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

Comments

[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.

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

All indications seem to suggest that it was Doyle. It also seems that Landel was somewhere within the vicinity of the town referred to as Doyleton, where most of the prisoners were left for the night.

There were zombie hoards roaming the town. It was not the most pleasant experience.

[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]

I never believe anyone is dead until I disintegrate the body.

[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.

[herr-inspektor.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Was it clear if his behaviour was caused by his own delusions or by some sort of outside stressers?

How did Doyle contact patients if not in person? Via the radios in the patient's desks? Also, is it currently known who 'killed' Doyle and how?

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

Outside stresses combined with a tendency to get overly invested in every problem. Delusions do not seem to have entered into his thinking except in what he thought about the prisoners here, which were generally expressed in gloating. Personally, I do not think he has been very good at his job.

Through the radios, yes. And it was Landel. Method unknown, but his body was apparently found.

[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.

[Anonymous]

[tightsofmight]

Leverage? As in she's a key to how the institute works, or one or both of them is attached to her?

[diamondstorm]

I concur. From the transmissions before Jill, there were a few instances of note; most of all this, from Landel:

"I'd have thought you'd figured it out by now. Really, you've let your brain degenerate without enough stimulation, haven't you? Not that I can't say the same of our dear, dear old friend. After all, they're the reason you turned on me, isn't that right? The reason you betrayed our cause?"

[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.

[reanalyze.livejournal.com]

Though it begs the question...was that little performance honest, or for our benefit?

[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?

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

[German, Rot13]

Limited to classical ciphers? There isn't much to chose from, especially if no keyword can be given, though this is likely to keep the less skilled or uninterested from reading your messages.

If you really must transfer information you'd rather keep secret over the board to designated individuals, at least use something like Vigenere, Running Key, or VIC.