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[Bilal]

[Bilal]

Anyone home?

[Guest]

Hi, I've been following this the thread for about the last year. I've made it all the way to the blocks now and it seems like there are too many possible routes to go down.

Obviously someone stated that childsplay was a solution and then myrrh but there is no way of knowing if these are real or not.. Can myrrh be used on any other page other than the the one following the blocks?

[DrNewcenstein]

Took a (2 year) break from this but always had it on my mind

Looking at the FUCH image, I'm immediately seeing that all the Ws and Ks are directly touching each other.

I'm also noting a correlation between loetter rotation and nearby rabbit position.

Looking at the top center of the image, notice the three Ps - they're in 3 of 4 possible directions.

Reading the letters in their proper orientation, then proceeding to the next letter (reading left to right), then when you reach a directional change (letter or rabbit) reading continues in that direction.

For example, note the 2nd line (Rabbit W K Rabbit).

This would read as
Rabbit (since it's right-side-up)
W (rotated CW 90 degrees)
Up to the next W (which is right-side-up)
which leads to another rabbit (turned CCW 90 deg)
thus leading to the P in the same orientation
which leads to an upside down bunny, which means reading will now proceed to the left, which leads to another P
which is rotated, and therefore leads to another P, which is rotated again which leads to the N, and thus the end of the "sentence" since you've hit the edge.

So you end up with the letters WWPPPN


Applying this to the full Blocks puzzle may lead to a solution.

However, there's still the BLEW "tip", which may or may not point to Tyler.

[DrNewcenstein]

Been catching up on Tweleve. I left off at page 30-something couple of years ago. Finally read back up to about page 70. Still got reading to do there

Interesting discussions so far, but I think quite a few obvious things are being misconstrued. I'll wait to see if they're resolved before I post my thoughts there.

[DrNewcenstein]

So let's recap:

WACEPHWBZBYEFPCULJ
EZFIMOQTAKATFBXMLDQJ
RPNCLYMBRFGGDNSRW
MJTPSVTYIXHZCQKLQGUJF
LMRDMSCGNBYZRRMFUEWVI
OJTPLJMSYEBINKAKCF
CYEFAWPBLMKTHLPVEIT
FARJHVYYDONSASPMRF
SRSJQVWINGQBRYGDEYP
LRMBHHVYTMDDSBEPCGK
WUBMZJUAWTQNNXGI
EYSMKBFFCOKACRCGHHPWY
LVDENDSMLLJBBEGPFPC
AWCATLKAAUPPDOZFTJVF
ACYUWUFMPLDEKPVJSBIH
MJCDWKQEACVNNRLKBGGZ
WWJPMMDXAAWTLQZE
FLQBETOTNLPYVIK
RSWBQCPCSLTIRATVOKK
TVJSRUCHIFLMDUFCAEXY
BWEZFGLDECBVKEAKWABT
RAYFLGOVIQNPGRMJQK
PSNTCMPJHQBQYCQSLZV
WCERPUVYJIJRPVCDK
SYFSPVKFBEAQQKLLFF

These are the letters in each column minus the rabbits/markers.

Using the Keyed Caesarian at rimkin:
http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/caesar-keyed.php

With this key:
WBTYLERACDFGHIJKMNOPQSUVXZ

I get this:

AHIFTMABZBDFKTIWEO
FZKNQSUCHPHCKBYQEJUO
GTRIEDQBGKLLJRVGA
QOCTVXCDNYMZIUPEULWOK
EQGJQVILRBDZGGQKWFAXN
SOCTEOQVDFBNRPHPIK
IDFKHATBEQPCMETXFNC
KHGOMXDDJSRVHVTQGK
VGVOUXANRLUBGDLJFDT
EGQBMMXDCQJJVBFTILP
AWBQZOWHACURRYLN
FDVQPBKKISPHIGILMMTAD
EXJFRJVQEEOBBFLTKTI
HAIHCEPHHWTTJSZKCOXK
HIDWAWKQTEJFPTXOVBNM
QOIJAPUFHIXRRGEPBLLZ
AAOTQQJYHHACEUZF
KEUBFCSCRETDXNP
GVABUITIVECNGHCXSPP
CXOVGWIMNKEQJWKIHFYD
BAFZKLEJFIBXPFHPAHBC
GHDKELSXNURTLGQOUP
TVRCIQTOMUBUDIUVEZX
AIFGTWXDONOGTXIJP
VDKVTXPKBFHUUPEEKK

The words in bold (SUCH and TRIED) are clear, and given their placement/proximity support the notion they're correct within the context of the entire puzzle being deciphered.

The underlined word (CURRY) could be part of a larger word (SCURRYING, as in "with your silly knees bent SCURRYING about the internet looking for clues"), or perhaps might only be a partial decoding (hURRY, CaRRY, etc).

The italicized and underlined parts (CSCRET and ITIVE) are extremely close to "secret" and either "initiative" or "intuitive" (which is more probable if you include the nearby letter "u").


And if you haven't read the whole thing:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/POE/shadow.html

I urge you to do so, because merely focusing your mind on the snippets GG has posted is incorrect. You have to understand not just those lines and where they came from, but how they fit into the whole, as well as how the text as a whole applies to this puzzle.

[DrNewcenstein]

http://newcenstein.com/torment/Blocks-CaesarShift-0-25.txt

Here's the blocks with all 26 Keyed Caesar shifts (0-25) using the WBTYLER keyed alphabet above.


If you go through each shift, you can find at least one clear word.

[DrNewcenstein]

I'm going now through the same rotations but with the keyword at the end of the alphabet, and from what's come up so far, it looks like the last column (AQQKLLFF) is a date arranged in YYYY/DD/MM or YYYY/MM/DD.

One of the results came up with ANNIXXDD.

That's the only explanation I can come up with for the double double-letters.

[DrNewcenstein]

Genius that I am (not), I completely overlooked the fact that putting the WBTYLER keyword at the end of the alphabet would yield the same results as having it at the front, just in a different order

However, going back to the Shadow: A Parable text, the number 7 is mentioned several times (794th year, company of 7, 7 lamps on the wall, etc)

Even WBTYLER is 7 letters.

The ANNIXXDD I mentioned appears on Shift=7


ooooh spooky :p

[Bilal]

and of course 794 is 7 and 7 X 7 reversed.. 7 (49) REVERSED..
&94

[DrNewcenstein]

[NaturensGalleri]

The Blocks

[DrNewcenstein]

Yay 4-chan.

I'm pleased someone thought enough of my old (2007) joke to repost it there, but really now.

Oddly, though, it's becoming somewhat of a prophetic joke, if my translations of the blocks are correct thus far.

[Squaiid]

Story time.