[LatentMoths]

Lonesome Artist has accepted my friend request. There is an email in his contact information

Quote:

lonesomeartistSPLATrocketmail.com

Just sent him an email asking about the information he talks about in his wall post.

[Dia Renalda]

So have I. I have to change all my privacy settings to do it, but oh well.

[punxtr]

Same.

[Dottoe]

Crap, now I have to clean up my wall. Sent a request.

[LatentMoths]

booba wrote:

LatentMoths-smooth work on R7.

Thanks.

booba wrote:

I can't tell if there's any goodies there or not.

It links to the facebook account of Lonesome Artist. There are two wall posts.

Quote:

The Jester sees me He smiles and laughs at me But he can't touch me

Quote:

He has given me new information. But if I just come out and tell everyone, then he will kill my roommate. I can only hint at it.

So I guess we wait for some hints?

[booba]

LatentMoths-smooth work on R7.
I was looking at how it might have been encoded, and it looks like M=zero was a slight problem for them.

Seems like I inadvertently won one of Jesters jokes and was awarded this:

Here is your prize, share this information however you see fit: http://t.co/peeuitq

Annnnd, since I'm not at the computer that remembers what my fleaking Facebook password is, I can't tell if there's any goodies there or not.

[LatentMoths]

Ashe1024 wrote:

LatentMoths wrote: P.S. -- I chose mouthwash. I was hoping you would. Considering we don't even know if he has a toothbrush. But mouthwash he can use without one.

Good point. I was thinking the alcohol in the mouthwash could be useful as a disinfectant or antiseptic in case of emergency. Of course he could get alcohol-free mouthwash...

[Ashe1024]

LatentMoths wrote:

P.S. -- I chose mouthwash.

I was hoping you would. Considering we don't even know if he has a toothbrush. But mouthwash he can use without one.

[LatentMoths]

punxtr wrote:

It's not just direct substitution, as it requires a shift of 13. Just saying...

It's amazing how sometimes there can be more than one solution to the same problem depending on how you look at it. I will still spoiler in case anybody wants to keep working out the code for themselves...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

If you change all the letters into their numerical value (keeping the negatives in place), then add 13 to all of them, then revert the numbers back to their letter equivalent you will get the decoded message. The way I looked at it was as a cryptogram (what I referred to as direct substitution) where each distinct letter has been substituted for another. It obviously reveals the correct message without the use of a shift.

Thanks punxtr for showing everyone an alternate way to solve this puzzle. I for one am always interested in learning different ways of looking at codes.

P.S. -- I chose mouthwash.

[punxtr]

It's not just direct substitution, as it requires a shift of 13. Just saying...

[LatentMoths]

runninsavvy wrote:

Jester posted a new riddle on his twitter: R7: Two Days: +J-E-L+G=-E-L+F=-L=0+B+H+G-E=-K+H+G=-J-L+A+G=+F+C-H-L-B=-L=-K-H-I=-K+H+G=-J-L+A+G=+F-A-H-H+C

Solution

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

It's just a direct substitution. Just be careful of the +/- because they will sub differently. For example +J = W while -J = C. Anyway you get "What has a mouth but can't speak, a bed but can't sleep". The answer is a river.

[runninsavvy]

Yo bros and broettes,

Jester posted a new riddle on his twitter:

R7: Two Days: +J-E-L+G=-E-L+F=-L=0+B+H+G-E=-K+H+G=-J-L+A+G=+F+C-H-L-B=-L=-K-H-I=-K+H+G=-J-L+A+G=+F-A-H-H+C

I don't really know what to make of it. I just went through a math orientation thing at my school though, so when I see this all I can think of is doing something mathematical to it...
I tried setting every word to a number and then doing the operations in between the equals signs, and then turning them back to letters, and I got KLLDNMLDNK... which anagramically means absolutely nothing... any ideas?

[punxtr]

Yeah, I only found technicolor afterward, and it required me to select the 'obscure words' option...

I guess the Oz Museum is it, then!

[booba]

Please tell Grace.

Ow game-

Used the very high tech Scrabble tiles, and was very surprised to get a google hit on WAMEGO (who knew?). That + Oz and there you go

Good going on TECHNICOLOR. Had dreams and color and could't see the rest
Those short naps do wonders don't they?

[amandel]

The Vagabond on 15 August wrote:

puppets and jesters and strings oh my

That "lions and tigers and bears, oh my" substitution had started me thinking about OZ and how Dorothy (Grace) mustn't stray from a path to find it, i.e. the museum

EDIT: And, yada yada, as Bril Booba's post just made the rest of mine (now deleted) sound tedious. Still not getting "ow game" tho PROPS B! Shall I tell Grace?