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mapmaker
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 		I got something!!
Hooray!!
Waiting for me tonight as I returned to Boston was a package from the illustrious CotSA! It is similar in form to Lovek's package #2, but different in content.

First off, my drawing was of a feather (quite nice):


Second, my note had different dots:

(Note the pillowcase, from the Target collection.)

Third, my offset-writing page was different as well:


The dot note decodes to:
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Of the complete triumvirate and expounds
proclamation which employs the monikers


And the offset-writing to:
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BETOYERALLOATREKY
SOWEHISHOTERKY


EDIT: Note that I have no idea what any of this means.

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RedHatty
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 		I have a feeling that the dots messages go together.
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mapmaker
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 		I like your thinking, Red!

Maybe the message reads something like:
Quote:
 
WHICH PERSONAGE IS THE MOST RIVETING
of the complete triumvirate and expounds
--Missing--
proclamation which employs the monikers
--Missing--
YOUR ANSWER TO THIS QUERY IN YOUR JUDGEMENT


I dunno. Maybe there are three people receiving packages this round (the "triumvirate") and the person with the best answer to the question (which we have yet to discern) will...something?

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EndOfFemme
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 		I just received a notice that I have a package waiting for me (and I'm not expecting anything). I suspect that it may be from our good friends. I'll give an update in a few hours when I'm done with work and able to pick it up.

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enaxor
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 		Today I got the following letter from tCotSA.



To read the black text you must turn the page counter-clockwise.

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After methodical calculation and prudent introspection, the committee has decided to take steps designed to alleviate the pecuniary encumbrance placed upon the percipient contestants of the Sedulous Amalgamation. As of this moment, players have the added option of submitting solutions to the committee via electronic mail through the address of....*"tCotSASPLATgmail.com be advised that we will continue to dispatch parcels via sentient porter so be certain to include a terrestrial address of your own with any correspondences."


I haven't quite figured out how to read the red text yet.

Thanks to Mapmaker for hosting the scan. Very Happy

*edited to add RedHattys' solve from below **and, wanted to note that there's the words "seven three" printed in red ink on the reverse side of the paper.
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negativeview
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 		DOLT! See one post below. That is indeed much clearer than what I had here. I mean, I didn't make a mistake... look, a birdie!
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RedHatty
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 		Solve is 1 word from bottom from each section counterclockwise and reads

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tCotSASPLATgmail.com be advised that we will continue to dispatch parcels via sentient porter so be certain to include a terrestrial address of your own with any correspondences


Sounds much clearer this way Smile
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EndOfFemme
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 		Package number 3!

I got a very nice picture of a wooden hammer.


A much larger version is here. I think that I see a word written on the head of the hammer (bottom-left edge along the curve), but it may be detail in the drawing. I can scan the drawing if it's needed.

I also received the letter with dots and the offset writing hidden in the picture frame.




The dots decode to this (with my own thoughts on phrase breaks):

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submit to the committee a compendious
the plume has eight
and the beetle hasten


I'm not very confident on my interpretation of the offset letters, so someone else ought to check.
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ETLEERPOTTORECKRROWS
SEMMELEDBEYSRETB


General Thoughts and Questions
Is there any meaning to the subject matter of the drawings or who was chosen to receive the packages?
The package used a variety of papers (drawing paper, newsprint to wrap the picture frame, and two different kinds of plain printer paper), is there any reason for this or not using envelopes?
Are the offset letters a ROT, other substitution, or anagram? I'm sure this one has been thought of before.

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mapmaker
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 		Just a note on your package - "hasten" in the dot message is probably "has ten".

What do we have so far from these dots?
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submit to the committee a compendious
the plume has eight and the beetle has ten

Of the complete triumvirate and expounds
proclamation which employs the monikers

WHICH PERSONAGE IS THE MOST RIVETING
YOUR ANSWER TO THIS QUERY IN YOUR JUDGEMENT

I think we'll probably need to arrange these lines in some order, but maybe we've got even more packages to come? (Given that there's not much sense in there that I can make.)

EDIT: Also, your interpretation of the offset letters seems correct to me.

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RedHatty
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 		[SPEC]

The plume has eight? Must be a clue as to the letters

and someone is getting a sketch of a beetle.... [/SPEC]
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mapmaker
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RedHatty wrote:
[SPEC]

The plume has eight? Must be a clue as to the letters

and someone is getting a sketch of a beetle.... [/SPEC]

Wow, I completely forgot that plume = feather. I took another look but didn't notice anything particularly eight-like about it.

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Lovek
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mapmaker wrote:
RedHatty wrote:
[SPEC]

The plume has eight? Must be a clue as to the letters

and someone is getting a sketch of a beetle.... [/SPEC]

Wow, I completely forgot that plume = feather. I took another look but didn't notice anything particularly eight-like about it.


From our friends at Dictionary.com

Quote:
bee·tle3 (btl) n.

1. A heavy mallet with a large wooden head.
2. A small wooden household mallet.
3. A machine with revolving wooden hammers that gives fabrics a lustrous sheen.


Also, it looks like there something written on the toe of the boot, too. I'll try to examine closely.

I'm also trying to piece our phrase segments together:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):

WHICH PERSONAGE IS THE MOST RIVETING
submit to the committee a compendious
proclamation which employs the monikers
Of the complete triumvirate and expounds
YOUR ANSWER TO THIS QUERY IN YOUR JUDGEMENT

Which if we take in one way would probably be the person who has a drawing with a rivets in it... which would be me. Or taken another way... they just mean the one we like the most Smile

But this part doesn't fit in anywhere... maybe it's supposed to be seperate:
the plume has eight and the beetle has ten

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Lucy
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 		I don't quite get your rationale, but I would suggest that the answer must include the names of three people.

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EndOfFemme
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 		I'm not sure if it changes anything, but this looks like it's the source of the drawing.

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thebruce
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 		wow lots of puzzles coming through tcotsa.

Has anyone figured out the sliced letters yet? Anagrams? Substitution? It doesn't look like there are spaces, and I doubt they're all 2 words...
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