[booba]

In the email the word Green is highlighted in the same color as the five symbols, so that could be a key to decoding the underlined symbols ??

[punxtr]

The only thing I recognize is that 52 may represent the number of weeks in a year. I thought, perhaps, that the atomic number of the element which fell on that week would tell the day of the week, but some atomic numbers go beyond 31...

I also thought it looked a little like the Karmic Calendar, but that doesn't seem to hold up.

[Angelus78]

[punxtr]

I can't believe I overlooked that trail... oh well. No matter, hello! I'll be participating in this other trail until the next important alignment.

[ddl]

I found your man. Well actually I know him. Quite well.

http://twitter.com/#!/WhiteRabbitYT

I'm not sure what the hell is going on, but hello! Nice to meet you all I'm sure.

Welcome.

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=874412#874412

Edit: The image wouldn't be this would it?

http://photobooth.southbankcentre.co.uk/ecard?id=1311527710-J0VY-7LE0-M52Q-VD73&utm_source=photobooth-email-customised&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=summer2011

[punxtr]

A-ha, like the PM said, wait until September for the autumnal equinox! 23 09 2011!

Also, Percy Shelley left his pregnant wife for a woman named Mary. Food for thought.

Also, the Photoshop document is that of a strange jester-like face with a dark layer over it, obscuring some features. I'll upload it if I can.

Also, this was a chat log I had with the Watchman:

Code:

10:53 PM Howard: Our message has been sent, chosen one. 10:54 PM Your path may lead you to something completely new now - but you will return at some point...   me: Why, uh, thankyou! 10:55 PM Howard: Find he/they who wears the mask. In the Green, we see all.   For now - we go. Solve our words to fully understand.   me: I will follow the path, until I find what you are looking for.   Howard: Fare ye well - for now...   me: Ciao bella.

Also, since no one posted it yet:

Quote:

THE GREEN ARE HIGHLY CONCERNED WITH THE ENERGY THAT IS FLOWING FROM THE GREEN TO THE WORLD OF MAN. WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND AGREED THAT THE TIME OF BALANCE WILL BE THE TIME WE WILL NEXT CONTACT THE THREE WHO HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES TO US. WE WATCH YOU ALWAYS GMIN

That last bit probably refers to Gerald McIntyre.

First hidden message from bold letters in original, flipped image order: IMAGINE
Second hidden message from ROYGBIV order in flipped image: THETREEWHICHMOVES


EDIT--This doesn't mean only us three will continue in the game. It means we will be communicated to first. Anyone can still try and continue with this. Two months is a lot of time to get more followers.

EDIT--We still need to find they who wears the mask, guys. This puzzle isn't over yet.

[Zobot257]

Um, I got an Email from the Watchman. Looks like it's not being delayed. Here's what it said:

Quote:

William and Percy sitting in the tree... P-U-Z-Z-L-I-N-G First came Love Then came murder Then came Mary with her words from thunder Two paths, two games - pivoting on one point, echoing throughout history and imaginations... One day all will be understood. Not this day. Soon? The Watchman.

And there were two attachments with it, one I can post up here, and one I can't. The one I can't is Mask2.psd, which I can't open because I lack Adobe Photoshop. Does anyone know what's in it? I can send it to someone else if they need to and will give me an email account. Here's the one I can put up:

[posse]

Wow punxtr, you are fast. I got an email but it is late here and I'll try and post about it in the morning (if no one else does before then).

[punxtr]

Okay, bump. Did anyone get another IG email? I've already started working on it. Found two hidden messages so far, and a poem written by William Blake:

'The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only
a green thing that stands in the way. Some see Nature all ridicule and
deformity, and some scarce see Nature at all. But to the eyes of the
man of imagination, Nature is Imagination itself.' William Blake, 1799

I'm not sure what the numbers mean, yet, but they probably contain how to decode the actual body of text. They seem to imply a date.

[punxtr]

posse wrote:

If it helps, I sent a couple of photos and I was accepted. So it doesn't have to be a video, just a good photo will probably do it.

Oh, I know. I already shot the video way early, and I decided to use it. Where is draghkar, Minz, jeho, posse , nomad, Qalchemist, et cetera? Every entry is unique, remember that. There is no absolute, correct, answer.

Edit--This ARG will probably die... fudge.

Edit--OOG statement from PM: It will be delayed until September.

Hopefully someone else can show their devotion in two months?

Also, did everyone receive another IG email? I did. I'll be studying for a final tonight and tomorrow, so I won't be much help.

[posse]

If it helps, I sent a couple of photos and I was accepted. So it doesn't have to be a video, just a good photo will probably do it.

[punxtr]

My video has been sent... hopefully the PMs can unzip it and play it without fail.

Edit--Haven't heard anything back yet... feeling discouraged.

Edit--Watchman answers. They struggle with my show of devotion. Perhaps making a music video wasn't such a viable idea. But that isn't the problem--there have only been three submissions. There have been tons of people following this trail, but where are they now? The Watchman states that it requires the same energy to put three people on the path, as it does fifty. Basically, we need more people. C'mon, guys!

[Zobot257]

We still need one person! Gaaaaah!

*Panics*

*arm flails*

Who is intending to apply today? Hurry!

[punxtr]

Yes, he does.

God... so busy, but I swear I'll have it done today! I have two separate things to send... maybe I'll make it into one.

[booba]

The "While seven are celebrated in France" could very well be the 7 inmates of the Bastille when it was stormed, the anniversary of which is today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day

"numbers become pressing"

PM wanted 3 members before the 15th?