Post by [GM] John on Apr 16, 2017 0:26:31 GMT
The world of Sword Art Online had begun to calm down since the discovery of the second floor dungeon. People have pretty much abandoned the first floors dungeon at this point, having safer but more rewarding grinding locations on the second floor already. The day was fairly calm on both floors. The sun shined bright at midday and the weather was fairly calm with light winds but not a cloud in the sky. Most players would be carrying about their normal everyday business when it happened- 'the message' was received. Every player accessing the game would get it at the same time, and the indication noise for a message would ping in unison, making it exceptionally unusual for players who were in large groups or towns.
-DING- New message received:
Sender: &qcg cg^uzh^gnr#
Subject: @@@@@@@@@
Message: xl $rlfzuzc czszguzk xrgk xc&qkfgkkglq, e^z&kz rz^e! slfz xl xrz tlkk cllf ly xrz ygckx y^llc, qlxrgqn gk cgnrx rzcz &qh g s&qqlx nzx lpx. tcgqn & ^&cnz e&cxv, zks&ez $lqx tz z&kv.
Welcome to our first multi-part event, there will be multiple unique rewards and ways of receiving said rewards. For this, our first phase, i've put together a cipher, I worked pretty hard to make it a bit complex even for machine solution but i'd appreciate it if no one tried to run in through a machine. As time goes on I will assist with the cipher, use this space to discuss- IN CHARACTER- on what this message says. Perhaps you can solve it to move onto the next phase. Work together, the reward will not be -the guy who put the last letter into the board on wheel of fortune but contributed none of the other letters- We will review genuine participation and for those who don't like puzzles, fret not, there will be much more to this event and there should be a little something for every buddy. There will be prize rewards for serious contributors, there will be smaller, but still wholesome rewards for any who even attempt help solve the puzzle. Again, I will periodically be helping by decrypting pieces for you. Without farther adieu
Update: The following characters are not part of the cipher, they are actual punctuation for the text: ,!.
Update: The way the key below is written is left side is the ACTUAL letter, right side is the code letter. Replace all of the letters in the code that match a right side, with the left side. Anything that says none is not used in the cipher so you know not to try to solve for it.
-DING- New message received:
Sender: &qcg cg^uzh^gnr#
Subject: @@@@@@@@@
Message: xl $rlfzuzc czszguzk xrgk xc&qkfgkkglq, e^z&kz rz^e! slfz xl xrz tlkk cllf ly xrz ygckx y^llc, qlxrgqn gk cgnrx rzcz &qh g s&qqlx nzx lpx. tcgqn & ^&cnz e&cxv, zks&ez $lqx tz z&kv.
Welcome to our first multi-part event, there will be multiple unique rewards and ways of receiving said rewards. For this, our first phase, i've put together a cipher, I worked pretty hard to make it a bit complex even for machine solution but i'd appreciate it if no one tried to run in through a machine. As time goes on I will assist with the cipher, use this space to discuss- IN CHARACTER- on what this message says. Perhaps you can solve it to move onto the next phase. Work together, the reward will not be -the guy who put the last letter into the board on wheel of fortune but contributed none of the other letters- We will review genuine participation and for those who don't like puzzles, fret not, there will be much more to this event and there should be a little something for every buddy. There will be prize rewards for serious contributors, there will be smaller, but still wholesome rewards for any who even attempt help solve the puzzle. Again, I will periodically be helping by decrypting pieces for you. Without farther adieu
Update: The following characters are not part of the cipher, they are actual punctuation for the text: ,!.
Update: The way the key below is written is left side is the ACTUAL letter, right side is the code letter. Replace all of the letters in the code that match a right side, with the left side. Anything that says none is not used in the cipher so you know not to try to solve for it.
A=
B= T
C=
D= H
E=
F=
G=
H=
I=
J= NONE
K= NONE
L=
M=
N=
O=
P=
Q= NONE
R=
S=
T=
U=
V= U
W=
X= NONE
Y=
Z= NONE