Scioly Assassination 45: The Poetic Assassin

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Re: Scioly Assassination 45: The Poetic Assassin

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NOOOOOOO I MISSED IT (this is what happens when your parents make you rake leaves)

ok so here are the caps: QATABSOGVKRAMAKC (i did it on my own because you people were confusing me)

ill run it through a few ciphers that I know of and report if I get anything

edit: i missed an A

EDIT2: nothing yet...though I have other stuff to work on now Ill look at it later
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You know what, I kind of like that poem.

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I like it too cuz its about toads!
and fm, its QATA
we all forgot the "A" in between Q and T
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I don't know my cyphers well, but is there anything for which "toads" could be a key?
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maybe run it through a cipher using the captilized letters and the word toad to decrypt it?
sewforlife wrote:toad is the key to the cipher maybe?

and if u include the title:
AOT
QTA
BSO
GV
KRA
MA
KC
Potential hits:
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Googlyfrog
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amerikestrel wrote:I don't know my cyphers well, but is there anything for which "toads" could be a key?
your kidding me its "toads" not "toad"? dang it

and yes--any cipher that has a key could have toads as a key
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fmtiger124 wrote:
amerikestrel wrote:I don't know my cyphers well, but is there anything for which "toads" could be a key?
your kidding me its "toads" not "toad"? dang it

and yes--any cipher that has a key could have toads as a key
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Er, that's something I didnt notice.

The key should be "toad", not "toads". Disregard the plural.

And yes, I just gave it away that a cipher is indeed involved. Not that you guys didnt figure it out already.
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Assassinator wrote:Er, that's something I didnt notice.

The key should be "toad", not "toads". Disregard the plural.

And yes, I just gave it away that a cipher is indeed involved. Not that you guys didnt figure it out already.
wow. i just take back my misleading post. cuz it was right.
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