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[Andres]

Encryption itself is too complex for me so I can't logic-check your reasoning, heydude6, but your presentation was done well. I am eagerly anticipating your waking up so you may reveal the way to solve the puzzle.

[RanDomino]

This is where my thought process is

Start at count = 13.  If the line is a +>, add 1.  If it's a ->, subtract 1.  If it's a blank, subtract 2 (method2).  If it's a >, reset to 13.

..12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 count ->Your name is Proxxy. You                       22    12 +>are chained in an unknown place                 2    13  >in the Warrens for acting against +>Oric's orders. You think it is                  9    14 +>unusual Oric would not kill you.                5    15 +>What possible use do you serve without         26    16 +>a DL to run or a "Target" to kill?              6    17  >You are currently trapped by magical means. ->The only way out is through a warp             16    12 +>point, and you can't reach it from here.       14    13  >It is also odd Oric would leave your Soul Star.   Almost like he is not imprisoning you but...   ...testing you.

lol no idea what to do next.

It's odd that we only have seven letters that have appeared in alll the orange letters we've seen. Even given that we're only looking at dealing with the latter 13 letters of the alphabet, that's quite a skewed distribution, and in cryptography that counts for something. I thought they might stand for moves on a hex grid but we have seven - OPRSTUY.

I think that's just an artifact of normal letter frequency- q isn't as likely to be orange simply because it's less likely to be used in general.

[Andres]

This is where my thought process is

Start at count = 13.  If the line is a +>, add 1.  If it's a ->, subtract 1.  If it's a blank, subtract 2 (method2).  If it's a >, reset to 13.

..12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 count ->Your name is Proxxy. You                       22    12 +>are chained in an unknown place                 2    13  >in the Warrens for acting against +>Oric's orders. You think it is                  9    14 +>unusual Oric would not kill you.                5    15 +>What possible use do you serve without         26    16 +>a DL to run or a "Target" to kill?              6    17  >You are currently trapped by magical means. ->The only way out is through a warp             16    12 +>point, and you can't reach it from here.       14    13  >It is also odd Oric would leave your Soul Star.   Almost like he is not imprisoning you but...   ...testing you.

lol no idea what to do next.

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M 
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
- = first table and subtract by counter.
+ = second table and add by counter.

MR SWUX HU

Not entirely gibberish but still nope.

[RanDomino]

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M 
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
- = first table and subtract by counter.
+ = second table and add by counter.

MR SWUX HU

Not entirely gibberish but still nope.

I think the -'s and +'s have to apply to either the counter or the halfhabet, or else it seems like it would be too difficult to keep track.

[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

Simple, because the first encyrpted word is YR, which is a 2 letter word. Currently, Y either stands for H,G,A,S or W

Alright then, now let's try this on another two word.

->You would rather not waste SP here, +>but if you ask one more time, and nicely,  >you'll go along with this plan.

So, the only possible ways to go about this so far is shifting the Y left based on the number of letters, shift it left based on the whole character count excluding spaces, shifting it by how many characters including spaces, shifting it right based on the number of characters excluding spaces and moving it right including the spaces, let's start with what I assume might be likely, Shifting it left based on the number of letters, which is zero, and U to the right (assuming on the plus shifting right) once, V.
Nope, so lets then try shifting based on the number of characters leading up to the yellow letter, which got you your G, this still gives us a Y first, then V, nope.

Am I doing the calculations wrong?

[RanDomino]

As we know, the first letter is part of a 2 letter word.

I think it's much more plausible that the orangeless lines are there to set up for the count shift necessary to make the next line work.  Otherwise why would the last line in each paragraph need to be orangeless?

[RanDomino]

I'm going nowhere with counting.  If you apply the count to the letter, it ignores the position.  If you apply it to the position, it ignores the letter.

[Authority2]

I thought it could be moving up or down a row, but that doesn't seem to give anything either.

no  rld
snfjy
woao
vwh

Maybe we have to apply two separate processes to it.

[RanDomino]

> probably means something other than "reset to 13" since there aren't any instances of > with an orange letter.  And some of those sentences are clearly contrived to make the positioning work, most egregiously the "Huh? Oh."

I'm starting to suspect that the position of the orange letter is irrelevant.  I'm also starting to suspect that there was a second shooter on the grassy knoll and that FFS has planted a microchip in my head, but the aluminum foil should block the signals.

[freeformschooler]

I think this means we can move, if only one step at a time. Try to move off of our current hexagon. We're supposed to reach the teleporter, presumably, since we can charge it up.

Manipulate the Proxxy Coil, make it a transmitter, spam transmissions

->You cannot use the Proxxy Coil like that, but +>you can use "Manipulate Device" long-range. +>The true power of the Ardent Circuit is its ability +>to view and modify the menus of devices both mechanical +>and magical. You so far have not found a way to turn off +>the chain transmitters via their menus, but perhaps there is one after all.

[Elephant Parade]

Well, we can turn on the teleporter, at least. Not sure how we'll use it from a distance, but that could be useful.

Check the menus of the transmitters, as well as the teleporter. Attempt to check the ground, as well.

[Worldmaster27]

Use the Ardent Circuit to reach out beyond the room and try to detect what's controlling/powering our chains. Try to disable it, either by hitting the off switch or messing something up

[Elephant Parade]

I'm curious why only Ciro, Riltia, and Proxxy show up. Are they currently the most important?

Speaking of which, Riltia's Soul Charge is currently dangerously low.

[Tomcost]

Gentlemen, the closeness between Roarystar's method and this:

pay debnts: MAN one guy got so close
pay debnts: but then missed ████████████████████████████████████████

Makes me think that he may be the one with the closest answer.

Now, consider this:

Hit yourself with ZAP!!!, using EVEN MORE ZAP!!!
Attempt to make it so the angle you hit it at, reflects the electricity at the light at the west side

->You would rather not waste SP here, +>but if you ask one more time, and nicely,  >you'll go along with this plan.

These should be the easiest ones to decypher,as there are almost no letters between the > and the orange letter.

And so, I have a little theory:

Y occupies the 12 place in the halphabet. And there is a "-" in the line, so, grabbing 13 as a base (because that is the number that represents half the alphabet): 13-12=1=A in the alphabet.
U occupies place 8 in the halphabet. The b, as it is lower than 13, would mean a -1. So, 13-1+8=20=T

This would mean "at". It is a word. I don't know if this would work for other letters, though, but it may be worth a shot.

[Chris the OK]

Great ideas here, people! One thing:

How familiar is everyone with the computer programming terminology employed? We see some common terms here which in programming have a nuance a little different from their meanings in mathematical or standard usage.

To increment, or more specifically to use the increment operator, means to increase by one; in programming languages, this is often expressed by the sign ++. Thus, x++ would mean "add one to x" or "increment x (by one)".

The opposite of this is "decrement" or to lower a value by one which is represented by --, so x-- would subtract one from x.

While in conventional usage there can be such a thing as a "negative increment" or an "increment of two", Proxxy I think would stray closer to computer programming usage and thus we should avoid these other concepts. Still, this could always amount to some masterly misdirection on FFS's part.