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wkelly42
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 		Odd. Googled Fairy rings and Arkansas, and learned something.

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Fairy Ring is a very common problem that many homeowners have to deal with each year. It's more of a problem to the homeowner and it can be a very severe problem to the golf course manager as well.

Fairy Ring basically is not a true disease, in other words, it changes the properties of the soil and this in one of the ways we have a problem with Fairy Ring. In other words, it changes the physical properties as well as the chemical properties of the soil.

Fairy Ring itself can be caused by up to fifty different fungal organisms. These organisms actually reside in either the thatch layer or the immediate area to this particular layer.

Basically Fairy Ring manifests itself as three different types, or three different symptom types. Type I is the most destructive symptom of Fairy Ring. In fact this particular symptom actually causes the grass to die in a ring. It can be a very severe problem, especially to the golf course person. In this particular case, the fungal organisms actually cause the soil to become hydrophobic. In other words, it becomes water repellant. So as a consequence of this particular disorder or problem, the grass actually dies as a result of lack of moisture.
(http://www.aragriculture.org/diseases/audio/fairy_ring_audio.htm)

Wonder if someone is sending Ethan on a wild goose chase, or if he's trying to hide something from us....
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Ethan wrote:
Dear Mort,

Wow!

Not sure I have much more than that to say as regards St. Pete, other than thanks for apparently keeping the Foundation out of it (I think that's what you were saying). I'm glad that Jade still has something to do with that stuff. At least he may be able to pick up on anything "in the environment". Man, I never would have thought of some small town in Florida as such a hotbed of all this weirdness. But who know, maybe this stuff goes on all over the place and we just don't usually see it.

Not sure I follow you about MSG4. For some reason I got the idea of throwing some search terms at Google. At some point it occurred to me that maybe the words outside the square were a different "type" of...I don't even know how to put it - you probably would, being into puzzles and stuff - just that maybe the stuff inside the square was saying something in one way, and that the stuff outside the square was saying something in an entirely different way. Anyway, whatever I think I thought, it doesn't look like that led anywhere. The only commonality I got when I did that was a couple references to the rock band Genesis. It's not like that could mean anything, right? So I don't know.

As for MSG5, I completely agree on the anagram in the middle (and, let me tell you, we were really hoping for something like that, because "behead thine son" immediately send Kennedy off into "Oh $&*#" mode again). But with the connection to "banish" I think we are back into the territory of the three people referenced in MSG3. Not sure that the three people named in MSG3 are the actual figures in question, though. Almost seems like they were just examples of what happened to someone (or someTHING, as MSG4 seems to say). I still have this feeling deep in the back of my mind (or maybe it's in my gut) that the OC:0701 messages are trying to tell us something, a piece at a time. But who knows, that's just a feeling, could just be a bit of undigested meat. Hopefully MSG5 will be a little easier than 4.

Regards,
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Jade wrote:
Hey there, Mort:

Well, I was able to get over to St. James crossing today.

Have I mentioned the words 'Philly' and 'asshat' in the same sentence before?

http://blip.tv/file/660583

More soon,

Jade


Philly's poem for Slider (watch the video for context):
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But Heather zero is growing cold in heaven.
Negative.
Heaven burns.
Consuming every god in glorious ashes.


Not sure if I got the syntax right. I'm pretty clueless. Found a death metal band called "Deicide" with a song "When Heaven Burns." They're a tampa band. Not sure if that's relevant or what to do with it.

Do we ask Slider for help? Petra? Both? I emailed Ethan, and I asked Jade to confirm the poem.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:37 pm
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 		I guess to each his own, but that band totally sucks. If this is getting that scary, I'm not sure I want to play anymore. I liked the idea of faeries and the Autumn Country story and how Whitechapel is a charter of Enclave's. I even want to believe that oc0702 isn't as bad as it sounds. But those [google]Deicide[/google] guys scare the crap out of me. They scare me even worser than the bible thumpers do. But for the life of me, I can't find anything else that works with that poem.

Badaim, when you check in this morning can you hit up Slider and let him know what we found and get his take on it. He may not answer but it's worth a try. The reason I say that is because Petra quit responding to me and I'm not sure it's even worth asking her what kind of music Philly liked.

Congrats petunia, Jade mentioned you on that video. By the way, was that a hint or clue about the coffee or just a private thing.

I want to believe, but I can't be positive, that the poem is like some sort of pass phrases. Like the first person says, "But Heather, Zero is growing cold in Heaven." and the second person answers, "Negative, Heaven burns, consuming every god in glorious ashes." Which gains entrance into ?????

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 		QS offers help
Funnily enough Sylvia I had only just sent QS an email thanking him for the file and offering the group's help in any problems he may need solving (hope you all don't mind me whoring out our services Smile ).

QS then sent the following:

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My Dear Paul,

Not that I would ever have thought otherwise of you, but, sink me, if that isn't one of the most civil things I have heard from anyone in far longer than a dog's age. I, in turn, feel compelled to offer my humble services in return, such as they may be.

Although I can make no claim to any useful penchants, per se, I have been known to know a thing or three about certain triangles, and although I may not actively participate in any games save my own, I am familiar with some of those games' rules and variants.

If I may be of some meager assistance, I hope you won't hesitate to hurl a bottle in my direction.

Sincerely,
QS



I get the feeling we can't overuse him, so we need to be pretty specific about what we ask re the triangles and the messages.

Oh, and do we risk telling QS the message from Philly (as it was intended for him)?

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 		I just asked him about it, awaiting a reply. It was meant for him, so ideally he'll know what Philly was getting at.

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Sylvia, as a person with experience concerning Djinn's choices of music I have to ask that you not hold choice of bands against them. They have a habit of using bands and their lyrics that they personally can't stand, often times even detest, in order to relay a certain characteristic trait about a character.
In Overwatch they used Spandau Ballet which Jade had lamented hating on his personal blog just months earlier.
It is, unfortunately, the nature of the beast at times.

=)

Maybe we are supposed to think Philly is a hip young cat or maybe he is just eager to please and very impressionable; which people can often be when they are in their early 20s? Then again, maybe we are supposed to feel disconnected to Philly or possibly even hate him. Which could be intended if he is to come to an unfortunate demise.
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 		from Jade
short & dismissive, but with a twist?
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What a very strange development. LMGDAO. Well, at least now we know that RN is nothing more than someone's attempt to throw some strange disinformation very specifically in our direction. How very, very odd. I really wonder what they could have hoped to accomplish with this goofiness. Can't wait to tell the kids back at the office about this one. Wink


Interesting that he calls it "disinformation" rather than straight incompetence, eh?

Nah, Sylvia, the coffee thing was just that, a tip from one caffeine bean junkie to another. Gah, now I have to find a reason to go to IKEA... I hate going there... Razz

What's with the "butler's pantry" thing in QS's previous email? He mentions it twice. Is his somebody's butler? Confused

Philly's poem, if that's what it is, is really weird. The "Negative" all by itself made me think that maybe we're supposed to use the opposite words, like hell for heaven or freeze for burn, or something. And why is Heather's NAME in there? If she's just some random girl, that doesn't make any sense at all.
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 		Re: LOL
A butler's pantry is like a utility/storage room. He's essentially confirming that slider888SPLATgmail.com is a drop box for "business" with people one could consider "the help," not for personal correspondence with intimate acquaintances.

Re: "negative," I took that to mean that he was negating the first line about "zero growing cold in heaven." The follow-up lines confirmed that, continuing to contradict the opening line. And it's those last two lines that provided the link to Deicide and "When Heaven Burns."

I'm wondering if maybe this means Philly had a public playlist/profile on a music site like last.fm.

surfzoned wrote:

Maybe we are supposed to think Philly is a hip young cat or maybe he is just eager to please and very impressionable; which people can often be when they are in their early 20s? Then again, maybe we are supposed to feel disconnected to Philly or possibly even hate him. Which could be intended if he is to come to an unfortunate demise.


He's definitely not "hip." Hip people don't listen to Satanic death metal. They listen to people that play acoustic guitar with ennui. They're also far too disaffected to even play with magic ironically, let alone credulously.

badaim68 wrote:


I get the feeling we can't overuse him, so we need to be pretty specific about what we ask re the triangles and the messages.

Oh, and do we risk telling QS the message from Philly (as it was intended for him)?


Well, we still don't know what QS's game is, and that's kind of a problem. But if he's telling the truth about not knowing what Philly was doing, I don't see the harm in letting him know the message and its source.

The song lyrics seemed in line with our speculation that 0702 is designed to summon a malevolent entity ("prepare to fear...it will be a beacon for..."). If the poem will clue Slider in to that band and song, then I think it'd be a hint to Slider about what Philly was trying to accomplish. Why not get his opinion?

If we want to take our time with this, we might first ask Petra whether Philly listened to that band's music.

I am not comfortable revealing anything about the Open Cases. While Ethan didn't say anything about keeping the Open Cases content to ourselves, he did say he was thankful we kept WF out of the St. Pete business. For now, I think we keep MSG1-5 and the cipher to ourselves. At least until we have a better idea of what Slider is up to on his own.

MSG5
I've tried a couple different approaches to making sense of the 5 letter triplets. I get a possibly relevant partial anagram:
Dei Obligati (leftovers: FUNS...could mean "the sources of amusement for God's indispensables")

Obligati is a term that actually seems to relate to Freemasonry. The "funs" part throws me, tho. And I don't know how that relates to pentagons.

Badaim pointed out that it could be Obligati Deus Fin. Which might translate to God's last bindings, God's last servants, ending God's servants, or finishing (i.e. executing) God's servants, or ending (releasing) God's bindings.

The markings on the paper could be used to form a four-point star. L in the center, F, I, T, and O in the points. FITO is a prefix purportedly meaning 10^-24. L could be the roman numeral 50.
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 		petunia, could you post the email that you sent Jade? It's hard to tell from his email to you exactly what he is considering disinformation without knowing what you asked him or told him. Thanks

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 		Re: LOL
mortality wrote:
Well, we still don't know what QS's game is, and that's kind of a problem. But if he's telling the truth about not knowing what Philly was doing, I don't see the harm in letting him know the message and its source.

He already knows. At least, he will when he checks his email.

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 		[Meta]
If we send emails that have potential to alter the course of the game, it might make sense to post their full text so that everyone can know what was said. Not necessarily so that it can be reviewed in advance, but just so that we're all on the same page.

Kind of like we did when we came to the decision to tell Ethan about Brighton Early. The PMs probably won't let players truly derail the story, but near-full disclosure can only help us work together.

Also: I'll look less foolish. Razz Rolling Eyes
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 		what I sent Jade (before)
No problema:

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Hey Jade,

Sorry I kinda dropped the email ball there (or held on to it for too long? whatever). I've been a little under the weather, and anyway badaim (Paul), as you know, has had some rather entertaining/annoying correspondence with Mr. Slidey. Or, as he might prefer to be called, the Right Hon. Mr. Foppy McPomperton IV, Esq. Razz What a twerp, old or young. Although I can't shake the impression of someone much older than he appears, but that's probably just the unfortunate side effect of letting Chris "Crackhead" Carter have waaay too much influence on my subconscious.

Anyway, I was staring at that stupid Reality Now website (I know, I just can't let it go) and decided to try looking up some of the "usernames" (if that's what they are) on teh intarwebs one more time... figured I'd check some social networking sites and stuff, though I'm not real sure how... so I googled "devislade", and look what came up:

http://realitynow.weebly.com/thelist.html

Interesting, I thought. Those dates in particular are weird. Either they're so stupid they can't even stick with a consistent format (is it mm/dd/yy or dd/mm/yy ??), or something else is going on. And the "ivd/t" date for this magical mystery tape is almost a full year AFTER the date of the post. We think "iv" means "interview" - so they had an interview planned? Did it not happen? What the hell?

Sigh. Anyway, they don't appear to be in possession of it, which is kind of too bad, because a tape that "summons music from nowhere" might come in handy when my iPod battery dies, as it too often does. Of course I guess that depends on the music... Cowboy Junkies might not be just the ticket when I'm already half asleep and just trying to get to work safely.

Nor do they seem to have this weird black knife, although they do have a good story on it I suppose. Anyway, I thought you might be interested. Take a look and let me know what you think.

P

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mortality wrote:
Philly's poem for Slider (watch the video for context):
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But Heather zero is growing cold in heaven.
Negative.
Heaven burns.
Consuming every god in glorious ashes.


I'm sure this is totally unrelated, but there IS a Heather Zero in Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/heatherzero

Her(?) profile is worth a look if nothing else. Shocked Confused
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mortality wrote:
If we send emails that have potential to alter the course of the game, it might make sense to post their full text so that everyone can know what was said. Not necessarily so that it can be reviewed in advance, but just so that we're all on the same page.

Kind of like we did when we came to the decision to tell Ethan about Brighton Early. The PMs probably won't let players truly derail the story, but near-full disclosure can only help us work together.

Also: I'll look less foolish. Razz Rolling Eyes

Sorry. I mentioned it, but I left out the email because I thought it would be more useful after it got a response (other than the auto-reply). You're right, though, so here it is.
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Hey, Slider. You haven't heard from me yet, but I'm part of the group you've been communicating with. Our associate went to the address embedded in the files Philly left for you, and found a woman who was charged with memorizing a "poem". It was meant for you, so maybe it'll mean something to you?

But Heather, zero is growing cold in heaven.
Negative. Heaven burns, consuming every god in glorious ashes.


-Luke


On the subject of RN, maybe the ivd/t thing is something like an inventory number.

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