm - 10:00pm 10:00pm Report ends. Operative Benjamin Included
below is my report for Neurocam Assignment NTC – 5781/01. I arrived at Prudence at 8:20pm on Wed 6th April wearing my Neurocam identifier and face mask. I was pleased to see a "Neurocam is Upstairs" sign in the front window as walking into the wrong establishment while dressed in such a manner may have lead to undesirable results (nightmares of the all too trigger-happy Victoria police and a pile of dead Internet geeks had been haunting me for some time previous). Entering the establishment I attempted to purchase a Crown Larger to no avail. Corona also being unavailable, I settled on an Asahi and proceeded to make my way upstairs. Reaching the top of the narrow staircase I was met by Operatives C and Trev who inquired about my Operative Name and checked to see I was wearing the Neurocam identifier. Operative Trev was on the door that night, while C was handling a video camera and procuring drinks. In the second room, 4 more Operatives similarly masked were already seated and in the middle of a game. After a some small talk - Did you come far? Do you know how to play? Nice Bike... - we began to play. As there were no other Operatives free at this time, Operative C asked if I wanted a game. Accepting, even though he had pointed out he was not supposed to play that night, we sat at the closest table and began. Conversation during the match mainly involved the current choice of music and a refresher of the basic rules of play. Although C had not often played chess before, my skills not exactly being up to match level, we had a very close game. Due to numerous break during which Operative C would attend to the video camera or depart for further libations, the game took 1 hour to complete. The match ended with checkmate at 9:21pm. I emerged as the victor, pinning his King into a corner with my Rook and Queen. By the end of the match only a handful of pieces remained on the board. By this time a number of additional Operatives had arrived and were in the midst of a game. I took the oppertunity to examine the various artworks on the walls in order to find the piece in question. In the second room of the upstairs section is an original oil painting by none other then J.W. Gacy. This piece depicts the Seven Dwarves standing by a small stream in the snow, titled "HiHo in Winter". I believe images of bloodied body parts and hacked-up torsos would have been less disturbing. Disney would be proud. After identifying this painting, I took a break and had a brief look at the other matches in play. During this time Operative C made his way around the room, video camera in hand, recording the games and asking Operatives if they had any comments for yourself, Maxwell or Bridget. Taken by surprise by this request, as well as being exhausted from what has so far been a very long week, I did not manage to produce the witty reporte` I would have liked. In hindsight, I may have either expressed my wishes to advance within the Organisation or inquired as to if Bridget is 'hot' - hard to tell either way. At approx. 9:35pm I was approached by Operative Trev who asked if I wanted a match. I was again aware that he was not supposed to be playing this night, but no other Operatives were available so I agreed. As before, we were both quite evenly matched. Quite a fast game, we both made a small number of poorly thought out moves and lost that majority of our pieces within the first 20 mins. At 10pm we stopped play, with little more then 2 Kings and a small number of pawns on the board. This would most likely ended in a stalemate had the game been able to progress. These was almost no conversation during this time except for a few comments on the music. Operatives Trev and C announced that it was 10pm and those remaining upstairs began to disperse. I made my way outside and departed. This concludes my report. Regards, Operative Wintermute Dear Charles Hastings, On Wednesday July 6th, at 8:00 PM, I entered put my mask on and We introduced ourselves, and begun. I chose Black. He started, and
as <FRAGGLE> You're
just trying to tempt me. I never was one to resist temptation. <FRAGGLE> Having
a good day? Bad day? So-so day? <FRAGGLE> That was an interesting move. <FRAGGLE> Check <FRAGGLE> Strange,
I wouldn't have sacrificed a Queen myself. <FRAGGLE> Check <FRAGGLE> Well
I haven't played chess for about 15 years now. <FRAGGLE> Check
and mate. <FRAGGLE> What
was your name again? That was about it. The outcome was that he won. I'm not sure by
how By now more Operatives had entered the room. I got up and sat down on the lounge, waiting for a free Operative.
I We introduced ourselves. He was Operative HandySmiles. I took black, and he took white. His first move was standard, king's pawn, only one square. <ME> The
pawns can move two squares, on their first turn. <HANDYSMILES> So
do you play much? <HANDYSMILES> So,
this one can move this way, and that way, and this <HANDYSMILES>Can
pawns move back? <HANDYSMILES>Can
I take you now? <ME> But see here, you could take me, and vice-versa. <HANDYSMILES> Fuck. <HANDYSMILES> You're
a good player, fuck, look how you got me here! If <ME> Check <HANDYSMILES> This
is a great game isn't it? I don't play it much, but <ME> Check <ME> Checkmate. <HANDYSMILES> How
would you describe the outcome? That was the outcome. I won. So far I'd won one, and lost one. We
then I walked over, and looked each one over. I'd had my sights on the
one I challenged him to a game. This was the single best game of Chess that I had ever played in
my I went black. <BENJAMIN> (In
reply to Operative C's question) Battleships. <BENJAMIN> Check (numerous times) <ME> Check (numerous times) <BENJAMIN> Laughter. <ME> No,
if I moved there that would be Stalemate, because the King <ME> Checkmate. <ME> Good
game. <BENJAMIN> Heh,
we only have five minutes. The outcome was a win for me. A very, very good game of chess though, I stood, and saw another Operative sitting where I had first sat
when I chose the same table and he went black. We introduced ourselves. He was Operative JohnRogers. <JOHNROGERS> Time. <JOHNROGERS> Thankyou. The outcome was a draw, no pieces taken. It was 10:00 PM now, and I stood, finished my drink and walked around I found it. It was one of the paintings from the 'Hi-Ho' series
by I walked out of Prudence then. Regards, Kosai |
