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[enaxor]

I found another craigslist message posted on April 13th.

[Varin]

[Shutaro]

Hmm... Pages from 2600 magazine. Interesting. Did both packages contain the same page and/or were they from the same article?

[catherwood]

I have registered the IRC channel #stfeline on chat-solutions.org -- come join us? (Do i have to post all the "how to connect" info here? I'll be lazy and link you to similar info -- as soon as i can find it)

option one: just use the chat link from the unfiction main site
http://www.unfiction.com/chat/
and either put stfeline in the room name box, or wait until you've connected and then type /join #stfeline on the input line.
(The button to connect looks like a yellow ball with a green arrow.)

That page also contains the information you would need for a client like mIRC, even if you don't load the java applet:

irc.chat-solutions.org:6667

and of course we have several threads which give these same details:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=284105#284105
(halfway down that post is the mIRC info with server names and addresses to choose from)

p.s., any seasoned veterans want to help moderate the channel? ping me.

[drizjr]

Doing a google search of "I'll bseeingu " yields more craig's listings.

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/mis/311569124.html

[Rekidk]

What do you think these Craigslist postings are? Her 'readings' of the 'truth' about various people? Or are we just getting philosophical here?

[Phaedra]

Considering that she apparently has knowledge of specific players -- or at least Varin and me -- from her dreams, I'd say that she's attempting to contact other people she's seen in them. How she knows what cities these people are in is hard to say, but she knew our addresses, so maybe she has an Oneiroian GPS system.

It would be interesting to see what happens if you answer one of her personals. I'm in Milwaukee, and I'd answer the Milwaukee one, but since I think I'm already identified, it seems like it should be someone else.

Anyone in one of those cities up for it?

[poeticexplosion]

Speculation: Since Phaedra was singled out to receive a package, and there is also a craigslist posting in her city, might the craigslist posting be specifically meant for Phaedra?

[Phaedra]

[GoodChild]

[Phaedra]

<blink>

You are!?

I thought you were in South Africa!

Why are you not joining us for Milwaukee ARGer Movie Night?

[Phaedra]

All right, as promised, scans.

I'm not going to bother with the postcard, the coin, or the Providence slip since they're identical to Varin's.

[Phaedra]

And while I scan things, useless spec.

Under the heading of Deep Sea Beasties, the Kraken and Leviathan, logically explained, are of course the giant squid and the sperm whale. But since we've also got Lovecraft, whose Deep Sea Beasties were also deities of sorts, I'm not sure if the scientific explanation is as relevant as the mythological background.

Leviathan was one of the primordial sea monsters hinted at in Genesis, along with Behemoth. Their pairing suggests that they may be what is referenced in the second verse of Genesis, translated as "the earth was without form, and void." The Hebrew is actually tohu v'bohu -- tohu > tehom (sweet underground waters forbidden to rise up and reunite with the upper waters -- Genesis...ummm...4 or 5?) > Tiamat, the ancient Babylonian earth goddess/dragon who was slain by Anu/Marduk, who formed the earth from her corpse.

This is echoed in Hebrew myth, where there are two Leviathans, male and female, but the female is slain and the male gelded so they can't reproduce and take over the earth. In other legends Behemoth is Leviathan's mate. Supposedly the Leviathan is extremely smelly (possibly a linguistic carryover -- the Arabic tahama, "stinking," is supposedly etymologically related to the name Tiamat). Despite this, Leviathan's flesh is supposed to be a delicacy that will be sold and served in Jerusalem in the messianic era.

In random useless factoids, Leviathan is supposed to fear one creature only: a tiny fish known as Chalkis.

I think Leviathan has a whole body of Christian mythology as well, but I'd have to look it up and I'm done scanning and my migraine is back so instead I'm going to bed. Same for the Kraken.

I find it hard to believe the monster references are random -- perhaps they can be matched up with Lovecraft references or something?

[LouMac]

I also got a package, and *GASP* I work in Providence, RI. So I guess I really am Providence.

I'll be keeping an eye out on the Providence Craiglist missed connections. Scans to come when I get to work tomorrow.

Time for me to dust off my ARG-playing hat. Port-o-potties: be afraid, be very afraid!

[Caterpillar]