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ste · Boot Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 52

[PUZZLE] A description of the dungeon

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:06 pm

Bellebet · Veteran Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 87 Location: Boston, MA

I want to know who sent the wombat.

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**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:07 pm

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Partnerz · Boot Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 39

http://bees.netninja.com/wiki/index.php?title=Widow%27s_Journey_-_Computer_Text_Comparison

This compares the widows story with the text file. The clockcase at the end represents the spider fiddling with danas countdowntochina clock and using it to produce her warning and countdown on the first page.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:19 pm

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ste · Boot Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 52

Ok. So are we thinking these things in the dungeon are items on the website? Things that it's been trying to 'put in order'?

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:28 pm

jbd · Decorated Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 295

As I pointed out in another thread, the varrio mites show up in another Dara email, check the emails on the twiki.

I suspect, though, people have been repeating back stuff to the hotmail email (like posting the Queen story verbatim) to see what happens.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:43 pm

Partnerz · Boot Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 39

It may be nothing but their seems to be some logic to their order.

A cute kitty - Appeared on the site from the start.
Varroa mites - Was addd later to tell us that she stopped selling honey
Clockcase - Appeared when Dana decided to go to china
Mirrors - This is when the queen is trapped in the sandbox.
Teeth - May represent the spider fixing the queen as she mentions teeth in her dialogue
Gauze - Could represent the network tgrottle eroding. The queen is trapped but can still get messages to us (like being trappedin a net)
mice - ?
Wobat - ?
Rose - ?

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:51 pm

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Here's my line of thought:

dungeon = ilovebees.com website. It's a mess, plus the things described as being "in" the dungeon seem to corelate with parts of the webpage:

a cute kitty = farnsworth (the cat on the "about" page)
varrao mites = ? They are mentioned in the site content, as well as in embedded content.
clockcase = The countdown timer on the front page of the site.
the mirrors = ? Maybe hard drive platters? (i.e. the actual disks) Those are very reflective.
teeth = ? The virus scanners? The Queen/Operator/Melissa refers to being torn by jaws
gauze = ?
mice = ?
Wombat = ?
Rose = ?

Any further speculation on these items?

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:55 pm

Worker · Decorated Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 233

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:00 pm

Guest · Guest

Your theory suggests Dana did all this. It would be her who did all this (put all the pictures on the site, updating the text, capturing the queen)

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:03 pm

ste · Boot Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 52

Could The Mirrors be this image?

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:07 pm

Paul_G

if dungeon = ilovebees.com website, this also implies that the webserver and Dana's machine are one and the same (in the story, since we all know a home PC with a broadband connection couldn't possibly handle the amount of requests the site gets.), since messages from Melissa come out on the web site, but she also takes control of Dana's personal webcam. If Dana's PC is not the web server, then Melissa is on two separate machines, which does not jive with her story so far (Melissa complains often about being trapped in a [singular] "box" and also about how she has no control over Dana's home from that box).

All clues seem to indicate that while Melissa has figured out some of our networking protocols (the stuff about the tentacle), but she has not yet figured out how to get out onto the network. My guess is that that is the event that "this medium will metastasize" refers to...

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:58 pm

Roc · Veteran Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 81

The medium has been referring to the Queen/Operator/Melissa. Metastasize refers to actually permantly infecting/copying itself to another site/cell.
When a cancer metastasizes a new cell, it has made it cancerous in teh same form as the original. I think when Melissa metastasizes, she will begin to infect other websites (as has been repeatedly surmised)

I don't think there's any reason to suspect the Queen's control over Dana's webcam to suggest ('in the story') that the website must be on Dana's machine. Using remote resources is not necessarily the same as infecting them with copies/parts of herself.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:10 pm

Icculus · Greenhorn Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Kansas

Wombat

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:26 pm

AnthraX101 · Entrenched Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 797

It could also be a reference to the player named Wombat.

Mice could be konamouse.

a cute kitty would work for sauceycat.

AnthraX101

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:30 pm

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Rose could be our player rose. We know the Entity likes her, since he/she/it responded to the email she sent via killer.jpg Very Happy

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:40 pm