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[SOLVED][PUZZLE] satch! Wolstice
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Hikari
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 		[SOLVED][PUZZLE] satch! Wolstice
New email from Layla:

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satch!

Wolstice


Which is

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Watch!

solstice


After which Morgan's site updated to show an image of 8 "clocks" marked with the names of Greek gods and letters instead of numbers. Smile

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Ursos
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 		Here's the pic from Morgan's site. I'm working on it...
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PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 1:24 am
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Ursos
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 		Here's what I've got so far...

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Each of the names under each "clock" is a god(dess) who represents a planet in our solar system. I figure that must determine the order in which these things go, which would be:

Hermes - Mercury (1st next to sun)
Aphrodite - Venus (2nd from the sun)
Gaia - Earth Mother (3rd rock from the sun)
Ares - Mars (4th from the sun)
Zeus - Jupiter (5th from the sun)
Chronos - Saturn (6th from the sun)
Posidon (POSEIDON) - Neptune (8th from the sun)
Heavan - ???

I don't really know where the "heavan" one fits in. Is it a typo for "heaven" and it should be first or last? Or is it some reference to the asteroid belt or the Kuiper belt?

Oh, and "posidon" isn't spelled correctly - it SHOULD be Poseidon (according to the wikipedia). Don't know if that'll be important.

So that's that. Still working out what means what now.


PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 2:40 am
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Ursos
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 		Next part:

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Line the clocks up in order of planetary alignment, start at 12:00 and take that letter of the first clock, then the 1:00 letter off the second and so on, to get "TWICESIN." I don't know if that's a key phrase or anagram or what. The word "twin" is in there, but you can't do much with "CESI." Any ideas on where to go next are appreciated!


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Obes
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GAEA: in Greek mythology, the personification of
Mother Earth, and the daughter of Chaos.
She was the mother and wife of Father Heaven,
who was personified as Uranus.

Tada... Father Heaven = Uranus.



So, there you have it. Found the answer for you.

Obes.

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Hermes - Mercury (1st next to sun)
Aphrodite - Venus (2nd from the sun)
Gaia - Earth Mother (3rd rock from the sun)
Ares - Mars (4th from the sun)
Zeus - Jupiter (5th from the sun)
Chronos - Saturn (6th from the sun)
Heavan - Uranus (7th from the sun)
Posidon - Neptune (8th from the sun)

So... that is TWICE SHY


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Leading to.... http://www.freewebs.com/morganparanormal/oncebitten.htm



Yay I solved one, I solved one, I solved one!

Obes.

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 9:25 am
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Caterpillar
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 		The text, I think it's worth documenting here. Broken up for easier reading.
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I had dusted the snow off the big rock at the center of the clearing to wait for HIM. It was cold, it was past midnight, and it was the longest night of the year. There was almost a foot of snow on the ground. I was freezing, and I was feeling impatient. I wasn't a person who was fond of being by my lonesome, and it wasn't as if 'mon frere' could be brought along for company. No, sadly, he'd spoiled that long ago.

HE, however, materialized just as I was checking my watch for the third time. A school friend had given the pendant, with its glass face and silver chain, to me on my birthday the previous year. I looked up at HIM. HE hadn't changed a bit. Eric had always told me he only saw a shadow, if he saw HIM at all, but it was no shadow that stood before me, resting languidly against the trunk of a particularly large maple.

The man was almost seven felt in height, with long, slender limbs. HE was swathed all in black, and wore a wide brimmed hat like a puritan which covered long, silky black hair, reaching HIS waist. The brim of the hat, and the hair combined so it was impossible to HIS eyes beneath the shadows. The outline of HIS sharp chin, however, glimmered palely in the moonlight. He gave a sweeping court bow.

"Lou're yate," I noted.

HE smiled mysteriously. "Am I? Forgive me, I hadn't expected company this fine evening."

In his presence the snow seemed to melt, and the temperature rise thirty degrees. I could see the green grass beneath my feet. I fought the urge to take off my boots.

"Home for the holiday, my boy?" I nodded.

"I had been wondering, if they would ever let you return," he strode lithely to the middle of the clearing, near where I sat.

HE leaned in beside me, and whispered into my ear. "Things have been quite dull without you."

I looked down at my arm and saw the phantom hand that HE always granted me in its right place. I held it up, and admired it, wiggling the fingers each in turn. But oh how I longed for one of flesh and blood. A hand to stroke and to scratch, to bring pleasure and cause pain. I wanted to be whole.

HE laughed, "It is delightful, my body, too see you again. Your brother, he says such nasty things."

I raised an eyebrow. "Hoes de?" "

He's jealous of you, you know."

My gaze darkened. What would Eric have to be jealous of?

" You're stronger than he is, smarter. You're even more handsome, insofar as such a thing is possible with twins. And of that he is acutely aware. That's why he parades his hand in front of you. Have you seen that ring he wears?"

I scowled. I had indeed! The gold band that father had probably given him as soon as I had been sent away. My face burned with anger.

"Now, now," he cooed, "You mustsn't be jealous. Here, it's nearly your holiday. I've a present for you, my boy."

I looked up at HIM with rather childish anticipation at the small trinket he held out. It, as I had rather imagined it to be, was a ring.

"This is what you might call a family heirloom. For centuries it lay inside Pandora's box. Wear it, and I will be able to reach you, even should they return you to that prison they call an education."

I took the ring from HIS long graceful fingers, and slipped it onto the middle finger of my good hand. It was hematite, or so I thought.

"Do you know the story of Pandora, my boy?"

"No," I said, hardly listening, as I admired my ring. It seemed to glow with some inner fire.

"In the beginning of the world, the gods gave a box to the young girl Pandora. Keep it safe, they said, but never open it. But alas, she opened it, and all the misery and pain from the world escaped."

"Foolish," I commented.

"Wasn't it? Pandora was a girl who couldn't obey her superiors, and look what a mess it caused. All the sadness in the world…"

I looked up at HIM now, and could almost see his eyes beneath that wide brimmed hat. Almost, but not quite. I wondered if they matched HIS strange, Cheshire grin.


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Obes
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 		The picture on that page has the following name...

10100758

That might be something, especially since 10100 is almost binary.

[Spec]

I tried 10100758 and took 758 as 110 (evens 0 odds 1) and got ¦ as the binary transformation. However, this doesn't work.


Obes.

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Obes
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 		Trying too hard I was....

This site...

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http://www.freewebs.com/morganparanormal/pandora.htm


Has this text on it.

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ARTEMES PAPERS-WILL FOUND

Earlier today a series of strange documents were found during the auction of the Artemes properties. Most of the papers were written by the late Eric Artemes, and include an extensive diary, and a great many notes pertaining to occult practices and local legends of the supernatural.

These papers shed light on a strange aspect of the seemingly normal twin's personality, an obsession with the odd legend of the Tall Man. County residents may recall the story being used as a maternal attempt to force good behavior.

Most important of the papers is the Artemes will, which has been missing for many years. Unfortunately, much of the document is missing.


More Newspapery goodness!

Obes.

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Caterpillar
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 		Gah! I was two seconds behind you on both pages!
Very Happy
Good job!

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Obes
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 		Did you notice the Chesire Grin reference?!

They're being consistantly brilliant! More Alice!!!! Yay!

Obes.

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 		Well done both of you Razz

The paper thingy makes reference to where the legend of the tall man comes from... So do you think we're dealing with a REAL tall man or just something the twins have created?
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Obes wrote:
Did you notice the Chesire Grin reference?!

They're being consistantly brilliant! More Alice!!!! Yay!

Obes.


Oooh yes, I did. I do love Alice.

Nice job, you guys! Hmm... I think the Tall Man is real... Sorta... Yeah... Umm.. Why am I writing this?
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... what can I say? I'm a Gorey girl at heart.

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