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bluesylvia

"con't" with an apostrophe is a typical way of abbreviating the word "continued." It's not technically correct, but it's not like rules have ever stopped English from ever doing anything Wink

I see only USBULELSBX as well, but haven't yet figured out anything comprehensible for it.

**Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:17 pm

redluckycharm

Oh ok, I'm really laughing now. Sorry about the big deal with something common, guys, my English is not THAT great so it will happen sometimes.

Oh the pleasure of learning new things.

**Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:26 pm

bluesylvia

**Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:31 pm

squid808 · Veteran Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 91

Well, it may be an obvious thing but we don't have just two marks to consider any more. We now have a line, line with one hash and line with two hashes. All of them are broken up in to groups of 5.

**Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:43 pm

anerisinaction · Boot Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 67 Location: Hiding, UK

**Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:45 pm

SiticHybrid · Unfettered Joined: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 659

Just read this- the site, and the whole thread this morning. Loving it so hard.

This might be obvious (my mind is working very slow) but ..

"notdeadbut"

Hostile.

In direct service.

(to the, implied)

heir.

Man, I can't decide how much weight I should give the name pickman. Surely it would be too obvious to have that name give us the endgame, but the stuff with heir, emphasis on his dad finding the place.. part of me really wants to see this Pickman as a descendant from Lovecraft's Pickman.

**Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:56 pm

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Jezebel the Nun · Boot Joined: 21 Mar 2011 Posts: 48 Location: Bay Area

Theory Time!

**Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:28 pm

chelbelle

Jez, I really love the theory on the sister/split.
Also, to note, schizophrenia runs in families and tends to onset around 18-25.

From all the note, should be assume Mr. Grace is "notdeadbut"?

And for the "heir" I think it might have something to do with Pickman's dad, who suggested the windmill and has left him alone all this time.

**Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:41 pm

cyng · Unfettered Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 366

Just wanted to chime in that everyone has done a fantastic job on this so far. I've wanted to play since it started but been way too busy, and going through this right now, I'm glad to see what's been so far accomplished.

Random musings:

If this is about a split personality...it makes a stronger case for abandonedwell being in game. Remember Tom would assume that he made a mistake there if it was done by his alter. Has anyone emailed that account?

also "below" would fit in with abandonedwell? perhaps?

i too wouln't discount anomie nadir as being oog quite yet...it seems to fit mood, time of creation, and the art work is possibly done by the same person

Is it possible for there to be a quick list of puzzles solved and those outstanding for a late comer like me? Pretty pretty pretty please?

with sugar on top Smile

**Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:35 pm

Jezebel the Nun · Boot Joined: 21 Mar 2011 Posts: 48 Location: Bay Area

**Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:51 pm

you. · Decorated Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 178

Been a LONG time since I've participated in anything. After reading this thread I'll be joining in on this one - looks interesting!

If the well does become part of the game it has a good tie-in to Arcadia - Arcadia is often associated with the underground Alpheus river that came to be from the god Alpheus transforming in to the river after his object of lust/love, a nymph, transformed in to the fountain that is often depicted as Arcadia (and other times it's depicted as a tombstone, such as in the Poussin paintings) - that whole folklore comes from Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Ren� of Anjou, 15th century king of France and member of the Inner Circle of the Knights Templar, believed that the underground river Alpheus was tied to the bloodline of Jesus.

A little bit more of a link to the whole DaVinci Code than just the Poussin painting at Rennes-le-Ch�teau Smile

**Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:09 am

bluesylvia

**Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:19 am

anerisinaction · Boot Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 67 Location: Hiding, UK

Re: Theory Time!

**Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:42 am

you. · Decorated Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 178

Re: Theory Time!

**Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:12 am

cyng · Unfettered Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 366

thanks a lot!! bluesylvia Very Happy

okay, regarding the marks...I was looking at them and the first thing I thought of for the crossed marks is footnote symbols. So I decided to look the symbols up.

for the double cross symbol I found a few wikipedia entries

this one is plausible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_barred_cross

but this one is stronger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dagger

particularly this bit: "Since it also represents the Christian cross, in certain predominantly Christian regions, the mark is used in a text before or after the name of a deceased person or the date of death,[2] as in Christian grave headstones." Another reference says the double cross is used before the date of someone's death.

or this might even explain it: http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/symbolism/cross/index.html

Which brought me to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_St._Peter

so we have st. peter crosses (or inverted daggers), with notch marks, and a cross of Lorraine (or diesis/ double dagger) with notch marks......sigh

I think with heir we need to concentrate on the heirs in the note: Emmett and Edmund II.

**Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:19 pm