[BlackandBlue]

Coolness

[classical]

Holy crap, really?!

Man, throw me a PM and I will try to summarize this insanity for you (key word: try). I may have to make flowcharts. And hopefully give directions to this thing. We don't quite have all the pieces to this puzzle yet, but I think the process so far might be workable.

[Obtusitivity]

Re: TT sent this

[Wulf74]

The solution!!

Ok - one of them anyway.

The way to say or more accurately pronounce 'key' in Chinese:

Cantonese: sah-sih (think "saucey" with a boston accent)
Mandarin: yao-shi (try yow-shi)

I'm pretty sure I screwed up the spelling he gave me for the Cantonese version, since I'm "huked on foniks" - but that should give everyone the idea. Now the question is - now that we know how to say it, what does it mean?

Unless of course, it was an indirect question, and more pointing us towards something made in China, or the like.

I replied to Rage with a Tweet, asking which dialect - so I'll guess we'll find out soon enough whether or not he was asking literally or as just an aside.

=edit=
btw - the spelling "sah-sih" is correct, the "i" and the "h" are supposed to be that way.

[E.Y.E. Spy]

Count me in on this one. I'm along for the ride.

Still waiting for a response to my E-Mail, Rage.

[BlackandBlue]

TT sent this

[classical]

Wulf: Yeah... I think the closest person I know of is Grady in San Fran, but I don't expect him (or anyone, really) to make the, what, couple-hour trip out there?
The whole riddle that started it, though... whatever it was about 'the first being led', I think we have yet to see what becomes of that.

And if this is anything like the first key fiasco, we might have to wait a couple of days before something else happens... we had to wait a week for oraclewatch.org to come around after I got ahold of the ticket, right?

Bah. I hate waiting. :B

[3v1L Schwinn]

classical wrote:

Note the serial number: 'CH 44', as seen in the 'key' picture on the Hazeltine blog. Said bill is like a $1.50 in USD. The handwriting on that envelope is very odd--I almost want to say forced. But! I'll take it face-value. That is definitely not the Rage handwriting we've seen before, though. Okay, so. Now what? :B (Blacklight it, Schwinn!)

I was just sitting down to say that same thing.
The (CH44082353) red part definatly stuck out to me. Also Arlen Rage Tweeted a while back...

Quote:

ArlenRageIncidentally...how do you say "key" in Chinese?

Quote:

Now what? :B (Blacklight it, Schwinn!)

I actually was going too ;^)

[Wulf74]

Re: This just in...

[classical]

Note the serial number: 'CH 44', as seen in the 'key' picture on the Hazeltine blog. Said bill is like a $1.50 in USD.

The handwriting on that envelope is very odd--I almost want to say forced. But! I'll take it face-value. That is definitely not the Rage handwriting we've seen before, though.

Okay, so.

Now what? :B (Blacklight it, Schwinn!)

[3v1L Schwinn]

This just in...

[classical]

Wulf: Minnesota. :B A 36-odd-hour trip, but it'd be doable. I'd be crossing half of the country and passing through the friggin' Rockies on the way, so I'd expect the scenery to be amazing.

But whoa, hey--you're seriously onto something with the way you've laid out those pieces.

[E.Y.E. Spy]

Wulf74 wrote:

@Classical - that'd be cool if you could make it too. A train eh? What state are you coming from again? I've never been on one either, and I'm afraid I'd be a bit too impatient about it. @E.Y.E. - heh - I've already mentioned to my boss that there's something out there that weekend that I was going to attend, and so if there was anything in the are that needs doing, to let me know .. lol - he knows what I'm suggesting and he's pretty cool about it. So we'll see what happens. I tried to get him started with unFiction at one point, but the ARG I pointed him to, died out - so I'm afraid he lost interest. lol .. oh well. And here's an update to the pictures (my interpretation).

I bet that light shining through that hole in the stone wall is where the drop will be. Like the light shining through those big stone things in the other pictures.

[Wulf74]

@Classical - that'd be cool if you could make it too. A train eh? What state are you coming from again? I've never been on one either, and I'm afraid I'd be a bit too impatient about it.

@E.Y.E. - heh - I've already mentioned to my boss that there's something out there that weekend that I was going to attend, and so if there was anything in the are that needs doing, to let me know .. lol - he knows what I'm suggesting and he's pretty cool about it. So we'll see what happens. I tried to get him started with unFiction at one point, but the ARG I pointed him to, died out - so I'm afraid he lost interest. lol .. oh well.

And here's an update to the pictures (my interpretation).

[E.Y.E. Spy]

classical wrote:

Wulf: Hahah, excellent! But yeah... "supposed to"? I guess we'll hear soon... if Val's still alive, that is. I emailed the actual convention panel people over at ARGFest and asked if they'd actually invited Bricker/if he'd accepted their offer--still waiting on a reply. I really need that secondary confirmation, though, before I make any plans myself. (Have been researching it, in the meantime--my best option might be taking a train!! I've totally never been on one before!) EYE: No idea. Rage did express his disappointment in us a few tweets back, but I have no idea if we actually hit 16 or not. Send TT an email if you'd like, though! Every one counts!

Sure thing! Btw, riding the train is awesome! I've done it several times to get to New York City and Washington, D.C.

EDIT: Okay, I sent him this:

Quote:

Hey, We are going to Santa Rosa Cemetery, any idea why? Does the pack need to be prepared for a scuffle, or can we rest in peace? E.Y.E. Spy

Waiting for a response...