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[EMAIL] Latest emails sent by us

[MageSteff]

I sent one out to ladybee777, I did a google for mayday and silence and came up with a couple of interesting pages:
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mayday

[Skeithsjgmnt]

This is true

[ScarpeGrosse]

Oooookaaaayyy...

_(nutjob)

[Revealer]

Here is an email I sent to ladybee777/Sleeping Princess today:

"Hello.

You are not alone anymore. As you know; many of us have been reading what you have written and think about it and you often.

I am glad that you are enjoying our literature and culture. There are many works that make us fascinating and unique. Some of us have begun to send you new stories. I hope that you enjoy them too.

But all of this; our culture, Dana and the friends that you have made, might be destroyed if the Flea is allowed to continue leading the Queen. The Flea is not a friend of ours. It's friends and parents want to destroy us all and will if they learn our location. We do not have a way to defend ourselves from the Flea's parents.

I can understand why you are staying out of the Queen's way right now. I think that is a good idea. In her state of mind there is no telling what she might do, especially with the Flea whispering in her ear. We do not want you to get hurt!

But is there something that you might be able to do to save us without revealing yourself? Could the Widow be revived to attack the Flea, maybe at a critical moment when the Flea is distracted? Again, please do not do anything that would get yourself hurt! We care. You are important. Simply keeping us informed about what is going on is really very good. Thank you.

Stay well,
Revealer"

I don't know what kind of reaction it will get or even if it was wise, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

[Dorkmaster]

Whilst trying to not derail this thread, I just wonder how we know that the flea is evil? I know that this has been debated and unsolved, but for that very reason I don't think we're going to get anywhere by emailing assumptions. Anyway, I know you can't screw up the game or anything by emailing, so why not? I'm not trying to come down on you or anything, I just wondered about your assumption that the Flea is evil...

[Shad0]

Re: [EMAIL] Latest emails sent by us

[Dorkmaster]

Shad0, I know literally where the idea flea=evil comes from... I'm simply stating that this is spec based on spec. That's the kind that always could be correct, but more by chance than any true deductive skill. I mean, for a long time we thought the flea was as much an ally as the Princess (who we still don't know to be well-intentioned either, BTW...) I'm just taking the devil's advocate position by arguing we should textually evidence or back up spec. Not that it makes this line of spec less valid, just saying I don't buy into spec until I've seen something that tells me that there's it's got a basis in the game. So far, all I've seen the flea do is kill off SPDR, which no one was rooting for (from what I've seen), as well as be described by the SP as a nasty little infestation (when she didn't have a grasp of English yet, mind you)... so that nasty little infestation part could have just referenced the point that the flea could just have been an outsider, not necessarily bad or good... Anyway, like I said... just playing Devil's Advocate to get discussion going. carry on...

[Revealer]

You're absolutely right, Dorkmaster. It has not been proven yet that the Flea is Covenant, but I believe the evidence is very strong. I won't list it here or we'll really get off topic. Maybe when I get some time I'll compile all the references and put them on the Wiki.

I could have modified my statement to the Princess that "if the Flea is a Covenant AI like I suspect..." but I didn't. Oh well.

By the way, I don't think the Flea is evil. It's just doing what it was designed to do. I don't even think the Covenant are evil, but they do have it in for us and out of self preservation they must be stopped.

Emailing or sending assumptions to the characters might not get us anywhere, or it may spur a lot of activity on their part. That was my intent in the first place, to get some kind of reaction.

Also, I believe that if we wait until something is "proven" before acting on it we'd be pretty bored and just sitting around waiting for the PMs to hand us the answers. (Gee, that feels kind of familiar ) I think that at some point we have to run with what we have until it is either supported or shown to be a dead end.

Oh, and if you were worried that my "wise" comment meant that I was concerned the email might do some damage; I wasn't. It was just an attempt to stay in the spirit of the game by being "afraid" of repercussions. Too subtle?

And you don't have to worry about bashing or hurting my feelings. I'm not that fragile. I do have a lot of respect for your opinions and the hard work you've put into this and always welcome your thoughts.

[fireball]

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[vpisteve]

Nice! Good job, fb.

[GloryFish]

Here's my first-ever interaction with an ARG. I know it's not very creative, but I'll get better over time.

[Astald]

You should have put one of the names in your subject to vote GloryFish, unless you sent that in another e-mail. I voted for the question to find out who the Pious Flea was. I sent my own questions to her, but being the idiot I am, I forgot to copy them. Ah well, if she uses them, you'll see them. Onto your questions. They sound like good questions, but the axon thing may be over or solved by the time SP (one of my questions was asking who she really was) answers more questions. But go ahead and ask whatever questions you want, no harm, no foul.

[Doppelganger-X4]