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===General===
{{Season1}}
* Posted the message on the cards "I Stole the Cube Help Me Combed Thunderclap."


* Combed Thunderclap is a title of one of the books named in the short story Library of Babel written by Borges.
'''<BIG>For transcripts, solutions, trails, and whatnot, as given in order, see: [[Library of Babel]]</BIG>'''


* He or she communicates with us at a directory on the Academy website - [http://perplexcityacademy.com/libraryofbabel/ library of babel] which has flash chapters telling his or her story.


* He or she is extremely knowledgable about the Earth.
{{Infobox Perplexian
|name="Combed Thunderclap"
|image=[[Image:CT logo.gif]]
|occupation=Thief
|associations=[[The Receda Cube]]
|website=http://thelibraryofbabel.com/
}}


* He or she buried the Cube on Earth.


* Even though the message on the cards says "I stole the Cube", Combed Thunderclap now says the Cube stole him.  
==Trail==
* Posted the message on the cards "'''I Stole [[the Cube]]. Help Me. Combed Thunderclap.'''"
* Combed Thunderclap is a title of one of the books named in the short story ''Library of Babel'' written by [[Jorge Luis Borges]].
* She communicates with us at a directory on the Academy website - [http://perplexcityacademy.com/libraryofbabel/ library of babel] which has flash chapters telling his or her story.
* She buried the Cube on Earth.
* [[Kurt]] was given the job of plugging earth-link leaks (which put him in an optimal position to leave holes in it as well) by [[Garnet]], which suggests he saw them at least once.


* [[Kurt]] is given the job of fixing security issues with the PXC-Earth Data Link, which suggests that [[Garnet]] has found and read the messages placed by Combed Thunderclap on the Academy's site.  
*And her secret identity is ...............


===Text===
Transcript of waking(thanks to Mico of unfiction):


‘Eye’ opens <>


Waking. It was like waking into a new world
from a dream of all the old.
Or. No. Like opening my eyes
although I knew they were already open.


For a moment I thought I could see…
everything.


<>
This is not important: I did not kill anyone.
I have not killed anyone.
Unless by my silence, by remaining silent too long.
But I can’t.
I can’t.


<>
I must continue in silence
because what would I say,
how would I convince anyone of what I tell you now?




That I did not kill anyone.


<>


But someone did.
*'''[[Violet Kiteway]]'''!


<>
There are so many possibilities, numberless scenarios
and how do I know? How can I know which one is the
truth? Like the books in the Library of Babel, each
permutation may be the correct one, but is infinitely
more likely to be deceptive. A phantom. A dream.


<>


I thought it was a dream. Or a beautiful simulation of a place I have
seen so many times before in photographs or video. I knew it at
once: the yellow cars driven along the streets, the steam rising up
from the sidewalk gratings. I thought: how marvellous. How real.
I stumbled and fell. I grazed my hand and the blood was real and
the pain was real and I began to understand.


<>
{{shortcut|CT}}
I didn’t kill anyone. But someone did. And they’ll be looking for me.  
==References==
*All references are collected in the "Story So Far", under [http://story.perplexcity.com/archives/babel/index.html "Babel"].


*'''[[Kurt]]'s blog, The Path Of Least Time'''
**entry, 15-JAN-07 "The Beginning of the End" {{WaybackS1|www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2007/01/the_beginning_o.html}}
**entry, 20-JAN-07 "A Break" {{WaybackS1|www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2007/01/a_break.html}}


__________________
*'''The Perplex City [[Sentinel]]'''
 
**article, 08-FEB-07 "[[Receda Cube]] Found on Earth" {{WaybackS1|www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2007/02/receda_cube_loc.html}}
Where the strikethough words were written then erased, and
**article, 09-FEB-07 "[[Council]] Speaks on [[Cube]], [[Third Power]]" {{WaybackS1|www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2007/02/council_speaks.html}}
the <> refers to the start of a blank screen
**article, 09-FEB-07 "''[[Sentinel]] Exclusive'': [[Iona Rodie|Iona]] Interviews... [[Violet Kiteway]]: "I Stole the Cube"" {{WaybackS1|www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2007/02/violet_kiteway.html}}
 
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Transcript of realise:
*page 1
I realise I should tell you what happened. So that you'll understand. Because
I'm going to need your help. I only hope that you find this first. I know that
there are others looking, that they may find what I have hidden. So, help?
 
*page 2
This is how it was, then, I stumbled onto it. I never intended to steal
anything. In fact, it was more that it stole me. I touched it and we were gone.
I didn't know that could happen. I didn't know anything. But I'm starting from
the wrong place again. You'll have to excuse me. It's been a long time and I 
haven't known who I could tell, or if I could tell anyone.
 
*page 3
Begin at the beginning, then. I am a person, a real
person, a single individual in Perplex City. I buried the
Cube on Earth. And I will try to tell you how, but the hows
are less apparent than the whys, and even they
are obscure. Remember this: don't look for me, I know
you're already trying. Because those other people?
They're looking for me too. And if you find me, I don't
know who will travel with you.
Fellow-travellers can be dangerous: I should know.
 
 
 
 
 
 
===References===
 
*unfiction threads: [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16568 library of babel], [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16636 leaves update]

Latest revision as of 21:16, 11 May 2007

PERPLEX CITY, SEASON ONE
The search for the Receda Cube on Earth


For transcripts, solutions, trails, and whatnot, as given in order, see: Library of Babel


"Combed Thunderclap"
Perplex City
CT logo.gif
Date of Birth
Futures Sign
Occupation Thief
Religion
Associations The Receda Cube
Email
Website http://thelibraryofbabel.com/


Trail

  • Posted the message on the cards "I Stole the Cube. Help Me. Combed Thunderclap."
  • Combed Thunderclap is a title of one of the books named in the short story Library of Babel written by Jorge Luis Borges.
  • She communicates with us at a directory on the Academy website - library of babel which has flash chapters telling his or her story.
  • She buried the Cube on Earth.
  • Kurt was given the job of plugging earth-link leaks (which put him in an optimal position to leave holes in it as well) by Garnet, which suggests he saw them at least once.
  • And her secret identity is ...............








Shortcut
CT


References

  • All references are collected in the "Story So Far", under "Babel".
  • Kurt's blog, The Path Of Least Time
    • entry, 15-JAN-07 "The Beginning of the End" link
    • entry, 20-JAN-07 "A Break" link
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