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[SOLVED][PUZZLES] UNBC & the Three Maps
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konamouse
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[SOLVED][PUZZLES] UNBC & the Three Maps

From the MervandDinah thread.

http://theportaltodeadcelebrities.blogspot.com/

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I need three trusted Sammeeeees to volunteer to accept these maps. Please send me your mailing addresses. I will send the maps to you.


Who is gonna step up to the plate? You guys have a huge mission!!!
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:40 am
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Insane24Seven
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I've sent an email off this morning to assist.

Received the following response:

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Map one is on the way to you, Insanitarium!

We cannot fail!!!

Sincerely,

The Dancing and the Singing Nun


Edit: To add the Nun's response
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mapmaker
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I, unsurprisingly, have so as well.

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Have you a third volunteer yet?

Inexperienced as I am, you might not want me to be the one to try, but I'm willing if you don't have a third. I await the approval of my fearless leaders Wink

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Jenna
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Found it and emailed Smile

EDIT:
And got my reply, woohoo Very Happy

Quote:
It is an honor for me to meet the Sammeeeee responsible for delivering piece four of the Spoocheeeee disc.

Map three is on the way to you, Jenna!

We cannot fail!!!

Sincerely,

The Dancing and the Singing Nun

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tigerlilylynn
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?_?

The UBC board says, as of the 6th, that the nun only had 2 offers. Map, maybe you should re-send.

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I resent and got word that I would be getting map two. SWEET!

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Re: Have you a third volunteer yet?

kynard wrote:
Inexperienced as I am, you might not want me to be the one to try, but I'm willing if you don't have a third. I await the approval of my fearless leaders Wink


Please don't feel as though you must ask permission to respond to any characters' request for an email. Feel free to just jump in. Smile
In an instance such as this, I would imagine that one would need the technology to photograph the map, and the know-how to post it so that the information is shared.

And while it seems as thought three have been chosen already to recieve the maps, why not send an email to the Singing nun anyway. Who knows, maybe she has duplicates. Smile

It's always fun to get a response back from a character.

P.S. By answering this, I do not presume to be anyone's "fearless leader". Wink IMHO, there are no fearless leaders here. We are a collective of minds, ideas, and spirits. Welcome to unfiction!

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Ditto!
That is the wonderfulness of Sammeeeees. Everyone gets personalized messages and communication with characters if they wish to be active participants. There have been some who play by themselves and not share information. But the PM is good at sharing the love and making sure we know what we need to, when we need to.
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Just so ya'll know ... checked todays mail ... still no map *sigh*
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My brother has informed me that the map has arrived in Chicago. Here's how he described it:

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4:12:58 PM Map's Brother: okay!
4:13:03 PM Map's Brother: so there is a little piece of paper in there
4:13:15 PM Map's Brother: folded into quarters
4:13:33 PM Map's Brother: on one side of the paper
4:13:39 PM Map's Brother: there are four drawings of pigs
4:13:45 PM Map's Brother: in very light pencil
4:13:45 PM Map: haha what?
4:13:48 PM Map: ok
4:14:02 PM Map's Brother: and in the middle it says "where is the 5th pig?"
4:14:07 PM Map: hahaha
4:14:12 PM Map's Brother: actually, it says "WHERE IS THE 5TH PIG"
4:14:19 PM Map's Brother: if you want the exactitude
4:14:31 PM Map's Brother: and then
4:14:34 PM Map's Brother: on the back
4:14:44 PM Map's Brother: there is nothing except for the words "THE GOLD BUG"
4:15:00 PM Map's Brother: scrawled in a scratchy handwriting
4:15:01 PM Map: hahaha
4:15:04 PM Map: this is so silly
4:15:16 PM Map: it's supposed to be one of three pieces of a map
4:15:20 PM Map's Brother: oh wait
4:15:31 PM Map's Brother: i am looking at this paper at a bit of an angle
4:15:39 PM Map's Brother: and it looks like there is some kind of residue on the paper
4:15:44 PM Map's Brother: maybe an invisible ink or something?
4:15:47 PM Map: ooh
4:15:52 PM Map: that'd be sneaky
4:15:56 PM Map's Brother: it looks like it has another picture of a pig on it
4:16:05 PM Map: ah
4:16:13 PM Map: you found the 5th pig, I guess
4:16:22 PM Map's Brother: it also looks like there's something written on the pig, maybe?
4:16:31 PM Map's Brother: "Hi"
4:16:34 PM Map's Brother: maybe
4:16:41 PM Map: well
4:16:41 PM Map's Brother: and two dots
4:16:45 PM Map: at least it is a nice pig
4:16:54 PM Map's Brother: right
4:17:23 PM Map: what do you mean two dots?
4:17:36 PM Map's Brother: well
4:17:53 PM Map's Brother: like above the tiddle in the i in "Hi"
4:18:04 PM Map's Brother: there are two larger spots
4:18:09 PM Map: hmmm
4:18:13 PM Map's Brother: right next to one another
4:18:41 PM Map: interesting
4:18:48 PM Map's Brother: i'd heat up the paper to see if i can get the invisible ink to appear
4:18:54 PM Map's Brother: but i might as well wait for you to come back
4:18:57 PM Map: yeah
4:19:05 PM Map: thanks for this relating
4:19:11 PM Map's Brother: also, the return address
4:19:15 PM Map's Brother: is SiDNUN
4:19:18 PM Map's Brother: SM CA
4:19:18 PM Map: we might have to wait for the rest of the maps
4:19:21 PM Map: haha
4:19:25 PM Map's Brother: '90405
4:19:29 PM Map: the singing & dancing nun
4:19:35 PM Map: Santa Monica, CA, 90405
4:19:43 PM Map's Brother: oh, it's S&D
4:19:44 PM Map's Brother: okay
4:19:53 PM Map: that's cool
4:20:02 PM Map's Brother: and the stamp has a bell on it
4:20:19 PM Map's Brother: it's one of those "first class forever" stamps
4:20:24 PM Map: nice


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gold_Bug

Edgar Allan Poe short story about a buried treasure using cryptography

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tigerlilylynn
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While odds are good that the map does not turn into this particular pig, this was the first google result for five pigs

http://www.johnrausch.com/PuzzleWorld/puz/five_pigs.htm

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kimer
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katyastillatwork wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gold_Bug

Edgar Allan Poe short story about a buried treasure using cryptography


Nice find.... here is the substitution cypher used in that book... in case it comes in handy later....

5=a
2=b
—=c
†=d
8=e
1=f
3=g
4=h
6=i
0=l
9=m
*=n
‡=o
.= p
(=r
)= s
;= t
?= u
¶=v
:= y
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So my brother scanned the map. Here's the plain versions. He ramped up the contrast, because the pencil on the one site was really quite faint.

Front side
Back side

There's this potential invisible ink that he traced in red on these versions:

Front side
Back side

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