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am520dj
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[UPDATE] Quirky Acuity - July 6th - Blue day
Violet wrote:
Blue day
Category: me
Time: 07:56 PM
Don't know why. Everything seems to be weighing me down today. Cymbalisty had me archiving the old books again; there's been a lot of interest in them lately and he thinks we need to have better cross-referencing indexes. Actually, I usually love working with those old documents. There's something about handling books which no one else gets to touch, and in some cases even look at, which is sort of thrilling. To someone as geeky as me. But today... sigh.
After work I went walking in the Old Town again. The place felt so haunted to me today; the streets were weirdly empty. A couple of times I thought someone was watching me, but when I turned round there was no one. This all made me walk much too quickly, so that I found myself on Wardlock without meaning to be - near the Five of Cups. Which just made me start thinking about all that again.
I tell you, much as I love history, the Old Town really does have an uncanny atmosphere about it. I just can't see the renovation working out, no matter how much money they pour into it, or who's backing it.
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:36 pm
ariadne_ac
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Let's ask her to find references to the '3' symbol while she's there...
Anyone?
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:40 pm
cassandra
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I'm going to ask her what Pietro Salk checked out while he was there.
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:50 pm
Mikeyj
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Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Posts: 1847 Location: London
Still think it's best to leave Salk out for now and go for the three on it's own. This obviously encouragment to ask her though.
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:04 pm
Seej
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As I said back here , we don't know for sure if Violet is V from The Advisor's emails to Salk. This does seem like the perfect opportunity to ask about that symbol, so go for that, but perhaps we should see what she can tell us about it before we let on that we know about Salk and The Advisor.
Plus, if she's as innocent as we hope, then nosing around what texts Salk was looking at could alert people and put her in danger.
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:04 pm
ariadne_ac
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Alright, let's agree what to put in the email before anyone sends it.
Something like:
Dear Violet,
Cheer up! It's summer time and you're doing something you like! Plus some folks here on Earth have a task for you that you might find interesting.
We have uncovered a symbol of sorts. We're not sure what it is or means, but we get the idea that it's fairly archaic.
I've attached the symbol to this email. If you come across anything like it it the old library books, please let me know.
Thanks Violet!
<Signature here>
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:16 pm
ariadne_ac
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Edit: It posted twice for some reason..???
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:16 pm
cassandra
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oops! hrm. I should have read the responses here first. I forgot about that Violet/V spec (probably because I'm investigating the sinister Horace Shockley currently) and sent a vague email asking about what Salk had been reading.
If people die or Kurt turns out to be V and takes Violet hostage, consider it my fault *sigh*
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:45 pm
Seej
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Ah, don't sweat it. We needed to send something and at least we've trimmed a potential page or so of people (myself included, natch) suggesting and arguing about email content out of this thread
Besides, Kurt isn't V, Scarlett is. what? Isn't it obvious to anyone else?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:54 pm
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ariadne_ac
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alright, well hopefully nothing bad will happen..but we should fomulate a response if Violet asks how we know Salk was snooping around the library........
any suggestions?
could we lie and say his wife has had some contact with a Earth person and said he was spending time there?
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:54 pm
am520dj
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Seej wrote:
Besides, Kurt isn't V, Scarlett is. what? Isn't it obvious to anyone else?
I say we should start up a tally of how many times people mention/suggest that scarlett dies, or in this case, is the enemy!
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:57 pm
Seej
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Yeah, that sounds like a good excuse; it has to be an individual who Violet doesn't really know i.e. The Sentinel wouldn't be a suitable source because Violet can read that, but she can't read Sylvia's email.
Hm, just had a thought - it was Salk's brother who replied to us from Sylvia's email address because she was grieving, so perhaps he would be a more appropriate person to say contacted us....
EDIT: it was Sylvia's brother Adam Cachin who replied - see cronogenesis' post here
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:02 pm
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Mikeyj
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Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Posts: 1847 Location: London
And I sent one too, just after my post above, with the symbol attached saying, and I quote:
me wrote:
Dear Violet,
Your blog entry today reminded me of something that we've come across in our hunting about, it's a symbol that looks kinda like a three (attached). I was wondering whether you could tell us anything about its history, or its source, or what it could mean? Is it an ancient or modern symbol and what are its connotations? Anything at all that you can think of might be useful. Thought you might enjoy the opportunity to flex your history muscles!
thanks for your help
MikeyJ
so I guess she's going to put two and two together and realise that our thinking about the symbol is linked to what we're wondering about Salk.
If I received those two, after the way we went behind her back last time (although I still think the reaction was overkill) I would ask us what we were up to and be higly suspicious before looking into anything. It may result in us having to come clean about the whole damn lot in order to stay in her good books, but let's wait and see.
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:03 pm
cassandra
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Shouldn't she herself have access to Salkfamily.com?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:04 pm
Mikeyj
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I would guess so, and there's no direct evidence of the symbol there, she'd have to work out the maze etc. so perhaps less evident link between the two, until she sees what Pietro was researching.
It is also worth rembering that she is now in a potentially hazardous situation and that The Advisor warned Salk he wasn't safe from observers in the Academy (although, if that observer was Violet, I guess I shouldn't care!). Morally we should warn her.
Not entirely sure where that came from...morals? Hah!
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:23 pm
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