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[SOLVED][CONTACT/PUZZLE] New E-mail from Layla

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Britt�
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[SOLVED][CONTACT/PUZZLE] New E-mail from Layla

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Anyone remember Rookery Tower?

Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 7:52 pm

Ursos
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Joined: 26 Apr 2005
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Location: Columbus, OH

Alright, so you...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

... take out all the 4s and 5s from the e-mail, keeping the groups of numbers together (adding a space if the numbers end, that is). You get:

5454 4444 4 45 5 4 544

That's repeated three times throughout the e-mail. Change that into Morse code, with 5=- and 4=. and you get:

C H E A T E D

And thus, you have the key to decipher the coded e-mail, which is:

"I sulked, leaning against th e bed post. Non e of my dorm mates were anywhere to be found, which was reasonable, as they had class. Technically I had class as well, but when I'd returned that year, my teachers had learned not to question my little absences. After all, those who did tended to have�accidents.

Not terrible ones, mind you, just little, unpleasantnesses. Just enough to make certain my word was law. Especially among the students. One of the rumours I had heard, the one I liked best, was that I was a gypsy prince in exile, who could throw curses or the evil-eye at the drop of a hat. Of course, and let us give credit where credit is due, it wasn't my work so much as it was the work of my constant companion.

"Xazlael," I murmured, silently thanking my brother for the strange and almost certainly unintentional gift he had presented me with at our parting. The Tall Man came now, when I asked for him in that manner.

My raven haired friend appeared, leaning over the back of the bedframe, grinning. "Hello my boy," he greeted, "why the long face?"

I shrugged.

He drummed his fingers. "Now, now, don't be this way. What can I do if you don't tell me who's wronged you?"

Like a cat with a ball of string, Xazlael loved to take my vengeance for me. And to be honest? I loved to watch. I smirked, cheering up a bit.

"They pole my start," I complained.

"What's this?" he rested his sharp chin in his palm, as if trying to remember what I was talking about. He already knew.

"In the play," a coached.

He nodded dramatically, "Oooooooh, that part. The one with all the fairies. I'd nearly forgotten that, my boy."

A Midsummer Night's Dream was what we'd be performing.

I shrugged. "Mey thade me un anderstudy."

His eyes narrowed. "Oh did they? Well, that can be rectified easily. Name me the brat who got the part."

My smirk sprea d in to a grin. "Cha rles Evans.""

I believe the spaces are where the original numbers were. Viola!

Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 8:08 pm

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