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[teh_lisa]

i sure like big words
let the post reading begin...

[mapmaker]

yay! Lisa!

I registered #tcotsa, although I assume there aren't going to be too many people in there right now.

[Lovek]

I'M A MORON. I've found something. More info forthcoming.

[stilettoblade]

tell me you didn't miss a piece of paper that had the key or something... lol

I hope your discovery means we're done with this puzzle and can await the next.

/me waits anxiously for further info

[Inju]

Nothing constructive to say for now, except that their messages remind me of V.

[Lovek]

Turns out our hint was meant specifically for ME.

While I happened to be in the right light, I gave the creased elements yet another glance that was more than desultory. And I noticed something... impressions in the paper underneath the cut out letters. Turns out our clue comes in the form of pencil rubbings. Running a pencil over the impressions shows words (which I will TRY to photograph later, we'll see if I have any luck).

The words are as follows:


Cutout-Word : "Impressed"-Word
______________________________
this phr : in 1789
aseology: Clinton, George
is nugato: bestowed upon this
ry disrega: gentleman
rd the word: the station
s with wit: of state
ch it prom: attorney
ulgates: general

______________________________

The answer is:

[stilettoblade]

haha i read that, and then i automatically give a jeopardy-style "answer in the form of a question"

But, since they told us its a "duplet" (2 words) i guess we need to drop the "who is..." part.

I think it is the solution to our puzzle

[Lovek]

Yeah, if there'd been eight of us looking at these instead of me... this probably would've been solved two weeks ago.


Don't forget to put the answer into a sentence.

[Inju]

Edit: Ack, double!

stiletto, I think they also said to 'write a sentence using them'.

I'll send something, too.

[stilettoblade]

Yay for finally moving on to the next puzzle!

[Lovek]

And don't quote Lazy Sunday. It has to be a sentence of your own creation.

[Inju]

I hope we don't have to use language as sophisticated as theirs...

Edit: In regards to sb's comment below, I'm also keeping the handwritten numbers in red in mind. Seems pretty vague at this point, but maybe...

[stilettoblade]

if the hangman puzzles don't have anything to do with this, then it adds to my metapuzzle theory.
I think the "does not equal" symbols on the initial letter, the +/-x pics on the first couple letters, and now the hangmans, are all part of a "master" metapuzzle that'll probably be the final challenge. And from looking at what we have right now, I'm kinda terrified of that puzzle. lol

[stilettoblade]

[Lovek]