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mourningbelle · Lonely Fan Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Posts: 155 Location: canada

Aww Tilt, good job! <3
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tiltingwindward · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:46 pm Post subject:

So, in accordance with covedweller's wishes, I've been trying to analyze the text of the letter. I was hoping to discover something that would give me a clue who Tachyon was writing to. I'm not sure I have, but I've pulled these phrases out of the letter. I pulled them because they seemed to be statements of "fact" (as much as I can claim there are any facts in this letter), rather than Tachyon rambling on. Here they are:

we couldn't travel that far
“my sister's oblitgations"
my sister was never the enemy.
your situation is different in many ways. It's almost the opposite actually
maturity was neither of your strong suits
I know that how it all played out
there might be an opportunity for you to settle the score
I'll tell you more about it in a few days
there's another pressing task at hand that needs to be dealt with, once and for all.
We're not going on vacation, and no one is going to Disneyland, but if what I suspect turns out to be true, well.. it damn well proves that it's a small world after all.

Here's a preliminary analysis, which might be completely wrong. I'm assuming that Tachyon's letter is addressed either to someone she knew a long time ago and is just getting back into contact with, i.e., the intended recipient of that birthday card, and maybe the person she referenced in her coded message "if there's even a chance I have to try and find her."

we couldn't travel that far
Tachyon didn't go as far away as the letter's recipient might have thought.

“my sister's obligations"
This refers to Tach's Sister's relationship to OpA, the Order, Tach's organization...or Sister's obligations relating to the ceremony, if she was in the same situation as Bree.

my sister was never the enemy.
I think this is pretty straightforward.

your situation is different in many ways. It's almost the opposite actually
Tachyon talks about how she wasn't able to do things as a kid because of her Sister's obligations, and it created in her a sense of inferiority, which led to a strong anger. From the text, it seems she's saying here that the letter recipient's situation did not involve a misunderstanding that created a sense of inferiority, but that the end result was the same as in Tach's situation--alienation, and a sense of having enemies for friends.

maturity was neither of your strong suits
The letter recipient was young when their "situation" occured?

I know that how it all played out
Tach has figured out the details of the recipient's story, which she might not have known before.

there might be an opportunity for you to settle the score
Again, straightforward.

I'll tell you more about it in a few days
And again.

The rest, I'm not entirely sure about. And like I said, I'm not that sure of any of it. It was just something I noticed as I read and reread the note.
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sphinx · Enthusiastic Fan Joined: 29 Oct 2006 Posts: 309

maturity was neither of your strong suits

Is she speaking to one or two people?

tiltingwindward · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject:

Caslynn · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject:

tigerlilylynn · Moderator Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 891 Location: Ohio

deagol · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:40 pm Post subject:

Caslynn · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:46 pm Post subject:

Good catch Deagol! We've been mulling it over in the chat for a long time, but couldn't figure out quite how we'd missed a step.

MoonWatcher · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:49 pm Post subject:

Yes, you are onto something... they dodgy characters did not sit right with me at all, but it's 2am here so I gave up looking, but my interest has been renewed now Smile

tiltingwindward · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject:

Deagol, when you finish doing whatever you're doing, could you post your results and methods here in layman speak, so that I understand and can add it to my recap? :? Thanks!
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covedweller · Guest

1. cassandra hughes HEX
Character on the show HEX

2. poly[amorous] sub[missive]? [u wish!] Polyaphabetic Substitution! (Cipher)
Joking aside, Poly Sub here means Polyaphabetic Substitution!

3. u may b [roughly] 32186 kilometers away butt eye can c ya BINARY
(this works out to the song "Digital Getdown" by NSync if you convert the kilometers to miles. "Digital" would then most likely equal BINARY

4. turn it out go _ 36 34 base64
The song "Turn It Out (Go Base)", 36 34 in hex are 64. base64

5. SuperBoy fitty fo' HEX
SuperBoy #54 features the introduction of the character HEX

and do the steps BACKWARDS Laughing

covedweller · Guest

So we just need to figure out the l33tspeak key for the cipher now?

covedweller · Guest

d3c0d3 4 k3y / c0d3d 1n70 l337 5p34k 17 3qu4l5 'T'

translated: decode 4 key / coded into leet speak it equals 'T'

In leetspeak, 'T' equals 7.

So whatever equals 7 gets decoded from leetspeak and presumably is the key to the cipher above? (most ciphers use letters not numbers for keys).

MaxZyrix · Enthusiastic Fan Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 277

First off, let me present my gratefulness to all of the people who have been working on this since the profile update. I tried to help a while ago and I came up to be just a burden.

Now, on to the subject...

covedweller · Guest