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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 1, 2022 20:55:56 GMT 10
Welcome to the Owlery! Here you can send and receive letters from other players who are too far away to contact via a Patronus Missive. Here's how it works: - Once every day, you may write one letter to a player of your choice from the opposing Side. These letters will be delivered with breakfast, as is traditional. - Due to an unfortunate exclusivity clause in our Floo Contracts, you can never send a letter to your Pureblood vs Order partner. - You also cannot send your letters to the same player twice in a row, because Owls get easily bored of repeating the same flight paths. - There is a weight limit for all letters, as many of our Owls are small and overworked. Therefore letters which are longer than 2000 characters shall not be delivered. You can check the length of your letter at wordcounter.net/character-count which uses some strange Muggle magic to approximate parchment length and weight. - Once you post a letter in this thread, we will begin processing it immediately and accept no other letter in its place for the current round. Not even if you spot a typo. The deadline for Owl Post is exactly 12 hours apart from the Challenge deadlines. To send a letter you must post it in this thread before 8:30am AEST, and the Owls will deliver any letters addressed to you soon afterward (within an hour, if not immediately). Because much of magical law and order would collapse without the creatures' cooperation, the Owls have more bargaining power than any union of Muggle postmen and have demanded ORG weekends off - so there shall be no Owl Post on Friday or Saturday. The Owls have also been on an extended strike vacation since late last year, so the starting date for Owl Post in The ORG of the Phoenix has been set for this Tuesday 3 May. Thus, your first Owl Post letters must be posted in this thread before 8:30am AEST this Tuesday. Please use the following format when you post your letters: Note that the date, sender and recipient at the beginning of the letter will not count toward the character limit. If you have any questions about how the Owl Post system works, the Ministers shall gladly answer them for you here. Otherwise, we hope you enjoy the full service of the Owl Post system each day. And do take care not to upset any of the Owls!
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Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 3, 2022 2:23:51 GMT 10
Date: Day 1, Monday 2 May To: Rodolphus Lestrange From: Dedalus Diggle
Dear Mr. Lestrange,
I, Dedalus Diggle, would go BACK in time to change to CAESAR's name.
Gur Yvyl ol Jvyyvnz Oynxr Gur zbqrfg Ebfr chgf sbegu n gubea, Gur uhzoyr furrc n guerng'avat ubea: Juvyr gur Yvyl juvgr funyy va ybir qryvtug, Abe n gubea abe n guerng fgnva ure ornhgl oevtug.
Nyfb, urer'f n zrffntr ol n ybirq bar:
V 'bcr 'r vf qbvat jryy bire gurer naq V 'bcr 'r 'nf sbhaq fbzr sevraqf gb xrrc 'vz pbzcnal.
Va nqqvgvba, V jbhyq yvxr gb nfx lbh gb gnxr pner bs Ze. Lnkyrl sbe zr. Abg gung V jbhyq zvff uvz, ohg Jvatqvatf pregnvayl jbhyq, naq V ungr gb frr zl crg va tevrir.
Gunaxf va nqinapr.
Sincerely, Dedalus Diggle
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 3, 2022 9:31:51 GMT 10
A flurry of owls fly overhead, and one quickly lands in front of you!
Your thank them for their service, and happily read your Owl Post:
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 3, 2022 10:12:25 GMT 10
Dedalus DigglePart of me wants to wait until I have time to crack the code myself... but just to ensure everything stays fair I will need you to please post a translation/decoding of your message so that we can guarantee it does not breach any rules. And if you do this kind of thing again (which you should feel free to, we hold no judgement either way) we'd appreciate it if you repost it in plain English for us as well. I do trust that everything you're doing is (and will continue to be) fully above board, but as hosts we do need to be able to confirm that.
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Owl Post
May 3, 2022 14:01:40 GMT 10
via mobile
Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 3, 2022 14:01:40 GMT 10
Ah shoot, I can't do so until a few hours later, but it's a Caesar's cipher. Just take all letters an shift them by 13 letters (the amount of characters in Daedalus Diggle) back the alphabet. Shifting means If the cipher was 4 instead of 13 every "E" would be an "A"
There's a translator for that online. Just search for Caesar's Cipher Decoder
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Post by Dolores Umbridge on May 3, 2022 14:11:45 GMT 10
It's not urgent Diggle don't fret, just for future reference. As long as you haven't told any lies beneath the code...
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Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 4, 2022 0:51:05 GMT 10
Dolores Umbridge Peter Pettigrewjic the owl is still waiting for me, this is what the text said: The Lily by William Blake The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, The humble sheep a threat'ning horn: While the Lily white shall in love delight, Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.
Also, here's a message by a loved one:
I 'ope 'e is doing well over there and I 'ope 'e 'as found some friends to keep 'im company.
In addition, I would like to ask you to take care of Mr. Yaxley for me. Not that I would miss him, but Wingdings certainly would, and I hate to see my pet in grieve.I now realized that I basically just copy pasted the text, but it was with her consent, so I hope this is fine haha ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Anyways, here is the link: www.dcode.fr/caesar-cipherJust use these settings to solve it: ![](https://i.imgur.com/UuDSWoB.png)
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 4, 2022 1:17:30 GMT 10
Yeah so that is definitely not fine, and we would have warned you rather than sending the message had we seen it earlier.
You cannot quote directly from any PMs into other PMs, and we're including Owl Post in that. It's something that can easily go awry, whether the quotation is real or faked, and is has caused major conflicts in many prior games before this rule was strictly enforced - plus as you can see what ought to be okay is often up to interpretation so we take a hard line with it and simply forbid any direct quoting, and discourage any implied quoting too. The general rule is to think of this like you're on Survivor, recounting one conversation to another player: you can remember generally what was said and tell your own version of it, but you can't ask a nearby cameraman to roll back the tape and replay it exactly as you heard it.
Obviously you didn't know all that earlier (and that's partly on us; we intentionally left that out of the Owl Post rules so as not to hint at how the system might be used) so consider this your first and only warning. If you can please paraphrase and repeat the general sentiment Fleur passed to you, but in your own words, we can edit the content of the message to Rodolphus, but until then I'll be removing that section from his version of the letter. And in future if you try to send Owl Post with a quotation in it we'll simply count it as invalid and not deliver it.
I don't think you did anything maliciously and trust it was an honest mistake, so please don't think I'm angry or hold it against you; I just need to threat things like this seriously to be sure that they won't happen again.
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Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 4, 2022 1:35:56 GMT 10
I'm sorry, Mr. Peter Pettigrew, as I had only the best intentions, I offered to be a messenger after all, but I can totally follow your logic, and I won't do it again! You can simply replace this: Nyfb, urer'f n zrffntr ol n ybirq bar: V 'bcr 'r vf qbvat jryy bire gurer naq V 'bcr 'r 'nf sbhaq fbzr sevraqf gb xrrc 'vz pbzcnal. with the following: which translates to this: Also, your loved one wants to let you know that she is hoping for your wellbeing over there and that you already found some friends to keep you company!I hope this doesn't breach the TOMS (terms of magical service) as the other did. And if it still does, you can just leave it blank and maybe say, that I messed up haha Thanks for not taking Wingdings from me for this mishap ![:<3](http://i.imgur.com/L3NpwEv.gif)
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Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 4, 2022 1:36:48 GMT 10
I even called myself out on my mistake HAHAHA I couldn't ever be a criminal xD
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 4, 2022 8:54:29 GMT 10
No Owl Post for you today.
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Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 4, 2022 15:40:14 GMT 10
No Owl Post for you today. AS flashbacks
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Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 5, 2022 2:28:32 GMT 10
Date: Day 2, Wednesday 4 May To: Lucious Malfoy From: Dedalus Diggle
Dear Mr. Malfoyer,
Firstly I am delighted by such a charming letter. I would never have guessed such politeness from a... so to say... from... from you.
I am glad to hear, that you got to know each other quite well and that the body has been taken care of! It is a pleasure to hear about Mr. Yaxley's wellbeing, as Wingdings misses him terribly. Can you lick his face in Wingding's name? Thanks in advance!
As you already forwarded his message to me, can I ask you to do me the same favor? I would appreciate him to know, that I'm glad he did so great on the questionnaire and I apologize for messing it up. Wingdings is yelping from time to time, but I cuddle him dearly. And lastly, I'm very glad he's found a good friend over there.
Mr. Malfoy, thanks for the compliment on the hat. It is something that is quite dear to me. As you already stated, I am indeed a creative 'Richard'. I can prove it you, so I attached a magical apparatus to the letter, made out of feathers and wax. I hope the owl did not lose it on the way to you, or flew too close to the sun! If you attach those wings to your shoulder plates, and flap your arms up and down fast enough, you should be able to fly without ANY use of magic! That will be the next big invention, and you are the first to try it!
Speaking of friends, It seems I found one in Mr. Wood. And as you appear to have found on in Mr. Yaxley yourself, I believe I can see something forming slowly, that I quite like!
I wish you the best over there and I can't wait to cut your throat in person.
Sincerely, Dedalus Diggle
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Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 5, 2022 2:28:56 GMT 10
or is it Day 3, yet? I hope the above is correct.
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Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 5, 2022 2:29:06 GMT 10
Date: Day 3, Wednesday 4 May To: Lucious Malfoy From: Dedalus Diggle
Dear Mr. Malfoyer,
Firstly I am delighted by such a charming letter. I would never have guessed such politeness from a... so to say... from... from you.
I am glad to hear, that you got to know each other quite well and that the body has been taken care of! It is a pleasure to hear about Mr. Yaxley's wellbeing, as Wingdings misses him terribly. Can you lick his face in Wingding's name? Thanks in advance!
As you already forwarded his message to me, can I ask you to do me the same favor? I would appreciate him to know, that I'm glad he did so great on the questionnaire and I apologize for messing it up. Wingdings is yelping from time to time, but I cuddle him dearly. And lastly, I'm very glad he's found a good friend over there.
Mr. Malfoy, thanks for the compliment on the hat. It is something that is quite dear to me. As you already stated, I am indeed a creative 'Richard'. I can prove it you, so I attached a magical apparatus to the letter, made out of feathers and wax. I hope the owl did not lose it on the way to you, or flew too close to the sun! If you attach those wings to your shoulder plates, and flap your arms up and down fast enough, you should be able to fly without ANY use of magic! That will be the next big invention, and you are the first to try it!
Speaking of friends, It seems I found one in Mr. Wood. And as you appear to have found on in Mr. Yaxley yourself, I believe I can see something forming slowly, that I quite like!
I wish you the best over there and I can't wait to cut your throat in person.
Sincerely, Dedalus Diggle
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 5, 2022 9:00:39 GMT 10
A flurry of owls fly overhead, and one quickly lands in front of you!
You thank them for their service, and happily read your Owl Post:
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Owl Post
May 6, 2022 3:00:39 GMT 10
via mobile
Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 6, 2022 3:00:39 GMT 10
Date: Day 4, Thursday 5 May To: Rodolphus Lestrange From: Dedalus Diggle
Dear Mr. Lestrange,
I heard that my little riddle has made its rounds around the Pure Bloods, without anyone being able to solve it. How fortunate, as it holds the power to change your life forever.
The bit about that Roman emporer obviously wasn't just a random information. It holds indeed the key to decypher that cryptic message. Don't mind me giving you another hint:
If I had the chance, I would do like Brutus and stab CAESAR's BACK. However my name is way longer than Brutus'. To be precise it has 7 more letters.
I've got nothing else for you.
However, I hope you're doing well over there, and that we'll meet soon!
Sincerely, Dedalus Diggle
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Post by Dedalus Diggle on May 7, 2022 5:53:14 GMT 10
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Post by Dolores Umbridge on May 7, 2022 7:16:44 GMT 10
There shall be no Owl Post on Friday or Saturday.
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Post by Peter Pettigrew on May 8, 2022 3:59:18 GMT 10
(As explained in the first post of this thread ![:P](http://images.proboards.com/new/tongue.png) )
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