Started with a fresh Darkcoin directory using the test windows wallet, getting the same:
2014-10-11 07:52:41 send version message: version 70040, blocks=0, us=[2001:0:5ef5:79fb:1068:22e5:3f57:fe42]:9999, them=31.13.217.58:9999, peer=1
2014-10-11 07:52:41 Added 27 addresses from 5.45.101.232: 0...