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[PUZZLE] The Cache

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:19 pm

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cryurchin · Veteran Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 76

it gives us a good idea when the guy went missing exactly (we assume shortly after the last diary entry).

i also think that it is going to serve as a new launch pad for new people getting into the game as it very effectively summarises a lot of the things we've been talking about.

breakthrough, but i still have faith in the 21st - winter solstice Smile

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:50 pm

miss_seph

WeLL:

I feel somewhat ripped - We were assured that everything 'about my stay here is firmly noted in my journal' - obviously it's not going to be as easy as reading the journal and having our minds click over, so alas - more investigative digging... Smile

Interesting find: One of the last books he recommended was A Universal History of Infamy' by Jorge Luis Borges.... Pathway Travel's destination page for Babel says 'Hitting the headlines again thanks to Borges' short story about our famous library...'

I'm researching around about Borges' stories and will put more up, but I think that the links Jon embedded in the journal will help piece the story together, if not, at least provide us with a password for the door on the mezzanine floor.

edit: http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/library_of_babel.html - found that link during a short bit of websurfing - is a complete translation of Borges' short story, 'The Library of Babel' as mentioned on the Pathway Travel 'Babel' destination page.

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:02 pm

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Frzndaqiri · Boot Joined: 11 Dec 2004 Posts: 31

I found it particularly noteworthy the way this entry was written:

The 24th of April...
"Reminded me of me, mum and dad at Christmas every year till I moved out. One big happy family."

Did Brigid get adopted after he moved? Somehow I think our hesitance over her is well founded...

Also am I the only one getting entries that drop of mid sentence, one date completely empty, (why enter a date?), and the one section w/ not real?

Stratus · Boot Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 59

This also could have narrowed our search of where Jon went:

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:04 pm

hkdl

[SPEC]Hey guys, I've been lurking for awhile...something is just sticking in my head here. Roanoke Island, and the whole library that doesn't exist. Roanoke was a colony way back that dissappeared without a trace...so... a library in Roanoke wouldn't exist.[/SPEC]

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:16 pm

dmax

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:26 pm

Frzndaqiri · Boot Joined: 11 Dec 2004 Posts: 31

Alexandria - http://www.bede.org.uk/Library2.htm
and the Villa of Papyri http://www.cib.na.cnr.it/mann/museum/papyri.html

are both well known to have had great libraries...

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:30 pm

hkdl

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:46 pm

kilominator · Kilroy Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 1

I've been lurking for a while now, trying to figure out how these ARGs work. Guess I'm hooked on this one now. Smile

While reading Jon's journal, I noticed this:

**Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:39 am

BlndPg · Greenhorn Joined: 12 Dec 2004 Posts: 7

Question: How do you get hold of a book that doesn't exist? Anwser: Go to a libray that doesn't exist either....

This was written on October 23rd, well after Jon had discovered Sable & Shuck and their subsidiaries, including Pathway Travel. Jon also purchased "Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings" on July 10th. The book contains the story of The Library of Babel.

After seeing Babel as one of Pathway's destinations, maybe he decided to try and retrieve the Book of Stars there. After all, the Hilbert Hotel guest book mentions a missing book...

**Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:52 am

miss_seph

never mind the fact that an author that keeps cropping up in this game wrote a short story about the library of babel

**Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:16 am

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BlndPg · Greenhorn Joined: 12 Dec 2004 Posts: 7

This could just be a coincidence, but did anyone else notice that the blank entry in the journal is on 20th April?

20/04/2004

20042004

I've tried this as the the code for Jon's contract and the mezzanine with no luck. Could there be such a thing as a cooincidence in this game?? Question

**Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:32 am

BlndPg · Greenhorn Joined: 12 Dec 2004 Posts: 7

This could just be a coincidence, but did anyone else notice that the blank entry in the journal is on 20th April?

20/04/2004

20042004

I've tried this as the the code for Jon's contract and the mezzanine with no luck. Could there be such a thing as a cooincidence in this game?? Question

**Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:50 am

Huntress · Greenhorn Joined: 12 Dec 2004 Posts: 5

jonharker.com

**Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:55 am