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[MentleMan]

[Water Set] - #030 - End Of The Line

[aliendial]

Really, you do need to cut those down before you post them. File size much too large.

[ramsfan]

are they talking about

[Hunting4Treasure]

[aliendial]

This forum's limit: 300x450 pixels.

MindCandy has changed their scanning guidelines: http://www.mindcandydesign.com/clients/index.html
No high-resolution scanning will be allowed AT ALL - no enlargements, no blow-ups of smaller areas, nada.

[fitzyfitz]

The text from Gyvann before the 'riddle' on this card reads:

"Precious are the stones my children, precious that which is dug from the earth. Precious are the rubies, the diamonds, the emeralds and the topaz. I held fast to the amethysts. They mingled them with sapphires, so I threw them both from me. Only one choice remained and from then nothing was right. My children I did not despair, as you must not despair. A quadruped appeared before me, its middle leg held proudly forward. I turned my back to it and strode forward. But after only 20 ammot the light was upon me. Precious, my children, is the light."

This seems to tie in with some hidden writing on card #156 Going Dotty in what looks like UV ink (I don't have a UV lamp but you can read it by holding it at the right angle):

RUBIESDIAMONDSEMERALD
STOPAZAMETHYSTSSAPPHI
RESRUBIESDIAMONDSEMER
ALDSTOPAZAMETHYSTSSAP
PHIRESRUBIESDIAMONDSE
MERALDSTOPAZAMETHYSTS
SAPPHIRESRUBIESDIAMON
DSEMERALDSTOPAZAMETHY
STSSAPPHIRESRUBIESDIA
MONDSEMERALDSTOPAZAME
THYSTSSAPPHIRESRUBIES

[aliendial]

People seem to have deleted some of their posts from this thread. There was more discussion of the gems last night. Don't do that, guys! Even if you think you were wrong you never know what your thoughts might spark for someone else.

[fitzyfitz]

Actually, I think the further discussion was over in the other thread (Going Dotty, as linked in my previous post).

[aliendial]

OK, you're right, that's what I was thinking of. Ignore me.

[Sammykat]

The actual riddle on this card (As no-one seems to have posted it)

I have no visage, but faces six
I aid the builder but am not bricks,
my edges are twelves, my power threee,
my self is one, divine, holy.

[Arkai]

Sig: Anna

Full transcription:

MANY passages in the holy books of
Gyvann are extremely obscure
and hard to understand. This
one, for instance, has baffled scholars and theologists for
centuries and has spawned dozens of different
interpretations:

Precious are the stones, my children, precious that which is dug from the
earth. Precious are the rubies, the diamonds, the emeralds and the topaz. I
held fast to the amethysts. They mingled them with sapphires, so I threw
them both from me. Only one choice remained and from then nothing was
right. My children I did not despair, as you must not despair. A quadru-
ped appeared before me, its middle leg held proudly forward. I turned my
back to it and strode forward. But after only 20 ammot the light was upon
me. Precious, my children, is the light.

However, Gyvann could also make himself
quite readily understood, as in this little
riddle. What does it refer to?

I HAVE NO VISAGE, BUT FACES SIX,
I AID THE BUILDER BUT AM NOT BRICKS,
MY EDGES ARE TWELVE, MY POWER THREE,
MY SELF IS ONE, DIVINE, HOLY.

[spugmeistress]

added scan

rach =)

[DJ CherryPie]

what about a ....

[DJ CherryPie]

grrrrr

[fretty]

I think you are wrong, DJ CherryPie.