THE PIT (Fortuna Discussion Topic)

Now that we're talking secret messages, did anybody ever find out what Pembrose said? I don't recognise the font myself, but since each symbol is presumably a letter, one could presumably solve it if one were good at cryptology.

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PEMBROSE: Prince? There are no princes here. No princes at all. I am not a prince, but in fact a professor. You can call me Professor Pembrose, or just Pembrose if you wish.

Wondering how I solved it? Me too. Here's a quick explanation:



That solitary letter tells us that that symbol is either I or A. I tried A first:



The most common symbol in the text was the slanted-upwards right-pointing arrow. I assumed that was E:



That AΔE in the first line tells me that Δ is R, so:



Fill in the blanks:



Now let's take a look at this part:



The only grammatically correct two-letter word following "There are" is "no". So:



Now take a look at this word:



Looks awfully like PROFESSOR, doesn't it?



Now HOLD UP and look at THIS word:



Looks like our friend Pembrose's name, hmm?



At this point, it's pretty obvious that downward pointing arrow is I, and that he's saying "PRINCE".



The rest is a cakewalk.



TL;DR Cryptology is basically guessing letters and crossing your fingers. ;]

EDIT: or... yeah... there could just be a font... yeah.........