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Hazlenut ==> Summarize

At first wh3n th3 blog was start3d, my fri3nd Spl3nda (computationalLikeness) put out a call to solv3 a cod3 so that w3 could us3 Sburb! Wh3n w3 finally got th3 h3lp to load th3 gam3, Spl3nda had m3 3nt3r first. I 3nt3r3d, and prototyp3d a plush of Spl3nda and start3d 3xploring my land. I found that th3r3 was a door in a shrin3 looking thing that I could not und3rstand th3 t3xt for. I think it was in an old3r form of our languag3 that w3 originally switch3d around our l3tt3rs from. It said “light th3 fir3.” I figur3d that it was r3f3rring to a larg3 candl3 right outsid3 th3 shrin3. I lit th3 candl3 and I 3nt3r3d through th3 door! Wh3n I w3nt through, th3r3 w3r3 giant b33tl3 looking things that hoist3d m3 up in th3 air and r3joicing! I actually ran away a bit 3mbarrass3d… For a whil3, Spl3nda and th3 oth3rs r3main3d unr3sponsiv3, until I got to talk to Ambrosia and shortly aft3r, Spl3nda 3nt3r3d!

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K3y. I figur3d you might n33d this lat3r on...

-lingeringFondness

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Ambrosia

-- savageNobility [SN] began pestering lingeringFondness [LF] at 20:50 --

SN: um

LF: Oh! Who is this?

SN: hi?

LF: Hi...?

SN: this is 4mbrosi4

SN: ple4se confirm? do I h4ve the right h4ndle?

LF: Oh! Hi Amby!

SN: hey <: 3

LF: How ar3 you...?

SN: I'm fine, why?

LF: No r3ason... It's just that I hav3n't s33n anybody onlin3 for th3 long3st tim3...

LF: And... I just got worri3d...

SN: oh? why's th4t?

LF: I don't know why...

LF: Oh, has Vanilla gott3n on y3t...?

SN: I'm pretty sure she's on now

SN: like right now

LF: Oh good...

LF: Do you r3m3mb3r that gam3 I was t3lling you about...? You r3ally do n33d to start...

SN: (wh4t, w4s there something you w4nted to t4lk to her 4bout?)

LF: Th3 m3t3ors will b3 hitting soon... I start3d s33ing it wh3n I 3nt3r3d th3... 3rm... M3dium...

SN: oh, th4t's right, isn't she my server? or w4s i hers?

LF: You w3r3 h3r s3rv3r...

LF: I'm going to b3 yours I think...

SN: ok4y

SN: should I get in now, then...?

LF: Did you g3t that download from Spl3nda...?

SN: ye4h, I think so

LF: Okay... 3rm... Go run it, th3n w3 can start...

SN: ye4h, ok4y

SN: I'll just be 4 few, ok4y?

LF: Huh...?

SN: ok c4tch you l4ter then

-- savageNobility [SN] ceased pestering lingeringFondness [LF] at 21:10 --

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LF ==> Climb

QL: well, wax is pretty soft. if you got a torch you could melt some hand-holds into the side

LF: Hm...

QL: or if you had a pick lying around, that'd do it.

QL: but i doubt anyone just has a pickaxe lying around.

LF: ...

QL: ...do you?

LF: I found a sharp thingy by th3 off3rings...

QL: sharp thingy?

QL: i'm gonna need a bit more description than that >.>

LF: Um...

LF: It's... Um... Pointy... M3tallic and... sharp...

QL: okay, we'll run with that. does it have a handle? is the blade curved?

LF: It's curv3d... But...

LF: It do3sn't hav3 a handl3...

QL: weird.

LF: ...

LF: Lik3... It cam3 off of a b33tl3 lik3 critt3r...

QL: huh.

LF: ... I'm just going to climb th3 candl3...

QL: alright.

QL: good luck btw.

LF: Thank you!

QL: no problem :) see ya later

LF: You'r3 l3aving...?

QL: oh! sorry XD i thought you'd want to concentrate while climbing up :0

LF: Oh...

LF: ...

LF: By3... I'll b3 back in a bit...

QL: alright :o

QL: should i leave this window open for when you reach the top, or would this be my cue to go?

-- lingeringFondness [LF] is now an idle chum! --

LF: Back

QL: at the top?

LF: Yup!

QL: sweet.

QL: i just thought of something

LF: Hm?

QL: how quick do you think this candle will burn?

LF: What do you m3an?

QL: getting down could be a challenge if it melts faster than you can climb.

LF: Ah...

LF: ...

LF: I don't know...

QL: did you light it yet?

LF: I think I'll b3 fin3...

QL: hopefully.

LF: I didn't light it y3t...

QL: alright.

LF: ... I'll grappl3 down...

QL: ah, that'd work.

LF: I'm lighting it...

QL: :o

LF: Ow!

LF: Gosh...

QL: hot?

LF: No... I start3d grappling down and...

QL: owch.

LF: Th3 hot flam3 r3l3as3d th3 hook thing from th3 candl3...

QL: oof, you alright?

LF: Y3ah... I should b3 fin3...

QL: alright.

QL: how's the rest of your group getting along?

LF: Th3y hav3n't 3nt3r3d y3t...

QL: hm.

LF: CL should b3 3nt3ring soon...

QL: oh cool.

LF: Wow! Th3 door is op3ning!

QL: oh, for the shrine thing?

LF: Y3ah!

QL: cool :o

LF: ...

LF: I'm taking my h3ads3t off for a bit to 3xplor3...

QL: kk :o

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LF ==> Get Help

QL help3d m3 with th3 cod3! "Light The Fire" Is what it said!

-- lingeringFondness [LF] began pestering quietListener [QL] at 17:49 --

LF: Hi...

QL: hey :o

LF: h... How ar3 you...?

QL: good, you?

LF: I'm good...

QL: this is your first time pestering me, did something happen in the session?

LF: Sorta...

QL: ???

LF: I can't d3cod3 som3thing...

QL: the heiroglyphs?

LF: Y3ah...

QL: hmm.

LF: Do you think you could h3lp...?

QL: the letters are greek in that book you found, but i've never seen anything like the heiroglyphs.

QL: they look sorta like broken letters, but i can't think of what they might spell.

QL: hmm

QL: maybe runes?

LF: Oh

LF: Th3y sp3ll out...

QL: they match some runes.

LF: fhlpr rpt ahot

QL: fhlpr rpt ahot. well, that makes no sense. but the greek symbols may produce the key

LF: Th3y may...

LF: xi b3ta alpha, som3on3 told m3...

QL: yeah.

QL: except in greek it's alpha, beta, then xi.

LF: Hm... Do you think th3 ord3r is important...?

QL: maybe.

QL: i have one idea, but i doubt that it'd work. you ever read the da vinci code?

LF: No...

LF: oh... http://msparp.com/chat/loyaltybound

QL: sorry, i was just checking if there was anyone else there XD

LF: Hm...?

LF: What do you m3an...?

QL: well you mentioned people helping over pesterchum, correct?

QL: i was checking if any were in the msparp chat thing.

LF: Oh...

QL: hm. i'm afraid this months been a bit hectic, on saturday though i won't be quite so busy.

LF: I s33...

LF: Do you think you can d3cod3 th3 hi3roglyphs...?

QL: well, the heiroglyphs have been translated, it's the language/code behind it that needs working on.

LF: Oh...

QL: it's like we got the rosetta stone but some douche snapped it in half :T

LF: ...

LF: IT, som3on3 h3lping us, said it might b3 a k3yword shift...

QL: sorry, minds wandering a bit.

QL: a caesar cipher?

LF: ...?

QL: another term for keyword shift

LF: I s33...

LF: Do you think you can solv3 it...?

QL: i honestly don't know, but i'll give it a try...

LF: Th... Thank you...

QL: times like this i wish i had software to do it for me ^^"

LF: Ah...

LF: I think...

LF: Do you think you could us3 this...?

LF: http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/caesar-keyed.php

LF: QL?

QL: still here

LF: oh

LF: ...

QL: just looking at the book and symbols and what not.

LF: ah...

QL: i haven't managed to get anything coherent though :T

LF: Mayb3...

LF: you could try xib3taalpha...?

LF: That was th3 ord3r th3y w3r3 in...

QL: i figured ahot would be it, since it was in red.

QL: Light the fire

LF: Light Th3 Fir3...?

LF: Oh!

QL: yeah. think i've seen that somewhere before ._.

LF: Th3r3's a larg3 candl3 right outsid3 th3 cav3!

QL: there's a cave?

LF: Y3ah...

QL: and...a candle. that didn't seem suspicious :?

LF: What do you m3an...?

QL: like, how big is this candle?

LF: Hm...

QL: is it just normal size, or house sized?

LF: It's lik3...

LF: HUG3 0.0

QL: omg.

QL: to be fair, i'm guessing you had other things on your mind than setting the mood :p

QL: ie the hieroglyphs.

QL: bleh, can't believe it was that simple.

LF: Y3ah...

QL: although that explains the red.

LF: Yup!

LF: You know...

LF: Th3 cav3 kind of looks lik3 a shrin3...

QL: what sorta shrine?

LF: Lik3... lots of stuff around th3 big door thingy... Food and stuff...

LF: Now that I think of it... I hav3n't s33n any d3niz3ns y3t...

QL: i'd suggest staying away for now.

QL: just in case you know, the denizens in there.

LF: Why...? I 3xplor3d 3v3rywh3r3 3ls3 though...

QL: hmm. i dunno, try approaching unarmed? denizens usually don't initiate the conflict.

LF: I don't hav3 anything...

QL: oh, good, you're set then!

LF: Okay!

QL: (maybe get an offering just in case.)

LF: Now...

LF: I hav3 to g3t to th3 top of that candl3 0.0

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LF ==> Story Time

ξ, a representation of our existence. We are gifted this existence from our creators of the world before us. Crafted by the players.

β, the roof over our heads and our gifts of nature. We are thankful that we have enough food to gather and survive.

α, our guardians that watch over us and protect us. For without them, we would not have the skills we need to protect our loved ones.

I found this book... I think that this might h3lp us with my door… Th3 hi3roglyphics and such… Som3on3 on P3st3rchum said that it might b3 a k3y3d ciph3r… But I don’t know what to do with that…

-lingeringFondness

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LF ==> Come upon odd hieroglyphics.

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CL, LF ==> Converse please!

-- computationalLikeness [CL] began pestering lingeringFondness [LF] at 21:47 --

CL: Greet1ngs.

LF: Hi CL...

CL: 1 d0n't supp0se y0u've managed t0 0bta1n y0ur c0py 0f the game 1 sent y0u.

CL: Understandable, g1ven y0ur facult1es.

LF: I did... So how do3s it work?

LF: I m3an... I r3ad that on3 girls tutorial... but I still don't g3t it...

CL: T0 my understand1ng, y0u s1mply need gather mater1als and slay 0pp0nents wh1le 1 d0 the systemat1c w0rk.

LF: Isn't th3r3 som3thing w3 n33d to do in th3 start...?

CL: 1 bel1eve y0u need t0 launch the game, h0wever 1 had assumed that y0u d1d.

CL: 1 then need t0 c0nnect t0 y0u, at wh1ch p01nt the game pr0per can beg1n.

LF: Okay... No on3 3ls3 has don3 it y3t... Should w3 g3t th3m in soon...?

CL: 1 w0uld bel1eve s0, unless y0u w1sh t0 create a tw0-pers0n sess10n wh1ch w0uld be alm0st ent1rely d00med t0 fa1lure.

LF: Uh... Y3ah... I figur3d that...

LF: Ar3 you going to t3ll th3m...? Or should I?

CL: Y0u seem t0 be the 0ne m0st acqua1nted w1th the l0t, 1 gather y0u 0ught t0 be the 0ne t0 c0ntact them. 1f they have techn1cal quest10ns y0u may as well d1rect them t0 me.

LF: Ah... Okay... I'll do that...

LF: Okay... I hav3 th3 program running...

CL: 1 shall be c0nnect1ng t0 y0u presently.

CL: 1've c0nnected.

LF: Oh good!

CL: Y0u l00k pedestr1an.

LF: ...

LF: You alr3ady know what I look lik3...

CL: 1 supp0se that's a g00d th1ng, g1ven that y0u are st1ll al1ve.

CL: There 1s a v1ew1ng mechan1sm bu1lt 1nt0 th1s pr0gram.

CL: 1t all0ws me t0 have a sem1-0mn1sc1ent v1ew 0f y0ur ab0de.

LF: ...

CL: 1 was referenc1ng y0ur att1re, by the way.

LF: That's kind of cr33py... 0.0

CL: 1 prefer t0 th1nk 0f 1t as a tact1cal advantage, all0w1ng me t0 g1ve y0u real-t1me 1nf0rmat10n 0n y0ur surr0und1ngs that y0u w0uld 0therw1se be unable t0 c0llect.

LF: W3ll, okay... I'd hop3 that th3 bathroom is c3nsor3d...

CL: As such, 1've created a number 0f analyt1cal pr0grams t0 pr0v1de me w1th feeds 0n certa1n 1nf0rmat10n.

LF: R3ally? You can do that?

CL: And n0, n0ne 0f the areas are cens0red, that w0uld defeat the purp0se 0f 0mn1sc1ence.

LF: ... W3ll th3n... L3ts start alr3ady...

CL: 1 can 1ndeed create pr0grams. 1 cann0t man1pulate the game 1tself but 1 can c0llect and analyze the data 1t 0utputs.

CL: There are a few 1tems 1 need t0 depl0y.

LF: Okay, what do I do with th3m?

CL: 1've depl0yed what appears t0 be called a "cruxtruder", wh1ch t0 my understand1ng requ1res 0pen1ng.

LF: Okay!

CL: There 1s als0 an alchem1ter wh1ch w1ll pr0v1de y0u w1th means t0 surv1ve.

CL: Y0u must use the T0tem Lathe 1 have just depl0yed t0 carve a crux1te d0wel fr0m the cruxtruder.

LF: Okay 0.0

CL: N0w, take the carved d0wel 0ver t0 the Alchem1ter and actually 0pen the cruxtruder.

CL: 0nce y0u have 0pened sa1d cruxtruder, a wh1t1sh 0rb sh0uld emerge sem1-tr1umphantly.

LF: Wow! That looks so cool!

LF: Can I touch it?

CL: 1 rec0mmend y0u 1gn0re 1ts v1ct0r10us act10ns and s1mply thr0w s0meth1ng 0f 1nterest 1nt0 1t.

CL: 1 rec0mmend y0u n0t pr0t0type 1t w1th y0urself.

CL: That w0uld m0st l1kely d00m 0ur sess10n.

LF: Uh... How about this... stuff3d animal of you?

LF: Or any of th3 oth3rs that I hav3?

CL: Preferably the 0ne 0f me, alth0ugh 1'm n0t sure h0w well a stuffed an1mal c0uld emulate my d1rect10n as a gu1de.

LF: I s33...

LF: okay!

LF: In you go!

CL: Y0u kn0w, 1 l00k h1de0us 1n that blue ph0sph0rescent c0l0r.

CL: 1t's unbec0m1ng 0f me, and badly butchers my excess1vely 1ncred1ble cerulean c0l0r scheme f0r chat.

LF: >< Wow...

CL: N0w, take that crux1te d0wel and make an 1tem w1th the Alchem1ter.

CL: 0nce y0u d0 the 0bv10us act10n w1th the 1tem, y0u w1ll enter the "med1um" and w1ll be safe fr0m any mete0rs headed y0ur way.

LF: ok...

CL: F0r 1nstance, y0u w0uld c0nsume an apple, 0r spray perfume, etc..

CL: 1 adv1se haste, that mete0r 1s start1ng t0 be awfully 1nt1m1dat1ng.

CL: N0w that 1 see y0u are 1n the med1um, 1 w1ll answer 0ne 0f these m1screant1c del1nquents.

CL: 1 b1d thee farewell, LF.

-- computationalLikeness [CL] ceased pestering lingeringFondness [LF] at 22:09 --

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LF ==> Create some form of communication

H3ya guys! I'v3 mad3 a msparp chat so you guys can talk to us or with 3ach oth3r! Mayb3 you can mak3 a m3mo too! Just l3t m3 know! ^^ W3'r3 3nt3ring soon. So spr3ad th3 word! W3 n33d all th3 h3lp w3 can g3t!

-lingeringFondness

Dude, y0u're m0re ch1pper than n0rmal...

-computationalLikeness

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Conv3rsation...

-- computationalLikeness [CL] began pestering lingeringFondness [LF] at 17:40 --

CL: Hey, y0u there? Are the preparat10ns ready?

LF: 3h? Oh, y3ah... 3v3ryon3 is r3ady to go...

CL: 1'll launch 1t then, y0u kn0w what w1ll happen 1f we fa1l r1ght?

LF: Y3ah...

CL: D0 y0u st1ll want t0 g0 thr0ugh w1th 1t then?

LF: Of cours3, it's th3 only option...

LF: If w3 don't do this, th3n w3 won't b3 abl3 to know why this happ3ns...

CL: 0kay, well, 1 sent every0ne the f1les.

LF: Thank you v3ry much CL.

CL: 0f c0urse. But... What ab0ut her?

LF: Don't worry... I think I hav3 it tak3n car3 of... Sh3 won't b3 lik3 that for th3 tim3 b3ing...

CL: Welp, here we g0. 1nt0 the rabb1ts h0le we g0.

-- computationalLikeness [CL] ceased pestering lingeringFondness [LF] at 17:48 --

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C1PHERTEXT S0LVED

1 have s0lved 1t with s0me help 0f pe0ple on Pesterchum. Thank's a l0t to pe0ple wh0 helped. We w1ll be enter1ng s00n.

C1: CLIENT ==> don't travel alone

C2: SERVER ==> be by their side

-computationalLikeness

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More solved?

Takunta

got a bit more this time, another ullyses quote and some other stuff. the last missing pieces are complete gibberish to me, but maybe not to you? anyway.

C1 stuff: unicoder -->"more than life, continue with ==>"   Hexcode--> "CLIENT" binary--> "el6'g gfq4do qol6d"

C2 stuff: binary--> "wdf4df ==>" and the earlier mentioned hexcode stuff-->"bebytheirside"

so we're just missing 2 segments. still seems nonsensical to me...

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Ah... H3llo...

I'm ling3ringFondn3ss... Uh... CL want3d m3 to post som3thing here... I'm on3 of his fri3nds that h3's taking to th3 sburb thing I think. Ah... L3ts s33... Th3r3's a total of fiv3 of us 3ntr33ing... I think...

-lingeringFondness

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2nd Hexcode Segment.

Here’s what s0me0ne subm1tted t0 me, 1t seems r1ght f0r the f1rst part, but 1 w0n’t kn0w t1ll we get the wh0le th1ng… s0…

[cipher1]

[cipher2part1]be by their side

-computationalLikeness

alright, the second segment of hexcode in the 2nd cipher was a quote from ullyses, but with a bunch of letters thrown in, put in reverse, and encoded in to hexcode, all together it spelled "bebytheirside" or, 'be by their side' which might mean something? not sure.

-Quietlistener, Algore, and morgenmadSecundus.

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The Second Cipher

0000110100001010011101110110010001100110001101000110010001100110001000000011110100111101001111100010000074646E617972746E756F63676E6569646E756F72727573656874726465776F7465687465636972687469796C657661726764657373656C7362646E6174756F62616465636172666568747365726E7567646E75696F726568746465746E756F6D64656E6164726177726F66656D6163686568796C6E6D656C6F737469757473656A6C756672616566756F79797075656D6F6368636E696B707562656D6F63796C657372616F6370657564656C6C6163646E6173726962

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The First Cipher

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Sburb

Hell0. 1 have f0und a game called Sburb. 1 f1gured that 1 w0uld try t0 m0d1fy 1t s0 that 1 can use 1t w1th my 0wn fr1ends. That’s why 1 have made th1s bl0g, s0 we can d0cument what we d0 1n th1s game and ask f0r help al0ng the way.

1 have c0me acr0ss a pr0blem wh1le m0d1fy1ng th0ugh, there’s s0me c1phered text 1n the c0de that 1 cann0t crack. 1’ll p0st them 1n a sec0nd and please, 1t w0uld d0 me much pleasure f0r s0me0ne t0 s0lve these tw0 c1phers.

-computationalLikeness