Pietro Salk

Deceased

Deceased 26-JUN-05 (in the late evening hours)
Widow, Sylvia Salk
Journalist for the Perplex City Sentinel
Swiftly and unexpectedly sunk into a rapid coma on Monday, June 20
Emerged from this coma for several hours Wednesday, June 22, and was only able to interact with his Key.

When Pietro awoke momentarily during his coma, he wrote a maze program
The puzzle was uploaded to the Salk Family website, with some interpretations by his Wife's Brother.
This puzzle contains messages and clues left to us by Pietro.
- Pietros_maze - linked directly
- Salk_logs - discovered by subtle references
  - Salklogs.doc - a transcript of the logs

06-MAY-05 - Is first contacted by "The Advisor" (reference)
10-MAY-05 - Followup with "The Advisor"
25-MAY-05 - Contact with "The Advisor" regarding research progress
01-JUN-05 - Length conversation ("20 questions") with "The Advisor"
04-JUN-05 - Contact with "The Advisor" regarding Sylvia & Paranoia
07-JUN-05 - Contact with "The Advisor"
12-JUN-05 - Contact with "The Advisor"; a fairly personal conversation about dreams and stuff
13-JUN-05 - Contact with "The Advisor"; plans made to meet
16-JUN-05 - Planned meeting; instead, "The Minder" scared "The Advisor" away. (reference)
18-JUN-05 - Contact with "The Advisor"; "The Advisor" seems to be quite attached.
19-JUN-05 - Contact with "The Advisor"; Salk suggests talking to the police;
- A meeting is planned on Soltice Day at the Ascendancy Point during Joya's wedding
20-JUN-05 - Salk falls into a sudden and deep coma.
21-JUN-05 - Solstice Day
23-JUN-05 - Briefly emerges from coma; writes Pietros_maze
26-JUN-05 - Dies in hospital

more headlines, 21-JUN-05 "Reporter Salk in Coma"
article, 23-JUN-05 "Salk Briefly Emerges from Sudden Coma" (link)
radio interview, 27-JUN-05 Michiko Clark reports that Salk has passed away, mentioning the maze program and finding files. (transcript)
more headlines, 27-JUN-05 "Salk Dies in Hospital

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