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[ECC 508]

[22:38] <Pewtershmitz>

To whoever may find me,

If you are reading this, then I have long departed. Beset into a chasm of darkness and death, I plunge with the fiercest of shouts. I have strived and fought for a life of good, for a country of peace. I have stood for what I believed was true and cast, and yet, remorseful for whatever may yet come to be, I see no light reaching upon this pit in which I am laid on. I see shadows where darkness dances. Through the years I have seen hatred, the very essence of dread and plight. I have seen taken from me the living heart of my being, the very love of my soul. Alas, I breathe death as I smile, as I live in my darkest hour of blight. The sun has set, the wind is gone. The cold is gnawing at my bones. The fire is now cinder, and the sun has fallen from its throne. Shadow take me, to pastures of green.. I am gone.

Asked a random on the IRC im on to write a suicide note. Here, this should add to the lore.

[bsb23 303]

I have an alphabet if you are in need of one Dunk but I warn you without a Rosetta stone or two it is completely uncrackable. It corresponds with IPA for the most part.

message for you Dunk

See Dunk, I told you that this code was impossible to crack without a Rosetta Stone. Do you like it?

[ECC 508]

its not impossible, its a case of understanding what letter corresponds with what syntax. often written language is paired with symbolism, and once pictorials are found alongside we start discovering 'this' set of syntax is always paired with 'this' pictorial, and then we know the word 'sun'

from that single word, we discover the beginnings of that language and can unravel it. granted, there are quite a few steps I have not mentioned, but at its root, its finding what pictorials correspond with what syntax

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

there is no "alphabet" necessarilly. I'm going to try and make characters generate by seed as randomly as possible. Probably with simple strokes and lines, and following a specific set of rules, so that characters might at least LOOK like they are from the same language. There will be no "code", so it will be impossible to decipher without a translating guide and even then will be difficult.

[ECC 508]

dunk, make sure that only some texts have 'dated' languages and others are real world. that way, users dont feel overwhelmed by all of these status items no one understands.

[bsb23 303]

All well guess my code is only going to be used for secret messages to my girlfriend after all. For the record though the code is very easy to mess with and doesn't depend on any letter. Plus since its IPA, it can be easily translated from any language (including Japanese according to my very limited knowledge of the Japanese language. Although I neglected to add any clicks.