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Tresbien
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When I forwarded Rhea's email to OP, he responded with:
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I don't know what to make of it. My wife is the sweetest most delicate person. Now she seems to be involved in something I don't understand. Rhea Soutaine is the maiden name of my wife. I don't know who John and Jane Smith are. My real name is not OP Smith. This is merely an alias to keep my identity hidden from those whom I first encountered on the mountain.


Note: Since this may involve some characters and we knew in Rabbit Black, please try to remember to post context for our new players. Thanks! And welcome to the new people. Our PM is a wonderful storyteller.

ETA: Just received this additional email:

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You and israfel sent me the e-mail address of my wife...

This is what I replied before to israfel...I thought the two of you were working together, so I did not send it to you also. I apologise.


Thank you for forwarding the e-mail.
I have sent her one too and I have a reply...it is the strangest thing yet...
It seems as if I live in a different planet now. This stuff is surreal... I will not forward her full e-mail, as I e-mailed her with my normal e-mail address, so she would know it it is me...I hope you understand.

This what my wife wrote:

"I am unsure what it is that you want from me. I am clearly not your wife. I do remember you from 11th Grade, but as you recall, I moved with my family to the British Isles that same year and have never been married. I am unsure why you should wish to contact me after so many years and in such a peculiar way. Please accept my best wishes toward you and yours but also respect my privacy and kindly refrain from contacting me further."

I remember we met in Grade 11 when I moved to her school. That year her parents divorced because (among other things) her father wanted to move to the Isle of Mann to further his career but her mother wanted to stay in Hobart near family. Rhea stayed with her mother in Hobart. This is beyond anything I could hope to understand. Please help me!




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Tresbien
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FeGrelw in IRC chat #rabbitblack

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*** CS-Guest563 is now known as FeGrelw
<Bluesylvia> oh snap
<RAD24> oh, bilvin!
<tresbien> Bilvin FeGrelw
<FeGrelw> I do not wish to interfere
<FeGrelw> Indeed, we are fearful at this time...
<tresbien> you are always welcome please know that
<tresbien> please explain
<FeGrelw> I come merely to leave a message with you
<FeGrelw> I fear the message will not help you
<FeGrelw> but I must
<FeGrelw> This is the message
<FeGrelw> Things are not as they should be
<FeGrelw> Things were not as they should be
<FeGrelw> Things will not be as they should be
<FeGrelw> Unless
<FeGrelw> you
<FeGrelw> help
<FeGrelw> us
<FeGrelw> again
<FeGrelw> Bilvin
*** FeGrelw has left #rabbitblack


FeGrelw is an important character. We know him to be the Watcher of the Book of Prophecy. It's the watchers who observe and put what they see into the Book.

PostPosted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:56 pm
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RAD24
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On the hospital site, hovering over one of the sections on the left shows a letter. Put together, they spell
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
"he must escape c"


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RAD24
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Also, Eve's full name, Eve T. Philomels, is an anagram for "help me solve it", which is in the base64 posted earlier.

And for those who are wondering about the abacus, it's a counter for freewebs sites.

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bluesylvia
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Thank you Ms Sylvia. It is not uncommon for people who are having an episode of this condition to act very different to when they are well. It would be helpful to know if either of them have suffered from a Mental Illness before or any other medical condition. We are also having trouble knowing their ages. We are administering some antipsychotic medications to help with their delusions, but so far, there is little response.

If it would assist in believing us, here is a picture of some of the items in their possession at the time of admission. Perhaps you might recognise some or all of them?


The images attached include both of their Pert'nels.
To the people just joining us, a Pert'nel allows for a person to keep in contact with a special Book that grants immortality.
The sword of earth and sky (if I remember correctly?), depending on its position, determines if war is being called for or not.
I believe the books are the Korpatas (the little zurkpert book with their stories) and the Book of Prophecy.
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Tresbien
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Suggested to OP that he try to verify independently their lives since 11th grade and got this reply:

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I already tried to send her an e-mail message with this intention. But her reply was in the form of an autoreply which essentially said that my e-mail address had been labelled as a "spam source".

This is all too much for me to take. I must take some time to think...

Thank you for your help.


PostPosted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:43 pm
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israfel070
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Got this from OP:

[edit] Blue's two steps ahead of me with posting, as usual Razz [/edit]

I responded by explaining that time is "a document which can be rewritten" and hypothesized that Rhea's dad was a TEDO member whose urgent job got erased by the Isle of Man "revision" last time. This guess would make Rhea a likely TEDO member as well (although I didn't implicate her to OP, he probably wouldn't take that well lol).

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bluesylvia
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Eve wrote:
I cannot access them at the present time. They are in the lock-up unit. They seem like they are in good physical health, but they just sit at a table in the main lounge area. They speak to no-one (not even each other) since they were put into the unit. But the last time I talked to them about their possessions, Miss Smith gave me this message in a napkin. I didn't know what to think about it, but perhaps it was a message to you? I can't read it. I hope it helps.


Welcome to the Language, guys! it's super duper fun and you're gonna LOVE it!

EDIT Message says:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Please help us escape

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:07 pm
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israfel070
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New post from our old foes. http://thetedo.blogspot.com/

For new players, TEDO stands for "Tesma Etermul Drehm Ohl" in the Language, which was a big part of the first incarnation. In English it's "Ancient Order of the Eternal Tesm." They wanted to use a few artifacts to gain the power to rewrite history to their liking.

The "good guys" Tylean and Abie instructed us and were proponents of the philosophy that history should play itself out, without intervention. Changing time, even for the most noble purposes like saving loved ones, has led to dimensional disasters such as the volcano eruption we've learned about today.

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bluesylvia
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Sorry for the block of text coming in.

Eve wrote:
I was working on the hospital servers afterhours (as I have since this stupid virus arrived), when I received your message. I printed out your message and put it in the blue Address Book, where Professor Soutaine got the e-mails of their family members... I pretended that I was going to ask them more questions about their technology (Professor Soutaine thinks they may have something to do with the virus on our servers). But when I got there, they were talking to a woman that looked almost exactly like Professor Soutaine's twin! I asked the nurses, and they said that she arrived July 27th, and that her children had been admitted as well! (They normally don't keep children in the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit unless they are very sick, for obvious reasons). THey said that they are suffering from "folly adieu" or something... (my french is not good!) Apparently it is very rare, but they've had at least two families with it in recent months. Anyway, the resemblance in uncanny. I was so frightened, that I did not show them the print-out.


Looks like OP's wife is in the facility too!

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amandel
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Y'all know how much I Luved being with you all last time. Well, this time I'm not getting any of the mails or getting any replies to my mails. For example, I can't even reference anywhere who "Eve" is.

Sadly, I've no time to spend figuring out why while being so much in the dark and have decided to pass on this adventure. You all know how much I hope it's a blast for y'all.
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RAD24
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I've updated my original post with a summary for those who didn't play Rabbit Black.

Amandel, wish you would play, maybe you'll get replies some time later?

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amandel
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THX but, naha, I'm already totally lost. Would like to know who "Eve" is though.
OT-rushing back to my ill lil puppy-OUT
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bluesylvia
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Okay, here's a brief catch-up of what has happened so far:

A man, O.P. Smith, iss contacted and given some addresses and information he really doesn't understand. All he knows is his wife and children have been abducted and are no where to be found.

A place called Evandale North (possibly in an alternate dimension) was struck by the affects of the Scattering, causing an earthquake that has caused a lot of damage and turmoil in the city. A hospital there with a large psychiatric facility took into its care two unknown people--Tylean and Abie--where they find some strange objects in their possession. They are locked away in the in-patient ward but manage to find a confidante with an IT admin named Eve, who is sent to try to understand some of the "strange technology" found on them.

Eve really doesn't know what the heck is going on but she does want to help the pair as she knows they don't belong there. Her full name is an acronym for "help me solve it." She passed along the written message from Abie to me and I gave her one to give to Abie--also written in the message. Before she could give it to Abie, however, she came across a woman looking exactly like the professor (Rhea) who works in the facility. The only difference being this woman is married, has children, and has been locked away in the ward as well.

I believe the woman and children are O.P.'s missing wife and children. Whoever abducted them (TEDO?) has been using the ward as a place to store "unwanted" people. Some people (maybe Rhea, but who knows) must know who Tylean and Abie really are.

tl;dr version:
O.P. wants his wife and kids back.
Tylean and Abie are trapped in a psych ward along with O.P.'s wife and kids. They have been "diagnosed" with Folie a Deux.
Rhea is a professor at the facility. She may be good, she may be bad, who knows! (She's probably gonna be bad.)
Eve is good and wants to help.

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amandel
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THX, Blue, but who is "Eve T. Philomels". Where is this person referenced? Where was the name found?
Hoping an explanation may also help someone else.
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