As for the diary...well, I have no idea if this thing is real or if it's just the Jester messing with me. Anyway, I took pictures of the rest of the diary and I will now post them. The left-side pages have pictures on them and the right-side pages have words, but I'm posting them the other way around, since the pictures refer to the words. Because I'm OCD like that.
And that's it. That's the end of the diary - the rest of the pages are blank. Again, don't know if this thing is real or not, but in either case, it's fairly disturbing.
...this dire blogd to the wooden girl shes jesters master but y wood he show it to you use this to your adanteg my frend
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ReplyDeleteOh, they turned off the TV to read books.
ReplyDeleteStill, sad to see the Jester messing with another pair of siblings, wish we knew how it ended.
On that last page where it has a quote from Mister Motley, the first letter of each word spells out "Hello Grace".
ReplyDeleteThat's...weird.
ReplyDeletepuppets and jesters and strings oh my
ReplyDeleteI'm not much good with puzzles, but folklore and mythology, I know. I'm not sure if this has any significance, but Carne (Carna) is the Roman goddess of flesh, so while Carna Vale sounds like carnival, it could actually mean something more like Valley of Flesh.
ReplyDeleteThis was about the most detailed link I could find. Again, I don't know if this is useful at all, but it came to mind considering the Wooden Girl controls bodies but not necessarily minds. It is also worth noting that Carna has been confused or combined with the Cardea, goddess of doors.
At the same time, (this from the carnival wiki) Folk etymologies exist which state that the word (Carnival) comes from the Late Latin expression carne vale, which means "farewell to meat", signifying that those were the last days when one could eat meat before the fasting of Lent. The word carne may also be translated as flesh, so suggesting carne vale as "a farewell to the flesh", a phrase actually embraced by certain carnival celebrants who encourage letting go of your former (or everyday) self and embracing the carefree nature of the festival. However, explanations proceeding from carne vale seem to be folk etymologies and are not supported by philological evidence.
Am I the only one that thinks it's a bit screwed up to invite a 6 year old to the "Valley of Flesh?"
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