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Juxta
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 		Alright, first problem solved at least. It's "Gillit Road", and it's in PerplexCity. Now we simply need to agree on a date/time, and find a suitable member of our contacts to go there and play Secret Squirrel....

I decided to consult Kurt...

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Hi Kurt,
I note from one of the puzzle cards which you designed for us members of the
Earth CRT, that you are a bit of a player of "Mornington Crescent". As I'm sure
you are aware, the game is very popular over here also, and features many
different variations of rules and subtleties of play. I am looking into the
possibilities of a paper, detailing the main differences between the Perplex
City version, and our own here on Earth.

To this end, I am attempting to collate a list of stations which feature in your
subway system, but I'm sure that I am missing some. The information which I'm
going by, might possibly be out of date, so I was wondering if you could take a
quick glance over my listing, and perhaps give me a pointer or two about any
which I am lacking. I do intend to include a list of all stations used here on
Earth, including those which are abandoned or simply closed - so any which are
in a similar state on your side of the equation would be useful to know also.

Kindest Regards

J


His response came back as....


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Hi Jamie,

You're correct in saying that I'm a fan of Mornington Crescent; indeed, I was placed second in the all-departments Academy Second Division Crescent Challenge 2005, and was only prevented from winning by a particularly nefarious use of the 'Reverse Triple-jump Cyclotron' (which, as I'm sure you're aware, takes advantage of the fact that the Perplex City Subway runs 24 hours a day).

Your list of subway stations is accurate - those are all the stations in the 'central' area (i.e., those used for modern 'casual games' of Mornington Crescent). If you want to include a couple of abandoned stations, I know there's one at Gillit Road, and another on Scope Road.

Cheers,

Kurt




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locqust
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 		Clever! Nice way to get the info by using Mornington Crescent!
Well perhaps Kurt will be willing to meet the person/s on the date and time as well if we mention it to him? I would say Violet as well, bit of moral support for him, but she's gonna be busy collating our book around then if we are right about the date.

Or how bout Sente? Laughing About time he did something for us!

Actually thinking about it, has anybody found any new blog sites for these recently introduced characters? Like Von? or even Tippy? (I know we knew about them before but over the last few weeks weve been hearing alot more about them.)
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oliverkeers13
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 		Just sent one asking about The Kindling Of The Flame :
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Kurt,
I'm hoping to become better versed in Perplex City culture. As it's Winter here on Earth, I've decided to focus on light. The most primitive form of light is fire, and at this time of the year, it is common for people on earth to light candles. Last Sunday, the Winter Olympic Torch was lit (a big symbolic fire), and in a few weeks, Jewish People (a religion, like Reconstructionism) will light 8 candles, one a day, to celebrate light, many Christians light candles for an "Advent Crown" counting down the weeks until Christmas (originally a Pagan festival of light and fire). Also, to escape the cold, people like to gather around a wood-stoked fire. Do you have any fire based festivals or customs in Perplex city?
Yours sincerely,
oliverkeers13 (CRTEarthDiv.)

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idlemichael
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 		And I've just got a reply from handlewithcare, who told me to contact the people at Hesh Records... bah!
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sotonrich
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 		i've just sent this to the brotherhood of the six....following kurts blog http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13330

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dear april, greetings from earth. we are all very excited that we can finally communicate with the brotherhood....i find your way of life very interesting and youe belief system to be very misunderstood, i would love to learn more.

i was also wondering if you could help me? i am currently researching similarities and differances between our two worlds and my current focus is on ceremonies.

one such ceremonie we have heard of but know little about is called "The Kindling Of The Flame" and this is most interesting as we on earth have many ceremonies based around fire.

any information you could give about it, for example what it symbolises, what takes place and on what date? i would be most grateful.

many thanks
richard read


i recieved this auto-reply
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Thank you for your message, to which I shall respond as soon as I am able.

Blessings be upon you. May the light of the Cube shine in your heart now and
forever more.

Sister Flynnt

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Celebrate winter solstice 267 with us! Festive service begins at 9pm on Tuesday
21 December!


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sotonrich
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 		just noticed that http://www.brotherhoodofthesix.com/schedule.html still has the autum schedule up....prehaps this will be changing in the next week to a winter schedule?

also i'm thinking that if gillet road is in PC we should start to think about who we could ask to go visit.....this may be dangerous and we dont want anyone useful being killed! Laughing
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oliverkeers13
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 		I think we should drag Sylvia Salk into this! Expendable, has a vested interest, and I don't like her.
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uneasyjd
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oliverkeers13 wrote:
Expendable, has a vested interest, and I don't like her.

Brilliant - I couldn't agree more!
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PuzzledPineapple
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just noticed that http://www.brotherhoodofthesix.com/schedule.html still has the autum schedule up....prehaps this will be changing in the next week to a winter schedule?


That's last year's schedule, I wouldn't expect any updates anytime soon. Unless all these emails they're getting about weird ceremonies will prod them into changing it. Perhaps we should mention the fact that it would be nice for them to make their site a little readable.

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I think we should drag Sylvia Salk into this! Expendable, has a vested interest, and I don't like her.


Poor thing! How many times would you like to try and get her killed? My vote, if we could actually contact him, would be Garnet since he'd presumably be able to not die. Granted, he'd blow our cover immediately, but we've already got one person brutally murdered, I'd prefer not to have the blood of another on our hands.

Is there any real option other than Kurt? I'm never really of the opinion that it should be Violet and our other mostly expendable girl is already off on a very dangerous trip from which she's not likely to return.

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specterz
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 		Well.. we could ask Sente I suppose, he certainly owes us some help. But I don't really trust the guy that much...
Violet is not an option for me, I don't trust her further than I can throw her. Disappearing blog entries, being sick the night the Cube was stolen, signing her e-mails with V. .... and other stuff.
So I guess Kurt is the only safe option imho.

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Muffin
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PuzzledPineapple wrote:
Is there any real option other than Kurt?


Nope. Kurt is the one for this task. Especially as he is getting slightly suspicious with all the emails...

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neuromancer
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 		Yeah, I think Kurt will be the most suitable person for this job, especially since he's becoming suspicious of everything. However, as he is a valuble contact, and we don't really want to get him killed off, maybe we can decide on an emergency situation plan, like we can alert the PXC medical services as soon as we get a hint that somethings gone wrong?? If we do decide to get Kurt to go, then maybe we should ask him to set up an emergency alert message on his key, which will send out a distress email to us or the medical services??
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ReeKorl
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 		Like a dead man's handle, if he doesn't do something on his key every couple of minutes it screams out an alert..... I like it!
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Rob_Riv
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toongoon wrote:
Rob_Riv wrote:
"In 2005 Hanukkah begins at sundown on December 25. "

Sundown could point at the 10pm time but a weke on from that is new years eve.


Wouldn't a week later actually be on January 1, New Year's Day (cue U2) at 10 PM?


Yeah... oops
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Forgery
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 		Thought I should put this in here

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SledgeCallier

Just noticed this has gone up on the Sentinel website.

Mild Winter May Delay Kindling
The Brotherhood of the Six has warned that this year's late winter will likely delay the annual Kindling of the Flame. Meterologists have widely predicted this winter will be warm and dry, a pleasant change after heavy rains in the spring. (Full text)



That explains a lot...

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