Lonelygirl15

shifty wrote:My second puzzle! This one should be easier.. and hopefully funner than my last.. :

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What row of numbers comes next?
When you believe you have the answer, perhaps it will redirect you somewhere?

PS. Dealing with Tachyon and her story all day highly influenced this... it wasn't really intentional!
PPS. No sharing answers!! However, it is ok to say the answer to the question on the "final" step. :]

acidfingers wrote:Shifty, that was an awesome puzzle, I can tell a lot of thought went into preparing that one Good job Belle too, you may be a noob at tetris but you're pretty pro at eSleuthing!

I'll take the notches down a couple and throw out a fairly easy one. Just to get some new puzzle solving methods in everyone's minds.

deagol wrote:Ok acid, easy one?
must be some idiomatic expression I'm not familiar with or something...
but umm yea I need a clue...

GEN1:2-5? now what?
I just know this isn't the right path, but I'm lost.

shifty wrote:

acidfingers wrote:Shifty, that was an awesome puzzle, I can tell a lot of thought went into preparing that one Good job Belle too, you may be a noob at tetris but you're pretty pro at eSleuthing!

I'll take the notches down a couple and throw out a fairly easy one. Just to get some new puzzle solving methods in everyone's minds.

I opened it in photoshop and added the "Find Edges" effect. Its still a bit difficult to make out, but I think it says:
"The OpAphid Puzzle Solving Crew."

M I RITE?

From: OpAphid
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Sent: December 07, 2006, 05:42 PM
Subject:Lost key
Message:
Oh Dear... how could you lose the key! Can't you do anything right?

It is critical that you carry out the mission specified in that message with urgency, as time is pressing. But most importantly, these communications require the utmost discretion to avoid alerting our enemies. Thus, now you will have to work harder to decode our orders.

So, here's the deal: I've multi-bagged it. First, I've jumbled the message using the reverse of a certain pattern that you'll have to learn back and forth, and then encoded that with the one word key that you forgot (how can you forget one word, you idiot!) resulting in this:

SEWODGXOZW ISX

Then it's been double-encoded using a second key, this time two very common words (but remove the space when applying it) which is an anagram of the one word key. Finally, I've reversed that result and unjumbled it using the same pattern as before (this time straightways).

SLGLDB SOURIFR

The permutation pattern is precisely the same required to turn the one word key into the two word anagram. Think of this orderly. Considering your limited capabilities I'll even give you a clue to that reordering: 17 c4n b3 r34d 45 2EATISG. Repeat the pattern over the length of the message when you're jumbling or unjumbling.

Hopefully if you've read carefully you'll remember that first key and be able to simply decode the original one I sent. If not, just work through all of this backwards. There's no more time for further communications, so be swift with your work and your contribution will more than compensate for your mistakes. Otherwise you will have failed us, and you will not escape the rewards of your inaction.

Do well, for the sake of us all.



warpylol wrote:

> I've lost the key...<br/>

deagol wrote:So I was able to intercept this message (no screen cap cause I'm lazy).

From: OpAphid
Videos (12) | Favorites (10) | Friends (1)
Sent: December 07, 2006, 05:42 PM
Subject:Lost key
Message:
Oh Dear... how could you lose the key! Can't you do anything right?

It is critical that you carry out the mission specified in that message with urgency, as time is pressing. But most importantly, these communications require the utmost discretion to avoid alerting our enemies. Thus, now you will have to work harder to decode our orders.

So, here's the deal: I've multi-bagged it. First, I've jumbled the message using the reverse of a certain pattern that you'll have to learn back and forth, and then encoded that with the one word key that you forgot (how can you forget one word, you idiot!) resulting in this:

SEWODGXOZW ISX

Then it's been double-encoded using a second key, this time two very common words (but remove the space when applying it) which is an anagram of the one word key. Finally, I've reversed that result and unjumbled it using the same pattern as before (this time straightways).

SLGLDB SOURIFR

The permutation pattern is precisely the same required to turn the one word key into the two word anagram. Think of this orderly. Considering your limited capabilities I'll even give you a clue to that reordering: it can be read as 2EATISG. Repeat the pattern over the length of the message when you're jumbling or unjumbling.

Hopefully if you've read carefully you'll remember that first key and be able to simply decode the original one I sent. If not, just work through all of this backwards. There's no more time for further communications, so be swift with your work and your contribution will more than compensate for your mistakes. Otherwise you will have failed us, and you will not escape the rewards of your inaction.

Do well, for the sake of us all.



warpylol wrote:

> I've lost the key...<br/>

ladron121 wrote:
How the hell did you intercept this? That is AWSOME!

deagol wrote:

ladron121 wrote:
How the hell did you intercept this? That is AWSOME!

Were you able to decode it? Is that what's awesome??

shifty wrote:My second puzzle! This one should be easier.. and hopefully funner than my last.. :

Code: Select all

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

What row of numbers comes next?
When you believe you have the answer, perhaps it will redirect you somewhere?

PS. Dealing with Tachyon and her story all day highly influenced this... it wasn't really intentional!
PPS. No sharing answers!! However, it is ok to say the answer to the question on the "final" step. :]

Scalare wrote:Okay, here goes for a craigslist style puzzle with a twist.
I should warn you to take a look at the source though

I am the shining star, but you're the nightly sky embracing me.
We're meant to be together, my feelings are pure, why can't you see?
But your feelings are mixed, and all you do is distrust and hate, I keep wondering why?
I Can't explain the reason for my love in a 4-line poem, but will you believe the starry sky?

XoXo, Oppy