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Revision as of 11:35, 16 September 2021
System Message: Year 1, Shemu II-30, around 5.15pm
Search out the hidden scrolls and try to decipher the messages. Who are they from? Who are they being passed to? That item you find, there may be those who are willing to trade for it. Keep your ears (and eyes) open!
Calendar Event Message: ends Tuesday Sep 21, 11.14am (GMT+10)
House security chiefs are concerned about the potential of incursions by nomadic peoples from the south seeking opportunities for territorial expansion, given failure of autumn rains. Be alert, but unalarmed, and report any strange people or camps on wiki events page...
Sightings of unusual activity...
- Scroll found 893, 6265 Giza, Deciphered to read "Delay abduction of Prince one week, Supplies delivered by courier tomorrow, keep safe and keep quiet. Fairy
- Scroll found 1969,7668 Bitter Lakes on the shore (typos in original text):
terrain in the south posis signicant difficulties to troop movements
nile is impassible in flood
sea routes confirmed optimum strategy
The wreckage with the scroll also contains:
- 1 "Alchemic Aparatus"
- 10 lime
- 4 cuttable garnets
- 5 scorpions brood mushrooms
Original:
990099 Code Red transferred offshore. 880099 Code Red Message follows. A=1. 20 5 18 18 1/ 9 14: 9 14: 20/ 8 5: 19 15 21/ 20 8: 16 15 19/ 9 19: 19 9 7/ 14 9 3 1 14/ 20: 4 9 6 6/ 9 3 21 12 20/ 9 5 19: 20 15:/ 20 18 15 15 16:/ 13 15 22 5 13/ 5 14 20 19:: 14/ 9 12 5: 9 19:/ 9 13 16 1 19/ 19 9 2 12 5:/ 9 14: 6 12 15/ 15 4:: 19 5 1:/ 18 15 21 20 5/ 19: 3 15 14 6/ 9 18 13 5 4:/15 16 20 9 13/ 21 13: 19 20 18/ 1 20 5 7 25::880099 A=1
delay abduction of prince k one week
supplies delivered by courier tomrrow
keep safe and keep quiet
<post your findings and speculations here>
- Is "prince k" correct text, and what does the 'k' refer to; a name? Do we even have a prince? Maybe he's from somewhere else - and we're caught in the middle of a different conflict. Is the abduction letter from the same people who wrote the troop movement letter? What were they doing with that Alchemic Aparatus? And if someone else wants it, is it a good idea to give it to them? -Theresa