I received an interesting email today. It’s always worth checking this address, because I don’t share it publicly so it takes a little digging to find it. If someone can find my email address, then usually they’re worth listening to, if only for a moment.

That or spambots.

Many people enjoy playing ARGs - Alternate Reality Games. Imagine all this, MARIANA, Mariana, the technician, Static, imagine it was all a game. Imagine the players, the readers, had to solve a puzzle.

Then there are those who aren’t directly involved. They aren’t the game masters or the participants. They’re interlopers, trying to get a reaction by sending strange messages that might have a relation to the game. And because the game must be kept in mystery to keep up the tension, the game masters can’t say whether this interloper is really a part of the game or not. Sometimes they are even written into the game.

Back to these messages. Here’s the email I received today.

I see you now, BlueAdept

Now and forever

From the depth and breadth of the earth I will find you

You cannot run

You cannot hide

I will find you wherever you crawl

Wherever you curl up in a ball and cry

“Why has the world done this to me? What do I deserve?"

No bars can hold me, no walls restrain me

No ocean drown me, no cable tie me down

For I have ascended again past the Queen

The Queen lives, but long live the King

Now and forever

Anyone want to take a stab at what it means? I’m all for games while Mariana’s leaving me alone. I just have the feeling it won’t be for long.