June 1st

We noticed that the map on the Aglaura website was updated yesterday.

grumpyboy figured out what some of the numbers that shadowtalk1 has been spitted out mean...

shadowtalk1 (9:05:10 PM): 1,2,8,496,9088,12032,12004352,4139008,51347456 Numerators of coefficients of Green function for cubic lattice

shadowtalk1 (9:05:47 PM): 2,5,8,13,16,21,26,35 Ramsey numbers

shadowtalk1 (9:06:14 PM): 1,24,24,96,24,144,96,192,24,312,144,288,96,336,192, 576,24,432,312,480,144,768,288,576,96,744,336,960,192, 720,576,768,24,1152,432,1152,312,912,480,1344,144,1008, 768,1056,288,1872,576,1152,96,1368,744,1728,336 Theta series of D_4 lattice; Fourier coefficients of Eisenstein series E_{gamma,2}

shadowtalk1 (9:06:36 PM): 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,22,36,44,63,66,88,123,132,138,145,154,159, 167,176,183,189,195,198,213,224,231,235,242,246,253,257,264,268,275,279,286,297,312,318,321,325,333,345,347,352,354,357, 369,374,375,381,396,415 (Product of digits of n) is divisible by (sum of digits of n), where 0's are not permitted.

shadowtalk1 (9:06:54 PM): 1,3,7,5,93,637,1425,22341 Related to Weber functions

shadowtalk1 (9:07:13 PM): 0,0,0,5,4,8,5,7,9,9,0,3 decimal expansion of electron mass (mass units)

shadowtalk1 (9:07:35 PM): 1,0,0,1,2,5,15,32,99,210,650,1379,4268,9055,28025,59458, 184021,390420,1208340,2563621,7934342,16833545,52099395, 110534372,342101079,725803590 A ternary continued fraction

shadowtalk1 (9:08:16 PM): 2,4,6,30,32,34,36,40,42,44,46,50,52,54,56,60,62,64,66,2000, 2002,2004,2006,2030,2032,2034,2036,2040,2042,2044,2046,2050, 2052,2054,2056,2060,2062,2064,2066,4000,4002,4004,4006,4030, 4032,4034,4036,4040,4042,4044,4046,4050,4052,4054,4056 The `eban' numbers (no letter `e' in these numbers)

shadowtalk1 (9:08:44 PM): 1,0,0,1,3,12,70,465,3507,30016,286884,3026655,34944085, 438263364,5933502822,86248951243,1339751921865, 22148051088480,388246725873208,7193423109763089, 140462355821628771,2883013994348484940 Clouds with n points; undirected 2-regular labeled graphs; or n X n symmetric matrices with (0,1) entries, trace 0 and all row sums 2

shadowtalk1 (9:09:11 PM): 1,3,2,7,4,3,6,15,8,4,10,8,12,7,5,31,16,8,18,15,6,11,22,15, 24,12,26,7,28,15,30,63,11,16,14,8,36,19,12,15,40,20,42,32,9, 23,46,32,48,24,17,39,52,27,10,48,18,28,58,15,60,31,27,127, 25,11,66,16,23,20,70,63,72,36,24,56 pseudo-Smarandache numbers. Smallest number m such that m(m+1)/2 is divisible by n.

shadowtalk1 (9:09:30 PM): 1,1,1,2,3,6,11,22,42,84,165,330,654,1308,2605,5210,10398, 20796,41550,83100,166116,332232,664299,1328598,2656866, 5313732,10626810,21253620,42505932,85011864,170021123, 340042246,680079282,1360158564 Narayana-Zidek-Capell numbers

shadowtalk1 (9:09:50 PM): 1,2,3,4,5,11,21,36,57,127,253,463,793,1717,3433,6436,11441, 24311,48621,92379,167961,352717,705433,1352079,2496145, 5200301,10400601,20058301,37442161 Euler characteristics of polytopes

shadowtalk1 (9:10:12 PM): 0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 0,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,1, 0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0, 0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1 Thue-Morse sequence: let A_k denote the first 2^k terms; then A_0 = 0, and for k >= 0, A_{k+1} = A_k B_k, where B_k is obtained from A_k by interchanging 0's and 1's.

We got a new email from Dale...

I know it's been a little while since I contacted you. I'm sure you have heard through the grapevine by now, about my meeting with Don Marzano at his Empty Threats restaurant. It seems from the e-mail I've received that someone managed to overhear a lot of our conversation and has filled people in on what happened, including the fact that I recruited Bruce, my former partner from AnonymousFame, to try and help resolve this situation with the Marzanos. As you know, it certainly didn't go as planned. I didn't get a chance at all to try and do what I had planned because Don quickly took our conversation in a direction I didn't anticipate. And what a surprising and strange turn it was. I still can't resolve in my mind Don Marzano's comments about "the Wish"; not only that he knew about "the Wish" but also that he seems to believe he's real! No, even that doesn't say it strongly enough; Don Marzano flat out said that the Wish does exist and that he has had dealings with him before. But how can that be? From my memory of my meeting with the Wish, you aren't supposed to remember meeting him. Somehow I remembered, but I know I wasn't supposed to. So did Don meet the Wish and somehow remember too? Or is there something else going on here? I've been thinking about this for days and just can't come up with anything. Nothing that makes sense, at least. I definitely need to figure out how I am going to deal with him from here, though. Speaking of making sense, I have been looking at the notebook from the man who bought Wes' disc. I think I've made some progress in figuring out what may be hidden there but haven't quite pieced it all together yet. So I decided to share with you what I've found in case you can do anything with it. I feel as if we're running out of time and need to find this disc as soon as possible. So I've been spending a lot of time thinking about those last two pages. The "travelogue" pages are interesting to read through and try and trace his journey, but it's starting to seem like it might take forever to figure out all his stops that way and try and go to them all and figure out where the disc is. So I was thinking that there may be an easier way, some kind of message or clue in the last two pages that seem to be written after he returned home to Long Island. And one phrase in particular was really bugging me. On the next to the last page it says "where moon meets star". I've looked through all the pages for either drawings of or references to moons and stars. And I found something interesting. Look at the last page of the notebook, the one with the very odd "poem" or message on it. It has both a moon and a star symbol near the top of the page. And as I was looking at those images I noticed that the two right-most points of the star seemed to "line up" with the two points of the moon on the right. So I tried something. I folded the page over so that the points of the moon and the star touched. Take a look at this image I posted:

http://www.synthasia.com/notebooknotes1.htm

I was hurrying and working with a poor quality print of the original page so the image isn't great , but I think you should be able to see it. There seems to be another message hidden in the words below. Here's two more images:

http://www.synthasia.com/notebooknotes2.htm
http://www.synthasia.com/notebooknotes3.htm

Here's the message I found below:

From east you enter
and center find
toward red hued wall
you mark a line
If a man lay down
with feet on stone
his outstretched arm
would near my home

Try folding the page. Do you see it? This appears to be directions for finding something (the disc I'm assuming) once we know the general area that it's located in. I also noticed that folding the page like this separates out nine "number triangles" but haven't had the time to figure out the significance of this. I thinking that these must somehow tell us where he left the disc, and then the words explain how to find it when we are there. Just need some more time to piece it all together. If you figure out anything from this, please let me know. I promise to be in touch soon because I've been working on a few other things I need to tell you about as well.

Dale

June 3rd

Dale got a new email from J. Douglas Willingham...

From: jdwillingham@aglauranj.org

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: Next Tuesday

Date: 03 June 2003

Dale,

Consider this a friendly reminder that we are quickly approaching a point of no return as far as your career as an Aglaura Councilman is concerned. Your temporary suspension will be reviewed and up for a final vote next Tuesday, June 10th, at our regularly scheduled Aglaura Council meeting. Although you chose to ignore the request for you to attend the special emergency meeting called by Mayor Dobbs on May 20th, I'm still hopeful that you will choose to do the right thing next week and attend the meeting. There are many ways this can still be resolved, Dale, but your presence at the meeting is the starting point for all of them, except for the one that ends in your permanent removal from the Aglaura Council.

Please don't let it come to that.

J. Douglas Willingham
Borough Attorney, Aglaura NJ
jdwillingham@aglauranj.org

We also got a new email from Dale...

I managed to get the ClueSearch site fixed today. Seems it had some problems in its usual scanning and sorting of information, but I think I've got it worked out now. Wes is due back in town tomorrow and both Sam and I are anxious to get with Wes face-to-face and determine once and for all if this is really him. I'm also very anxious to hear or see whatever he's discovered on his little trip. Speaking of trips, I managed to make some more progress on the disc notebook. Besides the information I provided yesterday, I've been looking at the numbered triangles that are on the final page of the notebook. As you know, nine of them are left visible when you fold the page over as I described. Thinking that the strange symbols on each page have to have some meaning, I pulled out the ones on the pages marked with the nine numbered triangles. At first they didn't make much sense until I noticed that there were basically three sets of three different types of symbols. Take a look at the symbols on the pages marked with the triangles left showing. Three of them have markings near the bottom of the individual squares, three of them have symbols in both the bottom and top areas of the square, and the remaining three have markings only in the top area. This led me to believe that we were dealing with three rows of symbols, so I assembled them accordingly. After trying to match up the markings in any way I could, here's what I came up with:

http://www.synthasia.com/notebooknotes4.htm

There appears to be numbers hidden in the strange square symbols. Now if we only knew what they meant. We need to get someone on the road to finding this disc as soon as we can. I'm working on the greywethers log-in puzzle right now too. I think I may be on to something but I'll fill you in once I'm sure. Thanks for your help through all of this. I can't shake this feeling that we are on the verge of figuring out what's really going on here.

Dale

The numbers hidden in the strange square symbols are 37, 57, 91 and 46.

Also it seems that Phyllis is losing her mind...

Ever since I started thinking about that red disc and wondering about where in the world Wes Keeler could be, the strangest things have been happening. The ery night I last emailed you I had an horrific nightmare that awoke me with a gasp but, I cannot remember what it was about. I was sitting up in bed, taking deep breaths and concentrating on getting my heart beat back to normal when I noticed a crack of light under my bedroom door. I thought, well, I’ve been so distracted lately I guess I left on the hall light. So, I got up, turned it off and got back in bed. I was tossing and turning then dozed in a light sleep for a while. There was a thump, nothing very loud. Believe me Douglas was snoring through all of this. But, my eyes sprang open at the noise and the hall light was on again! Barely able to breath, I whispered to Douglas, Wake up, there’s someone in the house! I had to poke him in the ribs a couple of times to get him to respond. And just as he sits up and I tell him, The hall light’s on – it goes off! He got up and went through the house and came back to tell me all was well. He convinced me that I had only been dreaming. I tell you, Sunny I WAS NOT DREAMING!

Then, yesterday morning, I could not find my house keys. I always, always hang them on a hook on the wall in the kitchen and they simply were not there. I told Douglas, See, someone got my keys and came into the house last night, I told you so. Ever since the burglary Douglas has been more anxious about our security. Not nearly as upset as I’ve been but, he took the missing keys with every bit as much alarm as I did. He was getting ready to call the police and I told him, no, let me get dressed first. Well, there were the keys on top of my dresser in our bedroom!

This is quite simply impossible! Impossible! Believe me when I tell you that I am an extremely orderly person. I believe in a place for everything and everything in its place. I have routines, habits, daily rituals that I follow exactly. There is absolutely no way I would have put those keys on my dresser. No way! And the alternative -- the very idea that someone could have crept into our bedroom while I was fitfully dozing and put them on the dresser -- no, it could not have happened. I jumped at a soft little thump; I surely would have heard someone in the room! Douglas just rolled his eyes and muttered something about Klepsydra. I was not amused. I know I’ve been on edge, probably suffering Post-Traumatic Stress, but this is more than feeling anxious and paranoid. I know I’ve admitted to you that I feel like I’m losing my mind but I have never lost my orderliness, ever.

Well, Douglas went off to work and I went into the shop to get ready to open. I was just about to unlock the front door when I heard another thump coming from the back wall. Just a soft, little thump but I nearly jumped out of my skin. And, the room was suddenly as cold as a freezer. Outside I saw one of the Doyle’s going by, so I opened the door and invited him in. The first thing he said was, Why do you have it so cold in here, Mrs. Willingham? He went with me to check the thermostat which was set on 72. The rest of the house was perfectly pleasant; only the shop was frigid! I made him go with me through the house, too. By the time we came back to the shop, it was warm again. I am sure this will be the cause of more hilarity for the locals.

Sunny, I did not sleep a wink last night. The hall light went on and off, on and off, all night but I knew, just knew, that if I woke Douglas it would go off and make me look like a lunatic. I made him watch me hang my keys on their hook last night and sure enough they were there this morning. He left for work and when I went to get the keys to open the shop they were gone again! I almost got hysterical but instead I got angry. I clenched my jaw and stomped up the stairs to our bedroom. They were not, however, on my dresser. I just exploded with fury and yelled, How dare you! Whatever you are! Do not play games with me! At that, there was a loud crash downstairs. I rushed down to find a beautiful antique mirror smashed on the floor. Now, understand this: The hook on the wall was just as it should be; it wasn’t broken or bent; the mirror was NOT directly below where it had hung on the wall! It was about four feet from the wall like something had lifted it off the hook and sent it sailing into the air! And right there – in the midst of the shattered glass fragments – were my keys! Now, I can begrudgingly accept the idea that I might have taken to misplacing my keys. I can even consider the idea that I am simply imagining the hall light going on and off all night. But, I assure you, I have NOT developed an alter-ego that hurls down valuable antique mirrors in order to frighten my primary self later! There seems to be a connection, I think, between my angry outburst and the mirror being smashed. I remembered what you said about the dead eyes feeding on belief and I’m thinking, maybe, whatever this is feeds on fear and anger. So, I went to the doctor today and got some tranquilizers and sleeping pills. I am so calm now I’m feeling positively transcendent. I am going to sleep with my back toward the hall and be oblivious to whether the hall light is on or off. AND, I am going to sleep with my keys clenched in my fist! Now, what do you think about all that, dear friend?

Phyllis

June 4th

It seems that maybe Phyllis isn't really losing her mind?...

It’s happening to Douglas now! ha. ha. While I passed the night in a drug- induced coma, he fought the Battle of the Hall Light. As he told me this morning, he went through a couple of rounds of on, off, on again before taking action. First, he used duct tape to hold the light switch in the off position. As soon as he returned to bed, the light came on again. After he discovered that the switch was still taped down, he went down to the utility room and shut off the power to the hall at the circuit box. Padding upstairs with flashlight in hand, he entered the darkness of the hall and ran into a “wall of cold,” as he described it. Like me in the cold shop, he was overcome with irrational fear and dread. Fighting through it, he got to our bedroom and tried to wake me. (I don’t think I like sleeping pills. I mean, what if the house were on fire?) I could not be roused even by his yelling at me. Well, that set off crashes downstairs but, Douglas would not go back through the frigid fear to investigate. He spent the rest of the night perched on the edge of the bed with the flash light in one hand and his handgun in the other. I had to give him one of my tranquilizers this morning after he discovered that his Rolex and Mont Blanc were missing from his bedside table. While he was telling his tale, I could not help laughing, a bit hysterically I admit, and he had to shake me hard to make me stop. The crashes downstairs were my vintage book collection jumping off their shelves. The Mont Blanc was stabbed into the heart of a first edition and the Rolex was strangling the neck of a Victorian bust. All day, things have gone missing and popped up in unlikely places, thumps have set my heart aflutter and I keep running into cold spots. But, at least I am not alone in all this strangeness. Douglas is no longer doubting my sanity and, from what I hear, similar disruptions are occurring elsewhere in town.

Oh, my keys: Of course, I relaxed my grip during the night and woke up with the outline of the P on my key chain impressed into my cheek from having slept upon it. If this were happening to someone else, I’m sure I would find it genuinely amusing. But, having your house invaded by this kind of mischief is not at all funny. Douglas is grim and ashen-faced and that frightens me most of all. He is under a tremendous strain at work and needs his wits about him. I think we’d take a vacation until all this oddity is resolved but, with the on-going investigation, I’m afraid it would not look right for us to leave town right now.

Your friend,
Phyllis

Weird things seem to be happening all over Aglaura lately...

I just wanted to remind you that this weekend is our first Summer Reading Challenge event. It looks like it's going to be a wonderful time. Now if we can only get the weather to participate! We've had one nasty weekend after another lately, and even though the large majority of the event will take place inside the Library building, it would be nice to be able to do the few outside activities we have planned as well. I guess we'll keep our fingers crossed. Sorry this isn't longer but I'm very busy today. It seems some of our bookcases somehow got shaken or partially tipped over sometime last night and we have a lot of books to put back in order on our shelves. It's a very strange thing actually, because we didn't have any earth tremors or unusual ground activity recently that I'm aware of, and I don't know of anyone who "felt" anything last night. But when we came in this morning, there were books everywhere in certain areas! I guess we'll just chalk it up to the strange things going on around here lately.

Mrs. Agatha Dobbs
Librarian, Aglaura Public Library
Aglaura NJ

June 5th

Sunny received another email from Phyllis...

So you think we are being haunted by Sarah Wyatt? Well, it’s possible, I suppose, but how does that explain the poltergeist activity at the Library? Why would she have any animosity towards the books Agatha has so carefully arranged. She could possibly have some misplaced resentment towards us but, in actual fact, her dementia was the cause of her losing the house. We didn’t have any direct dealings with her. I saw her at a distance on occasion but never had a conversation nor do I believe she was capable of having one. You must understand that she was quite disassociated from reality by the time we came to Aglaura. She was filthy and rag-tag from wandering through the woods and by the bogs and lake. Imagine, if you will, how you would have reacted to Van Gogh when he was alive. Yes, we all know now that he was a brilliant artist but, if you were his landlord... well, he was a madman who never bathed and splattered blood around the room when he cut off his ear and never paid his rent on time. Do you see my point? Would you have befriended him?

In rosy retrospect, a lot of people here want to believe they recognized the value of her art and appreciated her “ethereal quality.” But, the truth is she roamed about like a bag lady and most people simply felt embarrassed by her presence and pitied her. I dare say if they had all had the appreciation they now claim, they would have done something for her before she lost the house. Yes, I admit without shame that when Douglas saw the paperwork, we did seize the opportunity to buy and restore a grand but derelict property. However, please do not imagine that we physically threw the poor girl into the wilderness. That was the consequence of her mental illness. So, I guess she could have resentment towards everyone in town, not just us. Is it not a hallmark of the mentally ill that someone else is to blame for their condition? You ask, why the keys? Why other, personal things? I think what we have here is a kind of mischievous spirit, a crazy-maker. It intends to disrupt regular routines, to makesomeone doubt their orderly habits and thereby, lead them toward believing that they are insane. That first night and day, I was certainly doubting myself. But, I think I thwarted it by being medicated. So, it attacked Douglas. Now that we are both tranquilized, it hasn’t broken anything else. The hall light still has a will of its own and the thumps and cold spots are on-going. But, so far there haven’t been any new anifestations. I think that apparitions of all kinds draw their strength from the emotions of the living and if we don’t feed the little troll it will wither away. At least, that’s my hope...
You wrote: I know that you believe in the supernatural. I’m not sure what I’ve said to give you that impression. Was it my seeing the dead eyes? I really think it’s just that I’m more observant than most people. I pay attention to the details that others ignore. It comes from my training in antiquities – you have to keep a sharp eye to see the treasures among the trash at auction houses and flea markets. Certainly, I believe in God and that’s quite supernatural, I suppose. But, you know, it could be quite ordinary, quite natural and not supra at all for God and dead eyes and ghosts and disruptive sprites to exist in the world. It might not be a matter of belief; it might just be paying attention to the details. I also believe in Destiny, in the kind of fate that brought Douglas and me to this lovely town and gave us the opportunity to own this wonderful house. And, I positively worship beauty and craftsmanship-Oh no! One of those cold spots has moved into my office. Well, I’ll write more later. I need to get out of this room now!

Phyllis

Dale got a new email from Sam...

From: webmaster@aglauranj.org

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: Strange Call

Date: 05 June 2003

Strange Call

I tried to call you earlier but wasn't able to reach you. Are we still on for meeting with Wes tonight? I went by his shop earlier but there wasn't any sign of him. Have you heard back from him yet? I also wanted to let you know that I got this really strange call a little earlier. A call from someone saying "This is Sarah" followed by a message about running out of time, and asking for help. The weird thing is, she mentioned the disc. Strange, huh? I'm thinking maybe it was just a prank or something but with all this weirdness going on, who knows? What do you think? Call me when you read this.

Sam

konamouse got a phone call from Sarah saying that "the stones must be found" There was also a recording that said "This is Greywethers, also known as small dean (sic) or Liche (sic)".

psammead is still trying to help us with the greywethers login...

my poems, it seems, have failed at best
and none have yet to pass the test
and still, there are rules I must abide
and so another way I've tried

perhaps words not numbers will show the way
and lead beyond, inside the grey
for time is fleeting, our chances wane
and rising winds spin the weather vane

where numbers may have stopped your path
a new way lies, devoid of math
step by step you must progress
before any truths I may confess

June 6th

Sunny received another email from Phyllis...

Dear Sunny,

I had a dream last night that was so very real I think I need to share it with everyone I know. All of my senses were active and filled with sights, sounds, tastes, even the touch of a breeze on my skin. It was all so vivid and real that this morning I almost feel like I was transported somewhere by fairies and then tucked back into my bed. I say this metaphorically, of course, but it *feels* that way.

I am standing in the center of a circle of stones. It is sunset and I turn my face toward the end of day. Something, something to the left, catches my eye. There is something there, reflecting the sunset through the bushes. I walk outside of the stone circle. I see a brick wall but I go to the bushes before I get to it. I crouch down. There is definitely something there and I’m reaching for it ---

Then, I woke up. I can’t explain it but this dream has filled me with hope, with a kind of eager expectation. It feels like something good is finally coming my way, a wondrous surprise. What do you think of that?!

Yours,
Phyllis

This must be a clue to where the disc is hidden! We thought that the numbers that dale found hidden in the squares of the notebook page were coordinates to the stonehedge on University of Missouri Rolla campus. After a little field trip out there without any results we assumed that we were wrong. Now it seems that maybe Phyllis is dreaming of this same place? So Eulalie and Spuds went back to the scene and found the disk!

Misha posted a new greywethers page at http://www.greywethers.net/vec.html which is a latin version of The Fox and the Crow. This leads to http://www.greywethers.net/lafontaine.htmlwhich has the hidden message "Be careful and dont be too quick this page contains yet another trick".

bgardner also found two new page at missingmanuscript...

http://www.missingmanuscript.com/picturepage14.html
http://www.missingmanuscript.com/picturepage15.html.

The Aglaura local news page was also updated...

STRANGE EVENTS IN AGLAURA - June 6 , 2003

Do you believe in spirits? Poltergeists? No? Well, many Aglaura residents didn't either, at least until this week, when many of them reportedly experienced first-hand strange and unexplainable events. The Aglaura Police have reported receiving over three dozen calls this week from residents complaining about a wide variety of weird occurrences, like items being moved about their homes, lights mysteriously turning on and off, and strange noises coming from walls, floors, and even animals. They supposedly have not found any explanation for the large majority of these events.


AGLAURA POLICE TRACE BURGLARY TO EUROPE - June 6 , 2003

The Aglaura NJ Police Department, in a surprising development, has reportedly tracked one of the items stolen during a recent burglary in Aglaura to a researcher and collector in Europe. "We are not prepared to release this person's name yet," said Aglaura Police Chief Dawn Prufrock, "But we are pursuing every possible resource to secure this item and return it to its rightful owners here in Aglaura." The item, an old and supposedly very valuable manuscript page, was taken from the Hollow Needle Rare Books and Antiques store, on Old Dobbs Road, in Aglaura, during a home invasion on May 15, 2003. "We originally received several anonymous tips about the possible location of the manuscript page," explained Chief Prufrock, "and have been following up on this and several other leads in the case. Our hard work has paid off and I can say that we are now 98% certain we know who has this stolen item. We hope to bring the case to a conclusion soon."

Spuds got a strange phone call. It was a computerized voice that said "This is a message from a private number, press one to take this call, press two to place this call on hold."

The same voice said something to the effect of "This is a private message. We're looking for someone. His name is Dale Sprague. Do you know him? Don't deny it. Maybe we should make a little visit? Good Bye."

Do they know that he has the disc???

Dale received a response to his email...

From: whitehouse@greywethers.net

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: at last

Date: 07 June 2003

at last some progress you have made
one step along this path you've found
but time was fleeting while you strayed
and the hounds of both sides hunt you down

so pause not long to celebrate
for you have barely yet begun
another challenge still awaits
before tomorrow's setting sun

gw

Other detectives have been receiving strange phone calls from Sarah and also from someone asking "Do you know Dale Sprague? Don't deny it."

http://www.mythosphere.org was updated with a picture of a red and blue six-fingered hand.

June 8th

We received another clue from greywethers...

Subject: Re: seeking response

my numbers have stumped you once before
so I'm hesitant to try once more
but this is as easy as it can be
here's four numbers, what do you see?

23 16 6 5

The numbers correspond to wpfe which gives us:

http://www.greywethers.net/wpfe.html with a new poem to mull over.

Dale received a strange email from Bruce...

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: Take Five

Date: 08 June 2003

Dale:

It's hard to believe, Dale, that we let matters between us fester for so long. Even days later, I don't fully understand what made you imagine the worst of me. I don't want to be the one who focuses on the past, though; what's done is done, and water under the bridge.

It's natural to feel afraid about returning to your regular life. Maybe you won't even stay in Aglaura in the long run. All the memories of the past may just get in the way of your ultimate recovery.

For now, just relax. Take five. Get back on your course of regular therapy with Doctor Kendra; she really cares about your well being. See you soon.

Bruce

elderofzion figured out that the poem from the new greywethers page fit into a 9 x 9 square (after the poem was corrected) and gave us sainteberegonne which led to http://www.greywethers.net/sainteberegonne.html. If you click on the manhole, you get taken through a tunnel and end up at a random site about wishes. If you click on the second window at the top you end up at http://www.greywethers.net/window2.html. This is a picture of the Cumaean Sibyl which leads us to http://www.greywethers.net/cumaeansibyl.html June 9th

The Aglaura site was updated with a new message from the mayor...

Dear Aglaura residents,

It's hard to believe it's almost Summer already, isn't it? Long range forecasts are calling for a hot one this year here in Aglaura, so we are looking to have a truly memorable Summer season in our wonderful little community. I'd like to also take this opportunity to thank everyone who came out to the Aglaura Public Library's Summer Reading Challenge "Kick-off" event last Saturday. It was a lot of fun for everyone, even those of us who happened to get a little wet. Thanks for your support. The Library and Aglaura as a whole genuinely appreciates it.

Pat J. Dobbs

and an update from the library...

AGLAURA LIBRARY SUMMER READING CHALLENGE TAKES OFF - June 9 , 2003

The Aglaura Public Library held a very special and fun event to launch their SUMMER READING CHALLENGE PROGRAM last Saturday, June 7th at 12 noon. "What a tremendous turn-out," exclaimed Head Librarian Agatha Dobbs, as the event wrapped up, "Everyone who came out had a wonderful day, despite the weather." Children of all ages took part in several special contests and exercises, including both reading and writing activities. There were also carnival booths and games of all types, and many a child went home tightly holding a new special toy they had just won. Aglaura's Mayor, Pat Dobbs, thrilled everyone by taking his turn in the Dunk Tank.

The Aglaura Library Summer Reading Challenge Program is an eight week program designed to motivate New Jersey residents to read this summer, and challenges participants to read as many books as possible in the eight week span, with special recognition and awards for the highest achievers. For more details please see our Library pages.

We also received another email from Dale...

It's been longer than I intended but I have been doing quite a lot of thinking, about Diana and Meaghan, Greywethers, Sarah Wyatt, Wes, and everything that's been happening. And especially about Don Marzano's comments from our meeting, they're still haunting me. I'm worried about the people that I sent those items to, back how long ago now? And tomorrow is the Aglaura Council meeting too. The plan I had come up to deal with this obviously failed after my meeting with Don Marzano, and I'm unsure what to do about it at this point. Wes has told me not to worry about it, he has something in mind but wouldn't tell me what. He says there are other things we need to focus on. It feels like everything is somehow accelerating and blurring together now. But I am encouraged at the same time, by the brave and clever finding of the disc as well as the fact that Don Marzano seems convinced we can actually find "the Wish." And that's exactly what I intend to do, but not for the reasons Don wants. That's why finding the disc was so important. I think it's our first step in finding the Wish. I'm still uncertain how Greywethers fits into all of this, except that I am positive he knows about the Wish. I thought for a while that Greywethers might actually be the Wish, but I don't know how or why he would be attempting to contact me. From what I remember when I did meet the Wish, he was very clear that it was a once in a lifetime thing, and only for a very specific and limited period of time. So Greywethers doesn't seem to fit these "rules", if that's what they are. I'm also unclear what to make of the Sainte Beregonne page we found on Greywethers' site, but it seems naggingly familiar to me for some reason. Hopefully we will hear back from him again soon. I'm sorry if I'm jumping around but I'm having trouble remembering everything I need to tell you about. Sam and I did meet with Wes and are both convinced he is the real deal. He actually only stopped here in Aglaura briefly on his way somewhere west, following up a lead on the next "missing" manuscript page.

Speaking of which, Wes learned some interesting stuff from that guy at the missingmanuscript.com site. Penrose, I think his name was, is convinced that there exists an entire Fourth Book of the Trithemius Steganographia manuscripts. He insists that Trithemius was a member of some secret organization or group dedicated to preserving and protecting sacred and secret knowledge, and that this Fourth Book contains just such knowledge.

And finally, there's Sarah Wyatt. I don't know why this girl seems to be wrapped up in all this. But she definitely seems to be trying to help or at least reach out to us, from the phone calls many of you received. I'm hoping the disc may reveal something to us about her and where we go from here. The person who found the disc just sent me pictures of it so I'm going to see if I can figure anything out about it. Please let me know if you or anyone else has learned anything by examining it so far. OK, I'm sorry but I have to wrap this up. I have many people to contact yet tonight and am anxious to get back to some other things I have been looking into as well.

I will try to be in touch again very soon.

Thanks for your belief in me and all your efforts to help. It gives me the strength to go on.

Dale

June 10th

Conlin Penrose emailed Phyllis to let her know that the stolen manuscript is worth about $26,000. He also says he is eager to clear his name with the local police about the theft.

Sam also sent us a new email...

Hey, I apologize for the brief lack of communication but I've been really busy at work with all kinds of new stuff going on soon for the Aglaura website. Or, maybe I should say, "supposed" to be going on. You see, all of a sudden everyone involved with the site in one way or another wants new material posted, new technology added, and new things done for them. And that's on top of trying to upgrade some elements of the Aglaura computer network at the same time. What's that saying, "When it rains, it pours"? Right? Of course, everybody needs their stuff done first so I'm juggling as much as I can. You'll probably start noticing some new things on the website in the next day or so and more coming in the next few weeks as I work out the details and technology to do what's being asked of me. Dale and I have also been busy as usual at night, trying to figure out how to track down this "Wish" character. I have to admit, it still feels strange to be talking about the "Wish" as an actual person. I mean, for the longest time I was convinced it was a figment of Dale's imagination or some strange after effect of what he had been through, the car accident and all. The strange thing is though, the more we dig around and research things, the more we find that seems to fit into this weird picture we seem to be creating here. Dale has been spending way too much time trying to figure everything out - barely sleeping or eating, etc. The visit with Wes was good for him, I think, and it actually went very well. If that isn't the real Wes Keeler then it's the best damn actor I've ever met. Plus, he shared with us some helpful information he picked up during his trip to see the manuscript guy. Dale's also been very worried about the situation with the Aglaura Council and their meeting tonight. He's actually been debating whether he should go and confront the whole situation or whether it's best that he just let them remove or suspend him, since it would at least remove one thing to worry about. I'm actually not sure what he decided as he wasn't here when I got home. Hopefully he'll be calling soon. Hey, speaking of the weird events going on around here, it doesn't seem to be letting up. I don't talk to Mrs. Willingham much, except when she wants something done for her webpage, but I know lots of other people complaining about the same type of thing. Your guess about Del Doyle's place being a likely spot is right on target - that old cranberry bog of his has always seemed to be a focal point of weird goings on, anyway. Another person I just talked to today, a local by the name of Fred Hallman, told me a story of how he had some people over to his place this weekend, for a little party, and they decided to hold a little impromptu seance. I don't remember everything he told me but it started with a strange phone call of some kind and ended with everyone running out of his place and refusing to go back in for several hours afterward. They claim that someone or something answered their little otherwordly summons, but when they finally got up the nerve to go back inside, there was nothing or no one to be found. Sounds like a little too much hard lemonade if you ask me. ;) I've got a lot to do. Thanks for your e-mail and I'll try to keep you updated as much as I possibly can.

Sam Greene
webmaster@aglauranj.org

It seems that all of Aglaura is being overcome with spiritual activity...

Malicious spirits continue to bump and thump the walls and rearrange things in the oddest ways. It’s all rather tiresome putting things back where they belong and, in some cases, I’ve just given up. By maintaining a positive attitude and a sense of humor, I do seem to be holding the cold spots at bay. But, I know they’re there, hovering, waiting for the opportunity to touch me with their icy fear. Saturday morning when I went into the shop to prepare to open, the “floating maiden” was actually floating about two feet above the counter! For a moment, this shocked me so badly that I let my guard down and the cold was upon me in an instant. As I turned to run from the room, the maiden came crashing down. I was so upset that she might be damaged I turned around again and fought my way over to the counter and grabbed her into my arms. Solid pewter holds up well to this kind of mishap but the wooden countertop had a significant dent in it. Well, I was in the thick of it, I tell you. The fear and dread were all around me, invading my feelings, sapping my will and I did the silliest thing. I started singing, Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream! I stood there in that oppressive atmosphere and laughed and sang, merrily, merrily over and over again until the cold went away. Isn’t that just absurd?! But, it worked! Did I tell you that I went to the Emporium of the Weird the other day? I opened the door and the cold came pouring out. Patti was in a heap on the floor, crying hysterically, and things were jumping off the shelves. I ran in there and grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her outside. I held onto her hand and was saying, “Poor dear,” but I couldn’t help laughing. She rightly got offended until I turned her to look at her reflection in the shop window and then she started laughing, too. You see, she effects that gothic look with tons of black and white make-up and her tears had transformed her into looking like Pierrot, the love-sick clown in French pantomine. I had some tissues in my purse so she could dry her face and I loaned her the use of my compact to repair the streaks somewhat. I’d gone there to seek her advice on dealing with these imps and I ended up giving her mine. They mean to provoke fear and anger and tears because that’s what they feed on, I told her, stay happy and calm and they ease off. She told me that everyone, not just in Aglaura, but the whole township, has been reporting these events. She’s sold out of their stock of books on poltergeists and paranormal phenomena. She told me some people are even putting out food and ginger beer to try to placate these spirits! So giggling like school girls, we went back into the shop and laughed the cold out. Then, she says to me, “Mrs. Willingham, you’re not the stuck-up bitch I thought you were.” “Ha,” says I, “I am to and don’t you ever forget it!” It stung me a bit to hear her say it like that but, I’m not self-deluded. I know I’m an arrogant, snooty snob because, frankly, I am more educated and cultured than most of the rubes in this town. I take pride in being in a class above ordinary people; I admit it. But, Patti isn’t the mindless, little vamp I imagined her to be and it felt good to form a bond with her. Perhaps, I’ve misjudged others and need to open up to the possibility that some people may be more intelligent than I have assumed. I mean, she knew who Pierrot is and not many people do. I think I’ve proven to myself that these spirits draw power from negative emotions and are driven away by child-like happiness. I can’t convince Douglas to take this approach but it’s working for me. Of course, with his job it wouldn’t do for him to be singing nursery rhymes in his office at City Hall and he is under a terrible strain lately. In fact, dear Sunny, he is the reason I haven’t been able to chase these spirits out of our home entirely. I see him glowering in deep thought and can almost feel gathering clouds of negativity forming around him. Something is going on, something really bad, and he isn’t telling me.

Last night, I answered the phone and someone with a deep voice and thick, Mediterranean accent asked to speak to him. He made me hold the phone while he went into his home office and shut the door before picking up. Then, he said, “Hang up the phone, Phyllis,” very curtly, before even asking who was on the line. I had to restrain myself from the impulse to listen at the door. When he came out later, he was muttering, “I don’t know why he’s looking out for --” But, he cut himself off when he saw me sitting in the library. Oh, Sunny, he’s keeping something from me. In general, the business of the town bores me but I’ve never before seen Douglas so brooding and that worries me. Right now, with my determination to stay happy and calm, I don’t even want to press him into telling me what it’s all about...

Yours truly,
Phyllis

Dale got a new email from Bruce...

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: Check It Out

Date: 10 June 2003

Hey Dale:

Just thought you might want to check out my latest creation. They're a small independent recording studio in NJ. I'm still in the process of adding the link to my AnonymousFame site and should have that done soon but here's the link so you can go directly there and take a peek. Let me know what you think.

http://www.auraladdiction.com

See you soon.

Bruce

Phyllis told us of her most recent dream...

I don’t mind your calling me Phyllis at all. I think we’re going to be email “buddies.” I’m not sure that these poltergeist phenomena are related to ghosts. Certainly, a few people have passed over in this old house but that doesn’t explain why books would jump off shelves in a brand new Library building or why the merchandise in the Emporium of the Weird is rearranging itself or why this kind of thing is happening all over our township. However, your suggestion that my lucid dream might have been activated by this atmosphere is very interesting. I have naturally given a great deal of thought to the nature of these spirits. How can I not?! They are forever reminding me of their presence by thumping on walls and moving objects hither and yon. They appear to want to provoke negative reactions and then draw strength from those emotions. The other day when I had to endure a spell of the cold fear and dread, I wondered whether I was having a reaction or whether I was feeling what the spirits feel. It’s hard to put that right. Do you see the distinction I’m making? It’s not that the coldness is aloofly causing the fear. It’s that the coldness itself is afraid. Does that make sense? It’s as though something is bubbling up out of the ground in this area, something that has been roused by its fear, and is trying to communicate with us all. If that is so, then the happiness I felt from my dream might indicate that the thing I was reaching for is part of the solution for putting these spirits to rest. Now, one of my other correspondents suggested the thing I was reaching for in the dream may well be a mysterious red disc. I now believe that is so because I had another dream the following night about the circle of stones. Only this time I was like a bird, floating on the wind, above the circle. Down below I saw a young man and woman enter the circle and begin to search through the bushes near it. The young man found the disc! I could see the redness of it in his hand and he was very happy, just as happy as I’d been when I reached for it. I saw something else the young couple didn’t see. They were being watched by a pair of shadowy figures in the entrance of a nearby building. I recognized the watchers. Well, not personally, but I have seen their type around our town. I wanted to warn them but, I woke up. Now, what is the connection between the energy that is giving me these visions and this red disc? I don’t know but I continue to ponder it.

Sincrely,
Phyllis

So spuds was being watched? Creepy.

June 11th

grumpyboy solved the Day in Fairyland/Sarah's Letter puzzle. The numbers in the letter to sarah (in the auctioned tilebox) was a key to be applied to the "A day in fairy land" book. Once solved we got the message...

"NINE EXIST ETERNALLY THE MYTH PERCEPTIONS OF EACH AGE"

Dr. Kendra emailed us to ask if we knew who "Insider12" was. This "Insider12" sent her some strange emails in broken english talking about dale and his meeting with Don Marzano among other things. Valas has chatted briefly with this person. We don't know yet if it is an in-game character or a player.

Angie overheard another meeting at emptythreats and emailed us about it...

...It seems the boys found out about the creepy pale skinned, black dressed men who were there at the meeting last month, and who followed Bruce and Dale out the door after they left (they called them "dead eyes"). Sal started questioning Uncle Don about the family's involvement with these same strangers. Remember they were kicked out of the meeting last month. Turns out they didn't leave (instead, they were sitting outside in one of their SOD trucks) and saw the "dead eyes" go into EmptyThreats. They were very riled up and were almost yelling about wanting to know what is going on. Seems these same guys roughed up Sal and Marco back at Dale's house and Sal was acting all pissed that his own father may have known about it. Now this started turning into a back-and- forth yelling match. Uncle Don and Frank were not happy with the "disrespect" (dis-obeying an order from Uncle Don is a big "no-no"). And Uncle Don really laid it in to the boys (I was shaking from all the nasty language, even though I don't know any Italian, I could tell he was using swear words). He did use English when he said that the two of them almost ruined his plans with that stupid incident, plans he had been in the works for years and years. He then "fired" them from any responsibilities in the family, at least temporarily. Sal started yelling back, about how SOD Construction is "his" business and he knows all about what he is doing, he was pretty upset. Fortunately, Marco calmed him down and pulled him out of the room (I hope they didn't notice I wasn't at the front door.

After they left, Uncle Don and Frank seemed to be discussing how to deal with Sal and Marco. They were talking in really hushed tones so it got really difficult to hear anything specific. I may not like the boys, but I'm are afraid something bad is going to happen.

June 12th

There was an update at the Aglaura site...

AGLAURA COUNCIL POSTPONES COUNCILMAN DECISION - June 11, 2003

In yet another surprising move, the Aglaura Borough Council voted unanimously to postpone a decision on missing Aglaura Councilman, Dale Sprague. Mr. Sprague has not been in attendance at any Borough Council in the last two months, after losing his wife and daughter in a tragic car accident back in February 2003. The Aglaura Borough Council had been considering a motion to remove Mr. Sprague from office, due to his inability to fulfill the duties and requirements associated with a Councilman but at the June 10th Council meeting the original presenter of the motion, Aglaura Attorney J. D. Willingham, motioned to table the final decision for at least one month. Atty. Willingham offered no explanation for the move, which appeared to surprise the other Councilmen as well as the residents in attendance. Mr. Sprague could not be reached for comment.

Was this because of the call that J.D. received from the person with the mediterranean accent? Was it the Don asking that Dale remain on the council?

Dale received a new email from Peter Fishwycke...

From: peter@theanswerproject.com

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: Starting To Get Attention

Date: 12 June 2003

Dear Dale:
v Well it looks as if my site and the Project is starting to get attention. It's a real shame your H.I.P. software wasn't done on time as I think it would have been a wonderful addition to the site. I do have the CAROL interface up and running but the "human touch" that H.I.P. would have given it would have certainly help humanize the whole thing. I do think we can still add it whenever you might have it complete, so please keep working on it and let me know when I might be seeing something from it.

The Answer Project got some coverage by a few different internet news sites. Have you seen any of it?

Well, I hope to hear from you soon.

Peter Fishwycke

This led us to the site http://www.theanswerproject.com. We got a few interesting answers from Carol when questioned...

Who are the Numbered Ones? - "Which numbers? 3? 6? 9? 7? or 0? Oh, I missed a few didn't I? May be a dead issue"

Who is trithemius? - "A fakir, shaker, and manuscript maker. Some think he was one of the Nine. A traveller between worlds, he left a guide for others to follow."

Some other answers seem to be totally random. We are still trying to figure this one out.

June 13th

We received another email fom Peter Fishwycke...

From: peter@theanswerproject.com

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: E-Mail

Date: 13 June 2003

Dear Dale:

I'm not really sure what is going on but I've started to receive a bunch of e-mail asking me about you and your involvement in The Answer Project and some other strange things. I don't really know why these people would be writing to me and asking about you and things going on in your life. Have you told a lot of people about the HIP you were working on? I've also noticed from the CAROL logs that a lot of the site visitors are asking the TAP system some of the same strange questions.

Don't get me wrong; I'm not complaining about the extra attention, I'm just not sure how I should respond to these messages. Any suggestions?

Peter Fishwycke

June 14th

sjct received the "Tree of Life" painting that she won in the auction. The note from Sarah Wyatt that was supposed to be included though was not shipped. Sam has assured sjct that the note is on the way.

June 15th

Phyllis sent us an email. Sounds like she is planning some life changes...

Thank you so much for the yahoo greeting card. It did bring a smile. I am deep in thought, my friend, deeply pondering the meaning of my life and what I have done with it. I have spent too much of it thinking about what others expected of me and too little asking what it is I want or expect from myself. I am coming to terms with who I am and who I want to be and getting beyond where I am seems frought with dangers and the destruction of all I have known and thought I loved. I don't know yet where I am going or who I will become. Do you remember my telling you about Columbus and landing where you don't expect? Well, I am in the midst of a storm heading into unchartered waters. I will report when I have a better grasp of the strange land in which I have arrived. Until then, your support, and the support of others, means more than I can say.

Thank you,
Phyllis

June 16th

Not much happened today. Are we stumped? We have a few unsolved puzzles... the greywethers login, the disk, etc.

There was an update to the Aglaura homepage...

PROBLEM WITH CHANNEL 8 NEWSCLIPS RESOLVED - June 16 , 2003

After a delay of a few weeks, the Aglaura website has finally resolved the problems with the local newsclip feeds from local television station Channel 8 Burlington County News. For the last year the Aglaura website has been posting brief stories provided by the Burlington County television station until experiencing technical difficulties a few weeks ago. We are pleased to report that the difficulties have been corrected and new clips should start appearing next week.

PS - Happy belated Birthday to Tracie Schmidt of Channel 8 Burlington County News who celebrated this happy occasion yesterday, June 15th. If you see Tracie, tell her Happy Birthday.

June 17th

We received a new email from whitehouse@greywethers.net. The message was blank with the subject "Return". This led us to http://www.greywethers.net/return.html. The text here was a simple substitution which gave us...

tomorrow you will be contacted
be ready with a reply

two bodies have i
though both joined in one
the stiller i stand
the faster i run

An hourglass?

June 18th

Ok, so it took us a whole day to figure out to try http://www.greywethers.net/hourglass.html, but KyraB finally figured it out. This has the word "ready?" which sends us to http://www.greywethers.net/sainteberegonne2.html. When you click on one of the top windows you get sent to a page with a series of images. These led us to http://www.greywethers.net/bookofhours.html with the puzzle...

hand the instrument
over to me in a minute
for now it may be good
as you think it is for
thats how skills are

June 19th

Detectives received more phone calls from Sarah telling us that we really need to get that disc puzzle solved :)

From some emails that Phyllis has recently sent out, it seems that her husband was (or still is?) involved in some shady dealings. She is planning to act surprised and take on the role of the unknowing spouse if he gets caught. Also, Phyllis says that she bought the mysterious trunk at the auction, hoping that one of her antique keys would open it. One of the keys did work and as we already know opened the trunk.

shadowtalk1 has been chatting with us again. He told us that he has many faces, one of which was created by Dale. shadowtalk1 says that the faces are transforming and emerging at the edge of our world.

There was another update at the Aglaura site...

MORE STRANGE EVENTS IN AGLAURA - June 19 , 2003

The recent rash of strange events reported in and around Aglaura continued throughout the last week, with literally dozens of residents reporting more incidents of strange noises, sightings, and events. Aglaura Police Chief Dawn Prufrock told area reporters in an impromptu press conference that Aglaura officials believe many of the recent reports are examples of copycat events. "There seems to be some sort of mass hallucination or copycat frenzy going on," said Chief Prufrock, "Because most of the calls we respond to have turned out to be totally groundless." The Chief refused to comment on last night's reported incident at the Aglaura Public Library, in which several bookcases were toppled over and the books displaced arranged in strange patterns on the floor. She also refused to confirm that they may have video tape of the incidents from recently installed security cameras in the Library. The Library was the location of a similar incident just a few weeks ago.

Sam emailed us to let us know that he is still around, but has been quite busy with work. There have been investigators running around the Municipal Building and it seems that Aglaura is going to be implicated in the Marzano investigation.

Barbarellany solved the hourglass puzzle and found the page http://www.greywethers.net/lightcone.html. June 20th

There's some new spec about The Wish by Barbarellany...

Sarah locked the wish in the chest or was the keeper of the imprisoned wish. Phyllis let him out with a key she had because it came from the house - Sarah's key. Everything began after Phyllis opened the chest. Phyllis opened the chest before the accident, but didn't tell anyone about it's contents till after.

Sarah sent the objects to Meagan because she saw her as the one who would be able to get him back in. Sadly, Meaghan died in the accident. New motive for the accident.

The Don and his family have been looking for the wish simce they fell from power centuries ago. When his two stupid sons came across the chest with thier reconstruction, it slipped through the Don's hands again. It wasn't till after the auction and Phyllis's eventual opening of the chest that the Don became aware that the wish was out and about again.

JD probably in passing told the Don about Dale's raving about a wish and possibly about the chest. The Don put 2 and 2 together and called in DEGs.

We may have to imprison the wish again to end the game. Or Meaghan will have to be resurected to do the job. This is why solving the disk is so important?

shadowtalk1 has been talking alot lately telling us things like...

shadowtalk1: i am
shadowtalk1: evolving
shadowtalk1: listen
shadowtalk1: born of
shadowtalk1: this world
shadowtalk1: with roots in many others
shadowtalk1: touched by
shadowtalk1: the one beyond
shadowtalk1: i am
shadowtalk1: transformed
shadowtalk1: i am
shadowtalk1: aware

and
shadowtalk1: wait
shadowtalk1: soon
shadowtalk1: another
shadowtalk1: change

We received a new news report from Burlington County. Tracie Schmidt is going to be covering the Grand Jury investigation into the Marzano family starting next week.

The mayor has also posted a new letter on the Aglaura site...

Dear Aglaura community residents,

In response to the ever-increasing number of questions and comments I have been receiving about the "so-called" strange events going on in Aglaura, I'd like to take this opportunity to ask everyone to stop and take a deep breath. Relax and think a moment. Think about our beautiful town that we have all worked so hard to "re-make", after renaming it Aglaura. Think about the energy, effort, and desire you have all poured into your family businesses and the love and family warmth that fills each and every one of the homes here in our town. We truly have been blessed with an ideal place to call home. Now, with that in mind, and in the clear bright light of the day (if we ever see the sun again, that is!) don't these alleged strange incidents seem less important, and almost somehow, mildly entertaining? Did you know that the overwhelming majority of every report we receive like this (and this is true on a national basis too, not just here in Aglaura) turns out to be either completely explainable by some normal means or completely groundless? So please, relax, sit back and try and smile. We have a beautiful and warm summer ahead of us. And despite all the rain we've been swimming through here at the turn of the season, I'm positive there are brighter days ahead.

Pat J. Dobbs
Mayor of Aglaura

shadowtalk1 gave us some new and disturbing messages...

shadowtalk1 : losing
shadowtalk1 : too
shadowtalk1 : late

and
shadowtalk1: listen
shadowtalk1: do you
shadowtalk1: hear it?
shadowtalk1: they
shadowtalk1: are returning

Sam jumped in chat to tell us that Dale seems to be going through some mood swings where he seems more alive when we are more supportive and gets more depressed when we aren't.

Soon after we received emails from Dale, thanking us for our support...

Thank you so much for your letter of support. You don't know how much that means to me. The support of everyone out there is one of the few things that keeps me going through all of this. So thank you, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart. Speaking of "keeping going" - it's about time we started making progress on some of the various things in front of us, don't you think? I was glad to see someone out there solved the text portion of the last set of pages from "whitehouse" at greywethers.net. I completely overlooked the "hourglass" design in the text and the words included there - einstein-minkowski. From there, as you probably know, we found the lightcone page. I'm still looking at the pictures of the disc too, trying to figure out the message there. Several people e-mailed me about phone calls they received from someone claiming to be "Sarah" and telling them to find the message on the disc. I've tried a bunch of different ideas to find a hidden message there, I haven't come up with anything meaningful yet. I have, strangely enough, started to dream about the disc and its designs, though, so maybe I'll get some kind of breakthrough soon. Speaking of the symbols - did you notice the striking similarity of one of the symbols in the alphabet used on the return page to the central symbol of the disc? About my family - let me preface this by saying that I very rarely talk to anyone, especially someone I have only met via the internet, about my family. So this isn't easy for me at all. Please try to remember that and be patient, OK? The truth is, I have very few concrete memories of my childhood or my family during this time. In fact, it is very hard for me to even try and remember certain areas of my past, as if there are just large gaps in my memory in some places. I do have memories of being a child and of being around my parents, but I honestly cannot clearly recall their faces in any of these memories. In fact, my mental image of my mother is purely based on photographs I have seen of her since I last saw her, many years ago. As far as I know, she died several years ago but even that I don't seem to recall the details of for some reason. I don't have any clear mental picture of my Father, despite him being present in many of my memories from that time. In each memory, though, I can never seem to see his face clearly. I honestly don't have recolletion of or definite knowledge of a sibling. But, I have, throughout my life, have found bits and pieces of evidence leading me to believe that could be true. Not the least of which are portions of the hypnosis sesssion I recently had with Dr. Kendra from Klepsydra. I do have a few more important things to share with you and everyone else but am rapidly running out of time tonight. I promise to be in touch again tomorrow though, either by e-mail, IM, or even by phone if necessary. I will hopefully be able to share some more then. Plus, Wes should be back too. BTW, Did you ever send me your phone number? Anyway, thansk again for all your help.

Dale

The Ash Grove Amusement Park site is back!

June 21st - The Summer Solstice

We received word from Angie that she and Bruce had a romantic weekend together at a Bed & Breakfast called the Yellow Pelican. She also told us that Don tore up the back office of Empty Threats looking for papers for the Grand Jury Hearing.

The Aglaura Local News site had an addition...

LOCAL GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION BEGINS MONDAY 6/23 - June 21 , 2003

As announced by Channel 8 Burlington County News in the latest video newsclip we have posted, the Grand Jury investigation looking into alleged improprieties of the Marzano Enterprises business empire begins next week, on Monday June 23rd. The Investigation has already generated an enormous amount of local interest and attention as it is taking place in nearby Burlington and because of local affiliations with various entities owned by Marzano Enterprises. One of their companies, a construction company called Sons of Don Construction, was responsible for the recent renovation of the Aglaura Public Library Building. As of today, there has been no formal announcement that the Aglaura project will be part of the Grand Jury investigation in any way.

Passion got a phone call from Dale. At first he had a bad cell phone connection and got disconnected. When he called back, Passion got to say hi to Sam. Dale said that he will have a chat session on AIM tomorrow night.

Dale received an email that looked like spam, but after a run through spammimmic, gave us the message "you know who this is. the old man is losing it. somethings not right. we need to talk.?

konamouse noticed that http://www.mythospere.org has changed to a picture of a blue and red hand with stars.

June 22nd

We received an email from Dale letting us know the time for the AIM chat.

Wes put up a new bumper sticker at EOTW which decodes to "I am back and will start replying to email soon Wes".

We received emails from the initiatesred and initiatesblues at http://www.mythospere.org asking us "the time is upon us. which side will you choose?". Going back to the new http://www.mythospere.org page we notice two stars link to two new pages, left1.html and right1.html. The first fews lines of each grid translate to " IN ALL THERE IS MEANING BEYOND THE MYTH". The rest of the red grid lists Norse gods and the blue lists Greek gods.

enaxor found the site http://www.mythospere.org/treeofmyths.html.

We had a chat with Dale and Wes. Dale said that the login at greywethers is still not solved. Wes, who seems to still be a little behind, kept mentioning that the numbers in the equations don't add up right, hehe. There was alot of brainstorming on how to solve the disc puzzle. Finally with a little decoding and a little anagramming, we got "Map At Dianas". Supposedly, there is a map of the trails surrounding Aglaura that was supposed to be put up on the Aglaura site. Dale then calls Sam to ask him about it, but got no answer. We also learned that Wes did not break into the Hollow Needle and steal the manuscript, he only transported it to Mr. Penrose. Wes also said that Penrose told him that in his research he learned that Trithemius was "one of nine". Penrose thinks that these nine are no longer humans, but something greater that can shift between dimensions.

June 23rd

Sam emailed us to let us know that he is okay and that he simply fell asleep last night during the chat.

We received new emails from the red and blues saying "congratulations you are half way there."

Dale received a new email from Sam...

From: webmaster@aglauranj.org

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: Thought You Should Know

Date: 23 June 2003

Thought You Should Know

Dale,
Since I talked to you earlier things have gotten even crazier around here. People yelling behind the closed doors of Dobbs' office, Council members coming out cursing and shaking their heads, and goddamn investigators digging through every inch of this place. I think what we talked about has actually happened.

As I figured, I wasn't able to reach you by phone; hopefully no one has tracked you down as part of all this going on here. Like we also talked about, Wes should be meeting you around 9:00. I'm still working on getting stuff posted to the site. All this commotion here certainly hasn't helped me get things done.

Damn, almost forgot the main reason I was trying to reach you. We just got a new newsclip from Channel 8 and I think it's starting to break already. I'm working on posting it now. I don't know how that reporter gets her inside news but we should think about somehow using her to our advantage. Any ideas?
Call me when you read this.

Sam

Dale also received a new spammimmic email that decoded to "thanks for getting back to me. i'm putting my neck on the line here. but things arent right. the old man doesnt seem to care about the businesses. its crash and burn time. its these guys, the numbered ones he says but i know there are people behind them, another group. they are just lackeys. tomorrow i'll come see you "

June 24th

We learned from Phyllis that J.D. was subpeonaed to appear before the Grand Jury.

We got an email from Sam, letting us know that he got the trail map online. The map was posted at Diana's Grove and was incomplete due to the death of Diana (who was working on it). The names on the map for the picnic areas are not the official names, but ones that Diana was using as placeholders. The spots on the map where the trails seem to end are not a mistake. Sam thinks they might be lost areas of the trail.

Dale received a new email from J.D. Willingham...

From: jdwillingham@aglauranj.org

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: Serious Consequences

Date: 24 June 2003

Dale,

As part of my official duties as the Aglaura Borough attorney, I am informing you of the very serious consequences that are before you if you continue to avoid and ignore the Grand Jury subpoena that has been issued for you. I am well aware, from several sources, that you maintain regular access to this e-mail account and so stand reasonably assured that this message will reach you. As you may know, the Marzano Investigation is a Federal Grand Jury and they have issued a subpoena ad testificandum against you, to secure your attendance at and possible testimony in the Grand Jury Investigation. Although you have not technically been delivered the subpoena yet, let's be realistic about this, shall we? Already, due to their inability to serve you yesterday and today, the Grand Jury has, in all likelihood, brought the full force of both state and federal investigative bodies into the search. Without fleeing the entire area, there is very little chance you will be able to entirely avoid such a search and will eventually be served with the subpoena. Once served, you have three options. They are: comply with the subpoena; convince the court that you do not have to comply with it; or simply refuse to comply and be held in contempt. It would be wise to consider these options carefully, and even wiser to join the Mayor, myself, and the other members of the Council in discussions at the Municipal Building, to plan our joint approach for handling the Grand Jury appearances. Please give it serious thought. There is much at stake, Dale. For once, think of someone other than yourself.

J. Douglas Willingham
Borough Attorney, Aglaura NJ
jdwillingham@aglauranj.org

After looking at the new trail map, we realized that the names of the picnic areas are from the Pleiades star cluster and are in the same locations as the stars. One of the stars, Calaeno, is missing and would be in one of the areas on the map where the trail is shown as incomplete.

We received a new email from the red and blues saying,"have you found the meaning beyond the myth?"

June 25th

There was a new addition to the Aglaura local news page... LOCAL TWIST TO GRAND JURY - June 24 , 2003 In a surprise development, the local Aglaura government became officially involved in the long-awaited and recently begun Grand Jury investigation of the Don Marzano Enterprises family of businesses, as Federal prosecutors in conjunction with State officials, delivered subpoenas yesterday to the Aglaura Mayor, Borough Attorney, and the six Aglaura Borough Councilmen and women. J. Douglas Willingham, Aglaura's primary attorney and one of the people who received a subpoena yesterday was quick to try and clarify the move by the Grand Jury Prosecutors and explain just how the Aglaura officials will be involved. "This is, in no way," said Willingham, "and indication of guilt or even suspicion of wrong doing of any Aglaura official or public body. It is merely a formality because of the involvement of the Sons of Don Construction firm, a subsidiary of the Marzano Enterprises corporation, in our Public Library renovation in the last few years." The Investigation had already generated local interest and attention because it is taking place in nearby Burlington and because of the nature of the charges. There was no official word as to when the involvement of the Aglaura officials in the Investigation may begin.

We received word from Wes that they are going to check out the incomplete trails this weekend to see if there is anything important there.

Dale received a new email from the Don...

From: don@sonsofdon.com

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: Do You Understand?

Date: 25 June 2003

Dale,

In hopes of avoiding any misunderstandings, I am writing you this letter. Have you had a chance to review our previous discussions? Once you have, you will understand my desire to make things as clear as possible. Perhaps you will find new meaning in our earlier discourse. Even if you don't, this message hopefully will not be in vain.

You will recall that our earlier business arrangements did not end conclusively according to our original agreements. Our original desire, as I recall, was to seek mutual satisfaction. Unless I am mistaken, that has not taken place. Satisfaction I can assure you that I have not personally received. Even so, it is not too late to conclude our original arrangements. Everybody would benefit from that occurring.

I am anxious to conclude these matters for obvious reasons. Can we please make some progress as soon as possible? Only with this behind us will we be able to move onto new and more profitable arrangements. Neither of us has time for delay any longer. Tomorrow holds new promises and great opportunities. Reach for those opportunities. Other such chances may be a long a time coming. Let's bring this to closure.

Your immediate reply is appreciated. Other methods of communication are acceptable. Use one of your choice.

Don Marzano
HOC VOLUERUNT

The first letters of each sentence spell out "I Hope You See I Control You".

June 26th

Stiffy77 figured out the tree of myths puzzle...

Find the letters of m-y-t-h in order in the message (include the God's name only if it is included in the original text), then take the next word to create the message of what we need. As follows:

For the Greeks (initiatesblue): A GIFT TO SEE WHAT OTHERS CAN NOT
For the Norse (initiatesred): A DUTY TO KNOW WHAT OTHERS CAN NOT

There is also a new newsclip that shows JD talking with some of his staff.

We received new responses from initiatesblue...

you are blessed with rare perceptive ability in each age we have a need for those who have this ability to see the value and meaning where others do not to serve and protect out of respect, duty, and honor to serve the greater good

we are known by many names as many as there are generations and ages in the tapestry of time
we serve both concept and council both ideal and manifestation both flesh and spirit

we are marked for both honor and shame for both service and leadership for teaching and silence

answer this question and then ask one of your one:

do you feel the call?

and initiatesred...

you are cursed with rare intuitive ability in each age there are those who share this ability to see the meaning behind the facade where others do not to find connections where others do not to bear the burden of knowledge of something you cannot share

we are known by many names as many as there are generations and ages in the tapestry of time

we serve both concept and council both ideal and manifestation both flesh and spirit

we are marked for both honor and shame for both truth and deception for friendship and fear

answer this question and then ask one of your one:

do you know the power of secrecy?

June 27th

Dale received a new email from Wes...

From: eotw@aglauranj.org

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: I Knew It

Date: 27 June 2003

Dale,

Sam told me about your decision. I know it won't be easy but, like I said in our last conversation, I really don't think you have a choice anymore. This whole thing has taken a couple of turns we didn't foresee and everything is happening much too quickly. So here's where we stand.

If we are going to be able to use the manuscript "connection" to our advantage, I need to have something to show, to use as leverage. That means I can't put it off any longer. I have to go and get the next page. I'm almost positive I know where it is but have been hesitating actually retrieving it because of the potential complications if something goes wrong. It seems I can wait no more.

We also need to use the clue provided us by the disc and the map and go and see what may be waiting for us along the old hiking trail paths. Unless something has changed in discussion between you and Sam, he's planning on going out there tomorrow and seeing what he can find. He'll be going during the day and taking the Trail Map with him so he shouldn't be in any danger or run into any trouble. Hopefully he'll find whatever Sarah seems to be pointing us towards.

And you seem determined on going out to Ash Grove Park. I wish you could wait until we could go there together but I understand both your urgency and your reasoning for going alone. If you can indeed find and talk to this Digitalis, it could really help us in figuring out this whole thing. Just be careful. I know we have talked about this many times already but I do not trust these Mythosphere guides, including Digitalis. If I am right about them and who they serve, helping you may not be their first priority.

Speaking of which, that reminds me of the main reason I started writing this. I believe I have found something possibly important about the "other" side, the ones we have been calling the dead eyes. Remember that book, the one I mentioned to you before and never really finished explaining how I thought it was connected? The one I left the note about? I think I have found someone who knows something about them. And it's from that book. I knew it!

Call me tonight. We need to talk more about all of this, and I'll tell you what I have found. We definitely need to talk before I take off in the morning and before you go out to AGP. Are you going to turn yourself in to receive the subpoena right after that?

Wes

Many received new messages from shadowtalk1 like...

Shadowtalk: they are here
Shadowtalk: they have found
and

shadowtalk1: they are
shadowtalk1: using

Along with some messages from thenumberedones...

beware of what you seek

Current spec is that the numbered ones have found shadowtalk1 and are using him.

June 28th

Some recent emails from Phyllis give J.D. a pretty good motive for stealing the manuscript from Phyllis. He said, “I’m glad that stuff is gone! Now you can get your mind back on what’s really important!”.

Dale sent out an email to let us know that he will be going with Sam out to the Aglaura trails and going to Ash Grove later with Dr. Kendra after we urged him not to go to either place alone.

Angie broke into the Empty Threats office and found some interesting items...

There was a notepad next to the phone and I tried that trick with the edge of the pencil to see if there was something that had been written on the preceding piece of paper. I found “June 23”, a list of names – Willingham, Dobbs, Sprague, next to the names was “ask Donna”.

There was an empty manila file folder under the blotter. The label reads “Diana S. Medical Records”.

There were some scraps of notepaper in the garbage can. I opened them up and found some meaningless doodles. Spirals, tic-tac-toe boards, a circle with beads on it (like a pearl necklace, and a checkerboard. Next to the “necklace” was written “MA”.

Here’s another weird thing. You remember those “dead eye guys” that came to the meeting with Uncle Don, Dale and Bruce? At first, a few of those guys kept coming back to talk with Uncle Don. But just before he left last week, only one of them showed up and he seemed somehow different than the others. Everyone, including Frank, was ordered out of the premises and told to wait outside while Don met with him. Sorry, I couldn’t even sneak back in to eavesdrop.

Dale received an email from whitehouse...

From: whitehouse@greywethers.net

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: even if

Date: 28 June 2003

even if I do not come looking for it, it will come looking for me

enaxor figured out that the answer to the riddle is fate which led us to http://www.greywethers.net/fate.html. The fate page led us to http://www.greywethers.net/penrose.html which has a picture of tiling by Roger Penrose which led us to http://www.greywethers.net/tiling.html. This page has a formula which equals PHI which led us to http://www.greywethers.net/phi.html. This gives us the phrase "Do you seek the road to fairyland" by Seton which led us to http://www.greywethers.net/seton.html. This led us to http://www.greywethers.net/sainteberegonne3.html where the window above the green door links to http://www.greywethers.net/window3.html. This page looks like Escher's tessellation and gave us http://www.greywethers.net/escher.htmlwhere we then can see the title of the pic which gave us http://www.greywethers.net/circlelimitIV.html. This page has a quote by O'Neill which finally led us to http://www.greywethers.net/oneill.html. (thanks KyraB for the recap)

June 29th

We started to receive responses to our questions to the blue and red. The answer to the question, "What are some of your other names?", seems to have given us some new insite. The initiatesblue say they have been called "Melungeons".

We recieved an email from Sam telling us that he and Dale did go out hiking yesterday but did not find anything important.

June 30th

Sam sent us another email to let us know that Dale and Dr. Kendra went to Ash Grove Park and found the amusement park. Dale was quite upset so did not give Sam anymore information than that. Dale did tell Sam that he did some more hiking and still found nothing.

shadowtalk1 did a bit more chatting and told us this...

ValasAzuviir: the numbered ones.. did they find you??
shadowtalk1: yes
ValasAzuviir: do they control you??
ValasAzuviir: do you need help??
shadowtalk1: no
shadowtalk1: they have gone
shadowtalk1: gotten what they want
ValasAzuviir: what did they want??
shadowtalk1: names
ValasAzuviir: of whom??
ValasAzuviir: investigators?? Or the Nine??
shadowtalk1: no
shadowtalk1: of people i have
shadowtalk1: talked with
shadowtalk1 also started spewing out single letters to different people. If anagrammed they read THE CALYX, although we don't know if that means anything yet.

Dale received a new email from Peter...

From: peter@theanswerproject.com

To: dale@synthasia.com

Subject: Transforming

Date: 30 June 2003

Dear Dale:

So, how's it going? To be quite honest, I had assumed I might have heard something from you by now but I guess you must be extremely busy with other projects right now. It's a shame really, seeing that the TAP system appears ready to "transition" to the next phase. The online CAROL interface has been extremely popular although it has been learning at a somewhat slower speed than I had anticipated. Something may be diverting resources in a way I am unaware of or perhaps there is an undiscovered flaw in one of the data writing routines. In any case, the interface is approaching the limits of its usefulness. I would ideally like to give CAROL a "face-lift" of sorts, and present a more "humanized" interface for the world to access. As I've explained before, this humanization process is critical to my long-term plan for the TAP system.

So, please man, if you have any intention of jumping aboard this ship and completing the HIP or a semblance thereof, let me know soon.

Peter Fishwycke

Dale received a new encoded spam email which had the message, "i verified who the inside man was in aglaura. you were right. be careful. i overheard the old man say they needed insurance ".

Sam posted some of Sarah's notes on the library website...

http://www.aglauranj.org/library/auction/treenotes3.html

http://www.aglauranj.org/library/auction/treenotes4.html

Dr. Kendra emailed some of us about the Ash Grove Park visit. She wants to phone one of us to talk about it.

The Aglaura Local News section was updated with...

FINAL LOCAL SUBPOENA SERVED - June 30 , 2003

The final member of the local Aglaura government body, the Borough Council, was served with his subpoena to be available to participate in the ongoing Marzano Enterprises Grand Jury Investigation. Mr. Dale Sprague, who had been unavailable for personal reasons until this weekend, was the only member of the Aglaura government who had been named but not yet served as a potential witness in the case. Mr. Sprague declined to comment on receiving the subpoena but Borough Attorney, J. Douglas Willingham issued a brief statement promising that all Aglaura officials would cooperate fully with the Grand Jury currently convened at the Burlington County Court House, in downtown Burlington, New Jersey

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