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Abraxas
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 		Honestly never occured to me that Aztlan was something real. And now, look at this...TEDO are Quetzalcoatl!

We also got that big wink with the Sun Stone...yeah, and the Jaguar. Which was the only place I ever recognised any of this mythology.

I wonder how much else is based on Aztec mythology. Probably a whole lot. Just look at the word Per'tnel. Similar to the phonetic writing of Aztlan which seems to be Az'tlan.

Beacon was a lighthouse, then, huh? Well, I didn't know what else it could be. But those coordinates must have been a little off then or that's just ThatEarth having it a little different.

Oh, and I have no idea how to proceed. Or what we are looking for, right now. Sorry! Just passing through, I guess. Neutral

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carpathianroses
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 		A few emails from O.P.

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Me:Bluesylvia discovered the source of the symbol and told me about your trip to mexico. Can you tell me anything about that trip? Did anything strange happen?


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O.P: Nothing strange really, unless you count the policeman who wanted to charge us a "fine" because we looked foreign and he thought we didn't know the Mexican road laws. I still remember asking him in my semi-fluent Spanish to take us to see his superiors. He suddenly lost interest in the fine!

But now that I'm thinking about it, we started catching the taxi after that. One of our first taxi drivers was taking us to see the Sun Stone. It was the day of the dawning of the "6th Sun" (I forget the exact date). He told us that there would be two celebrations that day, one for the dawning of the 6th Sun, but another by the Organisasión Democratica de los Educadores de Teotihuacan (Teotihuacan Educators' Democratic Organisation). I didn't think much of it at the time, but now that I think about it, I remember asking him about it. He said that he was a new member of it. They were organised to attempt to bring back some of the "ancient glory of the ancients". He said that on the day of the dawning of the 6th Sun, they would travel to a place he called "El Manantial". Now that I think of it, it may all be related to what is happening today.


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Me: you saw the sun stone? did you attend the celebration? you do realise that the democratic organization's abbreviation is TEDO...


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O.P: Sure! The Sun Stone is a well known attraction in the area. It is where the calendar comes from. Although the taxi driver said it is not a calendar at all, but some sort of book. Anyway, Rhea and I thought that the guy was a little bit crazy, so we did not go to his celebration. Instead, we went to see the dawning of the 6th Sun with the rest of the tourists.

Hmm...I hadn't noticed the acronym... they do seem to be everywhere...even in our world...

What do you think the symbols at the bottom of the beacon might mean?


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Me: I'll take a closer look at them when i get home. what else can you tell me about the sixth sun thing? we are trying to locate another rift and we think it has to do with the aztecs. the red symbol on the beacon thing is an aztec symbol.



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O.P: Um I'm not sure. I can't even remember the date. It was back in 1991 I think. We heard there was some unrest in the city, something about a terrorist group being apprehended before a coup attempt. Now I wonder if the taxi driver's group was involved...


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Teotihuacan Educators' Democratic Organisation

Ahah I love it.

Also, "El Manantial" means "The Source."

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 		New video posted by ThatEve featuring our beloved Tylean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I-NPJHiTQ4&feature=sub

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 		From TEDO, after asking about the lesson of the Rabbit and the lesson of the Snake, from their last email (apparently it's all one lesson):

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It is the tale of the rabbit AND the snake. Interesting that Tylean should now chose to call himself the Rabbit again, after all this time. After all, he discovered the lore. I'm afraid that is a lesson we only teach the Lorsham. You will have to wait.


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carpathianroses
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 		More mail from ThisEve. An image was attatched and i will upload it to the wiki.

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ThisEve:I found another beacon. Then entrance for this one was also far away from the lighthouse. This entrance was also in the south of the island in a cave. I haven't shown OP yet. He seems to know too much for someone who isn't meant to know anything...

Again, when I got to the large room at the end of the tunnel, I found that all my electronic equipment was useless. I had a candle-lamp this time. This time, there was a very dark marble table in the middle of the room. The table seemed to be attached somehow to the floor, which was made of the same material. The top was round and in the middle were the words that I wrote down in the attachment I'm sending you. Like the other ones, there were 4 strange symbols at the bottom. There was no strange face this time though, but there did seem to be a small circle where something had been but had obviously been taken.

This message also seems odd. Your help and that of your friends is, as always, greatly appreciated.

I will continue searching. From what we've been told, there should be at least one other cave to find.


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 		The image (here) says this:
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Bi na nestrem ank fe prel lulsh fe <PLACE> vexem
Fe prel kwn fe donartnel ejert tratem


My translations:
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Literally: You now need to the person of the (PLACE) come
The people with the Donar'tnel do tratem
Possible translation: You now need to come to the people of PLACE
The people with the Donar'tnel do betray


My thoughts on PLACE:
It's written in the script that is a direct substitution for our language.
I had some letters that we already knew. HE_C_ _ANE_ _.
I thought it may be HERCUHANEUM, but upon Googling immediately found a place called HERCULANEUM. This may be our place.

Once again, we have tratem. I don't think it would be traltem. I think it may be connected with trais (traitors), so for now I'm thinking it means to betray.

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 		Interesting thing about Herculaneum... It was a destroyed city... Same as Aztlan. This time however it was destroyed by a volcano and not by invaders. Looking at the symbols underneath both clues using Symbols.com gains nothing. Not surprising however, we need something to see them in context. But since there are ALWAYS 4 symbols my guess is they are numbers, maybe coordiantes or directions.

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 		Or dates.

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 		Partial translation of Tylean's second message:

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Eve, bitte...sie müssen sie zu finden. Esta es la unica[..] Dwond fai fe alovieb perk ne vexem na. [..] Eve...you must find them.


The first sentence is German. The second is Spanish. The third is Language. The fourth might be Portuguese? The last is English.

The German part shold be either "Eve, bitte...sie müssen sie finden." or "Eve, bitte...sie müssen versuchen ("try") sie zu finden.". "Müssen" doesn't need a "zu" (English: "to"), it's like the English "must".

Translation attempt:

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Eve, please...they/you must find them. That's the only way[..] Where are the alovieb...why don't they come, now? [..] Eve...you must find them.



Regarding the symbols:

The third symbol is the same in both. If these were dates, that could be the year. First day could be day and month in any order. And the fourth? The reality? Or the "cave"? You know, one of those seven. Although, those caves could very well be the realities.

Or each of them represents a two-digit number. The third is the first part of a year. But then why limit this to 4-digit years? Those caves should be very old.

Some of the symbols look a little bit like digits with some of the lines erased or some added.


Another thing:

They have found another beacon, was it the second one or did I miss any? ThisEve mentions that it is far away from the lighthouse, again. OOG, I don't know what that tells us. The beacon=lighthouse theory is wrong? Or the theory is correct, but the places are scattered around the lighthouse? Do we believe to have found some way to pinpoint them?

Do the 4-character symbols relate to the place in which they were found, in any way? Maybe the place they are connected to?

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 		Hi, people. First time poster, long time lurker. I'm Camila and I'm from Chile. I've been following this for a while and just recently wrote to OP. I told him that I speak Spanish and could help him with some translations. This is what I got back:

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OP: ¡Muchas gracias Señorita Larsen!

I think your help will be very useful; my Spanish is not that good after all these years.

Please tell the others that I am well.

Eve has taken us to a little hotel in England somewhere and she has confiscated my laptop. She is out at the moment and I am using the Hotel's internet room. I think that the beacons tell us about certain places in history and at certain times. Perhaps your knowledge of Spanish and Latin American history will help us?

I should get back to my room before Eve comes back.

SSS,

OP Smith


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 		Places and times? Okay:

Azec Sun stone- Discovered Dec 17, 1790 in Mexico city.
Stone 2?- Herculaneum, destoyed by Mount Vesuvius aprrox. Aug 24, 79 CE

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 		Good job with the video, Brax! I can do made up languages better than real ones. Wink

Just received this from OP:
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I've been spying on Eve here at the hotel. She was talking to someone on the phone about a third beacon being found. I assume she gave it to you? If so, could I get a copy of it? I know I'm not much help, but I hate it when Eve keeps things from me. I still think there something we're missing about her.


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 		Ummm....

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Theo: Dear Ms Roses,

I am pleased to report that your family has now been found. They are now safely in the hospital and we will be able to continue their treatment. The Mental Health Tribunal met in their absence and confirmed their Continuing Care and Treatment Order. We will now be able to treat your family medically and surgically in the next week or so.


Also, convo with ThisEve.

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ThisEve: OK, I think I've got the last one. Here it is. Any progress on the other 2? This one is the worst, I think.
I think someone was following me, so OP and I have moved to a hotel in England. I'm worried that he may be telling people where we are. I don't know how someone could have followed me otherwise. I have confiscated his laptop for now.

I think we will have to travel to the other world soon, but I would not like to do so when we don't know much about where the beacons are.

Work quickly; I must know where the three sources are.

I will help your friends as soon as I get to the other world.


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Me: What if the four symbols at the bottom are numbers? like years?


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ThisEve: That is an interesting point. I have never thought of that before...But it is not like any numbers I have ever seen before.



More from O.P:

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Me: At this point anyone could be involved. The hospital is completely overrun by TEDO now


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O.P.: That's why I'm worried about Eve. I'm not sure if she told you, but she went out looking for more caves. I followed her this time. I don't think she saw me. She found one and set up camp some distance from the entrance (I guess she must have been afraid to go in there at night). She told me how she found the first cave. I had asked her how come no one had found it before us. She said that it was concealed. She said that you have to use the stones to open it. So, I took the black stone with me. (She thinks I don't know where she keeps it. - Don't worry after what happened last time, there's no way I'd use it again.) So when I got to the entrance, it looked like a cliff face, but I knew what I was looking for - a little groove where the stone could fit. The entrance appeared before my eyes. I entered and followed the long passage way. After a while, my torch gave out. Luckily, Eve had told me about that and I brought a lighter (I don't smoke, but I think they always come in handy).


To cut a long story short, there was a table in the middle of the room. It had an inscription. Unfortunately, I didn't bring anything to write with me. But in the middle, I found a perfectly found black stone. At first I thought it must be crystal, but when I took it back to where Eve and I are staying, I studied it. I think it is obsidian. Isn't it some sort of glass made from volcanos or something? Anyway, it doesn't seem to have the strange properties of the black stone that Eve has confiscated. Its just shiny. Anyway, I don't think there's anything written on it or anything, but I thought it might be important for some reason. Needless to say I haven't told Eve, but I thought you should know. Reminds me of a time Rhea and I went to see the ruins at Pompeii, I don't know why.


Hmm....

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 		Oh geez, OP! Laughing

Not good about Tylean and Abie... I wonder what happened to ThatEve...

The image (here) is difficult for me to read. I don't understand everything. Or, really, any of it.

What I get for a transcription:
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kwa desd (?) zal kosald fo dn yatux _exo um (%) <?> (%)al herdhal(%) fo

Which means... absolutely nothing to me.
I understand kwa (what; that), yatux (we), and I believe um is and. But after that I have not even the slightest clue. The only vague idea I have is that perhaps it is a chant or something.

The eighth character (or third word) I have never even seen before. It's probably a whole word by itself, rather than just a single character.

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