Steampunk Noir

[hEarty]

*her full, red lips spread slowly in a seductive smile*

It's a pleasure to meet you, Sir Newton. I am known as hEarty.

*she wrinkles her small nose and glances over her shoulder at the flies beginning to move around the corpses*

I think I will take one of those lovely smelling cloves. Thank you.

*she takes the clove and places it between her red lips, lighting it carefully before inhaling, her exhale almost a sigh of relief. She turns away from Sir Newton and walks over to the captain as well, her hips swaying. She snaps out her fan, waving it before her nose before kneeling down to take a closer look at the burn mark*

What do you think could have created this? There's nothing else anywhere else in this room...

[Bowser]

*he moves over towards the side door of the airship the gentleman jumped out of, moving more like he was taking an afternoon stroll than investigating anything. He places his palm against the wall and looks out into the open sky* Hmph

[Money]

*grabs an Automata and removes some of the plating and scrutinizes the inner working*

[Antichrist_Online]

[Narrator] Small clouds float by in a bright and sunny sky outside the hatch. When examining the burn a light breeze blows a peice of paper from under the captain. The burn is small and appears to have been caused by a short intense heat, such as that from a ray pistol. [/Narrator]

[Money]

*looks at the automata and throws up his hands* Nothing. Absoloutly nothing this thing is a peice of usless junk to us. *stops in mid-rant as he sees the peice of paper* Hello, whats this? *picks up the peice of paper and examines it*

[Antichrist_Online]

[Paper] A stainded piece of paper with the words "evif sunim neetriht" in red at the top followed by "bpm xiksiom ucab jm xzwbmkbml. lw vwb qvnwzu bpm ocmaba." The note is signed "L." [/paper]

[hEarty]

*her eyes widen as she gets a closer look at the burn and she turns to look at the others*

This is from a ray gun!

*her perfectly plucked eyebrows furrow as she is obviously in thought*

Either one of us managed to get a shot off before we were all gased or this is from the fellow who jumped out that door... But why would he leave us all alive and kill only the crew?

*she reaches out for the piece of paper but pulls her hand back as she watches the man pick up the paper. She quickly stands up, smoothing her skirts on her hips before walking over to him*

Well? What does it say, man?

[Zanthos]

*grabs the paper and heads to a restroom* I will need some quiet to decypher this.

[hEarty]

*she snorts as she watches the man head to the restroom*

Quiet, indeed.

[Zanthos]

*stops before leaving the room and turns*
[to money] hey, I might be able to use your help in decyphering this. Meet me in the restroom.

*faces the door and walks out*

[hEarty]

*she snaps her fan closed, walking over to the window as far from the corpses as possible and looks outside while smoking her clove*

I wish I knew what was going on. This is keeping me from important things!

[Bowser]

I'll be right back ladies, it seems they need the help of a man of intellgence. *pulls a telescope from his jacket pocket and peers into the bathroom door at the note*

Let me know if you gentlemen get stuck, I've already figured it out. It was a rather simple cryptogram.

*chuckles to himself and returns to the open side door*

Ah, and let me know if anyone finds a package anywhere.

[Money]

*frown as bowser* If it is so simple why do you not reveal the awnser? *walks to the rest room*

[Bowser]

[Paper] A stainded piece of paper with the words "evif sunim neetriht" in red at the top followed by "bpm xiksiom ucab jm xzwbmkbml. lw vwb qvnwzu bpm ocmaba." The note is signed "L." [/paper]

Well, it is obvious that "bpm" is the word "the"... and "lw vwb" is "Do Not"... the rest took a few seconds to decifer.

It pretty much says, "The package must be protected. Do not inform the guests". the part in red is not as obvious to me.

[Zanthos]

*sigh* And to think, the part in red was the easy part. It reads thirteen minus five, making 8 the key to the cypher and that all letters are 8 spaces over, as in the 't' in the being 8 letters over, making it a 'b'. At least, that was my train of thought.