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consignment2014-10-12 11:08 am
foundallthebuckets) wrote in consignment2014-10-12 11:08 am
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DAY 51; HOUR 70:00
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
TO: brown.nicolas@cdc.org, tess@cdc.org, zoe.hange@cdc.org, kino@cdc.org, baku@cdc.org, pilot@cdc.org, elric.edward@cdc.org, varr.noh@cdc.org
SUBJECT: ORDER OF THE MYSTERY ROCK
Since many of us will be leaving on mission soon I thought it might be prudent to start another contact chain concerning our puzzle. Does anyone have any new information or thoughts?
From my study of it all I can say is that A. it now glows, and B. the markings on it do not correspond with any language or pattern I recognize.
[ooc: threadhopping ect is encouraged!]
TO: brown.nicolas@cdc.org, tess@cdc.org, zoe.hange@cdc.org, kino@cdc.org, baku@cdc.org, pilot@cdc.org, elric.edward@cdc.org, varr.noh@cdc.org
SUBJECT: ORDER OF THE MYSTERY ROCK
Since many of us will be leaving on mission soon I thought it might be prudent to start another contact chain concerning our puzzle. Does anyone have any new information or thoughts?
From my study of it all I can say is that A. it now glows, and B. the markings on it do not correspond with any language or pattern I recognize.
[ooc: threadhopping ect is encouraged!]
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C. it's annoying
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I knew I was forgetting one detail.
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That one should be A.
To be honest
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I don't know, aside from the glowing it doesn't seem to do much.
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He spoke to Warriorhead. No new information was forthcoming.
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That's what I was afraid of. Still thank you for the effort, Pilot.
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We'll have to keep investigating.
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It's been serving as a decent reading light.
[It really hasn't.]
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Hange, can you copy down the markings on the stone for us?
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Yeah, I've got you covered.
FROM: hange.zoe@cdc.org
Good to see we're making some headway with this thing. Maybe.
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What have you been reading?
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This interesting book on Taxidermy that I received after a mission. I can lend it to you one of these days if you want.
FROM: hange.zoe@cdc.org
Aside from that, there's been no notable changes from my end, though it looks like we might be able to make some progress now with that key.
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I would love to, perhaps once everything has settled again.
FROM: wurtel.ferdinand@cdc.org
Indeed. I know it's much to ask and it's already late, but if you can spends as much time with it before handing it off, that would be fantastic.
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TO: [ORANGE- STONE FILTER]
I was able to talk with Sturmhond from Blue while we fought Shai. Here is what he, and other members of Green and Red, have:
FROM: varr.noh@cdc.org
One dot is 1.
One bar is 2.
Two dots is 3.
Two bars is 4.
One dash is a line.
One square is a space.
FROM: varr.noh@cdc.org
Count, don't add.
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FROM: tess@cdc.org
I was going to say I'm glad we're not alone but then you slap me with this puzzle shit.
FROM: tess@cdc.org
Hopefully Hange can copy the rock for us.
FROM: tess@cdc.org
They have about as good of a clue as us what's going on?
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Sturmhond is clever, and even he's at a loss. Start by number-swapping and go from there.
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FROM: tess@cdc.org
I'll bet. Well, it's a good thing there's a lot of us.
FROM: tess@cdc.org
You ever hear about the monkeys on typewriters?
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So it is a cypher. Though I have to say it's unlike any other I've come across, even with the instructions.
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FROM: tess@cdc.org
Alight, so we got at least part of it written down for us, but there's some combinations that aren't in what they got.
FROM: tess@cdc.org
There's groups of three dots, groups of four dots, and groups of three bars.
FROM: tess@cdc.org
If one bar is two and two is four than I guess three is six.
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That's a reasonable assumption I think. Though from what I recall, the bars should be the blocked in spaces, yes?
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What do you mean?
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Just saying that I don't recall any symbols looking like squares, aside from those. I'd need to take another look at it to be sure, of course.
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lmfao I saw that
shhh shhhhhhhhh
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Late Day 52
This sequence is octal. It's probably some sort of code. He hadn't realized until he looked at the completed sequence.
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Octal? What is that?
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A code or counting system in base 8. Humans count in base 10.
FROM: pilot@cdc.org
So when you count, you write: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.
FROM: pilot@cdc.org
Then "10" represents 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 units.
FROM: pilot@cdc.org
In base-8, which Iotians utilize, the digits are 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 with "10" representing 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 units.
FROM: pilot@cdc.org
Thus, the Iotian 100 would be a human 64. An Iotian 10 would be the human 8. Iotian 40 would be human 32.
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