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ORDER ONLY: Still alive
Nov. 10th, 2008 11:44 pmI haven't been assassinated yet. I did spy a wizard in Marrakesh who was following me, but it turned out the chap only wanted Nigel's autograph.
Arthur, you've got the package. Excellent! I'm surprised it passed through so quickly. The Owl Office must have received notification that Laszlo Ltd's paperwork has cleared. I'm curious: did the Swiss chocolate make it through intact or not? Hopefully, they didn't confiscate the deck of cards I included for you. Don't shuffle them! They're in a particular order. The confirmation code I sent you is really a coded message - a test of sorts. The key is in the order of the cards in the deck. I thought it might come in handy just in case we need to send messages to someone and can't use the Order Only charm for some reason.
At any rate, you can decrypt the code key using the cards. Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, Clubs, 1-26 and 1-26. Count down the number of cards that corresponds to the first letter in the code (i.e., E = 5, so count to the 5th card). That card's number when transferred to the 1-26 position as above will give you its real letter. Once you know the first letter, you will be able to decode the rest.
This is a relatively simple code, in which all the letters are in the same key. We could, if we needed, change keys every word or even every character for better security.
Anyway, let me know if you think you and Molly have the code puzzled out. I've been busy with Quidditch and keeping Nigel in visible cover, so I haven't had the time to look for Kingsley that I'd like. (Sylvie hasn't helped either; she's in the region, of course, as her team is playing the tournament. It's very difficult to skulk off for espionage when one is also performing the role of attentive beau.)
Arthur, you've got the package. Excellent! I'm surprised it passed through so quickly. The Owl Office must have received notification that Laszlo Ltd's paperwork has cleared. I'm curious: did the Swiss chocolate make it through intact or not? Hopefully, they didn't confiscate the deck of cards I included for you. Don't shuffle them! They're in a particular order. The confirmation code I sent you is really a coded message - a test of sorts. The key is in the order of the cards in the deck. I thought it might come in handy just in case we need to send messages to someone and can't use the Order Only charm for some reason.
At any rate, you can decrypt the code key using the cards. Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, Clubs, 1-26 and 1-26. Count down the number of cards that corresponds to the first letter in the code (i.e., E = 5, so count to the 5th card). That card's number when transferred to the 1-26 position as above will give you its real letter. Once you know the first letter, you will be able to decode the rest.
This is a relatively simple code, in which all the letters are in the same key. We could, if we needed, change keys every word or even every character for better security.
Anyway, let me know if you think you and Molly have the code puzzled out. I've been busy with Quidditch and keeping Nigel in visible cover, so I haven't had the time to look for Kingsley that I'd like. (Sylvie hasn't helped either; she's in the region, of course, as her team is playing the tournament. It's very difficult to skulk off for espionage when one is also performing the role of attentive beau.)
