Cyrus Quinton

General

• Former sound engineer for Hesh Records
• Office number 209
• Join date: 11/11/259
• Leave date: 01/10/268
• Worked with Roll for Damage.
  • Alejo Jackson said he was "our most reliable guy"
  • Worked during the aftermath of the Theft of the Receda Cube, though was about two hours late that day.
• Reportedly had a big argument with someone at the Academy on the day the Cube was lost, though he claimed that he was discussing his contract with Hesh Records.
• Among the team to work on the Viard album, The Silver City, and was the engineer who finished it for Earth.

The Mystery

• Kurt's investigations revealed the name Cyrus Quinton to be an alias; the man's real name is not known.
• The file found in Cyrus Quinton's public storage area, purchasereq.pdf, contains a hidden message: "enter those who know what the builder called men under my star"
• Alejo revealed that Cyrus's birthday falls in the middle of the PCAG finals, making him an "Apple-Thief" (see Futures)
• Gyvann is known as "The Builder"; [e-mail reply] from Sister April Flynnt of the Brotherhood of the Six reveals that:

The only piece of scripture containing Gyvann's direct words regarding the Apple-Thief is this... The Apple-Thief is the bringer of justice. He makes right all that is askew, though the righting may often be painful.

• The password into Cyrus's private files, first entered by MokeyFraggle, is "bringerofjustice", revealing an .mp3 of the murder of Monica Grand: Track 3.mp3

Theories

• Hidden message riddle discussion on unfiction
• Although could be the infamous V (Quint means five, V is the Roman numeral five), probably is not, based on the recording
• "Cyrus was the first Achaemenian Emperor of Persia, who issued a decree on his aims and policies, later hailed as his charter of the rights of nations. Inscribed on a clay cylinder, this is known to be the first declaration of Human Rights, and is now kept at the British Museum. A replica of this is also at the United Nations in New York."
• Is Cyrus helping us by leaving the file for us to find?

Files

• Public files: purchasereq.pdf
• Private files: Tracl 3 132.mp3

References

• Hesh Intranet profile/messages (link)
• Alejo Jackson Chat Log

• The Perplex City Sentinel
  • article, 26-JAN-06 "Iona Interviews... Alejo Jackson" (link)

• Quirky Acuity, Violet's blog
  • blog, 31-JAN-06 "Seven reasons I hate Pyramid" (link)
  • blog, 08-JAN-06 "Saving Kurt" (link)

• The Path of Least Time, Kurt's blog
  • blog, 1-FEB-06 "Cyrus Quinton" (link)