Tuesday Puzzle (Silence Society side)

[Randy]

Here's my idea for the puzzle on Tuesday; feel free to suggest changes.

The Silence Society leaves a message in the dollhouse telling the player that they've intercepted a coded message from Ronald, but they need the player's help to decrypt the message. The coded message is as follows:

"
(timestamp)
V:V



1:29

5:10

11:8

14:27

19:23

23:26

27:15

28:1

31:13

39:10

42:18

43:15

47:1

50:10

52:21
"

The timestamp will be the timestamp of a tweet that Ronald sent out on Monday pointing to this website: 

www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/macbethscenes.html

If you go to act V scene 5 and use the message as line number followed by character number on that line, the message spells out "DONTTRUSTXAVIER".



Let me know what you think.

[awhan]

The Silence Society wouldn't be telling you to not trust Xavier. This is the side where you're helping Xavier and the dollhouse.

[Randy]

Yeah, they're giving you a message that's from Ronald, and they don't know what it says. They're only asking for the answer but this gives a glimpse into the mind of Ronald as well.

[Robert Harrison (Admin)]

Why would The Silence Society know the code / method of description to Ronald's secret message? It doesn't make much sense if Ronald is the one sending out the website link and they aren't working together. Maybe if the message changed to "DONTTRUSTRONALD" and someone else (not escobar or ronald) sent it out, then it would make some more sense. Maybe the backwards silence society twitter?

[awhan]

Oh, I see. I can't read. Actually I like it as it is then, it makes sense.

[Robert Harrison (Admin)]

I didn't read the coded message bit. Again, how would the society know how to decipher Ron's message in the first place? Only Ron should know right? If we did it this way we should explain that this is how Ron used to send his messages when he was president of the society. Also, the society could spin it in a way that Ron is not to be trusted since he doesn't trust the society.

[awhan]

They don't know how. The society is asking for your help. They intercepted this message and don't know how to decode it.