“dear ned, here i am, on a ferry bound for deception island, one of the san juan islands off the coast of washington state. i should be excited, but for some reason, i feel on edge, like something’s out of whack.”
more: theft of the pacal (SSH), nancy’s desk (ASH), the great hall of castle malloy (HAU), magnus’s cabin (SEA), the witching hour (TRT), dear sweet charlotte (GTH), the hot kettle cafe (DDI), ma ‘n pa’s general store (TOT), mel’s room (WAC), luminous infusions (MID), the lilac inn (CLK), ravencrofts emporium (MID), the tower (TRT), the lost queen (TMB), linda’s room (CUR), maxine's diner (SCK)
If we ignore the uncomfortable question Nancy asks, who is Henry Suzzallo?
Dr. Henry Suzzallo (1875-1933) was a professor of education at Stanford and Columbia before becoming president of the University of Washington in 1915. During World War I, he served as an advisor to the State Labor Board. He supported and helped enact the eight-hour workday for those in the logging industry. This angered a powerful lumberman that became governor of Washington in 1926, who was able to force Suzzallo out of his position by filling the University Board of Regents with his cronies. Students threatened to strike, but were urged not to by Suzzallo. Suzzallo remained in Seattle and worked with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching until his death in 1933. The main library at the University of Washington, whose first phase of construction was completed in 1926, was named in his honor.
Suzzallo Library is built in what was called a Collegiate Gothic style, living up to Henry Suzzallo’s belief that universities ought to be “cathedrals of learning.” The 1926 phase was originally intended to be one wing of a triangular-shaped building, but by time the other phases continued after the Depression and World War II, the University’s needs and architecture styles had changed. The most famous feature of Suzzallo Library is its Reading Room, located on the second floor behind the towering stained glass windows.
Presumably, Her Interactive chose this name for a one-off name drop because some of their employees attended the University of Washington and sat in this library as students. Henry Suzzallo was still alive and active in 1930 (though not in Titusville), the year in which Secret of the Old Clock is meant to take place.
P.s. Happy Labor Day! It is through the efforts of people like Henry Suzzallo that American workers have the labor protections we do!
Dream Game Challenge... Nancy Drew: Dead on Target
for @nancydrewnetwork ‘s Dream Game Challenge!
Plot Synopsis:
Just nicely home from her latest adventure Nancy receives a phone call from the enigmatic Gray Man, the leader of the shadowy Network. The Gray Man informs her that both of the Hardy Boys have been hospitalized due to a car bomb planted in their vehicle. An information leak is suspected at the Network and as such the Gray Man would like Nancy to investigate the incident in Bayport and bring the culprits to justice!
Characters:
Brian Conrad:
Voted most likely to need a good lawyer, Brian Conrad is a bully that has been hassling the Hardy’s since grade school. Rich and snooty Brian is irked by the Hardy’s because of all the positive attention they get… could he do something to try and ruin their squeaky-clean appearance, after all he was at the First National Bank at the time of the bombing (because Brian Conrad is always there).
Callie Shaw:
Born and raised in the farm land just outside of Bayport, Callie Shaw has just recently moved into town with her cousin. An intelligent young woman, Callie works at the First National Bank. Still gaining friends, Callie is fond of the Hardy’s since they are some of the only people in town that ‘speak’ her first language: American Sign Language. Callie doesn’t let her lack of hearing stop her from living life to the fullest and rumour is that she may have a crush on a certain tall, dark, and handsome Hardy!
Oscar Smuff:
Oscar Smuff dreams big of being a police detective one day. Unfortunately, he has not yet been able to pass the training; however, he hopes that working as a security guard for the First National Bank will give him the experiences he needs to be successful. He was the first responder to the car bomb and hopes that how he acted will help him when he next applies for the police force.
Chet Morton:
The Hardy Boys best friend, confidant, and often co-conspirator, Chet Morton is one of the few civilian people who knows that the Hardy’s are spies! Chet’s passions in life are his hobbies and his Queen, a bright yellow jalopy that he fixes enthusiastically if not effectively. Despite being a star football player and power lifter, Chet still often gets bullied by Brian Conrad.
Iola Morton:
Iola Morton is the younger sister of Chet and Joe Hardy’s long time (and according to Frank long suffering) girlfriend. Currently Iola is working as a barista at the Meet Locker, saving enough money to fulfill her passion and study Chemistry at MIT when she graduates high school. More introverted than her brother, she has recently been taken under the wing of Callie Shaw and the two are becoming fast friends.
Dr. Carrini:
Dr. Carrini is flagged by the Network as a possible agent of the terrorist group the Assassins. Suspicion was raised when he was tangentially tied to a series of missing children cases a decade previously, but nothing could be proven. Currently his is working in Our Lady of Mercy Hospital… is it possible he planted the bomb so that he may have the Hardy brothers under his care, or under his knife?
Ripley Lansing:
Another person of interest flagged by the Network, Ripley was found to be blackmailing and threatening contestants on a reality TV show where the Hardys had gone undercover. Money and an influential mother meant that she didn’t serve any jail time; however, her public image was ruined. She knew Frank and Joe as Frank Dooley and Joe Carr, respectively, and now that she is here in Bayport she might be seeking revenge having realized they were the ones who ratted her out to the police.
Fenton Hardy:
Fenton Hardy is an ex-NYPD detective and the Hardy Boys father. After his retirement from the NYPD Fenton co-founded the Network (formerly American Teens Against Crime) with the mysterious Gray Man. Currently, Fenton keeps his work for the Network secret by working as a private detective. As is obvious, when it comes to detective work, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!
Laura Hardy:
Laura Hardy is Frank and Joe’s mother and the heart of the Hardy family. However, Laura doesn’t just use her heart, with a doctorate in Library Sciences Laura is currently working at the Phillip J. Roscoe Community College as their head research librarian. She doesn’t explicitly know about the Network but with her eye for detail it is unlikely that she doesn’t suspect something about what her sons are up to!
Frank & Joe Hardy:
Nancy’s long time friend and teen detective contemporaries. They are currently under hospital orders due to being injured in a car bombing. Smart and intelligent the brothers are no strangers to injury but this seems like something more. Just like it would be for Nancy, narrowing down the suspect list for this crime is going to be challenging…
Spud:
Chet Morton’s pooch Spud is a very good boy, well most of the time… Spud tends to follow his nose which makes him an excellent tracker although he has ended up in the Morton trash can one too many times.
Phone Friends:
Bess Marvin & George Fayne:
Bess is in the process of fixing up her car for the winter. She is getting George’s help although this time it is George who is on the back foot and keeps messing stuff up for Bess.
Ned Nickerson:
Since the game takes place at the beginning of December Ned is studying like crazy for his final exams. Being only three hours away from Bayport at Emerson, Ned is constantly debating about putting down the books and visiting his injured friends and Nancy in Bayport.
Vijay Patel:
The Network’s tech guy, Vijay is the Q to Frank and Joe’s James Bond. Recruited by the Network when he was 17 he has built a lot of the infrastructure that the Network uses and is upset that a mole may have penetrated his system. An affable young man, Vijay is fond of the Hardys and is willing to do anything within his power to help Nancy find the culprit.
Locations:
First National Bank:
The location of the bombing. One of the oldest remaining buildings in Bayport. It is rumoured that there are tunnels and secret passages throughout the building, the remnants of a meticulously planned 1832 bank robbery.
Phillip J. Roscoe Community College:
A school where there can be big fish in a little pond. Most Bayport students make the leap to the larger pond of New York to peruse their post-secondary needs; however, the Phillip J. Roscoe Community College is carving a name out for itself as an excellent research institution.
Our Lady of Mercy Hospital:
The hospital where the Hardy’s are currently being housed. It is shiny and clean, smelling of carbolic cleaning agents, like almost every hospital in the world. What is not like most other hospitals is that it was converted from a school into a hospital during WWII since Bayport was one of the first ports when coming back across the Atlantic. Quickly refurbished, there are strange dead end hallways and the possibility of a room long since forgotten being every wall.
The Meet Locker:
A great little coffee shop with a really dumb name, according to the local teenagers. Often just referred to as the Locker, the Meet Locker, is a regular hangout for local teens with its comfy seats, highly caffeinated products, and cheap prices!
The Hardy Forensics Lab:
Located in the barn in the Hardy’s backyard, the forensics lab is used equally by the Hardy Boys and Fenton Hardy in their respective cases. Stocked with forensic tools bought second hand from various police stations around the country, the Hardy’s have enough tech to make the Gil Grissoms and Horatio Caines of the world jealous.
Where People Are:
First National Bank (Callie Shaw)
Outside Bank/ security office (Oscar Smuff)
Hospital (Frank and Joe Hardy)
College Library (Laura Hardy)
Forensics Lab (Fenton Hardy)
Meet Locker (Iola Morton)
Meet Locker (Ripley Lansing)
Nurses station in Hospital (Dr. Carrini)
Gym at College (Brian Conrad)
Parking Lot Outside Gym (Chet Morton)
Puzzles:
Find the appropriate clothing to investigate (i.e. going undercover, wearing warm clothing when outside, etc)
Foot Print Matching
Fingerprint matching
Codes and ciphers (i.e. Frank and Joe’s notes and Network communications will all be coded)
Chemical Testing
Ink Chromatography
Using Spud to search for explosive device
Helping Chet fix the Queen
Learn ASL to better communicate with Callie Shaw
Help Iola serve people at the Meet Locker
Types of Codes/ Ciphers I’d Like to Use:
Scytales
Caesar shift
ASCII
Atbash
Binary
Braille
Columnar Cipher
Dice Cipher
Digraph Cipher
Dorabella Cipher
Keyboard Code
Morse Code
Pigpen Cipher
The Grid Code
Vigenere Cipher
Element Abbreviations
Game Features:
Day/ Night Cycle
Read through all previous books at the research library
Multiple Mysteries (i.e. who is the Gray Man, why were certain people at the crime scene, etc)
