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Axys Denyed
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Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 456 Location: Houston, TX, USA
[UPDATE] Library of Babel - To Begin. The play's the thing There's a new update on the Library of Babel page. In it, it references the fact that nothing seems to be going on and how we're looking for someplace to start on the search for the actual Cube here on Earth. There's also a lot of literary references and the following puzzle at the end of it.
Code:
h a m l e t w i l l i a m s h a k e s p e a r e t h e w
o n d e r f u l o j a m e s t h u r b e r t h e l i b r
a r y o f b a b e l j o r g e l u i s b o r g e s h i s
t o r y o f t h e l a n d c a l l e d u q b a r s i l a
s h a s l a m p a p i l l o n h e n r i c h a r r i e r
e o h w h i s t l e a n d i l l c o m e t o y o u m y l
a d m o n t a g u e r h o d e s j a m e s
127 77 28 64 160 176 11 30
Time to get cracking, people. Looks like vacation time is over.
EDIT: You can move the letters around at the end. The letters have numbers over them when you click on them. See totoro's post for the answer
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:47 am
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DarkHuman
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Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 640 Location: Florida
tried the secret location code again and got
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lettbnamraiyaaanlenlsealhwoccdhsaltlgfqbbliseoanrhtprlufh
yeah, still garbled, but i see words for the first time!
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:14 pm
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totoro
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Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Posts: 14 Location: edinburgh
using the numbers and matching them with the text that's left above them it says:
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now begin
double check that for me, but i'm sure i'm right
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:18 pm
TheDarkMoomin
Boot
Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 49 Location: Sheffield
DarkHuman wrote:
tried the secret location code again and got
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lettbnamraiyaaanlenlsealhwoccdhsaltlgfbbbliseoanrhtprlufh
yeah, still garbled, but i see words for the first time!
When you say
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'secret location code'
what do you mean? Do you mean the code we supposed was a
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beale cypher
from the card with secret location books?
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:21 pm
DarkHuman
Unfettered
Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 640 Location: Florida
yep, that's exactly what i mean:
100 139 6 148 62 127 118 119 131 151 146 88 135 107 112 152 124 150 130 100 147 93 121 149 134 144 126 98 133 103 143 116 63 111 91 101 70 61 105 62 76 117 123 84 102 89 115 96 137 92 85 122 87 53 104 90 145
(just saw i was one number off, the 106 is now 105)-dh
(i saw "secret location" on the library of babel page, and thanked my momma for makeing me allways have a clean pair of undies with me.)
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:25 pm
TheDarkMoomin
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Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 49 Location: Sheffield
So did you just apply the code to letters in the text on the site?
Hmm, I wonder if the words are just coincidence... or if CT really did put the cypher on the card.
This game hurts my head as much as work today!! Which goes to say my brain is next to useless really, so I'll just go away!!
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:39 pm
DarkHuman
Unfettered
Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 640 Location: Florida
yep, i used what Axys had. and if it's not all the text combined, it could be just one!
Hamlet, William Shakespeare
The wonderful O, James Thurber
The library of babel, Jorge Luis Borges (lol, tried MANY times)
History of the land called Uqbar, Silas Haslam
Papillon, Henri Charriere
Oh whistle and I'll come to you my lad, Montague Rhodes James
(or a combo of all 6, but i SOOOO hope not.)
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:49 pm
ixalon
Decorated
Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 238 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
You guys won't believe it... It was something we tried ages ago...
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:04 pm
TheDarkMoomin
Boot
Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 49 Location: Sheffield
Nice one!
I suppose that the other Meta Puzzles to solve are the numbers on the wave 4 cards, the playing cards on prime number cards.... and some others that I can't think of?
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:28 pm
DarkHuman
Unfettered
Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 640 Location: Florida
now I get it, CT was telling us to use title followed by author's FULL name, not just last name like the card.
lol, CT's telling us how dumb we are!
if you only knew how much sleep i've lost because of this! CONGRADULATIONS!
and for the lazy:
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five fingers point:
half the world
realm
region
feature
last mystery
so these are the 5 steps we need to find the cube. i'm sure about 1. (not sure about 2.) 3 came from S. after San Fran. and we just got #4 from the 3P last week. i'm guessing that all we need is the "last mystery"
so my info is:
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1. top hemesphere
2.??
3.North America
4.arboreal area
5.....
shoot me down now if i'm wrong.
oh and i might have #'s 2 and 3 wrong. I feel like i need more info between 3 and 4. like a certain state, or lol, region.
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:35 pm
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TheDarkMoomin
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Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 49 Location: Sheffield
I'd go for your 3 being 3... which gives that extra detail for 3 to lead to your 4, which seems to make sense.
But how do the other card artifacts figure into that?
Also, do you mind pointing me to something where I could find how you came to your number 3. I wasn't around for the actual event but hadn't seen anything that registered as significant when I read up on it!
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:55 pm
jonc
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Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 144
DarkHuman wrote:
shoot me down now if i'm wrong.
Umm... it's in the UK...... (hopes )
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:56 pm
DarkHuman
Unfettered
Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 640 Location: Florida
Sente's video right after San Fran, and then again with the libary of babel. the last being "spec" i believe.
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16390
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:22 pm
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Mattie-Liz
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Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 8
Why would Sente give us clues about where to find the cube?
What he says is:
Quote:
Two days ago, an energy surge occurred here in Perplex City, blacking out many city blocks. When power was restored, we found that the surge had briefly created a wormhole, originating here and terminating somewhere in North America.
But I imagine that the cube has now been moved and hidden elsewhere.
Sorry!
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:42 pm
DarkHuman
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Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 640 Location: Florida
OK, following the story then (CT having the cube, and landing in *NY*> then the 3P going to N.America.) how could CT leave the country? ok, the cube called him a cab, and got his clothes, sure, but it had no photo of him, therefore, no passport.
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:45 pm
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