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Quiz: "How Many" Note
Hints: "How Many" Note
Hint #1
Pay attention to what's written at the top and bottom of the note.
At the top: "How many of your kind will be joining us here soon, Calvin?"
At the bottom: "Ps-Check your mailbox"
Hint #2
In the upper right corner, someone else wrote a note that says: "Note to self: came in envelope w/ animal figurine in brown/orange pouch". What is this referring to? Read the Crime Scene Report and Evidence Logs carefully.
Hint #3
Calvin had a small zebra figurine in an orange/brown pouch in his pocket when he died.
Read the Animal Facts Sheet carefully.
Hint #4
This is a simple Caesar cipher.
Solution
This is a Caesar cipher with a shift of 3.
The clue is "How many of me are there?" The note came with a zebra figurine. There are 3 zebras at Riverside zoo (see the Animal Fact Sheet).
Decrypted, the note reads:
Calvin —
Can we keep the gate thing between us? I know I messed up, but it was a one-time mistake, and I really can’t afford to lose this job.I didn’t want to say this, but if you go to management, I’ll have to say it was you. It’ll be your word against mine — and let’s be honest, you don’t have a lot of credibility anymore.
The constant complaints haven’t exactly won you any friends. Your call.
—Jordan