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Phaedra
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 		I'm sure it will be possible to play for anyone who's interested. I believe those of us who got packages got them because we're people who post and write and talk a lot about ARGs, so sending us a rabbithole was more or less guaranteed to get mentioned.
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 		Houston, you say? I know I've given an address to GMD in the past (back in the WiBS days). I'll keep an eye out for a package myself...

EDIT: Horry chit, October! You mean there's another ARGer in Houston? I haven't seen anyone from around here posting since that one game that was centered in Houston
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Axys Denyed wrote:
Houston, you say? I know I've given an address to GMD in the past (back in the WiBS days). I'll keep an eye out for a package myself...

EDIT: Horry chit, October! You mean there's another ARGer in Houston? I haven't seen anyone from around here posting since that one game that was centered in Houston


Yep, I'm in Houston! And so, so happy that I'm not the only ARGer in the city.

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 		I think this one is now sufficiently vetted to be moved from rumors to its own arg tag...
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Yes, I am in Portland
Mysterious Letter wrote:
Sean.
Every night I lay down knowing
that within minutes I will
find myself standing in the
middle of a burning city watching
as people roam the streets dazed
and confused. It's there that I
see you walking with the others
towards the mountains and the
thing that just cannot be
described. I try to stop you,
but you can't hear me or you
don't want to hear me I'm
not sure. Either way, I have
to try. Night after night, I
have to try. If this reaches you
and if you find the others, please
warn them.

Seeing you,
B

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 		I've been messing around with the images of the painting on the back of everyone's letters a bit and it looks like Addlepated's goes just to the right of Varin's, but I can't make anything else fit together yet...
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Phaedra
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 		What do we know so far?
Brevity is the soul of wit, and all that jazz...
So.

Quote:
MONSTERS OF THE SEA

SpaceBass
p. 43 Sea Serpents
p. 44

Addlepated
p. 201 whales
p. 202

Phaedra
p. 249 (Leviathan vs. Kraken) prey
p. 250

Varin
p. 273 (The Octopus as Monster)
p. 274 (powered) octopus

Rowan
p. 305 (Blobs and Gobsters) Monster
p. 306

AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

Varin
p. 3
p. 4

SpaceBass
p. 15 (with) Lake (and)
p. 16
p. 19 (v. 2)
p. 20

Phaedra
p. 25 (would also) hostile
p. 26

Rowan
p. 45
p. 46 (v. 2)

Phaedra
p. 95 (v. 2)
p. 96

THE OUTSIDER

Varin
p. 45 Stagnation 245, 3, 10
p. 46

THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

Phaedra
p. 335 Conflict 95, 35, 11

THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS

Addlepated
p. 205 Peace 55, 14, 2
p. 206

THE RATS IN THE WALLS

Rowan
p. 105 The Creative 5, 1, 6
p. 106

EXPLANATORY NOTES (looks like several of these may be from the same Lovecraft collection)

SpaceBass
p. 395 Difficulty at the Beginning 335, 20, 25
p. 396

SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE

Varin
p. 155 marvel, lonely, Ghost
p. 156

Addlepated
p. 125 psychic, bizarre, hints, realization
p. 126

2600 MAGAZINE

SpaceBass
p. 7 (Identity Theft: Misinformation Can Be Your Friend)
p. 8

Rowan
p. 15 (Hacking Flickr)
p. 16 Look closely

Phaedra
p. 37
p. 38

Varin
p. 47
p. 48

Addlepated
p. 49 (Techno-Exegesis)
p. 50 (Writers Wanted)


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 		Re: What do we know so far?
Brevity is the soul of wit, and all that jazz...
Phaedra wrote:
THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

Phaedra
p. 335 Conflict 95, 35, 11

EXPLANATORY NOTES (looks like several of these may be from the same Lovecraft collection)

SpaceBass
p. 395 Difficulty at the Beginning 335, 20, 25
p. 396


I'm wondering if the first number in each clue that lists three is a page number (see above -- coincidence?) and the other two are word numbers?

Depending on whether you count "upper-earth" as one word or two, I get either "not" or "be," which doesn't help much, and "the" or "dream," the latter of which seems more promising...
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 		Re: What do we know so far?
Brevity is the soul of wit, and all that jazz...
Phaedra wrote:
I'm wondering if the first number in each clue that lists three is a page number (see above -- coincidence?) and the other two are word numbers?

Depending on whether you count "upper-earth" as one word or two, I get either "not" or "be," which doesn't help much, and "the" or "dream," the latter of which seems more promising...


I was thinking something along these lines, but more like Page, Row or Sentence, Word.

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 		There's also:

Quote:

THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS

Addlepated
p. 205 Peace 55, 14, 2

SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE

Addlepated
p. 125 psychic, (of) bizarre, hints, realisation

AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

Rowan
p. 45
p. 46

MONSTERS OF THE SEA

Rowan
p. 305 Monster
p. 306

THE RATS IN THE WALLS

Rowan
p. 105 The Creative 45, 1, 6
p. 106

2600 Magazine

Rowan
p. 15
p. 16 Look closely

Addlepated
p. 49
p. 50

LEVIATHAN, OR, THE WHALE

Addlepated
p. 201 whales

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 		The words written in red on different pages - like Conflict, Peace, Difficulty at the beginning, etc. - are from the I Ching.
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jamesi
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Caterpillar wrote:
Phaedra wrote:
So, has our Winnipegian received a package?


lol....Winnipegger Wink

I can tell you from experience, it takes a hella longish time for things to reach Canada from the States (compared to mailing things within them that is). I would guess if the same shipping method was used on the same day - tack another week onto it - if you're lucky.


Take it from the guy who is waiting for three different packages to get here via USPS/Canada Post -- expect delays. I have checked the mail already today (but the missus will check on her way home from work as well) and no packages yet.
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addlepated wrote:
The words written in red on different pages - like Conflict, Peace, Difficulty at the beginning, etc. - are from the I Ching.


Nice catch!

As for the numbers, I don't think they can be referring to words, as there aren't enough words on a line. They could be page, row, letter, though, which would yield 'n' for Difficulty at the Beginning (I Ching 3, btw) and 'i' for Conflict (I Ching 6; maybe these are the order for the letters?). The other pages apparently aren't available yet...

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 		Re: What do we know so far?
Brevity is the soul of wit, and all that jazz...
Phaedra wrote:

I'm wondering if the first number in each clue that lists three is a page number (see above -- coincidence?) and the other two are word numbers?

Depending on whether you count "upper-earth" as one word or two, I get either "not" or "be," which doesn't help much, and "the" or "dream," the latter of which seems more promising...


In case anyone needs more detail of this type of cipher: If its a book cipher, then the first is page number, second is either paragraph or line number, third is word number. An alternative is page number, word number, letter number, then assemble the letters.

I don't have the texts at hand, but don't think its the last because of
Quote:
SpaceBass
p. 395 Difficulty at the Beginning 335, 20, 25

there aren't too many words have 25 letters.

Also probably not paragraph number for the second because of
Quote:
Phaedra
p. 335 Conflict 95, 35, 11

not many will have 35 paragraphs on a page. So would check first page/line/word.
[edit] or per Celina's spec, page/sentence#/word# as yet another alternative.
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 		I Ching themes
addlepated wrote:
The words written in red on different pages - like Conflict, Peace, Difficulty at the beginning, etc. - are from the I Ching.

Good link, but I still like seeing a straight list of the 64 themes:
Code:
  1  =1. Heaven, The Creative
  2  =2. Earth
  3  =3. Difficulty
  4  =4. Darkness
  5  =5. Waiting
  6  =6. Contention
  7  =7. The Army
  8  =8. Accord
  9  =9. Small Nurturance
 10  =10. Treading
 11  =11. T'ai - Peace, Tranquility
 12  =12. Obstruction
 13  =13. Sameness with Others'
 14  =14. Great Possession
 15  =15. Modesty
 16  =16. Joy (Happiness)
 17  =17. Following
 18  =18. Degeneration
 19  =19. Overseeing
 20  =20. Observing
 21  =21. Biting Through
 22  =22. Adornment
 23  =23. Stripping
 24  =24. Return
 25  =25. No Error
 26  =26. Great Accumulation
 27  =27. Jaws
 28  =28. Great Excess
 29  =29. Double Water
 30  =30. Fire
 31  =31. Sensing
 32  =32. Perseverance
 33  =33. Inaccessibility
 34  =34. Great Power
 35  =35. Advance
 36  =36. Concealment of Illumination
 37  =37. Members of a Family
 38  =38. Disparity
 39  =39. Halting
 40  =40. Dissolution
 41  =41. Reduction
 42  =42. Increase
 43  =43. Parting
 44  =44. Meeting
 45  =45. Gathering
 46  =46. Rising
 47  =47. Exhaustion
 48  =48. The Well
 49  =49. Change
 50  =50. The Cauldron
 51  =51. Thunder
 52  =52. Mountains
 53  =53. Gradualness
 54  =54. Making a Young Girl Marry
 55  =55. Abundance
 56  =56. Transience
 57  =57. Wind
 58  =58. Joy (Harmony)
 59  =59. Disintegration
 60  =60. Regulation
 61  =61. Truthfulness Within
 62  =62. Excessive Smallness
 63  =63. Settled
 64  =64. Not Yet Settled, Before Completion

pulled from the random generator under http://deoxy.org/time/d2k/ching/icalc.htm

(i'll clean up the duplicate numbers later)

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