The Assassination 12: Reign of the Hunted

[JoeyC]

The officers have been deployed, the doors have been locked, the guns have been loaded, and the first clue has been revealed.

"Many of my kind would decide to begin with an easy clue. I however, have done just the opposite. My first victim joined this forum on the date corresponding to (x^2-y^2) divided by 3x+3y, where it is known that x=273018+y. The date is obviously a five or six digit number in mmddyy format. Good luck, math lovers!"

Gneissisnice and Starpug, I believe that it would be to your advantage to allow Starpug in Gneissisnice's stead, for an officer who can't accuse would virtually be crippled, and I do not like preying on victims who have not had a 'fair' chance. Therefore, the officers of this round are Pleiades, Inuyashakusho, Dudeincolorado, Bob, and Starpug.

[starpug]

Haha easy I protect rocketman1555
btw assasinator you made an error in you equations I believe

[JoeyC]

You are correct, Starpug. Perhaps I shouldn't have deemed that clue to be hard; the higher you place yourself, the farther you fall.
My next clue will require a bit of knowledge of computer science.

"44 75 64 65 69 6E 63 6F 6C 6F 72 61 64 6F"

[starpug]

*yawn* I protect dudeincolorado

[ichaelm]

Lol I wish I were in this one.

[JoeyC]

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You guys (*cough*starpug*cough*) are smarter than I thought! It's not every day that you meet somebody else who knows ASCII by heart!

ibrhm eseti letet aedie pdtis
Keyword: bones

Take that, brainiacs!

[Deeisenberg]

I hate you...

[gneissisnice]

Hmm, doesnt fit into my conventional cipher, but I did notice that it contains the letters "P-l-e--i-a-d-e-s". Just throwing that out there, officers. Even if it is pleiades, I wanna solve this cipher anyway.

[gneissisnice]

Ok, solved it. Says "Pleiades better die this time". Though assassinator, I might mention that your keyword was useless, as I had to rearrange it to BNESO, which is not alphabetical . By the way, those that are confused, you solve it like this:

IBRHM
ESETI
LETET
AEDIE
PDTIS

I noticed that the left side contained the letters in Pleiades, so I rotated it, turning it into
PALEI
DEESB
TDTER
IIETH
SETIM

Rearrange the rows so the top spells Pleiades and voila! you get
PLEIA
DESBE
TTERD
IETHI
STIME

Split it up into Pleiades better die this time, and you win!

By the way, if you prefer that as a civilian, I dont solve ciphers, I will keep my mouth shut for the remainder of this game.

But at least allow me to keep this brilliant bit of deciphering up.

[Deeisenberg]

I protect Pleiades because I can't imagine that anyone could be wrong at get that answer.