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[viraldetector77]

you might be onto something, but after rereading both stories, i only found one similarity between the two.

[Shutaro]

[viraldetector77]

well he's given us a list of greek words, one of which he represents or something.

http://thehappycube.proboards34.com/index.cgi?board=hackjobjohnny&action=display&thread=1171835457

ΔΡΙΜΎΣ ΦΩΝΗΕΊΣ
ΑΝΥΠΟΛΗΨΊΑ
ΑΗΔΙΑΣΤΙΚΌΣ
ΑΠΕΛΠΙΣΜΈΝΟΣ
ΠΑΡΑΦΩΝΊΑ
ΒΑΡΒΑΡΙΣΜΌΣ
ΠΑΡΆΝΟΙΑ
ΜΑΡΑΊΝΩ
ΥΛΙΣΤΙΚΌΣ

[Slyfingers]

Let's call him what he is... if you look on the description for the Hackjob Johnnie thread, it says, "Playing the Dead man's game? POST HERE THEN"

So how about we call him Deadman, or maybe Dark Muse. DM for short, works for both.

I'm going back through the threads, and there are quite a few loose ends we need to look at. The connections of how people got the videos is one of them, the capitalized letters (for mood effect, or a code- I tend towards the former, given most of the words capitalized are "dark") Also the Wyoming/Lusk and Yellowknife connection hasn't been explored. But for now we have some real progress- an IG website and contact points, and something to look out for on Monday.

I think we are still establishing backstory for right now, and the game hasn't really begun. But things will start moving again now that some of the red herrings have been eliminated.

[Slyfingers]

[Shutaro]

Well, looks like we have names for our Dark Muses.

[warneverchanges]

I ran the Greek words through Webster's Online Dictionary, and this is a rough translation of what I got:

Caustic Words
Disrepute
Repulsive
Hopeless
Discord
Barbarism
Paranoia
Wilting
Materialism

The only thing that I can connect to the videos is the last word, Materialism, seems to be the message of the fourth video (YOU CAN LOSE EVERYTHING. NOTHING IS PRICELESS.)

[viraldetector77]

[warneverchanges]

My guesses:

Calliope (beautiful voiced) is the opposite of "caustic words".
Euterpe (rejoicing) is the opposite of "hopeless".
Clio (famous) is the opposite of "disrepute".
Erato (lovely) is the opposite of "repulsive".
Melpomene (melodious) is the opposite of "discord"?
Polyhymnia (many hymns) is the opposite of "paranoia"?
Terpsichore (dancing) is the opposite of "barbarism"?
Thalia (blooming) is the opposite of wilting.
Urania (heavenly) is the opposite of materialism (earthly).

I was sort of confused about three of them.

[viraldetector77]

i would say polyhymnia is the opposite of barbarism as she was a muse of eloquence. melpomene being the opposite of discord makes perfect sense if you think of discordant music.

the only connection i don't get is paranoia and terpsichore.

[cyberus]

Direct greek->roman alphabet translation

[sartor]

So which of the nine dark muses is our informant?

Are his words caustic?
He hasn't appeared hopeless.
He's all we have to go on, so "disrepute" wouldn't make too much sense.
He isn't repulsive, as far as we know.
He isn't discordant either.
Barbaric? Maybe, if he's into this "cubing" stuff.
Wilting? Is he dying?
Earthly? Materialistic? Possibly.

We don't know much about him, really.

[cyberus]

I wonder if we're to discover his role as one of the nine by ruling out possibilities from the movies. These have to relate to something, and so far, everything he has mentioned seems unrelated, or loosley tied at best. Maybe the movies tell us a bit more about who he is, or who is working through him. Notice he says;

[sartor]

[cyberus]

Well, I've made a chat channel for us to work in when you're around. Ho[pefully you all have some form of IRC, and can come chat it up, so we can share info in a slightly more real-time environment. The server is;

irc.chat-solutions.org

And the channel I've made is #HappyCube

Come join up. Please.