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[Bruce]

If we're looking for unusual contacts with KJ on Twitter, try Damaris Rhodes:

http://twitter.com/4733

[scotgaz]

i sent a msg to that one a few days ago, saying we had someone in common, and what they new of him. then i forgot all about it, ive had no reply, but it certainly a strange one

[H(e)x]

altH(e)x here. I've been working on the cipher, and came to the following conclusions:

- The string SZS is an important one, since -- assuming it is indeed a cipher that is arranged into words of the right length -- it has to be one of this list of 3-letter palindromic words.

- Of these, the most likely are 'did', 'eve' or 'ere'.

- S=D is highly unlikely, given the rest of the pattern. Therefore S is almost certainly E.

- Plugging 'E' into 'S', combined with the already problematic 'IIDA' and 'IIDHY', leads me to believe it is probably reversed in some way.

I tried reversing each individual word while keeping the rest of the structure intact:

FV DQFS PEEXSGY SZS HFUDSZ OXR MIYDT RMQS GQS. ADII DYB BZH TFEHVD PS DIS ARDIQTBL? FV GYB YHDII TSPMVHDOTMS GH IOYFE. DFI ZSI EMIO TBOFS? U

From this, I conclude that S=E; E=O; Z=R (probably); D is almost certainly a vowel; I is almost certainly a consonant; and P is W, H, or B.

So that's where I am at the moment, currently playing around with plugging in letters to see if I can get anywhere.

[scotgaz]

heres a twwet from 4733 that bruce was looking at....

When a memory stick looses its memory there is hours of work down the drain, some unrecoverable. I am looking for some help and a miracle

it's kinda out of place from their usual tweets, are they asking for our help, i know nothing about mem sticks and data recovery so wouldn't know what to say..

[Boann]

4733

[Kefrus]

[Kefrus]

My post on IG boards.

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I believe that Sotpryk changed his Bio, correct me if i'm wrong but i'm pretty sure it wasnt this before.

"Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another"

This is a quote from David Herbert Lawrence, the full quote is as follows:

"Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror."

"David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English author, poet, playwright, essayist and literary critic."

This could just be a random change to project more of Sotpryk's philosophy but I figured I would post it in here for those of us working on the latest cipher as there is always a chance it might have a subtle clue to the key.

[Bruce]

Kefrus, the DH Lawrence quote has been there for over a week. I noticed it when I first followed him.

[Kefrus]

That works. I usually catch things a little faster than that but I guess that one slid by me, ah well. Back to the grinding stone.

[booba]

GOT IT!!!

Again we were looking to far...

[Laguz]

[Abraxas]

Damn, booba!
I was about to post my futile attempts (involving skipping the cipher, then re-arranging punctuation of plaintext to look like in the cipher...forget it), working hard to get the narrative straight...and you solve it in the meantime.

But I am happy you did!
And I am peeved it is Playfair...I had a lot of those back in Vaporlofts.

Ok, listen up...don't assume:
1. The keyword makes obvious sense to you right away.
2. That two ciphers next to each other are in ANY way connected.
3. That all Sotpyrk ciphers have to be related to Kryptos.

[dangermonkey]

AWESOME job Booba!
One of these days, I'm gonna catch on to this cipher business. Did you post IG or call John? (I think he wanted a call as soon as it was cracked.)

[amandel]

...4. Don't assume Sotpyrk won't playfair (groan). Mega props, Booba for being so rational

Sotpyrk's tweets grow increasingly odd with the creepy use of the plural. An AI hive-mind or a cyber cult? When I finish whacking myself for not even trying playfair this time, gonna reread all his tweets incl. this latest re how they communicate.

[Abraxas]

Right after the cipher was solved, the game just magically moves on? Or did anyone send the solution to Sotpyrk? Or at least post it on the ZT board (no, there is nothing)?