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№10 - Text. Anonymous source.

I miss you all so much. I'm going to need a bit of your help here. Shouldn't be too difficult, snoopers. Finish the final statement:

'My opinion,' said he, 'is that we ought, out of the common purse, to
pay for this barn, and whatsoever corn, straw, or hay it contains,
and thus indemnify the owner, and then burn down the whole
building and the terrible beast with it. Thus no one will have to
endanger his life. This is no time for thinking of expense,
and stinginess would be ill applied.'

All agreed with him.

So,
they set fire to the barn

Hint, hint: It deals with an owl, as I recall. A bit silly, don't you think? :) German tales. The town fears it, dreads it until they find their own way to calm their nerves. Circle around it. Use their own idea of 'exorcism.' Believe it's gone. Out of their way. Ignorance is bliss.

At least until the threat goes hoot hoot, then watch them scatter!

-S.

P.S. ht :/ d -s e.t lr.c

( ooc: HINT HINT what does the bunch of text in the p.s. look like?

HINT HINT#2: Look what I emphasized in the text, maybe it's importanteeee?

HINT HINT #3: Not really a hint, but it's a Tumblr.

HINT HINT #4: WHY DO YOU THINK I ASKED FOR THE ENDING OF THAT TEXT? WHY DID I BOLD GERMAN? HMM AHHHH )

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'Thus no one will have to endanger his life'?

Sorry lot of cowards, if you ask me.

[ Hold on, ignoring you for a bit. ]

[ Wait

no

you can't. ]

[ >ignore ]

[ That's okay, buddy.

I'll just sit here by the phone.

Waiting for your call.

No rush. ]

[ Hours later... ]

[ That's okay.

You're busy.

Bogged down with work.

I understand. ]

[ Yeah, sure. Keep thinking that. ]

[ I SAID I WAS SORRY GOOD GOD, MAN PICK UP THE PHONE.

DON'T DO THIS TO ME

WE CAN WORK THIS OUT IN ANY WAY THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE ME CALLING YOU JIM ]

[ ♫Elevator music ]

[

I feel the insufferable urge to dance.

But my heart is too broken. ]

[ Christ, you're just pathetic. ]

[ I wouldn't be pathetic if you just offered a little praise every so often.

A 'good job, Seabass'.

A pat on the head

A Scooby Snack.

Anything. ]

that's a lot of effort to go through for an owl.

Would you take the lazier alternative?

S

i just don't think i'd hang around with people afraid of owls. i don't see them being great conversationalists.

what would you do?

Wise.

Be the owl. ;)

S

but you'd have to be careful about who you spook then, wouldn't you? or choosy at least. i mean, any old nutjob can wig out and set fire to a barn.

or am i missing some subtle cue about wanting to be pursued?

Ooh, very careful. Keep on my toes.

You could be alright about that too, but I'm not shooting for the idea of free answers.

S

you don't consider hints to be free answers?

it was probably snowball

Har har.

S

no proof that it wasn't

No proof it was much of a threat either.

S

a threat? who's threatening?

The bird with the twisty head, of course. People get spooked, it's immediately a threat.

Silly, silly~

S

poor owl

Always the 'poor owl.'

S

maybe he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time

Maybe so? Or maybe he really is a fiend. The cute ones are so suspicious.

S

Edited 2012-11-25 08:11 (UTC)

ooh spooky

[ ~~2spooky.~~ ]

Such mystery!

S

maybe they should have just set fire to each other

The barn?

[ it SAYS IT RIGHT THERE IN THE TEXT. 'and then burn down the whole building and the terrible beast with it' 'All agreed with him.' ]

Outstanding read comprehension. :)

But really? I just gave you the answer, that's a bit too easy isn't it? Is that really the puzzle?

Hint, hint, prod, prod.

S

I suspect the puzzle is in trying to figure out who the 'owl' is, on the ship. If you're making that comparison, at least, you're bringing light to the fact that you think we're handling it all wrong. Maybe. But there's really no way of knowing your objective when all you're providing is a piece of old folk lore.

[ LOL gwen likes science ok this isn't scientific at all. though she does recognize that the ps looks like a broken up url, it's just a matter of ..figuring out where it leads. but yeahno, she's in school mode. clues should be presented very plainly, not- just- random things!! SHE'S SO FRUSTRATED. ]

Is your hint really only going to be 'look again'?

set fire to the barn at all four corners, and with it the owl was miserably burnt.

[ Two hundred and fifty years gives you plenty of time to learn all the old tales. ]

Oh, a fan, I see?

S

just a guy with a lot of spare time.

the rain? watch it pour as i TOUCHED YOUR FACE. let it burn while I cry cause I heard it screaming out your name... YOUR NAAAAAMMEEE.

Bonus points for breaking the ice.

S

[ Seriously, he was just waiting for it. ]

wow, glitter text. takes me back to myspace. not in a good way. so what, is this your thing? you get off on riddles or something?

Wait. They burned down a whole building to get to one thing inside? That's kind of stupid.

They really are all terrible at riddles, aren't they?

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