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Dagada
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No response yet, but I've not had a bounceback, which I have had from everything else I've tried.

PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:43 am
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Dagada wrote:
No response yet, but I've not had a bounceback, which I have had from everything else I've tried.


Even if you subsitute "Careen" for "Carina", as Vanessa wasn't quite sure herself, it fits in with the Argonauts theme.

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careen [kəˈriːn]
vb
1. to sway or cause to sway dangerously over to one side
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (tr) Nautical to cause (a vessel) to keel over to one side, esp in order to clean or repair its bottom
3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (intr) Nautical (of a vessel) to keel over to one side


Edit: I really shouldn't post before I've had any coffee or food. The reason I posted this is because I think the Argonauts connection is the best we've had so far.
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Dagada
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So, Carina is part of Argo Navi - a constellation split into three parts. This one refers to the prow or keel of the ship, I understand. Another is the mast and the other the aft I think.

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We've had a response.


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aethalidesSPLATbritain.com to me!
4:01pm


The automatic response was not automatic.
I have come in to the office especially as one who is still 'accessing the old network' informed me of the contact.
Apologies, the Ministry has provided me with limited technology due to recent developments needing to secure our work.
We will be in touch shortly, and you have proved your worth. I ask that you inform others, but only those who you feel are able to contribute to the Defence of our Great Nation.

Your Herald,

Aethalides.



Good job everyone, who says collective intelligence doesnt exist?

I'll let you know of any further contact.

EDIT:Ok, development!

4:01: I received a response from Aethalides - see above.
4:17: I receive an invite to join the Ministry of Argos, see: http://argobritain.ning.com/. So, naturally, I sign up.
4:34: I receive a message from Aethalides stating that I have been assigned the name Talaus (King of Argo, booyah). I'm awaiting further instructions.
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distilled wrote:
We've had a response.


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aethalidesSPLATbritain.com to me!
4:01pm


The automatic response was not automatic.
I have come in to the office especially as one who is still 'accessing the old network' informed me of the contact.
Apologies, the Ministry has provided me with limited technology due to recent developments needing to secure our work.
We will be in touch shortly, and you have proved your worth. I ask that you inform others, but only those who you feel are able to contribute to the Defence of our Great Nation.

Your Herald,

Aethalides.



Good job everyone, who says collective intelligence doesnt exist?

I'll let you know of any further contact.

EDIT:Ok, development!

4:01: I received a response from Aethalides - see above.
4:17: I receive an invite to join the Ministry of Argos, see: http://argobritain.ning.com/. So, naturally, I sign up.
4:34: I receive a message from Aethalides stating that I have been assigned the name Talaus (King of Argo, booyah). I'm awaiting further instructions.


Awww...it's a shame I have to work today Sad Good job, all! Smile

Update: Sent ther Herald, requesting to join, but noting my time limitations due to work. Received a resonse within 5 minutes.

Quote:
Do not worry about time committed. You will see here, at the Ministry, we have ways of fixing that Smile
However, the first month is probation for new recruits, so just be on good behaviour.
Yours,
A


Clicked the link, signed up,and I'm waiting on my new name. I hope it's awesome Cool
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Good to have you along for the ride Dawn!

I'm quite excited!
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:10 pm
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I'm now Medea.

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In Corinth, Jason abandoned Medea for the king's daughter, Glauce. Medea took her revenge by sending Glauce a dress and golden coronet, covered in poison. This resulted in the deaths of both the princess and the king, Creon, when he went to save her. According to the tragic poet Euripides, Medea continued her revenge, murdering her two children by Jason. Afterward, she left Corinth and flew to Athens in a golden chariot driven by dragons sent by her grandfather Helios, god of the sun.


This was my message from Aethalides, entitled "A rose by any other name":

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I have passed your basic information to Carina [why am I working on a Saturday - should be the day off - damn electronics!] who has already come back with the name of Medea* for you.
If you accept, please amend your 'real name' on this board [if possible] to such.
Thank you.
Read through the messages, feeling free to talk to others as you see fit. Bear in mind though, that this is for work purposes only and whilst levity is encouraged, it is not a 'facebook chatroom'.
Yours,

A

*Carina has a bad sense of humour. Please ignore mythologies as I'm sure the names are just randomly generated... Wink

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Uh oh. lol Sounds like you're a bit of a bunny boiler.
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distilled wrote:
Uh oh. lol Sounds like you're a bit of a bunny boiler.


Yeah, but you know, the part about golden chariots and dragons sounds pretty cool Wink

I'm updating the wiki when I can, too.
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I'm there too, providing I don't turn into an owl...

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Indeed it does, it takes some presence to summon golden chariots from your diety grandfather!

Have you read the rest? I mean, Medea seems to have quiiiite a lot of blood on her hands Very Happy.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:40 pm
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Aethalides wanted this info passed along:

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Should any friends be requesting invites to the Ministry, please inform them that this matter will be taken care of tomrrow evening. Apologies but auto response is not working. Sorry. [tech will have a strict talking to tomorrow!] Good evening.


I'm also about to head to work. I wish I could find a laptop case, to tote this thing along with me so I could keep playing.

Distilled - I just picked a snippet from wiki, lol. That part about murdering children? *shudders* I work with kids IRL, so I kinda hate Carina right now.

Edit: To anyone who played last time, do you guys remember where V and Claire worked? Claire is asking me where V works now (probably not going to tell her), but she's asking if it's like "BT" where they worked before. Anyone have any knowledge of what that is? Claire said she has a long history of working in call centers.
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That is a bit of a twisted sense of humour.

We should keep a list of peoples pseudonyms on the wiki, I'm not too familiar with updating wikis so if someone else could do it, I think it would be very useful.
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Yes, I've added a section to the "Characters and Contact Info" page for our codenames. I've already put your name there, distilled, as well as Dawn's. I don't have one yet, although I am registered on the Ning.

Are any of you Ascalaphus? That is the only member listed on the Ning that I don't know. Jason and Atalanta are both there.

Excellent work finding Aethalides, Dagada and distilled! I don't know how to put in the clapping hands emote, boo Sad.

Looks like hints have been dropped about the Argo connection for a while:
  • Vanessa's blog "Entry for 22 April 2010" #1: "[I have my own name and everything I feel like a spy - though it's just my surname. He says its more than just a surname though, it was one of the original crew]"
  • Vanessa's blog "Entry for 22 April 2010" #2: "I did wonder once though whether the machine would allow me to go right back along the line. How far can one go genetically? Not talking experiments and stuff, but we'd all have relatives in africa and ancient greece wouldn't we?"
  • Part of a DM from V to Dawn: "Jason [Father] looks after me now, we're one happy ship!"


When V posted the Ministry's logo, she said, "I like it - something about the colours." Notice that there is a red section, and a green section that mirrors it--this is undoubtedly a reference to "sinople," a word that came up often in the Vanessa Atalanta ARG and which refers to a red colour in some contexts and a green colour in others. Red and green are also complementary (opposite) colours.

I think it was Dawn that was hoping we can get an e-mail address for V...does the one on her Facebook profile (vanessaatalantaSPLATrocketmail.com) work? I know she says she's not using Facebook anymore, but I don't think she's necessarily discontinued that e-mail address. If any of you use Yahoo Messenger, you could also ask her if she ever uses it, since her Yahoo profile (vanessaatalanta) is also listed on her Facebook profile.

And...just in case any of you haven't caught on yet (because it took me quite a while last game to figure it out), her last name is AtAlanta (with an "extra" A), not Atlanta like the U.S. city. Keep that in mind so your e-mails don't bounce, you can find her on twitter, etc. Smile.

I think the wiki is now all caught up on current events. Thanks for Dawn and anyone else who has already helped--you rock Smile.

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Yup - I'm Ascalaphus. Hence the owl references. Smile

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