Lost Desert Plot Discussion #18 (split)

[XenaAndGabrielle]

I have a question. I just went to the library and read my first scroll that my pet understood. So in 12 hours if I go visit the statue, will her symbol change so I'll know which scroll to read next?

Well, the symbol was a constant before the tablet was finished, at least ... even after understanding.

I'll do some Egyptian research .... perhaps I'll try vertically first.

[stampsyne]

I thought the statue's symbol related to the one over the door where she is located.

[Skynetmain]

A mortal man will always try to gain immortality
He will use the sun's power at sunrise (or use the sun's power to rise above everyone)
Using the sun's power will gain him immortality
He will be evil forever.

If my last piece is an Ank (Life) it'd sound like a pretty good prophecy.

That is not good! That is scary! Although if 'moral man' could translate to a player and not a plot character, would that mean our acct would never get frozen?

Edit: to XenaAndGabrielle: from what i know, it if both top to bottom like on tomb walls and L to R like on the Rosetta stone

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[Ectobob]

Um, sorry bout that. It seems Thaddeus is from neoquest 2... which I haven't played since I beat it on insane(bad memories)
. . . so I guess I won't be able to rush right out and talk to her, But I am very good at that game. So if enough people think it is worth a try then I can bear through the whole first chapter in record time. . . but only if need be

I highly doubt they'd do that. They've already done something almost exactly like that with an earlier plot. They aren't known to reuse things for their plots (with the exception of Hubert's Hotdog Stand).

[Jasujo]

I highly doubt they'd do that. They've already done something almost exactly like that with an earlier plot. They aren't known to reuse things for their plots (with the exception of Hubert's Hotdog Stand).

Um, they just reused Fetch . . .

[stampsyne]

I can ee them reusing about anything. Even the parrot. They reused the beach a ton too.

The Mystery Island Mystic "You will suddenly decide to sing a song backwards. " ot tnaw t'nod I yaw on [joking] It would never be the mystic because his message is different for everybody, right?

I WISH one clue would have involved challenging a regular in BD. Like getting that Lupe avvie.

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[Ectobob]

Ah, well I've blocked every memory of that horrid Mystery Island Plot

Where have they used Fetch before?

[XenaAndGabrielle]

Ah, well I've blocked every memory of that horrid Mystery Island Plot

Where have they used Fetch before?

Mystery Island Plot ... Had to get a mask of some sort.

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[stampsyne]

oh, Magic Tiki Mask. Ewwwww

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[XenaAndGabrielle]

Did Cranberry say that the symbol on her faerie statue was *not* on her tablet at all?

[GIR]

I thought the Egyptians read vertically? I could be wrong, though.

Nope, right to left. I learned that from Diane Duane's The Book of Night with Moon . Such a great book... it ranks right up there with Garth Nix's Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen trilogy.

[stampsyne]

Cran did say something like that. I thought the wierd writing above the symbol was what was meant.

[XenaAndGabrielle]

I thought the Egyptians read vertically? I could be wrong, though.

Nope, right to left. I learned that from Diane Duane's The Book of Night with Moon . Such a great book... it ranks right up there with Garth Nix's Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen trilogy.

Well, if it is right to left ... is it also bottom to top or top to bottom?

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[GIR]

I thought the Egyptians read vertically? I could be wrong, though.

Nope, right to left. I learned that from Diane Duane's The Book of Night with Moon . Such a great book... it ranks right up there with Garth Nix's Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen trilogy.

Well, if it is right to left ... is it also bottom to top or top to bottom?

No clue

[XenaAndGabrielle]

I just found this online.

Scholars discovered that hieroglyphs can be written from right to left or left to right! The direction that animal hieroglyphs face gives us a clue! If the animal faces right, we read them right to left. If the animal faces left, we read left to right.