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Post by helenahandbasket on Dec 20, 2015 9:49:00 GMT -5
This mailing contained, among other things, an article from a magazine with an ad for a computer on the facing page. If you have an item fitting this description, you are in the right place! Please discuss!
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Post by jamieconrad on Jan 30, 2016 19:39:33 GMT -5
Received ours yesterday! Very intriguing! My husband still hasn't figured out anything about the MPC yet, but after this chapter he couldn't help but increase the fervor of his research. I've blocked all MPC websites and spoiler threads on reddit via our router. Hopefully it holds through May but I'm sure he'll figure it out somehow.
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Post by helenahandbasket on Feb 2, 2016 9:53:20 GMT -5
I gave up trying to keep it a mystery for my husband, he was so sure it was junk mail or a hoax that I had to keep fishing stuff out of the trash. Anyway, at first blush this seems oddly disjointed from the previous stuff we got, tho the article talks about a "fairy tale" that actually might be more like a legend or a myth. Which would make much of the article an unreliable discussion because the author is treating it as a fairy tale and not examining any legendary or mythical potential. I haven't had time to do any research, I thought I'd hit the rabbit hole this afternoon. I'd also like to see if I can track down the source of the pictured docs with Google, but my hopes are thin. Finally, I was amused by the other item enclosed, The amulet. Looking up the symbol is another item on my Google-it list...
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Post by helenahandbasket on Feb 3, 2016 9:36:35 GMT -5
Any takers on discussing the object? Maybe some of the many possible translations? I've been fooling around with bind runes. Other than the obvious meaning the potential range of symbols has, do you think there's anything else we're supposed to be finding/learning from it? There is a pretty wide swath cut for combining symbols and then interpreting that combination. The other thing is that this mailing feels a little bit disjointed from the first three. I guess it fits fine with the prologue, but the fit with the second two mailings has yet to be revealed. Thoughts?
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Post by brandalonian on Feb 3, 2016 11:18:50 GMT -5
This was a most interesting mailing! I think the information is from Stephen Paulson (SP) from a previous mailing.
I would also like to figure out when SP created the amulet. Before or after the expedition and before or after the discovery of the underwater cave.
Now, what to do with that info and what his involvement may be...that's another series of doors. I would also like to figure out the approximate date of the article to see how it fits into the timeline of the story. It appears to be 80's or early 90's. I can't find any info on the ad or computer in the ad to pull a date. Although the magazine seems to be real? I Googled THEN and found NOW AND THEN magazine...could just be coincidence.
The author of the article isn't a real person, I've Googled the heck out of that. I also did an image search of the symbol on the amulet and didn't have any luck. Would love to hear if anyone else found anything. I've created a timeline, of sorts, with all the info I've received from my Diamond experience.
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Post by helenahandbasket on Feb 3, 2016 12:17:26 GMT -5
I noticed that the note wrapped around the amulet was from SP as well. I had tentatively made the connection back to Stephen Paulson from the Dig Of Doom photo, but I'm always afraid to draw conclusions after initial read-thrus. For all we know SP is Sigfried Pederssen, local prankster! Do you think it has been him sending us stuff all along? The penmanship is rather reminiscent of the envelopes, but not the post-it notes. Maybe he and the person sending us stuff are friends? As for the thing that was wrapped in the note, this one I knew right off because I have a friend who is Norwegian and she has a necklace in this same genre. It's not going to come up on an image search as-is. What we do know is that it's Norwegian or Viking. We know it's a symbol that has some power or protection because that son was the only one to survive. It must be a pretty unique symbol if you can't find it With a Google image search. As for what the symbol means? Well, that's something you'll want to research for yourself. I've had a blast! During your research, if you take a step back and forget about CB for a moment, it kinda turns into MadLibs! Nice work on the timeline, it reminds me of "A Beautiful Mind." I think I have a lead on the fairy tale, the magazine article is an artifact, of course, but I got a semi-hit on something. I don't have time for that particular rabbit hole at the moment
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Post by Beckett on Feb 4, 2016 16:15:51 GMT -5
I've created a timeline, of sorts, with all the info I've received from my Diamond experience. Stunning! I cannot seem to get my brother to make something like this, but at least everything ends up in a nice and tidy ring binder. As far as I can tell, the current chapter has not yet arrived, but I expect it to any day now...
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Post by helenahandbasket on Feb 8, 2016 12:32:53 GMT -5
Did anyone notice that the note, referring to the article, said, "I think it's corrected." From what to what, do you think?! Why?! I guess I had glossed over that the first time thru the mailing.
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Post by the0alchemist on Feb 8, 2016 17:57:17 GMT -5
All I've received so far is the comic pages and the magazine pages no other items or notes. That said to me the magazine connects directly to the prologue. The locations mentioned there over lap with the article. The prologue would indicate that the writer believes there is proof of something underwater that he can get by diving. If we believe that the story in the article really is a legend based on true events then something sank a viking ship a long time ago between Denmark and Norway. At the moment the only conclusion I can draw is that the mystery author wants to find the ship wreck that would prove the fairy tale is based on real legends. But like I said I have very little to go on.
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Post by helenahandbasket on Feb 8, 2016 21:22:29 GMT -5
Alchemist, are you a Kickstarter Gold or the like? It will be interesting to see how they knit this all together, since we all have different stuff that came before this mailing -- ranging from you with just the Prologue before the magazine article to the Diamond who have three mailings before this one (and it sounds like we had a couple other items in our envelopes as well). And yes, someone did point out to me that it was coNNected and not coRRected, so, er, nevermind. The handwriting was difficult to read and, because of a previous mailing, corrected didn't seem all that out of place So, it's safe to say this is connected to stuff we've received, no matter how much or how little of it -- and that the article is connected, but was not corrected... How are the diamond-types coming along with identifying the markings on the thing that was wrapped in the note?
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Post by helenahandbasket on Feb 9, 2016 9:10:16 GMT -5
Alchemist, this mailing was Diamond Chapter 2, so long as MPC hasn't changed the order of mailings they proposed. For diamond, this mailing contained the magazine pages, plus an auction house glossy of the 1850's handwritten fairy tale manuscript and illustration, a handwritten note, and an amulet. If you're gold (or platinum) and you got only the article this mailing, it could well be your interlude and that's why it was the article alone, but the article was probably the meatiest piece of the mailing and the rest of the stuff was window dressing. I think the Gold experience starts in earnest with Chapter 3, doesn't it? Working with different pieces of background information is really going to take us all down a different paths to the same finale. Or just take us down different paths entirely. No matter how we try to organize this, it's virtually impossible to discuss across KS experiences. It might work well once we get to Chapters 3-4-5-6, when we're all getting the same things. Or maybe it should just be, "Bronze Discussion," "Silver Discussion," "Gold Discussion," etc., and leave it at that, but that seems like it has the potential to get a little lonely for some people. Thoughts? This is just really difficult. Le sigh.
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Post by the0alchemist on Feb 9, 2016 13:21:12 GMT -5
Yup, I was only able to scrape up enough funds for the gold level. So like I said I got the prolouge and it's note but no note with the magazine article. I don't think there are enough people to justify splitting by experience level. Besides different level of expereinces just means more different view points.
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Post by Beckett on Feb 11, 2016 4:46:01 GMT -5
How are the diamond-types coming along with identifying the markings on the thing that was wrapped in the note? My brother received his two days ago and sent me a Picture; we will not have time to look at it properly until the weekend, but the markings seem to be a form of
norse bind runes, that is to say ligatures of several runes that can stand for a concept or letter each. At first glance, we spotted the
elder Futhark runes usually transliterated into the letters ï, p, i, l, with the latter one apparently representing
water, which would fit well with the narrative.
I will know more after the weekend!
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Post by the0alchemist on Feb 11, 2016 12:02:36 GMT -5
I used to read runes and do bind runes if someone could post a picture I might be able to help. Also I don't know about the i with two dots (which google says is a regular i pronoced as a seperate syllable so not really useful by it self) but P would be perth which means mystery and i would be isa which means ice. Also they can have other meaning based on the meaning of the things they mean like Laguz means water but it also means cleansing because water is cleansing.
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Post by Beckett on Feb 11, 2016 16:13:13 GMT -5
Clarification for the0alchemist: Apologies, I had just copied the corresponding letters from the Wikipedia entry on elder futhark; the rune in question is apparently called "iwaz" or "eiwaz". We will see how far we get on the weekend, but it's good to know we got an expert here if we get stuck!
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