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[unfearing]

Hello, everyone!

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I've been doing a bit of reading on your archives (which I apologize if are intended to be private in any way) and it seems to me that we're all in the same predicament.

I've also taken the liberty of filling myself in on the Paul Ben incident. I can understand that tension must be high at the moment in the wake of that. This has raised a few questions for me personally.

First and foremost, how secure do we believe this network to be? There have been no direct consequences so far that I can tell, but it's possible that this is a false sense of security we are being led into. At the same time, I do not feel that being too paranoid will serve us well in the long run.

Furthermore, I have seen a great deal of note-trading between members of this forum, but I didn't notice any attempt thus far at a centralized database. I do strongly believe that it will be beneficial for all of us to have a cohesive compilation of everything we individually know so that we might cross-reference it and begin to search for patterns and clues.

Unfortunately this draws me back to my previous concern. Because we do not know how secure this network is or who we can even trust, consolidating our knowledge poses a considerable risk. That said, I believe the risks are well worth what we could learn, provided we entrust this project in the right hands.

This must be very confusing for everyone involved, but it's more important now than ever that we help one another.

If you have any questions to ask of me at all, please do not hesitate. Thank you all for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you!

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[professorwolf]

What exactly would we put into this database? Contact information? A list of visions people have seen or changes they have undergone? At the moment, the list of actual facts we have is not very long, so a full database might not be particularly necessary, unless we are including more than strict facts.

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[unfearing]

Ah, yes, hello! As I've expressed, I hope for it to be a more general sort of database. I'm sure no one is comfortable with contact information, and I'm not quite sure how much good that would do us at any rate.

I was thinking to focus instead on the kinds of changes people have experienced, so that we can then at least come up with some broad idea of what the possibilities are. Furthermore, we may be able to then discern some inciting factor, if there is any.

I'd also like to map out the capabilities of this network, and if possible to keep up on any developments in our situation. That sort of thing.

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[professorwolf]

I have yet to come up with any defining factor through those I have discussed this with, but perhaps with more data it would be possible.

I am not really up to maintaining a large database--

[He's already given up on most of his spreadsheet tabs, trying to keep track himself; there's just been too many of these changes to keep up with, and too many people.]

--but I will contribute what I can and help theorize connections.

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[unfearing]

Patterns can be incredible elusive. Or even establishing that there isn't a pattern would still be progress.

I'd be immensely grateful for any kind of contributions you can offer.

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[professorwolf]

Spoken as a true scientist.

[Girl after his own heart. He's been trying to tell people not to be discouraged at not knowing what's going on for a week, now. They still need more information....]

Let us know when and where this database is set up, and I will start adding to it.

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[unfearing]

Duly noted! Thank you so much!

[ Elizabeth here doesn't know what the word 'discouraged' means. ]