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Tresbien
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Email from echo

Also got one from echo:
Quote:

ch1nn2l 3s br4k2n

m1ny v43c2s p5sh3ng 4n d44r

d3st4rt34n c15s3ng fl44d 4f s3l2nc2

y45r k3nd 3s m1k3ng h3m gr4w

m1ny h1v2 j43n2d th2 f13thf5l

kn22l3ng 1t f44t 4f th2 bl1ck4n2



I replied, "Th3s 3s d3st5rb3ng n2ws 2ch4. C1n w2 h2lp y45?" This is disturbing news echo. Can we help you?

ETA: I'm curious about why echo decided to change his form of communication to this number substitution method and wonder if it's to confuse d.

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amandel
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Hehe--mine is sort of a combo of the previous two which easily transcribes:
Code:
distortion causing interference
transmissions not coming through
voices calling
are silenced

Jiangling--so agreeing that it sounds very bad. Yet how does one control the words of another or their inferior choices? Sad
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Psysop
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Echo's mail to me was:
Quote:
ch1nn2ls 1r2 br4k2n by bl1ckn2ss
y45r k3nd f52ls th2 d3st4rt34n
h2 thr3v2s
4n w3ngs 4f d3ss2nt34n

Translated:
Channels are broken by blackness
your kind fuels the distortion
he thrives
on wings of dissention
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walkingpaper
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echo?

a few thoughts:

-this doesn't sound like echo. the tone, nor the method of communication

-we've been told repeatedly to ignore distortion, but have we missed a clue about how we can actively battle him?

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Trillian
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Echo's answer when I asked how we can help and how we could find those strengthening D.:
Quote:

231518195

=> WORSE

I agree that the number-code is strange but I don't see any inconsistencies in the the style the messages are written in (e.g. "your kind fuels the distortion" sound very Echo-like to me).

I've no idea what we should do next.

EDT: Just found another mail from Echo:
Quote:
my w4rds b23ng d3st4rt2d

b2f4r2 th2y r21ch

str5ggl3ng 1g13nst

n43s2 4f h1tr2d

#######################333


translates to:
my words being distorted
before they reach
struggling against
noise of hatred

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Kendra_W
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1 g4t t3h3s t00
Maybe we should try to call

Got the kneeling in front of the blackone email. Should we try to count all the numbers? Maybe the number answer echo gave earlier is a phone number to call with the Seattle area code. Have to try that tomorrow morning.

Take Care,
Kendra

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Tresbien
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Re: 1 g4t t3h3s t00
Maybe we should try to call

Kendra_W wrote:
Got the kneeling in front of the blackone email. Should we try to count all the numbers? Maybe the number answer echo gave earlier is a phone number to call with the Seattle area code. Have to try that tomorrow morning.

Take Care,
Kendra


I got the "231518195" email, too. It's nine digits long so not a phone number. It is a valid Social Security number for a living person, but I doubt that's its purpose. It's not a nine-digit zip code. I couldn't get any meaning from predictive text but maybe someone else can.

Since echo's message was a letter/number substitution, I suspect this may be one, too. Perhaps he's having to work harder to communicate to avoid detection by d?

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amandel
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Also rcvd "231518195" and agree that it's transcription into WORSE is in regard to Echo's present strength deterioration. Crying or Very sad
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Tresbien
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I completely missed that post above (trying too hard and missing the obvious!). Sorry and thanks for pointing it out amandel.

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amandel
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@Tres--Didn't realize that Smile and with this Mother-of-all-info-loads am planning to pace myself with gallons of Coffee

The more I read the more disturbed I feel toward D. and his ability to taint and distort these yearning spirits.
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amandel
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Email from Echo--not, I think, in response to any specific question I asked and just happy he seems OK again.
Quote:
the delay strengthens my words

you are hearing me

soon another


A 2nd answering a question regarding whether we should soften or sharpen our focus re Uncle D and those he's "tainted".
Quote:
focus on darkness increases darkness

do not feed wolf

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Jiangling
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Got an email back from the one where I asked him what else we can do to fight distortion.

Echo wrote:
distortion does not stop

only slows

only distorts

voice preparing to break through

already transmitted

you will hear

slumber will end


So... that sounds like a wordy reiteration of the instructions we've gotten all along: patience.

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Jiangling
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amandel wrote:
The more I read the more disturbed I feel toward D. and his ability to taint and distort these yearning spirits.


Agreed. I find D actively scary. Like haunts my creepy thoughts at night scary. =/ At least Echo's last couple of emails imply that he can't do too much in the way of lasting damage.

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waitress#2
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Yay for me! I got an Echo email too and it sounds promising. Very Happy
I had emailed him that there were a lot more of us that were ignoring d than there were of those who were feeding him and this was his response.

Quote:
distortion weakening

one can not withstand many

a voice is murmuring

listen it will grow

soon


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Kendra_W
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Time for a slumber party
Shall we play Quija or Light As A Feather?

Yay, some communication from Echo, who seems to be okay for the moment! I asked what to do about the one person talking to you know who. Echo wrote:

Quote:
follower of distortion only stops himself

they will not end words

only hinder

one prepares to end slumber


Wonder if slumber means anything else important, other than the metaphorical "they were dead in purgatory" angle. Could be a key word to other things. Maybe our next Echo's Angels assignment is to track down the dead kin of the person whose SSN we might have.

Take Care,
Kendra

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