text;

[andeatit]

[Once his exploring was done, he needed to get down to business.]

Somehow, it seems we've all ended up in a very strange place. I would like to figure out how as well as a way out, but as one of us is dangerous, it's best if we all meet first. If you see this, please reply. Once we have enough people to make it safe to meet, we'll agree on a room. Until then, pleasre be careful not to venture out too far alone.

[It obviously wasn't safe for just two people to meet, so it would take at least three.]

Comments

[eraser_rain]

Then a conspiracy on a governmental level?

The spaces are entered as the visible code, but when I tried other codes those particular spaces weren't required to be spaces. It's not impossible that somebody else tried it at random, but with the number five being so prevalent, I don't think it's a mistake to assume it was left as it was deliberately. I returned it to the set of zeroes and spaces it was on.

There seem to be five sections of it, and everything suggests there are five of us. I assume the letter you woke with had the same information, but there may be differences to be decoded.

Alternately there might be something in the five bedrooms.

[andeatit]

Variations are a good place to start. What did yours say?

[eraser_rain]

[File Attachment: MikamiLetter.png]

[He used the web cam to take a picture of just the intro letter and cropped out the desk it's sitting on to keep his location obscured.

No written comment, assuming the visual speaks for itself.]

[andeatit]

The Note does have a few confusing lines, doesn't it?

[eraser_rain]

Any differences from yours?

[andeatit]

No, it seems identical. But something in it could be a clue anyway. It's addressing someone here more directly than the rest of us.

[eraser_rain]

I want to see yours.

*wink*

[andeatit]

Attachment:Letter.png

[It's the same as Mikami's, including the cropping.]

It's good to handle everyone with precaution Mikami-san, but I am on your side. I'd like us all to be on the same side.

[eraser_rain]

[Is there any way for him to be sure it wasn't just his picture sent back to him? Wrinkles on the paper different, a different background or floor? A fingertip?]

Pleasantries come second to survival.

[andeatit]

[He had folded it well enough to fit into his pocket. He had cropped everything around it to hide his own location.]

I'm not trying to win in popularity. Mutual cooperation is a key element in survival.

[eraser_rain]

Agreed. When you have enough people to feel secure in meeting, let's. I'll check back at sundown for a time and place.

[andeatit]

I'll reply with a picture, time, and place. Please do the same. Even if I can't get a third person, there's a little safety in knowing others will know we were meeting.

[eraser_rain]

Understood.

[andeatit]

Message sent at 18:03

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10:00 P.M. in the laundry room.

[eraser_rain]

Message sent at 20:00

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Confirmed.