Monica Grand

General

• Deceased: 16-SEP-05

Website: http://www.perplexcitybankingcorporation.com/advisor (has been setup as a secure place where she may reply to our questions)

• Monica Grand was Pietro Salk's Advisor.
  • This was determined at considerable length, by pouring thru Salklogs.doc, the Building Maintenance: Air Conditioning and the Disaster Maintenance: Heat Sensors. It was fFinally confirmed by a chance email to her directly.

• Worked as the PCBC consulting economist.
• Lived in Ascendancy Point, L157 R19
• Wrote the initial draft of the report on the PCBC's Fivebridge & Remton Consolidated Bank acquisition.
• Liked coriander-lime buns, called The Lime Life, from the Red Hot bakery.
• Wore perfume that smells like fresh-cut grass.
• As a child, wanted to work with trees.
  • Particularly fond of Rudon Forest

• Made an agreement to meet with Sylvia Salk
• Was brutally beaten just prior to, by V.
• She gave us a message on a broken Key, which led to the discovery of The Receda Approach.
• According to the police, no suspects have been identified, and no charges have been filed.

• Appears not to have any living relatives.
• Her will left a significant but as-yet undisclosed amount of money to the Rudon Forest Preservation Fund.
• Has requested that her remains be cremated and the ashes scattered in Rudon Forest.

• Her death has not gone unnoticed, publicly.
  • PCBC is having some difficulty in completing their purchase of Fivebridge & Remton Consolidated Bank
  • The delays are directly attributed to Monica Grand not being able to complete her reports and summaries.

In the Press

PCBC Takeover Plans The PCBC today announced their formal offer to take over Fivebridge & Remton Consolidated Bank. PCBC consulting economist Monica Grand said that the move should be a benefit to consumers, as the separate financial networks are gradually integrated. (Full text)

Bank Deal Questioned The consulting economist who allegedly wrote the initial draft of the report, Monica Grand, could not be reached at her PCBC offices at press time.

Relationship to the Theft

• One of three people hired by V to steal the cube.
  • "V" (Viendenbourg?)
  • "Quercus" - Bernardo Holyoke
  • "Kilo" - Monica Grand
  • "C"

• Called herself dangerous.
• Weapons were her business.
• Was paid 40,000,000 Lecks for her services.

• Had an account with Comprendo. Set up a password protected page for Salk to view.

• Link: http://www.ascendancypoint.com/comprendofinance/74419038751-4593855/
  • User: theadvisor
  • Password: rudon (See Rudon Forest)

References

The Perplex City Sentinel

• more news in brief, 29-AUG-05 "PCBC Takeover Plans" (link)
• article, 08-SEP-05 "Bank Deal Questioned" (link)
• article, 19-SEP-05 "PCBC Economist Found Murdered in Point Dwelling" (link)
• article, 22-SEP-05 "Iona Interviews... Alasandro Mere" (link)
• article, 19-DEC-05 "Advisor's Death Throws PCBC Deal into Deep Water" (link)
• feature, 23-DEC-05 "Year in Review: Newsmakers of 268" (link)

Images

After her death, she left a clue for Sylvia Salk to give to us. The Image was found to contain a hidden image, which reads:

Search for the sign 19th September LOCATION: Imperial College Beit Quadrangle All I have is the beginning of this trail. It is of no use to me now. I do not know much. I do not have much time. There will be keywords. You will be able to(?) put them to- gether to make up the address of a website. This is all I know. I cannot follow where this trail leads. You must follow for me.

Codenames "V", "Q", "K" and "C", were hired to do the Theft. They are tied to the deaths of Fran Mendling, Bernardo Holyoke, Pietro Salk, Monica Grand, Isaac Cymbalisty, Anna Heath --- but someone else got to The Cube first. Who? And Why? "We never held it, It was already gone."