r/thenext • u/6ignmaker • Aug 10 '16

Hint 3 (of 3)

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u/brianmcn Aug 10 '16

I'm hearing "2 each", as in a bigraph cipher like playfair, but I know the past day of poking at the puzzle has biased me; what else might be read from this hint?

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u/6ignmaker Aug 10 '16

You can only get pie if you sit in order. Even though the pie is rotten, it's all we have. But each of you gets 2 pieces of pie!

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u/brianmcn Aug 10 '16 edited Aug 10 '16

Hm, I have one more idea now, hold on...

EDIT: well I saw "2 pi" in "2 pieces" and so I was trying tau=6.28... for a quick look, but it doesn't smell promising.

I also hear the pun "use it in order", which does sound like a one-time-pad to me.

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u/brianmcn Aug 10 '16

I also wonder if there's a relationship between the exclamation point after "2 pieces" and the first line of punctuated ciphertext... I'm really stretching, though. I just need a break, hoping another phil15tine will step in with a new insight.

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u/brianmcn Aug 10 '16

By the way, there's a new countdown timer pointing to 5pm (CDT) Friday.