[hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=00ccff]Nora Kingston[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://78.media.tumblr.com/b877b3d05ee4d97909a15a627650a203/tumblr_oit79jG55r1v01x2co1_500.gif[/img][hr][hr][color=00ccff][b]Location:[/b][/color] Permit Office
[color=00ccff][b]Skills:[/b][/color] Pattern Analysis, Deduction, Cryptography, Mathematics, Decipher hieroglyphics, Acute Observation, Social Etiquette (Upper Class)[hr][/center]	Nora took a calming breath for a moment, imagining for a moment that rather than speaking to a stuffy government official, she was speaking to her dog. She sometimes would talk to Spot through various mathematical proofs, finding that he was generally a good listener, rarely interrupted, and always appeared to be interested. She rebelled against her own quiet nature, filling her words with a declarative edge that usually was missing. She tended to be soft spoken, yet now wasn't the time for that. Now was the time to convince a likely sexist individual to give two women the clearance to reopen a site where excavations had already been completed. 	

	[color=00ccff]"Yes, Lady Munn and I have been analyzing rubbings made from tablets taken at Bubastis from the previous excavation. As my colleague mentioned, I am a mathematician by trade and in the analysis of the rubbings, I uncovered a cypher marker. This marker happened to be phi, known as the golden or divine ratio, so called due to its high appearance in nature and its use in the arts. With principles of cryptography, in conjunction with the translation aid of Lady Munn and the Egyptian museum, more information and messages can be gleaned from the rubbings."[/color]

	She paused for a moment, locking eyes with the official to ensure he was paying attention. [color=00ccff]"But these rubbings are far from ideal. After a thorough examination of the archives, some of the originals are missing. The Bubastis site must be reopened in order for me to have a complete set of markings to work with, in order to decode the message they contain. This is, as I am sure you have already guessed, why no meaningful translation has been gleaned from these tiles so far. They have no logical sense until viewed in the context of the cypher."[/color]

	[color=00ccff]"If you need assurance of my credentials, I studied mathematics at Cambridge University and have practiced the application of mathematics to decoding hieroglyphics and hieratics for some time here in Cairo,"[/color] Nora concluded. In her experience, qualifications were a must when it came to convincing others that she knew what she was doing. And she did not dare to mention anything that would seem mystical - the facts should suffice.