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[Dixie_Wolf]

The new tweet, in its entirety:

[Unwanted4Murder]

Do you think maybe Jeff is trying to tell us that this is time for the game to go all ARG-y? As in, should we be trying to figure out where the Land of Ashen Waste is?

Edit: New update from Damsel too - Possum Kingdom by the Toadies. A reference to Alex, maybe? After watching the video, there might also be some symbolism there... dragging a bag that appears to contain a dead body through a stream.

[grieck]

All I know is it's some LOTR reference. Don't know much else. Ash though, Big thing in HoL and the Slenderman Mythos. So who knows.

[Mira]

Maybe it's a reference to Damsel's old stomping ground? (I was going to make a joke about the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, but realized that my stock would probably plummet into the realms of the irredeemably nerdy, so I refrained)

[HarleyQuinnofHate]

I know this is reaaaaally reaching, but I figured I would post it anyways. I broke apart the Land of Ashen Waste. The general definition of Ashen is pale, so I googled Land of Pale waste, and one of the top links was Salt Lake City. SLC is often referred to the land of pale tine, tine being all this

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:tine&sa=X&ei=YnCpTN39EYP-8AaxrNSADQ&sqi=2&ved=0CBIQkAE

So, since it mentioned prongs and other slendy impaling metaphors, I thought I would mention it on the off chance I was close to right.

But Utah is way far away, so meh. A related search between that and Slendy turned up nothing. Same goes for the rake. So, yea, I pretty wrong. Oh well.

Or maybe its a scrambled phrase. I tried to unscramble it, but I got a whole lot of nothing.


ETA: I also found this. Its a Contemporary German fairytale/fiction/thingy. It should highlight right to ashen waste.

http://books.google.com/books?id=syHN5a-4NMcC&pg=PA196&lpg=PA196&dq=%22ashen+waste%22+land+of&source=bl&ots=BLb4NvDg2-&sig=eG69JSyBTkJrz0krR1gbCG0eYVc&hl=en&ei=V3WpTICkAsaAlAf-luGlDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CD4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22ashen%20waste%22%20land%20of&f=false

I did a quick skimming and I saw forests pop up quite a few times and fire 20 something times, so could it be related? I will read what is available later, I have to get some sleep. From what I did read, I didn''t get any locations. Or none that would be anywhere by the guys.

[Mira]

[grieck]

[Mira]

[grieck]

I've only seen 2 of his films (Romeo+Juliet and Moulin Rouge, the latter being one of the few films to make me cry), but if the style of those two is anything to go off of then Great Gatsby would be worth a watch an a read.

[Anonymousity]

@grieck: Great Gatsby is not really Luhrman material in content, and it's very well written, so I think you should just read it. It's really good, more of a social-commentary of the then upper class, but brilliant in many ways.

Ashen Waste: checked and only found a LORD OF THE RINGS-link.

Ashen Waste might refer to a crematorium, or possibly a sort of "resting ground" where people's ashes are scattered/laid to rest...

The old school could be meant (unlikely??)...

Found this link... http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/commentary/protect-nj-by-treating-coal-ash-like-toxic-waste Seems to be a dead end...

Could it be possible the house in the woods is meant??
Can't find anything else that could fit... EMH guys, if you're trying to point us in a direction, we really don't know where to.

EDIT: did some wiki searches, came only up with video games, where it is described that things are located above a burned down ground (ashen waste), mostly close to forests. A link mentioned "more ashen waste than during 9/11", but I don't think ground zero could come up as a hint (seriously, no)...

Anything that is either burned to the ground or anywhere where there is a great mass of ash either in containers or as a huge bulk... as I said, some burned down ground, coal mine, crematorium, resting place with urns...

[Mattwan]

The Sate of New Jersey Forest Fire Service reports at least ten major forest fires this year. Mira's Great Gatsby reference made the Great Egg Harbor one jump out; do any of the others look promising? I know absolutely nothing about NJ geography.

[nevnaan]

Ashen Waste reminded me of how Damsel described his parent's death.

[grieck]

Hmm, has anyone actually read Only Revolutions?

[Anonymousity]

[Dixie_Wolf]

I started to read Only Revolutions... about two years ago. I did pull out my copy a few days ago, when I was trying to see the cover for comparison to the postcard. Even if there's no places in it like Anonymousity said, it might have some kind of clue as to what they're looking for, at least. If not, oh, well. I've been meaning to finish it for a while now.