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[Update] New sentinel article July 19 Editorial Sente Crit
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number9dream
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 		[Update] New sentinel article July 19 Editorial Sente Crit
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Sober Scrutiny of Sente's Schemes
Opinion/Editorial

While most news outlets are busy trumpeting the achievement and success of Master of the Academy Sente Kiteway's alliance with Earth-based Mind Candy, we at the Sentinel prefer to take a step back and evaluate the situation a bit more dispassionately. We must now ask ourselves: Is this victory?

For those among us who have not been able to stomach news regarding Kiteway or the Receda Cube, long stolen and presumed lost somewhere upon the Earth these past months, let us briefly outline the retrieval plan and its painful journey to adolescence. The purpose of this plan is to create interest in and incentive for the people of Earth to find the Receda Cube and return it to its rightful place at the Academy, or, failing that, to a safe authority on Earth.

To that end, Kiteway has assembled an eclectic team of puzzle scribes (to put it generously) and commissioned a series of puzzle cards. These cards are to be designed primarily in Perplex City, but all will be physically produced on Earth. The intent of these cards is to rally Earth attention around the cause of the missing Cube and engage as many people as possible in the effort to locate it. As further motivation, Kiteway is offering a generous monetary reward to anyone who finds and returns the Receda Cube.

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Kiteway has formed some sort of contractual agreement for this puzzle-card production with Earth-based games company Mind Candy, though the details of this agreement are jealously guarded. The Sentinel staff have some profound misgivings regarding the motivations and capabilities of this lot, especially given that Kiteway has been remarkably close-mouthed regarding how he located and evaluated them, but that is the topic for another column entirely.

We at the Sentinel must regretfully admit that we have underestimated both Kiteway and Mind Candy. From the moment we heard of the Receda Cube retrieval program, we had it pegged as a misbegotten chimera of a scheme, contrived in order to cover the tracks of the guilty, and fated to suffer an ignominious death. In this, we were at least partly wrong.

It is true, then, that Kiteway has been successful in breathing life into his ill-conceived plan. Puzzle cards are available for sale. By most accounts, Earth people are increasingly interested both in our city and our plight.

But this brings us back to larger and more meaningful questions. Will this plan succeed? The Sentinel has little confidence in the ability of Kiteway or his lackeys on Earth, given the ridiculous amount of time that it has taken for these allies to get as far as they have. There is little evidence yet that all of Kiteway's machinations to date have furthered the end we must keep in sight, that of returning the precious Receda Cube to our people. We must express deep and sincere doubt that the path Kiteway has chosen will lead to success. The City Council has thus far declined to enact piercing oversight on Kiteway and his administration of the retrieval efforts, but if this course of bumbling and partly-considered action continues much longer, we feel that even Camryn Scott will see the wisdom of evaluating alternative options.

Never forget: Perplex City is watching you, Sente.

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 		Wow, Sente is looking rather sickly there, isn't he?
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 		WOOOH! Sente's been whipped. Whup-pah!
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 		Also,

More Headlines:
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Westing Founds Trust

Futures:
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By Madame Bianca, for the week of July 18

The Half-filled Jug (July 11 - August 10)
There is a fine line between lovability and lunacy, duckling, and you've been doing a bit of veering these days. Try to tone down the hysteria and get in touch with what really matters.

The Dragon (August 11 - September 10)
Broke much? One word for you: budget. Sure, it takes a little bit of discipline, and that so is not your strong suit. Just think of it as a fun game to see how much money you can not spend, and your high score is the balance left in your bank at the end of the month.

The Three Balls (September 11 - October 10)
Gosh, I'm scared for you. You've been hanging around some dodgy characters lately, huh? Cut your local psychic a break, promise to lock your doors at night and make sure your mum always knows where you are.

The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
If anybody ever needed a little sharp red, it's you, poppet. There's something big whacking you right on the nose, and you too dull to just put the pieces together. Why don't you jumble it all together and take another look?

The Maze (November 11 - December 10)
What I wouldn't give to be you this week! Just between you and me, though, you might want to keep it under your hat for a while. You're about to feel the hand of luck, and that can make people a little jealous.

The Apple-Thief (December 11 - January 10)
Loving, laughing, two by two; is that what humankind's to do? If that's the truth that sets us free, then where does that bring thee and me?

The Hand (January 11 - February 10)
Someone you love is easing out of your life. Settle in with some ice cream and cry on Madam's shoulder, poor baby. It hurts, I know, but now isn't the time to fight it, it will all work out for the best, and I so am not just saying that.

The Baby (February 11 - March 10)
Oh, just charming. I know you've got the market cornered on immature, but isn't that a bit much even for you? Be brave and make with the apologies before they sail you out of town on a rudderless dinghy.

The Eagle (March 11 - April 10)
Thinking about a big change? Start with a haircut instead. It might change how people react to you just enough that you can figure out how happy you really are, after all.

The Spider (April 11 - May 10)
You make those webs look so easy, but we both know how hard it is to keep up that cool nonchalance of yours. Maybe you should take a little rest from the weaving and see how things pan out without all the help from you. You just might be pleasantly surprised.

The Wave (May 11 - June 10)
You, sweet pea, need to get back to nature, or something like that. Me, I'm an urban kind of seer, but you need to go and surround yourself with some trees and grass for a while, or something like that. I'm told it's cleansing.

The Archer (June 11 - July 10)
Splash a little paint on your walls, hot stuff, and buy some new curtains. You've been leading the frugal life well enough, and you do deserve a little luxe now and again. And anyway, I see a happy windfall coming your way by week's end.

And remember, sometimes it's better to sneak in the side door than to march in the front.

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The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
If anybody ever needed a little sharp red, it's you, poppet. There's something big whacking you right on the nose, and you too dull to just put the pieces together. Why don't you jumble it all together and take another look?


Perhaps something to do with card #82? Perhaps not?
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 		Does anyone recognise the Apple-Thief...Google and Bartleby no use this time?

The Sentinel seems to need a cathartic bitch every now and then. THey get a little bored and flog dead horse articles. There's absolute no substance to it. Badger baiting at best.

If this is going to be long-haul, which I sincerely believe it is, how long do you reckon Sente's going to be able to stay in office, and what happens to us when he's booted out? He's certainly not going to survive much longer than Camryn Scott, whose own position is ropey. They seem to have an agreement.

Crazy wild spec (even slander) with no Mrs Sente, maybe the arrangement is physical? I'm almost ashamed to have thought it.
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 		Maybe I'm hallucinating, but what has always bothered me most about Sente is that he appears to have gone in for a hair graft. Or was it just me who thought he looked bald in the picture in the Yellow Card 'Sweet Dreams'? Or, hey, maybe Sente isn't Violet and Scarlett's dad at all - it's some bald guy!

[I apologise if this post is a load of rubbish - it's just something that I vaguely recollect...]

But what do I know? I couldn't come to a decision on whether Scarlett wears T - shirts or cami tops.
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The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
If anybody ever needed a little sharp red, it's you, poppet. There's something big whacking you right on the nose, and you too dull to just put the pieces together. Why don't you jumble it all together and take another look?


Something big, put the pieces together, jumble it all together? The map of the city? Has anyone updated that lately?
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Crane wrote:
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The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
If anybody ever needed a little sharp red, it's you, poppet. There's something big whacking you right on the nose, and you too dull to just put the pieces together. Why don't you jumble it all together and take another look?


Something big, put the pieces together, jumble it all together? The map of the city? Has anyone updated that lately?


Yeah, the pattern has pretty much been solved in the Map thread. It's now being assembled automatically on the card catalog.

I actually thought of the map when I read that though, since I fit into that date range. I hope it's not trying to tell me to jumble the map up again and try to put it together a different way...
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