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Rogi Ocnorb
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James Stone wrote:
Does anyone else get the feeling we are going to unleash some type of apocalyptic trojan Shocked


Given the text we have seen, so far...
I'm guessing it's more like we'll uncover a cover up that covered up a clandestine plan of some sort.
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jjason
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 		Crazy theory time: Looking at the Taipei post, it almost seems like that event takes place before the events of the May 9th craigslist postings, especially Utica

What if BA is dreaming these in reverse order? Each night she dreams of a moment in the city slightly before the one she dreamed last night, continueing backwards until the event that drove the city insane.

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You: Hissing

Me: Crying


As I pass by the dog behind the fence, I hear his yelps. I rush over to see if something is wrong. To see if I can help. He's in the middle of his yard circling a freshly dug hole. When he sees me, he gets excited. His yelps become more intense. Fierce.

Cautiously, I climb over the fence. Will he attack?

I hear a woman crying. Next to the hole is a cell phone. I pick it up and listen. The girl is crying for help. Someone is hurting. Lost to the madness. When she hears my voice, she hangs up. I fall to the ground.

Providence howls.

You hiss.

I cry

They watch from the shadows.

I'll bseeingu
BA


Well, hmm. wrong number? we have a hole but a cell phone next to it? Did we call BA to tell her what we found so far?



Quote:
As you get up to leave, you reach for my hand. You open and place a purple satin ribbon inside before slipping away.


This was also mentioned last week as the wrapping around the box with the crystal:

Quote:
I cross the street and, without saying anything, she hands me a small black box tied with a violet ribbon.


oops missed another mention of the ribbon and the amethyst:

Quote:
I'm followed up the street by a cat carrying a purple ribbon. It couldn't be, could it? I dig through my bag to see if it's still there. My fingers feel the smooth crystal and, as I pull it out, the moonlight hits it casting a faint purple hue over my hand.

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Blue K
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rose wrote:


Well, hmm. wrong number? we have a hole but a cell phone next to it? Did we call BA to tell her what we found so far?


There is one phone number that has been mentioned, but I don't recall if it has or hasn't been pursued. In Stu's May 11th blog entry, he says, "I called the dreaded 1-800 number." I assumed this to mean he called customer support, but maybe this is a number that we need to get?

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 		I read it a bit less literally.

I took it to mean that we'd (Providence the dog) just dug up a means of communicating with someone else (not BA - maybe the little girl from the library). In other words the data we just dug out of the server will give us another communication route (if we can figure out how to use it).

We're obviously missing something with the purple ribbon though.

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 		Who's the cat, though, I wonder?

If we are Providence (which the meta site confirms we are), is there possibly another group out there that BA has been contacting that we don't know about?

Or does the cat represent an in-game character or characters?
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danteIL
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Phaedra wrote:
Who's the cat, though, I wonder?

If we are Providence (which the meta site confirms we are), is there possibly another group out there that BA has been contacting that we don't know about?

Or does the cat represent an in-game character or characters?


I still think that in a number of these CLs it looks like she's directly addressing the cat. The "you"s obviously switch from post to post. It would be helpful to know whether the w4w and w4m were relevant to help figure out who's being addressed when..

EDIT: For instance, in today's Helsinki CL:
Quote:
You: Hissing
Me: Crying

--blah blah--

Providence howls.
You hiss.
I cry
They watch from the shadows.


Unless the "you" in this post is a snake, this sounds like a cat again to me. So the cat doesn't really like us, Providence, the dog?

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 		yeah we don't know who the cat is yet or even if it is always the same cat.

I do like this:

Quote:
The Tower.

I look at her. I look at the card. I look at her, hoping to understand.

Nothing.

I never did like Tarot.

A bunch of psychic bullshit.

I tear up the card and put it on the table.


Looks like the Sentry Outpost may be coming down? The meaning of the tarot card: false beliefs get destroyed. And:

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No card scares a Tarot reader like the Tower - or the person they're reading for if that person knows anything about Tarot cards. It is however one of the clearest cards when it comes to meaning. False structures, false institutions, false beliefs are going to come tumbling down, suddenly, violently and all at once. What's important to remember as a tarot reader is that the one you're reading for likely does not know that something is false. Not yet. To the contrary, they probably believe that their lover is being faithful, that their religious beliefs are true and right, that there are no problems in their family structure, that everything is fine at work...oh, and that they're fine. Just fine, really.

Alas, they're about to get a very rude awakening. Shaken up, torn down, blown asunder. And all a reader can really do to soften the blow is assure the Querent that it is for the best. Nothing built on a lie, on falsehoods, can remain standing for long. Better to tear it all down and rebuild on the truth. It is not going to be pleasant or painless or easy, but it will be for the best.

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Lovek
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 		EDIT: Ha, I was typing as rose posted. Oh well. I also like the other-ARGly connection of the title.
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Free Psychic Reading - w4w
You: Hoping for good fortune

Me: Throwing fortune away

...

Slowly she hands me the card.

The Tower.

I look at her. I look at the card. I look at her, hoping to understand.


I'm digging this post. Besides the Tower = Sentry Outpost reference, the meaning of the Tower card itself gets added into the spookiness.

A few of it's meanings via http://www.learntarot.com/maj16.htm:

Quote:

going through sudden change
experiencing upheaval
having plans disrupted
being surprised
undergoing a crisis
having routines shaken up
being in chaos

releasing
exploding
having an emotional outburst
erupting in anger
crashing through ego defenses
breaking through pretense
letting everything go

falling down
being humbled
experiencing a crash
toppling from the heights
having a downturn in fortune
suffering a blow to the ego

having a revelation
suddenly realizing the truth
exposing what was hidden
having a burst of insight
seeing through illusions
getting the answer
seeing everything in a flash


Another interesting page about the Tower card.
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danteIL
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rose wrote:
Well, hmm. wrong number? we have a hole but a cell phone next to it? Did we call BA to tell her what we found so far?


Could this be referring to a wrong Port number? Should we be trying to hack into a different port?

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Quote:
Could this be referring to a wrong Port number? Should we be trying to hack into a different port?


This sounds like a winner to me. Smile
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cissmiace
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 		Wow, a few of use spoke about the Tower card way back when this game was just beginning.
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tipsila
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rose wrote:
I do like this:

Quote:
The Tower.

I look at her. I look at the card. I look at her, hoping to understand.

Nothing.

I never did like Tarot.

A bunch of psychic bullshit.

I tear up the card and put it on the table.


I like this part.
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She pulls out two more cards, tears them up, and hands all three cards to me.

I wonder what the other two cards were!

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danteIL
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Quote:
The Tower.

I look at her. I look at the card. I look at her, hoping to understand.

Nothing.

I never did like Tarot.

A bunch of psychic bullshit.


See, what I like about this part is that we get to see BA just as confused and hoping to understand all this psychic bullshit as we are! Smile

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