The Last Equation - Scene 2 - Wei's Room

[christopher knowles]

[Wei's room can be found at the University of Columbia, New York. I know that Will and Bert are headed this way. If Ash/Adam want to do something else pm me, otherwise I will assume you are along for the ride]

Day 2

What you know about the University
Columbia University is an Ivy League school located in Morningside Heights on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Wei attended the Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics program as a graduate student. For more see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University

The police have had some preliminary contact with the University, and the main contact details you have are for Sandy Beema, who would be happy to help with any details that might further the investigation.


A panoramic view of the campus


[So who's going, where are you going, what do you want to know what do you want to do, and so on...]

[bigberty]

ok then find a reception and speak to a receptionist. hello mam fbi can you call sandy beema we're here. thankyou

[willthewolfmantew]

to bert 'coar id sandy her beema' to receptionist 'hello darling' (in the most sexist way only possible by an old man)

[bigberty]

(ooc the sarcastic pull out the black pulpfiction dildo an bash him haha) im gonna pick cards and panflets up not putting any of them back generally be a pain in the arse till she arrives

[christopher knowles]

Sandy turns up. She's a pretty unremarkable looking woman: mid 30's, medium height and build, maybe a 5.5/10 or so: "So, I assume you're here about Mr. Wei? Very sad, very sad indeed. So I assume you want to see his room? Is there anything else the University can do to help with the investigation at all?"

[bigberty]

well access to mr weis room and his records. also any chance of a coffee?

[christopher knowles]

"There's a coffee machine round the corner, help yourselves"

Wei's Room
Wei was housed in a small dorm room in John Jay Hall, a skyscraper-like residence hall located on the campus itself. John Jay Hall also houses the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, which contains the Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics program as well.

Wei’s dorm is small, modest and messy. It is clear he had little or no social life. Every surface is covered in half-read books (folded open at random points), and his bed is nothing more than a futon dropped in the middle of the room.

A single, rickety Ikea desk holds a nondescript gray box (his computer) and a cheap monitor. A pile of papers are stacked
all over any open position on the table.

[bigberty]

ok we will take the computer tower as evidence and bag up some of weis notes for hand writing samples. is there any thing in here that has a connection to the numbers. any odd looking books or the like (ooc u know octopus headed monster on the cover, how to diy a summoning?)

[christopher knowles]

There's a bunch of papers in the room. There are certainly numbers on them, you're fairly sure it's maths, but your maths skills aren't good enough to tell what really.

The papers stacked on top the pile are the most recent and are filled with a spray of complex numbers.

The equations seem to resolve in a chain of numbers: 10.12.10,921, 40.796901 and -73.968158.

Wei then split the numbers up using another calculation until they read: 9:21 (AM), 40.796901, -73.968158.

Searching underneath the futon reveals a photocopied copy of a book called Libri Plures Admiratio ("The Book of Many Wonders"), by Fascius Claudan. The book is a bundle of pages stained with coffee and food and held together by an orange binder clip. It is covered in scrawls, some coherent, some not. The number sequence covers the last page in a scrawl so violent it appears as if the marker used to scribble it broke during the writing.

[willthewolfmantew]

anything like this you mean?...


also look under his bed (not for porn) for any sign of the numbers (ooc can we not access the pc here and now before we take it ?)

[willthewolfmantew]

(my bad missed this off) can we talk to anyone in his "block/flat" about wei and check their rooms for numbers or anything of the sort..

[christopher knowles]

No sign of the numbers under the bed: but see the papers and the book above.

The Computer
The computer is a poorly maintained, component-built machine running Windows XP. It is not password enabled and all directories on it are open.

Wei’s last email was sent the morning of the murders to [e-mail], a group composed of twelve mathematics students and teachers from around the world who are interested in mathematical puzzles.

As for asking around:
Those who knew Michael Wei are shocked, saddened and sickened by his death and the murders he committed. Some frankly can’t believe Wei is responsible for such a thing and
remain certain he was either coerced or framed.

Wei was held in high esteem by all in his program. He was known as a happy, nononsense hard worker bent on making math his life. He had many passing acquaintances but few close friends.

Two such friends were Anthony Desjardin and Molly Frank. Molly and Anthony are graduate students at the Applied Science school, and are a couple. The two were good friends with Wei for more than a year, and considered him a “project.” That is, they routinely attempted to set him up with friends. Wei spent many weekends with the two, drinking, talking physics and math and basically goofing off. The two are absolutely certain there is no way the man they knew as Michael Wei could have done the things the authorities claim he did. They vehemently dismiss all evidence to the contrary and say simply: “No. Michael wasn’t
wired that way. He was a peaceful guy.”

[willthewolfmantew]

obviously visit friends...

[christopher knowles]

The two friends above? What more do you want to know from them?

[bigberty]

ok then see wat we can trace on the online group also. (ooc dont want a group of math geeks goin on a rampage)