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DolosusDoleus

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??? - A Cipher Challenge
« on: January 23, 2017, 08:52:44 pm »

One:

Cut my skin out. While you shall cry, I in turn shall not.

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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2017, 08:59:45 pm »

PTW
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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2017, 09:47:49 pm »

I'm not good with ciphers, but I am good with logic. The first part's answer is probably an onion, right? ONION must be some keyword used to decipher the chain of letters.
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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2017, 10:26:31 pm »

COWARDS DIE MANY TIMES BEFORE THEIR DEATHS. THE BRAVE EXPERIENCE DEATH ONLY ONCE. OF ALL THE STRANGE THINGS I'VE EVER HEARD IT SEEMS MOST STRANGE TO ME THAT MEN FEAR DEATH GIVEN THAT DEATH, WHICH CAN'T BE AVOIDED, WILL COME WHENEVER IT WANTS.
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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2017, 10:34:41 pm »

Four:

Easy, no? Your next clue lies in which you have already completed.

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« Last Edit: January 24, 2017, 12:14:58 am by DolosusDoleus »
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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2017, 11:24:23 pm »

I'm not good with ciphers, but I am good with logic.
Same here.
The decrypted passage seems like a quote. From who?
Alternatively, it's a red herring and the actual key thingy is "One".

Also, I wonder why this one has "Four" as the number.
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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2017, 11:51:44 pm »

The key to the last one was "Onion" with all letters rotated one down -> "Pojpo"

Assuming it's still vigenere I've tried these keys so far and haven't had any luck:

1) "CAESAR"
2) CAESAR rotated one down -> "DBFTBS"
3) "SHAKESPEARE"
4) SHAKESPEARE rotated one down -> "TIBLFTQFBSF"

I tried rotating 4 down and that didn't work either...
« Last Edit: January 24, 2017, 12:05:10 am by ZBridges »
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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2017, 12:14:40 am »

Hint:

The ciphers are going to get more complicated over time. Therefore: This most certainly isn't a caesar or vigenere.
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« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2017, 12:47:07 am »

THIS ABOVE ALL: TO THINE OWNSELF BE TRUE,
AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE NIGHT THE DAY,
THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN.
FAREWELL, MY BLESSING SEASON THIS IN THEE!

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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2017, 01:02:17 am »

Three:

This took you longer, did it not? You get the same hint as last time, use what you have seen before.

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« Last Edit: January 26, 2017, 09:23:34 am by DolosusDoleus »
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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2017, 06:03:50 am »

I having a feeling this is one-time pad, the pad being one of the already decoded messages.

Also I'am pretty sure isn't a caesar because it only contains 5 unique characters .
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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2017, 08:05:17 am »

I have a feeling that this game is some prelude to some other, bigger game. How was the second cipher figured out, anyway?
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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2017, 01:56:47 pm »

It was a playfair cipher, with the key JULIUSCAESAR.

And... maybe :P. To all of those ideas. No more hints for y'all!
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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2017, 01:21:24 am »

I think this is an ADFGX cipher.  No luck solving it yet.
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Re: ??? - A Cipher Challenge
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2017, 01:15:00 am »

I don't think I'm going to be able to solve this.  Can we get a hint?
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