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mr.judkins

Which means that Sapagoo's spec on the text from Ring 1 was bang on. Very Happy

Win!

I guess this means we can find out the final message without sending the rings back after all! Wink

**Posted:** Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:59 pm

unagi · Unfettered Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 464 Location: Japan

Since "eleven" seems to be expressed only as "dek unu" in Esperanto, I think it might be the most natural to connect the sections simply in the order of Ring 1, 2 and 3.

KVIN, KAJ UNU ATLETOJ PLENUMADI, DEK UNU PER DESEGNAĴO; LA PLEJ GRAVA LUDO
(five, and one athletes fulfill, eleven by design; the most important game)
VOJAĜI. LA MONDO DEVAS LINIIĜI PRESKAŬ PERFEKTE. KALKULU LA CELON.
(voyage. the world must align almost perfectly. calculate the goal.)
REVENU AL VIA HEJMO DUM LA FERMANTAJ CERIMONIOJ FLAGRU! PROVU LA PLEJ PROKSIMAN
(return to your home during the closing ceremonies flare! find the most proximal)

FLAGRU! (flare! - this is imperative) is the most difficult to put in the current place.
(I'm asking Marina if what follows PERFEKTE is a comma or a period.)
(EDIT: Marina confirmed it's a period.)

jasper · Unfettered Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 560 Location: Texas

That "five, and one athletes fulfill" phrase at the start keeps making me think of how we aparently had one of the six codex-writing athletes stay behind.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:58 am

unagi · Unfettered Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 464 Location: Japan

**Posted:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:24 am

runeix ftlr

mabey theres a trick or key to opening them that is yet to be found....

**Posted:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:09 am

jasper · Unfettered Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 560 Location: Texas

Well, they don't look "cast" to me, so I think that podcast description doesn't quite fit what we're finding. On the other hand, I think detaching and putting them back together doesn't refer to taking individual rings apart- just separating the five rings and then recombining them onto the olympic logo sculpture.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:32 am

danteIL · Unfictologist Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 1990

Adding the new sesa sections from Rings #4 & #5 to what we had previously:

Ring #1 (blue):

**Posted:** Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:54 pm

Tenchizard · Decorated Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 254

So, with all the pieces together, and putting the texts in the order of the olympic rings (blue, yellow, black, green and red), it looks something like...

**Posted:** Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:03 pm

DavFlamerock

*Dav Flamerock reads in an epic voice:

FIVE AND ONE ATHLETES FULFILL, ELEVEN BY DESIGN: THE MOST IMPORTANT SPORT.
FORTY RUNNING FROM THE OPENING CEREMONIES TRAVEL.
THE WORLD MUST ALIGN ALMOST PERFECTLY.
CALCULATE THE GOAL--IT IS THE SUM OF THE SPORT BELOW THE HIGHEST LIMIT.
RETURN TO YOUR HOME DURING THE CLOSING CEREMONIES.
FLARE!
FIND THE CLOSEST MONUMENTAL WAVE THAT THROUGH YOU MUST TRAVEL.

And we have a winner. The goal is the sum of all the labyrinths being run on all the worlds--the sum of the sport below the upper limit. Through the Olympics we will be saved--and our athletes will go home.

In other news, I hear the rings are en-route to James and Kai for further investigation Very Happy

danteIL · Unfictologist Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 1990

Ummm... I'm not sure that really makes sense.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:31 pm

sapagoo

Maybe when the 5 rings are together, it will make more sense.

And Dav, can you change the translation of "FLAGRU! " to Flares or something to that effect? Since the codex mentions using Flares to navigate, I would keep it in the translation , even if Shine might make as much sense.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:48 pm

DavFlamerock

I can certainly change it back. Just trying to make some sense of the matter. Which I guess is difficult when it's not supposed to immediately make sense Razz

**Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:50 pm

VictorSueiro · Decorated Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 229

I red some posts doubting about the colour of ring #4: is the GREEN one.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:00 pm

Oriza

Well, technically, the 'flares' they were talking about in the codex were metaphorical flares, not actual signal flares-- they were talking about doing a sort of fancy, complicated movement to synchronize the worlds-- and that would act as a sort of signal flare.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:38 pm

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unagi · Unfettered Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 464 Location: Japan

The third line should be:

**Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:11 pm