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AUZ505
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I have still some troubles to follow this two worlds story. But it seems the stones are needed to travel between the worlds. I just wonder how OPs wife and kid got into the other dimension if OP has the stone(s)?
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jaeger138
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Well we know there are at least two stones, so it's quite plausable that there could be more that TEDO used to enter our realm, kidnap OPs family and take them to their realm. This is especially plausable since ThisTEDO created the stones, therefore ThatTEDO could already know how to create them or could have figured out how to create them. Its unlikely they stole any as they would need a stone to pass into our realm in order to steal one so there must be a way they have of creating them.

I'll check the wiki, but Blue, do you know how TEDO created the stones before?

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No, I don't. All I know is that the stones are forged [in some way] by advanced apprentices, probably in the exact same way as a Per'tnel with the only exception being that the evil in a person's heart causes the stone to darken. But the exact specifics I really don't know. Despite being a terrific, amazing, and wonderful Lorsham I never reached the stone forging phase. ;p

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Haha, well I guess it's not so important.

Has anyone had word from Eve or OP? Getting worried about OP, he should have been at his destination by now right? And Eve has gone awfully silent since sending the logo. I'm off to bed soon (4am here!) but I'll be checking my mail when I get up to see if either have spoken up yet.

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NEWS ROUND: Got replies from OP and Eve as some of us may soon discover at our inboxes. I'll post the contents for those who didn't recieve the mail;

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Subject: Eve is getting better

OK guys, your Eve is getting better. I've got the camera now, but I waited until she's having a shower to take a photo of some of what is in her bag. She's got what looks like an exercise book and a few notes. It seems like she's learning a new language or something. Some of the symbols look similar to the logo. I've kept the stone hidden and she hasn't asked for it. But I think its only a matter of time until she starts to suspect me. I know you have more experience with these things than I do. Please tell me if this is sinister or not. I'll write again when I can.


I'll post the picture after OPs worrying message;

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That is like asking me not to breath! I see so much more now! They stone will give me power and with that power I will cleanse it so that I cannot be corrupted!


I had asked him not to use the corrupted stone due to its dangers. I wonder if he really does have the power to cleanse it or if he is just being an idiot?

Piccies as promised! And it looks bad. TEDO Lorsham much? Maybe they weren't all wiped out during the Scattering. Any thoughts?

Also, hoped that these might help decode the symbol, but be wary of the red ink page, it looks like there must have been a mistake in there somewhere, hence the big cross.
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This is what I have so far for the text at the bottom of the first image. Don't know if the full stops/periods mean anything or actually split up words but I put them in for completeness. I'm guessing it's still in the language when translated which might mean we still will have trouble translating it but I'll see if there's anything corresponding to what we have in the dictionary. Alos, may have made a couple mistakes here but I checked it over and I think it's ok.

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?E.L??SA?L.ULS.?ES??A.
E?E??UL.D?E?.?L.?ES??E?.??U?LA
K??????E?: DA.KW?.?A?U?
?A??


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The first bunch of the first pic is the entire set of characters!
It's not just the alphabet, but all of the modifications, too.

The second part should be a text.

The second pic doesn't seem to be useful by itself. Just shows that she was practicing the Language.

The third pic is the same as the first part of the first pic, but it's wrong. We should look at the differences between those two.

I'll look at it later, if nobody has figured it out until then. Wink

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bluesylvia
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Here's what I got from OP when I told him his family was safe and to not do anything stupid:
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I will cleanse this other world of the filth that corrupts it. All I need to do is to find the way to get to the other side. I thought I should show you what was in the USB now that they are "safe" as you say. But when I had a look it was all a lot of gibberish. I doubt you would have understood it. Something to do with a white looking stone. It looked like a recipe. I guess the old man wanted you to cook a stone or something. Anyway, I decided you had enough in your plate without some rubbish like that, so I deleted it.

!&*(@NH OP SMITH! Evil or Very Mad

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The second black:
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Fe lorsham Lulsh Tesmna Etermul Dhrem Ol nestrem (trunla?) kontingem: da kwn yatux fain
literal meaning: The Lorsham of Ancient Order Eternal Tesm (TEDO) need (trunla?) perform: then with yatux be
Translated as: The Lorsham of Tesmna Etermul Dhrem Ol need to perform (trunla?), and then they will be with us.


The black dots represent spaces, just as an FYI for you, jaeger.

I have not found anything meaning "trunla" but I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess it's a new TEDO word, some sort of special ritual a person does in order to join the ranks.

edit: I have contacted Eve about this and told her to be wary of ThisEve, as I think she's part of or wanting to join TEDO. I don't trust ThisEve now and so I wrote those things pertaining to her in code as a lame attempt at keeping ThisEve out because who knows who is checking ThatEve's email?

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I had it all figured out just after I posted the first time! Damn it! We should add these edits to the existing alphabet, maybe just put the modifications in a different colour.

I'm not sure the differences in the mistakes and the proper one are relevant unless it shows a different message, maybe translating the word we don't know.

That word sounds like it's the one from the video OP posted. Blue's right, it's got to be a ritual for passing between the realms. That's what was wrong, the voice of the man in the video must have complianed tht the ritual was done wrong and he was sent to the wrong place, but the last voice must have been saying that he was always meant to be sent there and the ritual was done correctly.

My theory anyway.

EDIT:Also, the strange logo Eve sent, I think we can fill in the missing characters and safely say that the modifications change only the pronunciation or add an 'h' after the letter, so no big deal.

Quote:
DD
ADAAAE
DGDEFE
AA


It still doesn't make a lot of sense though. What do the characters mean? Maybe it's something to do with the Clompass? I really have no clue on this one.

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Nice point, I had totally forgotten about the video!

And I'll make a (cleaner) version of the alphabet soon, unless someone else with better Internet Handwriting Skills wants to do it.

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Haha, I did try to do more of the alphabet as I was decoding the message, I got one letter wrong I think but it looked so bad, seriously, like a 5 year olds handwriting. I wasn't gonna post it coz I didn't wanna embarass myself, lol. But at least we have translated what needs to be translated for now.

Gonna have another look at the writing on the clompass.

Blue, when you translated the clompass, did you already know the word time or did you guess that's what it meant?

I got "Where the TEDO time the stone" as in "This is the location where TEDO do something to/with the stone" but what do they do? Time doesn't make a lot of sense but if that's the translation then there must be some interpreting to be done.

Maybe they are literally timing it, counting down until something happens and the clompass gives us an indication of when that will be?

Sorry for the tl;dr, but in regards to the sheet from ThisEve's bag, anybody got any clues as to what the dots mean? The ones in triangle formation? We seem to have looked it over and wasn't sure if it was important.

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We already knew tnem means time. That's why Abie is called Tnem'Abie. It stands for Abie the Time.

I think the triangles just mark off a statement, or maybe a question.

I did notice we are missing the very first word in the red script from the last game.
We have TEN?Y
I don't recognize anything in the dictionary fitting this word.

edit: I have updated the second alphabet to display the varying characters. Because I was staring at Eve's work and I'm lazy I did it in their order rather than ABC. The giant yellow blobs are place markers showing where I'm not sure what the translation is. The last four at the bottom MAY be more E's and U's but until we see them in action I'm not going to put down anything for them yet.

And sorry for my crummy handwriting. The PM has much better penmanship.
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bluesylvia wrote:

I did notice we are missing the very first word in the red script from the last game.
We have TEN?Y
I don't recognize anything in the dictionary fitting this word.


That was "tenchi". Wink
Which was the answer to the question the black script posed. Not proven, but I think that makes enough sense to run with it.
It fits if it is an "i" and "y".
That question mark - like character is "ch".

Great work on those alphabets, people!

I think we can safely assume that the alphabet is given in the familiar order, once the original letter, then all modifications.

Ok, they don't have a Q, then. And if you are sure about the X, the order is broken, anyway. Weird.

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D'oh! Thanks for reminding me. Wink I looked back and could have swore we figured it out, but then was totally puzzled again when I couldn't spot it.

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