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**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:56 pm

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casius black · Boot Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 15

yeah and we have to get this hint to fit in with the other clues that we have, i take it that 'between' isn't really a clue (anyone think it has that much significance?)

so to me it seems we have 2 clues:
1. SOUNDS LIKE
2. SP tells us: "So, riddle me this: what was my least favorite person, before she became a Queen?"

are there anymore that i've overlooked, its no good finding something that fits with one clue if it doesn't with another...

**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:15 pm

AngriBuddhist · Entrenched Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 778 Location: Wa.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:30 pm

HitsHerMark

A corpse
An Operator
An AI

A . . . tangled mess?

**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:43 pm

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Mr. Munchy · Boot Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 22 Location: Canada

Well, I hope no one has said this yet, I tried a search, but you never know with a 61 page thread.

I have found the following prepositions that did not make the list:

Despite
Via
Versus
Concerning
Considering
Except
Excepting
Excluding
During
Following
For
From
Amid
Aboard
Unlike
Save
Since
Opposite
Per
Plus
Minus

I'm going to assume those actually are all prepositions, I picked them up from english grammar sites.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:29 pm

blue_j · Boot Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 26 Location: Los Gatos, CA

**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:31 pm

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Shad0

Re: [PUZZLE]Oct 8th PREPOSITION PUZZLE STILL NEEDS SOLVING!

**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:42 pm

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I think I've changed my mind on how the new clue fits in with the previous clues.

I think that the new clue is an explanation of the old clues.

Someone recently said that 41 can represent the letters AI. And if you separate preposition into pre-position, then you could say:

41 prepositions leads to: AI pre-position

In other words, what was the AI before her current position, or what was the Queen before she was a Queen?

So I think the answer is a word or words for what she was before a Queen.

Also, when EXACTLY did she become the Queen? Was it when the artifact was on board the Apocalypso (when SP first met her and could have conceived of her as a Queen?) or is it much later when she crashed from slipstream and landed on ilovebees.com, thus integrating the bee thing into herself and becoming a Queen bee?

Perhaps focusing on when she actually became the Queen will help us decipher this puzzle.

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**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:45 pm

usernameguy · Boot Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 68

Was she a pawn, like in chess?

http://www.ilovebees.com/outbound/a_pawn.wav

(I haven't been following the story closely -- is this an already-found wav?)

**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:58 pm

urthstripe

HE WINS!!!!!!!!
How did you figure it out?

**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 6:00 pm

Amanalphion

Thank you very, very much, usernameguy. Now we can FINALLY stop talking about this silly puzzle. Though I still don't get how a pawn fits into the original clues... Eh, whatever.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 6:03 pm

Shad0

Re: a_pawn.wav

**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 6:04 pm

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usernameguy · Boot Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 68

So this is it? Cool! Glad I could help.

It was AngriBuddhist's comment that got me thinking. It was pretty suspicious that the SP was suddenly calling her "a Queen" and not "the Queen." And someone else was saying how the SP was telling us to ignore the prepositions and just pay attention to her riddle.

So it seemed pretty riddle-y to switch to chess. And in chess, the only thing that can "become" a queen is a pawn.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 6:05 pm

blue_j · Boot Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 26 Location: Los Gatos, CA

EDIT: beaten to the explaination... I mispelled it anyways.

regrardless: Way To Go, usernameguy!

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