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| We've hacked the first stage of the [[Hesh Intranet]] (password: mixolydian) but funnily enough it turns out [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/01/mixolydian.html Kurt got there already] and seems to have thought it so trivial as to be not worth mentioning. He suggests that we need to socially engineer the situation to get someone to give away the password to the private filesystem within.
| We've hacked the first stage of the [[Hesh Intranet]] (password: mixolydian) but funnily enough it turns out [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/01/mixolydian.html Kurt got there already] and seems to have thought it so trivial as to be not worth mentioning. He suggests that we need to socially engineer the boards to find out who engineered the Viard album.
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| It transpires we really, really suck at social engineering.
| It transpires we really, really suck at social engineering. We do, however, discover that the employees at Hesh have a night of playing Pyramid every Monday, so we clue Violet in to see if she fancies gatecrashing.
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| 29th Jan '06
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| [[Violet]] and [[Kurt]] finally catch up with each other. Kurt tells Violet everything, and she is [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/hesh_poker_nigh.html worried and intrigued]. She agrees to go along to the Hesh "poker night" the next night to see what she can learn.
| [[Violet]] and [[Kurt]] finally catch up with each other. Kurt tells Violet all about his escapades - as he's been keeping them hidden from everyone so far - and she is both [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/hesh_poker_nigh.html worried and intrigued]. Thankfully, she agrees to go along to the Hesh "poker night" (OK, so some confusion there, we admit) the next night to see what she can learn.
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| 30th Jan '06
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| [[Violet]] turns up for some poker, only to discover they're actually playing [[Pyramid]], which is beneath her contempt [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/seven_reasons_i.html nine times over]. Fortunately, she's brought along [[Caine]] to grease the wheels, and he finds out who produced the [[Viard]] album for Earth - [[Cyrus Quinton]]. Then Caine tries to make a move, real casual like. Busted!
| [[Violet]] turns up for some poker, only to discover they're actually playing [[Pyramid]], which is beneath her contempt [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/seven_reasons_i.html nine times over]. Fortunately, she's brought along [[Caine]] to grease the wheels, and he finds out who produced the [[Viard]] album for Earth - [[Cyrus Quinton]]. Just the sort of information we were looking for, which is ace. Then Caine tries to make a move, real casual like. Busted!
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| 1st Feb '06
| [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/02/cyrus_quinton.html Useful, but not useful enough] is Kurt's take on our breakthrough. It appears Mr Quinton doesn't really exist in any meaningful sense of the word, so we need to access the password-protected filesystem within to see if it provides us with something resembling proof.
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| 7th Feb '06
| So yeah, we're finally into the filesystem! But we still can't access Cyrus's secret files. "Enter, those who know what the builder called men under my star" is the clue we pick up from one of his public files. We aren't really sure where to go with this. This isn't [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/02/star_signs.html helping Kurt] (who's now being tailed, incidentally) - can Violet help?
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| Violet says there's [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/02/saving_kurt.html no chance] of us getting any clues from the Holy Books unless we can provide more information. She's also having a few troubles with musicans these days, who we take to mean [[Caine]]. My twin loyalties to rock'n'roll and geekdom have never been so stretched.
| Violet says there's [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/02/saving_kurt.html no chance] of us getting any clues from any Holy Books unless we can provide more information. She asks us to pass on our regards to [[Alejo]], despite "having a few troubles with musicans these days", we take this to mean our beloved [[Caine]]. My twin loyalties to rock'n'roll and geekdom have never been so stretched.
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| 13th Feb '06
| [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/02/last_words_of_m_1.html Kurt is horrified] by our discovery but relieved he can now clear his name with [[Helena Frye|Detective Frye]].
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| 15th Feb '06
| Kurt meets [[Helena Frye]] in a cheap cafè on [[Alchemy Bay]] to hand over the evidence - read [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/02/exonerated.html here] and [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/02/the_clean_rooms.html here]. Not only is he exonerated (definitely better than being exsanguinated) but he discovers that the people at Gillit Road were "building something ''big''... that required a clean room." And that this all ties in to the technology that's been going missing from The [[Academy]]. (Remember: [[Bernardo Holyoke]], [[Five of Cups]], [[Reynolds Ionisers]], etc.)
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| Violet's back from a long absence of "not feeling like blogging much lately" what with her boss topping himself and everything. Caine: funny, but messy. Jason: cute, but no chemistry. But most importantly, she misses Kurt. [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/03/the_past_month.html Awwwwwww]
| Violet's back from a long absence of "not feeling like blogging much lately" what with her boss topping himself and everything. She's been "going for lunch" (which I'm starting to think is a euphenism) with Caine, and the verdict on him is ''funny but messy''. Regarding Jason, he's hot stuff, but there's no chemistry. (Also: he's obviously evil.) Most importantly, she misses Kurt. [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/03/the_past_month.html Awwwwwww].
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Revision as of 11:19, 19 March 2006

General

Current year in Perplex City is 269 AC. Years are the same length as Earth years, with the same months and dates.

Years are designated with "BC" and "AC", originally thought to refer to "Before Cube" and "After Cube". Though with the Receda Cube only being discovered in 7AC (1744) this is unlikely. Cube History


Also note, we know of a number of periods of time which have been referred to, though we dont have a good sense of when these happened. These include:

  • NOTE: Daffy889 has built a very sharp timeline over here:
    • http://daffy.aglami.net/pxctimeline/
    • While this wiki recognizes the strengths of his work, and we are quite willing to recomend all users refer to his timeline, there is also something to be said fFor having everything in one place. Users are encouraged to use his page as an impressive display with topics and references and all, and use this listing as a point of convenience.

Ancient History to Beginning Of Game

PERPLEX CITY EARTH EVENT
3500 BC 18th Century BCE Perplex City history begins
3000 BC 13th Century BCE Loose settlements become stable
2000 BC 3rd Century BCE Evidence of great technical advancements
1250 BC 487 Slow but steady progress in the city's development
700 BC 1037 City went through a period of modest expansion
573 BC 1164 Academy Founded
571 BC 1166 Group of scholars take residence in the city
452 BC 1285 Academy's first significant expansion
443 BC 1294 Aetiant Taversen becomes the first Academy 'Master'
325 BC 1412 Academy introduces its own league in several games, setting up the premise of the PCAG
250 BC 1487 Ellen Poor studies at academy
246 BC 1491 Ellen Poor leaves academy to open a tea house
245 BC 1492 Helios Noi returns to the City
243 BC 1494 Helios Noi offered Academy Mastership - Declines
226 BC 1511 Death of Helios Noi
190? BC 1547? White square dropped from the game of Twin-wheel
179 BC 1558 Unknown quote from Sente's first letter
172 BC 1565 Academy Museum founded
170 BC 1567 Judiciary Pogroms. Faith Giordana: criminal mastermind.
70 BC - 0 BC 1667 The War, in various forms.
47 BC 1690 Academy sinks into temporary academic despond
35 BC 1702 Stories of "Ilja and Anja", the ghost children, begin; see: The War.
23 BC 1714 Death of Master Victor Mardian
22 BC 1715 Vianne Adamek elected Academy Master
17 BC 1720 Vianne Adamek suggests an "overall champion" of PCAG
1 BC 1736 Anthony Granier & Edwina Mountling embark "Northern expedition"
0 BC - 22 AD 1737 - 1759 Hiatus of celebration of the midwinter festivals and games
0 BC 1737 End of The War; Beginning of the "modern" era.
1 AC 1738 Switch from BC to AC
7 AC 1744 Receda Cube Discovered
37 AC 1774 Games Plaza built by William Henderson
" " Perplex City Museum Opens
75 AC 1812 Perplex City Zoo opens, after the closure of The Old Town Zoo
81 AC 1818 Tanhill Botanic Gardens built
89 AC 1826 Sentinel founded
107 AC 1844 Sentinel and Vanguard merge
115 AC 1852 Death of Redward Innes
137 AC 1874 Sentinel purchased by the Heathcote Group
138 AC 1875 Emmi Hartlin begins editing the Sentinel
148 AC 1885 S. Marchant quote from City Archives
156 AC 1893 Emmi Hartlin retires
167 AC 1904 "Great Political Scandals"
173 AC 1910 700th anniversary of the Academy's founding
174 AC 1911 Sentinel's investigative work leads to resignation of Perplex City Council and seven deputies
175 AC 1912 Last criminal case to be declared a mistrial
188 AC 1925 Landmark statue at Scott Young Memorial Plaza built
200 AC 1937 The Second Archway Built
223 AC 1960 Sanjean Adamek has a series of wins at the PCAG
" " Sente Kiteway joins Academy cryptology department
228 AC 1965 Receda Cube goes on public display in Academy museum
229 AC 1966 Sente works as a Junior Fellow at the Academy
230 AC 1967 Sente published seminal work on cryptological mathematics
234 AC 1971 Ruth Coralhouse & Horatio Flynn win Ikonnikov Prize
235 AC 1972 Adamek publishes book - "Intricate Design"
" " Last serious attempt at Cube theft
237 AC 1974 Alyce Turnbull creates the Inventus Puzzle
" " Sente takes up a senior position at Centrifuge
" " Centric Artificial Rainforest built from inflatable modular sections
239 AC 1976 Ruth Coralhouse & Horatio Flynn win Ikonnikov Prize. Again.
" " East Dalia Way becomes pedestrian-only
240 AC 1977 Professor Estelle Sedgewick becomes Senior Fellow of Languages
241 AC 1978 Hunan Mansoor's company MPG becomes part of Key Surety
242 AC 1979 Violet Kiteway Born
" " Whipsmart ice cream established
243 AC 1980 Jonathan Smart becomes member of PCBC board
246 AC 1983 Hunan Mansoor wins Academy's Cryptological prize
248 AC 1985 Astrid Lindstrom wins PCAG championship
" " Public foreign-language debate over the environmental policies of the Council
" " Scarlett Kiteway Born
250 AC 1987 Ruth Coralhouse retires from Academy
252 AC 1989 Professor Adamek becomes Senior Fellow of Arts
" " Sente returns to the Academy
253 AC 1990 Astrid Lindstrom wins Allanson Prize
256 AC 1993 Robert Solitano wins PCAG languages section
258 AC 1995 Ahuva Qui becomes a commentator for the Political News
" " Jonathan Smart becomes CEO of PCBC
" " Margaret Wildwood wins Raschid Prize
260 AC 1997 Inari Ekeba becomes PCAG's resident astronomical puzzle setter
261 AC 1998 Ahuva Qui wins Borek prize
" " Professor Inari Ekeba becomes Senior Fellow of Natural Sciences
" " Robert Solitano wins Sperka prize
" " Sente becomes Chairman of the Carrick Foundation
262 AC 1999 Armand Levi moves from journalism to politics
" " Professor Margaret Wildwood becomes Senior Fellow of Social Sciences
263 AC 2000 Carrick Foundation names Sedgewick Travel Bursary in honour of Estelle Sedgewick
" " Professor Hunan Mansoor becomes Senior Fellow of Cryptology
" " Sente becomes Master of the Academy
" " Mobius Strip "Figure of Eight" completed.
264 AC 2001 Rebecca Croft wins the Alexander Prize in music.
" " Centre for Reality Research opens.
266 AC 2003 Janna Gold selected as the Rejian Fellow
" " Professor Astrid Lindstrom becomes Senior Fellow of Mathematics and Logic
267 AC 2004 Receda Cube Stolen from The Academy
" " Ryan Cahill wins PCAG Championship
" " Security analysis reports from Academy Museum leaked.
" " Surprise virus sweeps the City
268 AC 2005 Nachman Assaf solves the Inventus Puzzle
269 AC 2006 Present Day

Beginning Of Cube Theft Mystery Until Present

That's the date! That's what happened!
10th Oct '03 Senior Fellows meeting at the Academy. Fierce debate surrounding Cube research: Inari Ekeba wants to experiment upon it, and when Sente Kiteway refuses she threatens (in anger, probably) to steal it. Astrid Lindstrom and Sanjean Adamek reflect upon it in via email.
22nd Dec '03 V demands to meet one his Academy insiders at once. They can't - they're in an Adjunct Senior Fellows meeting. V insists that they should make their excuses and leave. (via Leaked E-mails.)
8th Jan '04 One of the Cube Conspirators attempts to rendezvous with another member, but incorrectly identifies the target and almost divulges secrets to a perfect stranger. (via Leaked E-mails.)
15th Jan '04 Violet emails her dad to say she's got flu and won't be coming to the ball. (via Leaked E-mails.)
Tonight, the Academy Ball. Someone goes and steals the Cube. Zounds! Fran Mendling killed in the raid. (via Leaked E-mails.)
3rd Apr '05 Scarlett spills juice on Violet's bag and asks her dad to email Vi on her behalf because she's a scaredy-cat. Gripping stuff! (via Leaked E-mails.)
27th Apr '05 V and his boss exchange emails regarding V's recent murder of Bernardo Holyoke, with the boss expressing his general satisfaction at proceedings. (via Leaked E-mails.)
28th Apr '05 Violet famously speculates on an audio program that her dad was responsible for stealing the Cube, describing him as a "a power-hungry psychopathic megalomaniac." Exactly our kind of thinking, eh? (Link)
May 24th '05 Violet attends PXC Historical Society meeting about local pre-history, mentions the mysterious portal archway things in the Catbite region. (Link)
May 31st '05 Violet, the inquisitive scamp, visits the Reconstructionist compound. She just gets a guided tour, and doesn't get anywhere near Jessica Holyoke.
10th June '05 Sanjean Adamek emails the Kiteway sisters inviting them over for tea. But Violet declines, saying she has a "big project" that she's working on. (via Leaked E-mails.)
But that day she's actually been back to the Reconstructionists with Kurt, broken into their secret chamber, swapped one of their Keys with one of Kurt's older models and nicked it. Then in the evening she goes out to a poker bar, called Bullets and wins "six months worth of rent." (See here and here.)
13th June '05 Kurt manages to pull a file off the illicitly obtained Recon key, and Violet sends it to us (see here.) We decrypt it, and as is traditional send the decrypt to absolutely everybody we can think of, including Sente. Sneaky, we ain't.
14th June '05 Sente urgently contacts Anna Heath - he's just learnt that Aiko is a Reconstructionist. Despite Anna's protestations, he turns over the evidence to the cops. Anna turns to Robert Solitano to discuss the matter. (via Leaked E-mails.)
15th June '05 We learn that Aiko has been arrested as a suspect in the Cube Theft. (Link) Violet gets all pissy, but calms down a little two days later.
29th June '05 Violet returns from a camping holiday on the plains, but we've no idea how long she was there for (potentially as early as the 17th.)
6th July '05 Violet is moody and, on the walk home, felt like someone was watching her.
8th July '05 Kurt launches his Earth-eyes-only weblog, The Path Of Least Time.
22nd July '05 A young, weird guy comes to the library and proceeds to bug Violet about accessing 'ancient documents related to the Brotherhood'. Almost certainly Allain.
26th July '05 Kurt has a lunch date with a "girl from Crypto." Fancy!
29th July '05 Aiko stares down Violet when they bump into each other at the Academy. Ice cold! (Interesting to note that Aiko is not yet back working as a puzzle scribe.)

Kurt, meanwhile, is amused by the thought that we'd assume he was doing the humpty-bumpty with Violet.

2nd Aug '05 PCAG season opening ceremony! Kurt writes about it here. "Violet and I lay back on the grass and looked up at the stars..." You said it, dude, not me.
23rd Aug '05 Dinner! Sente, Scarlett & Brede and Violet & Kurt have a nice friendly meal as Scarlett is about to leave on her hiking trip for Tanagra. Then Violet delivers an arch Cube-related smackdown with her dad and a fierce row ensues, as Vi is yet to notice that SHE ISN'T EVEN THE TEENAGE DAUGHTER, DAMMIT.
31st Aug '05 Kurt has a rather insightful discussion with "Boardman" at the Cube research labs.
2nd Sept '05 Violet apologises to her dad, and magically, if somewhat implausibly, makes a big resolution to devoting all her efforts to finding the Cube. She continues to try and track down the Third Power book the Earthlings asked for - it's all water-damaged, but she's having it sent over anyway.
7th Sept '05 Violet, Kurt, Von and a couple of Violet's friends head out to Ascendancy Point for some classic movies and dinner. In the process of arranging it, Kurt is yet again forced to remind people that he isn't going out with Violet. (via Leaked E-mails.)

And yet interestingly, Kurt claims that he was out running that evening, "forgot something", met up with his friend Leo and then got talking about the Academy security systems. Leo posits that to break through the protcols would require at least two "genuises" and that "THINK BOTH MUST HAVE HAD INSIDE INFO DANGER TO SAY MORE." Coward.

8th Sept '05 Garnett and Caine obviously go out for drinks. Lots and lots of drinks. We know this because... (via Leaked E-mails.)
9th Sept '05 A very hungover Caine emails a smugly sober Garnet regarding their exploits from the night before. (via Leaked E-mails.) It's Violet's birthday today too, we think. Naturally, she sees Kurt and then does some gambling. Not that she'll take a gamble on Kurt, if you know what I mean.
16th Sept '05 Cassandra from Earth emails Violet, who races round to Sylvia Salk's place and finds her unconscious from an overdose. Fortunately, she calls the emergency services and Sylvia is saved, and quite glad she's not dead to boot. She says thanks, by the way. Violet spends quite a lot of the next week with her (see here and once again makes empty, hollow promises about getting The Book.).

Meanwhile, Kurt reveals that analysis of the PXC-Earth datalink have shown increased activity, indicating that there are nefarious extra elements communicating between the two worlds.

21st Sept '05 Scarlett checks in from her Tanagra hike, describing it as beautiful and tiring to her dad and sister. (via Leaked E-mails.)
23rd Sept '05 Caine paints the statues in the Founder's Gallery yellow. Von is most amused, and Aiko has to remind him to go home and get the paint off his fingers! Meanwhile Tippy is busy manipulating Kurt to go out and buy her coffee, to Anna's chagrin. She tries to get Kurt to get the boy to stand up for himself. (via Leaked E-mails.)
29th Sept '05 Sente emails his assistant Patrick Azadian, chasing a status report from the Centre for Reality Research, an agenda for a PCAG meeting that day and a budget proposal from Estelle Sedgewick. Azadian replies the first is forthcoming, the second is sorted, and reccommends contacting Robert Solitano regarding the budget. Sente asks to try and schedule a meeting with him that day, and also that he made need Patrick to stay late that day as "CS is looking for a financial report." Patrick cancels his raquetball appointment with Garnett. However, the CS financial report seems to be a ruse, because he then asks Lyssa Ling to attend a special meeting of the puzzle scribes. (via Leaked E-mails.)
3rd Oct '05 Caine steals Tippy's stapler, the utter bastard. (via Leaked E-mails.)
6th Oct '05 Violet finally heads over over to the central archives to meet her friend Cumber and gets her hands on The Book! Sadly, it's been nearly ruined, but she's confident that Kurt will be able to get something out of it and promises to swing by tommorrow.
7th Oct '05 And that's exactly what happens. Ah, they're such a great team...

Meanwhile, Tippy asks Garnett out for dinner and he abruptly turns her down. Then she asks everyone else on the puzzle scribe team out for a wild partying session instead. Von notices she didn't invite Garnett, Tippy disparages Garnett, and Aiko unleashes a deserved smackdown. She's loyal to Garnett because he looked after her when she was arrested. (via Leaked E-mails.)

11th Oct '05 Violet observes that the pages of The Book which mention the Third Power are a lot more water-damaged than the ones that don't. "Creepy, huh?" We're inclined to agree.
19th Oct '05 Violet delivers some first quotes from The Book, and not a moment too soon. The Third Power is described as one of the Cube's "guardian cults" in the period immediately following the war.
27th Oct '05 Violet posts some symbols from The Book. Stirring stuff, eh?
1st Nov '05 Finally, Violet has some more dirt from The Book on The Third Power, suggesting it has deep roots at the Academy. She's also working hard on the War Exhibit.
7th Nov '05 Kurt chimes in with his take on restoring information from The Book: "all my copious spare time is being consumed by Violet's latest crazy project." Only because you love her, Kurty-boy.
9th Nov '05 Violet posts the final instalment from The Book, a list of implausibly famous characters from PXC history who the author claims were members of the Third Power. But Aiko remembers she's seen the 3P Symbol somewhere - specifically, in Sanjean Adamek's house...
12th (or 13th) Nov '05 Kurt visits the War Exhbit with his current crush, Sarah. She goes "all quiet" when he mentions his investigations with Violet and then is decidedly non-committal about seeing him again. Lesson: Talking a lot about your totally great not-girlfriend is a losing tactic.
22nd Nov '05 Long time no see, Violet! She's been pokering about again, visited her uncle Sanjean Adamek and confirmed that the Third Power symbol is definitely in his house, and that it was put there by the original builder, Anthony Granier and that Aiko had, in fact, turned up at some point previously to take photos of it. Fortunately Granier is famous and prolific diarist, and she tried to get access to the rarest original ones. No deal - you need to be a published researcher to access them.
28th Nov '05 Six days later, Violet loses patience and hits us over the head by telling us to WRITE A DAMN BOOK, ALREADY.
29th Nov '05 Violet is totally grossed by Cymbalisty's slimyness (she needed him to sign forms regarding her [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2005/11/my_visit_to_unc.html accreditation re: the Granier business) and tells Kurt about it, asking him out for a drink before dinner. (via Leaked E-mails.)
1st Dec '05 Kurt says he's been getting a lot of mail about subway stations and ceremonies. He sends us eager Cube Hunters to the Brotherhood Of The Six for the information we need...
6th Dec '05 Violet reports that Jason & Miranda, aka The Ominous Librarians, have started working at the Library. She fails to notice that they should probably be pushed under the nearest subway train ASAP, for everyone's safety. Kurt muses randomly, and also notes having spotted a rogue reporter from The Sentinel over by the Cube Research labs that day. Huh?
14th Dec '05 Violet briefs us on the latest happenings: Isaac Cymbalisty is all over Miranda like a rash, but she's still dating Kurt and it's going very well, and she's mulling over making a move on Jason, despite the fact that he just so happens to be "really interested" in the "manuscript stuff", OMFG RUN, VIOLET, RUN!
16th Dec '05 Our "trust no-one" attitude doesn't seem to have much traction in Perplex City - Kurt writes about taking Miranda out to the Finnegan/Johnson PCAG match, with a nasty headcold.
3rd Jan '06 Violet is now a fully accredited author, so it's all go go go with the manuscript. She is getting jealousy issues over Miranda. And she's having no luck with Jason who is always working on "unspecified projects". (eg: "murder, blackmail, mutilation with electric drills, transferring between realities, etc")
4th Jan '06 First instalment of Anthony Granier's diary.
5th Jan '06 Kurt says he's been thinking about it a lot, but he's finally decided to go to Gillit Road and try and find the evidence that Helena Frye is a spy. He asks the Earthlin's to try and find out who recorded the message on the Viard CD in the first place. Meanwhile, there's more hot Anthony Granier action today.
6th Jan '06 It's Graining men! Or more accurately, diary transcriptions.
10th Jan '06 First snowfall and Kindling Of The Flame. One week until the Gillit Road rendezvous.

Granier diaries, part quatre.

12th Jan '06 Violet's merciless diary transcribing onslaught continues apace. And the penultimate excerpt, too! Note also that she's been taking care to tell Jason all about it.
13th Jan '06 Violet & Jason go out for coffee, we assume. Kurt and Miranda both leave work a little early to spend a charming weekend in the country - they return on Sunday 15th.
17th Jan '06 Kurt goes to Gillit Road. He manages to disrupt what appears to be a deadly police raid on a Third Power operation, which is then resultantly botched. He gets arrested! Read here and here for his account of proceedings. Now he needs the people of Earth to find out who created the Viard recording in order to prove his innocence.
18th Jan '06 Violet expresses her sadness over Isaac Cymbalisty's death, says that the final piece of the Anthony Granier diary is safe in Police hands, and that Kurt "seems to have fallen off the map completely."
25th Jan '05 We've hacked the first stage of the Hesh Intranet (password: mixolydian) but funnily enough it turns out Kurt got there already and seems to have thought it so trivial as to be not worth mentioning. He suggests that we need to socially engineer the boards to find out who engineered the Viard album.
25th onwards It transpires we really, really suck at social engineering. We do, however, discover that the employees at Hesh have a night of playing Pyramid every Monday, so we clue Violet in to see if she fancies gatecrashing.
29th Jan '06 Violet and Kurt finally catch up with each other. Kurt tells Violet all about his escapades - as he's been keeping them hidden from everyone so far - and she is both worried and intrigued. Thankfully, she agrees to go along to the Hesh "poker night" (OK, so some confusion there, we admit) the next night to see what she can learn.
30th Jan '06 Violet turns up for some poker, only to discover they're actually playing Pyramid, which is beneath her contempt nine times over. Fortunately, she's brought along Caine to grease the wheels, and he finds out who produced the Viard album for Earth - Cyrus Quinton. Just the sort of information we were looking for, which is ace. Then Caine tries to make a move, real casual like. Busted!
1st Feb '06 Useful, but not useful enough is Kurt's take on our breakthrough. It appears Mr Quinton doesn't really exist in any meaningful sense of the word, so we need to access the password-protected filesystem within to see if it provides us with something resembling proof.
7th Feb '06 So yeah, we're finally into the filesystem! But we still can't access Cyrus's secret files. "Enter, those who know what the builder called men under my star" is the clue we pick up from one of his public files. We aren't really sure where to go with this. This isn't helping Kurt (who's now being tailed, incidentally) - can Violet help?
8th Feb '06 Violet says there's no chance of us getting any clues from any Holy Books unless we can provide more information. She asks us to pass on our regards to Alejo, despite "having a few troubles with musicans these days", we take this to mean our beloved Caine. My twin loyalties to rock'n'roll and geekdom have never been so stretched.
13th Feb '06 Kurt is horrified by our discovery but relieved he can now clear his name with Detective Frye.
15th Feb '06 Kurt meets Helena Frye in a cheap cafè on Alchemy Bay to hand over the evidence - read here and here. Not only is he exonerated (definitely better than being exsanguinated) but he discovers that the people at Gillit Road were "building something big... that required a clean room." And that this all ties in to the technology that's been going missing from The Academy. (Remember: Bernardo Holyoke, Five of Cups, Reynolds Ionisers, etc.)
8th March '06
9th Mar '06 Violet's back from a long absence of "not feeling like blogging much lately" what with her boss topping himself and everything. She's been "going for lunch" (which I'm starting to think is a euphenism) with Caine, and the verdict on him is funny but messy. Regarding Jason, he's hot stuff, but there's no chemistry. (Also: he's obviously evil.) Most importantly, she misses Kurt. Awwwwwww.

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