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[myowncourse]

[when the video turns on, the first thing that is visible is Jim's face. He is in a dark place, though an odd glow from something off screen illuminates him well enough to make out his expression. He's not looking pleased. When he is sure he has the attention of everyone, he flips the SFC and focuses it on the huge, glowing underground doors

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[k1_sauce]

...Looks like it's backwards.

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[myowncourse]

[oh, someone willing to help. You have just risen to the top of people who are awesome, dear mystery man.]

Yeah? Hmm, lets see. That would make it.

[he switches to text for a moment. What? He can't pronounce letters and dashes!]

Co_ra__ o_ _he _e_rt

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[k1_sauce]

Let's see...

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Co_ra__ o_ _he _e_rt

o_ = or, on, of

_he = she, the

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[myowncourse]

There's some other guy helping too. He said the last word might be 'Heart'.

[heroistics]

I'll give it a try, though I don't know how good I am at hangman...

[myowncourse]

Any attempt is an attempt. Better than just doing nothing.

[heroistics]

Well, it's kinda weird that the last letter is upper case, don't you think?

[myowncourse]

What if it isn't the last letter? I've heard of pirates writing stuff in mirror-writing on their maps sometimes. Maybe this is the same?

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[ninthserenade]

Maybe it's a different language?

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[myowncourse]

Well, for all I know it is in Squid. We gotta try anyway, unless you just wanna wait for that thing to wake up and start terrorizing things again.

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[ninthserenade]

Eugh, no way, dude. Even after using Curaga on myself six times in a row my ribs are still killing me.

[A beat.]

And my Squid is pretty bad, so if it is, we're kinda outta luck on that part.

[And then he flips to text.]

but in all seriousness maybe an elimination thing with the letters

so like. idk I'm just gonna go backwards since the C is capital, k? k.

Co_ra__ o_ _he _e_rt

we can prolly boot out b for the third letter cuz cobra__ o_ _he _e_rt sounds kinda weird right?

[Aww yeah, he's actually thinking for once.]

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[myowncourse]

if we are thinking like that, we could probably eliminate letters like X and Q as well.

[keijisan]

...it looks like something 'on the heart' or 'of the heart,' backwards. I can't make out the first word, though.

[myowncourse]

[Hello mysterious person you are now his new best friend.]

Hmm, yeah, okay. I can see that. The 'the' could be 'she' as well, but that doesn't make sense.

[keijisan]

[Wait until you hear what he does for a living at home.]

I couldn't think of any other word combinations besides 'heart' for the second word, so I thought not, yes. And the first word would tell us the second, but I didn't get anything off the top of my head.

[myowncourse]

[Spontaneous hives! Police officers! His mortal enemy!]

It's probably best to keep it in mind, just in case the last word isn't 'heart'. Maybe if we make lists of possible words, we can put something together that makes sense.

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[courageofheart]

Those are supposed to be words?

[Video] okay with assuming this is after they crack it?

[myowncourse]

Yeah, they're--

[And then he stops. Cause he just realized what was talking to him. And just.]

This is what going mad must feel like.

[Video] OOPS yes absolutely!

[courageofheart]

[We are too nervous and stressed to deal with this kind of thing.]

Yes, yes, get on with it. I'm Mrs. Brisby, a normal field mouse, nice to meet you. If we could dispence with the formalities?

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[myowncourse]

[Oh god, he just got told by a mouse.]

Uh, yes. Sorry. I'm Jim. Jim Hawkins.

Right, the words. We figured it out. It's supposed to say 'Courage of the heart' but we have no idea what that means.