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[3v1L Schwinn]

[xomunkixo]

I got the same email. Ditto. Didn't get the memo either. Unless *** is sufficient info.

It says enjoy your summer. I hope this isn't starting in the fall.

[windup angel]

lol, I think they must be using some other definition of the word "sufficient". or maybe today is opposite day?

The image at the oraclewatch "join us" page says "Do you know when?" so, combined with a hint about an "exact date", I'm assuming this is a valid puzzle. But I don't remember anything that might point to dates, except that "***" tease. Oh wait -

The sol magic square? Was the sequence progressing one number per day? Maybe the end of the magic square sequence is when hell breaks loose?

edit - the sequence actually wasn't one per day, it was
4/12 - 6
4/13 - 32
4/14 - 3
4/15 - 34
4/16 - 35
4/16 - 1
4/17 - 7
4/17 - 11
4/18 - 27

Assuming one card per day AFTER that point, today (5/9) we would be on square 12, which would put the last square, 31, on 5/15.

But, assuming that sequence continues repeating - 1 card per day for 4 days, then 2 cards per day for 2 days - that would put us on the last square, 31, today (5/9).

And - the source message said "on ***". Assuming one character per *, and following the 589 to 5/8/9 transformation, the last character is likely 9, so we are looking for a single digit month and a single digit day. If it isn't 5/9/9, then we're likely to be waiting until at least 6/1/9 for the promised "so much more".

So, I'm suggesting we brace for hell to break loose something today, folks. Worst case, by 5/15, unless they've totally hosed their clues up (or unless I have.)

[classical]

That seems plausible... since it was the Watchers who were posting the Sol sequence themselves.
Half the characters in the game (esp. Bricker) have hinted that something is going down, and going down very soon. And both Bricker and Rage have gone into 'hiding', so to speak, this weekend. So I really don't think the 'enjoy your summer' was a hint that this is going to really "start" in the fall... took it more like we're going to have an adventurous summer ahead of us.

Man, hurrying through the puzzles to only have to wait again, haha. /impatient

[Wulf74]

I'm starting to think we've missed more than just one clue. And frankly, I'm feeling a bit embarrassed, .
Ever since I got that package in the mail, I've been hella excited about it - but I haven't found anything in there that might be a clue.
So last night once my flight got in - I read it from cover to cover (didn't take long - not a very long book). But I tried to include Port's thoughts/scribbles/notes etc more into that part of the book. And it's no doubt that several of the things he put in there, make more sense now - like the comment written on the back flap:

[windup angel]

@wulf - okay, just brainstorming - "This is bigger than Stain" is written on the inside of the dustjacket at the right hand edge. Is there anything else on the inside of the dustjacket? Is there anything on the outside of the hard cover itself (in other words, on the outside of the book, but under the dustjacket)?

[Wulf74]

[3v1L Schwinn]

Have you employed the CSI UV/black light yet?

[windup angel]

sandleford.html and fiver.html are now gone

[Wulf74]

[classical]

H'okay.

So I got that ticket back today--I had used my parents' place as the return address--and it was not a 'bad address', as I was told, but rather... it was supposed to be forwarded to a new address, but that postal service expired.

The address it was supposed to be sent to is 4456 Culebra Ave, Santa Rosa, CA, 95409-3413. If you'll note, there's no street view of the address, but it's apparently the address of a daycare? Judging by the satelite view, it seems to be in a commerical district in a larger building... there might be multiple offices inside that building, too. Definitely not a house, though.

Think I should try to resend the ticket to this address, guys? Or maybe try to contact Bricker again to 'wtf' at him, as he knowingly gave me an outdated address, for whatever reason. (Part of me wonders if I just unwillingly discovered the PM HQ, but I want to believe that our crazy PMs wouldn't overlook that detail that these forwarding services expire...)

[windup angel]

[classical]

Hmm. I see what you are saying. Might be a townhome of sorts, then.

Still! Weird that he would give me an out-of-date address. I have a feeling I was not supposed to see this address... I did send an email to him, but since he's apparently out of town for however long, I dunno if I'll get a response.

edit;; huh

I got a very general 'vacation response' type of message from Bricker. So no thoughts as to what the hell is up with this address yet. However, it had this image attached, which has this written at the bottom:

"'Hmm.' She paused thoughtfully. 'I should speak to the Wolf before (persuing?) the writer.'"

(A very gentle cluebat, perhaps?)

[xomunkixo]

Does that mean it's time to talk to Rage? Or that we have to wait?

[windup angel]

I'd be tempted to consider "speak to the Wolf" as a reference to Wulf74.