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(in chronological order)
Chapter 1: Find her...
February 12
- Ariadne Wakes up in a labyrinth carved out of a corn field in South Africa.
February 29
- Packages began arriving numerous people in many countries
- including the reference to Findthelostring.com, which showed the text:
- Ariadne... hang in there, my guys are working on the site as we speak!
- I had to call in a lot of favors to get something built so quickly... but trust me, you're going to love it, it's exactly what you need. I'll get the guys to work all weekend on it, it should be up first thing Monday morning. Get the video ready, I'm sure someone will recognize you... -- Kai
March 3
- Ariadne is found on Findthelostring.com (which went live today)
- Ariadne: Meet Kai
- She posts the video Kai sent her, where he discusses the new site he's working on for her.
- She recounts her experience waking up Feb 12. The doctors' analysis showed there was nothing wrong with her, other than an extremely rare amnesia, and a body in excellent Olympic-caliber condition. They called her Ariadne due to where she was found, and she was released from the hospital. She only had somewhere to go thanks to Kai.
- She recounts her experience waking up Feb 12. The doctors' analysis showed there was nothing wrong with her, other than an extremely rare amnesia, and a body in excellent Olympic-caliber condition. They called her Ariadne due to where she was found, and she was released from the hospital. She only had somewhere to go thanks to Kai.
- She met Kai in hospital (having broken his toe). They exchanged their stories, and Kai attached himself to her by calling himself her "guardian angel". he's very technically minded, so took her out exploring the city and various online venues trying to jog some of her memory, to no effect. He paid for their hospital stay, and bought her her laptop.
- For three weeks a dream has been haunting her. In the first half, she's reliving the moments around when she awoke in the labyrinth, struggling to remove a pair of goggles and stand. The second half is different - six goggles surround her, and as she picks them up, she hears voices in other languages, yet feels increasingly comfortable and sure. She feels it's a message and something deep downin her knows more.
- An image of he clothes she awoke in - opaque goggles and a 'weird stretchy workout thing'.
- An image of he clothes she awoke in - opaque goggles and a 'weird stretchy workout thing'.
- An image of the tattoo on her arm, which reads: trovu la ringon perditan. She asks for email help, sent to ariadnelost(at)gmail.com.
- An image of the tattoo on her arm, which reads: trovu la ringon perditan. She asks for email help, sent to ariadnelost(at)gmail.com.
- A photo from within a corn maze / labyrinth, with approximate GPS coordinates of the location, just outside Johannesburg. A popular tourist attraction, but she woke on a day with no tours. The managers think it may have just been a prank.
- A photo from within a corn maze / labyrinth, with approximate GPS coordinates of the location, just outside Johannesburg. A popular tourist attraction, but she woke on a day with no tours. The managers think it may have just been a prank.
- A video blog where Ariadne explains her situation. Key points: After waking up blindfolded in a corn field (a labyrinth) just outside Johannesburg, doctors say she has - Functional Focal Retrograde Amnesia. She has a tattoo on her arm that reads "trovu la ringon perditan", Esperanto for "find the lost ring". There's absolutely no leads as to her identity or history, friends or family. She's in top physical condition, that of an 'Olympic champion'.
Chapter 2: Find them...
March 3
- Markus is found
- via a flickr photo quoting his tattoo, which leads to his profile.
- Meihui is found
- via a truveo video
- Diego is found
- on Hi5, as well as his google video
- Noriko is found
- on youtube, and her blog that links to it
- Markus is thankful for some help, and wants to know how it's known his tattoo is in Esperanto.
- She wonders if she has family somewhere, and she describes the labyrinth she awoke in as much larger than Markus's, with 11 loops around it.
- She has connected with Diego, both knowing a bit of each others' languages (english and spanish)
- He confirms he's contacted Ariadne, and describes his experience waking up: In Buenos Ares, with a black blindfold, black jogging suit, and white t-shirt.
- Tells that he was blindfolded and awokes in a maze. Says he was wearing white shorts and a narrow white t-shirt.
- Thinks that it's crazy that so many people have the same tattoo and appeared like him. Asked chippy if she saw anything odd on February 12th cause she lives somewhere near him.
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- Ariadne replied to an email from HitsHerMark about connecting with Markus, and working with the community (full text)
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March 4
- A message to her readers - her life's weird, but she's loving that has so many new friends helping her now. Best theory proposed: she's an olympian, as are the other six people in similar situations as herself. She feels the net step is to find a connection between the "Lost Ring" and the Olympics, starting here. She also made a general to-do list, including info about how she's practicing T'ai Chi Ch'uan (and is quite skilled at it, picking it up instantly) - 108 forms. She links her instant skill with "kinesthetic memory" - muscle memory.
- She discusses the fact that she's been connected with the other 6 people like her - Markus, Noriko, MeiHui, Diego, Lucie, and Renata - all with amnesia, waking up a month ago in a labyrinth, tattooed. Larissa described Renata's situation - it happened our years ago for her, but had since disappeared.
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March 5
- Lucie is found at http://icilucie.skyrock.com/
Chapter 3: Find him...
March 5
- Eli Hunt is found at thelostgames.com
- Markus wrote in an email about a word coming suddenly into his mind: thumos696 (full text)
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- Diego has written the word mythopoeia696 on the ground in his newest video.
- Meihui mentions several time the word sofia696 in her newest video.
- Noriko has written the word sophrosune696 on the ground in her newest video.
- Eli Hunt prepares a lecture he will give in Cardiff as announced in an email (full text).
- Ariadne: This guy knows more about the lost ring than he's saying
- She assumes that Eli Hunt knows more about "the lost ring" and she hopes that we can make him talk.
March 6
- She wants to fly to Cardiff to meet Eli Hunt.
- The last sentence Let's just say they are some odd fellows in the bunch led to the following address:
- Oddfellows Friendly Society,
19 Newport Rd, Cardiff, CF24 0AA,
United Kingdom
(Oddfellows Homepage)
- Oddfellows Friendly Society,
- The last sentence Let's just say they are some odd fellows in the bunch led to the following address:
March 7
- Findthelostring.com now includes sections for each of Markus, Diego, Meihui, Noriko, Lucie, and Larissa's blogs
- Thelostring.com becomes active (link)
- A trailer is revealed (with hidden clues), and known data is organized in a spiffy section, along with links to each character's homepages.
March 8
- She wrote that a similar story happened many years before. In the email is a link to a spanish video and three images are attached.
- The coordinates on Monica's postcard have been identified
- as Madrid, London, Copenhagen, Boston, Toronto and Rio de Janeiro (see also Puzzles)
- She finally met Eli Hunt in Cardiff. Eli will eventually help us.
March 10
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- Second trailer on http://www.thelostring.com/index.htm
- Forum/community discussion areas went live for each person at Findthelostring.com
Chapter 4: Find the secret...
March 11
- Eli Hunt's 3rd podcast "The Omphalos Code" is made available at TheLostGames.com
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- Eli Hunt's secret podcast "The Secret Artifact" is made available at a secret page on TheLostGames.com
- Eli Hunt sent an email containing links to the secret podcast and "the secret" (full text)
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March 12
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- MeiHui: a secret site? 祕密网站? (link) (includes new video)
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- Larissa: A mensagem de Monica (link) (includes new video)
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- Lucie: le site secret de eli hunt (link) (includes new video)
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- Ariadne updated her entry He wants to share his secret (link)
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Chapter 5: Recover the secret...
March 13
- The first Omphalos location was identified on 164.109.150.213 (the location of the green dot)
- rangerd identified the location along the coast of Newfoundland as STEPHENVILLE, a command recognized by the interface. The response was a navigation coordinate: 20478 Scorpio 24 degrees.
- Noriko: 歴史学者のハントさんと、秘密のサイト (link) (includes new video)
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- Larissa: A confissão de Eli (link) (includes new video)
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- Markus: Eli Hunt's Geheime Webseite (link) (includes new video)
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- Monica uploads a new 2 part video (1, 2) commenting about recent discoveries, and that Neptune's Fountain may hold some clues.
- The first Artifact location was identified on 164.109.150.213 following the instructions given by Omphalos #1
March 14
- Seems he's hoping he's harder to recognize by 'the people behind this thing'. And includes a small photo of his new hair.
- Ariadne: We have proof! But what does it mean?? (link) (includes new video)
- Ariadne: Look what I found: Weird hidden documents! (link) (includes images of 2 pages at the Cardiff artifact location)
- Ariadne has picked up artifact #1 from Cardiff, revealing a message from Jorge and his circle of six who suffered a similar set of circumstances long ago. We are charged to help find all 27 chapters of the Codex of the Lost Ring, in order to save help our six amnesiacs save the world. This is page 1.
March 15
- Another Artifact location was identified on 164.109.150.213. Dongying became active as Omphalos #3
- A full high-quality document of the pages Ariadne found was discovered to be downloadable from 164.109.150.213 by entering its confirmation code.
- 164.109.150.213 provides a PDF download of the 2 pages by entering the confirmation codes found at the end of the 2nd page.
- Another Artifact location was discovered on 164.109.150.213. The Stephenville omphalos added a new vector.
- The STEPHENVILLE Omphalos was updated with a 2nd artifact vector. Approximately 20478 stadia Taurus 0 from Stephenville is Austin, TX.
- The second artifact was recovered from the Austin location.
- jasper has picked up artifact #2 from Austin, revealing two more pages of the Codex of the Lost Ring.
- The full document of Austin's artifact is downloadable from 164.109.150.213 by entering its confirmation code (or use this link).
March 16
- Eli Hunt emailed several people about the origin of the secret (full text)
- Years ago Eli Hunt has found a book in the national library in Athens that led him to 164.109.150.213. People received images of different pages from this book with handwritten notes.
- Ariadne calls the Omphalos location site the "ompha-puter"!
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- The third artifact was recovered from the Shanghai location. The code was relayed for direct download (link) from the Omphaputer.
- Mara and L'el coordinated a pick up of artifact #3 from Shanghai, revealing another page of the Codex of the Lost Ring.
- Another Artifact location was identified on 164.109.150.213. Ribnitz-Damgarten became active as Omphalos #2, leading to Stockholm
March 17
- Diego memory was triggered by several events and he will begin a "geographical journey".
- Ariadne advises closer consideration of the notes Eli found, and what kind of connection there is to the New Atlantis.