A rice paper scroll is delivered to each of the Chairpersons of the Ventrue Directorate. It is wrapped in a red and gold embroidered silk ribbon and sealed with red wax bearing Pedders seal (the Chinese symbols of duty and honor inside a circle). The courier is a male, Asian, eunuch ghoul apparently 30 years of age. When the scroll is unrolled, 4 sticks of incense will be found inside along with the following message:
"Lords of the Night: Where the servants quarrel, the house is weak.
Where the Buddah sits, Heaven and Earth meet. He sees far that sits on mountains.
Where does the wind come from, asked the old man in the storm.
Where there is friendship, the heart takes strength.
Signed,
His Most Celestial Eminence and Most Exalted Highness,
Tai Pan and Justicar,
Robert Pedder"
In the London Financial Times the next night there is an article on the 5th page that deals with Fung Shui (OOC: the Chinese art of furniture placement for harmonious living.) One of the paragraphs has the word "where" repeated 4 times. Starting with the fourth letter in every word of that paragraph and then continuing through to the end, the following message is revealed:
"My interdiction on San Francisco is lifted. Include them in your councils and add their strength to your own."
The article on Fung Shui deals with how Hong Kong businessmen are using incense to clean negative energy from their boardrooms and offices in preparation for the Millenium using incense and Fung Shui practices. The article includes step by step instructions on how other businessmen can do so if they are so inclined.
On the fourth page of the Times are 4 seperate articles about wasting disease in the old, Nepal, the after affects of La Nina on the world economy, and mens' fitness magazines. If a 4 key crytogram is run through each of the articles the following (false) message is revealed:
"Guil works against our interests in the Midwest. Consolidate our efforts against her operatives. Let the trading boards suffer our displeasure."
