Isaac Case 004: The Laptop

Celest St. Claire's Notes

Hey,

As I mentioned in my note, I’m sure that my conclusions will match Sullivan’s. That being the case, if you’ve already asked him about these clues, you probably won’t learn anything new here.

If you do choose to use this site, you’ll still need to email Sullivan about the Access Code for Cinder’s headquarters. You’ll also need to email him the case’s Solution once you’ve figured out the laptop’s password. 

If you haven’t emailed Sullivan yet, you can visit SleuthKings.com/Isaac-004 to send him your first email. When you want to address either of the issues above, just include the appropriate underlined word from above in the body of your email.

If you want to see my thoughts on any of the clues in your case file, just click the corresponding button below.

I played around with the first few words and finally stumbled across a reading that makes sense. As far as I can tell, “Tutakucke eextutruga aidud” is actually “Take extra aid,” when you eliminate all of the extra letters.

The trick is that the correct vowels have been left alone, but each consonant has been replaced with multiple letters.

I’ve also noticed a few instances of the word “squat” before vowels, which I’m pretty sure designates a double vowel (like “oo”). If you see “squa” before a consonant, it designates a double consonant, such as “ll.”

I hope that helps point you in the right direction!

So, when you remove all of the extra letters added after each consonant, the message reads:

“Take extra aid when you use the front entry door pass code. Theft lately prevail that took things. Filthy thief should burn.”

I wouldn’t exactly call that a coherent message or anything, but it gets its point across. Besides, the rest of the letter – which wasn’t written in code – said that each of the words above should be hidden somewhere in the block of letters on the back of Clue 2’s flyer.

I’m pretty sure that once you find and eliminate those words from Clue 2’s block of letters, the remaining letters should bring you closer to finding the code Sullivan needs in order to access Cinder’s headquarters.

Remember, when you’ve figured the headquarters’ code out, you’ll need to email it to Sullivan. If you haven’t emailed him yet, you can send him your first email at www.SleuthKings.com/Isaac-004. When you want to give him the code, make sure you include the phrase “Access Code” in your email so he knows what you’re talking about.

So far, I’ve figured out which words are horizontal and which are vertical, but I haven’t yet gotten around to picking them out of the block of letters.

The horizontal words are: Take extra aid that you use the front entry door pass code.

The vertical words are: Theft lately prevail when took things. Filthy thief should burn.

When you find – and eliminate – all of the words from Clue 1’s message, here’s what is left:

I’m sure you noticed, but the remaining letters in each row are still gibberish because they’re scrambled. When you unscramble them, however, you get (from top to bottom):

Three
Five
Two
Six
Three

Sullivan mentioned that the access code is made up of letters, not numbers, right? That being the case, I don’t think that this is it. Even so, I think it’s telling us how to find it. I have a feeling that if you use these numbers with the phone’s keypad on the front of the flyer, you might be able to figure out what word these numbers are spelling out. Assuming I’m right, that means the access code is five letters long.

Remember, when you’ve figured out the code, you’ll need to email it to Sullivan. If you haven’t emailed him yet, you can send him your first email at www.SleuthKings.com/Isaac-004. When you want to give him the code, make sure you include the phrase “Access Code” in your email so he knows what you’re talking about.

I don’t know about you, but this is one of the strangest codes that I’ve seen in a long time. I think I’m getting the hang of it, though.

The large shapes that the other symbols are inside of represent each word’s first letter. From there, you read the top left symbol and then move right. Once you’ve finished reading the letters on the top row, you move to the next row and read from left to right again.

I have a feeling that Sullivan will find a helpful example when he gets inside of Cinder’s headquarters but, for the time being, I’ve chosen one at random to try and help:

It took a while, but I finally broke the code. Here are the letters the symbols stands for:

If you use this chart to decode the weird note, it reads:

“Password reminder: for two, look at order menu and spell Bob or Bobby without letters. Only the first of each matter. Be careful you do not hand this to anyone.”

I wonder what it means by “two.” I’ve got a feeling that Sullivan will learn a little more when he gets inside of Cinder’s headquarters. Either way, I’ve got a feeling that the “two” referred to here might help us figure out the laptop’s password. First, though, we’ll need to understand what these instructions are even telling us to do.

Clue 3 said that we need to spell some random words without letters, right? After staring at the menu for a few minutes, something finally clicked – the message is telling us which colors to focus on.

Each letter in the phrase we’re spelling must be telling us which word we need to look at. That said, I doubt we’ll use any full words from the menu – we probably only need a single letter from each of its designated words.

Like I mentioned before, “Bob or Bobby” must be telling us which colored words on the menu to focus on. “B” stands for “blue,” “O” for “orange,” “R” for “red,” and “Y” for “yellow.” If we look at only those colored words given in that order, we get:

“True, Wright, Onion, Iced, Salad, The, Able’s, Cookie, Onion, Sweet.”

Clue 3 also said that “only the first of each matter,” right? It’s talking about the first letter of each designated word on the menu. If you look at it like that, you get:

“Two is tacos.”

I don’t really get it, but I’m sure that will be important somehow.

There’s one other – slightly unrelated – thing that I wanted to mention. I noticed that the bottle opener Sullivan’s friend stole from Cinder’s office has a few symbols on it. When you decode them, they say, “his.”

Since the symbols on the bottle opener have a “#1” near them, I’m guessing it’s somehow related to “tacos.” In fact, I won’t be surprised if the setup is something like:

HIS + TACOS = ?

Maybe this is some kind of pattern or something? I know I’ve seen a “B” and a “C” somewhere on the documents in your case file, but I don’t remember seeing an “A.” I think the only way that any of this is going to make sense is if you help Sullivan get inside of Cinder’s headquarters. Once he’s inside, I’m sure he’ll be able to find something helpful.

If you haven’t sent Sullivan an email yet, you can send him your first email for this case at www.SleuthKings.com/Isaac-004. If you want to help him get inside of Cinder’s headquarters, be sure to include the word “Access Code” in your email. Or, when you’ve figured out the laptop’s password, include the word “Solution” in your email to Sullivan so that he knows what you’re referring to.

Good luck!