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Post by parlortrick on Mar 10, 2016 10:28:30 GMT -5
Given that the symbol for this article--while not obviously a puzzle--is the compass from the map, it may be worth a look. Of particular note are the specific numbers noted here:
15 hats
50 ft. soaked rope
10 ft. unsoaked rope
5 yards silk
Additionally, Felicity notes that she "simply CAN'T reduce their number," in reference to her trunks, seemingly, but this feels like a puzzle begging to be deciphered.
Also, "Uncle Gully" is a character in Jin Yong's 1959 novel Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain. "The Great Pickle War" is, I'm assuming, in reference to a dispute that took place in New York in the early 2000's around pickle manufacturers.
I'm wondering if the passage on Uncle Gully is a direct reference to how to interpret the map. Just thinking out loud on all of this... |
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Post by k80 on Mar 10, 2016 12:08:25 GMT -5
Given that the symbol for this article--while not obviously a puzzle--is the compass from the map, it may be worth a look. Of particular note are the specific numbers noted here:
15 hats
50 ft. soaked rope
10 ft. unsoaked rope
5 yards silk
Additionally, Felicity notes that she "simply CAN'T reduce their number," in reference to her trunks, seemingly, but this feels like a puzzle begging to be deciphered.
Also, "Uncle Gully" is a character in Jin Yong's 1959 novel Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain. "The Great Pickle War" is, I'm assuming, in reference to a dispute that took place in New York in the early 2000's around pickle manufacturers.
I'm wondering if the passage on Uncle Gully is a direct reference to how to interpret the map. Just thinking out loud on all of this... Uncle Gully is also a reference to Gulliver, who traveled. We have a sticker that says Lilliput, and it's in a travel article. Edited because my phone can't spell. |
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Post by parlortrick on Mar 10, 2016 12:50:24 GMT -5
And she is bringing rope, after all.
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Post by BourbonInExile on Mar 10, 2016 12:53:49 GMT -5
Given that the symbol for this article--while not obviously a puzzle--is the compass from the map, it may be worth a look. Of particular note are the specific numbers noted here:
15 hats
50 ft. soaked rope
10 ft. unsoaked rope
5 yards silk
Additionally, Felicity notes that she "simply CAN'T reduce their number," in reference to her trunks, seemingly, but this feels like a puzzle begging to be deciphered.
Also, "Uncle Gully" is a character in Jin Yong's 1959 novel Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain. "The Great Pickle War" is, I'm assuming, in reference to a dispute that took place in New York in the early 2000's around pickle manufacturers.
I'm wondering if the passage on Uncle Gully is a direct reference to how to interpret the map. Just thinking out loud on all of this... Uncle GuBilly is also a reference to Gulliver, who traveled. We have a sticker that says Lilliput, and it's in a travel article. And the other sticker is from Gulliver's final stop on his travels (unreferenced in the article), the land where logical horses rule over primitive humans known as Yahoos. The stickers represent the bookends on Gulliver's travels, first and last stops. But what really amused me was the author's name: Felicity (good luck/good fortune) Katastropha (catastrophe/disaster/misfortune). |
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Post by k80 on Mar 10, 2016 12:57:59 GMT -5
And she is bringing rope, after all. I always travel with rope. |
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Post by mandapoae on Mar 10, 2016 12:59:00 GMT -5
Uncle GuBilly is also a reference to Gulliver, who traveled. We have a sticker that says Lilliput, and it's in a travel article. And the other sticker is from Gulliver's final stop on his travels (unreferenced in the article), the land where logical horses rule over primitive humans known as Yahoos. The stickers represent the bookends on Gulliver's travels, first and last stops. But what really amused me was the author's name: Felicity (good luck/good fortune) Katastropha (catastrophe/disaster/misfortune). The Lilliput sticker also has a certain constellation on it from a puzzle. |
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Post by parlortrick on Mar 10, 2016 13:07:10 GMT -5
And she is bringing rope, after all. I always travel with rope. It's good to think ahead. |
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Post by amanda on Apr 10, 2016 15:25:44 GMT -5
Some random thoughts on this: The "poor benighted animals in need of help" strikes me as a reference to a certain fable, perhaps? And the animal in question appears elsewhere in this publication. I also found the descriptions of the gowns extremely interesting, in light of the fact that there is a direct tie in here to the optical behavior of one of the related curios... though I'm not sure where that goes, as it seems to go nowhere visible. I'm still reflecting on what to do with the other curio, as nothing I've tried yet has yielded anything of interest, optical or informational. I'm wondering if the latest email might shed some light on the subject. |
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Post by Memosinstilettos on Jun 12, 2016 0:31:12 GMT -5
I found a tie in to possibly 4 novels |
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