The following has been sent out to all Theatre of Shadows registrants...
My friends,
Many of you have spotted the facebook incursion on Sunday from escaped fugitive Silas Nadir. He’s taunting us. We need your help now more than ever.
The first clue to Nadir's location arrived late last night and we set our three top code-breakers to solve the puzzle.
This morning, they were each found dead in their homes. On the wall beside each body was scrawled "Silas 3, Sanctuary 0."
And so we must call upon you.
Time is of the essence. Before they were killed, our code-breakers worked out that the clues seem to point to an unusual sequence of numbers. They managed to fill in not one space before Nadir found them: ? ? . ? ?, leaving us four spaces to fill for now.
Remember Nadir's promised us three clues: so to throw him and his accomplices off the scent, the next clue will be sent out to all those registered to Theatre of Shadows. If you haven't already – be sure to sign up for free as a matter of urgency. Operatives in the US, Norway and Sweden we know that registration is an impossibility for you right now: rest assured we will need you for the third clue. You are crucial too.
Here’s the first clue:
1. Take the number of letters in my magical discipline (here's a hint, idiots — it's a two-worded ability), then multiply that by the age of the Jitter Girls. Add to this the number of rooms in the Midnight Hotel and then subtract the age of a sorcerer named Petrichor. With me so far? Keeping up? Now put in a decimal point (do you know what that is?), then the amount of damns I give about any one of you, and follow this with the maximum number of Dead Men there is at any one time. Now subtract the number of babies stolen by the goblin brothers. Whatever their names are. Ugly little critters, the lot of them. Not as ugly as the babies, though.
And that's all he's given us to fill in ? ? . ? ?. The Sanctuary’s resources are stretched so terribly thin… please help us find Nadir before he can kill again.
And be wary. He found our first code-breakers. He could find any of you, too.
Yours in magic,
Grand Mage Erskine Ravel
4,391 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 1601 – 1800 of 4391 Newer› Newest»Yeah thats an idea, laughs like a crazy person, I also had this notion that turned out to suck but if you type it in on a calculator and then flip it upside down, you get LO.GE does that mean anything to Dubliner's like a post code or an abbreviation of a place.
(im back for like a min, that is a good theory Rav)
Oh why thank you Inky.
(no probs :))
Loge, is a real word, it means a private box or enclosure in a theatre.
You might be onto something, raven. A loge is:
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
And it is called theatre of shadows
You are geniuses...))
(I was just thinking that, omg)
Oh my Dutch potatoes snow!
... we posted the definition at the same time
Dude, I do this with my friend all the time, it scares me dutch potato-less. Hmmmm.....creepy.
But what does it meannnnnnnn
Its his location, is it not? but what theatre?
I don't know, I'm hooked on this notion now and I'm checking for popular theaters in Dublin with creepy histories that could make them shadowy.
You guys need to all be in national treasure three
To google
The other clues will help with all these theories tbh
It's currently a very loosely researched far fetched theory, and it will need to be cross referenced with the other clues but the Abbey theatre in Dublin was once burned down in 1951. And then fire = smoke and then smoke can be shadowy. Or it could be the shadows of the past, it is still a functional theatre today.
(What about the Hibernian Cinema...)
Just a quick thing... is he defo in Dublin? or is he anywhere in the uk
cos the globe theatre in London burned down and the one there now is a shadow of what was once there?
(I was thinking about that too Viv, but I couldn't make any connection with shadows there, unless I think of the remnants...?)
(Viv...you genius. Why didn't I think of that...)
Does the Hibernian Cinema exist?
(Hmmmm)
(wait, aren't remnants also shadows or remains of something...?)
And.....Derek said that the next clue would require movie knowledge, cinema, movies, theaters.
We may be into something
At Abbey theater: On the second night, In the Shadow of the Glen by Synge replaced the second Yeats play.
Oh I just found this
The Mechanics' Hall, also known as the Hibernian Theatre of Varieties, was a theatre and music hall in Lower Abbey Street, Dublin. It stood at the site of the current Abbey Theatre at 26 Lower Abbey Street.
Yeats was on of their founders and his play was replaced by one with the word shadow in it...suspicious?
Abbey theatre... I was looking at stuff on that a second ago
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Dublin/AbbeyTheatreDublin.htm
Hey guys...guess what! The Abbey theater was partially built by reconstructing something called the Hibernian theater of varieties...
(I just thought I ought to tell you this:
If this blog wasn't created and I never met any of you, I would be a hunk of decaying flesh six feet under the ground.
You all did save my life. I don't even know why you bothered when I was at rock bottom, but you did.
I thought I was certain that nothing could make me ever smile again, until you all propped me up, took the weight of the world off my shoulders, and offered me a hand.
I will never be able to thank you all enough.)
Yes on 26 Lower Abbey Street
Yea I just read that Viv XD this is so exciting
(Aww Rose ...)
My god. You guys... 0.0
Oh my Dutch potatoes,
*realises this whole theory was based upon turning a calculator upside down out of boredom*
*huggles deathicle*
Nawww Death that's beautiful.
(I don't think I helped you Rose but if I did then I'm glad...if I can in the future, just ask.đŸ˜‰)
Raven, you are a pure genius. This is better than anyone else has gotten
(got to go to the tip again now
hope you work it out)
*Cuddles everyone back*
It's average. But I decided that if now is the time of change, then I better do what I can to move on and acknowledge.
We could be so close. Thatnk you, boredom
Raven, that's exactly something Derek would do!
Just when my laptop decides to double-post?
Okay, I dedicate to this:
If this blog wasn't created and I never met any of you, I would be a hunk of decaying flesh six feet under the ground.
You all did save my life. I don't even know why you bothered when I was at rock bottom, but you did.
I thought I was certain that nothing could make me ever smile again, until you all propped me up, took the weight of the world off my shoulders, and offered me a hand.
I will never be able to thank you all enough.
And to Loki, because I'm currently looking at all these youbtube things about him.
And to possibly discovering the message!
*YouTube
Abbey Theater had a play in 1951 call House under Green Shadows and it ran six times
What was the number again?
I always did know I was a genius......just kidding....only sort of, this is still a really loosely based theory's we need the other clues to sum it up.
36.07 once turned upside down on a calculator spells out LO.GE (the decimal point was either put their to confuse us or has a meaning we don't yet see.)
A loge is a (in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both. (Theatre of Shadows....theatre)
An incredibly popular theatre today in Dublin is the Abbey theatre n the second night, In the Shadow of the Glen by Synge replaced the second Yeats play. (Theatre of Shadows.....shadows)
Where the abbey theatre stands today, there used to be The Mechanics' Hall, also known as the Hibernian Theatre of Varieties, was a theatre and music hall in Lower Abbey Street, Dublin. It stood at the site of the current Abbey Theatre at 26 Lower Abbey Street.
We are hoping that this all means something about Nadir's whereabouts.
And Viv, in 1951 the Abbey theatre burnt down.
The exact same year.
Coincidences seems rather abundant right now.
Also in 1951 there was a play called The Shadow of a Gunman
(I'm going to see if someone is in the bathroom and perhaps take a shower now... I will be back, alright?)
And then there was the play on the second night, 'In the Shadow of the Glen.
See ya soon Rose.
Which had 18 performances.... So that's 6 performances of House Under Green Shadows and 18 of The Shadow of a Gunman...how many playings of In the Shadow of the Glen?
The point, I'm assuming, was put the re to get the L and O, otherwise they wouldn't be there
http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/archives/search/plays/Shadow/
Maybe we're going too far, adding up the plays with shadow in the name
Probably, we need to focus more on the loge...
Loge....has anyone died in the abbey theatre loge or something, that's kinda shadowy.
Ok guys this is totally going out on a shaky, thin limb here...Abraham Lincoln was shot in a loge by a man who had the last name of BOOTH which is another name for a loge...
That is a shaky thin limb, but hold onto it for the time being because we need more facts so that we can make shaky thin limbs, thick solid limbs.
Gosh I feel like I'm in National Treasure or something.
See my pic
See my pic
Alas, I must sleep, early start in the morning. If you find any really solid leads while I'm gone, could someone email them to me? My emails on my profile.
Ok
(im back just for this, email any strong leads to me to at chloe@cfc.co.uk )
Bye Snow!
Cfc?
For a non strong lead on probably nothing there is a painting called In The Loge, by Mary Cassatt, I don't see anything that could link it to our theory but it depicts a woman from the loge looking into the audience studying them, and behind her a man is studying her with a telescope. I'm trying to see if there is some clue in the background but I can't find one.
Sadly I must sleep too, but if I got one thing from today it's' " From calculators to frowns, never be afraid to turn something upside down."
Good Luck Viv have fun code-breaking.
(Ick. Feeling... Sick... Again.
This is what happens if you live off junk food and disgusting bacon. I swear I never want to eat that monstrosity ever again.))
(See ya Raven.)
Ok Rose...we need to finishe this
(Great. I'm not well. Threw up a bit...))
I'll help as best as I can, at least when I'm not almost losing my dinner...)
Just play around with the word loge
Sure!
The . could be a missing letter or something...
Hiya Im back, I was just thinking, the code was 36.07 which spells loge but what does the decimal represent? A missing Letter? I was just thinking if it were d then It would spell lodge
oh, I just realized death just said that...
just for the record, if it where somehow abbey lodge, that is a guest house in Portsmouth
What about a foreign language? I'm translating it now.
Loge means:
Box- in German
Lodge- in French
Weblogs- in Albanian
Gallery- in Danish
Log?- in Hungarian
The law of the- in Latin
loge is French for lodge
maybe we are thinking too much into this...there will be other clues that may make sense with loge
Viv... Stealin' my thunder, ey?
I am really stretching it thin, but another type of lodge is hotel? if it is a location in the book, what about the midnight hotel ...
I've been minin' this vein for too long missy. This town ain't big enough for the two of us...(Rose vs Viv mexican stand off)
((Sorry Rose I totally didnt wake.-Zaf))
You didn't just 'missy' me, did ya? Oh, you better hope tha I'm ina good mood, mister. I was the one who though' of it. I'll rein supreme.
((It's fine Zaf! I'm still here!! Just a bit ill...))
((Don't tell Loki that...he's worried about you.-Zaf))
Go back ta the kitchens missy and make yer soup-reme fer yerself. The big boys are handling thing round here.
((I won't. He will never know. Naw, that's cute!)
Oh no you di'n't! You di'n't jus told me to hit the damn kichens! I can take you yella-bellied boys any day! I'll handle it!
has anyone thought of anything else?
(Got to go, i'll continue this later, ya ain't seen the last of me yet!)
byii Viv
I've thawt that this mister righ' 'ere deserves a bea'in'!
(Goodbye, Viv...)
Good morning, Rose.
Hey Loki. How are you?
I am fine, Rose.
That's good...
*She nodded*
Awesomeness... Is your sister going to kill me...? Or Astrid...? Because I'm not-
*She shook her head and looked away*
~~Royalty? Asgardian? An imposter?
Nevermind.
You fear because you are not Asgardian. Thor ended up dating Jane Foster until she died, believe me when I say, he cannot make a word against me. Astrid is kind and loving, she told me she would wait for me if this ever happened, and I let her. Zanida will follow Thor's choice, and support him.
*Because I am an imposter?
well I betta be off
So if this did happen, I would go about the rest of my life with someone who didn't seem to age? And the moved on as soon as I was out of the picture?
*She looked at her shoes and started to walk away from Loki*
Then what's the point in the first place...?
(Toodles, Inky!)
*then he
(I hate you, iPod...)
I never said I would, I know it took Thor a long time to get over Jane. Astrid said she would wait, Rose, but I never said I planned to marry her if I lost you.
*She stopped where she was but didn't look at him*
You will loose me eventually, Loki Laufeyson. I'm wanted by many. Hated by more. I am going to be murdered and I don't have a part of me willing to sacrifice themselves to make me live again. What if Slīvœrrsę comes out and hurts you...?
*Her shoulders slumped*
I couldn't live with myself if that ever happened to you.
~~Rose. He has a tongue of silver, not a heart of gold. Don't believe him.
It would take a lot to hurt me. I also know you will be safe with me, and I will do anything in my power to keep your name away. *sighs* The only advantage over Thor and Jane, you are a mage, you already have a longer life span. You doubt me, Rose, and do not trust me. I'm not a very trustworthy person, but sometimes I do actually speak the truth.
*Tears pricked in her eyes and she slowly raised her gaze to him*
She hates you, Loki... And a longer lifespan means little, especially compared to your life. Mine is barely a blip in yours...
*She took a deep, rattling breath*
How am I to trust you? After what you did to me...?
*The tears started to fall down her face and she pressed the heels of her palms into her eyes*
(Mum forgot to turn wifi off... Heh...
Aw, shoot. An arctic blast is headed our way in the next three days...))
You have every right not to trust me. The only person who may have a small amount of trust for me is Frigga. *goes over and hugs her close* Perhaps you can start to think that I do care, being I have yet to kill you.
((See it wouldn't last long xD, and eww its cold here too. If I do vanish I fell back asleep. I'm good at that.-Zaf))
*She resisted the hug for a moment, then wrapped her arms around him tightly, crying into his shoulder*
I don't want to hurt, Loki... I don't want to hurt anyone... I just... I can't, Loki. I can't trust you.... Or believe you... Or stop hurting people...
(It's still cold... It was actually warm today! And okay!)
*sighs* I knew it. Rose, you would need to be a god to injure me. Physically. You barely know me, and you have not an ounce of trust for me. That does not surprise me.
Thor: Or me, but for once I believe my brother to speak truthful.
*Loki's voice made her cry harder. She wanted to trust him, she did, but she couldn't*
I'm sorry, Loki! Just... Just if you could see what you put me through... I almost had my face burnt off...
*She flinched at Thor's voice and ducked her head*
H-how...? How can you say so...?
I put Zanida through Hell, and she still is there for me.
Thor: Why? I just watched him with you, he shows this type of behavior to people he cares about, and he never lies to mother, and she is the person he loves, and he has yet to lie to you.
So I should be like Zanida? She is your sister, Loki. I'm not. I'm from somewhere with different rules. I am not Zanida. I am Rose. People respond differently to different things...
*She pulled herself away from him and approached Thor, leaning her head against his arm and wiping her tears away*
How can you be so sure...? He is a liar by nature... I don't know what I am to believe... But he isn't acting like he was when he wanted me dead...
Thor: Zan, go with your brother for a while.
*Zanida walks with Loki*
Thor: Rose, I know Loki is untrustworthy, but I saw something in him today that he is speaking the truth. He does that with Zan and Frigga, not even Astrid. He spoke truthfully to you. That's...that's something, he does love you. He doesn't know much about it, but he knows he likes you. I've had conversations with him.
Thor... Can you see where I'm coming from...? I'm...
*She paused. What would Thor think...?*
I'm scared of him... There's part of me that wants to get away from him. I was almost killed several times because of him! And how could he-
*She gestured in Loki's direction and raised her eyebrows*
Love a Midgardian like me? I'm not even average. I'm... I'm nothing compared to others from Earth...
Maybe he's just got better at lying...?
Thor: All of us have that feeling of fear towards him. But Loki does love you, you're so much like him. If he planned to lie, he'd have thrown you off the rainbow bridge and killed you. I know him well enough to get around his lies.
*She slipped to her knees on the floor and braced herself with her hands*
So... He isn't lying...? Why would he choose me over so many others...? He did have his chance, didn't he. He could have tossed me off when we first arrived... But he didn't...
*She rolled onto her back and covered her face with her hands*
But he barely even knows me... He can't fall in love with someone so quickly...
Thor: *offers her a hand* I barely knew Jane, but I fell for her. You forget where he comes from, he is my brother, and some of me did rub off on him. I like to believe some of what Frigga taught us did too, manners wise, he has her tricks.
*She took Thor's hand gingerly and helped herself up. She closed her eyes and let her head drop*
I'm sorry about Jane... From what I've heard, she sounded wonderful. And maybe it did... I don't know either if you very well, or at least enough to compare between you two. Frigga sounds like a wonderful mother.
*She looked up at Thor, pursing her lips*
You, me, Loki and Zanida should go out on a double date.
Thor: If we can find the siblings in one piece, we can do it.
Frigga: I believe finding them in one piece is a task. The last I saw of Loki, he had his sister in the water.
Waiting impatiently for the next clue...
*She turned to Frigga, smiling at her softly*
Those two... Where were they near...? I'll berate Loki for it, don't you two worry...
*She stated walking in a random direction, betting against the odds that it was the right way*
Frigga: *smiles* I do not doubt that. *goes down towards the training area*
Thor: Well done, you're almost where they'd be. *follows her and then steers her in the direction of the two siblings, Zanida trying to get off of Loki, and he holding her under the water*
*She waved her goodbye to Frigga and beamed at Thor when she was close*
One day I'll know where I'm going... I hope...
*Her eyes lock onto Loki and she frowns at him. She enters the water, shivering as the water laps at her legs. She grabs his shoulders and tries to pull him backwards and away from Zanida*
She is supposed to breathe, Loki! Don't do that to your sister! She ought to be able to breathe as much as you can!
*With all her force, she pushed Loki under the water and used her own weight to try and keep him under*
Zanida: *without his weight on her, gets out of the water collapsing by Thor's feet*
Hey- *struggles and finally tries to get Rose off, still being careful not to hurt her*
Thor: *gently picks Zan up* Hey, do I need to take you to the healing room?
Zanida: No...*buries head against Thor, too upset to notice much*
Thor: You can't summon a flame to dry off can you?
Zanida: No. Alastair took that from me.
NEW POST
*She grinned at Loki and let out a yelp of fear as fell into the water beside him. She got her head out of the water as quickly as she could, trying to get the water off her face*
You horrible man... What am I supposed to wear for our double-date now?!
*She looked at her dress and frowned*
I did like this dress too!
*She rolled atop him and pressed his head into the water again*
((Going to reply on the other post, Rose.))
(Okay!)
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^_^
Everyone here?
(Yes'm.)
*the Midnight Hotel pops out of the ground*
*at the bottom of the Atlantic*
*swims out the window*
*wearing a diving suit from the 40s*
*paddles furiously to the surface*
*removes helmet*
*gasps for air*
I really should do something about that clock.
*begins to swim to shore*
*waves one arm wildly*
Hullo, Blogland!
Yup!
("For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth."
I like that quote.)
((Hey Annika))
*clambers ashore*
*on a Blogland beach full of buried treasure and fiddler crabs*
*with actual little fiddles*
*shakes water out of my ear*
*looks back at the ocean*
. . . I suppose I'll have to dredge up my Hotel at some point.
(Loki, you here...? If not, I'm going to go to sleep again...)
Hah, last post on the other post :P
This quote doesn't really apply, but I still love this quote
◾“A trip is the most fun before one sets out on it. With dogs, the bark and not the bite is more frightening and women are almost always prettier when they are shrouded in mystery. I can never be as pretty as you imagine and I would never do something like that to you. Would it not be better to imagine?”
*sets off across the beach*
*diving helmet under one arm*
I'm afraid I can't stay too long, Blogland. I'll be here for around an hour.
Hi Annika
I've always been fond of quotes from Mr. Lemony Snicket. The ones that aren't funny are depressing, and the ones that aren't depressing are funny.
I like him. He reminds me of me.
"You could be the roundest, juiciest peach in the world and there'd still be someone who hates peaches."
-Dita Von Teese
I'm sorry but you guys need to know this okay
*nods firmly at Mushroom*
*nods at Inky*
*nosd at Clara*
*finds myself turning into a bobblehead :P*
That is true Luce, no matter how much you are liked, you cant plz everyone
like piizza, everyone I know likes it, apart from me
I have a theory that you should care about what people you like/respect think of you and not bother with the rest.
I like it.
Great theory Star :)
@Inky: Thanks. :)
No!!!!! Guys!!!!! It deleted my comment because you guys filled the page!!!! It was six paragarphs!!!!
oops sorry Viv, I shouldn't have complained about my mum not liking my now short hair
*gives up and seriously cries because he was really into it and now it's gone*
*Laughs like a maniac, his post having been the last*
there there Viv
Im sure it was amazing
Sometimes you might feel like you have to please everyone, but what truly matters, in my mind, is pleasing yourself.
Sure, it's important to have friends, but those who matter will love you for being yourself. They'll love you for who you are. They won't ignore your flaws, they'll see the beauty in everything that you are and everything that you do.
Don't let others decide for you what you will become or what you will be. You, yourself, must choose your path and let yourself become who you want to be. Listen to people's critique, but not their abuse. Love yourself for who you are, but do be wary of what you are; hurting everyone around you can destroy you.
No, this seriously hurts because I absolutely hate it when I lose words forever. I HATE it!
*almost crying irl*
@Viv: :O
Oh gosh . . .
*hugs tightly*
Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! O_O That must be awful . . . O_O
If I could do antyhing to replace it, I would . . . I know how horribly sucky it can be to lose somethign like that. :/
Im really sorry Viv
It was the BEST thing I've ever written about trust. I could have adapted it and used it to apply to any university. Now I'll never be able to recapture that feeling again.
*breaks down because there's no one he can blame but himself*
I should have copied it.
IDIOT!
*facetable*
What did I do to deserve this?!??
WHY?!??!
@Viv: :/ I know. I get it.
It can't ever be rewritten the same and it SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS.
*hugs*
*lends him a tissue just in case*
@Mushroom: Yeah, but see, some people are just awful. And maybe if they listened to us when we told them what they were doing wrong, they'd improve.
So you need to listen to people when they criticise you. Because just saying you don't care can be dangerous.
Previously, I'd've agreed with you, but I don't ever want to become that awful so listening is probably imperative.
And if you like/respect people, they must be ace so you can trust in their views. :)
Whereas listening to deluded idiots is stupid.
And - yeah. *nods* I was talking about this earlier . . . like I said, you can have a certain amount of faith in what people you like/respect say, but you always need to form your own opinions.
Vivanus, you could simply backspace..
I'm sorry, Viv.
I'm sorry.
:/
@Adra: That works on my phone, but not my laptop. And not on my phone on full posts, either. -_-
I tried Adra I tried!!!
youre not stupid Viv
its just one of those things...
I hate putting so much feeling and emotion into something and then losing it forever.
CURSE YOU CYBERSPACE!!!!!
@Viv: Ditto.
And then I try to rewrite it but it's never the same. :/
I'm sorry, I can't do anything except empathise and sympathise . . .
I really feel bad, I shouldn't have posted my complaint about my hair
I know Star I know.....there's no way to fix it. And it takes away the appetite for any more writing at the moment. I just can't believe it...
... I disagree with you to such a large extent it isn't even funny, Star. Though, my desire to debate is currently lacking. I'm exhausted and therefore incapable of arguing as well as I often would. Apologies.
No Inky, if you hadn't posted then someone rlse would have.
but it might have left room for you to post
*mutters* stupid stupid stupid
*waves somewhere into the distance.*
I'm still here Rose, if you're around...
Hello again everyone.
Fairy nuff, Mushroom.
I wish I could speak further of what lead me to form that conclusion, but I'm bound by a vow of neutrality.
And I also think that criticisms are good because then one knows where to improve.
No, Blake probably would have posted...
Hey again Em *smiles*
@Inky: You're no more to blame than any of us who posted comments. :/ *hugs* You could blame anyone who commented on the post, if you were so inclined . . .
Hi Em. :)
*curls up in a ball*
Just ignore me people....I can't be saved.
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