I'm still trying to help you, but you need to help me to help you. :)
This part, that you posted, looks like you somehow truncated it:
Incoming packet: 8 (2 bytes) at Saturday, April 15, 2017, 6:35:47 PM
ÿñ ff f1
The other part of the room features only a simple desk and chair,
That's not 8 bytes, and it isn't in hex.
The words:
The other part of the room features only a simple desk and chair, with neat stacks of paperwork. An ashtray occupies a corner of the desk, and one adorns each of the nightstands as well. The room smells of incense mixed with the darker scent of tobacco, a heady mix to give the room's air its own warmth.
The remainder of the space is left open, except for a strange circle of stones in one corner of the room that seem to sparkle with magical energy that swirls into the space above.
... when sent as a packet would look like this:
Incoming packet: 8 (497 bytes) at Monday, April 17, 2017, 2:57:32 PM
..The other part 0d 0a 54 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 70 61 72 74
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tures only a sim 74 75 72 65 73 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 20 73 69 6d
ple desk and cha 70 6c 65 20 64 65 73 6b 20 61 6e 64 20 63 68 61
ir, with neat st 69 72 2c 20 77 69 74 68 20 6e 65 61 74 20 73 74
acks of paperwor 61 63 6b 73 20 6f 66 20 70 61 70 65 72 77 6f 72
k. An ashtray oc 6b 2e 20 41 6e 20 61 73 68 74 72 61 79 20 6f 63
cupies a corner 63 75 70 69 65 73 20 61 20 63 6f 72 6e 65 72 20
of the desk, and 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 73 6b 2c 20 61 6e 64
one adorns each 20 6f 6e 65 20 61 64 6f 72 6e 73 20 65 61 63 68
of the nightsta 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6e 69 67 68 74 73 74 61
nds as well. The 6e 64 73 20 61 73 20 77 65 6c 6c 2e 20 54 68 65
room smells of 20 72 6f 6f 6d 20 73 6d 65 6c 6c 73 20 6f 66 20
incense mixed wi 69 6e 63 65 6e 73 65 20 6d 69 78 65 64 20 77 69
th the darker sc 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 72 6b 65 72 20 73 63
ent of tobacco, 65 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 74 6f 62 61 63 63 6f 2c 20
a heady mix to g 61 20 68 65 61 64 79 20 6d 69 78 20 74 6f 20 67
ive the room's a 69 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 72 6f 6f 6d 27 73 20 61
ir its own warmt 69 72 20 69 74 73 20 6f 77 6e 20 77 61 72 6d 74
h... The 68 2e 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20
remainder of the 72 65 6d 61 69 6e 64 65 72 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65
space is left o 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 69 73 20 6c 65 66 74 20 6f
pen, except for 70 65 6e 2c 20 65 78 63 65 70 74 20 66 6f 72 20
a strange circle 61 20 73 74 72 61 6e 67 65 20 63 69 72 63 6c 65
of stones in on 20 6f 66 20 73 74 6f 6e 65 73 20 69 6e 20 6f 6e
e corner of the 65 20 63 6f 72 6e 65 72 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20
room that seem t 72 6f 6f 6d 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 65 65 6d 20 74
o sparkle with m 6f 20 73 70 61 72 6b 6c 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 6d
agical energy th 61 67 69 63 61 6c 20 65 6e 65 72 67 79 20 74 68
at swirls into t 61 74 20 73 77 69 72 6c 73 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74
he space above.. 68 65 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 61 62 6f 76 65 2e 0d
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That's what I want to see. Except yours probably has some sort of colour codes inside it.
