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Abraxas
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 		I compared the "correct" and the "false" alphabet. Three differences I could spot:

1. The third character in the second line of the correct alphabet is missing from the other one. I think this must be a J. ThisEve probably confused it with one of the I.

2. The third modification of U (3rd character in 4th line in false alphabet) is missing from the correct one. Perhaps this hints at a rule for modifications? ThisEve applied it wrong?

3. Three out of the four last characters in the correct alphabet are missing from the false one. And it's all of those with the curve underneath.


@jaeger
Just wanted to say that my thread about the logo is not a reference thread. It's just a normal thread. If you have anything about the logo, feel free to post it there. Smile
That's why we have our own section, to spread things out a little. I wasn't sure if you were aware of that, because you mentioned you wanted to "keep things together". Not sure if that's what you meant.

I'm going to edit in the new things we got.

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jaeger138
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 		Oh right! Ok, wasn't sure what it was there for but it makes sense. I shall post all future theories about the logo there as it will a little less cluttered here. But do;t forget to update the wiki with known facts people!

EDIT: So got a message from OP. Was oce again warning him not to use the stone and he's paranoid, foolhardy and stubborn, as is shown in the message:

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Why would I want to stop? Maybe you're working for them? Maybe you're jealous? I am busy, I need to find the rift.


So he's going to find the rift, pass over to That and screw us over methinks.

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bluesylvia
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Hmm..

At first I thought it was a problem with your reality still using microsoft! Then I started to see the patterns in the code. I thought I might be able to find the source virus, but when I decoded it I found your message.

Unfortunately, as I have told Jaeger already, I was stupid! I took their stones and their weapons with me (as I had been given them to study). But when I went to get some food, your Eve must have stolen the stones and ran away with all her things. I don't think anything else is missing. But if what you're telling me is correct, the patients will need the stones to return to health. Is there anywhere else I can get these stones? I suppose the alternative is to find Eve...somehow! Perhaps the logo will give us a clue as to where she will be?


(I decoded my message about ThisEve because I wasn't sure if the wrong eyes might see the message otherwise.)

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jaeger138
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 		Just thought I'd add the correspondence I've had with Eve and OP despite blue putting Eve's message above.

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I'm such an idiot! I let your Eve out of my sight when I went to get some groceries. When I came back, your Eve was gone and she took the white stones and all her stuff. I still have her black stone though. I've had to go into hiding again. (I'm running out of places!) I'm staying in my Aunt's house. She's out of town for a few weeks and she left me the keys to look after her plants. Your Eve doesn't know about it (her Aunt lives in Germany). Please tell the others, I'm trying to help Blue with a problem she is having with her computer.


Also, OP seems a little less paranoid but he's still determined as ever.

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Your words are kind. Thankfully, your worry is needless. The TEDO cannot hurt me now. In fact, they must be hiding. I am at the coordinates of their lair and there is nothing here but rubble. Someone must have come before me. I cannot find the rift. Where is the rift?


Maybe the clompass tells us where the rift is?

Also, the strange logo, is it directions somehow?

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RAD24
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 		Damn, I missed a bunch.

Ok, today when I got home, there were 2 emails in my inbox, the first was the usual "The stone isn't bad" email Laughing

Quote:
My dear Rad24, there is not problem with the stone. It merely brings power! Thanks why they want it back! They are jealous! They are scared! They are small.


The second was a forwarded message, in which he had said:

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These are funny people we are dealing with. The old man gave me my alias.
It is also an anagram and I intend to do what it suggests.


We didn't know his alias was an anagram for something, did we? Well, the only meaningful anagram I got was "Stop Him". So, stop OP? Or someone else? I'm leaning more towards OP at this point.

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jaeger138
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 		I assume he was given the name as an instruction so maybe 'him' is someone else. But either way we do need to stop OP. If we find a rift, we shouldn't tell him where it is but we do need to find ThisEve, and OP may be the only one who can if she's gone through a rift.

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AUZ505
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 		Not sure if this was mentioned already. From the Logo email:

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By the way, I don't know about your reality, but in mine, MicroSoft went bankrupt when Tesla Electrical merged with Domain for Office two years ago. Nobody uses Microsoft anymore.


Of course the new big software company is TEDO: Tesla Electrical and Domain for Office
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jaeger138
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 		Well we knew about the merging, but didn't catch the TEDO reference, well spotted! In that case, our communications coud be more easily intercepted than we thought.

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Abraxas
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 		Hehe.

That makes little sense. Eve does not wonder about the acronym of the alleged terrorist group although it's the same as the one for the new software giant?
Our PM is sneaking in a couple references too much, now. Laughing

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 		Probably just having a little bit of fun at our expense. But maybe it's an indication of TEDO's reach in ThatDimension, a secret evil super power! Eeek!

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Abraxas
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 		Except for the whole secrecy part. Razz

I edited this over at the Lanugage thread, but you may not notice, that's why I'm posting it here as a reminder for all of us (thanks, Blue!)...video with spoken Language:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63peBNrIsk4

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jaeger138
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 		Excellent work Abraxas, you're very much an asset. I'm hoping we might get more spoken words though, it may help towards discovering more, and also hope we can get the rest of the alphabet sorted.

But more importantly, I'm hoping we get more info on the clompass and the logo, maybe we can try to get in touch with A and T if they're up to it.

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bluesylvia
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AUZ505 wrote:
Not sure if this was mentioned already. From the Logo email:

Quote:

By the way, I don't know about your reality, but in mine, MicroSoft went bankrupt when Tesla Electrical merged with Domain for Office two years ago. Nobody uses Microsoft anymore.


Of course the new big software company is TEDO: Tesla Electrical and Domain for Office

Oh, nice catch, Auz! I totally didn't notice that.
I think it's there to show us the extent of TEDO's reach within ThatWorld.
And also that they're not very creative in naming. ;p

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Abraxas
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jaeger138 wrote:
Excellent work Abraxas, you're very much an asset.


No, it's thanks to Blue, who reminded me of this. Smile

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RAD24
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 		Got this, in reply to me asking if the anagram he mentioned before is "Stop Him"

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It is all clear to me now! This is the mission wherewith I have been commissioned! I must stop him from doing this to other families! I found a clue in the TEDO's lair. It is a beacon. The stone helped me find it. I will follow it to the rift. I will cross the realities I will again be with my family!


EDIT: And this, after asking who he wants to stop:

Quote:
Do not pretend you do not know. You are clearly allied with him. He killed my wife's double. He wanted to kill my family also. Keir de Hill. Don't think that I don't know!


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