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| *A number of religious groups in [[Perplex City]] hold it in special reverence, including [[The Brotherhood of the Six]], who have this to say: | | *A number of religious groups in [[Perplex City]] hold it in special reverence, including [[The Brotherhood of the Six]], who have this to say: |
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| ===According to [[The Brotherhood of the Six]]===
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| {| border="0" cellpadding="10" width="70%" style="border: 2px solid #ddddff;" bgcolor="#f3f3ff"
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| | '''The Cube'''
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| *Currently held without cause in the [[Perplex City Academy]] by those who do not venerate its ancient light.
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| *It is an incarnation of the One True Cube, which is One with the Universe.
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| *It is mentioned in the writings of the Holy [[Ealianos]] as one of the true forms of the Lord.
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| *From time immemorial, the Cube has been a secret symbol of holiness among all worshippers.
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| *It takes many forms including:
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| **the four [[sacred pillars of Jagesh]] (which are doubled at festive times, symbolizing the creation of the cube from the square)
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| **the square-walkers at the [[Temple of Barribant]], who walk a square, labyrinthical path.
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| **the ancient monuments at [[Rhat-Mamar]], built with cube-shaped stones and the standing stones which were unearthed in our own [[Catbite]] Gorge
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| **"Cube-shaped stones in a pattern of squares" ''(It is unclear what is meant here.)''
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| The Perplex City Cube itself has been worshipped by many societies and cults (although without the true writings of [[Gyvann]] this worship has been incomplete at best). Some of these names will be very familiar, although their link to the Cube has often been concealed: [[The Archers of Dawn]], [[the Quadrilists]], [[the Fire of the South]], [[the Third Power]], [[the Society of Elders]], [[the Tarsians]], [[the Kababah Clan]].
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| Those who wish to learn more about these ancient organisations should read Andrew Lencival's masterwork: '''The Third Power, the Archers and the City of Dawn: An investigation into the Power of the Perplex City Cube and those who have guarded it'''.
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| ===Religious Insight on the Theft===
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| | "The Cube is better off now, I think. The Academicians never deserved it," he says with a sly wink.
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| --Popular musician [[Keenan "KT" Thoreau]]
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| ==Properties of the Cube==
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| *According to the Firebox Catalog:
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| **It is metallic in appearance
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| **It is of indeterminate mass
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| **It will react with water, liquid mercury, and acetone.
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| ==Details of the [[Theft]]==
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| *Stolen 16-JAN-04 (267 AC), sometime before 2AM
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| *Security cameras and sensors were offline throughout the Ball
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| *Thieves reprogrammed portions of the Academy's security systems, disabling three different forms of security without tripping warning alarms
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| *Security personnel discovered the theft at 2am when security guard [[Fran Mendling]] failed to check in for her shift change
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| *Artist [[Aiko Entrescore]]'s exhibit was on display during the theft.
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| **it was later disassembled and its electronic parts examined, yielding no additional information.
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| *Through communication between [[Pietro Salk]] and [[Monica Grand]] further details of [[Theft|The Theft]] have now emerged.
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| **A team of 4 security operatives, one of whom was [[Bernardo Holyoke]] were employed by a shadowy organisation
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| **This unnamed, and very dangerous organization funded and organised the theft.
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| **The identity of this organisation and it's reasons for stealing the cube aren't yet known.
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| *A comprehensively detailed anaylsis of the theft has been assembled here: '''''[[Theft]]'''''
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| ==Meaning of the word "Receda"==
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| Receda has been speculated to mean a variety of things.
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| *In Old English, Receda is the the plural of Reced, with the meaning "Houses", "Buildings", or "Halls".
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| **It appears in the text ''Beowulf'', in the sentence "receda under roderum"
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| ***[http://www.sogang.ac.kr/~anthony/mesak/mes121/01.htm "Translating Beowulf"]
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| ***[http://higinio.gq.nu/part1.html "Old English Grammar"]
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| *In Latin, we see a root similar to receda, but not quite:
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| **RECEDO -cedere -cessi -cessum
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| **Meaning "to go back , retreat, retire; to disappear."
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| **Given that the cube has disappeared, this poses some ideas. But only ideas, as the word is Reced'''''o''''', not Reced'''''a'''''
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| *In Italian, Receda appears to be a somewhat obscure legal term.
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| **It is a form of the verb *recedere*, which comes from Latin and is current in Italian.
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| **It is a legal term meaning withdraw. (to remove, to take back, to recall).
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| **It is only found in the form Receda in specific tenses in the singular.
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| *Some have suggested "Receda" is italian for other things
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| **Suggested have been "disagree", "withdraw", & "broken".
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| **None of these seem to hold any substance.
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| ==Possible Locations / What We Know==
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| * From the [[BBC Culture Show]], Micheal Smith mentioned its Buried.
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| * [http://www.perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=051 Puzzle Card Number 51] seems to suggest it is not in a tropoical setting, or perhaps not at a beach.
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| ==References==
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| * [[Perplex City Sentinel]] articles ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/focus/recedacube/index.html link])
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| * '''The Perplexcity Academy'' - [http://wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/www.perplexcityacademy.com/29.04.05/museum2.html#cube The Cube]
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| * '''The Scarlett Kite''' http://www.thescarlettkite.com
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| * '''Quirky Acuity''' http://www.quirkyacuity.com
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| ==Artist's Impression of the Cube==
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| [[Image:ccube.jpg]] [[Image:Ccube2.jpg]]
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| ''The Cube'' - By Tanner
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| [[Image:55_1_b.jpg]]
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| ''eBay Auction Image''
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