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| ! width="150px" | ''That's the date! ''
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| | '''That's what happened!'''
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| | 3rd Jan '06
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| | Violet is [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/progress.html 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")
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| | 4th Jan '06
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| | First instalment of [[Anthony Granier]]'s [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/granier_diaries.html diary].
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| | 5th Jan '06
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| | [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/01/gillit_road.html 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 [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/granier_diaries_1.html today].
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| | 6th Jan '06
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| | It's Graining men! Or more accurately, [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/granier_diaries_2.html diary transcriptions].
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| | 10th Jan '06
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| | First snowfall and Kindling Of The Flame. One week until the [[Gillit Road]] rendezvous.
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| [[Anthony Granier|Granier]] diaries, part [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/granier_diaries_3.html quatre].
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| | 12th Jan '06
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| | Violet's merciless [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/granier_diaries_4.html diary transcribing onslaught] continues apace. And the [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/granier_diaries_5.html penultimate excerpt], too! Note also that she's been taking care to tell [[Jason]] ''all'' about it.
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| | 13th Jan '06
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| | Violet & Jason go out for coffee, we assume. Kurt and Miranda don't leave work [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/01/the_flame.html a little early] to spend a charming weekend in the country as they claim! Instead Miranda has Kurt [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/the_actor.html cover for her] leaving work early by telling him that she needs to get more pills for her supposed Barrow-Feld syndrome and (presumably) somehow finds a way to slip some Ceretin 6 to Cymbalisty, resulting in his death.
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| | 14th Jan '06
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| | [[Isaac Cymbalisty]] is [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/cymbalisty.html found dead in his home] after (probably) ingesting a deadly cocktail of Ceretin 5 and Ceretin 6.
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| | 16th Jan '06
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| | Miranda [[:Image:PXC978C675_WITNESS_KATSOULIS_MIRANDA_P000.jpg| lies to the police]] about leaving town with Kurt on the 13th. Presumably [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/the_actor.html Kurt does as well] though his interview isn't in the police file on Cymbalisty's death.
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| | 17th Jan '06
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| | 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 [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/01/helena_frye_and.html here] and [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/01/interrogation.html 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.
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| | 18th Jan '06
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| | Violet [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/01/cymbalisty.html 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."
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| | 25th Jan '06
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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 boards to find out who engineered the Viard album.
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| | 25th Jan '06 +
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| | 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 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]]. 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
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| | [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
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| | 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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| | 8th Feb '06
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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 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
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| | [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
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| | 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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| |8th March '06
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| |[[Miranda]] has gone off "up north" teaching kids to run, so Kurt is [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/03/relationships.html feeling a bit lonely], bless him. More relevant to our inquiries: he's acknowledged that we'd like him to help with the Anna/Cymbalisty thing, and says he "might send a note to Anna" about it. Which, lets face it, is better than running off screaming.
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| | 9th Mar '06
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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. 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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| | 10th Mar '06
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| | Kurt and Anna have a [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/03/isaac_and_cymba.html blazing row] when Anna asks him to set up a phone-based comms link between Earth and the police hotline, and he tells her to "get over it and stop making up conspiracy theories." Kurt Hits For -10 HP!
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| Later that day, he posts a [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/03/counterpoint_1.html counterpoint]. Or at least that's what he says, but generally maintains that [[Anna]] is delusional and us Earthlings are just plain naive. To be fair, he might have a point. A glimmer of hope: he says he'll hear Anna out.
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| | 13th Mar '06
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| | Ah, Kurt is managing to be [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/03/remapping_1.html spectacularly irate] while evidently slowly coming around to the idea of setting up the PXC-Earth phonelink. Nice bit of off-key sexism from a random player, you'll notice.
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| | 14th Mar '06
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| | Kurt crumbles like a nice old bit of cheese, and agrees to set up the link, which is here. Then it's all go go go! We start calling in a massive crime-wave, even with some level of co-ordination, which must be a first for us. Some people get a bit overexcited and call in bomb threats, murders and the like, which is exactly what Kurt has asked us not to do, but never mind.
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| | 16th Mar '06
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| | Kurt [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/03/and_consequence.html explains] how he was convinced to help, but isn't best pleased with our antics. And if I may say so, rightfully so.
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| | 31st Mar '06
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| | Scarlett leaves Claire and Allain in Anjsbourg and is on her way back to Perplex City.
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| | 12th Apr '06
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| | Miranda leaves for what she claims is a conference and visit to her parents. ([http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/04/cognivia_and_a.html Link])
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| | 24th Apr '06
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| | [[Oistin Meade]] sets up a survey for Earth people. In exhange, he will give Anna a report on Ceretin 6, the new as-yet-unreleased version of Ceretin.
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| | 29th/30th Apr '06
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| | Miranda returns from what she claims was a conference and family visit.
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| | 2nd May '06
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| | Oistin Meade provides the report on Ceretin 6, via Anna Heath.
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| | 4th May'06
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| | Kurt hacks into the Cognivia database via a note found in Miranda's apartment. The hack probably alerts Miranda via her key. He finds out that she was hoarding Ceretin 6 during the trial and is the one who killed [[Isaac Cymbalisty]] by feeding him the unreleased version of Ceretin that has no overdose protection. ([http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/finding_the_out_1.html Link])
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| Kurt calls Miranda who goes on the run and ditches her key. ([http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/the_actor.html Link])
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| | 5th May '06
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| | Kurt's key is hacked, so he adds "an extra layer of security to my key in order to make life very unpleasant for anyone attempting to hack in again". ([http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/fantasies.html Link])
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| He then goes to Miranda's apartment, which explodes in a "gas leak" and leaves him in hospital with injuries, concussion and a [[Old Town Explosion|mysterious note]].
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| We solve the puzzle and send Violet off to Augur Park Station where she finds locker 7196 and Miranda, who promptly legs it and loses Violet, despite Violet's vigorous training regimen of poker bars and gigs. Back in the locker Violet finds a key, clothes and provisions. ([http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/05/a_matter_of_lif.html Link]}
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| | 6th May '06
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| | Miranda hires a pleasure cruiser from a place in Portside Docks and is recognised and reported as a missing person after she leaves. The Coast Guard are sent to retrieve her. ([http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/concussed.html Link])
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| | 7th May '06
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| | The Coast Guard report that the cruiser hired by Miranda was empty. Kurt sets up a global information search for her. ([http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/empty.html Link])
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| | 8th May '06
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| | Kurt is [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/vital_statistic.html released from hospital] and post results of an [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/global_search.html audio search] for the sound "Miranda". He also discovers that she needs a drug called Oxxypro regularly.
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| | 9th May '06
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| | From the audio records, Kurt decides that Miranda is probably heading west. [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/drowsington.html Kurt goes to Drowsington], as it's a nearby town west of Perplex City that will provide Miranda with Oxxypro without her needing to use public transport.
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| | 10th May '06
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| | Violet meets Kurt in Drowsington. [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/the_getaway.html Miranda shows up] at the Drowsington pharamacy. When confronted by Kurt she holds a knife to a customer's throat and Kurt lets her escape. [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/05/dead_ends.html Violet tries to head her off] at the ferry but is seen and Miranda runs, eventually deciding to head to [[Stone Mills]] on foot.
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| | 11th May '06
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| | Violet and Kurt have a [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/05/home_again_home.html massive row] over Kurt's obsession with finding Miranda. Violet returns to Perplex City leaving Kurt in Drowsington. Kurt takes the train to [[Stone Mills]] and [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/calm.html pokes around in Miranda's things] from [[Augur Park Station]], finding and using some experimental tissue treatment on his injured ankle so it will heal quickly. He also blocks all Violet's calls and messages from his key.
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| | 12th May '06
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| | Violet calls [[Caine]] over to her place but she's [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/05/home_again_home.html 'too miserable'] for him so he leaves her to worry over Kurt by herself.
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| Kurt sets up the Stone Mills security cameras to examine people and their walking patterns and log matches for Miranda. He uploads the results to the [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/map.html map] on his website. These lead him all around town on false leads and Miranda [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/over_the_bridge.html escapes again].
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| | 13th May '06
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| | Miranda heads to [[Ryefield]]. Kurt follows, realising that on Tuesday the rail system will have a [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/who_are_you.html firmware upgrade], meaning that Miranda can use a train without being picked up by Missing Persons. He [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/a_charged_silen.html talks to station staff] and the pharmacist at Ryefield alerting them to keep an eye out for her. He also visits a doctor who is surprised at his speedy recovery (owing to the experimental cream from 11th May).
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| | 14th May '06
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| | Violet has dinner with Caine at Conundra. [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/05/news_of_the_tra.html Kurt calls her], interrupting their dinner-and-puzzle. Kurt and Violet have an awkward conversation and apologise to each other for the fight. (Awww.) Violet refuses to reveal who she was talking with to Caine, driving him crazy, and decides to dig into Miranda's background for any helpful information.
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| | 16th May '06
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| | [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/arrested.html Kurt is arrested] for 'loitering with malicious intent'! We need to stop Miranda getting on a train so we use the [[Perplex City Rail System|Perplex City Rail]] website to book up all the seats on all the trains running from Ryefield so that Miranda can't get on. Miranda is still at the station when Kurt is released but on seeing him she [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/barriers.html jumps the barriers] and hops on a train leaving Kurt in the dust.
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| | 17th May '06
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| | Violet [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/05/ive_found_somet.html looks up Miranda's library borrowings] and finds out that Miranda has been reading about Corant Caves, the Dedant ridge and the [[Silburn-Griggs]] mine.
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| Kurt heads out to the spot where Miranda was last seen and [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/overcast.html sets up camp].
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| | 18th May '06
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| | Kurt talks a lot about some game called [http://www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2006/05/counterpoint.html Counterpoint] on his way to Silburn-Griggs.
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| Violet [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/05/delving_into_si.html reads a lot] about [[Silburn-Griggs]], realises that it is hazardous and that a ferrogramatograph would be useful and passes on the info to Kurt.
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| | 19th May '06
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| | Violet reads more about Silburn-Griggs and ferrogramatographs and discovers that the [[Academy|Academy Museum]] has several. She is challenged by the Academy Museum staff when she [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2006/05/got_it.html goes to borrow a ferrogramatograph] and tries to name-drop [[Sente|her father]] in order to get it. The museum call [[Sente]] who approves her with the condition "We are going to have a talk very soon aren't we, Violet?"
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| [[Scarlett]] hears about Violet's adventure from their 'hopping mad' father and lends Violet her car, complete with [[Anjsbourg]] camping gear. Violet sees mysterious camping gear and battered car and notes this for a later conversation with Scarlett. She drives towards Silburn-Griggs leaving Scarlett in Perplex City.
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