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Telos954
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My MS word may be freaking out, but, it appears there's an image in the background. When I scroll too fast, or I center click with my mouse, I get squares showing up that appear to be a negative color image of something. I'm trying to figure out how to extract it if there is anything.

Also. I haven't taken the time to skim the new posts yet, so trout me if I'm posting old news, but, I assume these charts in the Around in Circles doc are just like that cipher we started with. Could be wrong, though.

I'm still not on top of my game right now. Phone wouldn't shut up about new emails, so I came to see what's up. I'll try to do more work when I'm actually awake.

Edit :
Also. With the whole 'Quoth the raven' bit, the H. Le Rennet thing made me remember something. Poe used the penname Henri Le Rennet from time to time.

Edit 2:
Forget the image thing.. I realized what it was.
I haven't rebooted in a few days, and I have Photoshop running in the background. I guess due to not having clear ram, when I lag it's showing me stuff from the other window in it. I sat there for a few minutes middle-button clicking until I ended up noticing what was in the background was an image I had open in PS. /trout
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Ok guys, haven't had a chance to read your posts from last night yet, but I've got some news.

This morning it appears that they "discovered" the leaked email to me - and something has happened, I think I've been locked out.

Got this message from Aethilides last night:

Quote:
"Apologies, did you receive an email for Active members?
If so, please alert me immediately as there is an error if so.
Thanking you.
A."


To be honest I didn't read it till this morning, so I didn't alert him like he asked. I just went about my evening as normal. Then the poo hit the fan.

At 1:11 BST I was kicked out of the Ning chat, out of the network and anything at all to do with the Ning. It was weird, but I figured their server had busted or something. Then my computer made 5 beeps, like it came from the internal speaker, then on the 6th it just shut down.

When I rebooted I couldn't access the ning, email any members, pretty much anything related to MoA. Still no access now. I'll keep you updated.

How on earth would they get access to my computer? - I think I remember reading on the wiki that this happened to a character in a previous game?




OOG META:
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Yay for OOG emails which pull back the curtain!

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:58 am
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distilled wrote:

VIOLET



As I mentioned before, in my discussion with Claire the Tarot imagery came up again. Our chats are generally quite long, and by the time I remember to copy the chat text out of Facebook the beginning is often missing.

Anyway, Claire had a flashback yesterday to New Year's Day, when Johan did his magic trick of turning a "stick" into a snake. She saw the snake make a figure 8 before turning back into a stick again. I mentioned to her that a figure 8 could also be the symbol for infinity, and that it's called a lemniscate, and that Vladimir used to bring them up. I showed her the image of the Magician trump card, including the infinity symbol above his head. We noticed that this bit about the card applies to Claire's decision to start taking charge & not be so passive: "Depending on the card's placement in relation to other cards, the message is to tap into one's full potential rather than holding back, especially when there is a need to transform something."

While looking at & reading the card, I noticed that "About his waist is a serpent-cincture or girdle, the ouroboros, the serpent devouring its own tail. The ouroboros is an ancient symbol of eternity..." This symbol came up in the previous game more than once.

Given that the illusion in this picture is the Rotating Snakes illusion, I think the violet password might be "ouroboros" or some such thing.

That is, if the Ministry hasn't decided to change it now that they've discovered their leak.

Sorry to hear about your computer, distilled. I hope nothing was seriously affected. I hope the reset itself was a coincidence and not PM-forced (locking you out would have been sufficient, no?)...but there have been too many coincidences lately.

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First off, thanks for the invite. I'm all signed up, but the bright pink is a little bit too conspicuous for covert usage whilst at work! Very Happy So it will be tomorrow before I get a chance to take a look (or maybe later if my boss goes out).

Second, WARNING META! Don't fear for my comp, seeing as this is an OOG area I can say that I recieved an OOG email from Aethilides saying that all this stuff will happen. I'm only telling you because some of the details might be important, and I dont want them to be missed. The 6 beeps may in some way be relavent seeing as they were a PM creation (he told me how it would all go down). He also stated that I would get my access back at 1:11pm BST (my access was taken away at 1:11am) - this suggests to me that the 1:11 is also somehow significant.

Thirdly, the password sounds very viable Dreamer. Hopefully we'll get a chance to try some theories out soon enough. I dont think they will change it, the PMs were probably just using the leak as a way of getting this little piece of information out to us in an IG viable way. I think that when I get my access back I will be a P like everyone else.
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dreamerblue
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Oh, this was part of a message I got from Aethalides about the poster:

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Please recruit as as many as possible - we're trying to get a good turnout for the party on 1st - otherwise it'll just be a couple of old men and a 3 year old who has only one member of family left...


This confuses me...the Ministry is made of more than just a couple of old men...and who's the 3 year old?

Edit: Ok, got lots on the Connections and Consilience page of the wiki now, but I don't have time to get all the connections we've discovered up there right now. If some of you have time, please add to it--thanks!

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Telos954
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distilled wrote:


Second, WARNING META! Don't fear for my comp, seeing as this is an OOG area I can say that I recieved an OOG email from Aethilides saying that all this stuff will happen.


Guys, think back to it as the 'facebook hacking' that happened to me in the first. Basically PM asking for people to go along with things for the point of developing the plot, with actual people involved and not just PM controlled characters.

Nothing to fear!

Edit :
By the way, I have an RL friend of mine wanting to join in on this. She's said she tried adding some of you on facebook yesterday, and joined the ministry's site on my invitation. She's made a new FB for this, by the name of Christina Delton. Dunno if she's registered here yet or not, but, she's new to this, so if she ends up messaging you and is a bit...slow to catch on... just bear with her.
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Telos954 wrote:
distilled wrote:


Second, WARNING META! Don't fear for my comp, seeing as this is an OOG area I can say that I recieved an OOG email from Aethilides saying that all this stuff will happen.


Guys, think back to it as the 'facebook hacking' that happened to me in the first. Basically PM asking for people to go along with things for the point of developing the plot, with actual people involved and not just PM controlled characters.

Nothing to fear!


Hehe, thats why I've put a little warning before I say it. I don't want to destroy the illusion, but I also don't want important information to be overlooked!




I've been trying to get some anagrams out of the "redunitcwestermancomhove" - but it occurred to me.

"red unit-c westerman com hove"

Hove is a place in the south of England - near Brighton. So, I did some digging. Observe my power!

http://www.redherringstudios.org/

Red Herring Studios, Unit C, Westerman Complex, School Road, Hove BN3 5HX T/F 01273 747503 infoSPLATredherringstudios.org

Ta da! - Have to go to lunch right now, so I've only had a scan over the site. Theres a weird set of letters on the welcome page, but thats all I've noticed which is a little strange.

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thskkksks


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Ran a WHOIS Domain search for your site, distilled. Details below:

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Domain Name:REDHERRINGSTUDIOS.ORG
Created On:09-Jun-2005 13:32:36 UTC


So my opinion is that the website itself is OOG 'tho the location might be useful.
ETA: Already FB friended Christina this morning who seems charming, Telos.
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Either that or its just an indication that we are following the wrong leads? It is red herring after all.
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I asked Claire for an invite to her Ning, and she says she sent it, but I haven't received it yet. *sigh*

I agree that the website is OOG, but there's significance somewhere. LOL, maybe the clue and solve themselves are red herrings.
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Btw, the new picture on the Ning (i have access back, it is past 1:11pm afterall!) is the cover of "Gascoigne, Bamber (1983), Quest for the Golden Hare". Which describes the saga surrounding Masquerade.


The way the Masquerade puzzle can be solved is, in the various paintings, to follow the eyeline of each animal, down the longest digit and this line will point to a specific letter. Perhaps we should employ this tactic? I'm not sure on what image though. The owl logo?


Btw, the crew name list was amended at midnight but Talaus is still shown as A - oversight by the PMs?
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Okay, got the Ning invite from Claire. Thankfully, she changed the pink.

Quote:
Please recruit as as many as possible - we're trying to get a good turnout for the party on 1st - otherwise it'll just be a couple of old men and a 3 year old who has only one member of family left...


Have we confirmed what the party if for? V's birthday is the first.
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Ok, random connection between Ampthill and an earlier puzzle:

I was looking over the history of Ampthill and came across:

Quote:
"1921: Princess Beatrice comes to Ampthill to unveil the The Cenotaph on the Alameda."


http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/webingres/bedfordshire/vlib/0.digitised_resources/ampthill_digitisation_timeline.htm


This is obviously not the one we were talking about running the London marathon! To be honest, I'm not sure it means anything - maybe the Beatrice bit was supposed to help us get to Ampthill.
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Good find with the Red Herring Studios! And awesome catch with Poe's pen name- I knew it struck me as familiar but I couldn't remember how so.

I'm just popping in quick to say that I'll probably be MIA for most of today and maybe tomorrow- moving day, yay Rolling Eyes

So, if anyone wants to email Poeas with anything we find, that'd be awesome. Have a great day, guys

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Sirannon wrote:
Good find with the Red Herring Studios! And awesome catch with Poe's pen name- I knew it struck me as familiar but I couldn't remember how so.

I'm just popping in quick to say that I'll probably be MIA for most of today and maybe tomorrow- moving day, yay Rolling Eyes

So, if anyone wants to email Poeas with anything we find, that'd be awesome. Have a great day, guys


Can't find Poeas' email address on the Wiki. Was her email address posted somewhere on this thread? Thanks.

ETA: V's latest blog entry is quite interesting, especially this bit imo.

Vanessa Atalanta wrote:
thought about what to get Father for his birthday [odly enough, same day as mine]

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