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[edit] Chapters 1-17

For events up to this point, please refer to the Story so far

[edit] Chapter 18: Lost Rings and Found Answers...

(May 29 - June 1)

So many exciting things have happened:

Eli revealed in his 6th podcast the secret about The Lost Rings. It seems that "The Lost Rings" is a sculpture of the Olympic Rings ordered by a unknown client in 1920 before the Antwerp Olympic Games. The only evidence that this sculpture existed is an old workorder and some legends among art dealers and collectors. The cuplture is composed of five interlocked rings, which could easily be detached from each other. Some rumours are also stating that there was a sixth ring and therefore the sculpture is also sometimes called "Sixth Ring". Nobody knows where the sculpture is nowadays.

Team San Francisco sucessfully captured and interrogated James. James could be convinced to run a personal labyrinth. During this session he had a vision about him and woman he had fallen in love with four years ago. James started to tell his and Theo's story:
Four years ago James met Toria, a member of the 2004 Agonethetai team and fall in love with her. Renata and Kentaro were also members of that team. Eli helped them, but Kentaro went "nuts" and vanished. Because only one of them could leave, Renata was choosen to go back and tell the story. But instead of Renata Toria wanted to go back and James heart was broken. Renata was also very disappointed.
Some month later Renata contacted James. She has found Kentaro, Both were members of Theo. So James decided to join, too. Theo believes that if one world succeeds, another world will fail. Therefore Theo wants to sacrifice this world, so that the other worlds will be spared.

James showed a map with 27 Theo headquarter locations. These cities are places where we can build city labyrinths to complete the Earth-omphalos, that is needed to send the six home.

Ariadne and Eli are still working on solving the whole mystery.

James gave us also the pruvo code for the Lausanne artifact

Summary of the Codex of the lost ring (Ch.25):

The 1920 team did not share all information within the codex. Some important information will be hidden in the Lost Rings, e.g. the instruction where the last labyrinth should be made, how many circuits has to be constructed, where the six has to stand and how firmly the ringof six has to be tied. They will leave something behind containing this inforamtion - that is The Promise.

...( Read the detailed list of events )

[edit] Chapter 19: I am Alex...

(June 2 - June 15)

Ariadne remembers here real name: Alex. She had a dream where her Mother called her. So at least not all of her worlds have been destroyed. Nevertheless Ariadne thinks that only those worlds survived where she had not left. Which on the other side means that there will be no world where she can return to, because either they are destroyed or there is already an Alex living.

Monica reports that the four postcards she found some time before have been stolen. This all seems like somehow connected to a the mysterious Couberteam - another fraction that popped up. [But, it seems like this part of the story is not relevant anymore]

James sends an email revealing that he has contacted us as Theo. He explains Theo's motivation and the story of Kentaro and Toria. He further explains that he has to recruit 27 new Theo members to get promoted within the Theo ranks. This is important, because that is the only way to get new information from Theo. Those 27 new members have to complete Theo missions #1 (uninitiation) and #2 (taking Theo's oath). Helping James is a new mission for Thumos and Chariton. A seond email clarifies Theo's goals once more.

Larissa wants to join Theo (at least pretending so) to get a chance to meet Renata again. But she needs a good cover story.

Ariadne wonders if we are able to win gold in the multiverse olympic games. But she wonders how fast we have to be. How fast are the other worlds? New mission for Sophrosune and Sofia to figure out how fast we have to get.

Designing City Labyrinths made progress and the first designs got approved by Eli. We should share our labyrinths and videos on seero.com. Furthermore Eli explains details about city labyrinths here and here.

A possible solution for the riddle from the last chapter of the Codex has been worked out. We perhaps know how to find the sixth ring. If all five rings are assembled there is a path through the olympic symbol. Is this the sixth ring? Is there the final message hidden?

The last two chapters of the codex were found in Bengaluru and Rio de Janeiro.

Summary of the Codex of the lost ring (Ch.26 - Ch.27):

The Search for the things the former six left behind has to begin in Antwerp 1920.
Remember: There is not a sixth ring. Though you must find it.

They can not tell us where exactly The Sixth Ring can be found. The rest seems like a final riddle:
When the words become coordinated, the worlds become coordinated.
Eight points of connection create eight short curves, out of which only five belong.
As the rings themselves, you must take one out of every continent, and make a new ring.
But not a perfect circle.
You must recreate instead the form which you see by the Omphalos.
The flattened spheroid.
Only worry about the untouched interiors.
When you find your way through the five rings, you will see ...
How the branching and collapsing of the universes are first --------------
to above not and then to below yes, and then
to below not and then to above yes, and then
to above not and then to below yes, and finally are
to below yes and then to above yes.
... there were always six rings.

...( Read the detailed list of events )

[edit] Chapter 20: Raising Omphstrength...

(June 16 - June 19)

Our first two city labyrinths have been completed: San Francisco and Manila. The omphstrength command on the omphaputer showed our new succes. A third city labyrinth was sucessfully completed by Team Munich.

Besides the omphstrength command a new omphaputer command became active: TRAINING. It shows the actual labyrinth records of the other worlds:

TRAINING/NUMA: Numa | 3 Circuit: 14.12 | 7 Circuit: 1:38
TRAINING/KENORLAND: Kenorland | 3 Circuit: 15.8 | 7 Circuit: 1:43.25
TRAINING/GAEA: Gaea | 3 Circuit: 13.59 | 7 Circuit: 2:30
TRAINING/GONDWANA: Gondwana | 3 Circuit: 15.5 | 7 Circuit: 1:35
TRAINING/PANGEA: Pangea | 3 Circuit: 13.41 | 7 Circuit: 1:29
TRAINING/PANGEA/ULTIMA: Pangea Ultima | 3 Circuit: 16.52 | 7 Circuit: 1:50

So our world (Gaea) is good but not the best. We need more training.

Markus took Theo's oath. It seems like he found a partner and tries to help James to get promoted.

James/Theo emailed a new mission to the Theo mission teams: Third Mission: Stay Blind: People have to write "stay blind" on a piece of cloth and blindfold public statues.

Omphstrength Status:

OMPH STRENGHT 72.96
Network Incomplete
Knots complete: 3
Knots remaining: 24

Labyrinth Records:
3-circuit: Pangea (13.41) [Gaea: 13.59]
7-circuit: Pangea (1:29) [Gaea: 2:30]

...( Read the detailed list of events )

[edit] Chapter 21: Do not trust...

(June 20 - June 25)

Event though Ariadne wanted to stay away from labyrinths she did again a personal labyrinth. She had the feeling that one of them is a pretender. So she aligned with a parallel Alex who was on her mission in Munich. And with her was a "true" Thumos, named Mauritz. He was tall, pale, thin, and he had dark hair – and he definitely WASN’T Markus. Ariadne believes that Markus is just pretending to be our Thumos and that we can't trust Markus.

Markus immediately reacts saying that he just woke up with amnesia like the others, that he can't remember anything else and that we have to belive him. But only a few hours later he posted a video with his desychronisation task. But it seems like he is not just doing the Theo tasks to help James getting promoted, but because he really thinks, Theo is right. He does not tell who his partner is.

Larissa's desynchronisation task has also been published. Besides helping James she has also a personal reason to join Theo: meeting Renata again. And her mission is sucessful. At least she got a message from Renata.

James send an email that he sucessfully found 27 new Theo members and reported his promotion. He also included a list with 18 new knot cities. Markus is exicited, because James could now call the voice message system of Theo. What messages does Theo share there?

We are constantly increasing the omphstrength: Bangkok, Wellington, and Melbourne have city labyrinths!

Omphstrength Status:

OMPH STRENGHT 86.30
Network Incomplete
Knots complete: 6
Knots remaining: 21

Labyrinth Records (no changes):
3-circuit: Pangea (13.41) [Gaea: 13.59]
7-circuit: Pangea (1:29) [Gaea: 2:30]

...( Read the detailed list of events )

[edit] Chapter 22: Mystery Message, Voice Message and Kentaro...

(June 26 - July 4)

Ariadne and Eli received a mysterious message. Seems like there is a new ally. The unknown person signed the message with "-E." and he wrote that he met several years ago someone like Ariadne in Los Angeles. "E." states that he is an olympic athlete, has a degree in Physics, knows how to win gold and that he wants to help us to win the Multiverse Games. Who is the unknown athlete? Ariadne suggested to contact him via this address: ftwmcdSPLATgmail.com

People who contacted "E." received soon a reply from somone with the nick "400 Runner". Could it be that E. is Edwin Moses?

James got access to the Theo voice message system. He found a voice message about the "La Sesa Ringo". Unfortunately he deleted the message and... the message was in Dutch. So he wanted us to find out the content of the message, come up with a decoy message and put this back on the voice message system.
The message contained omphalos directions to the city where the First Lost Ring is waiting for the ring transporter to be picked up: Wellington. Another code based on a labyrinth on the city map revealed the Pop Up Gallery as the ring location. Finally a riddle lead to the password (=SPHINX) for the ring keeper to get the ring. Parallel to translating and decoding a fake message was put on the message system.
Finally, Team Wellington successfully picked up the First Lost Ring. The Ring contained an inscription, but the information seems not so important up to now.

Soon after the first ring was found, James emailed a second voice message. This time the language was Armenian, which naturally took some time to get translated. The Lost Ring Number Two was situated somewhere in Tokyo and the ring keeper password has been identified as CLEOPATRA. But the location in Tokyo has not been identified, yet.

Larissa encountered Kentaro. Kentaro said that Markus has been with The Opposition all along. Because Markus didn't remembered fast enough Theo forced him to do all those labyrinth runs in Dubai. And it seems like Markus really is with Theo. He posted on his blog that we should try to stop the raising of the omphstrength.

No new city labyrinths have been finished in the meantime.

Omphstrength Status (no changes):

OMPH STRENGHT 86.30
Network Incomplete
Knots complete: 6
Knots remaining: 21

Labyrinth Records (no changes):
3-circuit: Pangea (13.41) [Gaea: 13.59]
7-circuit: Pangea (1:29) [Gaea: 2:30]

...( Read the detailed list of events )

[edit] Chapter 23: For the win...

(July 7 - July 14)

Our mysterious ally revealed his identity. It is really Edwin Moses who wants to help our multiversal olympic teams. He writes that there will be one team from each continent participating in the Muliversal Olympics. Only the best city from each continent will participate. 11 players are needed for the 3-circuit and 16 players for the 7-circuit labyrinth. Each team should send him the city name, the training records and the names of the players.

Congratulations to Team Tokyo. They successfully recovered the Lost Ring Number Two. It was found in the Gallery Saka.

Congratulations also to Team Wellington. They run new world-records for the 7-circuit and the 3-circuit labyrinth.
Also Team Shanghai reported a new world record for the 3-circuit labyrinth in a time of 10.25. Unfortunatley this record was not valid due to some irregularities.

James emailed a third voice message. The language was Hindu. From the translation we decoded the following information: Lost Ring Number Three is somewhere in Manchester and the password is THERMANTIA. Additionally we knew that the entrance of the labyrinth was at the [EliHunt/Email/20080714-1|"Night and Day Cafe"]], but it was not clear where to look for the gallery. James finally suggested these three galleries: The Art Sugery, Natural Eye, and Richard Goodall Gallery.

but James also forwarded a message from Theo. Theo detected some irregularities with the Lost Rings.

Many new city labyrinths has been run in the meantime. Toronto, Vienna and London as well as Kyoto, Paris, Austin, Dallas, Madrid, and La Plata.

Omphstrength Status:

OMPH STRENGHT 189.7
Network Incomplete
Knots complete: 15
Knots remaining: 12

Labyrinth Records:
3-circuit: Gaea (12.06)
7-circuit: Pangea (1:19.92) [Gaea: 1:25.25]

...( Read the detailed list of events )

[edit] Chapter 24: Complications...

(July 15 - July 21)

Ariadne wants us to get ready for August 23/24 and Edwin Moses, our new Lost Sport Coach gives some additional hints how to win gold.

Due to all the new information about Markus, Ariadne wonders who are our family, friends, enemies, teammates?. She wants us to share our ideas with Monica. Monica finally posted several of the speculations sent to her.

Team Manchester found the third lost ring in the Richard Goodall Gallery. Unfortunately they encounterd some complications. The person who found the ring location, was for some reasons nor allowed to pick up the ring. The ring keeper mistrusted him. James and Eli immediately reacted to the incident James Mail #1, James Mail #2 and Eli Mail.

The next day the ring has been successfully picked up. Nevertheless, it seems like Theo knows something and is getting more cautious. James forwarded a Theo message: From now on each ring transporter has to be identified before getting the ring by sending a video to Theo for verification.

James emailed a fourth voice message. The language was Russian. From the translation we decoded the following information: Lost Ring Number Four is somewhere in Buenos Aires and the password is PENATHLON. Additionally we finally knew that the ring is at the Esperanto Society, a headquarter of Theo.

So the ring is not in plain sight anymore. How should we get it? Just walking in and saying the password won't work. Diego suggested a plan: Contact the Esperanto Society for some language courses, than find the rinf, steal it and run! Helping Diego is a new mission for Sophrosune and Thumos.

New city labyrinths has been run in Salvador, Laval and Garden City. But even though the omphstrength is already very high, the network is still incomplete. We need some city knots in the north. Finding allies in Alaska and Scandinavia is a new mission for Dikaiosune, Chariton and Sofia.

Omphstrength Status:

OMPH STRENGHT 201.4
Network Incomplete
Knots complete: 18
Knots remaining: 9

Labyrinth Records (no changes):
3-circuit: Gaea (12.06)
7-circuit: Pangea (1:19.92) [Gaea: 1:25.25]

...( Read the detailed list of events )

[edit] Chapter 25: Two final ring missions...

(July 22 - July 31)

Even though Ring number four is not in our hands, James emailed a fifth voice message. The language was English, so no difficulties with translating the message. But for getting Lost Ring Number Five the Ring Keeper has to be contacted via email and the email address is encoded. We finally managed to decode the address to TheOP79843SPLATgmail.com. 79843 is the zip code of Marfa, Texas.

Ring Keeper #5 has been contacted sucessfully. He said that the Ring Transporter has to come to Marfa. He also sent detailled instructions regarding the dead drop:
The ring transporter has to be dressed like a street musician.
The ring master will contact him via a tip in the hat.

So we finally have two difficult missions to get the last two rings.

Team Buenos Aires managed to get into the Esperanto Society. They found the ring hidden in a toilet room. So they steal it and run away. Now we have ring number four.

Team Marfa dressed up like street musicians and finally the Ring Master put some money in the hat. On the money was athe following message: PARKING LOT/974 FLV. They found the ring in a box in the back of an SUV. Great, we have all five rings.

Other great news: Gaea holds the new worlds records!.

Markus decided to travel to Bejing.

And we almost finished the Earth-Omphalos. New city labyrinths has been run in Cambridge and Duncan as well as in Martinsborough and Buenos Aires.

Omphstrength Status:

OMPH STRENGHT 237.11
Network Incomplete
Knots complete: 22
Knots remaining: 5

Labyrinth Records:
3-circuit: Gaea (10.69)
7-circuit: Gaea: (59.15)

...( Read the detailed list of events )

[edit] Chapter 26: Athletic synchronization optimized...

(August 1 - August 6)

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Researchers found out new amazing things about the Antikythera Mechanism, a kind of ancient computer. Ariadne asked us to make a guest podcast for Eli. LeHall made a fantastic podcast (link)

Ariadne posted an important message from Eli. It is of course possible to build mulitversal olympic teams with less people. So it is not required to have 11 team members for a 3-circuit or 16 team members for a 7-circuit labyrinth run.

Soon the olympic games in Beijing will start. We have to take the Agonthetai oath during the opening ceremony on August 8th.

Again the times for running the Lost Sports have been improved.

And finally:
After the Boulder, Kitchener, Tokyo and Bergen Labyrinths we completed the omph knot with labyrinths in Los Angeles, Montreal, Ingolstadt and Nuremberg. So actually we have a omphstrength of 315.74 and 30 city labyrinths - 3 more than needed and athletic synchronization is optimized.

Omphstrength Status:

OMPH STRENGHT 315.74
Network Complete
Knots complete: 27+3
Athletic synchronization optimized

Labyrinth Records:
3-circuit: Gaea (9.59)
7-circuit: Gaea: (49.15)

...( Read the detailed list of events )

[edit] Chapter 27: Let the games begin...

(August 8 - August 13)

August 8 was the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing. The allies posted ther oath: Monica's oath, Mei Hui's oath, Diego's oath, Noriko's oath, Larissa's oath and Ariadne's oath.

We had a big ring reunification party and many people met in a chatroom to [Ariadne/080810-id1798 discuss the last message] of the sixth ring. There are still aome open topics:
The "5 and 1" dilemma
The "40 stadia from the opening ceremonies" challenge
The "11 by design" labyrinth
The "sum of sports" question
The "flare" plan
The "monumental wave" decision

Eli Hunt is especially interested in the 5+1 question and sends some emails here and here. He now things that the Gaea traveller might travel different than the others.

The Gaea olympic teams are announced: Team London, Team Tokyo, Team San Francisco, Team Wellington and Team Salvador.

Noriko met Kentaro and Ariadne is not really sure if she will leave or should stay.

...( Read the detailed list of events )

[edit] Chapter 28: Delphi vs. Beijing...

(August 14 - August 19)

Eli Hunt is sure that one has to travel from Delphi and that this person is Ariadne. But Ariande does not want to be the ONE to go to Delphi. She wants to be in Beijing.
Finally they decided that Ariadne will go to Beijing but will not leave this world. Instead of her Eli will go to Delphi and travel. Eli posted his final podcast: The Story of the Lost Rings.

Markus finally took his oath and all the allies are ready to leave for Beijing: Diego, Noriko, Lucie 1, Lucie 2, Monica, Larissa and Mei Hui.

Lucie met Markus in Heathrow and on the plane.

Finally everyone arrives in Beijing - besides Ariadne. Therefore more friends of Kai are in Beijing. They managed to train Ariadnes dance for the first time.
James checked out the labyrinth location and met Markus outside of the hotel.

...( Read the detailed list of events )

[edit] Chapter 29: Strange Ceremony...

(August 14 - August 19)

Last but least Ariadne arrived in Beijing. In the meantime some of the allies did a Beijing omphalabyrinth.

Edwin Moses posted a Welcome to the Multiverse Olympiad video. Additionally he posts six [[Ariadne/080821-id1837|messages to the six Gaea teams. Soon later he and the allies officially introduce the championship teams.

Monica, Larissa and Diego discuss how to help Renata, and realize that the fake de-synchronization ritual created by the Couberteam to fool TheO could help Renata gain TheO's trust, so they call Markus over to join in.
Mei Hui comes back to the hotel and catches Markus, Monica, James, Larissa and Diego performing the a MeiHui/080821-id1831 strange ceremony (but Mei Hui doesn't know it's fake). So she was really worried.
Diego sent an email stating that they are not Theo but will soon need our help.
Monica and Diego finally told Larissa and James that Mei Hui spotted them, and that they need to explain to her what's going on. Diego, Larissa, Monica and James explain to Mei Hui that the document and ritual were created by the Couberteam, and they need a new plan to help Renata gain TheO's trust.

Diego send out the new plan: He wants us to set up another hidden Bacon code pointing to Mei Hui's secretly filmed video of the desync labyrinth.
So LaSekto send an email to Thermantia pointing to Olympicsecrets.googlepages.com. A message was hidden there:

IT SEEMS OUR ENEMIES IN BEIIING ARE NOT AS HOME FREE AS THEY THOUGHT
YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS UIDEO WWWDOTTINYURLDOTCOMSLASHDESYNCH

Mei Hui received an email from Thermantia. Seems like Theo is believing.

...( Read the detailed list of events )

[edit] Chapter 30: Goodbye...

[edit] August 23

Diego: ¿Adios? // Farewell? (link) [new video]

Diego says "Hasta luego!" (not "Adios").

MeiHui: goodbye (link) [new video]

Mei Hui says "Goodbye".

Noriko: 皆さんありがとうございました。 // Thank you everyone. (link) [new video]

Noriko says "Thank you!"

Edwin Moses posts new videos documenting his coaching session with Team Beijing:

Coaching Team Agonothetai, Part 1 (link) [new video]

Coaching Team Agonothetai, Part 2 (link) [new video]

Coaching Team Agonothetai, Part 3 (link) [new video]

Athletics Finals at the Bird's Nest (link) [new video]

Larissa: Nosso plano funcionou! // Our plan worked! (link) [new video]

Renata called. TheO trust Renata again and she is even promoted.

Ariadne: Beijing Omphalabyrinth! (link)

Ariadne posts about the Beijing Omphalabyrinth

Ariadne: Calling all lost sport athletes! Coaching from Edwin Moses! (link)

Ariadne posts some of the(above) videos from Edwin.

Kai posts a video of Team Beijing performing Ariadne's Dance

(link) [new video]

Ariadne: We did it! 11 circuits by design, 40 stadia from the opening ceremonies... (link)

Ariadne posts the "Ariadne's Dance" video.

Noriko: ビデオのアップデートです☆ // video updates (link)

Noriko posts "Ariadne's dance" and the "Omphalabyrinth" video

Noriko: モーゼズ氏との、コーチングセッション // Mr. Moses Coaching Session (link)

Noriko posts Edwin Moses' coaching videos

Kai posts videos of Team Beijing getting ready at the Great Wall:

Noriko before our labyrinth races (link) [new video]

MeiHui at the Great Wall (link) [new video]

Diego @ The Great Wall (link) [new video]

Markus @ The Great Wall (link) [new video]

Diego and Monica Pre-Race (link) [new video]

7 Circuit Labyrinth Seed @ The Great Wall (link) [new video]

Drawing a 7 circuit labyrinth (link) [new video]

James Mutters @ The Great Wall (link) [new video]

Thanks to Pita and Ariock for the Rope Protractor (link) [new video]

Kai says goodbye (link) [new video]

Ariadne: Update from the Great Wall of China (link)

Kai posts the prep videos (s. above) on Ariadne's blog.

[edit] August 24

Kai posts videos documenting the final stage of the journey:

Goodbye @ the Great Wall -- Diego, Monica, Lucie (link) [new video]

Markus and Ariadne say Goodbye at the Great Wall (link) [new video]

MeiHui and Noriko say Goodbye at the Great Wall (link) [new video]

The Allies go home (link) [new video]

Ariadne posts her goodbye video:

A final message from me and Kai (link) [new video]

Ariadne: Traveling through the Omphalos - Goodbyes at the Great Wall of China (link)

Alex posts the aforementioned videos on her blog - and says goodbye.

Larissa: Obrigado a todos os aliados // Thanks to all the allies! (link) [new video]

Larissa posts her thanks - including a [video].

Edwin Moses posts new videos documenting the Multiverse Olympics:

3-circuit labyrinth:

Multiverse Olympiad: Team Tokyo 3 Circuit Best Time (link) [new video]

Multiverse Olympiad: Team London 3 Circuit Best Time (link) [new video]

Multiverse Olympiad: Team Wellington 3 Circuit Best Time (link) [new video]

Multiverse Olympiad: Team SF 3 Circuit Best Time (link) [new video]

Multiverse Olympiad: Team Salvador 3 Circuit Best Time (link) [new video]

Multiverse Olympiad: Team Beijing 3 Circuit Labyrinth (link) [new video]

7-circuit labyrinth:

Multiverse Olympiad: Team Wellington 7 Circuit Best Time (link) [new video]

Multiverse Olympiad: Team London 7 Circuit Best Time (link) [new video]

Multiverse Olympiad: Team SF 7 Circuit Best Time (link) [new video]

Multiverse Olympiad: Team Salvador 7 Circuit Best Time (link) [new video]

Multiverse Olympiad: Team Beijing 7 Circuit Labyrinth (link) [new video]

Summary:

The Multiverse Olympiad (link) [new video]

[edit] August 25

Ariadne: The Multiverse Olympiad - Lost Sport Championships, and my final blog post (link)

Alex posts the latest Edwin Moses videos about the lost sport.

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[edit] Chapter 18: Lost Rings and Found Answers...

[edit] Chapter 19: I am Alex...

[edit] Chapter 20: Raising Omphstrength...

[edit] Chapter 21: Do not trust...

[edit] Chapter 22: Mystery Message, Voice Message and Kentaro...

[edit] Chapter 23: For the win...

[edit] Chapter 24: Complications...

[edit] Chapter 25: Two final ring missions...

[edit] Chapter 26: Athletic synchronization optimized...

[edit] Chapter 27: Let the games begin...

[edit] Chapter 28: Delphi vs. Beijing...

[edit] Chapter 29: Strange Ceremony...

[edit] Chapter 30: Goodbye...

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+* [[Story#Prologue|Prologue]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 1: Find her...|Chapter 1: Find her...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 2: Find them...|Chapter 2: Find them...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 3: Find him...|Chapter 3: Find him...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 4: Find the secret...|Chapter 4: Find the secret...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 5: Recover the Codex...|Chapter 5: Recover the Codex...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 6: Discover your strength...|Chapter 6: Discover your strength...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 7: We're not alone...|Chapter 7: We're not alone...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 8: Uniting and training...|Chapter 8: Uniting and training...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 9: Warnings...|Chapter 9: Warnings...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 10: Contacting Eli...|Chapter 10: Contacting Eli...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 11: Memories of a Parallel World...|Chapter 11: Memories of a Parallel World...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 12: Suspicions...|Chapter 12: Suspicions...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 13: La Sekto...|Chapter 13: La Sekto...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 14: Personal and City Labyrinths...|Chapter 14: Personal and City Labyrinths...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 15: First Contacts...First Losses...|Chapter 15: First Contacts...First Losses...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 16: Ariadne danced too much...|Chapter 16: Ariadne danced too much...]]
+* [[Story#Chapter 17: Diloo...|Chapter 17: Diloo...]]
+* [[#Chapter 18: Lost Rings and Found Answers...|Chapter 18: Lost Rings and Found Answers...]]
+* [[#Chapter 19: I am Alex...|Chapter 19: I am Alex...]]
+* [[#Chapter 20: Raising Omphstrength...|Chapter 20: Raising Omphstrength...]]
+* [[#Chapter 21: Do not trust...|Chapter 21: Do not trust...]]
+* [[#Chapter 22: Mystery Message, Voice Message and Kentaro...|Chapter 22: Mystery Message, Voice Message and Kentaro...]]
+* [[#Chapter 23: For the win...|Chapter 23: For the win...]]
+* [[#Chapter 24: Complications...|Chapter 24: Complications...]]
+* [[#Chapter 25: Two final ring missions...|Chapter 25: Two final ring missions...]]
+* [[#Chapter 26: Athletic synchronization optimized... |Chapter 26: Athletic synchronization optimized...]]
+[[Timeline-Past|Historic timeline]] (events throughout history)
+|}
 ''(in chronological order)''
-=== Chapter 1: Find her... ===
+----
+=== Chapters 1-17 ===
+'''For events up to this point, please refer to the [[Story|Story so far]]'''
+=== Chapter 18: Lost Rings and Found Answers... ===
+''(May 29 - June 1)''
+<blockquote class="grey">
+{|align="right" cellpadding="3" border="1"
+|align="center"|[[Image:CanWeFindThemInTime.jpg|200px]]
+|}
+:So many exciting things have happened:
+:<br>
+:Eli revealed in his 6th podcast the secret about [[Podcast/The_Lost_Rings|The Lost Rings]]. It seems that "The Lost Rings" is a sculpture of the Olympic Rings ordered by a unknown client in 1920 before the Antwerp Olympic Games. The only evidence that this sculpture existed is an old workorder and some legends among art dealers and collectors. The cuplture is composed of five interlocked rings, which could easily be detached from each other. Some rumours are also stating that there was a sixth ring and therefore the sculpture is also sometimes called "Sixth Ring". Nobody knows where the sculpture is nowadays.
+:<br>
+:Team San Francisco sucessfully [[James_interrogated|captured and interrogated James]]. James could be convinced to run a personal labyrinth. During this session he had a vision about him and woman he had fallen in love with four years ago. James started to tell his and Theo's story:
+:Four years ago James met [[Toria]], a member of the 2004 Agonethetai team and fall in love with her. Renata and [[Kentaro]] were also members of that team. Eli helped them, but Kentaro went "nuts" and vanished. Because only one of them could leave, Renata was choosen to go back and tell the story. But instead of Renata Toria wanted to go back and James heart was broken. Renata was also very disappointed.
+:Some month later Renata contacted James. She has found Kentaro, Both were members of Theo. So James decided to join, too. Theo believes that if one world succeeds, another world will fail.  Therefore Theo wants to sacrifice this world, so that the other worlds will be spared.
+:<br>
+:James showed a map with 27 Theo headquarter locations. These cities are places where we can build city labyrinths to complete the [[Earth-omphalos]], that is needed to send the six home.
+:<br>
+:Ariadne and Eli are still working on solving [[TLR-Trailer05|the whole mystery]].
+:<br>
+:James gave us also the pruvo code for the Lausanne artifact
+<blockquote>
+:'''Summary of the Codex of the lost ring''' (Ch.25):
+:<br>
+:The 1920 team did not share all information within the codex. Some important information will be hidden in the Lost Rings, e.g. the instruction where the last labyrinth should be made, how many circuits has to be constructed, where the six has to stand and how firmly the ringof six has to be tied. They will leave something behind containing this inforamtion - that is [[Codex-Chapter25|The Promise]].
+</blockquote>
+</blockquote>
-==== February 12 ====
+'''...( [[Timeline-Chapter18|Read the detailed list of events]] )'''
-* <span class="updt">[[Ariadne]] Wakes up in a labyrinth carved out of a corn field in South Africa.</span>
+----
-<br>
-==== February 29 ====
+=== Chapter 19: I am Alex... ===
-* <span class="updt">[[Trailhead|Packages]] began arriving numerous people in many countries</span>
+''(June 2 - June 15)''
-: including the reference to [[Findthelostring.com]], which showed the text:
+<blockquote class="grey">
+{|align="right" cellpadding="3" border="1"
+|align="center"|[[Image:Alex.jpg|200px]]
+[[Image:Codex_possible_sixth_ring_solution.JPG|200px]]
+|}
+:Ariadne [[Ariadne/080603-id1646|remembers here real name: Alex]]. She had a dream where her Mother called her. So at least not all of her worlds have been destroyed. Nevertheless Ariadne thinks that only those worlds survived where she had not left. Which on the other side means that there will be no world where she can return to, because either they are destroyed or there is already an Alex living.
+:<br>
+:Monica reports that the four postcards she found some time before [[Monica/080602-id1644|have been stolen]]. This all seems like somehow connected to a the mysterious [[Couberteam]] - another fraction that popped up. [''But, it seems like this part of the story is not relevant anymore'']
+:<br>
+:James sends [[James/Email/0602|an email]] revealing that he has contacted us as Theo. He explains Theo's motivation and the story of Kentaro and Toria. He further explains that he has to recruit 27 new Theo members to get promoted within the Theo ranks. This is important, because that is the only way to get new information from Theo. Those 27 new members have to complete Theo missions [[Theo_Mission_Teams#First_Mission:_Uninitiation|#1 (uninitiation)]] and [[Theo_Mission_Teams#Second_Mission:_Theo.27s_Oath|#2 (taking Theo's oath)]]. [[Thumos#James.27_Promotion|Helping James]] is a new mission for Thumos and Chariton. A seond email [[Theo/Chat/20080613-1|clarifies Theo's goals once more]].
+:<br>
+:[[Larissa/Chat/20080610-1|Larissa wants to join Theo]] (at least pretending so) to get a chance to meet Renata again. But she needs a good cover story.
+:<br>
+:Ariadne wonders if we are able to [[Ariadne/080611-id1665|win gold in the multiverse olympic games]]. But she wonders how fast we have to be. How fast are the other worlds? New mission for Sophrosune and Sofia to [[Sofia#Runs_in_other_worlds|figure out how fast we have to get]].
+:<br>
+:Designing City Labyrinths made progress and the first designs got approved by Eli. We should [[Ariadne/080610-id1663|share our labyrinths and videos]] on seero.com. Furthermore Eli explains details about city labyrinths [[EliHunt/Chat/20080614-1|here]] and [[EliHunt/Chat/20080614-2|here]].
+:<br>
+:A possible solution for the riddle from the last chapter of the Codex has been worked out. [[Ariadne/080615-id1686|We perhaps know how to find the sixth ring]]. If all five rings are assembled there is a path through the olympic symbol. Is this the sixth ring? Is there the final message hidden?
+:<br>
+:The last two chapters of the codex were found in Bengaluru and Rio de Janeiro.
 <blockquote>
-:'''Ariadne... hang in there, my guys are working on the site as we speak!'''
+:'''Summary of the Codex of the lost ring''' (Ch.26 - Ch.27):
-: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'''
+:<br>
+:[[Codex-Chapter26|The Search]] for the things the former six left behind has to begin in Antwerp 1920.
+::''Remember: There is not a sixth ring. Though you must find it.''
+::<br>
+:They can not tell us where exactly [[Codex-Chapter26|The Sixth Ring]] can be found. The rest seems like a final riddle:
+::''When the words become coordinated, the worlds become coordinated.
+::''Eight points of connection create eight short curves, out of which only five belong.
+::''As the rings themselves, you must take one out of every continent, and make a new ring.
+::''But not a perfect circle.
+::''You must recreate instead the form which you see by the Omphalos.
+::''The flattened spheroid.
+::''Only worry about the untouched interiors.
+::''When you find your way through the five rings, you will see ...
+::''How the branching and collapsing of the universes are first --------------
+::''to above not and then to below yes, and then
+::''to below not and then to above yes, and then
+::''to above not and then to below yes, and finally are
+::''to below yes and then to above yes.
+::''... there were always six rings.
 </blockquote>
-<br>
+</blockquote>
+'''...( [[Timeline-Chapter19|Read the detailed list of events]] )'''
+----
+=== Chapter 20: Raising Omphstrength... ===
+''(June 16 - June 19)''
+<blockquote class="grey">
+{|align="right" cellpadding="3" border="1"
+|align="center"|[[Image:Omphalab_sanfrancisco_sm.jpg|200px]]
+|}
+:Our [[Ariadne/080616-id1688|first two city labyrinths]] have been completed: [[Earth-omphalos#San_Francisco.2C_CA_-_DONE|San Francisco]] and [[Earth-omphalos#Manila.2C_Philippines_-_DONE|Manila]]. The omphstrength command on the omphaputer showed our new succes. A [[Markus/080619-id1701|third city labyrinth]] was sucessfully completed by Team [[Earth-omphalos#Munich.2C_Germany_-_DONE|Munich]].
+:<br>
+:Besides the omphstrength command a new omphaputer command became active: [[OmphaputerCommands#Others|TRAINING]]. It shows the actual labyrinth records of the other worlds:
+<blockquote>
+:TRAINING/NUMA: Numa | 3 Circuit: 14.12 | 7 Circuit: 1:38
+:TRAINING/KENORLAND: Kenorland | 3 Circuit: 15.8 | 7 Circuit: 1:43.25
+:TRAINING/GAEA: Gaea | 3 Circuit: 13.59 | 7 Circuit: 2:30
+:TRAINING/GONDWANA: Gondwana | 3 Circuit: 15.5 | 7 Circuit: 1:35
+:TRAINING/PANGEA: Pangea | 3 Circuit: 13.41 | 7 Circuit: 1:29
+:TRAINING/PANGEA/ULTIMA: Pangea Ultima | 3 Circuit: 16.52 | 7 Circuit: 1:50
+</blockquote>
+:So our world (Gaea) is good but not the best. We need more training.
+:<br>
+:[[Markus/080616-id1695|Markus took Theo's oath]]. It seems like he found a partner and tries to help James to get promoted.
+:<br>
+:James/Theo [[Theo/Chat/20080618-1|emailed a new mission]] to the Theo mission teams: [[Theo_Mission_Teams#Third_Mission:_Stay_Blind|Third Mission: Stay Blind]]: People have to write "stay blind" on a piece of cloth and blindfold public statues.
+:<br>
+<blockquote>
+:'''Omphstrength Status:'''
+:<br>
+:OMPH STRENGHT 72.96
+:Network Incomplete
+:Knots complete: 3
+:Knots remaining: 24
+:<br>
+:'''Labyrinth Records:'''
+:3-circuit: Pangea (13.41) [Gaea: 13.59]
+:7-circuit: Pangea (1:29) [Gaea: 2:30]
+</blockquote>
+</blockquote>
+'''...( [[Timeline-Chapter20|Read the detailed list of events]] )'''
+----
+=== Chapter 21: Do not trust... ===
+''(June 20 - June 25)''
+<blockquote class="grey">
+{|align="right" cellpadding="3" border="1"
+|align="center"|[[Image:Markus_do_not_trust.jpg|200px]]
+|}
+:Event though Ariadne wanted to stay away from labyrinths she did again a personal labyrinth. She had the feeling that one of them is a pretender. So she aligned with a parallel Alex who was on her mission in Munich. And with her was a "true" Thumos, named [[Mauritz]]. He was tall, pale, thin, and he had dark hair – and he definitely WASN’T Markus. Ariadne believes that Markus is just pretending to be our Thumos and that [[Ariadne/080620-id1702|we can't trust Markus]].
+:<br>
+:[[Markus/080620-id1703|Markus immediately reacts]] saying that he just woke up with amnesia like the others, that he can't remember anything else and that we have to belive him. But only a few hours later he posted a video with his [[Markus/080620-id1707|desychronisation task]]. But it seems like he is not just doing the Theo tasks to help James getting promoted, but because he really thinks, Theo is right. He does not tell who his partner is.
+:<br>
+:[[Larissa#Miss.C3.A3o_.2F.2F_Mission|Larissa's desynchronisation task]] has also been published. Besides helping James she has also a personal reason to join Theo: meeting Renata again. And her mission is sucessful. At least she got a [[Larissa/080624-id1714|message from Renata]].
+:<br>
+:James send an email that he sucessfully found 27 new Theo members and [[Theo/Email/20080624-1|reported his promotion]]. He also included a list with 18 new knot cities. [[Markus/080625-id1716|Markus is exicited]], because James could now call the voice message system of Theo. What messages does Theo share there?
+:<br>
+:We are constantly increasing the omphstrength: [[Ariadne/080623-id1713|Bangkok, Wellington, and Melbourne have city labyrinths]]!
+:<br>
+<blockquote>
+:'''Omphstrength Status:'''
+:<br>
+:OMPH STRENGHT 86.30
+:Network Incomplete
+:Knots complete: 6
+:Knots remaining: 21
+:<br>
+:'''Labyrinth Records (no changes):'''
+:3-circuit: Pangea (13.41) [Gaea: 13.59]
+:7-circuit: Pangea (1:29) [Gaea: 2:30]
+</blockquote>
+</blockquote>
+'''...( [[Timeline-Chapter21|Read the detailed list of events]] )'''
+----
+=== Chapter 22: Mystery Message, Voice Message and Kentaro... ===
+''(June 26 - July 4)''
+<blockquote class="grey">
+{|align="right" cellpadding="3" border="1"
+|align="center"|[[Image:Lost_Ring_Number_One.jpg|200px]]
+[[Image:kentaro.jpg|200px]]
+|}
+:Ariadne and Eli received a [[Ariadne/080626-id1718|mysterious message]]. Seems like there is a new ally. The unknown person signed the message with "-E." and he wrote that he met several years ago someone like Ariadne in Los Angeles. "E." states that he is an olympic athlete, has a degree in Physics, knows how to win gold and that he wants to help us to win the Multiverse Games. Who is the unknown athlete? Ariadne suggested to contact him via this address: ftwmcdSPLATgmail.com
+:<br>
+:People who contacted "E." received soon a reply from somone with the nick [[EdwinMoses/Email/20080626-1|"400 Runner"]]. Could it be that E. is Edwin Moses?
+:<br>
+:James got access to the Theo voice message system. He found a [[Theo/Email/20080626-1|voice message]] about the "La Sesa Ringo". Unfortunately he deleted the message and... the message was in Dutch. So he wanted us to find out the content of the message, come up with a decoy message and put this back on the voice message system.
+:The message contained omphalos directions to the city where the [[Lost_Rings#Ring_number_one|First Lost Ring]] is waiting for the ring transporter to be picked up: Wellington. Another code based on a labyrinth on the city map revealed the Pop Up Gallery as the ring location. Finally a riddle lead to the password (=SPHINX) for the ring keeper to get the ring. Parallel to translating and decoding a fake message was put on the message system.
+:Finally, Team Wellington successfully picked up the First Lost Ring. The Ring contained an inscription, but the information seems not so important up to now.
+:<br>
+:Soon after the first ring was found, James [[Theo/Email/20080630-1|emailed a second voice message]]. This time the language was Armenian, which naturally took some time to get translated. The [[Lost_Rings#Ring_number_two|Lost Ring Number Two]] was situated somewhere in Tokyo and the ring keeper password has been identified as CLEOPATRA. But the location in Tokyo has not been identified, yet.
+:<br>
+:Larissa [[Larissa/080630-id1720|encountered Kentaro]]. Kentaro said that Markus has been with The Opposition all along. Because Markus didn't remembered fast enough Theo forced him to do all those labyrinth runs in Dubai. And it seems like Markus really is with Theo. He posted on his blog that we should try to [[Markus/080702-id1726|stop the raising of the omphstrength]].
+:<br>
+:No new city labyrinths have been finished in the meantime.
+<blockquote>
+:'''Omphstrength Status (no changes):'''
+:<br>
+:OMPH STRENGHT 86.30
+:Network Incomplete
+:Knots complete: 6
+:Knots remaining: 21
+:<br>
+:'''Labyrinth Records (no changes):'''
+:3-circuit: Pangea (13.41) [Gaea: 13.59]
+:7-circuit: Pangea (1:29) [Gaea: 2:30]
+</blockquote>
+</blockquote>
+'''...( [[Timeline-Chapter22|Read the detailed list of events]] )'''
+----
+=== Chapter 23: For the win... ===
+''(July 7 - July 14)''
+<blockquote class="grey">
+{|align="right" cellpadding="3" border="1"
+|align="center"|[[Image:Edwin_moses_honorary_agonotheton_sm.jpg|200px]]
+|[[Image:Lost_ring_number_two.jpg|200px]]
+|}
+:Our mysterious ally [[EdwinMoses/Email/20080707-1|revealed his identity]]. It is really Edwin Moses who wants to help our multiversal olympic teams. He writes that there will be one team from each continent participating in the Muliversal Olympics. Only the best city from each continent will participate. 11 players are needed for the 3-circuit and 16 players for the 7-circuit labyrinth. Each team should send him the city name, the training records and the names of the players.
+:<br>
+:Congratulations to Team Tokyo. They successfully [[Lost_Rings#Ring_number_two|recovered the Lost Ring Number Two]]. It was found in the Gallery Saka.
+:<br>
+:Congratulations also to Team Wellington. They [[Ariadne/080707-id1733|run new world-records]] for the 7-circuit and the 3-circuit labyrinth.
+:Also [[MeiHui/080713-id1743|Team Shanghai reported a new world record]] for the 3-circuit labyrinth in a time of 10.25. Unfortunatley [[MeiHui/080714-id1745|this record was not valid]] due to some irregularities.
+:<br>
+:James emailed a [[Theo/Email/20080710-1|third voice message]]. The language was Hindu. From the translation we decoded the following information: [[Lost_Rings#Ring_number_three|Lost Ring Number Three]] is somewhere in Manchester and the password is THERMANTIA. Additionally we knew that the entrance of the labyrinth was at the [EliHunt/Email/20080714-1|"Night and Day Cafe"]], but it was not clear where to look for the gallery. James finally [[James/Email/20080714-1|suggested these three galleries]]: The Art Sugery, Natural Eye, and Richard Goodall Gallery.
+:<br>
+:but James also forwarded a message from Theo. [[Theo/Email/20080710-2|Theo detected some irregularities]] with the Lost Rings.
+:<br>
+:Many new city labyrinths has been run in the meantime. [[Ariadne/080707-id1734|Toronto, Vienna and London]] as well as [[Ariadne/080714-id1747|Kyoto, Paris, Austin, Dallas, Madrid, and La Plata]].
+<blockquote>
+:'''Omphstrength Status:'''
+:<br>
+:OMPH STRENGHT 189.7
+:Network Incomplete
+:Knots complete: 15
+:Knots remaining: 12
+:<br>
+:'''Labyrinth Records:'''
+:3-circuit: '''Gaea (12.06)'''
+:7-circuit: Pangea (1:19.92) [Gaea: 1:25.25]
+</blockquote>
+</blockquote>
+'''...( [[Timeline-Chapter23|Read the detailed list of events]] )'''
+----
+=== Chapter 24: Complications... ===
+''(July 15 - July 21)''
+<blockquote class="grey">
+{|align="right" cellpadding="3" border="1"
+|align="center"|[[Image:Lost_ring_number_three.jpg|200px]]
+|}
+:Ariadne wants us to [[Ariadne/080715-id1748|get ready for August 23/24]] and [[Ariadne/080717-id1754|Edwin Moses, our new Lost Sport Coach]] gives some additional [[EdwinMoses/Email/20080716-1|hints how to win gold]].
+:<br>
+:Due to all the [[Markus/080720-id1759|new information about Markus]], Ariadne wonders who are our [[Ariadne/080716-id1751|family, friends, enemies, teammates?]]. She wants us to share our ideas with Monica. Monica finally posted several of the [[Monica/080721-id1767|speculations]] sent to her.
+:<br>
+:Team Manchester found the third lost ring in the Richard Goodall Gallery. Unfortunately they encounterd some complications. The person who found the ring location, was for some reasons nor allowed to pick up the ring. The ring keeper mistrusted him. James and Eli immediately reacted to the incident [[Theo/Email/20080715-1|James Mail #1]], [[Theo/Email/20080715-2|James Mail #2]] and [[EliHunt/Email/20080715-1|Eli Mail]].
+:<br>
+:The next day the ring has been successfully picked up. Nevertheless, it seems like Theo knows something and is getting more cautious. James forwarded a Theo message: From now on [[James/Email/20080717-1|each ring transporter has to be identified]] before getting the ring by sending a video to Theo for verification.
+:<br>
+:James emailed a [[James/Email/20080718-1|fourth voice message]]. The language was Russian. From the translation we decoded the following information: [[Lost_Rings#Ring_number_four|Lost Ring Number Four]] is somewhere in Buenos Aires and the password is PENATHLON. Additionally we finally knew that the ring is at the [[EliHunt/Email/20080720-2|Esperanto Society]], a headquarter of Theo.
+:<br>
+:So the ring is not in plain sight anymore. How should we get it? Just walking in and saying the password won't work. Diego suggested a [[Diego/Email/20080721-1|plan]]: Contact the Esperanto Society for some language courses, than find the rinf, steal it and run! [[Thumos#Help_Diego|Helping Diego]] is a new mission for Sophrosune and Thumos.
+:<br>
+:New city labyrinths has been run in [[Ariadne/080721-id1762|Salvador, Laval and Garden City]]. But even though the omphstrength is already very high, the network is still incomplete. We need some [[Ariadne/080721-id1764|city knots in the north]]. [[Sofia#Go_North|Finding allies in Alaska and Scandinavia]] is a new mission for Dikaiosune, Chariton and Sofia.
+<blockquote>
+:'''Omphstrength Status:'''
+:<br>
+:OMPH STRENGHT 201.4
+:Network Incomplete
+:Knots complete: 18
+:Knots remaining: 9
+:<br>
+:'''Labyrinth Records (no changes):'''
+:3-circuit: '''Gaea (12.06)'''
+:7-circuit: Pangea (1:19.92) [Gaea: 1:25.25]
+</blockquote>
+</blockquote>
+'''...( [[Timeline-Chapter24|Read the detailed list of events]] )'''
+----
+=== Chapter 25: Two final ring missions... ===
+''(July 22 - July 31)''
+<blockquote class="grey">
+{|align="right" cellpadding="3" border="1"
+|align="center"|[[Image:Lost_ring_number_four.jpg|200px]]
+[[Image:Lost_ring_number_five.jpg|200px]]
+|}
+:Even though Ring number four is not in our hands, James emailed a [[James/Email/20080723-1|fifth voice message]]. The language was English, so no difficulties with translating the message. But for getting [[Lost_Rings#Ring_number_five|Lost Ring Number Five]] the Ring Keeper has to be contacted via email and the email address is encoded. We finally managed to decode the address to ''TheOP79843SPLATgmail.com''. 79843 is the zip code of Marfa, Texas.
+:<br>
+:Ring Keeper #5 has been contacted sucessfully. He said that [[RingKeeper5/Email/20080724-1|the Ring Transporter has to come to Marfa]]. He also sent [[RingKeeper5/Email/20080725-1|detailled instructions regarding the dead drop]]:
+:The ring transporter has to be dressed like a street musician.
+:The ring master will contact him via a tip in the hat.
+:<br>
+:So we finally have two difficult missions to get the last two rings.
+:<br>
+:[[Diego/080729-id1774|Team Buenos Aires managed to get into the Esperanto Society]]. They found the ring hidden in a toilet room. So they steal it and run away. Now we have ring number four.
+:<br>
+:Team Marfa dressed up like street musicians and finally the Ring Master put some money in the hat. On the money was athe following message: ''PARKING LOT/974 FLV''. They found the ring in a box in the back of an SUV. Great, [[Ariadne/080721-id1773|we have all five rings]].
+:<br>
+:Other great news: Gaea holds the [[Ariadne/080722-id1763|new worlds records]]!.
+:<br>
+:[[Markus/Email/20080731-1|Markus decided to travel to Bejing]].
+:<br>
+:And we almost finished the Earth-Omphalos. New city labyrinths has been run in [[Ariadne/080721-id1764|Cambridge and Duncan]] as well as in [[Ariadne/080721-id1772|Martinsborough and Buenos Aires]].
+<blockquote>
+:'''Omphstrength Status:'''
+:<br>
+:OMPH STRENGHT 237.11
+:Network Incomplete
+:Knots complete: 22
+:Knots remaining: 5
+:<br>
+:'''Labyrinth Records:'''
+:3-circuit: '''Gaea (10.69)'''
+:7-circuit: '''Gaea: (59.15)'''
+</blockquote>
+</blockquote>
+'''...( [[Timeline-Chapter25|Read the detailed list of events]] )'''
+----
+=== Chapter 26: Athletic synchronization optimized... ===
+''(August 1 - August 6)''
+<blockquote class="grey">
+{|align="right" cellpadding="3" border="1"
+|align="center"|[[Image:Wemadetheomphknotomgomgomg_light.jpg|200px]]<br>(screenshot adjusted for visibility)
+|[[Image:Antikytheradevice.jpg|200px]]
+|}
+:Researchers found out new amazing things about the Antikythera Mechanism, a kind of ancient computer. Ariadne asked us to make a [[Ariadne/080801-id1778|guest podcast for Eli]]. LeHall made a fantastic podcast ([http://forums.findthelostring.com/thread/1922 link])
+:<br>
+:Ariadne posted an important message from Eli. It is of course possible to build mulitversal [[Ariadne/080804-id1787|olympic teams with less people]]. So it is not required to have 11 team members for a 3-circuit or 16 team members for a 7-circuit labyrinth run.
+:<br>
+:Soon the olympic games in Beijing will start. We have to [[Ariadne/080806-id1790|take the Agonthetai oath]] during the opening ceremony on August 8th.
+::<br>
+:Again the [[Noriko/080802-id1783|times for running the Lost Sports have been improved]].
+:<br>
+:And finally:
+:After the [[Ariadne/080804-id1786|Boulder, Kitchener, Tokyo and Bergen Labyrinths]] we completed the [[Ariadne/080806-id1791|omph knot with labyrinths in Los Angeles, Montreal, Ingolstadt and Nuremberg]]. So actually we have a omphstrength of 315.74 and 30 city labyrinths - 3 more than needed and athletic synchronization is optimized.
+<blockquote>
+:'''Omphstrength Status:'''
+:<br>
+:OMPH STRENGHT 315.74
+:Network Complete
+:Knots complete: 27+3
+:Athletic synchronization optimized
+:<br>
+:'''Labyrinth Records:'''
+:3-circuit: '''Gaea (9.59)'''
+:7-circuit: '''Gaea: (49.15)'''
+</blockquote>
+</blockquote>
+'''...( [[Timeline-Chapter26|Read the detailed list of events]] )'''
+----
+=== Chapter 27: Let the games begin... ===
+''(August 8 - August 13)''
+<blockquote class="grey">
+{|align="right" cellpadding="3" border="1"
+|align="center"|[[Image:Olympictorch1.jpg|200px]]
+|[[Image:4MTV.jpg|200px]]
+|}
+:August 8 was the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing. The allies posted ther oath: [[Monica/080808-id1794|Monica's oath]], [[MeiHui/080808-id1793|Mei Hui's oath]], [[Diego/080808-id1795|Diego's oath]], [[Noriko/080808-id1796|Noriko's oath]], [[Larissa/080808-id1797|Larissa's oath]] and [[Ariadne/080813-id1801|Ariadne's oath]].
+:<br>
+:We had a big ring reunification party and many people met in a chatroom to [Ariadne/080810-id1798 discuss the last message] of the sixth ring. There are still aome open topics:
+::[[Sixth_Ring#The_.225_and_1.22_dilemma|The "5 and 1" dilemma]]
+::[[Sixth_Ring#The_.2240_stadia_from_the_opening_ceremonies.22_challenge|The "40 stadia from the opening ceremonies" challenge]]
+::[[Sixth_Ring#The_.2211_by_design.22_labyrinth|The "11 by design" labyrinth]]
+::[[Sixth_Ring#The_.22sum_of_sports.22_question|The "sum of sports" question]]
+::[[Sixth_Ring#The_.22flare.22_plan|The "flare" plan]]
+::[[Sixth_Ring#The_.22monumental_wave.22_decision|The "monumental wave" decision]]
+:<br>
+:Eli Hunt is especially interested in the 5+1 question and sends some emails [[EliHunt/Email/20080812-1|here]] and [[EliHunt/Email/20080813-1|here]]. He now things that the Gaea traveller might travel different than the others.
+:<br>
+:The Gaea [[Ariadne/080810-id1799|olympic teams are announced]]: Team London, Team Tokyo, Team San Francisco, Team Wellington and Team Salvador.
+:<br>
+:[[Noriko/080811-id1800|Noriko met Kentaro]] and Ariadne is not really sure if she [[Ariadne/080813-id1801|will leave or should stay]].
+:</blockquote>
+'''...( [[Timeline-Chapter27|Read the detailed list of events]] )'''
+----
+=== Chapter 28: Delphi vs. Beijing... ===
+''(August 14 - August 19)''
+<blockquote class="grey">
+{|align="right" cellpadding="3" border="1"
+|align="center"|[[Image:The_final_lost_ring.jpg|200px]]
+|[[Image:Nearest_proximal_wave.jpg|200px]]
+|}
+:Eli Hunt is sure that [[EliHunt/Email/20080814-1|one has to travel from Delphi]] and that this person is Ariadne. But [[Ariadne/080815-id1803|Ariande does not want to be the ONE to go to Delphi]]. She wants to be in Beijing.
+:Finally they decided that Ariadne will go to Beijing but will not leave this world. Instead of her [[Ariadne/080818-id1817|Eli will go to Delphi and travel]]. Eli posted his [[Podcast/The_Story_of_the_Lost_Rings|final podcast: The Story of the Lost Rings]].
+:<br>
+:[[Markus/080815-id1803|Markus finally took his oath]] and all the allies are ready to leave for Beijing: [[Diego/080815-id1804|Diego]], [[Noriko/080815-id1806|Noriko]], [[Lucie/080816-id1807|Lucie 1]], [[Lucie/080817-id1811|Lucie 2]], [[Monica/080816-id1809|Monica]], [[Larissa/080816-id1810|Larissa]] and [[MeiHui/080817-id1813|Mei Hui]].
+:<br>
+:[[Lucie/080817-id1814|Lucie met Markus in Heathrow]] and [[Lucie/080818-id1816|on the plane]].
+:<br>
+:Finally [[Kai#Everyone_Arrives.21|everyone arrives in Beijing]] - besides Ariadne. Therefore more [[Kai#More_allies_in_Beijing.21|friends of Kai are in Beijing]]. They managed to train [[Kai#Our_first_training_for_Ariadne.27s_Dance.21|Ariadnes dance]] for the first time.
+:[[James_Mutters#Checking_out_the_labyrinth_location|James checked out the labyrinth location]] and [[James_Mutters#Meeting_Markus.21|met Markus outside of the hotel]].
+</blockquote>
+'''...( [[Timeline-Chapter28|Read the detailed list of events]] )'''
+----
+=== Chapter 29: Strange Ceremony... ===
+''(August 14 - August 19)''
+<blockquote class="grey">
+{|align="right" cellpadding="3" border="1"
+|align="center"|[[Image:StrangeCeremony.jpg|200px]]
+|}
+:Last but least [[Kai#Ariadne_arrives.21|Ariadne arrived in Beijing]]. In the meantime some of the allies did a [[Kai#Beijing_Omphalabyrinth|Beijing omphalabyrinth]].
+:<br>
+:Edwin Moses posted a [[Edwin_Moses#Welcome_to_the_Multiverse_Olympiad|Welcome to the Multiverse Olympiad]] video. Additionally he posts six [[Ariadne/080821-id1837|messages to the six Gaea teams. Soon later he and the allies officially [[Ariadne/080822-id1853|introduce the championship teams]].
+:<br>
+:Monica, Larissa and Diego [[Monica/080821-id1835|discuss how to help Renata]], and realize that the fake de-synchronization ritual created by the Couberteam to fool TheO could help Renata gain TheO's trust, so they call Markus over to join in.
+:Mei Hui comes back to the hotel and catches Markus, Monica, James, Larissa and Diego performing the a [[MeiHui/080821-id1831]] strange ceremony (but Mei Hui doesn't know it's fake). So she was really [[MeiHui/Email/20080821-1|worried]].
+:Diego sent an email stating that [[Diego/Email/20080821-1|they are not Theo]] but will soon need our help.
+:Monica and Diego finally told Larissa and James that Mei Hui spotted them, and that they need to explain to her what's going on. Diego, Larissa, Monica and James [[Larissa/080821-id1836|explain to Mei Hui that the document and ritual were created by the Couberteam]], and they need a new plan to help Renata gain TheO's trust.
+:<br>
+:Diego send out the [[Diego/Email/20080821-2|new plan]]: He wants us to set up another hidden Bacon code pointing to Mei Hui's secretly filmed video of the desync labyrinth.
+:So LaSekto send an [[LaSekto/Email/20080822-2|email to Thermantia]] pointing to [[Olympicsecrets.googlepages.com]]. A message was hidden there:
+<blockquote>
+::IT SEEMS OUR ENEMIES IN BEIIING ARE NOT AS HOME FREE AS THEY THOUGHT
+::YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS UIDEO WWWDOTTINYURLDOTCOMSLASHDESYNCH
+</blockquote>
+:<br>
+:Mei Hui received [[MeiHui/080822-id1840|an email from Thermantia]]. Seems like Theo is believing.
+</blockquote>
+'''...( [[Timeline-Chapter29|Read the detailed list of events]] )'''
+----
+=== Chapter 30: Goodbye... ===
+==== August 23 ====
+* <span class="blog">[[Diego]]: [[Diego/080823-id1841|¿Adios?]] // Farewell?  ([http://www.findthelostring.com/diego/detail.do?postId=1841 link]) [new video]</span>
+::Diego says "Hasta luego!" (not "Adios").
+* <span class="blog">[[MeiHui]]: [[MeiHui/080823-id1846|goodbye]] ([http://www.findthelostring.com/meihui/detail.do?postId=1846 link]) [new video]</span>
+::Mei Hui says "Goodbye".
+* <span class="blog">[[Noriko]]: [[Noriko/080823-id1848|皆さんありがとうございました。]] // Thank you everyone.  ([http://www.findthelostring.com/noriko/detail.do?postId=1848 link]) [new video]</span>
+::Noriko says "Thank you!"
+* <span class="blog">[[Edwin Moses]] posts new videos documenting his coaching session with Team Beijing:</span>
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Coaching_Team_Agonothetai.2C_Part_1|Coaching Team Agonothetai, Part 1]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8U-0nqZh94 link]) [new video]
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Coaching_Team_Agonothetai.2C_Part_2|Coaching Team Agonothetai, Part 2]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haHOpZD5fZA link]) [new video]
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Coaching_Team_Agonothetai.2C_Part_3|Coaching Team Agonothetai, Part 3]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD5y5iFKC_Q link]) [new video]
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Athletics_Finals_at_the_Bird.27s_Nest|Athletics Finals at the Bird's Nest]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZJHe893dsI link]) [new video]
+* <span class="blog">[[Larissa]]: [[Larissa/080823-id1852|Nosso plano funcionou!]] // Our plan worked! ([http://www.findthelostring.com/larissa/detail.do?postId=1852 link]) [new video]</span>
+::Renata called. TheO trust Renata again and she is even promoted.
+* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080823-id1856|Beijing Omphalabyrinth!]] ([http://www.findthelostring.com/ariadne/detail.do?postId=1856 link])</span>
+::Ariadne posts about the Beijing Omphalabyrinth
+* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080823-id1857|Calling all lost sport athletes! Coaching from Edwin Moses!]] ([http://www.findthelostring.com/ariadne/detail.do?postId=1857 link])</span>
+::Ariadne posts some of the(above) videos from Edwin.
+* <span class="blog">[[Kai]] posts a video of Team Beijing [[Kai#Ariadne.27s_Dance|performing Ariadne's Dance]]</span>
+::([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y9CMEJdb8o link]) [new video]
+* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080823-id1858|We did it! 11 circuits by design, 40 stadia from the opening ceremonies...]] ([http://www.findthelostring.com/ariadne/detail.do?postId=1858 link])</span>
+::Ariadne posts the "Ariadne's Dance" video.
+* <span class="blog">[[Noriko]]: [[Noriko/080823-id1859|ビデオのアップデートです☆]] // video updates   ([http://www.findthelostring.com/noriko/detail.do?postId=1859 link])</span>
+::Noriko posts "Ariadne's dance" and the "Omphalabyrinth" video
+* <span class="blog">[[Noriko]]: [[Noriko/080823-id1860|モーゼズ氏との、コーチングセッション]] // Mr. Moses Coaching Session    ([http://www.findthelostring.com/noriko/detail.do?postId=1860 link])</span>
+::Noriko posts Edwin Moses' coaching videos
+* <span class="blog">[[Kai]] posts videos of Team Beijing getting ready at the Great Wall:</span>
+::[[Kai#Noriko_before_our_labyrinth_races|Noriko before our labyrinth races]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AezHC3MOwrs link]) [new video]
+::[[Kai#MeiHui_at_the_Great_Wall|MeiHui at the Great Wall]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G0tLFDt64c link]) [new video]
+::[[Kai#Diego_.40_The_Great_Wall|Diego @ The Great Wall]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8RNBOV5PxM link]) [new video]
+::[[Kai#Markus_.40_The_Great_Wall|Markus @ The Great Wall]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZeTr2Jmqbg link]) [new video]
+::[[Kai#Diego_and_Monica_Pre-Race|Diego and Monica Pre-Race]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C45_WLgXu3U link]) [new video]
+::[[Kai#7_Circuit_Labyrinth_Seed_.40_The_Great_Wall|7 Circuit Labyrinth Seed @ The Great Wall]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cTmCpuLEyA link]) [new video]
+::[[Kai#Drawing_a_7_circuit_labyrinth|Drawing a 7 circuit labyrinth]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-32MAVSzyw link]) [new video]
+::[[Kai#James_Mutters_.40_The_Great_Wall|James Mutters @ The Great Wall]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep2jZVbl-nM link)] [new video]
+::[[Kai#Thanks_to_Pita_and_Ariock_for_the_Rope_Protractor|Thanks to Pita and Ariock for the Rope Protractor]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbD8KTcBNzs link]) [new video]
+::[[Kai#Kai_says_goodbye|Kai says goodbye]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwRd-cvb3DU link]) [new video]
+* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080823-id1861|Update from the Great Wall of China]] ([http://www.findthelostring.com/ariadne/detail.do?postId=1861 link])</span>
+::Kai posts the prep videos (s. above) on Ariadne's blog.
+==== August 24 ====
+* <span class="blog">[[Kai]] posts videos documenting the final stage of the journey:</span>
+::[[Kai#Goodbye_.40_the_Great_Wall_--_Diego.2C_Monica.2C_Lucie|Goodbye @ the Great Wall -- Diego, Monica, Lucie]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsuXZzf-2tI link]) [new video]
+::[[Kai#Markus_and_Ariadne_say_Goodbye_at_the_Great_Wall|Markus and Ariadne say Goodbye at the Great Wall]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWATd1Qr3DM link]) [new video]
+::[[Kai#MeiHui_and_Noriko_say_Goodbye_at_the_Great_Wall|MeiHui and Noriko say Goodbye at the Great Wall]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvGVU1Ydr7k link]) [new video]
+::[[Kai#The_Allies_go_home|The Allies go home]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hdhOH3cemE link]) [new video]
+* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]] posts her goodbye video:</span>
+::[[Ariadne#Alex_Kai_Goodbye|A final message from me and Kai]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1tT3h06QXM link]) [new video]
+* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080824-id1862|Traveling through the Omphalos - Goodbyes at the Great Wall of China]] ([http://www.findthelostring.com/ariadne/detail.do?postId=1862 link])</span>
+::Alex posts the aforementioned videos on her blog - and says goodbye.
+* <span class="blog">[[Larissa]]: [[Larissa/080824-id1864|Obrigado a todos os aliados]] // Thanks to all the allies! ([http://www.findthelostring.com/larissa/detail.do?postId=1864 link]) [new video]</span>
+::Larissa posts her thanks - including a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwZuwW6O5Hc video]].
+* <span class="blog">[[Edwin Moses]] posts new videos documenting the Multiverse Olympics:</span>
+::3-circuit labyrinth:
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Multiverse_Olympiad:_Team_Tokyo_3_Circuit_Best_Time|Multiverse Olympiad: Team Tokyo 3 Circuit Best Time]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6pMF9Wtph4 link]) [new video]
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Multiverse_Olympiad:_Team_London_3_Circuit_Best_Time|Multiverse Olympiad: Team London 3 Circuit Best Time]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7OquodMDvQ link]) [new video]
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Multiverse_Olympiad:_Team_Wellington_3_Circuit_Best_Time|Multiverse Olympiad: Team Wellington 3 Circuit Best Time]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFXVjRZhZnI link]) [new video]
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Multiverse_Olympiad:_Team_SF_3_Circuit_Best_Time|Multiverse Olympiad: Team SF 3 Circuit Best Time]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GllRU1OZg6s link]) [new video]
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Multiverse_Olympiad:_Team_Salvador_3_Circuit_Best_Time|Multiverse Olympiad: Team Salvador 3 Circuit Best Time]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_U1y-t-GxY link]) [new video]
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Multiverse_Olympiad:_Team_Beijing_3_Circuit_Labyrinth|Multiverse Olympiad: Team Beijing 3 Circuit Labyrinth]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cskUcgYqu3Q link]) [new video]
+::7-circuit labyrinth:
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Multiverse_Olympiad:_Team_Wellington_7_Circuit_Best_Time|Multiverse Olympiad: Team Wellington 7 Circuit Best Time]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejqlLYJysRw link]) [new video]
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Multiverse_Olympiad:_Team_London_7_Circuit_Best_Time|Multiverse Olympiad: Team London 7 Circuit Best Time]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5en5O8TbM14 link]) [new video]
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Multiverse_Olympiad:_Team_SF_7_Circuit_Best_Time|Multiverse Olympiad: Team SF 7 Circuit Best Time]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQZmA1JKDLA link]) [new video]
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Multiverse_Olympiad:_Team_Salvador_7_Circuit_Best_Time|Multiverse Olympiad: Team Salvador 7 Circuit Best Time]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6RlCGMc6UQ link]) [new video]
+::[[Edwin_Moses#Multiverse_Olympiad:_Team_Beijing_7_Circuit_Labyrinth|Multiverse Olympiad: Team Beijing 7 Circuit Labyrinth]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKXj5pcZ0Xo link]) [new video]
+::Summary:
+::[[Edwin_Moses#The_Multiverse_Olympiad|The Multiverse Olympiad]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTico2j61x0 link]) [new video]
+==== August 25 ====
+* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080825-id1863|The Multiverse Olympiad - Lost Sport Championships, and my final blog post]] ([http://www.findthelostring.com/ariadne/detail.do?postId=1863 link])</span>
+::Alex posts the latest Edwin Moses videos about the lost sport.
+===== Latest<!--this is for linking to the latest news as a url anchor, don't populate!--> =====
+<!-- <nowiki>
+- copy the following segments, depending on what new item is being added:
+--- Blog:
+* <span class="blog">[[Person]]: [[Person/YYMMDD-id####|Title]] // Translation if needed ([http://www.findthelostring.com/person/detail.do?postId=#### link])</span>
+:: ''summary''
+--- Twitter:
+* <span class="updt">[[Person]]@Twitter: ''original text''</span>
+:: ''translation if necessary''
-==== March 3 ====
+--- Omphalos/Artifact location:
-* <span class="updt">[[Ariadne]] is found on [[Findthelostring.com]] (which went live today)</span>
-* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080303-1209a|Meet Kai]]</span>
-: She posts the video Kai sent her, where he discusses the new site he's working on for her.
-* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080303-0253a|How I got here (Part I)]]</span>
-: [[Image:Heyitsmymri.jpg|right|100px]]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-calibur 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.<br clear="all">
-* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080303-0342a|How I got here (Part II)]]</span>
-: 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.
-* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080303-0359a|The strange dream I keep having - what does it mean?]]</span>
-: 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.
-* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080303-0651a|The weirdest goggles ever]]</span>
-: [[Image:what_i_woke_up_in.jpg|right|100px]]An image of he clothes she awoke in - opaque goggles and a 'weird stretchy workout thing'.<br clear="all">
-* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080303-0656a|The weirdest tattoo ever]]</span>
-: [[Image:hey_this_is_my_weird_tattoo.jpg|right|100px]]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.<br clear="all">
-* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080303-0659a|Where I woke up]]</span>
-: [[Image:whereiwokeup.jpg|right|100px]]A photo from within a corn maze / labyrinth, with pproximate [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sll=-26.028388%2C28.111943&hl=en&q=Gauteng%2C+South+Africa&btnG=Search+Maps 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.<br clear="all">
-* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080303-0704a|Hello, world. I need your help.]]</span>
-: 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'.
-<br>
-=== Chapter 2: Find them... ===
+* <span class="updt">A new [[Omphalos]] location was identified, showing two more [[Artifact]] directions</span>
-==== March 3 ====
+:: '''City'''
-* <span class="updt">[[Markus]] is found</span>
+:: Navigate - degrees
-: via a [http://www.flickr.com/photos/23961794@N06/ flickr photo] quoting his tattoo, which leads to [http://www.flickr.com/photos/markusmystery/ his profile].
+:: Navigate - degrees
-* <span class="updt">[[Meihui]] is found</span>
+* <span class="updt">The two new [[Artifact]] locations have been identified, with two more [[Artifacts#Known artifact locations|pickup instructions]].</span>
-: via [http://kr.truveo.com/trovu-la-ringon-perditan/id/1779773744 a truveo video]
+:: City: instructions
-* <span class="updt">[[Diego]] is found</span>
+:: City: instructions
-: [http://diegoperdido.hi5.com/ on Hi5], as well as [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4564282209500277941 his google video]
-* <span class="updt">[[Noriko]] is found</span>
-: [http://www.youtube.com/nanashinonoriko on youtube], and [http://mediaking.blog119.fc2.com/blog-entry-2500.html her blog] that links to it
-* <span class="dlg">[[Markus]] PMs via Flickr ([[Markus/Chat/20080303-1|full text]])</span>
-: Markus  is thankful for some help, and wants to know how it's known his tattoo is in Esperanto.
-* <span class="dlg">[[Ariadne]] replied to an email from ''enaxor'' ([[Ariadne/Chat/20080303-1|full text]])</span>
-: She wonders if she has family somewhere, and she describes the labyrinth she awoke in as much larger than [[Markus#Photos|Markus's]], with 11 loops around it.
-* <span class="dlg">[[Ariadne]] replied to an email from ''redhatty'', also quoting an email she sent [[Diego]] ([[Ariadne/Chat/20080303-2|full text]])</span>
-: She has connected with Diego, both knowing a ''bit'' of each others' languages (english and spanish)
-* <span class="dlg">[[Diego]] replied to an email from ''redhatty'' ([[Diego/Chat/20080303-1|full text]])</span>
-: 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.
-* <span class="dlg">[[Markus]] replied to an email from ''HitsHerMark'' ([[Markus/Chat/20080303-2|full text]])</span>
-: Tells that he was blindfolded and awokes in a maze. Says he was wearing white shorts and a narrow white t-shirt.
-* <span class="dlg">[[Markus]] replied to an email from ''chippy'' ([[Markus/Chat/20080303-3|full text]])</span>
-: 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.
-* <span class="dlg">[[Ariadne]] sent an email to ''redhatty'' ([[Ariadne/Chat/20080303-3|full text]])</span>
-: ''summary''
-* <span class="dlg">[[Diego]] sent an email to ''riquardo'' ([[Diego/Chat/20080303-2|full text]])</span>
-: ''summary''
-* <span class="dlg">[[Diego]] emailed ''redhatty'' ([[Diego/Chat/20080303-3|full text]])</span>
-: ''summary''
-* <span class="dlg">[[Ariadne]] answered ''celina'' about shoes she was wearing when she awoke ([[Ariadne/Chat/20080303-4|full text]])</span>
-: [[Image:my_weird_shoes.jpg|right|120px]]''summary''<br clear="all">
-* <span class="dlg">[[Ariadne]] replied to an email from ''HitsHerMark'' about connecting with Markus, and working with the community ([[Ariadne/Chat/20080303-5|full text]])</span>
-: ''summary''
-* <span class="dlg">[[Meihui]] replied to an email frmo ''blaqueice'' ([[Meihui/Chat/20080303-1|full text]])</span>
-: ''summary''
-* <span class="dlg">[[Noriko]] replied to an email from ''blaqueice'' ([[Noriko/Chat/20080303-1|full text]])</span>
-: ''summary''
-* <span class="dlg">[[Meihui]] responded to questions about what she was wearing from ''blaqueice'' ([[Meihui/Chat/20080303-2|full text]])</span>
-: ''summary''
-* <span class="dlg">[[Meihui]] emailed ''blaqueice'' a part of a diary entry she remembers writing ([[Meihui/Chat/20080303-3|full text]])</span>
-: ''summary''
-* <span class="dlg">[[Markus]] exchanged emails with ''HitsHerMark'', attempting to communicate in english ([[Markus/Chat/2008030-4|full text]])</span>
-: ''summary''
-<br>
-=== March 4 ===
-* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080304-0636a|My life is weird]]</span>
-: 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 [http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp 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.
-* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080304-0711a|There are at least 6 of us with amnesia]]</span>
-: 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.
-<br>
-=== March 5 ===
-* <span class="updt">[[Lucie]] is found at http://icilucie.skyrock.com/</span>
-* <span class="updt">[[Eli Hunt]] is found at [http://www.thelostgames.com/ thelostgames.com]</span>
-* <span class="dlg">[[Markus]] wrote in an email about a word coming suddendly into his mind: '''thumos696''' ([[Markus/Chat/20080305-1|full text]])</span>
-: ''summary''
-* <span class="updt">[[Diego]] has written the word '''mythopoeia696''' on the ground in his newest [http://youtube.com/watch?v=mu-1dvrwLKg video].</span>
-* <span class="updt">[[Meihui]] mentions several time the word '''sofia696''' in her newest [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYbdl-MCZSs video].</span>
-* <span class="updt">[[Noriko]] has written the word '''sophrosune696''' on the ground in her newset [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeMGJuHcpZw video].</span>
-* <span class="dlg">[[Eli Hunt]] prepares a lecture he will give in Cardif as announced in an email ([[Eli_Hunt/Chat/20080305-1|full text]]).</span>
-* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080305-1217p|This guy knows more about the lost ring than he's saying]]</span>
-: She assumes that [[Eli Hunt]] knows more about "the lost ring" and she hopes that we can make him talk.
-<br>
-=== March 6 ===
+--- General update:
-* <span class="blog">[[Ariadne]]: [[Ariadne/080306-0952p|Wish me luck]]</span>
-: She wants to fly to Cardiff to meet [[Eli Hunt]].
-* <span class="dlg">[[Eli Hunt]] emailed a hint regarding the place of his lecture to ''ThaJinx'' ([[Eli_Hunt/Chat/20080306-1|full text]])</span>
-: The last sentence '''Let's just say they are some odd fellows in the bunch''' led to the following address:
-:: ''Oddfellows Friendly Society,<br>19 Newport Rd, Cardiff, CF24 0AA,<br>United Kingdom''<br>([http://www.oddfellows.co.uk/branch/?page_id=3&branch=10033 Oddfellows Homepage])
-* <span class="dlg">[[Ariadne]] has been informed about the meeting place in an email by ''ThaJinx''' ([[Ariadne/Chat/20080306-1|full text]])</span>
-<br>
-=== March 7 ===
+* <span class="updt">Description of the update ([http://url include direct link for new media])</span>
-* <span class="updt">[[Findthelostring.com]] now includes sections for each of [[Markus]], [[Diego]], [[Meihui]], [[Noriko]], [[Lucie]], and [[Larissa]]'s blogs</span>
+:: ''summary''
-: direct links: [http://www.findthelostring.com/ariadne/home.do Ariadne], [http://www.findthelostring.com/markus/home.do Markus], [http://www.findthelostring.com/diego/home.do Diego], [http://www.findthelostring.com/meihui/home.do Meihui], [http://www.findthelostring.com/noriko/home.do Noriko], [http://www.findthelostring.com/lucie/home.do Lucie], [http://www.findthelostring.com/larissa/home.do Larissa]
-* <span class="updt">[[Thelostring.com]] becomes active ([http://www.thelostring.com/index.html link])</span>
-: A trailer is revealed (with hidden clues), and known data is organized in a spiffy section, along with links to each character's homepages.
-<br>
-=== March 8 ===
+- if you're not sure, see if there's a similar update on a previous day, and copy its format.
-* <span class="dlg">[[Diego]] received an email from [[Monica]] ([[Monica/Chat/20080309-1|full text]])</span>
+- Otherwise stick with the 'general update' format above
-: She wrote that a similar story happened many years before. In the email is a link to a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKr7aVo2tcQ spanish video] and three images are attached.
-* <span class="updt">The coordinates on Monica's postcard have been identified</span>
-: as Madrid, London, Copenhagen, Boston, Toronto and Rio de Janeiro (see also [[Puzzles]])
-<br>
-=== March 10 ===
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