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**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:39 am

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**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:48 am

Projectyl · Veteran Joined: 08 Oct 2008 Posts: 124

@Eric: Ooh, nice! I was stuck on thinking the answer was just "in small denominations", in keeping with the last two days' "money" and "capital".

So summarizing what (I think, at least) we have so far from the Daily Inspirations:

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:51 am

amandel

Projectyl--We already have one hidden word "vent" which as mentioned(previous page) may connect to "capital" as VENTure capital funds or firm. No probs looking for more yet this is all spec atm and not a solve so doesn't need the spoiler tags. Smile

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:27 am

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EricBerlin · Boot Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 24

Hey, wow. I didn't realize until I looked at Projectyl's wrap-up that all of the Daily Inspirations have been resolving to words that can be construed as broad categories.

I think we need to redouble our efforts on the unsolved Day 2, which I no longer believe ties to Letters Beyond The Gate or to anything else -- if the gamesters are showing any consistency here, that message will simply give us an answer of its own, without referring us to anything else on the site.

Next up: How do we use these categories? It might hidden words, as Projectyl suggests, or it might be any number of other possibilities....

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:47 am

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**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:54 am

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EricBerlin · Boot Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 24

Further thought: It's likely that the Daily Inspirations will continue through the run of the game. Therefore it's possible that while the first six days gave us a series of category (Flowers, Money, Insects...), after that, each inspiration could lead to a word that fits one of the categories.

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:15 pm

Qaqaq · Boot Joined: 08 Oct 2008 Posts: 43

What Eric says seems entirely likely to me. The second day's Inspiration has a lot of cryptic-seeming terms in it (second to none, casting off what you have left, etc.), but I can't quite make anything work. Two things I've tried, in case they inspire anyone else:

1. I used Bible Gateway to search for many of the Inspiration's words in the book of Exodus, the idea being that for any word that only appears once in that book, you would take the number of the verse and use alphabet code. It looks like "steals" (which would be a V) is the only word that applies to, though.

2. I looked for hidden words. When I saw ROMANO, I thought "oh, CHEESES would be a nice category" -- but I didn't see any others.

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:34 pm

bcjam · Boot Joined: 12 Oct 2008 Posts: 22

About "VENT"

From Rob Bell's auto-response email:

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:53 pm

FractalP · Decorated Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 258

Theories on the Second Inspiration

**Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:27 am

motris · Boot Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 19

New inspiration:

**Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:03 am

FractalP · Decorated Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 258

Huzzah!

**Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:45 am

motris · Boot Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 19

Since everything else is going by sevens, I'm not sure how the six groups will work out. The next day(s) should give us some sense of that.

I'm looking back at the second inspiration, seeing all the cryptic crossword type cluewords, etc., but still see nonsense. What still strikes me though is it refers to TNIV, Exodus when that is not really a biblical quote. None of the ones that followed did this, so maybe there is something in Exodus to search out for the answer.... I'll give a fresh look at this in the morning.

**Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:06 am

amandel

Reckon we'll get nothing solid yet this is from Savannah in reply to my asking to be "apprised of the name of the CoV's accounting/auditing firm and their location." Feel I must mention she is always polite and friendly. Smile

**Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:11 am

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EricBerlin · Boot Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 24

I've never done the ARG thing before, so I'm curious: Do these random fishing expeditions -- asking a character for her favorite number, or asking about the accounting firm, or whatever -- ever provide useful information?

**Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:41 am