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Russell
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 		Elethemai and I both sent in a poem but no response as yet

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ElectricHippo
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 		Carina and the Sparks Club
Carina attended her first meeting of the Sparks Club yesterday. Here's her blog entry about it:

https://librarymusingsblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/the-spark-club/

A couple interesting things I noticed:

1) The club meeting flyer, particularly the design on it
2) Meeting attendee "Ian" seems to be the Keeper of the Three of Wands

EDITED to add: A reverse google image search shows that the symbol on the flyer is called a "transmutation circle," also referred to as an "alchemy array." See link for further explanation:

http://alchemy-playground.tumblr.com/post/54382810976/the-basics-of-a-transmutation-circle

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Russell
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 		Also there is now a new tab on foolschildren with submitted poetry.

Just Elethemai up there at the moment. Nice poem Smile

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Elethamei
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 		Thanks Russell Smile

I got a reply from Winter
Quote:
She is Earth.

klhurjobsk nkpl


I was thinking Gaia or Terra and tried a few ciphers, but haven't found anything yet.
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Russell
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 		To make up for my poor performance last night lol

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Using a caesar with shift 23

you get

hieroglyph khmi

This apparently meant "black land", a reference to the dark fertile soil around the banks of the Nile river.

Also the word chemist and alchemist comes from the arabic al-khmia which is derived from this hieroglyph.

and randomly as im pretty sure the Chrysopeoeia came up earlier in the story):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_the_Alchemist



Also i had an update from winter:

Quote:
Ah, black earth. Makes me think of the Greek word chēmía, which not only means black earth, it also means black magic. Isn't that interesting?

Remember that some things you find in life are puzzle pieces, others are simply like beautiful stones or shells that you can put on your window sill and admire for the way they tell you story about the sea.


Edit** Booba i noticed you tweeted PP with a possible solve on the Blake.html how did you get that answer? Doesnt seem to lead to a new .html

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taransfurball
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 		Been away too did not see that Winter Sylvana has returned after crises too many. Now what about a tower, a magician and a common bond beginning with an L. I must be taking this too literal, but I am rusty.

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ElectricHippo
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 		In reply to my stab at "III-O E-II-I-II," PP tweeted back at me a graphic that says:
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NO EXIT


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HappyPhantom
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Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://pergamumlibrary.com/incamera.html


which leads to

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http://pergamumlibrary.com/justice.html


PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 2:50 am
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Christmas
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 		Nice job!

That leads to:
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http://pergamumlibrary.com/twelve.html


Which gives us the password for Application on the project website
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Ares


For the application part of Application (ha) I wrote:
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what it says in the little ? mark pop up - Make Love, Not War


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amandel
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 		**Yawns and awakens to such beautiful solves**

Ab-sol-utely bril, HappyPhantom. The rest flows like day after night yet if you have time, HP, can you post a lil on your first discovery process b/c I truly believed we needed a 7 letter word for blake.html. Yawns again and Just WOW All!
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booba
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 		Who hoo! Wonderful work!

Yes, please explain first step Sad

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I get that alternating
— — —
— —
— —
with the vowels in order O E I:

III-O E-II-I-II gives NO EXIT but then what ?


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Elethamei
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 		Yeah, really nice solves you guys!

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Googling "no exit" leads to a wiki page of a play with the same name and from there you can find " The original title is the French equivalent of the legal term in camera" which is also an alternate name for the play.

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amandel
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 		Aha Yes, THX Booba & Elethamei. Wasn't around yesterday to see PP's tweet (III-O E-II-I-II) providing the 6 letters of No Exit, also showm on the sign

Your clarification just serves to HIGHLIGHT HP's beaut mind & thought process. **And, Booba, ditto on the long-time-no-type** Smile
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booba
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Quote:
...serves to HIGHLIGHT HP's beaut mind & thought process

Here, here!

And a great puzzle construct!
Yeppers, it was all there for the seeing from day one, which goes to prove that old adage:

"If you lay the sticks on their side, then Booba can see neither the trees or the forest."

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Russell
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 		Great solve peeps!!!

A few questions:

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1. Did the 24 images of sticks have any bearing on the puzzle?

2. The placement of the 3 / 2 / 2 sticks within the context of O I and E.
Was this just an anagram or was their logic behind their placements.

Booba Wrote

I get that alternating
— — —
— —
— —
with the vowels in order O E I:

III-O E-II-I-II gives NO EXIT but then what ?

But it isn't alternating, that would be III O II E II I (NO XEIT) or O III E II I II (ON EXIT)

3. The tweeted image of an alphabet with no vowels (including a and u missing and not just O /I /E).
What was its meaning / use?


I used the following in my application:

Quote:
Hopefully I can continue to amuse you!

Anagrams of Apply Yourself:

Play profusely

Flay purposely

Lousy flypaper

Playful osprey


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