THE QUANTUM INTELLIGENCER

From the Burlington Rooms comes word of a most intriguing development in the cipher-solving arts. A certain savant, known to intimates as R—v, has been refining his method for the decryption of society’s most guarded numerical secrets. It is said his latest approach requires far fewer resources—a clever bit of social economy, reusing certain elements in a manner that some call ingenious, others… audacious. The establishment, particularly a certain eminent S—r of the old school, has been observed in quiet, intense conversation in the corner of the Upper Drawing Room at Mayfair. Whispers suggest R—v’s method has been tested in a private laboratory with startling success, retrieving what was thought irretrievable. One cannot help but wonder what this means for the security of certain great houses. A most delicate matter, and one society watches with bated breath. —Ada H. Pemberley Dispatch from Trigger Phase E0