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Dagada
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Through a little mission O set me this weekend he's agreed to answer two questions honestly. I have to ask them via twitter by the end of August - tomorrow. Thinking caps on and fast - what to ask?

PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:35 pm
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Cortez
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Ok, so I submitted my 'application', and as before Mr.Doyle would like to see proof.

Off to the forest, then.

The e-mail I received was titled 'Steiner's Last Step'. Not sure what this means for certain, but there is a mathematical problem known as 'The General Steiner Tree-Star problem', so it's possible that it might be a nudge towards the ritual with the tree.

E-mail received was as follows:

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Freedom?

To be truly free, you must be prepared to let go of
everything. Of all respects, of all morals, of all balance. To give in to that
which lies underneath, you must embrace it.

We can show you how. But we need evidence, proof if you
will, of your convictions.

Send us evidence that we should take you at your word and
deed. This can be in any form, but go beyond words now. Give us something more
tangible, more visual, more true.

Do this soon, and you shall be rewarded with what your
imagination craves for.

Jayden A Doyle.


Notice the different response to the other e-mail received. The answer you get depends on what you declare as your reasons for joining the order.

We all need to submit our applications to get a fuller picture...so far there's only mine+1.

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Dagada
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A little spark of inspiration, and I think we may have found more on Jayden:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jayden-a-doyle/24/95/97a

PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:23 pm
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Ooooh nice find Dagada. Cool

You seen the logo for AlphaStar?



Nice.

Anyone done the ritual yet?
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:59 pm
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Dagada
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Vladimir Sirin appears to be there too, in a company called Trustbusters.

Jayden has a connection on Linkedin - I've not been able to find out who it's to yet. It's not Vlad though.

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Telos954
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I need time to catch up, things have been a bit hectic, but I have two bits of information (They may not be huge at all, though.).

I spoke to Vlad a few weeks ago, and as usual he seemed to have no idea what I was talking about when I spoke about the past, and after discussing it a bit, he claimed to have headaches (such as Claire used to in the previous game). I forget if I posted that bit of information when it happened, I apologize if I have (or if I haven't, for holding out this long.)

I got a message via FB chat from Vlad earlier today, but I was AFK when he sent it. I believe it was in response to me complaining about being stuck home, sick and bored. He mentioned having similar problems when he was younger and in a roundabout way asked if I wanted to play Chess online (I believe any way, he was talking about it indirectly). I got back too late to respond or I would have. I've closed FB since then so I don't have the direct chat log or I'd post it.

I got a little OOG nudge to keep an eye on UF, since you all seem to have some new info. So I'll be trying to catch up and I'll try to lend a hand where I can.
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Quote:
Overseer of Isest Nonverus


Is est non verus = Latin: "It is not right" or "It is not true".

Oh, and "Asbestos Removal (Groves) Ltd" = ARG Laughing

Link:

http://www.argeurope.co.uk/arg_group/arg_history

Real company=PM's joke.

His 'Connections' count has just gone up from 1 to 2. Only way to see these is by subscribing.
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Telos954
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Quote:
Definition of TRUSTBUSTER
: one who seeks to break up business trusts; specifically : a federal official who prosecutes trusts under the antitrust laws


From http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trustbusters

Just thought I'd toss that out there, given it's listed on the LinkedIn page for Vlad.
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I just remembered that we have Jayden A Doyle's e-mail address so I requested to join his network on LinkedIn.

jayden_a_doyleSPLATtheorderofoborot.com
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So, just had a chat with Vlad, mostly talked about his memories . He mentioned going to a hypnotherapist about them (which seems to be common knowledge due to his status updates). He said he wants to find out what's with his odd memories, whether it be good or bad. I asked about his headaches, which he said he was having less often. I jokingly mentioned if he didn't like the memories he had revealed, that 'conspiracy nuts' talk about a box of red and green light that can be used to make people forget things. After going in to detail about it. Right after that, the conversation ended with this :

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Vladimir

ok, i don't know how

you do it, but wheneber i taalk to you i get heead achhes

ii will, iff youu do t mind go aand lie downbn

sorryy

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I heard back from JAD on LinkedIn. His original connection was:

http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=84371426&goback=.bcc_83804206_1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1

Her name is Chloe Newton, and she's a healer/tarot reader/massage therapist.

She has a website at:

http://bleiddhealing.yolasite.com

It's definitely in-game. Bleidd is Welsh for 'wolf'.

Facebook profiles of two people who also work at the company:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001516417690 Genia, and

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001497728163 Stuart
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 5:04 am
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Dagada
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Had an email from Aspen earlier inviting me to a meeting on the 22nd near Parliment Square. Anyone else had anything?

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Yeah got that too. Think Staeld was also on the mailing list.

I just had a FB chat with Genia from BleiddHealing. Got a reading by Stuart happening tonight. I suspect more info will be passed on.

The location is a pedestrian 'island' on St. Margaret Street right by the traffic lights leading round to Parliament Square. Oddly, this location on streetview is missing - all images around are there but that precise one says 'Image no longer available'.

EDIT:

I spoke to Stuart - he gave me the following reading:

Quote:
Just so you have for your records:
Past: Jera
Present: Turisaz [reversed]
Future: Algiz [reversed]

There is danger surrounding choices you have made regarding a powerful person.
This interaction involves doorways/choices of some type and threatens to upset the balance you have, the circle of life you have had in the past.
The immediate future holds potential danger regarding opening a new door/closing an old one.

Sorry couldn't be more positive mate.
Stu.


EDIT2:

Stuart rang me back as I'd asked him to look at the period covering 21stDec to 4th Jan. He gave the following reading:

Quote:
1 past: sowilu = sun, summer, light
2 assist: ansuz = highest communication - prayer - names+words must be specific
3 present: mannaz = mankind, humanity, hero representing mankind all of mankind affected
4 challenge: isa = stagnation/deceits/illusion/betrayal
5 future: algiz = 15th rune - darkness - loss of communication with one's god - battle

Hopefully things will spell out better than we first predict eh mate? If we look at things from the other way - it may be better?
Gonna go bed - knackered now.
Look after yourself - careful with the women mate!
Stu.


Clues in "things will spell out better if we look at things from the other way".

And finally, Stuart said that he'd got a virus on his computer, which struck me as odd considering O. said that he'd had one following the chat session we had a few weeks back. Maybe coincidence, but as it's all in-game I think not. Maybe some organisation keylogging or messing with the characters' computer systems?

EDIT3:

Checking the meanings of characters' names:

Genia Morena = Marzanna (Slavic Goddess of Death and Winter)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marzanna

Genia also means 'sacrifice' or 'maiden', but 'genia loci' are also protective spirits in Roman mythology.

Stuart Hamecon = all I can find on this is that 'hamecon' is French for hook (which links in with his 'woolfhook' image). I'm sure there's something more to his name than that, but what it is I just can't figure out. I've fed it through an anagram solver and there are thousands, some meaningful but many not.

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Dagada
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Looking closely at Googlemap might indicate the meeting spot isn't the one shown on the map. Just next to the pointer is a label for Rose Bruford College. Do a mapsearch for that and it appears all over London despite, afaik, only actually having one campus in Kent. One of the markers is right in the middle of Greenwich, by the theatre. Greenwich is the last place Orpheus was seen in. Could it be...?

I'll send a message to Aspen to confirm we arrive at the right location.

Scratch the above. I've now looked through non-iPhone means and seen it appears to indicate The Hill Gardens. The most famous Hill Gardens are in Hampstead, with a little pagoda which is supposedly ideal for watching the sun rise and set. It's also close to Keats' House. Wasn't there a link to him on the postcards? What do you guys think?

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Wasn't it Yeats?

A quotation from 'The Second Coming' IIRC - the widening gyre...the centre cannot hold...things fall apart...(or is that Chinua Achebe... Laughing )

Anyway...heard from Stuart again.

Quote:
Hi Gary - spoke to Genia mate - she's unable to get anything clear on those dates - she says everything is flux - she just gets random [and we're talking random she mentionned "the damn Visconti-Sforza family" - no idea...] cards - three reading, three lots of cards - which implies nothing is set in stone, or even jelly by the sounds of it!
As for the runes - you had the reading for the 21st december - as for the fourth - tried but all I got was garbage - sounds odd but 'reversed cattle', and 'death' was the meanings I got... sorry!
Normally with a date its easy with runes as you can fix on the centre being the date [like yesterday being Mannaz etc] - but there was nothing to fix - as if its all uncertain - I could force it but as its in the next year, it's really hard - could probably try again after the equinox?
Sorry mate
Stu.


'Everything is in flux' is again from Yeats IIRC.

The Visconti and Sforza families had some Tarot cards made...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visconti-Sforza_tarot_deck

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