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 		Touché, mon ami...... Wink

Not sure if it's one of you guys or what, but the site in the lower left that looks like it's been "clicked" is:

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Gulf/4073/swhd3.html

Code:
SWHD part 3
Sore Wa Himitsu Desu. Part Three. "That's my name.". Xelloss had slipped back into his customary smile. "I am—". "I know very ...
www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Gulf/4073/swhd3.html - 10k - Cached - Similar pages


Remember the title of 4.htm? It's "SWHD"

Stands for "Sore Wa Himitsu Desu"

Means: "It's a secret"

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 		Okay, update apparently as of around 4:30 A.M.

Entering "us" into door_to.php:

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http://daemon.chaoseed.com/a0.htm


Yay! We can cross the river now!

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Hidden text: It is time for a rebirth.


So....

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Entering rebirth into the textbox takes us to element0.htm, which has a new, shiny clickable character! Clicking it leads to http://daemon.chaoseed.com/lg8.htm, with a number string in the title and more hidden text:

Knowledge is a pool but you cannot see the bottom. You never know where you may end up if you...
I teased Jill by calling her an agent, but she didn't even understand what I was talking about...


From here....

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...we "dive in" - entering said words into the overworked door_to.php, which takes us to http://daemon.chaoseed.com/a8.htm - apparently, the cult at Idunn *does* have a website. Note the letter string in the title and the comment text in the source code, along with a calendar of events (newer events appear at the top).


Parsing some of this mess:

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Number 8 for the title on a8:
readbetweenthelines

...and the little blocks of text, in order from the top:
yourfault
orelse
washthosebrains
wtf


I like the parsing of cult-leader speak taking place here. Laughing

Now, then....
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...since the contact bit has the text, "yourfault", we enter that into door_to.php, and get sent to pollux.php. But, wait! It's changed - new French/Japanese polyglot line at the bottom, the title's back to simply, "lune", and a line of commented-out text:

vwbmbwamtnzmuqvldqlaijwcbmxafm

ROT-18 again:

notetoselfremindvidsaboutepsxe


I can't tell if he means me when he says that or not.

One more thing - that number string from way up near the top:

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244 232 229 160 243 232 239 242 229


I see a 160.

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Looks like 128's the number again, so....

116 104 101 032 115 104 111 114 101
the shore


Makes sense.
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 		New text on pollux:
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I hid six key (strong, ocean, etc), but you cannot find my door with all.


BTW....the new element added to Earth (do) is Water (sui).

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 		I found this on this page:

http://daemon.chaoseed.com/lg8.htm

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147 152 144 153 100 074 141 146 143
141 149 074 158 146 143 074 158 147
158 150 143 074 153 144 074 158 146
143 074 153 154 143 074 087 152 074
142 153 153 156 074 144 153 156 074
158 146 143 074 154 147 141 158 159
156 143 081 157 074 163 143 139 156

which I think by subtracting 42 translates to:

"info: check the title of the ope -n door for the picture's year"

Edit: this leads to the "the shore" message, which also takes us to pollux and the info already posted...



Sorry if it's trout, but I didn't find it posted...
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 		Nope, he just added it, along with some other commented-out lines.

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lqlgwcuqaabpmzivlwukpwqkminbmzbpmnzmvkpsmgewzl
lqlgwcvwbbpqvswnaquqtizwvma


Guess what we do with it.

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We! Love! Number! Eight! We! Love! Number! Eight! Laughing
didyoumisstherandomchoiceafterthefrenchkeyword
didyounotthinkofsimilarones


There's also a comment after the mention of Jill being an "agent":
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miss anderson! -postpost


...I bet I'm going to need to explain *that* one. *cough*

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I would like to state again, for the record, that the PM here is not all that secret.

There is an online round-robin (improv) fanfiction called, "Do-Gooders." Both the PM and myself, along with around thirty others, have written chapters for it. Since the Matrix quote doesn't quite fit - the agent says the line *to* Mr. Anderson - my guess is that he's referencing Chapter 6: http://www.improfanfic.com/good/segs/good006.txt (Side note: This chapter is more well-known for its introduction of the Longest Run-on Sentence Competiton.)

It *is* a Matrix ref. Enter "agent smith" into door_to.php, and arrive at http://daemon.chaoseed.com/log0.txt

...oooh, shiny Jill backstory! Smile


Two more things:
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...there's also a log1.txt, but all it says is, "patience is a virtue". We probably have to wait for that one. ^_^;

Also, add idunn to the list of words leading to 4.htm: I think it might be the name of the immortal brother, but we can't be sure just yet.

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Notice how quickly it changed once we said we were going to leave???

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 		This excerpt is what I found recently:

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Castor was regarded as mortal and Pollux as immortal. It is an interesting astronomical fact that the star, Castor, is waning in brilliancy and has not the light that it had several hundred years ago; whilst Pollux, the immortal brother, is waxing in brightness and eclipsing his brother
...

The story of man's growth to maturity and the history of the soul's gradually increasing control are told for us in the constellation Gemini.

In the ancient zodiac of Denderah, this sign is called "the place of Him who cometh", and the thought of an emerging spiritual Being is held before us. It is represented by two figures, the one male, the other female; one, the positive, spirit aspect, and the other, the negative, matter aspect.

Source: http://laluni.helloyou.ws/netnews/bk/hercules/herc1017.html

So, I don't think Idunn is meant...it's more about Castor and Pollux to me, but can't make a lot of it, yet...

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 		Slight change to a8:

Quote:
THE LAST DAY OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH - Remember not to falter in your devotions. If we are faithful, Idunn will reward us--but ONLY if we are faithful. Those who wish to assist shall know to contact me in the name of my immortal brother, he who first received the Essential Arts from the sage Zhuang Zi and then ascended to Heaven.


...okay, who's up on their Chinese history/mythology?
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 		Zhaung Zi
Vid, it has nothing to do with Chinese history. If you remember from the page with the news story. Zhaung Zi is the leader of the cult the Way of the Millenium in Idunna, CT where Jill Smith was abducted from .

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 		Re: Zhaung Zi
Hati wrote:
Vid, it has nothing to do with Chinese history. If you remember from the page with the news story. Zhaung Zi is the leader of the cult the Way of the Millenium in Idunna, CT where Jill Smith was abducted from .


It was actually Zhang Bao who was the founder of Idunn.

Zhuang Zi was one of the earliest thinkers to contribute to the philosophy of Daojia, or School of the Way. He is ranked among the greatest of literary and philosophical giants that China has produced.

Zhuangzi is also the name of the book/writings attributed to him, and is the second foundational text of the Daoist philosophical and religious tradition.

According to Daoist scriptures, Zhuangzi was a disciple of Changseng Gongzi and cultivated Dao as a recluse on Mt. Baodu. He was said to have eaten the magic Cinnabar and ascended to Heaven in broad daylight, where he was offered the position of Head Librarian of Ancient Books in the Realm of the Supreme Ultimate.

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 		Okay, so we're looking for whom Zhuang Zi initially passed his work unto.

...following the links in the Google search is *FRYING MY BRAIN WITH PHILOSOPHY DISCOURSE*.

In other news, epsxe in door_to now links to http://www.epsxe.com, a video gaming site. Yep, it was for me. Smile
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vidstudent wrote:
In other news, epsxe in door_to now links to http://www.epsxe.com, a video gaming site. Yep, it was for me. Smile


Googling it yesterday gave the same top hit. How is it important?

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 		Considering he called me "vids", and not my login name (Nicholas Eckert) or some permutation thereof, I think he's just pointing me to a LInux video game emulator while he's thinking about it, what with me being a video game fanatic and all.

...I *think*.
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 		Ok you're right. My bad.

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 		Hey guys, I'm joining the fun on this one. Worked my way through here step by step, now I'm caught up with where everyone is. (with the help from the forum, of course)

Now, the first few things I have to offer:
How you payed your way across the river was originally with coins that your relatives placed on your eyes. Irish tradition still continues this, (see BOONDOCK SAINTS), but greek tradition established it to cross the river styx. Just an interesting point. Smile

Next, Zhuangzi's major tennet was doing nothing- sounds like "nothingness" to me. That at least explains WHY that road exists. His works, along with Laozi, became Taoism (pronounced Dao-ism). (my source: feng shui times "Tao" translates as "The path", which also has interesting ramifications for this puzzlequest.

I tried using Laozi, penny, coin, and a few others in the text box- but to no avail. :-\ Ah well, back to puzzling.

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