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[ABANDONED BLOG] Winding Lake
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 		[ABANDONED BLOG] Winding Lake
Dustin Rothman has been having a very strange dream.

blog: http://dustinrothman.tumblr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/windinglake
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:09 am
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 		Quick skim and I'm noticing a few things that are similar to Dark Dream Chronicle. Mostly a guy posting his dreams on the internet and a character based around a jester (though mine was a clown).

I'll read it more later, I just found that funny. Probably looking too much into it because of my own perspective.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:28 am
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 		Ok, sorry for the double post, but I want to make actual criticism instead of just noticing all the similarities between it and my own work. It's just me thinking about it too much, like how I've noticed that ever since I started Dark Dream Chronicle there have been more series with the word Chronicle in the title (and Winding Lake uses the word in the first post).

Anyway, onto my actual comments.

1: Spelling is a little bit poor. I'd fix that before moving on.

2: I'm thinking too many puzzles too quickly. The tune and the password protected zip file and such. It should be fine as long as no more are introduced for a while and the public has had time to work on those.

3: Delete that test post unless you really want to keep that tag for some reason.

4: I think you should have waited to be asked about the tags instead of instantly going "They must have been edited in".

Other than that and me obsessing over my own work, the story is decent so far. I'll probably keep reading just to see where it goes.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:00 pm
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 		Read through this and have the same suggestions as above. Although I suggest actually adding a story, since right now it just looks like rambling about dreams.

The last post was riddled with numbers, so I assume thats a puzzle. I thought about it for awhile, and I think the 9 is not part of it. Its the only single digit and it makes the two paragraphs uneven (4 sets of double digit numbers). Since the paragraphs would be otherwise even, I'm guessing they are separate.

So we have
26 94 15 31
81 13 49 77

I don't really have any guesses atm

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 		Alright, I'm pretty proud of myself for finding this.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

On a whim, I tried googleing the first set of numbers, and the first thing it brought up was google maps. It was some random place in the middle east, but after that I decided to put the numbers into coordinate form.

Code:
26.941531
81.134977


It gives some random location in bangladesh, so I tried all 4 combinations of signs, and

Code:
26.941531
-81.134977


Gets you a street in florida, near a park, which is usually slendy-related

[spoiler]


Not sure if we're supposed to go there or not.

Also, in the most recent blog, jester told the guy to tell "his friends" to message him for a present, so I'm gonna do that.

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 		I emailed the Jester. Got curious. I'll post again if I get a reply.
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 		No email back yet, but I do have a "lead" on the tune he uploaded. I'm surprised I didn't recognize it before.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ9S3SMYY6Y



Honestly, thats kind of a silly puzzle imo

Also, he uploaded some pictures to the twitter. Mr. Rothman is one creepy dude

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 		I got a reply.

Quote:
So nice to meet you too =)

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear.

He has no real friends

Only The World

So be a good friend

Don't Blink ^_^

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Presesnt for Eric.rar
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 Filesize   180.36KB
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Unfortunately, this file is no longer in our archives.
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 		Seems like an interesting thing. I'll see if I can follow it.

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 		Kind of disrespectful way to talk about people with mental health issues in the latest post, which I don't really like.

I'm interested to see where this is going with the dreams. I'm wondering what this storm has to do with anything.
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 		Alright, I received an email back from the Jester a few days ago and forgot to post.

Quote:


A Present is just that,

A thing for you

If you want to return it

Then Ill be back ^_^

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And a password protected rar file with it (Present_for_<myname>). Same format as the one above, so I think their solutions are possibly related. In addition, I think my invader Zim thing might be related, because the tags of the most recent post were "Watch more TV" "Its good for you". So the solutions, I'm guessing are television related.

I kinda like the idea that the MC's dreams are spiraling out of control. Hope that becomes the focus.

Also, the description of the park in the dream and the park from the coordinates seemed similar, so I'm sending the following email to Dustin.

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Dear Dustin

In the most recent blog post, you mentioned that you were brought to a park where you met a tall being. I think that possible that your dreams are trying to tell you something subconsciously.

A few days ago you said that you had a dream in which your senses were hyper-aware. After looking over the measurements you posted, put together they revealed coordinates to a place called the "Limestone Creek Natural Area" on Church Street in Jupiter, FL. The coordinates are 26.941531, -81.134977. Attached are a few pictures from Google Maps, to jog your memory.

I think it's possible that if you go there, you might find something. Be careful, however.


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 		Response.

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I thank you for your advice. These last couple of weeks have been physiological pain.

My psychiatrist had said the same thing, to degree. She said that dreams that reoccur and become more and more vivid are signs that the brain is trying to remember something. Normally, dreams exist to try and sort out conventional memories, but occasionally some memories get "marked" as important, and can cause sleep problems. That's one reason she suggested keeping a visual diary, to help sort these things out.

As for the park, it seems that you might be on to something. After reviewing the pictures you sent, the Limestone Creek park seems to be the one from my recent dream. The fact that I somehow dreamed up the location worries me however, because I'm sure I've never been there.

I will take your advice and go to the park within a few days (its very close to me) and investigate. I'll bring a camera to record because just writing a blog wouldn't archive specific details that I should be remembering.

Thanks again,
Dustin.


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 		Hadn't checked this in a while. Apparently the main character was asleep for two weeks.
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HunterEris wrote:
Hadn't checked this in a while. Apparently the main character was asleep for two weeks.


Same, and apparently no one remembers him either.
http://dustinrothman.tumblr.com/post/31670041086/awake

We don't have much to go on yet but the tags in that latest post sparked this idea, what if that "Buddy" is actually the main character/guy being stalked by Slendy and the person we are following is a proxy. Or another is that "Buddy" and our protagonist are actually one in the same, but something happened to "split" them.

Idk, ideas.

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 		He did say in one of the first blog posts that Buddy was carrying a camera. You're probably right about him being the real victim in that case, in fact there might be a whole other blog/vlog hiding somewhere.

According to the twitter, a video is coming soon.

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