K…B…E…? Monday, 16 February 2009
Posted by The Lost Book in Story teamwork.trackback
Don’t think you’re getting a rest just because we’ve worked out the story for episode 2! We need to start thinking about episode 3.
We’ll be posting the storyboards for episode 2 later today tomorrow (the outline is already up, and if you haven’t seen episode 1 don’t forget to watch the animation, read Jasper Fforde’s articles about the missing book – Sally Challenger’s expedition journal – and read the first two entries in the journal).
It’s about time we worked out what the mysterious letters K.B.E. stand for. They turned up at the scene of the crime in episode 1. They’ve turned up again in episode 2. They must mean something! What could it be?
(Julian has already pointed out that KBE stands for “Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire” and Connor thinks it might mean “Kyle Bad for Ever”.)
Please leave a three-word comment with your suggested expansion of K.B.E.
We’re going to leave suggestions open until the end of Monday (23 Feb) and then set up a poll to choose the best one on Tuesday, so hurry up and let us have your ideas.
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Kiwi Book Expungers
P4b Suggestions…
KBE
Kidnap Book Editor
Kyle’s Bad Evidence
Killing Books Everyday
Killer Book Enemies
Keith Benjamin Evans
Keep Books Extinct
Knock Before Entry
Kill By Easter
Key Blackmail Evidence
king biron ediks
(personally I still think the whole Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire has the best story potential)
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Tom – what would your “Knight Commander…” story be? Julian suggested a Darwinian link…
I vote for KGB!
>:U
Its an organisation that probably has some (secret) influence. Dropping those letters might be a way to communicate to the police that they better not interfere. It might explain why they want Aileen discredited and why Kyle isnt fired (he is a good cop after all) but suspended (he gets in the case too much and they dont want to have it solved).
So maybe that which is in the journal has some political or scientific consequences and people higher up are trying to cover it up and keep it a secret.
Or maybe one of the expedition members also was a Knight Commander and stole the journal to keep things he saw a secret? Using his KBE influence to hinder the investigation in multiple ways while he tries to hide what they uncovered back then.
Third option is that the thief knows of the influence the Order of the British Empire has and misuses it to hinder the investigation or to discredit the order. Maybe someone who holds a grudge against Great Britain, the royal house or certain members of the order. After all.. the only tracks found were planted there. It might not be actually pointing to the one who did it, but only to someone who is now possible going to take the blame for it.
As I said… best story potential because even with the answer known (it being a reference to the Order), the story can still go several different directions!
The shortlist has been chosen! Cast your votes in the sidebar poll…