Upside-Down Code

Who else is here? asks Vello.

Just Arthur, Terence and Roo-kai, says Gaius. They're having blueberries and cheese in the kitchen.

Good, says Vello. 

They go through to the kitchen.

Vello is here, says Gaius.

Where are the blueberries? asks Vello.

I ate them, says Arthur. Try the cheese.

Vello cuts a thin slither.

Now what's this about W? asks Vello.

It's what we do next, says Terence, but we don't know what it is, so we can't do it.

Show me the Instructions, says Vello.

Gaius shows him the torn paper.

It's been torn, says Gaius, but the W is the last letter on the line, and the paper was torn horizontally..

Code, says Vello. 

You think so? says Gaius.

I don't think, I know, says Vello.

Then explain it, says Gaius. We need to get this mission over and done with. 

What is a W if not an upside-down M? asks Vello.

What? asks Terence.

An upside-down M, repeats Vello.

You asked what it is if it isn't, says Terence.

Ask Arthur, says Vello. I've no time for this sort of nonsense. It's an upside-down M. Trust me. 

That explains nothing, says Gaius.

In the world of spying, says Vello, nothing is straightforward. One must assemble the facts, then put two and two together.

These are the facts, says Gaius. The information that Roo-kai has gathered must be passed on to someone. We now learn that the someone goes by the code name of upside-down W.

Upside-down M, says Vello. The W is the right way up. Get your facts right.

I'm not used to spying, says Gaius.

Think top banana, says Vello.

Macron! says Roo-kai. 

Hush, says Vello. But yes, you have cracked it. The information is to be sent directly to him.

Jumping Jupiter! says Gaius. How do we do that?

Leave it to me, says Vello. Where is the camera? And the papers? Have you completed the multiple choice questions?

Not yet, says Roo-kai. Some of them have lizard blood on them.

We must get that off! says Vello.