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[ROOKERY TOWER] Another new ARG?
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Phaedra
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Paulzilla wrote:
Ooh, just worked out that Artemis (OK it's a letter different from the the twin's names, but what the heck) is the virgin god of the moon, and twin sister of Apollo. She is the gosddess of nature and hunting, and in some cities of fertility. Apollo is the god of prophecy, poetry and dance type stuff.

Don't know what bearing this has to do with anything, but it is interesting Smile


Also, just for kicks, Artemis and Apollo are both plague-gods. Artemis is also a patron of childbirth, despite being a (rather emphatically) virginal goddess (possibly because she's a protector of children). However, she is also associated with darkness and madness (she causes madness in women giving birth, and in some variants of her legends, also drives men who see her bathing naked mad as punishment).

Apollo, in contrast, is the god of the "golden mean" -- moderation, reason, and so forth.
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Hikari
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 		I got a reply from Layla. It doesn't seem important at all, but I'll throw it up anyway. There are some misspellings but I can't make anything out of it so far (Or maybe I'm just blind?). I forgot to save my email, but there wasn't anything interesting there anyway. Smile

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HI Hikari,

Oh, so it was you who replied to my journal? Thanks. As for it being creepy, it was only really creepy in context you know? All of a sudden I had the urge to look over my shoulder. Silly, isn't it?

I took a look at the sign on my journal. It's mispelled on the sign! Or am I mispelling it? The newspaper spells it without the extra E, so I'll fault the sign instead of myself. Anyway, I think my Uncle put it up himself, that's the only raod sign for a few miles and there are more than a few turn offs.

The dishpan is just a dishpan as far as I can tell. White, made of plastic. Makes a 'tunk' sound when I tap it (when it's not filled with water) other than that, not really anything.

My IM? I don't know if I feel comfortable giving that out right now, considering the problems my "computer" has been having. I'll think about it though.

Thanks for your concern


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RichieRich
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 		Regarding the G 4 9 next to her most recent entry Layla responded with:

I didn't type it. I don't know what it means at all.

::::::::::::::::


Dot's. Hmmmm.

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Russell_k wrote:
There are lots of mistakes in it, but i cant make out a message?


E-SMELL?....lol

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 		Did she reply back with the colons included? It could be G:4:9 A bible reference?

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Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?"
"I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"


It would fit.

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ItWasntMeISwear
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 		Okay...
It's been awhile since I went to (a religious place), but didn't Cain kill his brother, Abel? Is that what the "message" here is?

It's a spec, but what the heck, right?
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 		There is a new picture on morgan with some text
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the word in it means "forever", not sure what that leads to though.
The file name is rather odd as well: 6258099077.jpg


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Hikari
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 		Smile The image is from a DIY website:

http://doityourself.com/ori/200x200/6258099.jpg

http://doityourself.com/store/6258099.htm

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 		I have tried various combinations of
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forever
with basin/tub/empty/bowl with a .htm ending but nada. I have even tried entering it backwards. Rolling Eyes

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 		So thats what a dishpan is. I just call it a tub.

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 		Colons and reverof
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Did she reply back with the colons included? It could be G:4:9 A bible reference?


Yeah, the colons were from her.

I also have tried a lot with "forever", but I feel that "reverof" is more of the clue, given that it was intentionally backwards.

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 		Dishpan
The picture could be nothing more then a piece of evidence connecting what Layla has been saying in her blog and some of the messages that we have been "getting".

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On Wed May 11, 2005 4:35 pm

Darkstar wrote:

AND HAVE STOPPED DYING NOW FOR EVER I THINK THEY WOULD BELIEVE THE LIE


And then in her blog:

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May 6th, 2005 07:37 pm

The dishpan was sitting in the middle of the floor for goodness sake.


But, I'll keep trying as well.
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 		Re: Colons and reverof
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I also have tried a lot with "forever", but I feel that "reverof" is more of the clue, given that it was intentionally backwards.


I'm not so sure, the word was not written backwards but shown backwards as in a mirror. Maybe the fact that it was reversed in this way is somehow a clue, though i have no idea how.

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 		Couple of things:

The red right hand...
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Despite its modern association with the Loyalist tradition in Northern Ireland, it is in fact a most ancient Gaelic, Celtic and perhaps even pre-Celtic icon. There are at least three explanations of its origins.The first relates to the name of the son of Bolg or Nuadu, the Sun God of the Celts, and by some accounts the divine progenitor of all Celts. This son was know as Labraid Lámhdhearg (Labraid of the Red Hand). The association of the symbolic red hand with the Sun God, therefore makes it an appropriate heraldic icon.
The second relates to Nuada, king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, who had his right hand severed by Sreng during a great battle with the Fomorians. No imperfect man being allowed to hold the throne, Nuada was forced to abdicate in favour of Bres. However, a silver hand was fashioned for him and the power of ancient magic was used to cause flesh and sinew to grow back around the prosthesis. When Bres died, Nuada again assumed his royal place.
The third explanation is somewhat more fanciful. The story tells of a pact among the seven sons of Miledh of Esbain, the Celtic king who sons conquered Ireland, that the ruler of the new land would be whoever among them first touch the soil of the island. As the flotilla approached the shore, one of the sons took his sword, cut off his right hand and threw it to land, thus becoming the ruler. He must have been either left handed or pretty stupid (or both), otherwise it is unlikely that he could have thrown the severed hand well enough to accomplish his purpose. Certainly, he was left handed for the rest of his life.

(from here.)

Also, could "gaemnye" = "game"? There was a mention of "game" hidden in another email.

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Max Steele
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 		Just wanted to let everyone know that I've created a new channel on the chat-solutions.org IRC server for this. It's called #rookerytower .

I'm also working on getting a forum created for it so we don't have to continue posting in this "News & Rumors" thread.

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