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I...I did it. I completed my first assignment! All by myself, despite the long hours and heavy traffic! I'm getting a nice hefty bonus as well as the satisfaction that yes, it can be done. Feeling on top of the world...for now, at least

I'll take a look later. Right now I'm phone-posting and can't use my laptop, so I can't run the equations to make sure they check out.

Also, something I missed earlier:

I would just have him come back and do it but my future is in doubt once again, although it's sort of a good thing. I might as well explain since it'll affect FEF2 as well: basically, I might be getting what amounts to a scholarship to be putting my ass through trucking school and if so I'll be out of state for the rest of the month, so internet access will be questionable at best. I won't know either way until Monday, so I still have a little time to get things figured out.

Whaaaa?!

Gregor handed the papers over to Olison, choosing to ignore the possible slight on his intellect.

: "I can't make heads nor tails of this. Father never had any books about deciphering codes, and the adventure stories tended to gloss over the cracking itself - probably because the authors didn't have the slightest clue either."

Ffffffffffffff!

I don't suppose we have any cryptographers here, perchance?

@ Valor

: " He was sick alright, but he still might have known something. Oh well. I wouldn't trade a million of him for anyone here anyway. Go get some rest, you look like you need it."

@ Matilda

: "Ah, thank you! These might be promising. If I may...?" He held out a hand for the papers, wanting to read them.

Gregor sighed to himself as the old man moved away. He felt terrible that so many bad things had happened to this little village, and wished that his group could have done more to help. Still, it could have been worse for all involved...much worse.

: "Well folks, the head of this village just offered us hospitality for the night. It's the big house over there, if anyone wants food and sleep."
He noticed a blue-haired woman among the group, and addressed her. "Are you Matilda? If so, I'd like to talk to you after you've had some time to rest, if you don't mind."

@ Village Elder

: "I'm sure we'd all appreciate a chance to relax. The battle was very difficult...as I'm sure you can see." Gregor gestured to the corpses strewn about everywhere, slightly amazed that none of them were his companions. He then allowed himself to be led away, listening to the elder's questions. "I'm afraid its a bit of a secret, but the gist of it is we were chasing a group of mercenaries out this way. The mercenaries were wiped out by that Menelean battalion first, unfortunately, but when we saw what the soldiers were up to we could hardly ignore them, right?" Gregor was not aware that Matilda or any others of her group had survived the battle, though if any of the mercenaries had survived Gregor wanted to keep them from getting beaten up and taken captive as well.

Gregor thought fast. He had no desire to end up like the other Meneleans, nor did he want to kill simple villagers.

: "Send your thanks to Lord Mannan, if you please. We were just happy to help, though I'm sorry we were unable to save all of the buildings."