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[vapor]

I think we should start narrowing the scope since only a little more than 24 hours remain and we have no new information.

[stratagos]

[vapor]

[stratagos]

[vapor]

I'm merely trying to narrow the scope here so please don't take this negatively, but I don't get the feeling that we are looking for a book. Consider this:

1) There are probably a dozen genres and hundreds of titles that could encompass the fountain of youth theme (anything from history, new age, fiction, bibliography, children's). That could take hours to dig through. We were given a specific time.

2) Most books could be obtained anywhere. There are much more subtle ways for the watcher to point out a specific volume than sending us to a remote bookstore inside a remote mall on a remote island.

3) There would really be no way of knowing if we have found the correct book unless it was glaringly obvious like it had the blue lines on the cover as stratagos suggested or it was called 13 lights or something. It would not be likely that someone would put a note inside a book since it could be picked up by someone OOG or something.

So unless there is some book signing or some promotional thing going on for a book that looks related, I would probably focus on something else, AttorneyAtLawl. Keep an ear open for a loud speaker announcement or a suspicious looking package or an out-of-place individual. We will be your life-line so if you start to feel you are not getting anywhere with any particular lead, make sure to let us know. Keep the lines of communication open and we will be successful.

[stratagos]

Let me clarify - I don't think we're looking for a book, I think we're looking for something *in* a book. But I don't think we want to open a million books, so we want to narrow that down a bit

[PostLarval]

I don't think they'll make this ridiculously difficult... they want us to find whatever it is we're supposed to find. If it's somehow related to a book on the Fountain of Youth, for instance, I wouldn't expect to have to rummage through hundreds of copies of different books throughout the store. You'd more likely see something glaring on a shelf, like a cryptic sign or an envelope.

[AttorneyAtLawl]

[PostLarval]

[AttorneyAtLawl]

I figured I'd just ask the first person I see with a black hat on if they're "Twelve". Should narrow things down pretty quick.

[stratagos]

[AttorneyAtLawl]

In the car, headed to the mall now. Will be there well before 3PM. Got my laptop with me, so hoping the mall/store has WiFi, I'll be online and in the unfiction IRC chat and forums as I meet Twelve.

[PostLarval]

[vapor]

Hey is there a channel for 13lights on chat-solutions? Is this where everyone will be going? Sorry, but I'm pretty much a n00b with UF chats.

[AttorneyAtLawl]

At Books-A-Million. There IS a coffee shop inside the store and I'm sitting at it. No free WiFi so I can't use my laptop, but I've still got my phone with internet access. If there is anything you want me to ask Twelve, post it here. Still an hour till 3.