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[EMAIL] Our New Mission
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RiotGrrl
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 		[EMAIL] Our New Mission
Theo's E-mail Operated by James
Hey guys,

Just got this e-mail from James in my e-mail box, from the Theo account:

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Hi Everyone,

Many of you probably already know this: the person behind this email address is actually James Mutters. I'm running Theo's efforts against the 2008 agonothetai.

Last week I was ambushed by 9 members of Team Agonothetai. Perhaps you've seen the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7IKMSjXf7k

They physically restrained me and convinced me to run a personal labyrinth on the roof of the building where I work. I didn't think it would work. But it did. I connected with a parallel me. Not only that, I connected with Toria. And that changes everything.

I should back up. Toria was part of the team of 6 who were sent in 2004 to try and revive the Lost Sport. She woke up in the labyrinth in front of Grace's Church here in San Francisco. Long story short: I fell in love with her.

Things with her mission went wrong. Kentaro (their Thumos) dropped off the radar and they weren't able to get the Omph Strength high enough for all of them to return home. Eli's calculations – yes, Eli was working with them, too -- told them that only one could travel home. They picked Renata to go back to her world to tell the tale of what happened. Toria would come back after the Olympic Games in Athens and stay here with me.

But something happened at the Olympics. Inexplicably, at the very list minute, Toria decided that she was the best person to go back and tell their story. She took Renata's place.

Renata ended up having to stay here. She was furious with Toria and the whole situation. I was heartbroken that Toria had left. Together, we were easy marks for Kentaro. He convinced Renata to join Theo. Then she convinced me.

So that's the short version of how I joined Theo. Maybe my motives weren't pure at first. But listen. In the past 4 years that I've worked with them, I have come to realize something extremely important.

What Theo Says Makes Sense.

I took the Theo Oath sincerely, and I still believe it today. I hope over the next few weeks as you consider your options, many of you will take the Oath as well.

Here's what has changed for me. In the vision I had in my personal labyrinth, Toria told me that if the agonothetai get the Omph Strength over 100%, then there's a chance that I can travel back with this year's team and get to see her again.

The thing is, after working with Theo, I realize that in 2004, they never had a chance to send all six. They never had The Lost Rings, which are the only source of information for how to send the entire team home. The ompth strength was only part of the problem.

The other part of the problem is that right now we don't have access to the information on The Lost Rings. Only the most senior Theo members have that. So we don't know how to travel through the omphalos as a team. In order to get us that information, I need to move up in the ranks of Theo. I need to prove to Renata (my superior) that I'm bringing new people into the folds of Theo.

Renata told me that the next level of access requires me to complete a mission with a team of dedicated recruits. I need 27 new proven members to complete a mission which will require 27 teammates. So I need that many to go through the Un-initiation so that I can get this next mission. Together we can prove that we are serious and worthy. Mission instructions will be shared when we have a list of 27, people should work with me to become un-initiated.

I don't know what this next mission is. But it's not going to be easy. And helping out both sides is going to be risky. I think I can do it. But we're going to have to trust each other. Don't think for a second that we're not being monitored. You may know what happened to Kai when I told them that I had been compromised... Well next time it's not going to just be Kai who they grab.

Some of you may disagree with me. But the fact of the matter is that if there's any chance of me being able to see Toria again, then helping the Agonothetai is something I have to do. I hope that you will all help me gain enough new un-initiates that I'll be able to help more than I have so far.

Sincerely,

James Mutters
English Team Lead
Game against the 2008 Agonothetai

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Really interesting stuff here. Seems that James' motivations are different than what I thought. What do you guys think?

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Weezel
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 		Re: [EMAIL] Our New Mission
Theo's E-mail Operated by James
RiotGrrl wrote:
Really interesting stuff here. Seems that James' motivations are different than what I thought. What do you guys think?


Wow... almost makes you feel bad for him.. not.. I still think they are misunderstanding what happens and they're wrong... guess we'll see!
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jasper
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 		I wonder if Thermanita is someone in the upper ranks- a senior Theo member.

They sound like mobsters.

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mr.judkins
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jasper wrote:
They sound like mobsters.


Sounds like if James isn't careful he'll be sleeping with the fishes...


EDIT: Thanks so much for sharing this RiotGrrl, I've been hanging out for part two of Dav's video to hear the rest of this story - it was hard to make out all the details during the webcast of the ambush due to the wind.

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VictorSueiro
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 		We ran a labyrinth with somebody named Jorge... after the labyrinth run, Diego wondered if Jorge was somebody else that a normal guy... I've told this story in some threads... I think that he is an ancient agonothetai... a senior TheO member. And he is here, in BA... Eli spent a lot of time here...

In this terms, there must be A LOT of ancient agonothetai that couldnt get back around the world...

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Khaos
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 		Re: [EMAIL] Our New Mission
Theo's E-mail Operated by James
RiotGrrl wrote:
I need 27 new proven members to complete a mission which will require 27 teammates. So I need that many to go through the Un-initiation so that I can get this next mission.


Just sent a mail to Theo, in order to know what exactly he means by going "through the un-initiation". (The desynch task, the theo's oath or both)
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runeix ftlr
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 		as a D.A i have recived this email from james, as well. know is the time to declear / make a list of those who have actually been fully initated and ad to it to make 27 people

so far i only know of 2.

if u already are an agent but dont want it publically know email me at runeixSPLATgmail.com and i will make a list in secrecy

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Soda
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 		I would be will to join up with James, for some reason, i don't really know myself Smile but he only need 27? I think he could really help us, he seem to want to, yeah?

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Khaos
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Soda wrote:
I think he could really help us, he seem to want to, yeah?


At the very least, you could have a chance to know where the "lost rings" art is...
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AUZ505
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 		I reveived the same mail (even though my partner has not finished her mission, yet).

I asked James, what he meant with new proven members. If this includes people from the first mission or really new people?

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_june
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 		Didn't know if this was the right place to post it, but here is my Theo Oath.

http://tinyurl.com/4hk88b

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dreamerblue
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VictorSueiro wrote:
We ran a labyrinth with somebody named Jorge... after the labyrinth run, Diego wondered if Jorge was somebody else that a normal guy... I've told this story in some threads... I think that he is an ancient agonothetai... a senior TheO member. And he is here, in BA... Eli spent a lot of time here...


Forgive me for asking a really stupid question...this Jorge was not jorgeguberte, our member from Brazil, right? (I know, different country, same continent, but maybe he was there on business? Just in case Razz)

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Khaos
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_june wrote:
Didn't know if this was the right place to post it, but here is my Theo Oath.

http://tinyurl.com/4hk88b


In order to keep track of them, i'm going to put them on the wiki : http://olympics.wikibruce.com/Theo_Mission_Teams
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runeix ftlr
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 		i sent mine in a more private way, i think its good to keep track of them , but khaos was discovered by ariadne which i think is the downside of using youtube

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RiotGrrl
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 		I was wondering exactly the same thing - does going through the desynchronization task automatically make you ready for the next mission? Or do you have to take the Oath as well? I'm willing to take the Oath to go through with this...

No problem posting it. I figure that everyone should stay as informed as they possibly can.

What happened to Kai, that's referenced in the letter? Has he been captured?

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