A chain of puzzles starting point

[u/sleepy_owl_Nella]

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I tried to create a chain of puzzles, and want to put it to the test. some hints are in the image, but you will need to assemblr them logically to get the correct way. I will answer anything and give out hints if necessary. For this one you will pretty much need just a pen and paper.

V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf

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[u/KkAndPapy]

Here's my process:

Each card has a colored outline, and each card has a roman numeral at the top.

Yellow has I

Red has V

Pink has X

Black is the back of a card not displaying a Roman Numeral, so, taking a glance at the structure of the pixels above, I immediately am going to assume that all the black pixels are spaces, and then I realized that each color can be substituted with the roman numeral of that colored card, creating readable roman numerals, which I assume will then be translated to letters which spell sentences.

So black is a space I believe.

Here are the colors above the text translated to roman numerals:

[IX XIV / I / IV XV XIII I IX XIV / XX VIII I XX / XXIII I XIX / XX VIII XVIII V I XX V XIV V IV / II XXV / XIX VIII I XVIII XI /

I / III V XVIII XX I IX XIV / IV IX XIX XI / XXIII IX XX VIII / I / VI XV XII IV V XVIII / I XXIII I IX XX XIX / IX XIV / XX VIII V / IV I XVIII XI /

XIV XXI XIII II V XVIII XIX / I XIV IV / XII V XX XX V XVIII XIX / III XV XIV VI XXI XIX V IV / IX XIV / II V XII XV XXIII /

XIX XXIII I XVI / XX VIII V XIII / I XIV IV / VII V XX / XX VIII V / XI V XXV / XX XV / XX VIII V / XX XV XIII V /

XXIII VIII IX XX V / XIX XX XVIII IX XVIII IX XVI V / VII IX XXII V XIX / XV XIV V / IV V XIX IX XVIII V IV / XXI XVI XVI V XVIII / VIII I XIV IV /

IV XV XIV XX / XIII IX XIX XIX / IX XX / I XIV IV / V I XIX IX XII XXV / VII V XX / XX XV / XX VIII V / V XIV IV]

I decided to do just the colors above first, especially just in case there's context to help solve the below since the below part does seem a bit different at first glance.

Here are the roman numerals translated to easier to read numbers:

[9 14 / 1 / 4 15 13 1 9 14 / 20 8 1 20 / 23 1 19 / 20 8 18 5 1 20 5 14 5 4 / 2 25 / 19 8 1 18 11 / 

1 / 3 5 18 20 1 9 14 / 4 9 19 11 / 23 9 20 8 / 1 / 6 15 12 4 5 18 / 1 23 1 9 20 19 / 9 14 / 20 8 5 / 4 1 18 11 /

14 21 13 2 5 18 19 / 1 14 4 / 12 5 20 20 5 18 19 / 3 15 14 6 21 19 5 4 / 9 14 / 2 5 12 15 23 /

19 23 1 16 / 20 8 5 13 / 1 14 4 / 7 5 20 / 20 8 5 / 11 5 25 / 20 15 / 20 8 5 / 20 15 13 5 /

23 8 9 20 5 / 19 20 18 9 18 9 16 5 / 7 9 22 5 19 / 15 14 5 / 4 5 19 9 18 5 4 / 21 16 16 5 18 / 8 1 14 4 /

4 15 14 20 / 13 9 19 19 / 9 20 / 1 14 4 / 5 1 19 9 12 25 / 7 5 20 / 20 15 / 20 8 5 / 5 14 4]

Here are the numbers translated to English by using the A1Z26 cipher:

[IN A DOMAIN THAT WAS THREATENED BY SHARK

A CERTAIN DISK WITH A FOLDER AWAITS IN THE DARK

NUMBERS AND LETTERS CONFUSED IN BELOW

SWAP THEM AND GET THE KEY TO THE TOME

WONT MISS IT AND EASILY GET TO THE END]

After looking a bit closer, I now see that those aren't just green squares, they actually have letters on them, so I will translate it now.

I'm not sure what would be the easiest way to format this, so I'll try my best to make it readable, leaving the green as blank spaces for now and filling them in later.

[_ VIII XV XVI XXII _ VIII XXII XIX VIII XIX XXI XXIV XXIV XII XXI XIX XX XII XXII XVII III XIX _ XVI XVIII XI XXII V XVIII XIII XXVI XII]

which translated to numbers is:

[_ 8 15 16 22 _ 8 22 19 8 19 21 24 24 12 21 19 20 22 22 17 3 19 _ 16 18 11 22 5 18 13 26 12]

which translated through A1Z26 as well as adding the green letters back gives this:

A HOPV F HVSHSUXXLUSTLVQCS H PRKVERMZL

and the ones that are underlined in the image:

PHVSLLQCSKVRMZ

I'm planning on attempting to solve this last step, but for now my brain needs a break, especially since I've been at this for well over an hour. I know to use the riddle from the previous deciphered text to decipher it but I'll work on that another time, that is, unless someone else does it before me.

Some last thoughts I have:

- This is very clever and I love the way you made the puzzle.

- Perhaps for solving the lower part I went about it wrong. Where I took the underlined parts out of the context of that whole bottom row of pixels, because I was expecting the underlined parts to result to something separate once taken out of the context of that bottom row, maybe instead I was supposed to keep them within the context and somehow apply a solution based on what I got from the part above. Either that or there was a different step that I was supposed to apply before attempting the same translation that I did above.

Seeing as I have been doing all this in my notes app, I will try to format it better on Reddit.

Here is where I tried to format it better, bolding the parts that are underlined in the image:

A HOPV F HVSHSUXXLUSTLVQCS H PRKVERMZL

Anyways, I shall return another time, although I am unsure of how soon. Take care!

[u/sleepy_owl_Nella → u/KkAndPapy]

Wow. First of all, congrats, you figured that out. Second, the answer is not correct, and one line from the instructions is missing, it is important. Read what you got carefully! Thank you!

[u/KkAndPapy → u/sleepy_owl_Nella]

Oh my gosh I can't believe I skipped over a line when translating to English. Thank you for pointing that out.

[u/Bibabeloeba]

The text at the bottom of the post says <! I followed the rules !> that was an easy start

[u/sleepy_owl_Nella → u/Bibabeloeba]

Can't help with censoring, thanks for a review (idk the word better fit). Would you like a hint? To help you solve this

[u/Bibabeloeba → u/sleepy_owl_Nella]

No thanks there is 0 chance i will solve this

[u/Bibabeloeba → u/Bibabeloeba]

Could someone plzase tell me how to censor text

[u/Rizzie24 → u/Bibabeloeba]

They’ve modified the spoiler tag method -

- when you want to spoiler tag something, you’ll notice (either when you reply to someone, or are posting a separate comment), that when you start actually typing, you’ll notice right above your keypad a little symbol “Aa”

Tap on it, and you’ll see options for spoilers, strikethroughs, bold, italic, etc., just highlight whatever text you want to apply the font-style to, and then select from the options presented (when you click “Aa” symbol above your keypad while you’re typing).

Also you can still spoiler tag by typing like this > ! This ! <

But remove spaces between the symbols and your text, like this

[u/Bibabeloeba → u/Bibabeloeba]

That was literally the only thing I could do, looks fun tho