What is the network mean? Is that the subway or something?
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@H3RM3S Iām not sure. It may very well mean the subway.
Has anyone contacted the email address yet? We very likely need someone to start the ball rolling with them and I donāt want to be a communication hog for the group since I talked to CRSumner a lot.
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I sent a few emails with questions, no response
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That might just be the way we send them the put together story. I donāt know if they are going to talk to us before we complete what they asked us to.
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You have a point. I donāt think they tell us anything yet. They might not ever even talk to us unless itās necessary.
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Possibly, but never know what you get until you ask.
So, hereās my summary to date. Yes, this is probably obvious to most people, but I like to start small.
So, the story tells of Beyellās journey to escape Junk Town. This is a parallel to Brandon ownās journey to escape our world, and New York City in particular.
Beyell has to find and solve 4 beacons in order to find the way out.
The devoted believe Brandon had to do several things in the weeks leading up to his escape.
If these stories are parallel, then Brandon believed he had to find 4 beacons, in New York City, before he could find the way out.
We need to find these 4 beacons Brandon wanted to āactivateā.
The first beacon is fortunately also the best described.
Itās described a statue of a bearded gentleman surrounded by four jets of water running over 4 smaller statues surrounding it. Each of the smaller statues has a plaque, which is likely represented by the 4 plaques found in the documents.
Iām guessing we need to find this parallel in our world to solve the first beacon.
Should we maybe start splitting this thread into smaller topics devoted to the story, the beacons, and general questions? This oneās getting pretty big.
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All good ideas @Robert. There is a lot to do, it would probably be best to divide and conquer.
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Second that!
Did anyone transcribe the audio files in the new links? I thin there is one music file and about 4 where Brandon? speaks.
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Iām in the process of analyzing the audio files right now. Thereās only one thing that stands out about them. The "background noises. In all the music files thereās a static sound, and in Brandonās voice files there are strange machine-like sounds. I need to separate them out and try to analyze them , but Iām still figuring out how to do that. Anyone here have experience with this kind of thing? Iām a fast learner, but we seem to be on a tight schedule (The Anniversary looms) and we have an enormous amount to sift through before then.
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Would it help if I made a separate map (like the Mountaineerās map) specifically about New York locations pertaining to Brandon? Iāve already been working on one (been analyzing and comparing the map of Brin.)
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All great ideas guys, to keep things organized (and keep me from pulling my hair out) label new topic as āLachmann: The Fourth Fragment: BLAH BLAHā @Robert Iāve adjusted yours to adhere. Letās do thisā¦ 
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Thank you for cleaning up my mess. 
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I hope to have some time later today/evening to dig into the audio files. I didnāt notice anything upon first listen (no back masking or anything) but that was just a cursory examination. I have some experience with manipulating audio files (I used to be an assistant sound engineer in another life) so if thereās anything there I hope to find it.
But if anyone hears anything that they find interesting, let me know so I can focus on it.
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āA six legged king pointed arms crossed defiantly, snapped at meā Itās a king crab. They have six legs and the two claw arms.
Roundabout could be a traffic circle, a merry-go-round, or even just talking about a circuitous route.
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Iām beginning to understand Sullivan Green now, why he chose to stay in the Ramble all those years.(btw, am I the only one thinking he could be Professor Green/Fleagreen? I donāt know how the timelines match up, but itās a thought.) Those months Brandon was missing, this is what he was doing, searching for the Travelerās Disc. Sullivan, even if he isnāt the Green twins, was out there in the woods trying do do something similar.
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@Leigha It did come across my mind that the characters mightāve been named with Sullivan Green in mind. Esp since it seemed Brandon remembered the lost books.
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What was the question he was replying to?
Also dates provided in the files? I know for some of the file names there are dates, like with the audio logs they even have the time in them. Are the file names relevant dates?
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@Robert doesnāt matter what question they were replying to, the one they answered wasnāt one I asked. Seems like they would rather us focus solely on the files than wonder who they are.
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Iām not sure if this thread is where it should go, but Iāve put together a couple of the character sheets. Lady Barleywade was already put together in the files so I just included the original here. However, her backstory and picture were included in the docs so I may have to assemble her sheet just like the others.
Iām unsure of that Rattican character is Little Beady or Maw. From what Iāve read, it seems that Little Beady is helping B to find the beacons so it makes sense that she has a character sheet, but would love to hear any differing opinions.
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