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[Sophiecat]

[DarkHuman]

[PuzzledPineapple]

Two things:

Is it possible from the string of letters that we have to identify an organism (eg a butterfly) with this RNA? Or does it not work like that? Because Biology isn't my speciality. It's just that the clues seem to be going backwards through the path that we (if we were ridiculously clever) should have gone: cards -> FRB becomes UUU -> RNA/molecules -> butterflies -> "The Most Noble". That leads me to the (prtobably erroneous) conclusion that the next step is a butterfly and all we have is this RNA sequence so... You get the idea. Just curious as to whether it's possible or not.

Secondly: "You will know which path to take when you find it, if you know who I am." Does this mean that CT's name is the final clue? Eg if Scarlett is CT (the obvious choice but the leaked emails still make me lean Violet's direction against all the other clues) then there would be a red path or "Scarlett's trail". Might make finding final location a little easier.

[myf]

Re knowing which path to take - that's pretty much what I thought it meant. I know some places mark trails according to things like length, difficulty, etc with different colours. I think that when we work out where this is, it'll be a woodland park type thing with different coloured trails, eg a red (or scarlet) trail, or a purple (violet) one.

The trouble is, thinking of all these things is making my brain suggest somewhere, but there's nothing definitive to tell us where this wretched place is. I can see how the place might fit in with at least some of the information, but there's nothing solid to make me think "yeah, that's it". And I'm not going traipsing around digging up acres of woodland just cos my brain can warp some details to fit. Grrrrr

[AtionSong]

Card META list

[Sophiecat]

Re: Card META list

[angadeon]

Also, the 13 cards with meta-data all have the 'shaded blips'.

I have 64 and do not see this 'thing' on the shadow of the Y. I have noticed that the grass is textured and mirrored. Gonna scan and see if I can photoshop some sense out of that...

[DarkHuman]

my 64's got it too.

i was wondering if each card that CT shows in the end has a blob, are the cards lined up so if they were transparent, we could see the blob perfectly? (other than the 64/94 thing)

[Sophiecat]

[AnotherUselessPwn]

I think we should start examining those chemical structures that flashed while the DNA was breaking down. I have tried searching them up by structure format and nothing comes up for any of the 4. I think they fit together in a certain way....but I don't know. What do you guys think? I might also try taking it into one of my old chemistry teachers and see what she has to say about them.

[Caz]

could they be the bases of RNA

[edit] yes we looked it up in one of my old textbooks
see picture [/edit]

[Tornan Steel]

Right.... time to recap from the start... here is my thinking

If I remember correctly, MC said that we had all we needed to find the cube after Pathways was released. The butterfly image at the end of Pathways was identified to look like a Monarch butterfly and exploring led me to the White Monarch that closest resembles the black and white picture. Image

Later conformation of the Monarch butterfly in The Cube update is The Most Noble (monarch) and the butterflies that flutter.

Also at the end of Pathways there is several % signs and Flying hints at modular being the correct interpretation. I think we still need to work on the letter string from Pathways using Mod somehow as the extra mod hint was accompanied by the Key Square image.

After a bit of research on the White Monarch I found this site. Let me quote a bit of the article

[AnotherUselessPwn]

RNA bases looks about right to me.

[DarkHuman]

5letters gave us the Five Fingers
6Ticks gave us the order of the cards and number strings
7Pathways gave us the key (key square) and told us how to read the number strings
8flying gave us our "mod%key", mod 4 on the key >and hinted to RNA
9The cube gave us the RNA letters and told us that FRB... goes to UUU...
via Adenine(A), Cyrosine(C), Guanine(G), & Uracil(U)-not Thymine.
C=0 G=1 A=2 U=3
we still have the 3's (broke the frb..string into 3's) and the reconstruction to think about....so again its:

6.(7,8 )+(6,6)+(7,8 )-(6,6)-(-5,5)-(-5,5)+(7,5)+
(6,5)-(6,5)+(7,5)-(6,4)-(6,4)+(8,4)+(8,4)-(8,3)
-(-5,2)-(8,3)+(6,4)-(-5,2)+(6,4)+7,-4)-(7,-4)
+(8,-4)+(-4,-6)+(8,-4)-(6,-5)+(-4,-6)-(8,-5)+(6,-
5)-(6,-2)+(8,-5)-(-4,-8 )-(-4,-8 )+(-2,-7)-(-3,-8 )-(-
3,-8 )+(6,-7)-(6,-2)-(-2,-7)+(6,-7)+(6,-7)+(7,-7)+(7,-7)-
or:#29+ 1-14443432.5-3 NWWWSWSs/e
#58+ 2-21122214-4 ENNEEENW
#29- 3-232.52.51.5-1 ESs/es/en/e
#58- 4-23232.534334-1 ESESs/eSWSSW
#40- 1-1144144414432.5-4 NNWWNWWWNWWSs/e
#40+ 2-11444414412-3 NNWWWWNWWNE
#63+ 3-34-1 SW
#60- 4-44444444111111111114-3 WWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNW
#60+ 1-414141414144144441-1 WNWNWNWNWNWWNWWWWN
#63- 2-414441141-1 WNWWWNNWN
#90- 3-433333334-2 WSSSSSSSW
#90+ 4-4444444443.5-1 WWWWWWWWWs/w
#94+ 1-1114112321-1 NNNWNNESEN
#94- 2-4111111441-2 WNNNNNNWWN
#96- 3-44411414441444112.5-4 WWWNNWNWWWNWWWNNs/e
#136- 4-143334-3 NWSSSW
#96+ 1-222233332-4 EEEESSSSE
#188- 2-21121111221-4 ENNENNNNEEN
#136+ 3-2333234-1 ESSSESW
#188+ 4-11122221412234-2 NNNEEEENWNEESW
#191- 1-344411444443-1 SWWWNNWWWWWS
#191+ 2-11444444444411111111444-2 NNWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNWWW
#192+ 3-3333322333332-4 SSSSSEESSSSE
#203+ 4-33223333234-4 SSEESSSESW
#192- 1-444444114411112-1 WWWWWWNNWWNNNNE
#218+ 2-4444433333323-2 WWWWWSSSSSSES
#203- 3-11144144144443-3 NNWWNWWNWWWWS
#222+ 4-1414411122-2 NWNWWNNNEE
#218- 1-44334-3 WWSSW
#156+ 2-111221111112-4 NNNEENNNNNNE
#222- 3-34433333432-4 SWWSSSSSWSE
#235- 4-222233332222.5-1 EEEESSSSEEEs/e
#235+ 1-4444444434444444444443-4 WWWWWWWWSWWWWWWWWWWWWS
#237- 2-1222323-2 NEEESES
#236- 3-2112223-2 ENNEEES
#236+ 4-4333223323-3 WSSSEESSES
#250- 1-343-2 SWS
#156- 2-2232-4 EESE
#237+ 3-3333334433334-1 SSSSSSWWSSSSW
#250+ 4-3322333333333332-1 SSEESSSSSSSSSSSE
#253+ 1-1111211112-4 NNNNENNNNE
#253- 2-111114441114114-1 NNNNNWWWNNNWNNW
7.translated to FRBPULAFHPOSMLUCNIDYMENDBKIELGTPDOAAKILTIO
8.translated to
333, 121, 231, 100, 212, 332, 122, 231, 302, 210, 111, 022, 021, 120
9. translated to
UUU GAG AUG GCC AGA CUA GAA AUG UCA AGC GGG CAA CAG GAC


now stop wasting time going over it again, and rearrange the RNA people.

ok the new flash shows DNA, breaking into RNA, which gives us our UUU string.

[Datango]