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My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - MetaSeraphim - 2009-06-15
Stay quiet and listen.
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My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - xBTAx - 2009-06-15
MetaSeraphim Wrote:Stay quiet and listen.
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[x] Stay quiet and listen.
About time his mom showed up.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Herbert Jablonski - 2009-06-15
[x] Stay quiet and listen.
@ felix
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Dyxanije - 2009-06-15
[x] Stay quiet and listen.
I want to hear what mommy has to say.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Beaner - 2009-06-15
[X] demand to know why she's calling.
like wtp, what right she has to call now?
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Mark - 2009-06-15
[h] Demand to know why she's calling.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Throes - 2009-06-15
[x] Stay quiet and listen.
Arrr. If you hang up you might miss out on some clues and whatnot.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Salguod - 2009-06-15
[] Stay quiet and listen.
Demanding things never get you anywhere. Or does it? And no way you're going to hang up when she holds a key to the mystery.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Kortestanov - 2009-06-15
[h] Demand to know why she's calling.
What would you get from just staying quite? be interactive and ask her questions, she probably knows alot.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - FelixTM - 2009-06-15
Entry 44. June 16, 2009.
[x] Stay quiet and listen.
"ARGH! It's been four years since I've even HEARD from my mother and I'm supposed to stay QUIET? How can you force me to do this... I have so much I want to ask her. SO MUCH ANGER TO VENT. Fine I'll listen... But if you make me regret this..."
Felix holds the phone tightly to his ear. Goosebumps ravage his body. His entire body tenses at the sound of his mother's voice... Longing to cry out and demand answers from her, Felix instead grits his teeth and waits to hear what she has to say.
"They don't trust you. Didn't I tell you, my son? Trust no one. They are listening to this conversation. They are watching you even as I speak. I hope you kept my message from earlier. You should be able to find its true meaning if you play our special game. Goodbye."
Before Felix can say anything, the line goes dead. "DAMMIT!" Felix screams. Melanie runs over and asks what's wrong. "It was my mother... What the hell was that even supposed to mean? What kind of cryptic bullsh'it warning was that? IS SHE PSYCHO? WHO COULD BE WA-" he suddenly stops. "Melanie, it's a gorgeous day today. Let's go to Crystal Waters," he suggests. "...uhm? Are you on drugs Felix... The hell is this..." she answers, dumbfounded by Felix's sudden mood shift. "Just trust me, Mel. Please," he stresses. Deciding to give the man she agreed to trust no matter what the benefit of the doubt, Melanie and Felix get back in her car and start driving to Crystal Waters.
"Now are you going to tell me what this is all about?" she asks, truly confused. "Hang on, Mel. Won't the waves be marvelous today?" he says, acting insanely strange. Melanie stares blankly at him, wondering if her boyfriend hasn't gone insane. At Crystal Waters, as they get out of the car, Felix grabs the piece of paper they found in her car after getting coffee the other day. He grabs Melanie by the arm and makes her walk his fast pace to the far side of the lake. Thoroughly confused and annoyed now, Melanie demands, "Tell me what is going on RIGHT NOW or else Felix! You are acting MAD!" Felix calms down, looks around slightly paranoid and finally responds, "Melanie, I'm sorry, but we have to be careful. I may just be paranoid right now, but I think my mom was warning me that the FBI is watching us. I think they have my house bugged. Maybe even vehicles too." Melanie calms down as the thought grabs hold of her.
"But...they can't do that... No way, Felix. I don't believe it," she responds, dazed, trying to convince herself.
"I can't believe it either... But suddenly I get a call from my mother? She tells me they don't trust me? That they're listening to and watching me? I don't know who to trust in all this, so I wanted to be careful before I said anything more. If what she said is true, they're going to be watching me like a hawk now. But I don't think they'd make a public scene and chase us here. I realized the other part of what my mom said," Felix explains everything to Melanie.
"Why are you holding that cruel prank from yesterday?" she asks, realizing what Felix is holding.
"That's exactly it. I think my mom left me this message. She told me to play our 'special game' and I'd find its true meaning," he continues.
"Huh...what is that? What is going on Felix?" Melanie asks, flustered.
"When I was young, my mom would always give me these word challenges. She'd write simple sentences and tell me there was something else scrambled in. We called it our special game," Felix tells her.
"And you think this message has some other, hidden message in it...?" she asks.
"I do. I don't get what any of this is about, and I don't trust my mother, but I don't understand why she would do all of this if there wasn't an important reason. And with everything that's happened to us lately, I figure it's worth looking into."
"Well then...let's do it Felix. How can I help? How did your game work?"
"First of all, the message reads: 'You should be more careful.' We have to break down all the words into consecutive pairs, like this:
'You should'
'be more'
'careful'
Then you have to find different anagrams of the word pairs."
Melanie takes a small notepad out of her purse and they begin breaking down all possibilities. After 30 minutes working together on the shore, they look at their list and try making some sense of the reasonable combos they found.
"Hold You Us / Sold Uh You"
"Bore Me / Robe Me / Be Me Or"
"Lace Fur / Car Fuel"
"...the hell is this supposed to mean? We spent all that time and this is the best we get?" Melanie says, frustrated. "No, don't worry. This is always where it got very tricky. From the anagrams, you have to arrange the words and try forming something coherent," Felix tells her. They get back to brainstorming all possibilities. "Ugh, but how are you supposed to know which anagram is the correct one to use for each pair?" Melanie asks, freshly confused. "That's the thing--you don't," he laughs, enjoying playing his mother's old game once again.
"Uh, you bore me. Sold car fuel."
"Lace, fur robe you sold, uh, me."
Suddenly, the two stop and stare at the new message before their eyes.
"You sold me fur robe. Uh, lace."
"Melanie!! That's it! My mom had this ugly robe that she never knew whether to call a fur robe or a lace robe! I remember it very well. She was correcting herself over that dumb thing for years. She could never make up her mind on what it was!" Felix exclaims. "Okay...so we've solved it. But what the hell does that robe have to do with ANYTHING?" Melanie asks, frustrated again. "Hmm...you're right. I have no frickin' idea. And I surely didn't sell it to her. What does that part mean?" he asks, stumped all over again. "Maybe we're supposed to see the guy who sold her the robe?" Melanie suggests, semi-mocking. While considering this interesting thought, Felix notices a suspicious van pull up across the lake. "Mel, I think we've got company."
[] Take off running.
[] Walk back casually to her car.
[] Pretend to be playing on the shore.
[] Go check who's in the van.
What are the voices inside Felix's head telling him to do?
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My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Beaner - 2009-06-15
[monkey] Walk back casually to her car.
lets see if they follow us, might be some druggies going for a smoke in their little van.
wondering if her boyfriend hasn't went insane.
shouldnt that be gonne insane? i ask since english is not my first language but that kinda struck me as wrong.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - FelixTM - 2009-06-15
XBish Wrote:shouldnt that be gonne insane? i ask since english is not my first language but that kinda struck me as wrong.
Yeah, you're right. Gone is the correct word to use. Just got careless. Thanks for pointing it out.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Herbert Jablonski - 2009-06-15
[x] Walk back casually to her car.
You don't want whoever is in the suspicious van to know that you're aware of their presence.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Dyxanije - 2009-06-15
[x] Walk back casually to her car.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - kingdj333 - 2009-06-15
WOW I never knew it's keep on going this far... O_O I guess it'll never end...
hope you enjoy the 24/7 watch in this thread Felix XD
[x] Walk back casually to her car.
just so I don't seem like a troller XD
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Throes - 2009-06-15
[x] Walk back casually to her car.
"La la la, we weren't doing anything of interest, I swear, la la la."
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Salguod - 2009-06-15
[] Walk back casually to her car.
Not much thought involved. Dang, I thought staying quiet would get more answers, though I guess this isn't bad.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - JoeTang - 2009-06-16
[X] Take off running.
Your car is bugged. Remember to torch it later.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - Mark - 2009-06-16
[i] Go check who's in the van.
I'm a rebel.
My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story] - xBTAx - 2009-06-16
[x] Walk back casually to her car.
No point in getting yourself killed.