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Maybe the othe keys don't move at random, and they hold the answer...

**Posted:** Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:38 am

AtionSong · Unfettered Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 352

On one hand, I really want another LoB update.

On the other hand, I feel like we're letting mind candy down. : (

**Posted:** Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:17 pm

drinkmonsters · Veteran Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 89

I hear ya ation...

as a philosophy student, i've been trying to get into the head of the cube, it just isn't working out for me. The cube has a purpose... the end of its journey is being found by one of us who can put all of the pieces together...

not just pathways, but the risk pieces, the weird blobs, and the coded library messages. As for a final location... I'd say its buried in a library... how we get to a final location from these hints is a mystery to me...

back to the cards.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:07 am

friscodude · Boot Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 22

Pretty sure somebody would've realized this by now, but the text is most likely irrelevant regarding the location of the Cube.

According to Podcast #9 on the official site, the Cube is used for instantaneous matter transportation, which fits in with the text here, being "the thing itself". A maker of journeys, a joiner of points- makes sense to me at least.

But the second line, the whole thing being about a journey- maybe referring to the motive of the theft? IF Combed Thunderclap is the person who stole the Cube, perhaps he wanted it to travel to Earth, or travel around Earth.

I'm lost in the whole codes,streets and Risk discussion, so figured I'd just put this out there.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:20 pm

AtionSong · Unfettered Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 352

Man, we really need another chat on this. On anything.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:54 pm

drinkmonsters · Veteran Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 89

**Posted:** Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:19 pm

myf

I have been somewhat less than attentive over the last couple of months, but was reading through trying to catch up a bit.

Trying to place this into the real world, I wondered if there were any real-life Key Squares anywhere that could be used to push this further. Google so far hasn't turned one up. However (and I have no idea if this is any use whatsoever) a noticable proportion of the results, when Perplex City is removed, are either about chess or Playfair ciphers. It's probably just coincidence, or me noticing things that aren't at all relevant, but I thought I'd mention it in case someone can work either of those things into the mix.

I'll go back to quietly lurking and not paying attention now.

**Posted:** Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:46 pm

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ok, just looking around, and saw MC's xmas version of Kurt.
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=6792&thumb=1
never gave much thought to the "work" he was doing. UH, anyone else think this looks EXACTLY like ole CT's handiwork?

**Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:10 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:34 pm

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DarkHuman

thanks for that daffy!

ok, i'm going to side track everyone for a sec..... Five fingers, ok, reads as:
"Five fingers point:
half the world
realm
region
feature
last mystery" right??!!

why not read it as:
"Five fingers point half the:
world
realm
region
feature
last mystery"?????? wouldn't that be more descriptive?

**Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:13 pm

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The best solution (amongst others) from our pathways text string I have come up with is:

AIKO TOOK ME

NY PUB LIB

ARTPAD

PULL SHELF

DIG

FIND MC

but this bares no connection to our main clue:

Five fingers point:
half the world
realm
region
feature
last mystery.

I'm trying to see things in a more simpler form as MC have given us 'direct' clues as they say.

**Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:21 pm

AtionSong · Unfettered Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 352

**Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:57 pm

rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

I have no idea if this is relevant but the NY PUblic Library has a famous section on Art, Prints and Photographs at the 5th Ave research library.

Here is a link to the floor plan of the library.

Here is a link to some of the information about art and architecture: click here

There is more information about art at the NY Public Library as well, but I have no idea if this helps.

**Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:27 pm

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isca

Please don't get too excited about this, as it is a naive and simplistic way to look at the info we have. It is totally speculative and may be way off the mark. As for Artpad I know there is an Art wall featuring artists (Is there a room 333?!)- make of it what you will. Any other ideas should be considered.

Just been looking at the NYPL digital galleries followng Rose's links above. Typed 'babel' into the search box and came up with some interesting stuff. See pic below. To me the bottom two pictures show key square (left) and Ascendency point (right); both pictures are based upon a grid and with a river running through. Still looking.

**Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:11 pm

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