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[TRAILHEAD?] "What if the game is a coverup?"
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HitsHerMark
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MrToasty wrote:
More twitter:
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There are gardens robotde around the base - one sign named for Canada Lands Company. That related to Galt?


Is the Canada Company mentioned above and the Canada Lands Company the same?

Damnit, I have to go out, I don't have time for this. You're all the devil!
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MrToasty
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From wiki:
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The company was dissolved on December 18, 1953.


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Nighthawk
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http://www.famousamericans.net/johngalt/

?!?

*EDIT*
http://schools.hpedsb.on.ca/smood/fathers/galt.htm

Quote:
Alexander Tilloch Galt was born in London, England, September 6, 1817 and came to Canada in 1835 when his father, the novelist John Galt, became commissioner of the Canada Land Company with responsibility for the land settlement of the Huron Tract between Lake Erie and Lake Huron. Alexander himself became a clerk with a similar land company in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, where he was soon promoted to be commissioner of the company.

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thebruce
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ok, managed to find wifi, and a plug, so I've got 'net, right by the tower Razz

anyway... I'm uploading some pics to flickr.
Galt leads:
- founded Canada Lands Company - at the base around the tower are some planted gardens with signs displaying various cities. One is just dedicated to the Canada Lands Company. Can't find anything referencing Galt though. Something soon in this area?

- there is railway junction (link) near the tower related to Galt, the city. No concrete location though (google map)
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Thoughts:

The note from Gaia seems to be in four parts:

1) Part of a story
2) Statement that more of the story will come sheet by sheet (as th egame progresses?)
3) Statment that there is a token of gratitude waiting in the fields surrounding Galt
4) Hint that New York may be next

So, Maybe this is all of the clues from toronto? Maybe the token of gratitude is a reward of some kind, rather than another clue.
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Nighthawk
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Mayhaps this is something?

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

Speaks of Alexander Tilloch Galt, who built railways with this guy.

Quote:
A monument to his achievements exists in Casimir Gzowski Park, on the Lake Ontario waterfront, in Toronto, to the east of the Humber River.


How far off is that park? I show it not far from the CN tower.
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thebruce
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ok it's after 6 but i'm waiting to go up the tower. just caught the "will find you in the fields surrounding galt"

i haven't been waiting in that garden area, let alone at the glass floor. i may have failed Sad but at least i didn't fail expectations "failure is expected" Razz

still, checking the glass floor. if there's something about galt up there.. grrrrrr...

phone is dead too. so no more live twitter
pics are up on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebruce0/sets/72157604402552861/
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thebruce
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ok, went up, looked down, saw X's near the gardens and the area around the base, then realized they were light fixtures. went back again, noticed white spots in the grass fields around the area. remembering 'piece the truth together' thinking maybe there were pieces to find. went down, found they were garbage Razz

so I go nothing - no token, just the message from Gaia.

and no update in-game?
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Been watching for a new video, but nothing today. That's it then?

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thebruce
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still looking for any tips about galt... hoping that 4-6 was only for finding gaia, not for gettng the token Confused
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thebruce
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hah, wow, just read over the copies of my tweets... dumb T9 word guessing! Razz

Anyway, got the other 2 pics up, of Gaia - strangely, the only two that didn't upload the first time.

behind the salmon run fountain


front of the salmon run


looking up at the observation deck of the tower


closer look at the glass floor (right)


earth pattern inside the ticket foyer of the cn tower


Gaia, before I made contact


a couple wacky guys thought she looked cool and wanted a picture


continuation of the salmon run theme, that Gaia was standing on


the letter gaia handed me


canada lands signage, related to John Galt


canada lands company garden in the immediate vicinity


gardens (and fields?) around the base of the tower


the letter in full reads:
Quote:
They hung her with my child inside
of her. I saved the little girl, but
the townspeople drowned her, too.

The histories will be distributed
sheet by sheet.

Gather a team to piece the truth
together before she stops it.

A toke of gratitude will find you
soon in the F(f?)ields surrounding Galt.
Gotham is not yet safe.


and that, as they say, is that.
could find nothing else of significance related to Galt, other than the canada lands company connection, and if the instructions "a token of gratitude will find you" meant I had to wait somewhere, then since nothing found me, likely I missed it.

However it may be possible that this is the token, one sheet, a 'history' - a piece of 'the truth'. In which case, that was all for this drop.

chatting with hitshermark, it may be likely that "watch for the japanese faust" was referring to Gaia in her costume - she thinks it may be related to cosplay, which would give meaning to that riddle.
And thus it seems one question remains: what/where is "Fields surrounding Galt"?

(flickr photoset)


I've messaged songwraith at youtube, and I'll stick around for a bit more at the tower in case something was missed or can be worked out. I'm in a cafe, with free wifi, so I'm going to eat because I'm starving Smile
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Good Job man, at least we have a solid lead!

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Idta
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Great job!!!

Such pretty pics too.
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thebruce
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thanks.
quick, small update... response via youtube:

"The token will find you with[sic] seven days"

looks like I did all that was necessary.
let's hear it for un-necessarily high expectations Razz
hey, it was a nice day in toronto and I spent it outside.
fitting end to the day. s'all good, heh.
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Tresbien
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[Video] Hunting season is now open

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpJxbNkpNo
Description in morse: -. --- .. - .- -.-. --- .-.. | . .... - | -.. -... (more)
Added: April 09, 2008
-. --- .. - .- -.-. --- .-.. | . .... - | -.. -. ..- --- ..-. | . ...- .- .... | ..- --- -.-- | .-.. .. - -. ..- | - --- -. | - ..- -... | . --. .- .--. | ... .. .... - | --- - | .--. .- -- | ... .. .... | .-. --- ..-. | - -.-. .- - -. --- -.-. | . -.- .- -- | - ... ..- -- | ..- --- -.-- | -.-- .- .-- | .-.. .- .. -.-. . .--. ... | .- | -.. .- .... | - .-.. .- --.

One translator gave this:
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Audio: Welcome to the echelon. You have done well so far. John Galt inherited seven pages of our history. Page three is here. The others will soon be revealed. Charles Bond gave page six to Gaia before he died. Form a research team near his resting place. Gaia will meet them soon. These pages are fragile and powerful when recombined. Be careful.

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