Girl Genius

Clever. Veeery clever. Write a book chock-full of cyphers, hidden messages, and secret codes, then hide the good stuff in the cover! Brilliant!

Hey, I wouldn't say all the good stuff. We haven't heard just what's in that waffle recipe yet.

Obviously a triple secret coded recipe for souffle.

Hoffman is spoken for. Other would do nothing but get in (even more than usual) trouble if he did anything to upset the royal wedding.

Darn, that's right. OK, so it will take a few years. Bill was married, too, but managed to go off on adventures. Of course, that also meant he wasn't around to stop whatever was going on with the Other. The guilt was probably what about drove him crazy when it happened.

Well if you ever look at Klaus' notes you will find a few odes to waffles and his personal recipe is in code.

Somebody on the GG wiki pointed out that the book is written on calfskin vellum, which is why examining it in extremely minute detail reveals a set of instructions on how to make a cow. We call these instructions DNA.

That's... not quite how DNA works, but still pretty funny.

edited 13th Feb '16 10:13:14 AM by Kayeka

It's often described as nature's blueprint.

I know, but I did Biology in university and that's one of those Lies to Children they try to make you unlearn ASAP.

EDIT: Which is why it took me a minute to get the joke you were trying to communicate.

edited 13th Feb '16 11:47:28 AM by Kayeka

Huh, you know, Brooklyn Nine Nine had a bit where a terrible recipe turned out to be a code for something else just recently. I wonder if they saw that episode.

However literally accurate the "instructions" metaphor is, it's pretty clear that's what the Foglios were going for- the pages Agatha looks at when making the relevant comment are covered with various combinations of the letters GACU.

OH! Pages made of cowhide and decoded DNA. Now I get it! Marvelous. Well spotted.

Grumbles that DNA should be GACT, U is for RNA.

ETA: I have sent message to studiofoglio to say so.

edited 14th Feb '16 2:50:16 PM by Lightningnettle

Dunno the cow instructions are for making the Greek Minotaur... or at least Odineye's lightning powered Minotaur.

Edit: I should do this when I have received more rest... or a triple espresso.

edited 14th Feb '16 4:43:50 PM by Mauri

Page. Wait! Dont - ZAP! - touch it.

Chewy, DKDingbot, and a cat going off on their own. No need to worry, none at all.

edited 14th Feb '16 10:43:02 PM by Lightningnettle

Um, guys? Maybe you should be paying a little more attention to DingK and company? Because, if anybody knows about secret rooms and electromagnetic holograms, locks and keys at a glance...

edited 14th Feb '16 11:36:08 PM by Euodiachloris

and It's not entirely clear if they're sneaking off or just coming along with Agatha.

Oooh, Larana got her hands on the wounded Hoffman, good for them!

edited 15th Feb '16 1:07:45 AM by Nomophilos

Nah, good for her. Mind you, I think she was stalking opportunities to pounce.

She wouldn't be the first love struck woman to take advantage like that.

Maybe she'll get a chance to tell him something while he's too stunned to argue. Although he might also be too stunned to remember, later ...

My WMG: you know how Lady Selnikov got killed why she was looking for Prende's Lantern? She got her information wrong, she wasn't supposed to find the actual lantern, but the *painting* of Prendre's Lantern on The Triumph Of The Storm King (we know the muses are on it), behind which Rijn hid his Hermitorium.

Something like that, yeah. At this point, it would be more surprising if Van Rijn's hidey-hole isn't behind/within the painting. And I imagine they'll find the Lantern inside.

Somewhat related.. I've long assumed it's going to turn out that Van Rijn is a time-traveler from Agatha's era. Tarvek is still the most likely candidate, but since we've now learned that Van Rijn was a waffle enthusiast, maybe it will instead be Klaus. Maybe undoing the time-bubble will somehow send him back...