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 		Got a little message on MS...

Not much..

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E called me up this morning, supposedly him,me, Arriana, and G are heading to the beach to have SOME fun before school starts next week. Please PLEASE let me know if Matron comes on today...I need her help.



So, if you see Matron at all.. let her know Brent needs to talk to her!
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:22 pm
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 		I got it!!!!!!


LOOKLOOKLOOKLOOK

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Yeah, I got nuttin...rotfl


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 		...made me look.. *sighs*

but I forgot to say this... it's a secret though..

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Hahahhaa.. see..

Made YOU look this time..


see, 2 can play your silly game.

Razz


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:18 pm
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ForumLurker wrote:
...made me look.. *sighs*

but I forgot to say this... it's a secret though..

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Hahahhaa.. see..

Made YOU look this time..


see, 2 can play your silly game.

Razz



Oh Lurker...
E Twisted Evil vidence once again that you are just too easily amused.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:45 pm
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 		Re: Getting back to the subject at hand...
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Back to the last message/clue... you know.. that "plate" thingy.

a little birdy told me he didn't think we had the right place..

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ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:51:32 PM): The Temple of Delphi


And then we talk about my dropped ball...


Don't beat yourself up Lurker, we all dropped the ball on this one.

The whole clue makes more sense in light of this interpretation. The reference to the sun guiding him was one clue, as the temple at Delphi was to the god Apollo, who was sometimes equated with Helios, the god of the sun. Line 4 of the clue, which I mentioned earlier as not making much sense, also makes sense in the light of this interpretation as Orpheus changed his allegiance to Apollo after going down into the underworld. I remember reading an article a couple of years back saying that someone had recently uncovered the site of the original temple at Delphi, so it shouldn't be hard to find Smile.

Hindsight is 20:20, eh?

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 		But then, why all the references to the sibyl?

Also, no one freak out, but I won't be back on until sometime Tuesday. If anyone needs to reach me, or if you get stumped, tell Smooth. He can get me.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:24 pm
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But then, why all the references to the sibyl?



The most famous of the Sybils/Sybyls/Oracles.. whatever... was one of the ones at Delphi.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:45 pm
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 		Sybils
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But then, why all the references to the sibyl?



The most famous of the Sybils/Sybyls/Oracles.. whatever... was the one at Delphi.


Yup. The (most famous) Oracle at Delphi was the daughter of the Cumaean sybil, although there were actually a whole series of oracles at Delphi.

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 		ok.. message sent to Brent earlier..
just gotta wait for a response I guess.....
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To: Brent
Date: Sep 3, 2007 8:20 AM
Subject: Matron....
Body:

B...

I think it may be time to move on...

No one has seen or heard from Matron in almost a week.

I really don't want to speculate on WHY.. but I think it's time to refocus...

The last clue we were looking at was related to The Temple of Delphi... did you find anything else on that?

Let us/me know.

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*shrugs*...
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:38 pm
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 		slow day... slow night..
Ok.. well.. it seems the reason for Matron's disappearance is now known.

Below, is a chunk of conversation with Brent...

Edited for clarity....
Quote:

ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:36:15 PM): Hallo B...
Brentinthetent (6:37:15 PM): Heya Lurker
Brentinthetent (6:37:17 PM): Dude!
Brentinthetent (6:37:19 PM): Salvation!
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:37:04 PM): ?
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:37:17 PM): I am good.. but not that good
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:37:19 PM): Razz
Brentinthetent (6:37:38 PM): Nah.
Brentinthetent (6:37:39 PM): No
Brentinthetent (6:37:41 PM): good news
Brentinthetent (6:37:46 PM): though....didn't expect it.
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:37:35 PM): well.. go on...
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:37:36 PM): heh
Brentinthetent (6:38:29 PM): I got..a telegram
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:38:16 PM): a what?
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:38:20 PM): they still do those?
Brentinthetent (6:38:42 PM): Apparently...
Brentinthetent (6:39:40 PM): Matron!
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:39:27 PM): heh....
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:39:37 PM): well.. I suppose that means she is alive?
Brentinthetent (6:39:56 PM): It came like an hour ago.
Brentinthetent (6:39:58 PM): Yeah
Brentinthetent (6:40:07 PM): Just...not in the U.S.
Brentinthetent (6:40:13 PM): Lemme get the message, one sec
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:40:06 PM): She ran off to Europe to steal all your goldz?
Brentinthetent (6:41:16 PM): No.
Brentinthetent (6:41:26 PM): Here's the message:
Brentinthetent (6:42:06 PM): In Greece. G showed up, am safe. Back in States Wednesday evening. Have next clue. Be safe. M.L.



So... Matron ran off to Greece.. and found the next clue.. but won't be back until Wednesday Night.

So.. sounds like it's Break time... but who knows what might happen between now and then.
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 		Re: slow day... slow night..
ForumLurker wrote:
Ok.. well.. it seems the reason for Matron's disappearance is now known.

Below, is a chunk of conversation with Brent...

Edited for clarity....
Quote:

ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:36:15 PM): Hallo B...
Brentinthetent (6:37:15 PM): Heya Lurker
Brentinthetent (6:37:17 PM): Dude!
Brentinthetent (6:37:19 PM): Salvation!
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:37:04 PM): ?
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:37:17 PM): I am good.. but not that good
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:37:19 PM): Razz
Brentinthetent (6:37:38 PM): Nah.
Brentinthetent (6:37:39 PM): No
Brentinthetent (6:37:41 PM): good news
Brentinthetent (6:37:46 PM): though....didn't expect it.
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:37:35 PM): well.. go on...
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:37:36 PM): heh
Brentinthetent (6:38:29 PM): I got..a telegram
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:38:16 PM): a what?
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:38:20 PM): they still do those?
Brentinthetent (6:38:42 PM): Apparently...
Brentinthetent (6:39:40 PM): Matron!
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:39:27 PM): heh....
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:39:37 PM): well.. I suppose that means she is alive?
Brentinthetent (6:39:56 PM): It came like an hour ago.
Brentinthetent (6:39:58 PM): Yeah
Brentinthetent (6:40:07 PM): Just...not in the U.S.
Brentinthetent (6:40:13 PM): Lemme get the message, one sec
ForumLurkerOnAIM (6:40:06 PM): She ran off to Europe to steal all your goldz?
Brentinthetent (6:41:16 PM): No.
Brentinthetent (6:41:26 PM): Here's the message:
Brentinthetent (6:42:06 PM): In Greece. G showed up, am safe. Back in States Wednesday evening. Have next clue. Be safe. M.L.



So... Matron ran off to Greece.. and found the next clue.. but won't be back until Wednesday Night.

So.. sounds like it's Break time... but who knows what might happen between now and then.


Wow good timing for a break for me....I can move into my new house and then continue playing this ARG. YAY! I'm happy Matron's ok...but G may be following her, hmm watch out Brent.
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 		I understand about the Oracle, but she was referred to as the Oracle at Delphi, not a sibyl. She was my first thought, but I discounted it. Meh.

Anyways, I'm back. And I've jumped straight into the middle of a lull...

And yes, they still do telegrams. I send them all the time, cuz it's fun and antiquated.
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 		Okay, so WOW.

*tumbleweed*

Didn't anything happen today? It's Wednesday!
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ForumLurkerOnAIM (5:43:15 PM): So you have a full inbox then?
Brentinthetent (5:43:39 PM): No, she sent something...
Brentinthetent (5:43:43 PM): Just not what I expected at all.
ForumLurkerOnAIM (5:43:28 PM): hrm
ForumLurkerOnAIM (5:43:39 PM): a picture of your treasure?
Brentinthetent (5:44:02 PM): Not even that.
Brentinthetent (5:44:10 PM): here it is, no sense forwarding
Brentinthetent (5:44:11 PM): I bring you back your next clue. I have been to Delphi - search Sophie's journal for Apollo's Laurel.
ForumLurkerOnAIM (5:44:00 PM): hrm
ForumLurkerOnAIM (5:44:01 PM): lame
Brentinthetent (5:44:23 PM): Tell me about it.
Brentinthetent (5:44:37 PM): Apollo's Laurel...any idea what that is?


The Next Clue as delievered by Matron was/is:

Quote:
I bring you back your next clue. I have been to Delphi - search Sophie's journal for Apollo's Laurel.


So B and I quickly discovered that his girl Daphne was turned into a Laurel tree.

Here's a quote from wikipedia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_and_Daphne

Quote:

Her strength begins to fail, and, ready to sink, she calls upon her father, the river god: "Help me, Peneus! open the earth to enclose me, or change my form, which has brought me into this danger!" Scarcely had she spoken, when a stiffness seized all her limbs; her bosom began to be enclosed in a tender bark; her hair became leaves; her arms became branches; her foot stuck fast in the ground, as a root; her face became a tree-top, retaining nothing of its former self but its beauty. Apollo stood amazed. He touched the stem, and felt the flesh tremble under the new bark. He embraced the branches, and lavished kisses on the wood. The branches shrank from his lips. "Since you cannot be my wife," said he, "you shall assuredly be my tree. I will wear you for my crown; I will decorate with you my harp and my quiver; and when the great Roman conquerors lead up the triumphal pomp to the Capitol, you shall be woven into wreaths for their brows. And, as eternal youth is mine, you also shall be always green, and your leaf know no decay." The nymph, now changed into a Bay laurel tree, bowed its head in grateful acknowledgement."

Daphne later changes back into a person, but no one really knows what happens after that.


So.. now B is searching the journal for anything Apollo related.. Tree related.. etc..

stay tuned.. Razz
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 		When I read "Apollo's Laurel" I pictured the laurel wreath that is generally worn around his head. It remains a symbol of high honor to this day, in fact, and is used in many symbols.
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