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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. (It is possible that Kurt is fixing securing issues only because the 3P managed to take down the Data Link - see [[The San Francisco Connection]].)
*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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