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Post by WONG CHENLEI on Aug 11, 2012 14:46:09 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #545454; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: gold; text-align: left;]aspiringConductor[AC] began pestering transparentFlutterby [TF] at --:--
AC: Greetings and salutations!
AC: Or should I say, 'what is up?'
AC: :3
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Post by whimsy on Aug 11, 2012 14:47:39 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #6666BB; border: 1px dashed pink; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: pink; text-align: left;]TF: oh hi
TF: i think all three work, maybe
TF: i mean the third one doesn't really match the, um, first two
TF: but to answer it nothing's really up, really, except, maybe, just putting together some outfits for the week
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Post by WONG CHENLEI on Aug 11, 2012 15:24:36 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #545454; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: gold; text-align: left;]AC: It is kind of you to say so!
AC: It is probably impolitic to ask, especially of a fashionista such as yourself, but have you chosen anything gold in that upcoming outfit selection?
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Post by whimsy on Aug 11, 2012 15:26:54 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #6666BB; border: 1px dashed pink; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: pink; text-align: left;]TF: gold?
TF: not really, i don't think
TF: gold looks a little out of place with most of my outfits
TF: a lot of, er, pink and dark colors, gold would stand out too much
TF: and i don't really like wearing jewelry, sorry
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Post by WONG CHENLEI on Aug 11, 2012 15:29:11 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #545454; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: gold; text-align: left;]AC: The color, not the substance, of course!
AC: An expenditure of that magnitude for accessories would be extremely frivolous!
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Post by whimsy on Aug 11, 2012 17:42:52 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #6666BB; border: 1px dashed pink; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: pink; text-align: left;]TF: i don't really wear gold, it doesn't match my hair that well
TF: um, but i do have something you might like, i think
TF: it's a purple blouse but it's got, like, gold trimming
TF: er, is that the kind of thing you were wondering about?
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Post by WONG CHENLEI on Aug 11, 2012 18:31:19 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #545454; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: gold; text-align: left;]AC: Uggh, I apologize.
AC: I seem to have been clotheslined by my considerable infatuation with the color gold. It is sort of a weird and unfortunately bothersome habit with me, please forgive the nuisance. OTL
AC: But as it happens no! That is not what I wished to contact you about.
AC: For you see, I have for you a,
AC: Puzzle.
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Post by whimsy on Aug 11, 2012 18:37:28 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #6666BB; border: 1px dashed pink; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: pink; text-align: left;]TF: don't worry too much about it, okay?
TF: oh, a puzzle?
TF: i'm starting to like this new, um, trend of people coming to me with puzzles
TF: er, what kind of puzzle is it anyway?
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Post by WONG CHENLEI on Aug 11, 2012 18:43:54 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #545454; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: gold; text-align: left;]AC: Well, you have professed to derive a considerable degree of enjoyment over receiving them.
AC: I believe it safe to say that nearly all of us come to you to discuss puzzles and such, since it is somewhat difficult to elicit your attention otherwise.
AC: You always seem so preoccupied!
AC: Ahem. That is somewhat besides the point.
AC: The riddle is this:
AC: During a recent electrical failure, I received a message!
AC: The message was this:
AC: WAKE UP.
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Post by whimsy on Aug 11, 2012 18:50:30 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #6666BB; border: 1px dashed pink; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: pink; text-align: left;]TF: i try not to seem like that
TF: i just, um, well i do other things mostly aside from the computer usually
TF: anyway, like you said that is beside the point
TF: uh, wait, you received a message during an outage?
TF: is that possible? i mean it certainly is puzzling but it isn't really an, um, puzzle
TF: it's more of a mystery than anything, i don't know if i can help
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Post by WONG CHENLEI on Aug 11, 2012 19:01:04 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #545454; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: gold; text-align: left;]AC: I suppose! Though I guess there might be a slight language barrier issue at work here, I am almost certain that all mysteries are just puzzles with less obvious clues.
AC: Hmmmm.
AC: Allow me to present it from a different angle.
AC: As has been well established by ancient legends and paranormal lore (neither of which I am overly familiar with) portents and omens are always layered in abstractions that escape literal understanding.
AC: Their meaning is a puzzle, in other words!
AC: If you had to guess, what would you think mine indicates?
AC: ((If, you think this is silly and I fell asleep at the computer or something, do say so, I just thought it was an interesting experience with potentially intriguing ramifications.))
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Post by whimsy on Aug 11, 2012 19:04:31 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #6666BB; border: 1px dashed pink; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: pink; text-align: left;]TF: er, i wouldn't say anything like that
TF: but i really don't know
TF: it doesn't really seem like a, uh, puzzle, like i said
TF: maybe you see something that i don't, probably
TF: but if you had to ask my opinion on what it meant i would say, um
TF: well i really don't know, it's not like a normal puzzle, that's why i don't like mysteries
TF: maybe it has some sort of spiritual or existential meaning i don't understand?
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Post by WONG CHENLEI on Aug 11, 2012 19:06:45 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #545454; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: gold; text-align: left;]AC: Fair enough!
AC: I have probably taken up enough of your time as it is.
AC: Talk to you later?
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Post by whimsy on Aug 11, 2012 19:08:48 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #6666BB; border: 1px dashed pink; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: pink; text-align: left;]TF: i'm sorry i couldn't help
TF: um, feel free to talk to me, if you want, i mean
TF: but i guess if you want to go find someone who can help you then i'll talk to you later, maybe
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Post by WONG CHENLEI on Aug 11, 2012 19:12:32 GMT -5
[style=width: 450px; padding: 10 25; background: #545454; border: 1px dashed black; font-size: 11px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: gold; text-align: left;]AC: Well, it is not an all-consuming mystery. Just a fun, potentially supernatural event!
AC: Well, I have no pressing chores or tasks to take care of, but I am not certain what we would discuss?
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