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Ok, I appreciate what has been said about not having enough information but frankly I can't help myself from speculating, specially when I have just woken up and my subconscious mind has been twisting things around the other way from how we have so far interpreted Marsh-Ayre's encounter...

Here's my thinking, having reread (and reread and reread) Marsh-Ayre's Book Review:

1) To escape from the obsidian mirror, you need the cards (including The World) to make 100 points - the path of Passage / safe passage.

2) BIG WHAT-IF

What if he has been travelling around looking FOR the World entity in order to obtain the World card? "It could be anywhere. It is anywhere". "How can I take all this?"

(This fits in with his description of what he is looking for, if you reread it with this in mind).

He-She says: "Put out your hand," he-she says, "and I will give you everything you came for."

3) If you go with the flow on this, then the World was the LAST card he needed in order to complete the Path of Passage.

4) That way we would know that the other cards in his possession added up to 79.

5) Therefore we need to work out which cards would give him a decent hand added to his remaining 79 (though he cannot now obtain the World).

6) As veebee noted, the Fool card can change hands a number of times - he could pass this on next time...

7) Marsh-Ayre supposes that the entity is not actually the World but another traveller. Who has a brother, incidentally. So are they also collecting cards and hoping to achieve the path of passage and escape the mirror? EDIT: Who are they? Evil twins? TweedleDum and TweedleDee?

Cool

EDIT Therefore is the real World still out there?

Thought that I would throw this out and see if it stimulates anyone, (or not). Question

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chelec · Decorated Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 156 Location: London

So it looks like Dorcas came from outside and was going to kill the mirror. Where has she been hiding? Is she now in a coma and caught in the Mirror World? Do we have to get her out as well?

**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:01 am

Cabbage

**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:18 am

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So finally we have the dormouse, interesting version of the name though.

Dorcas was a biblical character who was raised from the dead by Peter. It's of Greek origins
Muse, also greek origins, is from the Muses, a sisterhood of spirits who inspired creativity in the arts.

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**Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:07 am

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wukka · Boot Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 44 Location: Local

San Miguelion de los Mercados

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Through the looking glass

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A Wild Hare

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Re: A Wild Hare

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wukka · Boot Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 44 Location: Local

I'm still fairly sure this is a joke referring to the Perplex City card - just something to be enjoyed, surely?

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:30 pm

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ambien · Boot Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 34

I agree with Wukka - it's a little joke, I'm sure. I think the 4 creatures that Marsh-Ayre is picturing are the human face, lion, ox and eagle that appear on the World tarot card:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(Tarot_card)

These remind MA of the convent of the San Miguelion de los Mercados described in the Perplex City card Wukka found because that convent has a painting in it showing an angel, lion, bull and eagle, pretty much the same four creatures:

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13276

That's my theory anyhow.

OOG:

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:54 pm