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hlpr · Guest

Welcome, Brimstoner. I'm not much older than you at this...but welcome. Very Happy

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:40 pm

kylegumby · Boot Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 65 Location: California

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:45 pm

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Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Law of Five

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"

Don't give up, Moongazer. This is going to move at different speeds as we go through it. And the end of last week, things were moving thick and fast, and today it's a bit slower. Savour the moment, the connections and let it settle out in your mind. Have a beer and put your feet up - maybe a synapse will close and you will make a connection that has yet to occur to the rest of us...

Those who are truly interested in the 13books will stay the course and the others are only hangers-on in any case. I agree that it _is_ disappointing to see some of the Scribes lose interest (Graeme, Ducky, 6-sided, Raeden, where are you now?), but they have been replaced before (OnionRing, Dixon and Cenyon have bitten the dust already). And don't mistake a small number of posters for a small number of readers. I suspect there are a multiple of lurkers for every poster. A quick Google search for Triskabiblios yields 23,400 hits, so the interest hasn't diminished yet.

Personally, I'm enjoying digging up stuff that I didn't know before (Blake, Paine, art, base36 coding) and amazing myself with the unexpected, seemingly accidental connections which exist between things in the mundane real world. Even though it's taken us nowhere, I'm pleased that I dug up the info on the 2-yearly Tom Paine lecture which is occurring 3 days after the full moon and I was happy to put the map together too. Hopefully I can contribute more as we continue together. For now, I'm just happy to watch the moon rise over the Rockies and marvel at it all.

Peace, love and understanding

Law of Five

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:16 pm

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Briggsay · Guest

I've been following along through LazyLaces and have read everything here, and just thought I'd join in Law5s back-patting. The amount of work and focus has been astounding. Well done!

Can I point out one thing--has anyone wondered whether the fact that Sunday is in Japanese means that 6:30PM Sunday is Japanese time? That would make it 10:30AM in London, I think. Just an idle conjecture--why else would Islington use Japanese to give us the day? There's 50 million people who can read it instantly, so there's no hidden mystery...

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:22 pm

Law of Five

Thinking ahead, I have a suggestion for Sunday: I think it would be ideal to have a 2-person team go to the Paine monument in Islington, assuming that that's what we're suggesting. One to get the key and one to record the moment the key is found or to get a pic of Islington/Toby maybe. Then we can all see what happens at the Place, at the Time. A live webcam would be better, but is probably impossible.

In fact, it might be worthwhile to have "our guys" (whoever they be) stake out the monument for a while before the designated hour. For a description of a similar 'surveillance operation', check out http://easynetworknyc.com/powerbook/pdfhtml.php (the hilarious Operation P-P-P-Powerbook). This is only a suggestion and it's easy for me to come up with up when I'm 5,000 miles away in Canada, but if I lived near Islington I'd be there...

Yours in the spirit of cloak and dagger

Law of Five

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:28 pm

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Oh, bugger. Shocked

Now we're not sure what time the 'meet' is at. Hopefully we get another pointer from Iz or Orkid before Sunday so whoever goes isn't on a wild goose chase. Rolling Eyes

Sigh. Why is nothing ever simple? Confused

Law of Five

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:30 pm

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Mountain Girl · Unfettered Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 650

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:34 pm

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Teela

darn, that makes this even more complicated Confused

that staking out idea sounds good but Iz is going to know what they're doing since he reads the forums

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:37 pm

Law of Five

I'm sure he expects no less... Information is power, after all...

Law of Five

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:40 pm

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hlpr · Guest

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:40 pm

Law of Five

Sorry, perhaps I should clarify - I don't want to catch Islington (what would we do with him anyway?) but I do want to understand what's happening here. As Teela has suggested, Islington will be fully aware of our arrangements as long as we are discussing them on the open forum, so he should be one step ahead of us at all times. Maybe he'll use an intermediary like Yann delivering the key to the Cancer Research Shop, who knows? Observing is not catching, wanting to see is not wanting to interfere. But active observation should make the whole thing more interesting for all concerned.

I'm new to the world of ARGs so maybe an older hand can tell me - is it OK to take a photo of a 'real world meeting' as it happens (if it happens...), just for those players who can't be there in person?

Law of Five

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:53 pm

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Shane · Guest

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:00 pm

Incog Neato · Boot Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 66 Location: Virginia, USA

Hey gang....

I am back in town after a VERY long and trying 'weekend'. Sad

I see that much hypothesizing has occurred in my absence. I have scanned through pages 10-current on this thread....and must admit that I am somewhat confused (don't worry...I am a frequent traveler to the state of confusion!).

Am I correct in thinking that there is no next step until Sunday?

Or is this just one of the theories being bounced about?

Whatever the case....I am back. Game on! Wink

As always....things continue to get

Curiouser and curiouser.....

**Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:52 pm

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Rogi Ocnorb

It is nice to take a breather from all the postulations. I'd also like to offer thanks (and encouragement) to all who've stayed in it thus far.
Good work, everyone!
I'm getting a picture of the book "blinking" into being at the appointed place and time.
I posted in another thread how it'd be cool to be watching it unfold on a webcam if one is available. Something I'll definitely stay up to see! I've looked around and haven't found any that cover the area very well. Anyone know a good cam or site to look them up.
London is probably the most "cam'ed" city in the world and I can't help but wonder if there aren't cams covering this area.

And if anyone's looking for something to do during our "hiatus", nobody's finished my Yellow Brick Road puzzle trail, yet.
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12505
I'd appreciate any feedback on my efforts for this trail so I'll know whether I should ever try anything like it, again.
Thanks

**Posted:** Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:28 am

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::RARE LATE NIGHT POST!::

I was thinking how much fun it would be to be one of the people "staking out" the monument.

Does anyone else keep picturing a "Back to the Future 2" Ending moment going on.

*Man walks up to the monument, looks around, sees our two watchers and walks to them*

Excuse me but would you happen to be Graeme, and Jackalope (Just for fun:))? This package is for you. We had a pool at the office wether or not you were actually going to show. See this package has been in our possession for the last 30 years. Anyway have a good day.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:56 am

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