[ARG] The Pizza Code Mystery

Looks like 10 pence to me.

Probably is, since half the stuff in this game is randomly Britishā€¦ :brow:

All this talk of extensions. Is there some kind of phone we can dial?

And as for that whiteboard, does anyone have an idea what that ā€œunknown inscriptionā€ could be? It (almost) literally has Dr. Hornā€™s name written all over it!

Thereā€™s something on the left there that looks like a cipher, and itā€™s labeled ā€œunknown inscriptionā€. It looks like the cipher from earlier, but itā€™s missing the dotsā€¦ can anyone check that out in more detail?

Theyā€™re actually talking about hair extensions for Gordon. The pony-tail is comin back! :jizz:

What about this?

George II was related to the 7 year war. Canā€™t help but think of the 7 hour war, though itā€™s a veeery long shot already.

EDIT: Oh, I think I get it. Itā€™s about George IIā€™s hair. Thatā€™s the extension they talk about in the note. lol

About 7 pizzas? IDK I suck at ARGs. :stuck_out_tongue:

Oh, ooh, I got something.

https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/800/who-operates-those-weird-numbers-stations-on-shortwave-radio

Numbers stations use groups of five numbers.

Oh. Well, that article might still give us something.

Edit: We might have to find a code grid or a matrix of some sort to decode this message, if Iā€™m reading all this cryptography stuff right.

Well, thatā€™s why one-time padding usually has that form. It was designed to be used in numeric radio transmissions.

Has anyone tried reversing the order of the Dr. Bottomly message? Read it from right to left, bottom to top?

^Exactly, and the resemblance to a One Time Pad has already been covered.

Might be making a bit of headway on the newest code, at least to understanding how the characters are set up, will update shortly.

Better make another post:

That sequence does seem to be another cipher. This one has 7 segments in the form:


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I believe there are 128 total combinations, though there seem to be some formation rules (such as continuity), which means there are actually less symbols.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-segment_display LOL

Hmm. Iā€™m googling stuff like crazy here and have virtually nothing to show for it. I want to contribute, but I canā€™tā€¦

Sideways: de6y8typyRpbt4 ???

ā€¦ Is that meant to actually mean anything? O_o

Q what areas have been checked for hidden things, know questionable ethnics, te intro (tram and before cascade), have been checked for hidden things. any where else been searched (currently looking over the dam)

Iā€™m trying this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-segment_display_character_representations#Latin_alphabet

So far: bgayā€¦ LOL

If anywhere is gonna be hidden, Iā€™d say Surface Tension. That level is huge.

Yup, but what I also noticed was all the symbols have a vertical line down the middle, which almost makes me think they are all pairs of segment symbols.

So Instead of the first symbol being || its more like _ and _|

Edit: This limits it to only 9 different sub-symbols.

Well, as was already stated, this is most likely the brainchild of stormseeker, so itā€™ll only be in areas that he worked on, which only includes the cliffside section of ST.

Edit: There 20 guests viewing this thread, I guess weā€™ve attracted some attention. Hi guys!

Thatā€™s also very possible. So far Iā€™m at debybtypyapbtyzĪ¼tyĪ»q or de6y8typyapbt4zĪ¼tkĪ»9 or any combination. Yes, there are greek letters involved.

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