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 		[HARBINGERS][TRAILHEAD] Card Sent to ARGN
Well, so I've been a little remiss having been too busy to check ARGN's mailbox for the past few days. We received the attached greeting card. There was a drawing on the back, and an accompanying email this morning that basically states that this is not related to anything else going on, it's new.

There are very faint letters and tables on the card. If you have trouble making them out, I may be able to transcribe them later in the day.
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 		Woo!

I wonder if this is related to something I've been waiting for.

Probably not, though. Confused

Could you transcribe the letters? I can't read some of it.
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 		Wow! Interesting.

There is a line toward the bottom that can be read, partially. Only on the blue cover. it reads "...will answer all things faithfully" I can see tables being repeated sideways across the front, and some faint lettering going down the spine that appears to be partial words. I hope that in person, you can see more than the picture is showing.

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Dare to look up to God and say: "Deal with me in the future as thou wilt. I am of the same mind as thou art; I am thine. I refuse nothing that pleases Thee. Lead me where Thou wilt; cloth me in any dress Thou choosest." -- Epictetus.


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We will answer all things faithfully.
The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.


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 		to get a better look go here



http://tinyurl.com/4skcb

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 		Text in black that is below and to the right of "Dare to look up to God" reads "History Bends"

Text along the spine

fd
ae
tg
wc
ao
nr
yy
es
sn
mc
iy
uc
ir
eg
rr
wo
jn
We will answer all things faithfully
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 		There are pairs of letters down the left side of the front of the card:

Quote:
fd
ae
tg
wc
ao
nr
yy
es
sn
mc
iy
eg
rr
wo
jn
We will answer all things faithfully.


There are also columns of numbers, sideways, but it's hard to read them all the way down because of the shading.

Also, you can click "long description" and you get the following:

Quote:
Long Description:
Those who are willing to seek out the answers will find satisfaction. Those who wait for answers to come to them will find only frustration.

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vector wrote:
Razz


Someone ALWAYS beats me. <sigh>

Someday I WILL solve a puzzle, too, just you watch.
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DOUWANNA wrote:
to get a better look go here



http://tinyurl.com/4skcb


Are the other cards by vs faery related to this one? They seem to be the same theme.
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 		I would say yes, all of the cards have a string of letters going down ending with a quote.
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enaxor wrote:
DOUWANNA wrote:
to get a better look go here



http://tinyurl.com/4skcb


Are the other cards by vs faery related to this one? They seem to be the same theme.


Good thought!

Reddish card:

Quote:
Leave no stone unturned

[tiny text I can't read]

but cannot

Rolling a stone may gather no moss,
but always reveals what is hidden

description:
The quest for truth is the quest for the unseen.

Long Description:
The quest for truth is the quest for the unseen. Although we may not always find what we are looking for, we will never find it if we do not look.

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 		Numbers going horizontally along the card:

Card wrote:
1.0
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3.0


The numbers are all the same in all the rows.

As you can see the numbers 1.1 and 2.4 and skipped.

(Edit: Since we've found five other cards that may be related to this, I'll specify that this is the sixth card, the one sent to ARGN)
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 		First card Knowledge and Truth
description: His faithful have designed this in honor of his arrival.
Long Description: Knowledge and Truth. Above all else, he holds these ideals. We his faithful have created this to commemorate his return.

2nd The Eye Only Sees
description: Are you prepared?
Long Description: The eye only sees what the mind is prepared to comprehend. Are you prepared?

3rd Nam et ipsa
description: Knowledge is power
Long Description: It is not every question that deserves an answer.


4th God has waited
description: Six thousand years is nothing compared to eternity
Long Description: Patience will be rewarded.

5th Leave No Stone Unturned
description: The quest for truth is the quest for the unseen.
Long Description:The quest for truth is the quest for the unseen. Although we may not always find what we are looking for, we will never find it if we do not look.


6th Dare to Look Up To God
description: Do you dare?
Long Description: Those who are willing to seek out the answers will find satisfaction. Those who wait for answers to come to them will find only frustration.

*edited to add the descriptions for each card
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 		Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est: For knowledge itself is power.

Quote by Francis Bacon on the third card.

Text on the forth card that may be a bit hard to read:
God has waited six thousand years for an observer. This is -part- of a quote by John Kepler, the full quote is as follows:

Johannes Kepler wrote:
It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.


No idea what it means, still looking.

Edit: Kay, got the context. Kepler was talking about how whether his findings would be read and accepted. More quotes from the same paragraph in Martyrs of Science are interesting as well:

Johannes Kepler wrote:
Nothing holds me; I will indulge my sacred fury; I will triumph over mankind by the honest confession that I have stolen the golden vases of the Egyptians to build up an altar for my God far away from the confines of Egypt.

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