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This is bound for the actual [[Oni2:AVATARA|AVATARA]] page...
This is bound for the actual [[Oni2:AVATARA|AVATARA]] page...


*[http://www.ennishouse.org/htmls/photo_page.htm Original design] borrowed from the "textile block tiling" of [http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Ennis_House.html Ennis House] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright Frank Lloyd Wright].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120321150010/http://www.ennishouse.org/htmls/photo_page.htm Original design] borrowed from the "textile block tiling" of [http://web.archive.org/web/20190809072052/http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Ennis_House.html Ennis House] by [[wp:Frank_Lloyd_Wright|Frank Lloyd Wright]].
*Main graphics generated by [[User:Guido|Guido]] while discussing the [[Oni2:AVATARA|AVATARA]] entity. The entity is twofold :
*Main graphics generated by [[User:Guido|Guido]] while discussing the [[Oni2:AVATARA|AVATARA]] entity. The entity is twofold :
#AVATARA is the alias of a character suggested for an epilogue to Oni
#AVATARA is the alias of a character suggested for an epilogue to Oni
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*Text and katakana added by [[User:geyser|me]].
*Text and katakana added by [[User:geyser|me]].


*AVATARA may have been the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEO CEO] of [[BGI]] until the [[12/3|Cataclysm]], and thus can be considered as a forerunner of [[Oni2:META|META]] (hence the ME and TA katakana above)
*AVATARA may have been the [[wikt:CEO|CEO]] of [[BGI]] until the [[12/3|Cataclysm]], and thus can be considered as a forerunner of [[Oni2:META|META]] (hence the ME and TA katakana above)


;From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar Wikipedia]
;From [[wp:Avatar|Wikipedia]]
:The Sanskrit word '''avat�?ra-''' literally means "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into lower realms of existence for special purposes.
:The Sanskrit word '''avatāra-''' literally means "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into lower realms of existence for special purposes.


;Sur le fil du rasoir
;Sur le fil du rasoir
:means "on the razor's edge" in French. Taken at brainstorm-time from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar HERE] : "The search for knowledge is never easy. As the Upanishads say, it is like walking on the razor's edge." Also echoes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner Blade Runner] a bit.
:means "on the razor's edge" in French. Taken at brainstorm-time from [[wp:Avatar|HERE]] : "The search for knowledge is never easy. As the Upanishads say, it is like walking on the razor's edge." Also echoes [[wp:Blade_Runner|Blade Runner]] a bit.
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