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[PUZZLE] The TO-NIGHT files
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[PUZZLE] The TO-NIGHT files

to-night.jpg

http://www.paintover.net/grief/

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Prepare you, generals:
The enemy comes on in gallant show;
Their bloody sign of battle is hung out,
And something to be done immediately.


+++

I have been making lots of apologies today. My next one is to you all.

I think it's pretty freaking obvious by now that I've had ulterior motives in all of this. The goose chases from site to site - it felt like a game to you probably, some organized piece of brainwork to pass the time, but I was hoping for some real detective work. I wanted to see if maybe all of you could come up with some piece of evidence I had overlooked.

I've been looking for my parents for so long now I can't even remember the last time I slept in a real bed, or felt I could trust my surroundings to be safe for longer than a week or two. I used to think I was going crazy, on the worst nights. I've never been a paranoid kid, but the very nature of what I had done made me think that the world itself was literally after me.

In some ways, I think it's amazing how this all shook out - bounce's smarts and tracing of the network I needed to focus on, mello's protections, texel's records and pattern-matching, hell, even scratch's animosity towards me were all keys to get me here, now. I've got my answer. I'm not happy, in fact, I'm freaking confused, but I do know one thing: I have to take responsibility for all that I've done.

You're all in danger. Somehow, I wasn't careful enough, and there could still be some trails left out there in the world that lead to me, and, by extension, all of you.

This whole thing is very, very big. I don't even know what this all looks like in perspective - I don't have any to spare. Tonight is one of the most terrible nights, ever. It's hitting me over and over again.

There is safety in numbers, though. There is safety here, now. I am angry that I've been pushed into iambic pentameter. I'm changing this context, and this construct - I am NOT in a play, I am NOT just some character to be pushed into the next scene.

I reject this script. I'm writin' a new one.

The sooner you can get here, the better. Not kidding.

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O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.


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From:

From William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Act 3, scene 1

ANTONY:

Pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth

O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,
--- Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue ---
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.

-- William Shakespeare
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Sounds like he is speaking directly to us. Makes it feel more real! brrr..

What is Mark Antony referring to when he says:
"O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth" Is he referring to Rome?

I have looked for more files but cannot find any more... Is this all? Caesar is saying that he is writing a different script.. Could mean two things really and can be taken literally?

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This is very similar to Caesar's apology in the to-night files; why would he repeat himself? Except for the Shakesperian text, it's pretty much the same apology.

EDIT: By the way, did we ever figure out what happened to Scratch after the attack by the Monitors? Is he still in hiding, or what?
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Re: [PUZZLE] The TO-NIGHT files

to-night.jpg
Quote:

Prepare you, generals:
The enemy comes on in gallant show;
Their bloody sign of battle is hung out,
And something to be done immediately.


and

Quote:

I reject this script. I'm writin' a new one.

The sooner you can get here, the better. Not kidding.


Sounds to me like Caesar is finally going to war (but does he know against who? He is blinded by grief); he's gathering his army; will Scratch be among them?
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King Mob wrote:
This is very similar to Caesar's apology in the to-night files; why would he repeat himself? Except for the Shakesperian text, it's pretty much the same apology.


Did you mean in the brutus files? I'm confused, this is in the to-night files.. :)

King Mob wrote:

EDIT: By the way, did we ever figure out what happened to Scratch after the attack by the Monitors? Is he still in hiding, or what?


I have seen nothing s of yet, and I've been waiting for some info so, I say 'no'.
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yeahyeah wrote:
King Mob wrote:
This is very similar to Caesar's apology in the to-night files; why would he repeat himself? Except for the Shakesperian text, it's pretty much the same apology.


Did you mean in the brutus files? I'm confused, this is in the to-night files.. Smile


Yes, sorry; I did mean the brutus files. Embarassed
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I was getting nervoud there for a minute, I was thinking I duped something or that it changed from what it was before I posted it..
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Re: [PUZZLE] The TO-NIGHT files

King Mob wrote:
to-night.jpg
Quote:

Prepare you, generals:
The enemy comes on in gallant show;
Their bloody sign of battle is hung out,
And something to be done immediately.


and

Quote:

I reject this script. I'm writin' a new one.

The sooner you can get here, the better. Not kidding.


Sounds to me like Caesar is finally going to war (but does he know against who? He is blinded by grief); he's gathering his army; will Scratch be among them?


Yeah. And "Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;" is a very commonly-used battle cry. This is Caesar's battle cry.
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Re: [PUZZLE] The TO-NIGHT files

trip wrote:

Yeah. And "Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;" is a very commonly-used battle cry. This is Caesar's battle cry.


Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country anyone?
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wow they brought mark antony into this, i mentioned in another thread of how brutus lost a power struggle between mark antony, himself, and i think it was octavian called the battle of phillipi...he met his demise and commited suicide. phillip(i) eh? lol...also, suicide being in the last paintover pic...

*says in a loud voice* HMMMMMMMM

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XtRaVa wrote:
wow they brought mark antony into this, i mentioned in another thread of how brutus lost a power struggle between mark antony, himself, and i think it was octavian called the battle of phillipi...he met his demise and commited suicide. phillip(i) eh? lol...also, suicide being in the last paintover pic...

*says in a loud voice* HMMMMMMMM

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Maybe Caesar is attempting to recruit us?
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where do i sign to get outta this freaking hole!
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Mayalla wrote:
Sounds like he is speaking directly to us. Makes it feel more real! brrr..


I sure hope not:

Quote:
The sooner you can get here, the better. Not kidding.


I don't have time to go camping in Redland right now!

EDIT: Yes, Redland Embarassed

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Worker wrote:

I don't have time to go camping in Redmond right now!


Don't you mean Redland? One's fictional, one's not; I'll leave it up to you to decide which is which. Wink
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