Thanks for the help!! Maybe we’ll just keep investigating for now and see what we can find. I think we’re up to 14 clues. We haven’t done anything with the lighthouse yet, so that might be our next step.
Yeah, so far we’ve been trying variants of the Vigenère method, but I think either we’re using the wrong key phrases or there’s something else we’re missing! It’s been really fun to experiment with, in any case! We learned a thing or two about complex ciphers in the process (lots of other neat learning moments in the game, like finding out about collapsible top hats).
Based on letter count we can at least deduce what parts of the first message says — very likely starts with “EDGAR, MEET ME IN/AT BALTIMORE (PLAZA HOTEL?)”… we tried to use that to reverse-engineer the cipher but no dice, haha.