My OperaSlew of Clues
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 3:21:18 AM
I came across something quite by accident yesterday. I wasn't looking for it. I didn't even know it existed. Although it has answered a lot, I now have more questions than before. I was being too clever before. WAY too clever. I do think that much of what I found is valid. But how it is pieced together is more direct.
I'm still looking into this, but what I can say is that the raised letters are WAY more direct than anyone thinks. I know what the misspellings are. At least in K1 and K2. I'm not sure about the misspellings in K3 though as it relates to what I found. Well, I think I know what the missing E signifies. I also know what SOS and RQ are. So lots of things have been revealed. Oh, and part of LAYER TWO is now known. Again, I know what these all are now. I just don't know what I'm supposed to do with them. It really is like a puzzle. I have all these pieces, but no instructions on how to put them together.
And I should state up front that all these things are 100% direct. There are no interpretations or anything like that. What I'm trying to figure out is how the coordinates and palindromes fit in all of this. I think the coordinates have special meaning. And I did find out more about them.
I will reveal something simple. Take the last 4 letters of K2's ciphertext. AETG. I've said before that this could anagram to GATE. Let's look at the Morse code for this. But all I know right now is that it is connected to the misspellings and the Morse palindromes.
Remember the Fibonacci sequence I talked about in the past? ENDYAHR. See the sequence? Three lowered letters, two raised letters, one lowered letter and one raised letter. 3211. Reverse it to be forward. 1123. And now we split up the above Morse code with these counts.
Reversing the letters (not the Morse), it makes GATE.
The reader may think this is convoluted. And it is. But it's just the tip of the iceberg. GATE is key. The above steps are not what's important. It's just something else to guide you toward the word GATE. This word appears in other ways. And those other ways reveal what I have found.
From The Free Dictionary:
LAYER TWO is the DOORWAY.
I feel like I'm at the point in K3 where the flame flickers. I've discovered something. But all I've got is hot air. I don't have anything significant as far as decoding K4 is concerned. The details of the room within emerged from the mist. But how?
I know what the debris is. I know what the top left corner reveals. I know what SOS is. I definitely know what RQ is. It's those damn palindromes that are giving me problems. I think if I can figure how to use them, I'll be one step MUCH closer to the truth. BTW, there is a palindrome in the coordinates.
I'm starting to think that the numbers from the coordinates form a short message. I used to think it was some kind of key for the Gronsfeld or something like that based on UNDERGRUUND. I'm now thinking the digits are an actual short message. Perhaps a couple words. Scheidt said it was difficult designing a duress cipher. A duress cipher is a dual encryption. Not in the usual sense though. It means it can have TWO meanings. LAYER TWO could be that second meaning. So the way a duress cipher works is that you have a decoding that seems to make sense on the surface. So when it asks in K2 "Who knows the exact location?", the response is "ONLY WW. THIS WAS HIS LAST MESSAGE X ..." followed by the coordinates. Those coordinates look like a location. But if the coordinates had a second meaning, then that would be the real message. Usually, a duress cipher is where you give your captors a key that decodes a fake message. They decode it and hopefully the fake message sounds plausible enough. But using the exact same ciphertext, you're supposed to be able to decode the true message using a different key. So if the coordinates hide another message, then the end of K2 could certainly act as a duress cipher. Only difference from the way duress ciphers usually work is that you'd be working with the plaintext (or information found within the plaintext) instead of using the ciphertext.
With only 11 digits, there doesn't seem to be much there to produce a message. Perhaps one or two words only.
I'll reveal the rest at a later date. It is real and tangible. And there is somewhat of a reflective nature to it as well. Or at the very least, there is a clear duality. It reminds me of the two outcroppings in the courtyard with the pond in between seemingly acting as a reflection. I have those two reflected sequences. But what do I do with them? I don't know. The word DESPARATLY sits between the words SLOWLY on either side seemingly in a representative form of those outcroppings. DESPARATLY might hold the key on what to do with the reflected sequences.
I feel like I have the solution and don't even know it. Anyways, I'll keep looking and tell more later. Sorry for being so ambiguous.
I'm still looking into this, but what I can say is that the raised letters are WAY more direct than anyone thinks. I know what the misspellings are. At least in K1 and K2. I'm not sure about the misspellings in K3 though as it relates to what I found. Well, I think I know what the missing E signifies. I also know what SOS and RQ are. So lots of things have been revealed. Oh, and part of LAYER TWO is now known. Again, I know what these all are now. I just don't know what I'm supposed to do with them. It really is like a puzzle. I have all these pieces, but no instructions on how to put them together.
And I should state up front that all these things are 100% direct. There are no interpretations or anything like that. What I'm trying to figure out is how the coordinates and palindromes fit in all of this. I think the coordinates have special meaning. And I did find out more about them.
I will reveal something simple. Take the last 4 letters of K2's ciphertext. AETG. I've said before that this could anagram to GATE. Let's look at the Morse code for this. But all I know right now is that it is connected to the misspellings and the Morse palindromes.
A E T G .- . - --.
Remember the Fibonacci sequence I talked about in the past? ENDYAHR. See the sequence? Three lowered letters, two raised letters, one lowered letter and one raised letter. 3211. Reverse it to be forward. 1123. And now we split up the above Morse code with these counts.
E T A G . - .- --.
Reversing the letters (not the Morse), it makes GATE.
The reader may think this is convoluted. And it is. But it's just the tip of the iceberg. GATE is key. The above steps are not what's important. It's just something else to guide you toward the word GATE. This word appears in other ways. And those other ways reveal what I have found.
From The Free Dictionary:
gate 1
n.
1. A structure that can be swung, drawn, or lowered to block an entrance or a passageway.
LAYER TWO is the DOORWAY.
I feel like I'm at the point in K3 where the flame flickers. I've discovered something. But all I've got is hot air. I don't have anything significant as far as decoding K4 is concerned. The details of the room within emerged from the mist. But how?
I know what the debris is. I know what the top left corner reveals. I know what SOS is. I definitely know what RQ is. It's those damn palindromes that are giving me problems. I think if I can figure how to use them, I'll be one step MUCH closer to the truth. BTW, there is a palindrome in the coordinates.
I'm starting to think that the numbers from the coordinates form a short message. I used to think it was some kind of key for the Gronsfeld or something like that based on UNDERGRUUND. I'm now thinking the digits are an actual short message. Perhaps a couple words. Scheidt said it was difficult designing a duress cipher. A duress cipher is a dual encryption. Not in the usual sense though. It means it can have TWO meanings. LAYER TWO could be that second meaning. So the way a duress cipher works is that you have a decoding that seems to make sense on the surface. So when it asks in K2 "Who knows the exact location?", the response is "ONLY WW. THIS WAS HIS LAST MESSAGE X ..." followed by the coordinates. Those coordinates look like a location. But if the coordinates had a second meaning, then that would be the real message. Usually, a duress cipher is where you give your captors a key that decodes a fake message. They decode it and hopefully the fake message sounds plausible enough. But using the exact same ciphertext, you're supposed to be able to decode the true message using a different key. So if the coordinates hide another message, then the end of K2 could certainly act as a duress cipher. Only difference from the way duress ciphers usually work is that you'd be working with the plaintext (or information found within the plaintext) instead of using the ciphertext.
With only 11 digits, there doesn't seem to be much there to produce a message. Perhaps one or two words only.
I'll reveal the rest at a later date. It is real and tangible. And there is somewhat of a reflective nature to it as well. Or at the very least, there is a clear duality. It reminds me of the two outcroppings in the courtyard with the pond in between seemingly acting as a reflection. I have those two reflected sequences. But what do I do with them? I don't know. The word DESPARATLY sits between the words SLOWLY on either side seemingly in a representative form of those outcroppings. DESPARATLY might hold the key on what to do with the reflected sequences.
I feel like I have the solution and don't even know it. Anyways, I'll keep looking and tell more later. Sorry for being so ambiguous.
