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[yellowcard]

[Sylvia]

Like I said, I'm confused and don't know the plot all that well but I'm trying to re-read and hopefully I will figure it out.

Sure email Jade. I know I and I'm sure others would like to know his take on it.

[Miso2kay1]

[yellowcard]

A thought about MSG4 while exploring another page on the unForums...

By the way, if you haven't read the thread that rand0m started to explain how he found the cube stolen from Perplex City, it's worth an hour out of your life to read. I've already navigated away from the page, but you can find it with a search for "random" and "cube" on this website.

Anywho, this query from one of the players who nearly beat rand0m to the cube location got my attention:

[mortality]

What cube? Rand0m? Huh?

I sent an email to Petra/Kelly. Created a Y! account using the surname I'd given Ethan (kuolevaisuus, not available anywhere else on the Internet as far as I know). Emailed her saying I spotted her on Y! Profiles. Her name reminded me of the site in Jordan. Does she like Arabian archaeology.

I hope it came off more like I'm some creepy e-dater than some creepy ARG person probing for information. No response yet.

I'm totally lost as to the plot. Up until now I haven't had a problem keeping track of details (plenty of problems solving puzzles, but that's another story). But I'm getting kind of lost. Too many characters fond of their anonynomity.

Anyone else notice that BrightonEarly used the plural "we"? And he wasn't referring to us, he was referring to his own associates. At least that confirms that BO is part of a group.

BO hasn't replied to my two latest comments on the wordpress site yet.

And I decided to stir the pot with Spearmint some more. (Yeah, spearmint has me nailed, dead to rights. I'm so transparent. Like an open book. Written in Finnish...don't ask.)

ETA: Jade also hasn't replied.

[yellowcard]

[mortality]

I'll be awake for a bit longer if you want to join the IRC channel and chat.

ETA: fair enough. I should, too. Long day behind me.

[yellowcard]

Got to go to bed. I just checked back w/ unFiction one last time, because, you know, I'm addicted to this stuff.

Going to bed this time... really.

[dashcat]

Ok I didn't mention this earlier because once again i thought everyone knew.

Djinn = genie

Genie is the anglicised version of Djinn. There was a mention in someones post earlier that spirits could be called and contained in a circle or vessel....such as a lamp. Am I imagining that? Is this where the Arabian Nights meet the creation mythology? Are we looking for a lamp?

[mortality]

While a lot of people do know that, it doesn't hurt to make it explicit, dashcat.

Your speculation is as good as anyone's. I think we need more research and then some more direction from Ethan, BO, or Reality Now, to know which track this is following. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm having more and more trouble discarding irrelevant facts and connections.

I was totally fixated on that John Dee stuff, and now it looks like we're being pointed away from the Western lore. Maybe we are looking for where the different stuff converges.

I mean, Enlil is Babylonian, but he's considered by some to be part of the Cain and Abel story (Enkidu, his brother was supposedly Cain).

ETA: I emailed Jade the link and password to BO's site. Jade said he'd check it out and called spearmint a self-righteous jerk. My hunch is that while it's possible Jade is affiliated with Reality Now, it's unlikely. He doesn't seem evangelical enough about his skepticism to fit in with Spearmint's crowd. If he is affiliated with BO, no harm. If he's not affiliated with BO, then I think we'll get a fresh perspective, and still no harm.

Yellowcard, so do you think the "Duke of Manchester" has more relevance than just the fact that the 4th Duke of Manchester was the Grand Master of the first great lodge of Freemasons in England?

[Miso2kay1]

[Sylvia]

reply from Petra

[yellowcard]

[Typoxic]

The Enlil/Abel stuff is complicated, from what I've seen. There are different connotations. While Abel is seen as something like an innocent bystander, Enki and Enlil seem to have been active rivals. If this is accurate, Enlil is the bad guy from humanity's perspective.

[mortality]

Here's my thought: right now we have a lot of stuff floating around. I'm having trouble keeping track of it all. The Whitechapel site is fine in so far as it goes for the stuff that we've verified. It's not so good for keeping tabs on all the speculative stuff we find. We're also specializing a lot more, focusing on the aspects of this that are most interesting to each of us as individuals.

Maybe it's time to request a Despoiler wiki? That way everything can be compiled and readily accessible in one place that we control.

Also, if anyone comes up with something they think is relevant and one of the characters might have insight, feel free to contact them yourselves. Just be sure to let us know what you find out. Until we meet a character that insists on talking to one of us, we can all interact to our heart's content; there's no monopoly. If you'd rather let someone else do the interaction, that's fine, too. Ask and someone will be happy to do it for you.