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Ashe1024 · Veteran Joined: 10 Aug 2011 Posts: 123 Location: Tennessee

This was posted in the Nema Stem (which has ended) Trailhead. I think the member misclicked, because it's obviously supposed to be here, so I'm reposting for him.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:56 pm

Wabonan · Entrenched Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 1185

Sorry about that I was trying to hurry too fast and the thread was next to this one. Ok I'm having trouble finding a destegg program that runs on windows 7. Anyone have xp?.. I know the programs that work on that are camoflage and stegdetect. I have been speculating about the quote "I can see your sadness. It's lovely." Its a quote from a book called "The Orchid Thief" It was also in a movie called "Adaptation". Its at the top right of the blog. Since the name of the blog post is sneak preview and the login is named the same... It's gotta be connected in some way with the vial. It was something they used in biblical times to honor the dead. So I have been trying all kinds of things, from the quote at the top of the page and from anything I can find on the vial of tears. Oh the top word is 9 letters and the bottom is 11 letters.

**Posted:** Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:22 pm

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Interesting... *lurky* (PS: We need a lurk smiley ;P)

**Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:50 am

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It does seem like there should be some clue in the latest blog post to help with the hang man-esque blanks under the picture - but I can't find any phrases to match the blanks, and nothing obvious (like the words/letters down a column) is jumping out at me.

I am admittedly a newbie - played Perplex City a bit but that functioned a bit differently. Anyone else have have any ideas?

**Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:54 pm

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Well, her blog name is nine letters. Soo...?

Also, thinking about the "not everyone is who they seem", according to the movie plot as well as a "vial of tears" being associated w birth control, I am wondering if we have a twin here.

**Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:30 pm

duke9509 · Entrenched Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 812

Her blog name is "The Myth of Objects." That's not nine letters...

**Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:04 pm

Wabonan · Entrenched Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 1185

What are you talking about? The vial of tears.. Is something used to honor the dead...Not birth control..."vile of tears" is 11 letters. Please explain what you mean. "Sneak Preview is 12 letters..I'm not getting the conection

**Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:22 pm

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Her author name is ellatolar - nine letters. As for the rest, let me get all my eggs in one basket. Im at work and typing this w my phone so it will take a little bit bc I have to write everything out and then type it in, one slow letter at a time. However, by the time im done u will see where I got these crazy ideas from. Seriously not saying im correct. Simply throwing ideas out there.

**Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:39 pm

Taggingalong · Guest

The birth control reference comes from here: http://childofastranger.blogspot.com/2010/vials-of-tears.html

Someone earlier mentioned both "adaptation" and "the orchid thief", both of which involve a twin brother as well as cloning of the ghost orchid.

I was trying to put the pieces of a puzzle together (w the "not everyone is who they seem" reference made earlier) and this is where it led me. Again, not saying it is correct, just putting it out there.

**Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:13 pm

Taggingalong · Guest

http://childofastranger.blogspot.com/2010/08/vials-of-tears-american-interest.html

Last link did not work

**Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:23 pm

duke9509 · Entrenched Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 812

Hey, I finally got around to creating an ARG Twitter account (I actually don't have a personal one), and, when I did, I was followed by @ellatolar. ( [url]http://twitter.com/#!/ellatolar[/url] ) The account isn't linked to on the site, nor the blog, anywhere that I can tell.

She made a bunch of posts about 10 hours ago saying the following:

**Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:21 am

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duke9509 · Entrenched Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 812

Well, supposedly chapter 1 was supposed to come out today, but the website has not been updated. I emailed Ella asking if something had happened.

**Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:07 pm

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Wabonan · Entrenched Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 1185

Chapter 1 is up.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:57 am

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Very short chapter with a couple of typos. What scene is the photographer capturing in the beginning? And I wonder if J.C. is your typical airbrushed beauty or if she has another secret, perhaps one that has to do with the missing equation.

Also, I posted this in the wrong thread. My bad:

thebruce, I remember seeing a very clever "lurk" emoticon, but I think it was an image that someone had linked to. I tried to find it in the provided smilies and was unsuccessful.

Oh-ho - I found it:

**Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:20 am

Wabonan · Entrenched Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 1185

There is a new blog post on Saranna's sight. It seems we are all lost.

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I guess even tard likwe me gets lucky... On Saranna's blog there is a comment by The Watchman. But The Watchman has a blog

**Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:30 am

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