Cryptos

[Kuang]

If you continually shift that message, it'll suddenly jump into recognisable portuguese.

[Kuang]

Well done lildevilduck - I might need your help on the next level now as it's melting my brain I have a few ideas but haven't cracked it yet

[Prodigy]

i FINALLY did it (past the advertisement level) thank you people who helped me!!!!

OK now you can help me 'cause i can't catch an idea/
I have a massege "you come to store, it ees second to none"
I'm trying to take one letter from each word and combine them in a word.
Am i right?

[Pushkin]

Letters

Yes you'll need a letter from each word and put it together

[LittleDevilDuck]

me too... the guy said "think around the block" which lead me to believe that maybe it's a twisted path cipher. have yet to make it work but we shall see!

[LittleDevilDuck]

OK now you can help me 'cause i can't catch an idea/
I have a massege "you come to store, it ees second to none"
I'm trying to take one letter from each word and combine them in a word.
Am i right?

yep you're on the right track! (finally i can return the favor of immense amount of help!!) so yeah keyword in the clue is SECOND ;-) if you need further help just let me know

[Prodigy]

yep you're on the right track! (finally i can return the favor of immense amount of help!!) so yeah keyword in the clue is SECOND ;-) if you need further help just let me know

Shame on me, i was trying to combine letters from the clerk's phrase.
But when i started to read the text i find an answer.
Thanks to all.

[Kuang]

I started off thinking about twisted paths too, but then I tried a few skip sequences and found that I couldn't make a recognisable word so I started to think differently..

Think around the box often refers to moving outside the problem and considering other options. The last sentence says 'deciphering the short message'. THis may mean that the top line, complete with punctuation is the relevant bit, and the apparent cipher is just to throw the jungle cats off the trail. I've frequency analysed the ciphertext and it appears to more or less match english, but isn't a shift. I've played with substitutions and know that there are 5 letters in there with the frequency that suggests vowels, but no obvious occurrance of the digraph HE which you might expect to see. I can't help but think that the top line is plain english but abbreviated - this still doesn't explain why the first part has fullstops and the second doesn't.

Other thoughts:

LMD - Los Menucos airport, Argentina much further down the Rio Negro (the boss will move the painting down river)

Praise Deserved... is satire disguised (Alexander Pope)

- Pope Alexander passed a decree in the 15th century handing brazil to Portugal
- Satire = Satyr?
- Anagram of Satire?

[LittleDevilDuck]

I started off thinking about twisted paths too, but then I tried a few skip sequences and found that I couldn't make a recognisable word so I started to think differently..

Think around the box often refers to moving outside the problem and considering other options. The last sentence says 'deciphering the short message'. THis may mean that the top line, complete with punctuation is the relevant bit, and the apparent cipher is just to throw the jungle cats off the trail. I've frequency analysed the ciphertext and it appears to more or less match english, but isn't a shift. I've played with substitutions and know that there are 5 letters in there with the frequency that suggests vowels, but no obvious occurrance of the digraph HE which you might expect to see. I can't help but think that the top line is plain english but abbreviated - this still doesn't explain why the first part has fullstops and the second doesn't.

Other thoughts:

LMD - Los Menucos airport, Argentina much further down the Rio Negro (the boss will move the painting down river)

Praise Deserved... is satire disguised (Alexander Pope)

- Pope Alexander passed a decree in the 15th century handing brazil to Portugal
- Satire = Satyr?
- Anagram of Satire?

has that gotten you anywhere or are you still brainstorming??

[Kuang]

Still at it. Urgh.

Any thoughts?

[Jase]

thanks lildevilduck on take the money ... am now right with you on praise
Jase.

[LittleDevilDuck]

thanks lildevilduck on take the money ... am now right with you on praise
Jase.

hehe no worries dude

[Jase]

still got no idea thou

[LittleDevilDuck]

I'm still having no further ideas on the praise one..... Jase, you're a smart one so help us! lol

[Jase]

am trying