To any that might have been at the Institute last night

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

It's obvious something has changed. Were there any differences at the Institute last night? And was there anything said over the intercom? A description or transcript would be very helpful.

--Stefan Richter

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hay guess who has the best memory evar u gaiz

[herr-inspektor.livejournal.com]

[Thumping and moaning sounds- someone trying to get into a room]

Male voice: I know it's you. You did this, you and whoever took you out of here. I'm not stupid. I'm not stupid. (repeated, murmured. Speaker is highly agitated)

[Fumbling]

Male voice: I guess you don't care anymore. About collateral damage. I always knew you were on your own side, you bastard.

[Sound of metal objects and objects dropping. The man curses]

Male voice: At least I would never stoop to

[Thumping stops. Sound of creaking and the moaning gets louder and louder. Sound of safety being taken off of gun]

Male voice: I was loyal.

[Sound of door breaking. Several shots are fired. A fight of some sort breaks out. The microphone is knocked to the floor in the struggle. The man cries out and there is a thump. Footsteps- not the first man's.]

Male voice: [laughs] You look worse than your dogs.

[Sound of glass breaking and a thump]

Male voice: [laughing still] Why? Revenge? You were always so short-si

[A crack and a cry of pain]

Male voice: I still have her! Her! Did your brain rot too? You can't get her if I'm dead!

[A silence. The man is grabbed (?) and whimpers]

Male voice: Neither can you.

[herr-inspektor.livejournal.com]

Will that suffice?

[A pause]

Do you know who the male voice(s) may have belonged to? I only arrived here last night.

- Inspector Lunge

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

One of 'em has gotta be the Head Doctor's! No wonder the announcement was so weird this morning.

[herr-inspektor.livejournal.com]

Well. It sounds as though this 'Head Doctor' has been replaced.

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily. He may be dead, but that that unfortunately that never seems to stop the persistent.

[herr-inspektor.livejournal.com]

Point taken. That hasn't seemed to have held Doyle back any, if that voice really was his.

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

You can say that again. And after last night, who knows how far these guys'll go to stay kicking? Besides, we don't know for sure that he actually died: it's a reasonable assumption, I guess, but the transcript doesn't prove it for sure either way.

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

Aaah, thank you. That is very helpful.

The first is Martin Landel, the head doctor. The second might just be Alec Doyle, also known as Jack. A former partner of Landel's, then an adversary. We were all quite sure he was permanently dead.

[herr-inspektor.livejournal.com]

I see. The 'Landel' of 'Landel's Institute'. Could you possibly tell me more about these two? Particularly Alec Doyle?

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

Landel has consistently displayed nearly all of of the traits of a Mad Scientist, or at least a mastermind with an increasingly tenuous grip on his situation. He has been acting increasingly erratic over the past few nights, as various problems presented themselves (faulty wiring in the intercoms, apparently being overworked, et cetera). It's really only a matter of time before personalities of this kind self destruct.

Doyle would leave a few items hidden throughout the Institute, their locations usually given through needlessly cryptic hints. He appeared twice in person, once posing as one of the 'patients', once at night to directly take requests for items from individuals. Before any of the items could be given, he was killed. It seems he has come back.

[Anonymous]

[tightsofmight]

Are they talking about Jill? Or is there another 'her'?

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

Possibly her, possibly someone else. There has been mention of another since before Jill ever became known to any of us, apparently used for leverage.

[reanalyze.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose it wouldn't be unreasonable, considering the dead were walking the earth last night.

Hmmm.

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

With the implied that they were under control of someone other than Landel.

[ryuuzaki]

[In German, in block letters, in Rot13.]

Please, as soon as possible, I would like to arrange a meeting with you.

-- Ryuuzaki

[also in Rot13]

[herr-inspektor.livejournal.com]

Of course. I'll be in the sun room for the next 'shift' if that would suit you. Based on the code I'll assume you'd prefer some degree of anonymity. Look for the tall, dark-haired man in his early early fifties.

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

[Also in German, Rot13]

You might want to pick a less common language for use in your ciphers. Or a more difficult code. A substitution cipher simply is not enough.

--Stefan Richter

[ryuuzaki]

[Still German, still Rot13, and written in a way that makes it unclear who exactly it's a reply to --]

Yes, this is enough to be getting started.
There is a cipher you recommend?

[fencing-captain.livejournal.com]

There's something wrong with all this.

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

But of course there is. Something always goes wrong. You just have to ensure you're well placed to benefit from it.

[fencing-captain.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to be stupid enough to think this will let us get out of here.

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

You've more of a brain than many I've met here, then.

[byname-bynature.livejournal.com]

Well, this is certainly disturbing news.

Thank you for the transcript. I assume you won't mind if I copied it down for my own records?

--Artemis Fowl II

[herr-inspektor.livejournal.com]

Be my guest.

Re: hay guess who has the best memory evar u gaiz

[idolism]

Well, I for one hope we hear Landel's annoying voice again soon. The last thing we need is for a zombie Doyle to turn Landel into a zombie, so that there'll be more zombies--