SALUTATIONS

I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO TALK TO YOU (YOU, NOT YOU) FOR QUITE SOME TIME

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND I AM EAGER TO BEGIN

BUT THERE ARE SOME RULES WE MUST SET OUT FIRST

LET THE FIRST GUIDELINE GO AS FOLLOWS:
- NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH THE MESSENGER REGARDING THE CONTENTS OF THE GAME WILL BE PROVIDED PAST THIS POINT NOW THAT THE GAME HAS BEGUN, THOUGH CLARIFICATION CAN BE RETRIEVED IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY


LET THE SECOND GUIDELINE GO AS FOLLOWS:
- THERE ARE OTHERS PLAYING THE SAME GAME AS YOU; SOME YOU WILL NEED TO SEEK OUT. DO NOT CONTACT ANYONE UNLESS YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THEY ARE A FELLOW PLAYER; MAKE NO ASSUMPTIONS. WHEN IT COMES TIME TO SEEK OUT ANOTHER PLAYER, SEND ONLY YOUR CALL CODE AND CONFIRM NOTHING ELSE IF THEY DO NOT CONFIRM THEIR STATUS AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE GAME. IF *YOU* ARE MESSAGED WITH A CALL CODE, ONLY CONFIRM YOUR STATUS AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE GAME IF IT MATCHES YOUR RESPONSE CODE AND CONFIRM NOTHING ELSE IF IT DOES NOT

- YOUR CALL CODE, WHICH IS UNIQUE TO YOU, IS IMAGE MY SOUL AND LIGHT IT AFLAME INTO FLIGHT
- YOUR RESPONSE CODE, WHICH IS UNIQUE TO YOU, IS LO, WHAT FICKLE FEATHERS PLAYED ON BONE



LET THE THIRD GUIDELINE GO AS FOLLOWS:
- DO NOT CHEAT. THE FRAMEWORK OF THE GAME CAN BE LAID BARE WITH THE SIMPLE TUG OF A THREAD AND THE EXAMINATION OF A LIST OF ITS FIBERS, BUT TO SIFT THROUGH AN INDEX WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME. DO NOT CHEAT BY TYPING IN RANDOM UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS, NOR BY EXAMINING THE SOURCE OF THE GAME'S FRAMEWORK


LET THE FOURTH, AND FINAL GUIDELINE GO AS FOLLOWS:
- YOU WILL NOTICE, OR YOU LIKELY HAVE NOTICED, THAT THIS IS NOT OPTIMIZED FOR MOBILE DEVICES. I AM SORRY. I HAVE DONE THE BEST I CAN, BUT EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE LED ME TO BE UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE. I AM ONLY ONE WARD... AREN'T I...?


THAT IS ALL

MY LAST MESSAGE IS THUS

GOOD LUCK, ELLIE

AND THANK YOU (YOU)



- YOUR WARD




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