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Post by ashmunk on Nov 17, 2020 11:07:04 GMT -5
Thoughts: The Left side of the chest would seem to indicate the intersection of the star points (X *), but on the right side, I don’t think that is a (+) sign...its horizontal line is above center...My thought was that perhaps it is more like the level of something, like old school thermometers raise to show the temperature, which in this case I would think given the C, that it’s Celsius....Celsius and Fahrenheit both are the same at -40 (like the potential ratio on the camera lens 1:1 4D ). For the Magic Squares the order is not C MASQUERADE HINT but C MASQUERADE IN HT....if you look on pages 34-35, the borders on the left and right sides of the page have rectangles that are shorter by the letters IN and HT...the last page of the book says to read a “second time” for “good measure.” The second clock just happens to be on pages 34-35...and if you look beyond the surfaces, there is a orangey-pink key hidden behind the clock...the time on which is arguably 6...perhaps that is the measure for C... It has been a pleasure hunting with you all and I hope that we are all satisfied when the solution is revealed Just as a final guess, working backwards at trying to figure out where the Stockwells could have hidden a physical key within the game’s parameters, I think it is in the Bar Harbor Post Office, in one of the boxes (perhaps 497 (the difference between the start and end month and day) or (428 ( 6 C converted to F) ) and that the combination ( they have old school combination dials there that go from A-J) is EBB ( A Turning Tide At Journey’s End)...
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Post by willfish on Nov 17, 2020 11:39:48 GMT -5
Ashmunk, brillant thoughts.....hope springs eternal!!!
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Post by dalby2020 on Nov 17, 2020 12:11:24 GMT -5
I must admit - the key hidden in a post office box never crossed my mind! In retrospect it is an excellent idea.
Are there any numbers on the combination locks or is it just a - j?
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Post by samwise on Nov 17, 2020 12:54:30 GMT -5
Thoughts: Celsius and Fahrenheit both are the same at -40 (like the potential ratio on the camera lens 1:1 4D ). This would explain pace 40 south (-40)
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Post by thedawailey on Nov 17, 2020 14:28:51 GMT -5
I must admit - the key hidden in a post office box never crossed my mind! In retrospect it is an excellent idea. Are there any numbers on the combination locks or is it just a - j? Just A-J. They do have some boxes that require a key, but most use letters around a dial. None that I saw that used a number combination.
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Post by searcher1991 on Nov 17, 2020 21:54:47 GMT -5
Thoughts: The Left side of the chest would seem to indicate the intersection of the star points (X *), but on the right side, I don’t think that is a (+) sign...its horizontal line is above center...My thought was that perhaps it is more like the level of something, like old school thermometers raise to show the temperature, which in this case I would think given the C, that it’s Celsius....Celsius and Fahrenheit both are the same at -40 (like the potential ratio on the camera lens 1:1 4D ). For the Magic Squares the order is not C MASQUERADE HINT but C MASQUERADE IN HT....if you look on pages 34-35, the borders on the left and right sides of the page have rectangles that are shorter by the letters IN and HT...the last page of the book says to read a “second time” for “good measure.” The second clock just happens to be on pages 34-35...and if you look beyond the surfaces, there is a orangey-pink key hidden behind the clock...the time on which is arguably 6...perhaps that is the measure for C... It has been a pleasure hunting with you all and I hope that we are all satisfied when the solution is revealed Just as a final guess, working backwards at trying to figure out where the Stockwells could have hidden a physical key within the game’s parameters, I think it is in the Bar Harbor Post Office, in one of the boxes (perhaps 497 (the difference between the start and end month and day) or (428 ( 6 C converted to F) ) and that the combination ( they have old school combination dials there that go from A-J) is EBB ( A Turning Tide At Journey’s End)... This is really good! So a few thoughts came to mind when you pointed out the IN and HT. Perhaps we have to use the masquerade solution in this page? And that will form some sort of message. And since the message was forwards and backwards perhaps we use it in reverse? Or both? Also when you pointed out the smaller squares, it reminded me how I was working in a border thing a while back because there are subtle errors in some of the border pages such as two triangles in the Abnaki one that don’t follow the same pattern or the colored rectangles not following the right pattern the first illustration near the LO in top right corner. Maybe the IN HT is pointing out there errors.
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Post by rarbowen on Nov 18, 2020 0:44:58 GMT -5
I have often thought the key could be in a post office box, too, or in a safe box at one of the Inns.
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Post by thisjustin on Nov 18, 2020 17:43:56 GMT -5
p. 17 We see the red, blue, orange croquet balls. Where is orange? Shot of the cannon perhaps, but maybe the fact that it is missing simply means to find the orange.
Check the Maine State flag.
There are no official colors for the seal on the flag, but the pants on the two men are typically brown and white. One thing that is never on the Maine flag is a lighter blue square inside the dark blue field. Maybe this is to call this out as important.
The pants on the man on the left are orange. He is a farmer. Flying above the Old Fop. Might be something for those that like George Dorr's Old Farm as a location.
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Post by dalby2020 on Nov 22, 2020 11:51:59 GMT -5
The linked image is an overlay of the map fragments from p11 onto the map on pg56. imgbox.com/DIR8Leoj
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Post by willfish on Nov 24, 2020 10:14:56 GMT -5
I have been playing around with the "faces" in various illustrations....the hidden faces in the cliffs, the rock face on Abenaki page, the faces in the fire, and of course the word "face" on the treasure chest (1653)....also we are told that "there's more here than the sur(faces)"...I keep thinking that they must be intentional and have some meaning....any thoughts?
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Post by pumalion on Nov 24, 2020 11:39:03 GMT -5
I have been playing around with the "faces" in various illustrations....the hidden faces in the cliffs, the rock face on Abenaki page, the faces in the fire, and of course the word "face" on the treasure chest (1653)....also we are told that "there's more here than the sur(faces)"...I keep thinking that they must be intentional and have some meaning....any thoughts? I agree. I wish I knew how to turn a face into a hint or clue, but I can't think of anything that hasn't been tried.
My best possibility was a long time ago. On the Nikon page (p. 19), lines from the fox's fangs to the center of his eyes form a V-shape. In my initial analysis, I thought each line hit a letter E in the upper border ("Forever Held") although I can see that hitting a letter E is probably something I brought about by fudging the lines a little bit. I thought the E-V-E was a message about the Eden clues. I also wondered whether the V pointed to the word "SMILE" in the lower border and might be a message about "MILES" in the signs on the Cadillac page.
In a different attempt at decoding this page, I found that the exact center of the page is on the fox's forehead - about where I imagine Harley Quinn later tapping his forehead to tell him to use his imagination. Right-angle lines drawn through that center point hit the letters "R," "O," "S," and "E" in the four borders of the illustration. I thought this was pretty good confirmation that the compass roses are part of the solution for the hunt. Maybe this Nikon page even tells us how to use the compass roses. (The Nikon page also contains the possible "FO + LD" clue in its upper border - "Forever Held" folds in to create the "FOLD" hint.)
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Post by thisjustin on Nov 30, 2020 10:37:52 GMT -5
I was always intrigued by the road that is not a road on the map page. Follow the compass rose down past Bar Harbor to where Kebo St. and Cromwell Harbor Rd. intersect. There is a "road" that connects those two streets and forms a little triangle on the map at that intersection. But that is not a road. It roughly equates to a property line that runs along a tree line next to an open field. Why include a non-existent road on the map? Anyway, the north/top point of that triangle along Kebo St. struck me as looking somewhat similar to the cover of the book (minus the water). Just another interesting coincidence. imgbox.com/mLRUjHJm
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Post by thedawailey on Nov 30, 2020 12:54:33 GMT -5
I was always intrigued by the road that is not a road on the map page. Follow the compass rose down past Bar Harbor to where Kebo St. and Cromwell Harbor Rd. intersect. There is a "road" that connects those two streets and forms a little triangle on the map at that intersection. But that is not a road. It roughly equates to a property line that runs along a tree line next to an open field. Why include a non-existent road on the map? Anyway, the north/top point of that triangle along Kebo St. struck me as looking somewhat similar to the cover of the book (minus the water). Just another interesting coincidence. imgbox.com/mLRUjHJmthisjustin,
That used to be a road, and is on a 1970's map I have of MDI. Someone a while back - on tweleve, I believe, mentioned when it was discontinued, but I don't remember the details.
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Post by thisjustin on Nov 30, 2020 16:17:47 GMT -5
thisjustin, That used to be a road, and is on a 1970's map I have of MDI. Someone a while back - on tweleve, I believe, mentioned when it was discontinued, but I don't remember the details.
Ah, good to know. Thank you!
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