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[EMAIL] Wes Sept. 20

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Shad0
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[EMAIL] Wes Sept. 20

Wes wrote:

Although I didn't have time to reply to you sooner, I had every intention of getting caught up on my replies last night after my rendezvous with Sam. I'm still reeling over Diana's death and its implications in what we're trying to accomplish and Dale is understandably beside himself with Meaghan missing. So we've got a lot on our plate right now, and so much to do.

I think you were right about the possibility that this Simon of the Mystai wants a piece of me, as well as the fact that someone may have betrayed me to him. But I don't entirely discount Marzent's possible involvement somehow either.

Sam had finally agreed to meet with me face-to-face at the Aglaura diner last night. I had been running late all day and certainly didn't want to be late for that meeting, but decided to shoot off a couple of quick replies to thank some of the folks who had helped convince Sam to meet with me.

Although I didn't have time to reply to it, just before I left an email came in with the subject WARNING!! I quickly opened it, looked at it and took off. I was told that the meeting place might have been compromised by someone who knew where and when we were getting together, and may have sent that information to this Simon of the Mystai. Now I'm not sure who I can trust besides those closest to me and the person who warned me about it.

I took some precautions when I got to the diner, stayed out of sight and climbed to the roof of the greengrocers across the street to wait and watch. There were at least six, maybe seven of them, and I know they weren't native Aglaurans. I couldn't see their faces, but they were wearing black from head to toe, and keeping well out of sight. Waiting for me I assume. Everything about them and the way they carried themselves was off.

I waited where I was, until I saw that Sam had left the diner, and then I waited some more. I wanted to be sure it was me they were after, and more importantly that Sam was safe.

They waited around for quite some time, maybe they were hoping that I would still show up. I followed them up Main to Edgewater, and then I think they might have heard me, and I hightailed it. I don't scare easily, but I'm also not a complete idiot.

As far as how we are going to set things right, I'm stil working on it, but I do have some ideas.

I think that the masks are key. I've had visions and dreams of their needing protection starting from the time when Dale's memory started to bleed into his comic creation. Somehow those masks that Sarah created seem to represent different characteristics or facets of man, things that maybe modern man has come to lose contact with or properly understand. After all, when everything happened three years ago or so with Dale and his original Wish, there were nine runestones that served much the same purpose. I'm not sure why there are only six now and not nine, but everything else seems to fit, at least so far in my mind. In the wrong hands, these masks and what they respresent are a serious danger. And to those "wrong hands", obtaining them a serious matter. And that's why I originally buried them, to keep them from someone or something who wants to misuse them in some manner.

And yes, I've explained this to Sarah already. I don't think she wholly understands, but she trusts me and my judgement in these things, and forgives me for taking them.

The most important task at hand, as I see it,is protecting those masks from those that want to gather them.

WK

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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:57 pm

RedHatty
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My Version:

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Carol,

I'm still reeling a bit about Diana's death and its implications in what we're trying to accomplish. Dale is understandably beside himself with Meaghan missing, so we've got a lot on our plate right now, and so much to do.

But I'd like to give you an explanation of the 307 symbol that has been "popping up", let's begin when things first started happening in Agalura, because it was around that time that I was awoken to the meaning of the masks that Sarah created.

Literally awoken.

Digitalis had started coming to me in my dreams, night after night. Nothing more than his face against a black backdrop littered with stars saying "They require your protection Wes Keeler."

I'd wake up drenched in sweat, with my body feeling like the dream had stretched on for hours upon hours, and yet only remembering the split second image of Digitalis' face telling me someone needed my protection. No matter how hard I tried I could not pull anything else from that dream.

With what I had already started to find out through Dale's comic creation about his remembering, the fact that Digitalis was now coming to me in my dreams haunted me, day as well as night.

I have a very ancient "recipe" that helps to, if not induce, then at least clarify my dream state. It helps me see things more clearly and is similar to, though not nearly as strong or hallucinogenic as, certain agents Shaman use to "cross over".

And the dream became clearer.

Digitalis' face. Stars. Flash. Sarah. Digitalis' Face. Flash. Mask. They require your protection Wes Keeler. Flash. Sarah. Stars. Flash. Digitalis' Face. Mask. They require your protection Wes Keeler. Mask. Sarah. Flash. Stars. Digitalis' Face. Sarah. Mask. They require your protection Wes Keeler.

It was like a movie playing in my head with the film set at high speed. The "they" that needed protection weren't people, like I orginally thought he was referring to, not my friends back in Aglaura. The "they" were the masks Sarah had created. And so when I saw they were on exhibit at the library, I knew it was my chance. I took them and buried them in the barrens for safe-keeping.

Keith was never supposed to find them. However in retrospect it's hard not to imagine it was a case of divine intervention. Had he not stumbled upon them, maybe the people who are after them would have.

I used the 3-0-7 diagram to help me locate them later, and for additional security, I marked all ten perimeter circles equally, yet only six really held the masks. Remembering what happened a few years back and understanding to some extent how things had changed, I found a bit of dark humor in using the 3-0-7 mark as a guide for the hidden spots. Using that group's signature to keep them from those who would misuse or destroy them. I didn't quite understand who or why, but it wasn't hard to make the deductive leap after what happened around here the first time round.

I think that the masks somehow represent different characteristics or facets of man, things that maybe modern man has come to lose contact with or properly understand. After all, when everything happened three years ago or so with Dale and his original Wish, there were nine runestones that served much the same purpose. I'm not sure why there are only six now and not nine, but everything else seems to fit, at least so far in my mind. In the wrong hands, these masks and what they respresent are a serious danger. And to those "wrong hands", obtaining them a serious matter.

And after my non-meeting with Sam, I think there could be two candidates for the who. Now to work on the why.

WK

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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:59 pm

enaxor
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And mine.

Quote:

Sorry I didn't have time to answer your previous email about the masks before I left for my meeting with Sam last night, I had planned on doing so afterwards, but ran into a bit of trouble. Thankfully I was warned about that possibility just before I left because things didn't go so well. So yes I did show up, but plans to actually talk to Sam quickly went south.

With the warning that my whereabouts may have been betrayed fresh on my mind, I took a few precautions when I got to the diner, staying out of sight and climbing to the roof of the greengrocers across the street to wait and watch. There were at least six of them, and I know they weren't native Aglaurans. They were wearing black from head to toe, and keeping well out of the light. Everything about them and the way they carried themselves was off.

I waited where I was, until I saw that Sam had left the diner, and then I waited some more. I wanted to be sure it was me they were after, and more importantly that Sam was safe.

They waited around for quite some time, maybe they were hoping that I would still show up. I followed them up Main to Edgewater, and then I think they might have heard me, and I hightailed it. I don't scare easily, but I'm also not a complete idiot.

In more recent events, I'm still reeling over Diana's death today and its implications in what we're trying to accomplish. Dale is understandably beside himself with Meaghan missing, so we've got a lot on our plate right now, and much to do.

Now in answer to your question about the masks, let's begin when things first started happening in Agalura, because it was around that time that I was awoken to the meaning of the masks that Sarah created.

Literally awoken.

Digitalis had started coming to me in my dreams, night after night. Nothing more than his face against a black backdrop littered with stars saying "They require your protection Wes Keeler."

I'd wake up drenched in sweat, with my body feeling like the dream had stretched on for hours upon hours, and yet only remembering the split second image of Digitalis' face telling me someone needed my protection. No matter how hard I tried I could not pull anything else from that dream.

With what I had already started to find out through Dale's comic creation about his remembering, the fact that Digitalis was now coming to me in my dreams haunted me, day as well as night.

I have a very ancient "recipe" that helps to, if not induce, then at least clarify my dream state. It helps me see things more clearly and is similar to, though not nearly as strong or hallucinogenic as, certain agents Shaman use to "cross over".

And the dream became clearer.

Digitalis' face. Stars. Flash. Sarah. Digitalis' Face. Flash. Mask. They require your protection Wes Keeler. Flash. Sarah. Stars. Flash. Digitalis' Face. Mask. They require your protection Wes Keeler. Mask. Sarah. Flash. Stars. Digitalis' Face. Sarah. Mask. They require your protection Wes Keeler.

It was like a movie playing in my head with the film set at high speed. The "they" that needed protection weren't people, like I orginally thought he was referring to, not my friends back in Aglaura. The "they" were the masks Sarah had created. And so when I saw they were on exhibit at the library, I knew it was my chance. I took them and buried them in the barrens for safe-keeping.

Keith was never supposed to find them. However in retrospect it's hard not to imagine it was a case of divine intervention. Had he not stumbled upon them, maybe the people who are after them would have.

I used the 3-0-7 diagram to help me locate them later, and for additional security, I marked all ten perimeter circles equally, yet only six really held the masks. Remembering what happened a few years back and understanding to some extent how things had changed, I found a bit of dark humor in using the 3-0-7 mark as a guide for the hidden spots. Using that group's signature to keep them from those who would misuse or destroy them. I didn't quite understand who or why, but it wasn't hard to make the deductive leap after what happened around here the first time round.

I think that the masks somehow represent different characteristics or facets of man, things that maybe modern man has come to lose contact with or properly understand. After all, when everything happened three years ago or so with Dale and his original Wish, there were nine runestones that served much the same purpose. I'm not sure why there are only six now and not nine, but everything else seems to fit, at least so far in my mind. In the wrong hands, these masks and what they respresent are a serious danger. And to those "wrong hands", obtaining them a serious matter.

And after my non-meeting with Sam, I think there could be two possible candidates for the who.

And yes, I've explained this to Sarah already. I don't think she wholly understands, but she trusts me and my judgement in these matters.

The most important task at hand, as I see it,is protecting those masks from those that want to gather them.

WK

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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:13 am

Sandra
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Posts: 252

For the record here's mine:

Quote:

Sandra,

Yes I'm fine, thanks for asking. Unfortunately, in answer to your previous email, I don't know if we'll ever find out how or if Diana was involved in all of this. I'm still reeling over her death and its implications in what we're trying to accomplish and Dale is understandably beside himself with Meaghan missing. So we've got a lot on our plate right now, and so much to do.

Yes Sarah was a child of the original Ashram, but neither Dale nor I were. Sarah is a very special person Sandra, touched you might say. Alot of people give that word a negative spin, but I assure you she is touched in a very enlightening way. There is a tune about her, our Sarah. Energy comes to her freely, important energy. That's why I believe she was compelled to create those masks. I'm not sure she understands it, or that it's even understandable in the sense of the way we understand knowledge or books.

I believe her masks to be the key in all of this. And that's why I "borrowed" and then buried them. I've had visions and dreams of their needing protection starting from the time when Dale's memory started to bleed into his comic creation. Somehow those masks that Sarah created seem to represent different characteristics or facets of man, things that maybe modern man has come to lose contact with or properly understand. After all, when everything happened three years ago or so with Dale and his original Wish, there were nine runestones that served much the same purpose. I'm not sure why there are only six now and not nine, but everything else seems to fit, at least so far in my mind. In the wrong hands, these masks and what they respresent are a serious danger. And to those "wrong hands", obtaining them a serious matter. And that's why I originally buried them, to keep them from someone or something who wants to misuse them in some manner. I've explained this to Sarah already. I don't think she wholly understands, but she trusts me and my judgement in these things.

My meeting with Sam at the Aglaura diner last night didn't go off too well. I received a warning just before I left that someone may have betrayed me by relaying the time and place of my wherabouts. Although I didn't have time to reply to it, I took some precautions when I got to the diner, by staying out of sight and climbing to the roof of a building across the street to wait and watch. They were there. At least six of them. I couldn't see their faces, but they were sheathed in black, and keeping well out of the light. Everything about them and the way they carried themselves was off.

I waited where I was, until I saw that Sam had left the diner, and then I waited some more. I wanted to be sure it was me they were after, and more importantly that Sam was safe. They waited around for longer than I expected they would, hoping to get their hand on me I suppose, maybe thinking I would still show up. When they finally left I followed them up Main to Edgewater, and then I think they might have heard me, and I hightailed it. I don't scare easily, but I'm also not a complete idiot. If it wasn't for that email WARNING I would've been a goner Sandra. I've got a little scrap left in me still, but I can assure you I was no match for that crew.

The most important task at hand, as I see it,is protecting Sarah's masks from those that want to gather them.

WK

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:14 am

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