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JasonSFSD
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 		I reeaally like Luipaard's theory, seems dead on to me.

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Scion_King wrote:
Minecraft stuff


Thanks! So it sounds like HABIT's treasure was meant to send the player straight to hell?

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Mattwan wrote:
Scion_King wrote:
Minecraft stuff


Thanks! So it sounds like HABIT's treasure was meant to send the player straight to hell?
Essentially. Maybe the chest is symbolic as opposed to actually leading to a secret in the Nether, and is meant to show that accepting gifts from HABIT (sort of like the way grieck did) will only lead to damnation?
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 		I like that theory, too. The choice of pity always seemed like it had to be more than just a simple password. Also:

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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!'
'Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil, and escaped in the end, because he began his ownership of the Ring so. With Pity.'


ALL I CAN THINK OF

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Stoicheio wrote:
I like that theory, too. The choice of pity always seemed like it had to be more than just a simple password. Also:

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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!'
'Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil, and escaped in the end, because he began his ownership of the Ring so. With Pity.'


ALL I CAN THINK OF


STOP READING MY MIND

(But seriously, that's pretty much what lead me to think of it. Also this:
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The choice of pity always seemed like it had to be more than just a simple password.
is what I was thinking too.)
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 		So i decided to go out on a whim here and email the Hybrids. I suggested they try to contact Corenthal's old partner, Doctor Roberts, for information about the MT4 a few months ago, but never got an answer. After these recent developments concerning that geiger-counter thing, I decided to email them again. Here's what I sent. (Ryan's my real name, btw)

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Hey guys, Ryan again.

I emailed you a few months ago, asking if you guys ever attempted to contact Corenthal's old partner, Doctor Roberts. You never responded, I assume because you were busy (or maybe you didn't even read it, you must get many emails from us Hybrids, haha)

I'm emailing you now to strongly urge you to pursue this lead. Aside from his obvious connections to Corenthal and the Mining Town Four, according to the document Habit mailed out recently, it appears that Roberts may also know how to work that strange device you found in the storage container. In fact, as you may know, he may have even helped create it.

I also suggest, if none of us fans have already, that you forward Noah (from Tribe Twelve) a copy of the document from mediafire detailing his cousin, Milo Asher's connections with Corenthal. I suggest this because, according to the box document, Roberts last known whereabouts (to us at least) were in Florida, where Noah lives. If you can't get in touch with him, maybe Noah can?

Let me know how it goes,

Ryan

P.S.) Does the date August 16 2005 mean anything to any of you?


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Luipaard wrote:
Stoicheio wrote:
I like that theory, too. The choice of pity always seemed like it had to be more than just a simple password. Also:

Quote:
What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!'
'Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil, and escaped in the end, because he began his ownership of the Ring so. With Pity.'


ALL I CAN THINK OF


STOP READING MY MIND

(But seriously, that's pretty much what lead me to think of it. Also this:
Quote:
The choice of pity always seemed like it had to be more than just a simple password.
is what I was thinking too.)


Like to throw out that I think your theory is great, Luipaard. Just want to know more about your thoughts on Pity saving the guys, more specifically who's Pity do you think the boys need?

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 		Oh, the "show pity" part of the theory I quite agree with. I think that may yet be utterly spot-on. Why else have we been trying to promote unity between them?
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bracko81 wrote:
So i decided to go out on a whim here and email the Hybrids. I suggested they try to contact Corenthal's old partner, Doctor Roberts, for information about the MT4 a few months ago, but never got an answer. After these recent developments concerning that geiger-counter thing, I decided to email them again. Here's what I sent. (Ryan's my real name, btw)

Quote:
Hey guys, Ryan again.

I emailed you a few months ago, asking if you guys ever attempted to contact Corenthal's old partner, Doctor Roberts. You never responded, I assume because you were busy (or maybe you didn't even read it, you must get many emails from us Hybrids, haha)

I'm emailing you now to strongly urge you to pursue this lead. Aside from his obvious connections to Corenthal and the Mining Town Four, according to the document Habit mailed out recently, it appears that Roberts may also know how to work that strange device you found in the storage container. In fact, as you may know, he may have even helped create it.

I also suggest, if none of us fans have already, that you forward Noah (from Tribe Twelve) a copy of the document from mediafire detailing his cousin, Milo Asher's connections with Corenthal. I suggest this because, according to the box document, Roberts last known whereabouts (to us at least) were in Florida, where Noah lives. If you can't get in touch with him, maybe Noah can?

Let me know how it goes,

Ryan

P.S.) Does the date August 16 2005 mean anything to any of you?


The date is from one of the microfilm things they got at the library.

Also, with regards to Minerva's Den, does anyone know how much a decent capture card goes for? I might LP it for you guys.

Although just buying Bioshock 2 and Minerva's Den on the PC is probably cheaper.

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RaptorRed wrote:
Luipaard wrote:
Stoicheio wrote:
I like that theory, too. The choice of pity always seemed like it had to be more than just a simple password. Also:

Quote:
What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!'
'Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil, and escaped in the end, because he began his ownership of the Ring so. With Pity.'


ALL I CAN THINK OF


STOP READING MY MIND

(But seriously, that's pretty much what lead me to think of it. Also this:
Quote:
The choice of pity always seemed like it had to be more than just a simple password.
is what I was thinking too.)


Like to throw out that I think your theory is great, Luipaard. Just want to know more about your thoughts on Pity saving the guys, more specifically who's Pity do you think the boys need?


Thank you, and everyone else who has liked this theory. It warms the cockles of my heart, dudes. Maybe even the sub-cockle area.

First, qaqa is 100% right:
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Oh, the "show pity" part of the theory I quite agree with. I think that may yet be utterly spot-on. Why else have we been trying to promote unity between them?
Which is why May & June is very worrying, especially since our influence in this universe is uncertain and not nearly as effective as we'd like. The ultimate movers of events are the boys themselves. They've been good about sticking together, but the latest videos show them in the initial throws of falling apart (and there's no certainty that they will listen to us when it goes wrong.) They've been strong for this long, and that's astonishing, but the contents of Box 5 are going to out themselves sooner or later, and then they're all going to get it good.

I think that at this point it's inevitable that they are going to turn against each other. So to answer your question Raptor, I think that first and foremost they're going to need each other's Pity. They're going to have to look past each other's faults and screw-ups and trust each other again. Corenthal may or may not have started the cycle: the boys are the only ones who can break it. Together.

There's an excellent chance that I'm wrong, of course. The next video is likely going to be an intense game changer. (Unlike May & June. It showed a lot, but we didn't actually get much out of it. -.-. was much more effective in shedding some light on things.)

What interests me is the glimpse we caught of Candle Cove. Evan is totally cool with being in handcuffs, and encourages Vinnie and Jeff to run for it if he "slips." They've obviously been there for a while and I guess a lot of pity and forgiveness has been flying through the air since all they have is each other.

I'm glad that we got some information on Corenthal. I hope we get more, and soon. Figuring out what kind of role "pity" really plays depends on his involvement. Otherwise, I'm really stumped as to how pity plays into the cycle, other than what I posted earlier. :/
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 		Luipaard, your "Pity" theory: yes. It seems we are all instinctually on that path already. We don't know what's coming in the future but maybe it could test the bonds between the guys and ourselves, and of course even more between the guys specifically...
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 		Believe me, I'd send Evan a "U MAD BRO" card if I could. He ain't callin' me back, though.
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lunaticfish wrote:
Luipaard, your "Pity" theory: yes. It seems we are all instinctually on that path already. We don't know what's coming in the future but maybe it could test the bonds between the guys and ourselves, and of course even more between the guys specifically...
/uselessAGAIN


The frustrating part -- and the meta part, intentionally or not -- is that I'm really just repeating what other people have said. The only original bit is that Corenthal is the source of the cycle, which I have to admit is very tenuous, though it also seems the most likely given the information we have at hand.

Basically, we're just going in circles. I wish there was another path to strike out, if just to get the little gray cells jumping.

I mean, we could always send an email telling the boys to keep love and patience for one another, regardless of their faults, but despite everything, they have that pretty well covered. They really are trying, and I don't think they've lied to us or each other. I just...really, really hope that they can keep it up when the Box 5 archetypes finally make themselves known.

Honestly, so much of that box is fucked up. It depends so much on the boys not being there for each other. In their natural states there's no way Vin and Jeff would let Evan kill himself. Or that Evan and Jeff wouldn't forgive Vin for anything. Or that Evan and Vin would let Jeff run off to smash up Slenderman's car windows after finding a stranger in the Alps.

But according to Box 5, that's exactly what's going to happen.

I'm just...really worried. And tired. I need to go to bed. D:
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 		I'm not sure why, but in the 7/22/95 letter the choice of "rapist" seems odd. It seems more likely that they would call him a pedophile or ephebophile (I'm pretty sure that's spelled wrong). I just have a hard time pictureing a group of psychiatrists or psychologists not makeing that distinction I guess.

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Luipaard wrote:
Basically, we're just going in circles. I wish there was another path to strike out, if just to get the little gray cells jumping.


You want me to stop reading your mind, stop quoting Poirot. xD

I mean, as much as I really believe that Pity can help save them, I honestly see little possibility of us encouraging it in them. In a situation like Box 5 implies, with tensions running high and the group fracturing, an email from a bunch of guys on the Internet telling them to feel the love isn't exactly going to fix the problem. If anything, I think maybe just our being here could help. I mean, in previous cycles the boys would have been essentially isolated. In that environment, it seems more likely that stress and conflict could fracture the group. But now they're not isolated. Maybe we should just focus more on making sure they feel the love from us - that's something that's much more under our control, anyway.

If nothing else, maybe someone should try to talk to Alex. That boy really needs the love (and possibly the medication, but never mind that). It couldn't hurt to reinforce the idea that he needs to stick close to the group, anyway, and maybe to ask him if he's experienced anything unusual lately. I'm still concerned about him seeing Slenderman that night.

The Pity thing, at least in the context of LoTR, also kinda makes me feel like HABIT will be instrumental in finally breaking the cycle and possibly saving the guys if we can keep Evan from killing them both. But that's just me being silly now. Razz

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