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[Dionysus]

[AA][PUZZLE][NEW] Parvulus Patroni

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Nice!

[geektastic]

Interesting. I suppose the Dragon Council is the group meant to protect the children but who're apparently not doing a great job of it.

So I guess Parvulus Patroni is Amun? He was supposed to contact Mikey after the ritual, and this message uses the wheel.

ETA: Nevermind, missed some posts in the original thread about this that already mentioned Amun. Though it could be either him directly or one of his "agents."

[druzliah]

Ahh finally, I keep checking posts and its been quite for a day or so.

[Dionysus]

Actually I think MIKEY is the Parvulus Patroni. The Blog's heading reading that is simply shouting "Hey Mikey!" Look at the text of the message and how many times it calls him a protector of child or says he's pledged to protect children or any of the other variations.

[geektastic]

Hmm, so then Mikey is leaving messages for himself using the decryption wheel sent by Amun? I suppose the question then would be, is he not aware of doing this or is he pretending to be another person for a specific reason?

Obviously we can't say it's impossible at the moment, but so far it seems odd that he would do something so round-about.

[Dionysus]

No no no.. The message was FROM Amun to Mikey... but the blog's heading simply refers to Mikey. Its like calling out a persons name to get their attention. To Amun, Surry's primary trait is that he is a Protector of Children.

[geektastic]

Ah, I see what you mean. So the Parvulus Patroni is not the person sending the messages, but the person the messages are addressed TO.

That makes sense.

I keep wondering about that big guy with all the tattoos that Mikey "hallucinated." Amun? Dragon Council member/agent? It seems like too odd of a detail to put in without it meaning anything...

[vapor]

[geektastic]

Thanks! There are so many of these things going on now, it's a bit tricky to know what might relate to other games.

[Dionysus]

[vapor]

[off topic][rant]Mikey may have been in Boston at the same time as tattoo man but technically they live in separate realities. Unless, ARGfest has some weird properties that allow multiple realities to converge. While that sounds really cool and would make for one damn interesting game, I think it was more like I said, a nod to fellow ARGfest goers. Or if you prefer, tattoo man was in fact a hallucination. Or if you really want to go off the deep end, Mikey's possession allowed him insight into alternate realities that to his unfettered mind he perceived to be hallucinations.[/rant][/off topic]

[Vecheeso]

[counterpoint]then again, we as the players can percieve both worlds, do we have special abilities? if TINAG does it have to be a separate reality/universe? if so, then every ARG would have to explain how this other reality has contacted us, and how it is the players can percieve and interact with the alternate reality.
i believe the alternate reality part is left to the discretion of the PM, if its a star wars ARG, then its gotta be in an alternate reality, but if the players are gonna be reading blogger accounts, sending and recieving emails from the characters, and possibly packages, then if its an alternate reality, how would we have the same postal service or internet access?

i believe the 'alternate reality' part of ARG is determined by the storyline the pms create, otherwise, everything else falls under chaotic fiction and the TINAG rule. therefore, surry could have been in boston, and seen the tattooed guy. because if TINAG, then the PMs for this game dont exist, and therefore werent at ARGfest, that doesnt mean that other ARGers couldnt have been there

alternatively, maybe Surry saw the ARGFest signs, before you knew what an ARG was, would you have had a clue?[/endcounterpoint]

btw, does TINAG or TOS state, specifically, that it is required that within all games, cfs and alternate realities, that ARGs, and CFs cannot exist?

[vapor]

Hmm...good points. The way I see it is that when we immerse ourselves in a game whether ARG or CF, we step into and become characters in the reality set by the PMs. The world that we know exists only in the sense that it may be parallel to our own. I agree that the PMs set the rules. I have played games where it is stated by the PMs that they are speaking from an alternate reality while we sit comfy in our own. I don't believe that is the case with AA project, though.

That's how I keep it in nice and organized in my mind, anyway. I'm sure there are many, many views and we could go on debating. I'm sure there's a better topic if someone wants to point me in that direction.

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