Because I've been taking Tolkien_Weekly's 'writing' drabble prompts terribly literally, the prompt of 'code' necessitated certain creative endeavors.
The drabble, found here, contains an encoded note taken off the body of a slain Orc messenger, something resembling a code key, and leaves the note undecoded. Readers can therefore interact with the drabble and decode the note. O HUZZAH. Or, as I'm anticipating, most people will rather just know right away what the note says, so I'm inserting a link to that at the end of the drabble.
PS - please bring any mistakes observed to my attention! I'm way better at creating the code than actually applying it, so I might almost certainly have some errors.
Go.W. ugex02av09og Y2988awfik19ot k03uve jut0eyl ur05ufe98o. Uvu aqvewt07ifw24oga, h09ood02aqj pi1402uqhan00ovk yk12oq ix10ian1400udn04o. Etef-h08enom f1929oq q17e n08eqj62ote r24uviv wak2988o r07een v1924uh24onbo; t09os03iovaw f98eiqv00one.
D. T. advised Watcher has grown apace. As instructed, feeding manflesh when available. Orc-folk can no longer pass the pool safely; request counsel.