Friday | February 09, 2007

This. Could. Have. Been. Mine. *twitch*

Yes, Perplex City is over.  The Cube was officially found at 4:30 AM, last Sunday morning.

Congrats to the winner.  *sigh*

This could so easily have been mine.  If I'd only gone down to Wakerley Wild Wood... If only I'd thought I'd had a chance.. If only I'd taken my metal detector down.. I now learn that, despite the 10-20 people that went down to Wakerley on Friday and Saturday, none had a metal detector.  Believing the Cube to be unfindable with a metal detector, but no, I posted on the Perplexorum about this on Saturday.  And the reply was negative ("Oh, we've been told it can't be found, etc. etc."), but then Adrian Hon (One of the organisers) replied and told us that no, I was right.

So in conclusion, if I'd gone to Wakerley, taking my metal detector, on Friday or Saturday..  I would have just won £100,000.

C'est la vie.

Pictures of the item that has been RIPPED FROM MY LIFE:

http://www.argn.com/images/Receda%20Cube%20-%20sm.jpg
http://www.argn.com/images/Receda%20Cube%20Close-Up%20-%20sm.jpg 

Ah well.  A new Perplex City website goes up on February 14th, Season 2 Wave 1 comes out on March 1st, and there's going to be a big "Found: The Cube" partay on February 24th, which I'm going to go to, in London! ^_^  My second ever Perplex City meet.  Hoorah.

Oh, also... Cube 2/3?  I sense foreshadowing...

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Thursday | February 01, 2007

Perplex City event - Ascendancy Point

A quick poem I wrote regarding Tuesday night's Ascendancy Point event in Perplex City. YAY for bad poems!

On Thirtieth of January,
when night fell round the land,
Kurt and Vi went to the Point
to give Scarlett a hand.

On the way they met poor Caine,
who, speculation said,
would end up messing up their plans,
but he went and helped, instead.

Inside they got, and first we had,
to confuse the systems so.
We played a game of Mastermind
before the team could go.

And then they split, to aid their cause,
Kurt, Fitch, and Caine (Team A).
Vi and Frye and Harrison,
did go the other way.

Team B came across a guard,
with video feeds, sublime.
Unfortunately, lag was high,
so that took some time.

Meanwhile, team A needed us,
to call, and to persuade.
This we did, eventually,
and the day was saved.

But as team A was nearing the end,
a guard stood in their way.
Oh what, oh what were they to do?
But then Caine saved the day.

Both teams met up, their missions done,
Ready for the end.
Hopefully, they would reach their goal,
and be able to help their friend.

Floor 110, at last,
and here the Third Power was seen.
One last puzzle, to test our worth,
to enter bay 17.

Harrison climbed in the vents,
and set up our way in.
But oops, it seems there's an error,
we need more puzzles to win.

More puzzles solved, the lights go out,
we hear only noise.
Vi and Helena were both ready,
and so were all three boys.

In they rushed, with single shots,
and then it was a blur.
Something happened, shots were fired,
it all caused quite a stir.

Six were killed, on that night.
They will all be missed.
Except for sneaky Third Power guys,
who'll probably be quite pissed.

Harrison, and Fishcook, also paid the price.
But Caine and Scarlett were okay..
As well as they could be.
They'll live, apparently, anyway.

Oh Harrison, Oh Harrison,
you will be missed I know,
by all at the PCPD,
but it was your time to go.

Scarlett, Kurt, Caine, and even Vi,
will live another day,
Without them, to be honest,
it wouldn't be much of a story, anyway.

"Oh Lettie! Lettie!" cries Vi,
her tears streaming down her face.
But now it was the time to leave,
and get out of this place.

It turns out Caine was there as well,
tortured by the Power.
But in the end, he was a real help,
and was truly a hero of the hour.

So off they went, to hospital,
where Scarlett sits right now,
Hopefully the Third Power,
Will stay away, somehow.

The final thing to happen, friends,
the final clue, hooray!
And we find out it's buried here,
England, upon the Way.

Hopefully, perhaps very soon,
the Cube may just change hands,
and then, my friends, we'll raise a toast,
to the best Cube hunter in the land.

Anyway, anybody that cares will notice I've not blogged for.. a while.

This is because I officially have a Wii. Yes, I do. It's also partly due to the fact that there's been nothing to blog about. I'm still working hard on my Computing, electronics, physics, maths, etc... Blah.

Okay, show's over.

(Also, my rival got an A on task 1. I got a B. Ooh, you win this time.. *twitch*

Me: 2
Rival: 2

Grr.)

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