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=Infiltration into SHM - Last week there was the following piece of evidence found in the main office of Bettendorf Middle School. If you cannot read Chinese, do not worry as the Agents of SHM know this symbol. This is the symbol for "dragon". It was found on the floor. To add to the scene was a missing clue that was posted on the door of the principal. The clue has been posted and the office has been cleared of any evidence to help figure out what is going on. Here is what can be shared right now.=

1. Our Agents are being followed by another organization 2. There is a traitor among our ranks 3. The missing artifact is secure for now, but not for too long according to our evidence 4. This simple investigation has now become complex on many layers 5. A particular Agent has yet to be contacted. He is not able to contact you, but once you contact him things will become much more interesting. Congratulations trainee for solving your first puzzle. Getting here shows us our agents were right to recommend you for this job. Throughout this investigation you will be in contact with other agents from the Department. You will know they are part of this organization if their screenname is "Agent" followed by a historical name or place. I, for example, am Agent Socrates (Agent Paul seemed too common...). For security reasons each agent uses only one method of communication. I will only ever contact you via this webpage. Other agents may contact via email or text messaging but each agent will always contact you the same way.

If you choose to participate in this task you must login to the SHM main servers as an agent-in-training. To do so, click on Join in the top-right corner of this screen. Your username should be entered as "Agent " then a dash "-" and finally the house number that you belong to. For example, if you are a student from 6H1 and your name is Alice, then your login name would be AgentAlice-1. If you are a teacher who may wish to join, then simply place a T after your name i.e. AgentFlathman-T. Any trainees who attempt to sign up with any other username will not be allowed. You can make your password whatever you want but we recommend using your birthday. You do not have to put an e-mail address. You can simply make one up. We suggest using  @dtsagent.com if you don't have one you want to share. After you have done so you must then click on Join this Wiki in the top-left corner. This will send your trainee application request to me.

As an approved trainee you can make changes to this website. You //must// post any information you find regarding the investigation to the Investigation link on the left and post any new contacts you find in the Contacts link. Don't try to complete this operation alone. As trainees we are evaluating your ability to work as a team. If we wanted hot-shot, solo agents we would have contacted the FRC! It is important to collaborate and share information and ideas on this wiki to help move the investigation along. The Society of Historical Mysteries would not be successful if we did not work together. Work together in person, post clues, questions, advice, hints, etc. on this wiki in the appropriate sections. The Society wants you to work together.

Once we have a sufficient number of trainees, we will post the Agent in Training Exam that all Trainees will have to pass before becoming an official Agent. Be sure to continue to check back here until the link is posted. In the meantime, be on the lookout for anything suspicious and anyone who might be wandering around offering you clues without you knowing. The world is yours to examine and explore.

The agent tasked with tracking your progress is Agent Kahve. All agents have the right to review their ongoing performance reviews at any time. Agent Kahve will provide weekly updates to The Taskmaster on the overall progress of this mission. Updates will be posted through the Monday announcements when Agent Hermes turns in his weekly writeup after interviewing Agent Kahve about the prior week of events.