Merit's Second Encoded Message

Obtained by Li Merit in an old assaying office in Iron Mountain.

How to Play

Successes with Int and Cryptography + Intelligence Analysis can be used to

1. guess one word, which will be filled in everywhere it appears.
2. guess a particular set of words, which will be filled in or not where you specified, but the GMs may not be able to track that very easily.
3. ask for a hint about a particular word

Words

CONJUNCTION every thing VERB be ADJECTIVE, every ADJECTIVE thing is ADJECTIVE by PRONOUN ADJECTIVE WORD. WORD the WORD WORD, if there is a place, then there is a path to that place. If WORD or WORD WORD WORD WORD from the WORD WORD to the WORD WORD, then there is a path that can be WORD from the place where it once was, to the place where it now is.

To WORD the path from the WORD which was to the WORD which is, from the place WORD to the place WORD, you must follow the path of the WORD of the WORD WORD the WORD of the WORD.

Begin your WORD at the WORD water WORD the WORD, WORD south and south WORD until you WORD the WORD of the WORD WORD WORD WORD, WORD WORD than can be WORD by five WORD WORD WORD WORD. WORD the WORD until you can WORD no WORD, and WORD until you WORD the WORD of a WORD you have WORD WORD before. Take WORD WORD from WORD it WORD, and when you WORD back down, walk in that same direction until the WORD WORD.

Make WORD at the WORD of the WORD you find, but guard your WORD WORD, for a WORD WORD is not a WORD WORD. When WORD WORD you, if it WORD you, watch WORD to see which WORD to the south WORD the WORD WORD WORD with WORD WORD. Walk to that WORD, and around it from north to west to south to east. With your WORD WORD, walk around it again, and again a WORD time. When your WORD is WORD, take WORD of what WORD you and follow it until it ends.

Then, follow in that direction until the WORD is WORD WORD, and WORD the WORD have WORD WORD, the WORD WORD WORD you. Dig a hole until you have found WORD and WORD, then place them out in an WORD WORD and wait WORD until WORD WORD to WORD them up. Follow it until it WORD, and WORD the WORD it WORD in with WORD from your WORD WORD. WORD the WORD WORD WORD with WORD from your WORD WORD, and walk WORD them before WORD WORD WORD.

Guesses

Old Guesses

After Battle for the Ice Pagoda

Kasumi:

before whenever

Xian:

here day use more because

Merit:

ends turns toward river forge traveled created nor whether though since every same after metal water earth fire wood

Cai Wen: (not processed yet)

while its never seen look cannot northernmost within empire reach end

Jin tries Cryptomancy

On the last paragraph

(The red words are the guesses he made, which are incorrect. The green arrows and notes are, he says, true information.)

Words Already Guessed

a about after again all an and around as at back be because before begin beware but by can circle could created day describe described dig direction discover do done down dragon earth east else ends every fate find fire five flame follow for forge found four from garden get go goes gold golden good guard have he her here him his hoard hole how if in into is it journey just key know leads like lock make me metal mine more must my name new no nor north not now of old on once one or our out path people pit place river same say see seven she should since six so some south take than that the their them then there they thing this though three time to toward travel traveled turns two unless until up use wait walk was watch water way we were west what when whenever where whether which who why will with without wood word words world would year yet you your

In Message

a again an and around at back be before begin but by can dig direction down east ends every find five follow for found from guard have hole if in is it make must no north not now of once or out path place same see south take than that the them then there thing time to until up wait walk was watch water west what when where which with you your

Not In Message

I about after all as because beware circle could created day describe described discover do done dragon earth else fate fire flame forge four garden get go goes gold golden good he her here him his hoard how into journey just key know leads like lock me metal mine more my name new nor old on one our people pit river say seven she should since six so some their they this though three toward travel traveled turns two unless use way we were whenever whether who why will without wood word words world would year yet