New Email from Aveline

[Nyte]

From: Aveline Belmont
To: Nyte
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 1:17:42 PM
Subject: The journal pages

I swore I wouldn't do this again but circumstances being...well,
circumstances. Can't fight circumstances.

You've found something important and it doesn't belong to you. By
'you' I mean everybody in your big cuddly love-in of a community.

But as chance (or circumstance) would have it, it's exactly what I've
been looking for. More or less. And you've managed, yet again, to both
help me and hurt me. Thanks a whole fucking lot. I mean that with all
my heart.

So I have a box. A very old box. I found it in Halifax. It's locked.
The lock has 25 digits. And Belmont's journal contains the code. I
know, because I've been looking for those pages. The fact that they
should pop up in Norway makes absolute perfect sense. The fact that
they should be found by a civilian with absolutely no fucking idea of
what he's getting into - in the context of recent events, yeah, that
makes perfect sense as well.

If he knows what's best for him, by the way, he'll go away, far away,
and stay away until this is all over. People are going to be looking
for him. Bad people.

Here's the deal: I need that code and you're the guys who will find
the code. Once I have the code, I can open the box. If I need your
help again, I'll let you know. And at the end of all of this, I'll let
you in on a little secret.

By that point, if I'm not already dead, I can afford to share.

And the sooner? The better.

A.B.

[Kazmaka]

Well theres our lock >_> 25 digits eh..

[Coren]

Originally Posted by Nyte

Well, f*** you too Aveline.
Seriously, why would I help someone with this kind of attitude?

But the puzzles, they're so appealing...

[bholbrook81]

Well that clears up what we are looking for.

[Aquilus]

Interesting.

I still don't think she deserves our help, though, and I doubt we'll get much out of doing this.

Remember who your friends are, you have been warned.

[Mithrilendil]

how can we have a 25 digits code ?? that's the question now !!

[Versteckt]

Well, that will help. Don't know if I would want to help her at this point. Might be nice if I got an email....still don't think I would help her after that very polite email. Well, back to number crunching.

[Vasi_]

K, so let's get started on this, should get more people into IRC discussing the puzzle, easier than having to post the whole time. A few of us have been beating our heads against the wall on this all day and are ready to get going. So for those of you who can, maybe we can get another IRC channel going to bounce ideas.

[Lybo]

And theres the lock WOOT! To work!

[vlaka]

THE SIREN! i knew it! 25#

[tuby10]

OMFG!!!!!

25 DIGIT

WHAT BOX? <--- we need to find something about this before we get the code.

[Qirrel]

Finally we know what we are looking for. I suspect this has to do with the queens.

[Vallikat]

Intereting. Very interesting. Something concrete to work on. Hmmm

[Kendrick]

Question is, once you get the code, where do you put it?

[Toroto]

Together, united, the Queens will form a 25 digit number or what. The problem is how do we make it.

[pantognost]

I feel defeated.
We should have come up with the digits before any hint....
Oh well...
At least let's do it now...

/enters brooding study mode/

[Lodestar]

Originally Posted by Coren

Well, f*** you too Aveline.
Seriously, why would I help someone with this kind of attitude?

But the puzzles, they're so appealing...

Maybe she hasnt been eating enough fibre, or maybe she wasnt breast fed. Either way Id suggest she take some immediate time to manage that stress level of hers.

So 25 digits is it? Hmm... bunch of queens (ish in some cases) in orders of 3s and 2s. One of which seems to be a matter of contention with which names we choose. ie side 1.

[Munin]

She thinks we're cuddly! Now, back to work I suppose.

[Anzer'ke]

Right then; the key, the lock, the key, the lock can now be translated into:

The Journal, The Box from Halifax, The Key spoken of in the Journal (as I bet this is what was inside of it), The Gates themselves and beyond into the unknown.

The time is upon us, the path is clear to the hidden places.

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Well, lets go then.

Also

Originally Posted by Lodestar

Maybe she hasnt been eating enough fibre, or maybe she wasnt breast fed. Either way Id suggest she take some immediate time to manage that stress level of hers.

So 25 digits is it? Hmm... bunch of queens (ish in some cases) in orders of 3s and 2s. One of which seems to be a matter of contention with which names we choose. ie side 1.

I'd be stressed too if people kept either trying to kill me, or meddling in ways that might get me killed.

And it's probably fair to say that Svein is dead or running, hopefully the latter.

[Coren]

Before we find the code, I propose we think very carefully about whether or not we want her to have the code.

We've been passive agents in this "game" since the start, but we have to realize that we can also be ACTIVE agents in this game. I for one do not agree with Aveline's attitude, and I don't trust her. I'm sure I'm not alone in this.

Seriously, we should stop being peons and start using our superior brainpower for our own designs. We can pick our own sides.