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[Norad]

At the end of the small paragraph is the word 'here'.

[Jemma]

For "abandonment"

[psyconius]

Yes.. tons of anagrams, even when limiting to 3 words.. I have been looking up the prehistoric ancestors to scorpions, but can't really see anything that relates.

The last line would really invalidate anything like that, and the fact it asks "where is she."

I am pretty lost on Abandonment still :/

[hpeterson]

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[AngBa]

[Therum]

Thanks for the Pyramid spoilers.

Anyway, Travellers could be pronounced as "Trav-lers" in that, making it a Haiku

[bfiggins]

We're missing something on Abandonment, something obvious...but what is it?

The reference to scorpions is our big clue - it's clear and specific. But I'm not getting anywhere with it. I've tried Mexico and Egypt, the two places that come to mind when I think of scorpions, but I don't...
wait, just had an idea. Nope, not 'Stars'...I got to thinking about Scorpio, wondering if the answer might be astronomical.

[bfiggins]

The travelers have been replaced by scorpions, and it's the end of the line. Have we tried Tomb, Grave, etc?

[EGo]

So I thought... Scorpions -> "Rock You Like A Hurricane" -> Katrina -> New Orleans

Also, "sunrise mixes groan" -> "House of the Rising Sun" -> New Orleans

Unfortunately, it didn't work.

[SirQuady - Unlogged In]

AngBa? I counted 7 syllables "Free-dom chall-enged trav-lers roamed" But maybe that's just my crazy Canadian pronounciation

I'm thinking perhaps Dante's inferno still. I mean, isn't there a monster in inferno who has a scorpion tail?

[AngBa]

Must be a geographic thing - I guess it could be pronounced trav-llers

ETA: I know I'm not the only one who thinks this - abandonment SUCKS!!!!!

[Jemma]

I'd like to agree that abandoment sucks and also that I'm completely stuck on it and I can't do anything else until I've completed it. UGH!

[AngBa]

Oh, I know.... I know a few others who are playing too, and are stumped - and my vitality is draining

Other than the 2 I used the spoilers on, I've managed to get everything else on my own, so now I'm SUPER frustrated....

You can take me if you want, just give me some help HAHAHAHAHHAAH!!!!

[dmon_man]

Scotland

[johnny5]

here's my line of thought on Abandonment:

Freedom-challenged travellers --> prisoners. Former penal colony. Island. (no, Australia doesn't work)

poets yearned for home --> Robert Frost (et. al. ) Wintered in the Florida keys. (end of the line...line of islands...)

Fort Jefferson was used as a prison during the civil war and is located at the end of the Florida keys at Dry Tortugas National park. (Dry Tortugas doesn't seem to work, though)

I just can't get the "Sunrise mixes groan" to work out to anything significant.