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[INTERACTION] Brother Theophilus
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WolfHawk
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 		Finally got something from Theo:

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Theophilus says: There was a sting. we had to maintain silence until our agents sounded the all clear.

How is your search for the folio proceeding? Has my former self had his epiphany yet? I ask knowing and with a purpose.


I'm not sure what he means about my serach for the folio - I know we're supposed to locate the pages, but, as far as I know, we haven't received any clues other than here: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18561&start=15
and we are still stuck on that aren't we?

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notgordian
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 		I got an interesting response when I asked about David, Rose, and Meri (the other three people who worked on the Time Communications Project): remember, St. Adjmeri's Cathedral is named after Meri.

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Why are you so interested in the Senate and a murdered sodality member Brother Notgordian? You aren't thinking of trying to change anything are you? Has the lesson of Alex Wright taught you nothing?


EDIT for an update: VN, looks like you're gonna get Meri killed Shocked

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How much do you know about the so-called coming of the "guardian prophet"? His and Meri's Destiny are intertwined.
We have had this conversation before, but alas - I hesitate in what I must say. Your guilt may overwhelm you.


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UnimportantHero
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 		Good ol' Theophilus. He and I have been back-and-forthing lately, mostly about how he remembers me and how I am important in some way or another. I did not ask him how I am important though. After sending him this message:

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To Theophilus: I am used to being careful, though I am not used to careful equaling quiet. So let them listen though they will not see much. We romani (gypsies) are a hard lot to capture these days, and I imagine the same is true in the future. Hell, chances being what they are some of those roachers probabaly have the same black blood in their veins. Ah, black blood is a metaphor used by my people for something like the last thousand years. Just for reference.

I just hope that I do not get anyone else in any trouble that is not volunteered for. I made a mistake with sending the March 14th Speech to Bishop and I own up to that. I am just unsure as to where I should place my next steps. I am certain that the Jansen girl is important, but I do not yet understand how and so I do not know how to approach this.

To be honest? The only thing I can think to do is simply bide my time for thirty years and try to rally a group to her liberation. If history has proven one thing to me, it is that no amount of rhetoric will liberate someone from the hands of the government and sometimes direct action is needed. But as far as I know from the news feed I am also in the clutches of MediCorp.

I know those watching the system can read what I have written here. I know whatever I plan they will be expecting. But perhaps it needs to be done all the same, though I am sure that the girl is important because she wishes to become a lawyer. How to help her achieve that goal in the long run? Is it ethical to render a child into a life of hiding? I am certain I will figure out the right course of action by the time it is temporally relevant, but right now I admit some confusion.

Keep your feet beneath the street, brother.


I got this reply:

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A man the color of fear will be contacting you in the near future. Do not be fooled by karmic lies.


I am guessing the color of fear is yellow, and that I should trust him?

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WolfHawk
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 		Information from Theo:

I wrote this in an attempt to get SOMETHING going:
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To Theophilus:
Dearest Brother,

The search for folio pages is going very slowly. Several of us in our time have received cryptic information which is supposed to lead us to at least one page. However, few appear to be working on the information. In frustration I turn to you. Do you believe you would be of assistance on this project should we share the clues with you? If nothing else, are you aware of a guardian known as Trusted Hands A?

I would also like to volunteer some of my credits {note: I currently have a little over 11,000} if they would be of any assistance to the Brotherhood. As there has been little use for them recently they are simply sitting there. Elsewise, I could continue saving until I reach a significant amount which might, at that point, be of more use.

In Brotherhood,
WolfHawk


And he responded with this:
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Theophilus says: It must be difficult for you knowing that so much is coming in time. Keep your credits, you will need them soon once the pillar of fire makes his move. As for the folio, there are those who are sympathetic who have hidden clues in the interface. When you find them you will contact my former self and together we will all move forward to victory as it was when I lived it. Timing is everything, and you will soon find that Mr. Chavingy is waiting for you.


Pillar of fire is a biblical reference:

Exodus 13:21 (King James Version)
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar or a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night.

As for Mr. Chavigny; James Chavigny is referred to a friend and understudy of Nostradamus. He is also referenced in our very own Adam Brackins' Deus-Ex-Machina Blog spot, 2d to last paragraph:

Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Egads! (They found me!)
...
That's plagerism Neil! I hope he had points marked off for not reading the whole chapter where it CLEARLY states that it was not Nostradamus who wrote the passage but Chavigny and the brotherhood of N.! No accounting for scholarly laziness I suppose.

I wonder if Trusted Hands A is the person Theo is referring to as Chavigny?

And if the clues are currently there or yet to be placed?

And whether or not I was supposed to share this?

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Wang Guantao
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 		well there has been some morsecode clues in some of the add's haven't there? I wonder if that is simply the clues Adam wants...

Also the "Pillar of Fire" while being a biblical refference could also simply mean the person leading the red district. Since that's about to come online I think that might be a valid guess..

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Percoboist
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 		I found this hidden behind the April 9th ad:

..-. .. -. -.. / -. . .-. --- / -.-. .... .- ...- .. -. --. -.--
find / nero / chavingy

Anybody have a clue about this? I thought it might be important since Chavingy (Is this a misspelling of Chavigny?) has popped up in the discussion here.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:16 am
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WolfHawk
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 		I guess we should try to figure out who Nero Chavigny is.

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Wang Guantao
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 		Nero was a Roman Emperror was he not?
Fits in with all the cesars of the folio.

Also there's a CD creation program called "Nero - Burning Rom" (Burning Rome? Did Nero try to do that?)

So maybe "Nero" lives in florida and has the next folio page?

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WolfHawk
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 		So we do the "William Forth" thing again? Starts checking telephone listings for West Palm Beach...

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UnimportantHero
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 		From Nostradumus' Century IX, these are the three quatrains in which the name Nero appears:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
17: The third one first does worse than Nero,
How much human blood to flow, valiant, be gone:
He will cause the furnace to be rebuilt,
Golden Age dead, new King great scandal.

53: The young Nero in the three chimneys
Will cause live pages to be thrown to burn:
Happy those who will be far away from such practices,
Three of his blood will have him ambushed to death.

76: With the rapacious and blood-thirsty king,
Issued from the pallet of the inhuman Nero:
Between two rivers military hand left,
He will be murdered by Young Baldy.


Might be helpful maybe.

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notgordian
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 		Wow...stuff really seems to be moving over the last few days. Two folios on their way in, Agent Lex stirring stuff up, the Red District predicted to come next week, and now this.

I asked Theophilus about Tara's mother b/c I'm impatient like that, and got the following response:

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The mother?
http://deuscity.com/2012
Everything else in it is a true lie.


The link includes a video of Phil, Alex, Meri, and someone of unknown identity chatting at a Ren Faire in, you guessed it, 2012. From the looks of things, that happened right before all heck broke loose.

Now, what makes this REALLY interesting is I went back and rewatched the initial Time Communication video on Alex's YouTube page (from both angles) and there are seven people in the room. And Foo's locked in the server room. Three girls are in the room. Tne one chewing gum between Alex and Phil is the one seen sitting next to Phil at the RenFaire. Meri is sitting behind Rose. So who's the extra person?

As far as I know, there were only seven people on staff: Adam Alex David Foo Meri Phil and Rose. So who did we miss? And is this additional woman indeed Tara's mother, or did I misidentify someone?

EDITED TO ADD

Adam got back to me on that...apparently, Phil's girlfriend (the girl with the glasses) wasn't on the team, she was just there.

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What the heck?... a 2012 video from the brotherhood with Alex and
Phil? That makes no sense! I braved Foo's interface for a moment and
watched it - something about it just isn't right. Maybe its the
editing or the soundtrack? Who made this thing and how did it survive
for 25 years?

As for the roll call... the girl that Phil was talking to, the one you
don't know was (is?) his girlfriend. He always had a thing for
redheads. I let her sit in on the live broadcast on 11-11 which is why
you see her at his comp. I think her name is Darlene or something like
that. That doesn't sound right though.


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taureanfreak
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 		I had this crazy idea that everyone in DC has been brainwashed to forget pre-war life. So I went to one of the few people I could ask about pre/post war life, Theo. I sent him a message referencing a few items that I had discussed with other people (again, ask and I'll give I'm too lazy to copy and paste everything) and here is his reply:
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Theophilus says: You are quite astute, however no-one's memory has been erased by anything other than normal psychological trauma over the events of the last 3 decades. There are properties of the chips which the government is not entirely forthcoming about. We have been unable to garner solid proof, yet unfortunately. however - to your points... I did not know any 10 year olds who were fans of Sinatra. Also, since the current world population is an estimated 1.5 Billion people - you should understand that a great many of those not young and virulent enough to survive... didn't.

When faced with the choice between "living" and Sinatra, most did not choose Sinatra.


Nice to know the current population!

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notgordian
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 		I'm assuming this was done by Adam, although why he'd change things when I reported the problem to Foo I wouldn't know.

So, on the deus-city.blogspot.com page a while ago the link to Foo's blog went to foo-defiant.com (doesn't work) instead of foo-defiant.blogspot.com -- I sent Foo an error report via email detailing the problem. Foo and ONLY Foo, by the way.

Imagine my amusement to see the following picture when I rechecked the deus-city.blogspot.com page. I took a screenshot of it since I told Foo as soon as I saw it. Notice the unique spelling of "backstabbing". Hilarity.
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VQ.Wavecrest
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 		Theo and I have spoken for a bit. Nothing interesting, though, until this last one:

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Theophilus says: Yes it seems that I long suffered the curse of Nostradamus.

Nostradamus
Runs to Adam's
Adam Turns so


Can this mean anything? Maybe I'm reading too much into it.

By the way, in case anyone's wondering, this is his response to my message, which was, "Well, you were easy to track because you broadcasted it on your blog. But your present self hasn't updated in a while, so I think you might have learned that lesson. I'm sorry that you seem to be taken as a criminal; you seem nice. Well, to my knowledge anyway, but I doubt I know much about what what you did... or will do, as the case may be."

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taureanfreak
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 		Theo wanted to know if I would like to know when I would die.
We've also been talking about making an underground bunker

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