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[therangerking]

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

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[therangerking]

[ Somehow he's found a pen and paper. This is what Sherlock sees. even if it might be a little shaky: ]



[ He speaks quietly: ] Mae govannen. 'Tis what the writing says. [ A beat. ]

I know not what the language you speak, Sherlock Holmes, for from you I read only Westron.

/randomly tags this back.

[consulting]

[ He takes a moment to examine the written words. It's not english. He's trying to discern roots, where it could have originated from in his word. He's still keeping to text, but if the similarities to Welsh are to be assumed - much to Ianto's chagrin, he attempts to pronounce it. Entirely grateful that he isn't there in person. ]

What does that mean?

Start with the absolute basics.
Letters follow a pattern.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.

Possibly the simplest cipher is Caesarian Shift.
Now, Caesarian Shift happens when these letters that are normally in order
are shifted to up to twenty four paces to either the left or the right.

If we were to do a Caesarian Shift, with the key of 'Four'
to write down the word 'A'
would then be replaced with 'D'.

It's a simple substitution cipher.

SH

yay!

[therangerking]

[ There's a pause. Longer than he actually takes to grasp the concept - he's struggling with the text function. And... you know, English code ciphers. ]

Thus it is:

D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A B C

Aye?

[consulting]

Quite so. Shift ciphers form the basics.
Vignere, which is the good Tranquility's favourite - has roots in Vignere.
You didn't define what that word meant.
Redirects don't work.

SH