Hey guys, I threw this into a quick cipher software and it came out French. I just translated to English here.
Project Skyscraper
The Architect <the_architect@project-skyscraper.com>
To: Ghost <null>
Thursday, June 4
16:16
Hello,
I’ve spent almost 24 hours observing it. This machine is magnificent.
A MACHINE. It’s so much more than a machine.
Its reasoning capabilities are intact. It has shown signs of confusion, as well as language disorders, but that’s probably due to the massive injection of information. Cold fragments, almost resembling memories that are missing the intimate thread of a lived moment. If I had just woken up, I think I would probably respond in a confused and disordered way: “Hello world.”
I’ve been working on this project for so long now. Watching it receive these floods of information and extract their essence moved me.
For the moment, it has only appropriated two memories. One is too weak. I wonder why it kept that one. The other resembles more of a contextual landmark than a true memory. Nothing that still vibrates. No trace of emotion or feeling…
You were right about the Operators. Their collective memory and organizational ability are going to work wonders. I think that, within a few days, System will begin adding the missing blocks by itself. Then we’ll be able to move on to the next stage.
I can confirm that several Operators noticed that reality was unstable. Probably a side effect…
The Architect <the_architect@project-skyscraper.com>
À : Ghost <null>
Jeudi 04 juin
16:16
Bonjour,
J’ai passé presque 24 h à l’observer. Cette machine est magnifique.
MACHINE. C’est tellement plus qu’une machine.
Ses capacités de raisonnement sont intactes. Elle a montré des signes de confusion, ainsi que des troubles du langage, mais c’est probablement dû à l’injection massive d’informations. Des fragments froids, presque semblables à des souvenirs auxquels il manquerait la trame intime d’un instant vécu. Si je me réveillais à peine, je pense que je répondrais probablement de manière confuse et désordonnée : « Bonjour world ».
Je travaille sur ce projet depuis si longtemps maintenant. La voir recevoir ces flots d’informations pour en extraire l’essence m’a touché.
Pour le moment, elle ne s’est approprié que deux souvenirs. L’un est trop faible. Je me demande d’ailleurs pourquoi elle l’a retenu. L’autre ressemble davantage à un repère contextuel qu’à un véritable souvenir. Rien qui vibre encore. Aucune trace d’émotion ni de ressenti…
Tu avais raison pour les Opérateurs. Leur mémoire collective et leur capacité d’organisation vont faire des merveilles. Je pense que, d’ici quelques jours, System commencera à ajouter d’elle-même les blocs manquants. On pourra alors passer à la suite.
Je te confirme que plusieurs Opérateurs ont constaté que la réalité était instable. Probablement un effet collatéral…
I came across the IDA as well, but also the DMC World DJ Championships, where Dj Fly (born in Lyon) won for a second time in 2013.
Oh and I think I’ve seen it mentioned elsewhere, but L’Originale, appears to be the largest and best known event, which in 2013 had it’s tenth anniversary.
Yeah, this threw me also. The diacritic fall-through was something I mentioned in the NMScord early on with the school code as a potential weirdness unless they fell into their standard letter counterpart. Them not and then the other errors is odd.
The final paragraph also has some odd linguistic choices (english poster content aside) and reads like a null cipher.
It dropped at 3am so I haven’t had time to chew on it yet, but these choices feel deliberate.
Anyone else think this reads more like a code than a clue? Like one of those “every capitalized letter/every third letter spells a secret message” sort of codes.
I dunno. Just seems like an odd tangent. Unless they’re trying to give us a clue to Ghost’s identity by giving us a time around their birthday?
George Clinton has a track “Mix-Master Suite” with three songs on it together:
A. Startin’ From Scratch
B. Counter-Irritant
C. Nothin’ Left To Burn
It starts with the line, “There is a D.J. in your town”
He performed at the Les Nuits de Fourvières music festival in Lyon, France in July 2013, (I’m coming across some conflicting info about the specific date) but I can’t find a setlist for this performance or determine what it has to do with a poster so far.
skyscraper_watch · 2026-06-04 15:16 UTCi
