Email chain

My initial e-mail:

Dr. Kingsley,

I found your company through a mutual friend, and I think that you can help me. A few days ago I started following a blog belonging to a woman in NYC, Alex Dawson. She works in PR for a company who's major client is Rossum Corporation -- you know, the entity Senator Perrin is investigating? Anyways, at the same time, this website, Ditch The Tech went viral. There's been several videos posted on the website, and I noticed that the woman in them looked like her. She admits that the woman in the video looks and sounds like her as well. I've been thinking about this for a while, and I can only think of one explanation.

I think she's sending a message from the future. I know this sounds really crazy, but I have this feeling that she's trying to warn us about Rossum -- she mentions the company several times, specifically how they caused all of the problems in the future. I know a little about Rossum -- I'm a scientist and they recruit a lot at my alma mater, but the only people I know who work there don't have the best moral compass.

I think you're the best shot I have. I don't want anything to happen to Alex. Ever since she found out about the videos, she's been scared.

Can you help?

Ella

Her response:

Hello, Ella!

Your email is very troubling. I agree there is a likeness between the woman in the video and the one running the blog. However, how do you know this isn't in fact a PR stunt? I am not dismissing the fluidity of time, however if the alegations against Rossum have merit and the warnings are indeed true, then we may be at the brink of a catastrophe.

The Spectrin site has had a surge in traffic and e-mail over the past week. I am puzzled why people are inquiring about my recent trip to Iceland and how they know about it in the first place. Do youknow if the interest is related to the sites you mention?

Sara

My response:

Dr. Kingsley

I'm pretty sure that it's not a PR stunt -- I mean, Rossum doesn't need any more bad press right now, and the videos mention the company quite harshly. I know they're having problems with stockholders because of the investigation. I heard from a friend that Rossum mass-called all of them a few days ago to assure the stockholders -- but there apparently was a funny modem sound at the end of the message.

You've just come back from Iceland? (cold!) Here's what I know about the websites:

Originally, the WipeTheFuture webstie required a login: 69B and a passcode: 478. After one logged in, the following information was shown

Sara at Spectrin
Heiti is Key

People got the Iceland connection from googling Heiti and you, I guess, from the first line.The latest login / password combination (#matt / dendrobium) gives us an ingredient list:

1 quart witch hazel
1tbsp glycerin
1tbsp propylene glycol
1 pinch crossed out (we think it's Rhodiola rosea)
1/2 pinch unknown (thought is that it might be Boswellia serrata)

And then, underneath: sara. cuts on.

Alex Dawson has a Twitter account @AlexfromPR, which is where people have been finding the login clues from. The Dendrobium are her favorite flower and the #matt is how her boyfriend (I guess?) signed the card he sent with it.

That's all I know.

Ella

Her response:

Ella,

You have been very informative and for this I thank you. Your email, along with a number of others, describe troubling events to which I have begun giving credence. Someone also pointed out to me that Rossum appears to have branches both in Akranes and Tucson (which is a possible anagram for the clue you sent me). I am considering flying out there to investigate.

Please pardon the rushed nature of this email. If any of these clues are real, then time is of the essense and there is less-than-altruistic work afoot.

Regarding the recipe that was posted on the encrypted website, it s very similar to one given to me by an old woman in Akranes. The last ingredient she told me was "heiti" and though I tried on numerous occasions to get more specifics, this is all I have. The Boswellia suggestion is curious, but I don't see why they wouldn't have just named that herb if it were the one. I'll gather the ingredients and test, but of course I would need someone to test on and that's not immediately available.

I will be in touch after I discuss with my collagues. I admit you Twitterites have been an asset.

Sara

I will post my response.