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Just tonal (3 8 1 4 7 5 0) then? Makes DIBEHFA/CHADGEZ :dizzy:

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Nope.

Hint: What you need is key. ;)

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Major or minor? :silly:

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Funny.

Another hint: counting is needed

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I already counted the sharp/flat notes...
#: 2 5 5 4 3 1 3
b: 1 2 2 1 0 4 0
... but that wasn't enlightening.

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Nope.

Maybe this will help?

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Not in my country... :cry:

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I wasn't aware of that.
Here's the Lyrics

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Something to do with the melody (6th D, 6th B, 5th B, etc...)? - but F wouldn't fit :doubt:

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Nope. 88 is all you need.

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a piano has 88 keys

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:nod: Count :)

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so we have 78,87,75,80,85,81,73

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I've got 42 51 39 44 49 45 37.
Anyway, Caesar-shifting around revealed only FOCHMIA and LUINSOG as halfways proper (but useless) words...

[edit]
Or atbashed: JAMHCGO ???

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:frown: Those numbers aren't right. But Vivi's are very close.

How did you get those numbers?

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... how did you get ...
Enumerated keyboard keys, starting with 1=A2.

Ok, white keys only: 25 30 23 26 29 27 22 (-> CHADGEZ or GLEHKID)

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:no:

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If I interpret D6 as d^6, I get the exact same numbers as vivi - the sequence I've shown is basically off (lower) by 3 octaves = 36.
Now, in which way are those 'very close'? Aren't their relative differences correct?
I suppose the black keys are to be taken into account, right?

[edit]
Using A0 as the first key, we get
D6 - 66 - B
B6 - 75 - K
B5 - 63 - ?
E6 - 68 - D
A6 - 73 - I
F6 - 69 - E
A5 - 61 - =
with "BK?DIE=" when used as ASCII.

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Right numbers :jossun:

Not Decimal to ASCII but very close. What does the original code remind you of?

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Hex to ASCII makes 'fuchsia'.

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:winnerthu

I didn't think it'd be hard.

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This is rather silly. Hints follow, if needed.

ASPOERHA_NLE_TN_R/_TELOIO
UNTRR_EERW_LDHLTMYACEDANN
DG_IO_UDR_EH__EEEI_NIR/N_
N/HUCVAP/SSAEOR_SRNTDPRLS
_OBTNAE__H_HR_FICSTDH_HIE
FFRU/ILDTIIBOYR_DO_W/OWEB
LTEDTAN__ENSER_EHDUAINUER
_Y_L/_NSCPX__HTACILLNNOGN
TC_CLWTDPOOTHEI/NLSEDDE_H
T_ABI_AH_IDI_IVNNDI_R__DM
Y/FMOPFSEARENISEDO_NP_FN.

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Reminds me of rail fence a bit.

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or ebcdic

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There's CLLI code pronounced as siily

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... rail fence ...
... ebcdic ...
... CLLI ...
Are you asking me? Did you actually try them?
(Just one step. Children can do it; don't overthink.)

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Children can do it you say. Either it's simple, or a hint to the cipher i.e. playfair.

Guess we need a hint

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Nah, it's literally simple, really.

Follow your very first impression, that was a promising direction (and the direction never changes).

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So it was railfence? Hm

25*11=275

Are the slashes the rails and the underscores nulls?

3 Rails could work.

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It's close to rail fence, for we must think diagonal... ;)
All 275 chars are payload; the slashes are line breaks, the underscores are blanks.

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Does the diagonal go both ways? Or do I need to break the lines?

I think I got parts of it.

First part: An uninspirstical code proved poinor a text

I think either I need to change directions or break up the text

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"An uninspir" is the correct start.

Like I said before: the direction never changes.

So the question is: where to continue when we're at a border.
Thought of wrapping around? Man, I'm pretty much giving it away now :rolleyes:

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Not really :tongue:



Then it would be An uninspired?

I keep finding bits and parts of it, and can figure out missing letters on where the words are cut off. But wrapping it around?

Snakelike doesn't really look right.

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"uninspired" (quite the situation here :lol:) would be correct...

Ok, a very last hint: Attachment 85189

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I now get the wrap ;)

Attachment 85194

an uninspired riddler on nord /
was weary and terribly bored /
his every thought /
proved pointless and nought /
and all of his plans fell far short /

no cipher came up in his mind /
no mystical code he could find /
but then he reclined /
left ciphers behind /
and went for a text intertwined /

:rotfl:

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Bravo, that was hard work for both of us... :tongue:

:jossun:

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Attachment 85195

Bonus point available

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Most of all I wonder how you typed that 'ä' on your Canadian keyboard (or did you just copy/paste it from the tool you used?) :lol:

Our month appears to be August, which might be a key - or the number 8 is involved...

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Alt code :tongue:

August :nod: That's one part, but not needed yet. Focus on the other clue.

Irony, you already mentioned the theme ;)

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... Focus on the other clue ...
You mean "Nought rhymes with short?" was a clue?

... Irony ...
That wasn't irony. The red text was broken quickly, but I still can't connect August.
Btw, the solution is a single word?

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The other clue on the calendar.

Irony refers to your previous comment.
A single word :nod: but only after you decipher the text

You broke the red text already? Care to explain?
By the way, its a 2 step code.