Well the news on immersion unlimited is the postcards that angel2k and kitkatgirl recieved. So there's been some action anyway. Wonder if I'll get one... it would be nice. No doubt there'll be some puzzle element to the cards, at least there'd better be! But I'm still not sure of the context- is it really Game On?

First of all, my lucky find. I found a wallet last month, handed it in. There was quite a lot of cash in it but I handed it in to the station... a month passed and noone asked after it, so I've been given it. Woot! There's almost enough in there for a holiday... spins globe absentmindedly... yes, it really was that much. Lucky me! I must have been awesome in a previous life. Hehe.
Another lucky find is that of new Triskaseeker LightbulbQuest, who turned up on ImmersionUnlimited to announce that he'd discovered a poster. Check this post for a look at it...
So... is there a ressurection in progress? I don't know if I can handle the pressure... ho hum.
;) Catchya later
OrKid

I thought it was over, maybe nothing's changed. But I found this photo, slipped into a book I was reading (CS Lewis' The Cosmic Trilogy - ace!). The caption says 'Izlington 1913' and he's walking up to some guy, outside a tram. I don't know what it means, or even if it means anything. Maybe I was supposed to find it a long time ago. The guy on the left certainly looks like him, from the glimpse I got the time we met.


I thought I'd share, anyway. Sorry I haven't been active on forums, or even my site here, my life's been consistently busy/boring. But hope everyone's doing well!
Good luck and goodbye
OrkID.

What happened? Triskabiblios.com is down to one page, an obituary.
And we were doing so well... actually I have no idea if we were or not, nobody seemed to know what was going on and the whole thing was quite a random set of seemingly unlinked events. But it was strangely compelling... so many loose ends have been left untied. So that's it. It seems a little unsatisfying to have the thing die so early on... there's at least 12 books out there in the Time/Space continuum, and if?? Islington exists/existed there must be some trace of him.
But that's it. I'm really glad I was there to be a part of what turned out to be a glowing community. I'm sorry it didnt go further and I'm sorry I missed the end of it. Blink and you'll miss it, gradually references to triskabiblios and islington will melt into the non-existent space of cyber realms and the relative memories of each and every one of us. I think all of us involved have made some friends, learned some stuff, stretched ourselves a little bit. It's just a shame that the 'creator' of the site wasn't up to the job.
Will Book Zero ever be found? I don't know, maybe it doesnt matter now. But it's out there, so maybe it will turn up. I'd still be interested to see it, even just as a historical document. But it doesnt look hopeful now.
Still, a generally positive experience. I wonder if it's the last we've heard of Islington? I'm going to keep my eyes open...

We've been having a bit of fun with the puzzles on http://13books.blogspot.com/ Everyone's so bloody clever it makes my head spin. I had no idea how difficult code-breaking is! But I'm learning a new skill and enjoying everybody's company.
I love the line that appeared last night - "Is the journey the meaning, or the destination?" It is the journey...it is definitely the journey. This puzzle has been so much fun, and I'll be sad when it ends.
I hope there will be a new one.

I have a great love of books, so releasing a few into the world during the Triska Book Drop was loads of fun. I'm looking forward to next month's drop as well, and I'll be on the lookout until then at charity shops and yard sales for jewels to share with strangers.

So many things have happened this month. Sadly, some people have moved on but I'm happy I got the chance to meet them. We all shared a common bond of Books and Ideas and Music and Art.... I've been influenced by their ideas and thoughts and knowledge, and I'm grateful I had this opportunity. Some new people have joined in the quest as well, and I look forward to sharing Space and Time with them. :)

Mountain Girl got an amazing visit from Islington recently, which has started us off on a search for something...I wonder where it will lead? As usual, the IU board members are using their incredible puzzle skills and are hot on the trail. I'm always amazed at how they can piece together clues left by our elusive Iz. I'm not as clever as they are, but it's great fun going along for the ride. And I'm learning deductive reasoning by watching them. Thank you, my Sherlock friends!

Well, off to work for me. The Winds came in last night and brought the Winter with it, so Austin is blisteringly cold. I love Winter. I can finally wear my favorite coat.

xOrkidx

Luna got a response to her advert regarding Book Zero! It's been safe and sound all this time and we may soon be able to "view" it. It seems the Book has more power than we thought.... Enormous thanks to Luna for posting that advert. Everyone worked really hard to find the Book, and it feels great to know that our work was not in vain.
I haven't been around much lately because I've been ill with the flu (my flatmate told me that what she had was only allergies so I wasn't prepared for this) but I feel I'm on the upswing. Ginger tea and Vitamin C, my mum always says.
Happy Halloween everyone!

  Well it's been an eventful few days... in Triskabibliosland at least...
    There has been a rollover in Scribeships, so we welcome Incogneato and Luna to the task - shame for Rowan and Rogi but I think they'll understand.  I'm dissapointed by the childish message though, banhammer indeed. Lets not lower the tone, hey Iz?
    And we have three new pages - with puzzles (not too difficult though). But the images we get in response to the answers are telling - apparantly these came from either scans or pictures that Islington had left with Toby while he was in London. He talks about the loss of Book Zero, the conundrum that is Kelly, and there is a drawing of the moment Book Zero was 'Lost'. All pretty intruiging but we still don't know where it is, with seemingly no solutions in sight. I get cable here with some of the UK channels (US TV is even more mindrotting than UK) and I thought of maybe trying to get through to that show, the one that Steven Hawkins was on the other night... Madeley&Finnegan or what's their names. They do tend to take on some more esoteric stuff from time to time and they also actively encourage reading through their booklists so maybe they'd be interested in taking on us rag tag bundle of Searchers and our mystery Lost Book? I'd make the call if I... was brave enough... heheh. 
  What looks promising is the hint in one of the paintings we uncovered yesterday, the mention of what's written as 'Book 7even'.  Will begin in Austin? Sounds like I might have to do some legwork after all...  but why is it out of order? I was expecting Book One. Sigh. You never can tell...

  Well had a nice day by the lake yesterday, feeling refreshed and ready to rummage through some books. Mmmm... rummaging....

Be good y'all
xOrKid
   

So close and yet so far... It seems that Book Zero has been released into the Real World community of London. It was last seen wedged in the A of the British Library Gate at St Pancreas. Someone must have seen it, someone must know where it is! Some strategies for recovering it that we could try... 1: A Poster campaign in the area 2: Phoning into radio stations asking for 'shoutouts'. 3: Befriending the Security and Cleaning departments of the Library 4: Get an advert plea in a newspaper 5: Giving up (not an option for me!) I am sure, as Book Zero would clearly be an interesting and original book, that it wont have been thrown away. It's just a matter of getting the word out there and we'll have the Book in no time. Be positive! This is just the first step, we are making progress! I took it upon myself to start a thread at Immersion Unlimited. For some reason the Unfiction mods thought I wasn't real and banned me from joining in with the discussion (very ban happy!) so here's the link: IU Triska Forum

  And the Triskabiblios front page has changed to reflect the question on everybodys minds: WHERE?

Well that was a sorry weekend, I had a funeral to attend and I missed all the action. Well done to That Dead Dude for getting the 'Key'... but where's the Book? Did we miss it?
Islington told us that the Book 'would be Found' on the Full Moon... but he didnt say who would find it. I guess it was short-sighted of us to assume that of all the millions of people in London, one of us active Searchers would find it. So, where did we check and where did we miss? Let's go over the available information and try and fiter through the clutter...
*burns brain*

I went outside this morning... just woken up yawning and scratching...
stretching into the bluesky
the last of the sun on my back
I noticed a teapot
White
Chipped
and
moving ever so slightly.

I lifted the Lid
Inside
happy and asleep
a DorMouse
Curled
and winking.

I took him inside,
put him in a cardboard box
with some sesame seeds and a pipette of water
and looked for a more permenant home for Him
but when I turned round
the corner of the box had been nibbled through
and the DorMaus was noWhere to be Seen.

Strange day. But OK.
OkRid

I'mreally excitedabout the London event
and Islinton sent me a message
Here is it!
"Dearest OrKid,
Thank you for your 2 months of help so far. Your Karmic credits grow weighty with Potential.
A number of cryptic wordstrings will, when the receptive mind feeds on them,
will shed a faint crack of light on the mystery location
Kipper is right.
The passkey is in matter/place in Time.
13:13
SonDay
Jackalope
Map
record your progress (notes/photographicplates/minidv/sketches/foundobjects)
beawareofyoursurroundings
iwillBinTouch
IsLingTon
13Oct(ravenscroftday)
"

Wow... mean anything to anyone???
xOrKid

The hunt for Book Zero is hotting up, only 6 days to go. We've been getting clues like Chinese Water Torture, a steady drip drip drip to feed our enthusiastic speculation. So here's my 2 cents worth... The Key page has a picture of the Tom Paine memorial in Islington, some Japanese writing (solved by shylilembrace to read Sunday) and a password field.
  We've all tried every possible keyword that springs to mind, to no avail. So I'm guessing it must be a key that we have to physically go and collect from the monument, at the time indicated. Maybe we'll get it by trial and error, but it could be a rare or even non-existant word. So... is anybody free on Sunday???

I got a job! I'm going to be working part time at a bookshop near me. I just walked in looking for a copy of Rights of Man, got talking to the boss there, and walked out with a job. Just my luck, eh? Can't wait, for a start I could do with the extra cash, plus you know me, I do love reading so it's going to be great being around books alot more. So forgive me if I don't post *quite* as often, but I'm a very busy girl!!
Love you all,
xOrKid.

Things look to be hotting up on the trail of Book Zero... Islington has revealed a clue which seems to shine light on where in London it might be found... I don't know London at all well so I'm not going to be much help... I wish I could afford a holiday there though, I want to be in on this discovery! So... who's going? Anybody live in London fancy running around picking up after our scatty Time Travelling friend?? Hehhehehe.
I've been going through my book collection and I've found a few old gems... wonder what I should do with them...
In non-triskabiblios related news - yes, I do have a life outside of this 'game' - my flatmate Orla brought home a kitten, she found it in a box - and it's soooo cute! Except, I'm ferociously allergic to kittens, plus it weed on me. Sigh. It's a love/hate relationship...
Let me know what's going on as we near the date of Book Zero discovery... I'm getting twitchy as the Full Moon approaches...

Bye for now! xOrKid

So some of the world got an eclipse, on the 3rd of October. It still blows my mind that the moon and sun line up like that. I missed it of course, but I still can relate. For everyone in the South of Europe it musta been lovely.
The Scribes are getting organised, much kudos to Samantha (shylilembrace) for being so swell in sorting out the Triskabibliography, as well as starting some new threads at Unfiction (48 pages and counting...).
If this is a game, it's huge. I did a little research into other 'ARG' games - though I'm not convinced this is one as I've said - not a normal one anyway...
The biggest current one I can find is www.perplexcity.com. The word perplexcity gets around 34,000 hits on google, which is awesome, but as far as I know that's been going for years. Triskabiblios just... kind of exploded out of know-where. In the first week, it gets 27,900 pages. Which, I don't know... makes me think maybe there is something in it... maybe Islington is altering the Internet from within? Didn't he say something about Invoking the Soul of the Internet?? Hmmmm... wild spec time over methinks...
So, book zero... London... any ideas? Who's going to be in London over the Full Moon (mourns empty bank account - no nipping over for me *sob*). Let's get organised, scribes! Is there some easy way for us to all communicate? (I havent got a phone btw). Some kind of chat channel that we could keep in touch if any puzzles do come up? We might have to get moving, who knows what kind of trail Islington might lay for us...
I really hope I get to see the Book one day. The pictures look lovely, so mysterious and evokative. Just to hold it... wow... who knows through what worlds it has been?
Well, thanks you guys for posting lovely posts, it's nice to see my blog being used. When I started it I very much doubted I'd get any visiters, I guess I've got Islington to thank for all the new friends. Hehe.
Well, be good folks, I'll be back soon. I'm going for a cycle ride into the country, it'll be good to get out. I've got a new, ultralight tent so I might just sleep under canvas. Sweeet!
Bye for now!
xORkid

www.triskabiblios.com/scribes/
Wow look at that list!
And there's me! As Alice - How did Islington know my middle name was Alice?
*shudder and excitement mixed*
x
Orchid Alice O'Malley
triskabiblios scribe

Mountain Girl has had a mysterious book through the post. She tells me that the postage mark was smudged so she has no idea where it was from... though it had a US postage mark... we already knew Islington was in America (at least those of you who didnt doubt my sanity - hehehe). But now he's sending paperback copies of Herman Hesse to lucky scribes! The mind boggles...
More updates on the Ever Growing Mystery that is www.triskabiblios.com...
A links page, and I'm up there with all the other mushrooming sites about this interesting phenomenon. I'm proud of my connection to the strange world of Triskabiblios, and the seemingly helpful group we've become...
Which way the Future?
Only Time will Tell.

xOrkid

Hello again all my Triskabiblioholics!
Its nearly the New Moon, and I've been thinking... why is it we haven't heard anything from old Islington recently?
He's dropped some hints as to his particular method of Time Travel... he seems to 'blink' most around the Full Moon period...
I'm guessing that he must travel back and forth in Time randomly, but in reference to the same Full Moon, just different years. So - the Equinox, when all this wierd stuff started, he would travel through all Equinoxes in Time. Lots of them, anyway...
So now it's nearly New Moon... all is quiet... I'm feeling a little tired as the nights are drawing slowly closer... and Islington's nowhere to be found... Where does he go when he's not leaping through moonbeams? Trapped, no doubt, in some Time, stranded until the next month's window of oppurtunity. How does he manage? It must be hard to cope with...
Nobody has heard any news of Islington's Notebook... Graeme heard from Islington announcing that the book is somewhere in London (*sob* - I miss out - here's hoping one turns up in Texas sometime...). I love the drawing that we've seen so far... it makes me wonder what interesting delights the notebook contains.... Clues? We should be so lucky. I'm guessing it'll either be in a really obscure code it will take us until 2013 to crack it... or it will be so obtusely poetic no-one can make head nor tail of it. Either way, I can't wait to see it, or at least, some choice scans by whoever finds it... I just hope the person who does find it is a Triskabibliotist or we're in Big Trouble...
I don't have much news I'm afraid... I've had a bit of a cold and spent most of the last few days wrapped up in a blanket feeling sorry for myself. Drank lots of lemon tea and read News from Nowhere (which I believe has been suggested by Mr Islington to Incogneato)... it's a lovely book, a guy wakes up in London - only it's a different London... some time in the Future, where everybody gets along, there's no money, everyone's creative and makes and does things just for the love of doing it... there's a fair bit of politics though which I have to admit I skipped through... prefering the nice tales of people just living... I want to wake up in Nowhere... And Islington says... "It is Possible"!
It's worth bearing in mind... I'm glad I read it... gives me a bit of hope. I guess things are slowly changing for the better... there are a few distractions but generally people seem to be waking up to the possibilities in their own lives. Since Islington contacted me - (am I still the only person to have sighted him??) I am paying more attention to the things that matter... Friends, Good Food, Sharing, Thinking, I've even started singing again! So Ok, I think all of this stuff might have even happened anyway, since I was feeling like I needed a change that day in the library, maybe this happening has just brought it home to me. I can make a difference...?

Well happy days people, I'm going to have a long hot bath and re-read Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (why not???)
xOrkid

Well, hope everybody's keeping busy and doing some great stuff. I've been doing a little bit of writing, a few sketches too, and wishing I hadn't packed in my course (everyone's going back but meeee *weeps inconsolably*)... so yeah, I guess you could say I'm having regrets.
Been reading alot too, some of the books that have come up during the Triskabiblios hunt... dug out an old copy of the Upanishads an old friend gave to me years ago (he was on a bit of a 'spiritual' one... bless him). I cant make much headway with it, it seems a little strange to my way of thinking. What exactly are they on about? Quarks I can deal with... but this is peculiar.
So, Islington's Notebook, eh? Did everyone see the link on the triska site? What do you all reckon it means? Is this one of the 13? Or, (and I favour this angle) it's just an introduction into Islington's World. Anybody know where we might find the book? Even a vague description of the continent it's on would be nice at this stage. Nice picture though, kind of relaxing in style. Like, deep contemplation. I can relate (I've had a lot of time to think lately)...
Thank you all for coming to my page, adding me to your friends list, and helping me come to terms with my odd part in this whole adventure. Maximum respect (as a certain person used to say - sorry - personal history *blush*)...
I've been reading some of the triskabiblios searcher's posts out there on lazylaces and unfiction. I must say I'm really pleased to be involved, even from this distance and in such a small way, with such a lovely bunch of people. I will say this about Islington, he does pick some nice folks to spook.
I look forward to random aim chats soon.
Adios!
xOrkid