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weephun
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Astald wrote:
Wonder if anyone from Melissa's crew have gotten this e-mail? Especially Weephun, speak up if you got it, I would be very interested to hear about that.

You'll all just have to wait until Monday for me to access the sytem I used to email the SP. Sorry guys.
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Ceantari wrote:
here's something weird: SP sent an email to iTunes (itunesSPLATmusic-store.apple.com)

hehehe....

Creepy...


HAHAHA. someone sent SP a song recommendation from the iTunes Music Store.

[META]more proof that the address lists were just copied wholesale from recent emails received.
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Sep7imus
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kitch wrote:
James Blond wrote:
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Here's a thought that nobody's brought up yet... What if, by "Calling" her name, the SP means for us to do it using the phone keypad? Maybe she wants us to call the number her name would translate to?

Meh, that's my two cents... Back to lurking!


SLEEPING PRINCESS
75337464 77462377

Here's how it matches up. Doesn't look like it could work out for an actual phone number, but you could try punching it in when the 'queen falls apart', I suppose.


How about...

PERDITA
7373482

(No area code, though)

-Sep7imus (didn't get an email Sad )
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 		OK Here's The list of possible names for SP

Princess
Sleeping Princess
Aurora
Briar Rose
Perdita
Jasmine (or Yasmine)

I think we should all try these on Tuesday( if not right away on the recipe 3 axons) and see if any of them work. Can anybody think of any more possibles?
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 		The Sun, Moon and Talia.
This is the first written "Sleeping Beauty" fairytale. There is a norse legend as well that is linked to the history of Sleeping Beauty. I did a 10-page paper on Sleeping Beauty... -_- University life ^_^;;

Here is the full text of the story as I wrote it to SP.

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There once lived a great lord who was blessed with the birth of a beautiful infant daughter, whom he named Talia. The lord sent for wise men and astrologers to foretell what fate had in store for his daughter, and after they had consulted together and cast her horoscope, they told the lord that Talia would be put in great danger by a splinter of flax. The lord then decreed that no flax or hemp, or anything of the kind, should be brought into the house; he thought that by doing so he could protect his daughter from her fate.

One day, after Talia had grown up into a beautiful young girl, she was looking out the window when she saw an old woman pass by, spinning on a spindle. Talia was so curious about the implement, having never seen one, that she called out to the old woman to stop and let her see it. Talia begged to be allowed to stretch the flax, but as soon as she did so, a splinter of flax went under her nail, and she dropped down dead. When the frightened old woman saw what had happened, she ran quickly out of the house.

When the unhappy father heard about this disastrous turn of events, he was devastated. He had Talia's body laid out in her most beautiful clothes, and placed upon a brocade-covered dais. Unable to bear the thought of committing her body to the ground, he had the throne placed in a palatial room in one of his country estates, and then abandoned the estate forever.

After some time had passed, a king was one day hunting in the forest near the estate, and his falcon escaped from him and flew in the window of the palace. It would not return when he called for it, so the king sent a servant to knock at the palace door, intending to ask for the bird's return. There was no answer at the door, and the house was locked fast, so the young king at last told his servants he himself would scale the wall and climb in at the window in order to retrieve the bird. So he climbed in and wandered the palace from room to room, but he found nothing and no one. At last he came to a large, beautiful drawing room, where he found an enchanting girl who seemed to be sleeping. He called to her, but she would not wake. As he looked at her, and tried to wake her, she seemed so incredibly lovely to him that he could not help desiring her, and he began to grow hot with lust. He gathered her in his arms and carried her to a bed, where he made love to her. Leaving her on the bed, he left the palace and returned to his own city, where pressing business for a long time made him think no more about the incident.

But Talia, who was not dead, but merely unconscious, had become pregnant, and after nine months she gave birth to twins, as beautiful a boy and girl as ever were born. Kindly fairies attended the birth, and put the babies to suck at their mother's breast. One day, one of the infants, not being able to find the nipple, began to suck at his mother's finger. He sucked with such force that he drew out the splinter of flax, and Talia awoke, just as if from a long sleep. When she saw the babies, she did not know what had happened or how they had come to her, but she embraced them with love, and nursed them until they were satisfied. She named the infants Sun and Moon. The kindly fairies continued to attend her, providing her with food and drink, which appeared as if delivered by unseen servants.

The king at last remembered Talia, and thought to himself that he would go again to the palace in the wood, to see if the lovely lady was still sleeping there. Saying he was going hunting, he journeyed to the place, and was overjoyed to find her awake, and with two charming little toddlers. He told Talia who he was, and what had happened, and how she had come to be a mother all unknowing. As they conversed, they both realized they were forming a stronger bond of friendship and love, and after a few days, when it came time for the young king to leave, he promised to return for her soon, and bring her to his kingdom. As he journeyed back, he found he was indeed desperately in love with Talia and his two children, and he could hardly sleep for thinking of them, and when he did sleep he called out their names in his dreams.

Now the young king already had a wife, who had become suspicious when he did not return for several days from the hunt, and hearing him call strange names in his sleep, she was overcome with anger and jealousy. She called the king's secretary to her, and said, "You are between a rock and a hard place, young man. If you will betray your king, and tell me who his lover is, I will give you riches beyond your wildest dreams. But if you do not tell me, your life will be worth nothing, for I will have you killed." The secretary was filled with fear, but in the end he valued his own life above honor, and he told her what the king had told him in confidence. The queen, once she had heard it, sent the secretary to Talia, with a supposed message from the king, saying, "Send the children to me now, for I miss them and want to see them." Talia, overjoyed that her lover loved his children so much, obeyed the summons, and sent the little ones back with the young man.

The queen, hating the children even more when she saw how beautiful they were, took them to the kitchen and told the cook to kill them, and to prepare them as tasty dishes for the king's supper. The cook was horrified at the suggestion, and though he agreed to it, he secretly took the children to his wife, and told her to hide them. Then he killed two newborn lambs and cooked them in a number of delicious ways. When the king came to the dinner table, the queen with great pleasure asked that the dishes be served to her husband, and when he ate with evident relish, her joy knew no bounds, and she kept pressing him to eat more, saying, "You are eating what is your own." After she had said this several times, the king began to get annoyed with her, not knowing her insinuation, and he finally said angrily, "I know very well I am eating what is my own, because you brought nothing with you into this house!" And he got up and stormed out, staying for several days in a nearby villa to get over his anger.

The queen meanwhile dispatched the secretary to fetch Talia herself, sending along a false message from the king that he longed for her and could no longer bear to be parted from her. Talia obeyed with pleasure, and she herself felt a great longing to be with her lord, who was so loving and kind to her, but imagine her horror when she was brought to the queen, whose very face was burning with passionate hatred. The queen said to her, "Are you the whore who has been enjoying my husband? Get ready to be welcomed in hell, because you will soon be going there." Talia tried to reason with her, telling her how it had come to pass that she had become the king's lover, while she was asleep, but the queen merely laughed in desbelief, and commanded that a huge fire be lit in the palace courtyard, and that Talia be cast into it.

Talia, stalling for time, knelt before the queen, and asked as a last request that she be allowed to take off her rich garments before she was cast into the fire. The queen felt no pity for poor Talia, but she had noticed that Talia's dress was very beautiful, and encrusted with jewels, so she agreed that Talia should be allowed to disrobe, thinking that she would keep the garments for herself afterward. Talia began very slowly to take off her clothes. As she removed each garment, she screamed, and tears rolled down her cheeks, thinking of the horrors she was about to endure, and with each garment, her screams grew louder and more heartrending. The king was just returning to the palace after his absence, and he heard the screaming. Following the sound, he came upon the queen and the weeping Talia, who had now removed all but her shift. He demanded an explanation, whereupon the queen reported that he had unknowingly eaten his own children, and that his mistress was about to be burned for a whore.

When the wretched king heard what had transpired, he was beside himself with grief, crying, "How could I have eaten my own sweet babes? Why didn't my very veins cry out in recognition? You venomous, evil woman! How could you have done such a dreadful thing?" Saying this, he commanded that the queen herself should be cast into the fire that she had prepared for the innocent Talia, and his secretary with her, for his part in the wicked plot. The last to be burned was to be the cook, whom the king believed had willingly slaughtered his children, but when the cook was dragged forth, he protested, crying out, "Do not reward my faithfulness with this horrible punishment, Sire. I saved your children. They are not dead, for I hid them with my wife." The joyful king replied, "If what you say is true, you will be rewarded as no man has ever been rewarded before." The cook then called his wife to bring Sun and Moon to the king, who covered them with kisses and caresses; in fact, he could not get enough of kissing and embracing both the children and their mother, as he gathered them all into his arms. He gave the cook a rich reward, and made him a gentlemen. And of course he married Talia, who lived a long and happy life with her husband and children, always knowing full well that "The person who is favored by fortune has good luck even while sleeping."


Luck is with you my Princess, and there is good fortune on the way! Don't let the queen discourage you, for you are strong, Talia.

Your humble Priestess, Nuriko


Yea, I want to be in the SP army, and that's how I've emailed her previously.
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 		Here is the important except from the Norse legend involving Sigurd and Brynhild (The "Princess")

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Now it was night, and on the crest of the hill Sigurd saw a red fire blazing up into the sky, and within the flame a castle, and a banner on the topmost tower. Then he set the horse Grani at the fire, and he leaped through it lightly, as if it had been through the heather. So Sigurd went within the castle door, and there he saw someone sleeping, clad all in armour. Then he took the helmet off the head of the sleeper, and behold, she was a most beautiful lady. And she wakened and said, `Ah! is it Sigurd, Sigmund's son, who has broken the curse, and comes here to waken me at last?'

This curse came upon her when the thorn of the tree of sleep ran into her hand long ago as a punishment because she had displeased Odin the God. Long ago, too, she had vowed never to marry a man who knew fear, and dared not ride through the fence of flaming fire. For she was a warrior maid herself, and went armed into the battle like a man. But now she and Sigurd loved each other, and promised to be true to each other, and he gave her a ring, and it was the last ring taken from the dwarf Andvari. Then Sigurd rode away, and he came to the house of a King who had a fair daughter. Her name was Gudrun, and her mother was a witch. Now Gudrun fell in love with Sigurd, but he was always talking of Brynhild, how beautiful she was and how dear. So one day Gudrun's witch mother put poppy and forgetful drugs in a magical cup, and bade Sigurd drink to her health, and he drank, and instantly he forgot poor Brynhild and he loved Gudrun, and they were married with great rejoicings.

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 		Way to not sugarcoat a fairy tale, there.

(EDIT: I said 'Pentateuch', which is the Torah, to refer to the source of the original fable. I don't know why. :/)
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 		And as my final lecture for this class, we have the story of "The Sleeping Princess", which is actually a Russian ballet/play. The princess' name in that is Aurora.

Ironically, the Queen's name is now Carabosse. I wonder how Mel would take those apples?

TuxKamen wrote:
Nothing like the Pentateuch to not sugarcoat a fairy tale, huh?


Har har >_> I'm a dreamer not a fighter. I never said I would do any good in the Princess' army!
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 		If you find anything to be successful, it would be super-awesome for you to detail it [url="http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6737"]here[/url]. There's no need for us to work out SP's hiding spot from two different places at the same time, especially since I can see people working out things simultaneously ('perdita' = phone number, for example) already.
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 		I see a lot of talk about Melissa and Durga actually being one and the same. I'm not totally feeling this because Melissa calls the characters (Jan, Kamal, and Jersey) her subjects (from the page the Sleeping Princess gave us). It's as if she's been studying them all. Durga has been with Jersey since the axons started. So I doubt the different timeline theory.

Of course (something interesting to think about) if the whole different timeline thing WERE true and Melissa and Durga WERE the same, then we could see the Princess getting caught now, as the Princess - Flea - Melissa story catching up to when Jersey first found Durga. Remember Durga "stung" Jeannie - Jersey's avatar? Maybe that's when Melissa captured the Princess. I'm just [SPEC] ing right now so bear with me. If that's the case maybe the Princess' name is Jeannie. If anyone has watched the old show "I Dream of Jeannie" then they would know that it was about man who found a female genie in a bottle. This COULD relate to the Sleeping Princess being held somewhere and waiting for someone to set her free. Again, this is just speculation, but I don't know of anything to refute it. Talk to me Cool

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 		Personally I think Durga and melissa are the game entity. We've pretty much figured out that Durga is Kamal's sister. With this knowledge in mind, a partcular passage from melissa's stories stands out:

and I'm...
playing on the beach, very young, making a castle out of sand. It's a good castle, I'm smart, I'm really smart and I'm good with my hands and the castle is beautiful but the tide is coming up, I'm making dikes and moats and outer walls, getting a little desperate here this castle means the world to me it's way better than my brother's, but the tide is rising and rising, the tide is always coming up and no matter how hard I try to save what I have made, sooner or later the spiders wash over it and melt it down I'm losing the memory already I can't see myself was I wearing a dress or overalls or ...? There's a boy on the beach next to me but a wave comes up foaming with spiders and takes away his face-
oh.
we're made of sand.
we're both made of sand.
uh-oh.

She mentions a brother (could be Kamal) and she also says she's very smart (Kamal mentioned that his sister was smart and fast and strong).

Anyway we're thinkingthat the SP's name is a fairytale character's name that is in the same type of perdicament. Go here: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6737&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 for the full story on that.
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Kazic wrote:
Personally I think Durga and melissa are the game entity.
...


I'm not quoting the whole thing because it's right there above.

In any case, I was thinking of bringing this up to Melissa if/when she calls me on Tuesday. Any thoughts?
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 		If you do so be extremely careful. She likes you and youdon't want to get out of her good graces. Remember she can be extremely tempremental when it comes to being asked questions so tread carefully.

If you don't mind I'd like to ask you a question DR. Why do you think she likes you? Do you think it's because you told her the story about your sister? I'm trying to figure out what melissa wants for tuesday, because I'm almost sure she'll be making more live calls.

I have a story very much like yours, only it hasn't reached a conclusion yet. It seems to me that the more honest and open you are with her (she didn't seem to like those people who told vague stories as much) the more she likes and trusts you (and the more your fellow beekeepers distrust you, lol). Would you agree?
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 		I honestly think that it was a combination of things. A sad story with a happy ending (very happy so far!), a story she could relate to, and a definitely emotional story. I know she could hear that I was about to cry again, because she asked if I would be okay.

All that, and I told her about a million times that I'd do anything she needed me to. Razz I'm what you'd call "eager."
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 		That's very interesting. I don't blame you for being eager. I would have said the same thing. I've appointed myself keeper of the task of figuring out if there's a pattern to the live calls and her behavior patterns.

I found your "interview" to be particularly interesting because she seemed really sympathetic to you. As I said, some people she accepted, but that's about it.

Finding out what makes her tick is a fascinating and daunting challenge. I hope you'll put up a detailed account of your conversation with her when she calls you tuesday.

You know what I think? I think she likes stories that demonstrate your humanity adn vunerability as living being. Like she said, she hasn't come in contact with any of those for a while so "real" people get on her good side. Does that sound right to you?
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