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[S.P.I.]

Ha, I spent all of that time rambling and everything! Well, at least we have the answers now!

So, um, now what? Do we wait for his next correspondence?

Do you think that RU would use a portrait containing a contemporary of Poe's and not mean for us to do something with it? Perhaps it's just a nod, but we shall see.

Honestly, though, drizjr, it is simply amazing that you uncovered the source! And is it funny that I pronounce your username "driz-zing-ger"? He he he.

I wonder if the artist, Mathew Brady, has some importance here (apparently a very important man). Hmm.

EDIT:

Well, isn't THIS a curious myth!

http://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/deas205a.htm

[drizjr]

That's an interesting and weird story, S.P.I, and rambling is good; it sometimes sparks ideas in other people or clears up confusion or, my favorite, says out loud what others are thinking.
In fact, I wish someone would ramble on about Virginia and Annabel Lee. Who is RU's love?
Poe's wife was Virginia.... she inspired many of his works, including Annabel Lee. Is RU just comparing his love, Virginia, to Annabel Lee as tribute to Poe? Will 2.0's post has me thinking that we are talking to Poe (with suspension of disbelief), but Poe was a writer, not an artist...(it seems to me that LARPers and ARGers are breeds apart) oh, maybe we're talking to a Poe LARPer who has gone off the deep end....btw, is anyone here going to Costa Mesa, California in mid-September?... I sure would hate to miss the final climax.


Well, on to other things.
Another connection that Henry Clay and Edgar Allan Poe share is a very important date for them each; January 29 ^th

[MrToasty]

Looks like we have a question to respond to on the tumblr page.
How should I win over my love?

[danteIL]

[S.P.I.]

[booba]

Very thoughtful work S.P.I

With a minor revision,

[S.P.I.]

[MrToasty]

Just received a text from R.U. Anyone else get one?

[OhWhatProvidence]

I told him(?) to look up victorian flower symbolism, etc and they sent back they were going to try roses since they were 'the most logical choice'.

Honestly I have a new phone and I thought it was a friend of mine who's initials are also RU and I started chittering away like it was him asking for advice... ah well. Figured out it was the ARG's RU after a few minutes of wondering who the hell Virgina was.

[MrToasty]

Yep, asked me if he should do the single red rose. I suggested that was the common symbol of love but that he was not a common individual.

[danteIL]

So if this dude is trying to woo Virginia with flowers, perhaps the "love" in the message is indeed Virginia.

If so, then perhaps the reference to "Annabel Lee" is simply a metaphor or a term of (creepy) endearment.

[booba]

Maybe three red roses and a half bottle of cognac? Again kind of creepy.

[drizjr]

Sorry this took so long. Attached is the Bird of Prey image with dante's decode. dante, I only found one other error. Besides that missing E in CONFSS, and the off color U; there is also an off color F (could it be a nod to unFiction?). Oh, and one word dropped, dante....bless your eyes.

[Ameliå]

[MrToasty]

Didn't see the response on tumblr until now.