> If you insist, Miguel. :-)

> As the new (current) www.bungie.org design was being developed, a space
> for a strange puzzle was incorporated into it. Claude and I got in touch
> with Matt Soell, and suddenly, we had something really, really cool: The
> development notes now archived at arrival.bungie.org.

> After receiving our "goal"--as well as setting the site, login,
> and password up--I started work on the cipher itself. I already knew what
> sorts of things I wanted to encompass, and once I started the puzzle, it
> just sorta started to flow quickly. The goal, on my end, was to cover as
> many mostly or completely unrelated things as possible, to make as many
> people as possible scream. ;-)

> When Claude and I got Matt's goodie bag, our jaws fell and broke
> floorboards instantly. (It was really hard for us, keeping it from Hamish.
> ;-)) I, personally, wanted to run right out and upload the files
> everywhere, after having read them for the first time.

> I didn't think it [the cipher] would get this big. I mean, wow.

> So, as I finish this post, I would again like to give a heartfelt
> "congratulations" to everyone who has worked on the cipher over
> the past month. I'm sure it drove you insane, solving it, as much as it
> drove me insane, trying to keep my mouth shut about it all outside of
> confirmations and clues. :-)

> -/-
> Mikey-San
> mikey-san@bungie.org
> bungie.org | this website do not eat

This is great stuff Mike, I'm thrilled to read all the details...

my only question is:

So who's Arlet?