Azulejo
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Oi, mate. Hope the business is going well. I'm not sure if this communication line is secure, so let's do it our old way.
I arrived in Porto just a few hours ago. You know I never travel only for pleasure—
I have a specific job in mind and—as you're local—I believe you could help me, and I'm sure you gonna like it—
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I almost ran out of my funds—and I hate feeling broke. So I got this idea. Actually, it blissfully visited my head in a bathroom while I was taking a shower and contemplating the tiles on the wall (not that it's original or something, but then, it doesn't matter as long as it's moneymaking).
Hope you don't have any plans for tonight, because I'd like you to give me a private tour.
Say—at midnight sharp.
Don't forget to take the usual tools—
I've already found a buyer—all we need is to fetch—or rather scrape off—the goods and deliver them to a drop spot; I count on your help, so see you there, as we have just agreed!
The next morning, Jorge Colaço's azulejo tilework was no longer decorating the walls of the São Bento train station.
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What a curious and scandalous heist your characters have committed Andrei! I enjoyed the intensity and cryptic of it, you did a great job building mystery and inure here! Great work!
Those are some sexy tiles! I don’t blame them ! 😁 This was a nifty little micro and the inclusion of the Morse code was indeed a nice touch as the others have already said. Of course I didn’t know it was morse at first so thank you readers! 😅😂 Well done Andrei!
This a great take on the challenge, love the image and the Morse code subtitle is a great touch.
Thanks to Mackenzie, I now know that your subtitle is Morse code. I translated it too and it made perfect sense. Your story was so brilliant!
Morse code as the subtitle was a stroke of genius from my perspective, though I'm sure it made complete logical sense from yours, haha! I decided to translate it before reading, and it totally "set the scene" 😉. I don't know why I haven't come across more heist stories that include a coded communication. It plays perfectly into the "mission impossible" of a heist. How interesting that this really happened! It seemed ridiculous until I clicked the links. I hate that people steal beautiful things like those tiles. It must have been so stunning when it was complete. I really really enjoyed this, Andrei. I always love your writing. I've read this one twice already! 💜😁