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Sapagoo
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 Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:27 am Post subject: e-mail from DC |
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I also got this yesterday.
From: Devon Conrad <whatyoumustseeSPLATgmail.com>
Subject: what you must see
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The city of our dreams is darker than it has ever been, but there is a light. She comes to us every night and wanders the streets, restlessly, with her offering of Hope.
She watches over you, Providence. She tells us that we must trust you, but I wonder why that must be; why must we trust a frustrated, injured, and furious dog? She trusts you, though. She lets you follow her up the hill. Sometimes she returns with tears in her eyes. Her visions are that strong and that powerful. What you have seen and what you have heard while you with her and I wasn't?
Do you hear the echoes of the scream in the mountains when she does? Do you hear the scream of the Old One? Do you see her at the gathering, at the last feast of quiet before the exodus? She tells us of a choice she will have to make… a choice that we will not like. She warns us that it is a choice she will make with us and with you and that nothing will be the same after that choice. Do you already know what that is, Providence?
Emmet tells us this means you will be here, too, with the Hidden and the Dreamers. I have my concerns, Providence, but I have my faith in them. I trust in his wisdom. I believe in her visions.
I have given my hands to Saint Feline for she gives them purpose. I have given my hands, my dirty hands, to Saint Feline for she will make them clean again. I have forsaken the brethren and put into motion what she has foreseen.
Prepare, Providence. Prepare for the Feast Before the Scream.
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We think DC is in Harrisonburg, right? |
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Illuminant
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:41 am Post subject: Re: e-mail from DC |
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| Sapagoo wrote: |
| We think DC is in Harrisonburg, right? |
We certainly do.
This is significantly awesome - glad I'm back at the Outpost in time to follow along with developments!
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Unknown Quantity
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:42 am Post subject: Re: e-mail from DC |
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| Sapagoo wrote: |
| We think DC is in Harrisonburg, right? |
Yeah... And, if he's being honest in this e-mail, we can assume that DC != Chorazos. Though, from the e-mail, I kinda get the feeling that he might be an ex member of Chorazos:
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| I have given my hands to Saint Feline for she gives them purpose. I have given my hands, my dirty hands, to Saint Feline for she will make them clean again. I have forsaken the brethren and put into motion what she has foreseen. |
I'm wondering, though, who's Emmet? Someone we already know?
Anyway, have you responded to him, yet? I'd be curious to see if he's willing to continue to communicate, or if this is a one-off sort of thing.
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Biff
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Emmet?
Howard, could that be Exu? |
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Sapagoo
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:52 am Post subject: Re: e-mail from DC |
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| Unknown Quantity wrote: |
| Anyway, have you responded to him, yet? I'd be curious to see if he's willing to continue to communicate, or if this is a one-off sort of thing. |
I've thought about it, but I have nothing to say, yet. |
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Jjason
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:55 am Post subject: Re: e-mail from DC |
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| Unknown Quantity wrote: |
| Yeah... And, if he's being honest in this e-mail, we can assume that DC != Chorazos. Though, from the e-mail, I kinda get the feeling that he might be an ex member of Chorazos: |
Plus also this orlando post: "It is through you, Saint Feline, that I can reject Chorazos." It also includes DC's bit about "extend your protection from the suffering at the end of all things," so I'm assuming that post was from him.
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| I'm wondering, though, who's Emmet? Someone we already know? |
The way it's written it sort of sounds of like a reference to BA but I can't find anything that Emmet might be a reference to. It's not anyone I can remember though. No previous references on the boards or the wiki. Maybe one of the dreamers?
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| I've thought about it, but I have nothing to say, yet. |
Well, DC asked us a question. He asked, basically, What do you know that we don't? and also Why should I trust you?
So we've got to answer that. Maybe we can tell him about what we've lost, what we've already given up in our attempts to help BA. And about the dreams we've collected. With the goal in mind of getting more information out of DC, maybe we should demand the same of him.
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Unknown Quantity
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:04 am Post subject: Re: e-mail from DC |
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| Jjason wrote: |
| The way it's written it sort of sounds of like a reference to BA but I can't find anything that Emmet might be a reference to. It's not anyone I can remember though. No previous references on the boards or the wiki. Maybe one of the dreamers? |
Maybe Exu (as was suggested earlier)? Or maybe B (the person who sent us the letters)? I'm wondering if it's wisdom that tells him that we will be there, of if he knows this because he's been leading us there. Food for thought.
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Biff
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:07 am Post subject: |
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| I think we concluded that DC sent the letters. |
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HPhack
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:33 am Post subject: |
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| Biff wrote: |
| Emmet? Howard, could that be Exu? |
I'm not sure I've ever met an actual Emmet in my entire life.
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Dante
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Emmet tells us this means you will be here, too, with the Hidden and the Dreamers. |
Okay so we have no idea who Emmet is.
I can guess that the "Dreamers" are the various individuals who posted the Orlando Craigslists.
Who are the Hidden??
And I can't tell you how nice it is to have a name - Devon Conrad - to go with the initials 'DC.' |
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Unknown Quantity
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Dante wrote: |
| Who are the Hidden?? |
I'm thinking of the Hidden as a catch-all for all the shadowy figures in Chorazos and the Conclave.
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Unfictionrose
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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I suppose that any of us could us this email address to communicate with Devon.
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Lovek
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Dante wrote: |
| And I can't tell you how nice it is to have a name - Devon Conrad - to go with the initials 'DC.' |
Now if only we had a name to go with 'BA' 
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Sinyx
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Are BA's Dreamers the cats in the dreamscape? They sound confused and as wary of us as we are of them. I get the feeling that they think we have become privy to BA's secrets and are jealous. What can we send them as proof of our good will? And Emmet? I keep thinking back to the man on the corner BA always saw in her dreams. We never got a name or anything for him, but he was always a constant like the old woman, the drummer, and us.
Devon also mentions the "Old One". More Lovecraft, but it gets confusing because he uses "Old Ones" for so many different aliens. The aliens in "At the Mountains of Madness" are the Elder Things, but also known as the Old Ones. They warred against the race of Cthulhu.
Old Ones can also refer to the Great Old Ones, alien beings of immense power and also the group Cthulhu belongs to. They are worshiped by cults and are currently imprisoned - beneath the sea, inside the Earth, in distant planetary systems. The reason for their captivity is not known, though there are two theories:
1. They were imprisoned by the Elder Gods for black magic transgressions (Edict?), or
2. They rest in a death-like sleep during the present cosmic cycle (like hibernating animals) until the planets are in a certain alignment for them to be released. To account for this, it is possible that the universe experiences cosmic cycles, similar to the natural seasons which occur on earth (reminds me of Exu's talk of cycles, timescales, long amounts of time).
No matter, they will return, causing worldwide insanity and mindless violence before finally displacing humanity forever! |
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JimmyMcForum
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I'm going to try to contact this dude and bring him (them?) here; I'll let you know how it goes.
EDIT: That might not be wise; I'll wait and see what they do first. |
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