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[PUZZLE] Way out of the Portal
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enaxor
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Aha! http://mithrasshowsleotheway.blogspot.com/

*edited to add the rest of the trail...

Methos found "enterwithsilence" written in the Leo constellation picture, which led to http://enterwithsilence.blogspot.com
hidden the sc was "lookupleo" which led to http://lookupleo.blogspot.com This coded message was found in lookupleo blog:

Code:
"ihxvv al oa mcnxv jsgqgyprr.  qzlafnw xs mlv ggzl sce plf utb fldw rsl las jen.  peetw rchv waghj gg hui talx nsez.  oiv mbxyjtg"


The code is vigenere and we've seen the key before, from malismalis blog, it's an anagram of the letters naming the sator square pics, "paterstone". The decoded message is " there is an inner sanctuary. mithras is the only one who can show you the way. place your hands on the east wall. beg mithras", which leads to the last page http://placeyourhandsontheeastwall.blogspot.com hidden in the sc is " mithras will show the portal three days before next full moon, be prepared to sing your sad song, leo".

Now why would Happy's information give us the key to unlock information for the Darksiders? Is Mithras trying to prevent Eidolon from succeeding in his evil plan. Did he send messages to the dying Dick White in his dreams. Remember Happy Rogers has been following the trail Dick White wanted her to. Or the whole thing was a setup from the beginning and Dick White has betrayed all of us. You decide. Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:22 pm
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Methos
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enaxor wrote:
[...]The code is vigenere and we've seen the key before, from malismalis blog, it's an anagram of the letters naming the sator square pics, "paterstone". [...] Now why would Happy's information give us the key to unlock information for the Darksiders? [...]


There is a second way which leads to "paterston(e)".

Hidden in the source code of http://lookupleo.blogspot.com are "aoho lh esb" and "look up Leo".

"aoho lh esb" as a vigenere cipher (key: "look up Leo") gives "paterston"
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:01 am
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konamouse
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As for the words on the leosdoor.jpg - Methos - this is wow! I had to really blow it up and play around with the contrast to see the words.

leosdoorcontrast

Another interesting observation.
The font for "This is your Mighty Mithras" in http://lookupleo.blogspot.com/ is very different. Is this Mithras' way of saying the information is from him and not MrAJ?
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Methos discovered an update to http://placeyourhandsontheeastwall.blogspot.com/, reading:
Quote:
You have come to Mithras with an open heart.
You have completed your first step.
Follow the ignis fatuus.


The ignis fatuus is also known as the will o' the wisp, leading to http://followthewillothewisp.blogspot.com/. In the source of this is the following:

You must beg Mithras until the full moon to grant you the way out of the bright light passage that leads to the inner sanctum. Be prepared, Leo, to share one truth or one secret with Mithras. (It's a bit out of order in the source, but this makes the most sense.)

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The page title on http://followthewillothewisp.blogspot.com/
(visible with "Select All") is "Fiat Voluntas Dei Mithras", which is Latin for "Let the God Mithras' will be done". (Fiat Voluntas Dei ="May God's will be done".)

Also written, above the blogspot search bar is (again, visible with "Select All") "This is the bright light passage."

eta: Some info about will-o'-the-wisp from the wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_o'_the_wisp

Quote:
The will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus, or in plural form as ignes fatui ("fool's fire(s)") refers to the ghostly lights sometimes seen at night or twilight that hover over damp ground in still air ...<snip>. Much folklore surrounds the legend, but science has offered several potential explanations.
<snip>
These lights are also sometimes referred to as "corpse candles" or "hobby lanterns", two monikers found in the Denham Tracts. Sometimes the phenomenon is classified by the observer as a ghost, fairy, or elemental, and a different name is used. Briggs' "A Dictionary of Fairies" provides an extensive list of other names for the same phenomenon.


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Twilight

I wonder if that helps set the timing for Sunday - twilight.....but which time zone?

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mapmaker wrote:
The ignis fatuus is also known as the will o' the wisp, leading to http://followthewillothewisp.blogspot.com/. In the source of this is the following:

You must beg Mithras until the full moon to grant you the way out of the bright light passage that leads to the inner sanctum. Be prepared, Leo, to share one truth or one secret with Mithras. (It's a bit out of order in the source, but this makes the most sense.)


new in the source code:

Quote:
Sneak back into your dark cells and leave for me your secrets and truths. Hide them well from your false Pater. Mithras will find the way.

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konamouse
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You can change the color of any text to #00000 and that makes it black against the black background. This is how DoEP & JM hid messages in our cells. But be careful what you write. The first line will show up in the dashboard Posts.

Some other things you can do to hide the information: Change the date of the post so it is buried all the way down at the bottom of your cell (which is what Higgs did in my cell); throw some ---- so the title doesn't appear (done by DoEP and Higgs).

Edit: I removed the information from my Raven Cell (cause Eidolon is getting suspicious) but I wanted to preserve it for the archives so I'm copying it in here (after removing all the HTML tags):

Quote:
Lead us to the light, Mithras. We come with truth - no more secrets. We come with love - no more hate.

Here is my truth: You have many being held in your temple against their will; The Johnson Eidolon promised you worshipping souls, but instead he ripped them from their mortal bodies and if they didn't fall into the in-between, they were locked deep under the nave in utter darkness. The Eidolon has been a false Pater - only interested in re-instating a mortal body in order to destroy life. We have come to your sacred temple to free our friends, to show you how he has been using you for his own evil plans. We believe in you, but our truth is that we did not come here to worship inside your temple - and for that I deeply apologize.

Here is my love:For the Sammeeeees. Those in the mortal world, and those here in your temple. And the biggest truth of all - how much I care for the Sammeeeee Higgs. your secret is always safe with me.

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Methos woke up and found that those who had posted a secret had a new message added to our posts: your secret is always safe with me.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
yoursecretisalwayssafewithme.blogspot.com/


Movie with words on the screen.
GOTO
ElPortal
21

on the YouTube account agodforgotten "You will know what to do when you arrive" and the tag "I will shine on you forever". The background of the user page is that blue sun from an earlier Eidolon created video.

enaxor found it:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
elportalmotelroomtwentyone.blogspot.com/


In the source code:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
to close this door forever you must change the path out you have the words. speak them once more and then you can change them and stop this Eidolon


[SPEC] we have to figure out the un/pw to log into the blogspot and then change the pw, effectively blocking the Eidolon from accessing the portal[/SPEC]
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Maybe we need to figure out the login and password (we "have the words" - vale, malis, dixi?), then change the password? Then we lock him in there forever.

We still need to get everyone out first, though...

Edit: Oh, haha - when I was writing my spec there was only ??? posted at the end of the last post. Wink Sorry about that!!!

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konamouse
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If we change the pw, then we know it, but he doesn't. WE can use the portal but he can't.
But, you're right, we have to get under the nave at some point. Hopefully before we lock the portal - cause when he is locked in, there is no telling what he will do to those locked away.
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I'm gonna head to El Portal and use a "disguise" - one of my yahoo email accounts - and "knock" on the door of El Portal Motel Room 21.

Trying to find the correct email login. So far, I know it's not elportalmotelroom21SPLAThush.com. Maybe bloodykisses?

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Logically, this would belong to Mithras.
Mithras aka "agodforgotten" or "god of the rock".

As for what we said, well - to get into the nave we said YA DOST MITHRA in our mail back to Nedd. And then the Eidolon changed the raven cell PW to that.

edit to add: agodforgotten & godoftherock are not recognized usernames in blogspot (so they are not gmail names)
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Now, in the source code at http://elportalmotelroomtwentyone.blogspot.com/
very well hidden (one letter at a time) is g-m-a-i-l ...gmail.
You can search for this to find where it starts:
Code:
.feed-links {
  clear: both;
  line-height: 2.5em;
}g

/* Sidebar Content


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konamouse
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aha! That means the username will just be the name (not a full email addy like eidolonSPLATbloodykisses.zzn.com).

Very good catch.
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