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[ashaya]

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( ooc: octal conversion for characters who might be able to decode it. spock was cleared to use ciphers and their ilk without immediate translation, so let's get after it(????). anyway: hover to see what he's saying! )

Comments

[drugsnotclubs]

Some kinda numbers game, I guess? Either that or you're real bad at counting.

You used 40 a lot

anonymous.

[ashaya]

One would find most individuals with diagnosable 114 047 164 141 153 040 124 145 162 141 151 to invariably struggle with this method, yes.

[ as dry as the sands of vulcan, but. give him 14.3 seconds to record his results and mumble a little note of "fascinating" to himself. ]

Using your former hypothesis: in part. 040 would indeed appear with increased frequency by your estimations.

[drugsnotclubs]

[He cannot tell if that was a dig or if this guy is just dry and boring or both. And while numbers games are definitely not this thing.... he also doesn't like the idea of giving up and losing.]

so it's like a code game?

Maybe one of those where you add all the numbers up? So like... 7 6 7 10...

You end up with a lot of repeats, though

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[coordinatroll]

[ Well, that's unexpected! Mitama could get off her butt and do something productive, like spring cleaning, ooor... she could grab her notebook and start trying to figure out whatever this message is. It takes a little trial and error, but eventually, she manages to arrive at an answer... and some time later, she even manages to put together a response of her own. ]

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[ashaya]

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[ that's a decent bit of praise from him. that being said, he'll switch gears to keep testing. let's try a Vigenère cipher with the key "curious." this gives him a good point of data to start working with, as it seems the automatic translator does in fact have a number of fascinating little limitations. ]

Ybzts nzgmv aycdnm rzs hgv yoxswlgx wwf mgoyfvs cf os gwgclkie, mbwjajkqch spx umqlqrnzwb ujg wfvgcvglvl oh wumvvhcsn wfudifghk bc gsps jbohvclu kiljkwlto.

[coordinatroll]

[ Goodness gracious, is this what they call a social experiment? It's a good thing this girl has entirely too much time on her hands, so she can play along for the time being. It does take some time, since, you know, not having the key means she has to try a couple of different approaches! But in the end, she responds in kind, using "Chosen" as the key. ]

K zihtbul hzmf mpbv ss ciwdmga pg usauprwvrf yollrt vpkghtl ofh hpusuifuhfq ma fhwdc ykms olrtl W uszg mfgq. Ntl mgy, oa hbq gucuqw, xeapby xb hpbv shv oco qnpf cx yf cys xezkswsv jkav vmshlfwrg olhzsqu vt wrptfdlmbp?

[bitchndiagnosis]

Whatever happened to hello?
How are you?
How was your day, sweetie?

Always "this is a test of the emergency broadcast system" with you.

[ He managed to decode the words "this is a test" and stopped. The rest he's pulling out of his ass. ]

[ashaya]

Analyzing the most recent Chosen postings, I would hazard a 32.1% decrease in overall morale.

Was my impression that most Humans prefer not to, as they say, "be reminded" mistaken?

[ and what is this upon the horizon? a brain cell? he sees you've gotten part of it, at the very least. but: is he getting shit as good as he gets it? is he still giving shit? yes. time to play silly vulcan games even though he absolutely knows that people don't like to be reminded of crappy states of being. ]

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[finalrun]

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[ashaya]

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[ can you hear the eyebrow, nai. can you. ]

[strength_of_will]

I'm guessing this is a cipher or something.

[ashaya]

Indeed?

[ about as dry as the sands of vulcan and twice as inscrutable. he'll pause here, as though expecting further commentary. but, upon receiving none: ]

Did you wish to expand upon your observation, or did you wish only to lead your fellows toward a possible solution?

[strength_of_will]

[ Oh, right. ]

Well, I did try but the only code I really know is the one where you substitute letters for numbers.

I've never seen something that uses 3-digit numbers.

Oh, but I guess there's binary conversion... This isn't binary though.

anon

[killjoyprince]

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[ashaya]

[ he's right there with ya. ]

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[geass]

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[ashaya]

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[ if you're picking up what he's puttin' down, that is. ]

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[baldrshand]

Is your "tablet" malfunctioning? They aren't easy to get the hang of.

[ashaya]

At present, the tablet you speak of is operating within normal limits.

[ well, as much as he might discern is "normal." he suspects it is quite a handy mode of surveillance. alas, drowning it in his condominium's sink would have considerably more draw backs. at very least, he keeps it outside and wrapped appropriately when not on his person.

either way, that's as much of a clue as he's giving. at least she can be certain it's intentional! but, that note of oddly human commiseration catches him just so - call it his acclimatization to their unique quirks. ]

You appear to have managed.

[ which he knows isn't the case for everyone. may as well lead her to indicate points of potential trouble.

he's working on a few things. ]

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[entreats]

[ Ange does easily notice it's a cipher. Maybe she'd bother deciphering it if she thought it was coming from some influential source here, but even if she can't see who sent it, judging by some of the replies.. It's likely just one of the people in town, even if she can't be fully sure. And that seems like an awful lot of effort just for her to communicate with some random person in this place.

So, just in plain regular text, no ciphers: ]

Are you worried someone is trying to read your messages or something that you're bothering to write in code?

[ashaya]

Not as such.

Were I truly concerned with the matter of possible decryption, I would not have elected to use an unsecured connection.

[ he believes that she can puzzle it out! he's just going to be difficult in the interim. ]

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[bonobos]

whats the point in using a cipher? they can read everything we say anyways

[ shockingly, he recognizes that it’s a cipher immediately — mostly because this shit’s normal in space. ]

[ashaya]

I had considered and hypothesized as much.

Were it my prerogative to transmit a discreet message, I would not have utilized the provided computational devices. Moreover, I would not have used such an insecure cipher.

[ is he going to tell him what he's doing? no. but, he'll lead him to it. he doesn't reward without work. ]

I presume you are able to read this message as is?

text;

[bulleting]

[A code!!! Very fascinating, indeed. They don't have computers where she's from, or at least, anything nearly advanced as what's she's seen here, so any comparison to binary goes well over her head, but she loves a good puzzle. Not to mention, the fact that it wasn't translated adds to the mystery of it. Once she figures out a few of the letters, the rest starts falling into place and soon enough, she's figured the hidden message and able to create her own.]

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[The last sentence is missing punctuation because she wasn't sure. Periods were easy, because Anon used them, but she didn't have enough information to assume what the other pieces of punctuation could be.]

spock just out here like FINALLY someone gets it

[ashaya]

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[ in other words: his universal translator was not up and running as it should have been. similarly, it appeared no one else had such devices on them. and, as far as he could tell so far, these devices do not appear to have anything he is familiar with. as such, he began to experiment on his own and found something. well, even more peculiar. ]