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Tenshi Akui
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 		Nice to know we wern't beating our heads against ogham for nothing!
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Aconitum is In Defense of Summer
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njberry
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 		hmm i think i need to messege the unholy, get on with my task

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bluesylvia
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 		Very interesting!
The quote on the Unholy Blogspot ("And see not ye that bonny road, That winds about the fernie brae? That is the road to Winter Court, Where thou and I this night maun gae") is a distorted version from ballad #37, Thomas Rymer
The original quote, by the way, is as follows:
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37C.13
"And see not ye that bonny road,
That winds about the fernie brae?
That is the road to fair Elfland,
Where thou and I this night maun gae.


Not entirely sure what "fernie" means (possibly 'covered in fern'?) but
brae = hillside
maun gae = must go
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Wisteria is a Mediator for In Defense of Summer

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RAD24
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Tenshi Akui wrote:
So sent an email and got a response.

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Re: Greetings
From: Far Dorcha <thequeenssteward>
Sent: Aug 7, 2013 06:29:39 PM

Our court does not speak in whispers, but spark.
Tell us, what is as pure as milk, but less dark?


On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 1:10 PM, wrote:

Greetings and Salutations

Dark whispers bring word that you may be able to direct one such as I to those with like minds.

Aconitum


Now I have a riddle. LOL


Less dark, hmm? Might that be
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water, if "dark" is interpreted as "murky" and not of the colorful persuasion, since I'm not sure what can get lighter than white Laughing


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Tenshi Akui
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RAD24 wrote:


Less dark, hmm? Might that be
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water, if "dark" is interpreted as "murky" and not of the colorful persuasion, since I'm not sure what can get lighter than white Laughing


I was thinking

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snow. It can be as pure as milk and brighter, it's also often associated with the unseely or winter court.

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Mehetabel
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 		The answer is in a pretty obvious place, if I'm not mistaken, Riddles Wisely Expounded, 001 in the Child Ballads. And, yes, Tenshi's got it right.
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Tenshi Akui
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 		Wow hadn't even thought to check those LOL I was just thinking it had to have something to do with the Winter Court and that was the first thing that came to mind.
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njberry
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 		ok bad start for me (might be lack of sleep) i have no clue what to send in my first email to the unholy. nothing comes to mind gahh

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bluesylvia
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 		"I'm sorry but I forgot! Is 'Kick Puppies Night' on Thursday or Friday? It's at Far Dorcha's house, right? I'll bring the salsa!" Laughing


Maybe take a look at their Unholy Blog and do some reading there and you might be inspired? There's some good stuff under "We mean you no harm. (mostly)" and "The Hallowing Evening."
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njberry
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bluesylvia wrote:
"I'm sorry but I forgot! Is 'Kick Puppies Night' on Thursday or Friday? It's at Far Dorcha's house, right? I'll bring the salsa!" Laughing


omg i think i laugh too much at that, but yeah thanks for the advice, i wanna send my first email off soon. so im not left behind by the other double agents Razz

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RAD24
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 		Well, I'm off to a great start with the Steward. I told them my "name," then asked in a roundabout way what theirs is...and they said I can call them the Steward Laughing

I'll get to work on badmouthing the Summer Court though, gotta gain that trust early!

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Elethamei
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 		So, has anyone from the Team Sacrifices been in contact with the Unholy Court? Have you gotten a response? I haven't emailed them yet, because I don't know what to say. I emailed Summer Court if they want me to do something specific, but they haven't answered.

ETA: Also, Margret from Twitter got a message written in ogham and it turned out to be lyrics from Propane Nightmares by Pendulum. (I didn't say anything, but I was in the shadows banging my head to wall trying to solve that Laughing ) "Mind is willing
Soul remains
This woman cannot be saved"
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bluesylvia
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 		Along those same lines, any of the other Mediators hear anything? I "reported for duty" to Drust but haven't heard anything in return.

Elethamei wrote:
ETA: Also, Margret from Twitter got a message written in ogham and it turned out to be lyrics from Propane Nightmares by Pendulum. (I didn't say anything, but I was in the shadows banging my head to wall trying to solve that Laughing ) "Mind is willing
Soul remains
This woman cannot be saved"

It was an interesting puzzle--I especially liked how they compensated for ogham's lack of a "W" with "uu" litterally "double-u".

But another interesting thing came out of it as well. After the puzzle was solved they wrote on their Unholy Twitter account to me (I wasn't trying to get on their radar... oops): "Huzzah! You've solved the first of many threats and chaotic events to befall our dear heroine..."
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Tenshi Akui
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bluesylvia wrote:

But another interesting thing came out of it as well. After the puzzle was solved they wrote on their Unholy Twitter account to me (I wasn't trying to get on their radar... oops): "Huzzah! You've solved the first of many threats and chaotic events to befall our dear heroine..."


Yeah and the heroine didn't seem thrilled about being cast in that light LOL
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nighthawk1
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 		OMG the ogham message puts this game into epic level! Dark fae sending out lyrics to one of my favorite songs?!?! yes please! besides that, I havent emailed the dark court yet cause I donno what, If anything, I should say. Now to blast propane nightmares full volume Smile
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