Semiotic Unstandard

Lesson 0 of the occult underground is that no communication is secure. Always presume that someone can hear you, leave no permanent traces of conversation, mask your words.

To this end, the underground has birthed hundreds of ad-hoc Semiotic Unstandard dialects. Many of these are variants of the secret menu pattern, disguising terms as burger toppings.

The Secret Menu

Codeword	Translation
*	*
Pick me up...	You come to me
Do you want...	I come to you
Let's go to...	Meet at location
Takeout	Drop off
Eat in	Stay where you are
Drive through	Go to ground now
*	*
Fries	Friendlies
Onions	Cops
Mayonnaise	Men-in-Black
Mushrooms	Unidentified
Ketchup	Civilians
Mustard	Underworld Denizen
Fried egg	Occultist
Bacon	Monster
Texas toast	Phenomena
*	*
Honey mustard	No Danger
Barbecue sauce	Low Danger
Sriracha sauce	High Danger
Jalapenos	Shots fired
*	*
Cheese	When you can
Pickles	Needs done now
Tomatoes	Emergency
The Works	We're fucked
*	*
Nuggets	Money
Ice cream	Occult Stuff
*	*
Extra...	Emphasis
Hold the...	Presence unconfirmed

As you can see, this is a pretty lightweight framework and is very easy to modify or hack for purposes at your own table. (Add it to my old Dungeon Hobo Signs!) Plus you can do fun stuff like sending text messages to your players and they have to use what they know to figure out what's going on.