Tucson Post Card
Adam came to chat (actually is currently in chat) to tell us that Maddison received a new postcard, posted on his facebook.
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Permalink Reply by TheeBerean on -
Has anyone tried doing a rubbing on both front and back?
Acidfingers said:Unfortunately I don't think a rubbing would be effective. Certain areas are very light on the indentations, so it probably won't be picked up on a rubbing.
panda said:Good work Acid!
At this point since we are running out of time maybe we should do the pencil rubbing thing ("sketchy") and just call it that way?
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Permalink Reply by QtheC on -
In chat, Acid gave the letter translation for his chords as
TE ?? CR OS SI NG LI NE QM TH = 499 936 70 383 477 345 295 343 429 502
OU NG ?? ?? NT BF TE ST ?? MA = 385 345 ?? (2 10 5) 358 32 499 129 ?? 313
These numbers agree with the chords listed by Acid except for the last one which looks like 31 (one note is missing to make it 313?)
In any case, playing with variations from these numbers I came up with another guess at a solution :
TY PE CR OS SI NG SE RU MS TH = 519 395 70 383 477 345 473 463 331 502
OU GH TP LA NT AV TE ST ON MA = 385 164 510 287 358 22 499 488 378 311
For column 2, I assumed the 936 was a coding error in creating the puzzle, and started with 396 then wiggled a note to 395.
Columns 7 and 9 are note wiggles from what we had previously, column 8 a bit more of a reach.
Column 12 is note wiggles.
Column 16 is iffy. AV = 22 is a reasonable note wiggle from BF = 32, but I think AM = 13 might fit there better. ED or TO might make sense there too.
So anyway, that craziness gives a somewhat plausible solution of:
TYPE CROSSING SERUMS. THOUGHT PLANT. AV (or AM) TEST ON MA.
(AV could be audio-visual and fits with classwork or ESP maybe. AM would be morning)
Acidfingers said:So I got the letter in the mail today and I've been at it with some lights. Here's what I've got so far:
I: C3 E3 C#4 Bb4
II: E3 C#4 E4 Bb4
III: D3 A3 Bbb3
IV: A2 C3 G#3 B3
V: C3 E3 B3 F#4
VI: G3 Bb3 D4 G4
VII: C3 D3 B3 E4
VIII: C3 Eb3 G3 Bb3
IX: G3 B3 Db4 Bb4
X: B3 E4 Fb4 Gb4
XI: C3 Eb3 B3 E4
XII: C4 Eb4 G4 C5(B4?)
XIII: ??
XIV: A3 B3 A4 D5
XV: C3 Eb3 Ab3 E4
XVI: B3 D4 E4
XVII: F3 A3 F#4 Eb5
XVIII: F3 A3 F4 C#5
XIX: ??
XX: C3 Eb3 E4
The ?? means I couldn't read the notes well enough. There are a few notes that I'm not entirely sure what they are (could be one note higher or lower) It really gets difficult to read the indentations in the lower right corner of the letter. Also it looks like horizontal lines have been drawn on certain areas, and they don't entirely match up with the rules on the paper, so that confuses things a bit as well.
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Permalink Reply by Jeromy Barber on -
This is actually very close to the intended message.
It was something like
TEXT CROSSES LINE
THOUGHT PLANTING
TEST ON MA
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Permalink Reply by panda on -
Oh hooray I'm glad this got resolved.
So then that would mean:
TEXT CROSSES LINE = clue to Baconian cipher code
THOUGHT PLANTING / TEST ON MA = warning about the thought planting serum and see if Maddison is under the influence (which was repeated in the Dallas note lemon juice code)
Jeromy Barber said:This is actually very close to the intended message.
It was something like
TEXT CROSSES LINE
THOUGHT PLANTING
TEST ON MA
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Permalink Reply by Jeromy Barber on
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That's right Panda. There were mistakes made on several of Abby's codes. This is due to the stress under her to make puzzles so fast, and the more puzzles she had to make, the more likely she was going to be caught. The Tuscan letter represents the riskiest behavior from Abby. Also, I'm not sure what happened to the note once it was out of our hands. I think it probably underwent some accidental damage or flattening that made it difficult to solve. I know Acid was killing himself trying to make heads or tails about it.
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Permalink Reply by QtheC on
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Thanks for posting the solution, Jeromy. Glad to know we had most of the parts, although we never quite were able to nail it down.
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