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[STORIES] [TRAILHEAD] We Tell Stories
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Mikeyj
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Joined: 18 Oct 2004
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Location: London

 		Re: follow the rabbit
Cooldrew wrote:
Mary Deoignes wrote:
if you click on the white rabbit in the bottom left corner of the front page then it takes you down a 'proper rabbithole':

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http://treacleandink.wordpress.com/


Gee, what do you know...the link's author's name is
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Alice,
just like the rest of our clues here.
And I thought that this would just be some stories to read Very Happy


Ye of little faith Wink But Alice is our Naomi then - lovely Smile I don't have anything useful to add, though I really liked the bit when he took the tube and the line sped up...these little details are very pleasing. Very Happy
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gazmataz
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 		her name
Just thinking aloud....
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If she took the name from a UK ticket machine then it is probably the name of a place as well as a person as it is a destination train station. Based on names of tube stations, just as a start I have tried:
Chelsea
angel
alexandra
margaret
all of which appear on the London tube map. They've all bounced back. Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree.


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Edgemaster
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 		I'll try and get into London this weekend if we cant otherwise solve, anyone want to meet up?

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jvvw
Kilroy

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 		Just in case this is of any use (my first post here so be gentle!)

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The directions from the statue lead to where the Thameslink St Pancras station is (although I haven't been to St Pancras since reading the story). None of the station names on the Thameslink line look immediately obvious as the answer to me however.


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Jezza
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 		I am still puzzled about the relevance of the tattoo. There is a word on it that I can't read and the 'picture' looks as though it could be
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a map of a castle - ?Edinburgh'
Can anyone add to this or refute it?

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chelec
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Joined: 26 Nov 2006
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Location: London

 		I went along to St Pancras Station this afternoon and followed the clues. I took a little video as well for those of you not around here so you can see what is was like. In the middle of the walk through the station I suddenly realised that taking video in stations my be regarded as 'suspicious' these days so did wonder what I would say if arrested...'the voices on the phone made me do it' may not have ended well Wink

I'll give the whole list of actions, to pull it all together. I did not transcribe the calls, but will give the main gist of them (all phone numbers are UK, so you need to dial use +44 as code and drop the initial 0 if calling from overseas

Step 1 - the clue in the story..

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a phone number briefly appears when you move between chapters. Where it appears in the story is not consistent. To track Alice you need to call 0208 133 8141.


As we've discussed, this takes you to St Pancras Station

Step 2 - standing in front of the statue.

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Stand in front of the statue of St John Betejeman and call 0207 193 3154. You get told about the Eastern European woman you can see. But now you need to take 20 steps to the right, turn right and then another 10 steps. this takes you to a poem on the floor. (video: http://blip.tv/file/754543 Flickr image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelc/2343774346/) you have to take the first word and add it to a phone number - 0203 BEYOND 8


Step 3: walking through the station

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now I'm told to follow the women through the station, being subtle - I don't want to be spotted!. I turn around, go left, down the stairs and walk the length, past all the shops to the ticket office. I've got videos, but pretty boring, but if you've never been gives you an idea of what the place is like. http://blip.tv/file/754555 , http://blip.tv/file/754559 , http://blip.tv/file/754575 ). Now I have to find out the woman's name. The clues in the call tell me that here name starts with a D, that she got it from the station machines and that it is at the beginning of the list


Step 4: finding out the woman's name

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so I make it to the ticket office and look for machines - there's only one, which is pretty weird as I expected far more. I queue for a while and then get to play. (http://blip.tv/file/754580 ) The clues sort of point me towards the first name on list but I was pretty sure that even a weird woman would not use Dagenham Dock as a name. So it must be Daisy Hill


Step 5: emailing the woman

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I tried Daisy first of all, which bounced. you need to use daisyhillSPLATpengrin.co.uk. You get back more of the story


Step 6: the final bit of the story.

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The assignation had been arranged in a railway station. I watched the
ebb and flow of the passers-by warily. My contact was somewhere here.
At last, I saw her. An Eastern-European woman, engaged for the moment
in another operation, but soon to turn her attention to me.

A strange affair indeed, I muttered to myself, as I patted my breast
pocket, assuring myself that the cards were still there.

At last, the woman's part in the tale was at an end. Looking around
quickly, she moved through the crowd towards me, eyes darting alertly
around the station, ensuring that we were not watched.
Although my business here was serious – if not deadly – I could not
help but admire her graceful bearing and fluid, athletic movements.

"What day is it?" she asked me.
"Samedi," I replied, my accent, if I may say so, impeccable.
"How suitable," she said, "for the setting."
Her accent was less thick than it had been a moment before.
"Now," she continued, "what have you brought me?"

I had rehearsed this part many times. From my coat pocket I pulled a blindfold.
She smiled. "Very good. What else?" I reached into my other pocket
more gingerly and removed the tiny black fabric-covered box marked
with three small crowns for which I had bargained so vigourously for
in the souk of a thousand boys-own adventures.
Carefully, I flipped it open. The scorpion inside scuttled and danced,
its sting ready to descend. I flicked the box shut and handed it to
her.
"Then, you know what comes next?"
"I… I think so?"
My sources had been less than clear on this matter. They had
instructed me that I must contact certain persons, that they would
give me the items I wanted, that I would only be able to return home
safely if I'd done so but... on this vital matter, the actual trade,
they had remained silent.
Still, nothing ventured nothing gained.

The woman took the blindfold from my hand. I expected her to bind it
around her own eyes, but instead she took me by the shoulders – her
hands were very cool, I noticed – turned me round and tied the
blindfold around my eyes. I started, the unaccustomed darkness making
me suddenly uncertain. Could I even be sure I was still in the train
station?

The woman – at least, I thought it was she – placed her hand in mine.
"Why, you're nothing but skin and bone," I said.
"Not even that," she laughed softly.
"And who wins?" she whispered into my ear. Her scent was cool, as of
damp, earthy places. I thought for a moment.
"Of the two of us, my dear," I said, "I'm sure it is you."
She laughed, and whipped the blindfold off. The world span. For a
brief instant I thought I saw something else: some fine and private
place. And then it settled again. A train station, a beautiful Eastern
European woman.

I reached into an inner pocket and proffered my card to her. She
turned it over in her hand, appearing to admire the workmanship.
"I think you know," I said, "which card I seek from you. I believe you have it."
"Ah yes," she said, "together we have made that perfectly clear."

From an inside pocket of her jacket she pulled out a piece of
cardboard. When I held it, I found it was heavier than it appeared. I
turned to go, but before I could depart the woman spoke again.

"Tell me," she said, "what game is it you hope to play with the hand you hold?"
"Ah dear lady," I replied, "only safe passage"
She smirked, then burst into a peal of mocking laughter.
"Does what I have said amuse you?" I asked.
"Why," she said, "you have too few cards for that! Too few in your
hand, and you know that the game is only to swap, never to give. You
need one more."
"But," I said, "I understood that…"
"You understood nothing," said the woman, before disappearing into the crowd.


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chelec
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 		If you look at the castle on this view

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=edinburgh&ie=UTF8&ll=55.948509,-3.199553&spn=0.002673,0.009892&t=h&z=17

you could say it looked like the tattoo. And Caiseal, the word, does mean fort, castle, in Gaelic

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Edgemaster
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 		I've just put together the selection of green markers shown in chapter 12 in an easy to browse google mashup here.

Hopefully someone may see a pattern in all of that (if it actually means anything Smile)

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gazmataz
Boot

Joined: 18 Mar 2008
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 		emailing alice
I sent alice an email at marshayrebooksSPLATgmail.com as was in her blog.

Just got an auto response:
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Dear customer,

Thank you for your enquiry, one of our sales advisors will deal with
your request and be in touch with you.

Regards,

Marsh-Ayre Books


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Jezza
Kilroy

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chelec wrote:


Step 6: the final bit of the story.

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The assignation had been arranged in a railway station. ........

"What day is it?" she asked me.
"Samedi," I replied, my accent, if I may say so, impeccable............

Could I even be sure I was still in the train
station?

This would point to the
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paris marker on the map wouldn't it, perhaps this Saturday


EDIT: to add to this,
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Mr MarshAyre is planning to retire to the south of France.
I would suggest the station is the one reached by the cross channel train! Unfortunately I can't go anywhere this weekend.


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chelec
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 		I, too, emailed the bookshop. I decided to ask for a copy of Fly Fishing by J R Hartly, it seemed appropriate!

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arkasha
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 		More on Chapter 12
To continue on ALISDAIRPARK's post about chapter 12 green icons, another location said something more than "here?"...

Buckie Harbour Authority?
28b Commercial Rd
Buckie, Banffshire.

The one under the speech bubble is also a "here?", if you go once round the world you can click on it.

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Amadeus
Boot

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 		It seems fair to presume that the three crowns relate to the next story in the series based on "The Haunted Dolls' House".

Quote:
The Haunted Dolls' House
by M R James

Antiquarian Paxton travels to a small town on the coast of Norfolk and learns of a legend concerning three crowns buried on the coast thousands of years ago to protect the land against marauding Vikings. Paxton tries to find the remaining crown, unaware of the supernatural presence that protects it.


For his sake, I hope Antiquarian is his occupation and not his first name.

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empowermint
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 		 [NEW] Emails and Press Release
I'm lucky enough to be on the Penguin Press list because I used to edit my school magazine. They sent me this...

Quote:
We Tell Stories


Six Writers. Six Stories. Six Weeks
Digital Fiction from Penguin

www.wetellstories.co.uk

Starting 18 March, Penguin is launching its most ambitious digital writing project to date. In collaboration with fêted alternate reality game designers SixtoStart (http://www.sixtostart.com/) Penguin has challenged some of its top authors to create new forms of story - designed specially for the internet.

Over six weeks, writers including Booker-shortlisted MOHSIN HAMID, popular teen author KEVIN BROOKS, prize-winning NAOMI ALDERMAN, bestselling thriller author NICCI FRENCH, young British novelist TOBY LITT, popular thriller author CHARLES CUMMING, and debut author MATT MASON, will be pushing the envelope and creating tales that take full advantage of the immediacy, connectivity and interactivity that is now possible. These stories could not have been written 200, 20 or even 2 years ago.

But somewhere on the internet is a seventh story, a mysterious tale involving a vaguely familiar girl called Alice. Readers who follow this story will discover clues that will shape Alice's journey and help her on her way. These clues will appear online and in the real world and will drive readers to the other six stories where they will have the chance to win some wonderful prizes, including The Penguin Complete Classics Library, over £13,000 worth of the greatest books ever written.

Expectation is already high - the gaming community has been awaiting the first project from SixtoStart and the next digital publishing initiative from Penguin whose last project, the wikinovel (http://amillionpenguins.com) generated 85,000 unique visitors in five weeks, arriving at a rate of 10 per second at one point. We Tell Stories (www.wetellstories.co.uk) will be widely promoted, through traditional and new media channels and will be a significant event in publishing, gaming and new media communities.

We Tell Stories will create new fiction and offer a unique, immersive and innovative experience to readers everywhere.

For more information contact Jeremy Ettinghausen (Jeremy.ettinghausenSPLATuk.penguingroup.com, 0207 0103382) at Penguin Books or Adrian Hon (adrianSPLATsixtostart.com) at SixtoStart



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I think this explains the seven tails/tales phenomenon!

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gazmataz
Boot

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 		reply from alice
I wrote to Alice and just got a reply this is what i wrote:

Hi Alice,
I stumbled across your blog and really liked your writing style. Its a shame you didn't get to do anything on the Pengrin project it looks like it will be really good. What was the name of your novel. I'd love to go and have a look.

Where is your shop by the way?


and this is what i got back
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Hello,

I'm glad you like my writing style, although I'm not really trying with the blog, I'm just writing down my thoughts and things I've done. The shop is on Muswell Hill just out of the way of the main shopping area. But that doesn't stop us being very busy!
Sorry I've got to dash in fact, I'm being thrown 'why aren't you pulling your weight around here' looks from someone in particular.

All the best,

Alice


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