Scioly Assassination 146: A Superstore By Any Other Name

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Tailsfan101- So we have a plate, a cipher on the plate… and absolutely no leads.
Lindsmaurer- *One aisle down* Do the letters and numbers mean anything specific?
BennyTheJett- Well the slashed part has to be the same word, but what kind of cipher would encrypt it that way?
Tailsfan101- Your guess is as good as mine.
Lindsmaurer- I’ll look through the chess sets.
BennyTheJett- Why specifically a plate? There’s Frisbees here too.
*Bumping sounds*
Lindsmaurer- How do they get all these boxes so neat and organized?
Tailsfan101- That’s definitely got to mean something. Someone who likes to cook or grill?
BennyTheJett- Lumosityfan?
Lindsmaurer- AHHH!
*Boxes tumble to the ground*
BennyTheJett- You alright?
*BennyTheJett walks over to assist with cleanup, leaving Tailsfan alone*
Tailsfan101- The slashed words have 5 letters without repeats, so we can rule some words out…
*Freezes*
Tailsfan101- ...why do I feel like I’m being watched?
BennyTheJett- See, you can’t just push all the boxes to the back, you have to line them up by contents-
*Out the corner of her eye, lindsmaurer notices movement*
Lindsmaurer- What’s tha-
*A streak of darkness darts out of the shadows into the next aisle back. A crashing sound is heard near its end.*
Lindsmaurer- TAILS!
BennyTheJett- *drops a box on his head* WHAT?!
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Re: Scioly Assassination 146: A Superstore By Any Other Name

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Electronics Section
Lindsmaurer- Oh no…
BennyTheJett- Look. There’s something in his hand.
Lindsmaurer- A circuit board?
*Circuit board flashes message*

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This sassy is really into ciphers... Maybe they're active on the Codebusters forums.

Also, note the new sig:
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The second line makes me think this is not their first time. Who's an active member that has been (won as?) sassy before?
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i haven't taken part of a sassy game in forever but code stuff? :o
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Not sure if this is relevant but the initial signature was something about a 503 error.
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roykim wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:18 pm Not sure if this is relevant but the initial signature was something about a 503 error.
503 is an HTTP error meaning the service isn't available when someone is trying to access it (e.g. for maintenance). Maybe it's on purpose, or maybe it's used between games and the sassy was slow to update it. However, it is rather unusual.
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Oooof

- The sassy's writing like last game now
- Why are they half solving their own clue?
- Time to tediously put spaces in the Morse code
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Ok so I spaced it out and there was one extra period left
.-. --. .-. --. --- -.- --. -.- ..- ... ... --. ... -.- -.. .-- .-- ... --. --- .-. -.- -.- -.- .-- -.- .-. --. --. ..- -.. ..- .-- -.- ... --. .-. -.. -.. ... .-- ..- ... --. .-. -.- -.. .-. .-- -.- ... ... -.- ..- .-- ..- .-- .-- --. --- .-. -.. -.. ... .-- ... .-. --. ..- -.- -.. .-- .-- -.- .-. --. --. -.- --. -.- .-- .-- ... --. ... -.- --. -.. .-- ..- .-. .-. ... ..- --. ... .-- .-- --. --- .-- -.- -.. -.- .-- -.. -.. ... -.- ..- .-- ..- .-- ..- .-. --- .-. ... -.. ... .-- .-. .-. --. --- ... -.. ... .-- -.- ... --. -.. ..- -.. -.- .-- .-. .-. --- ..- ... -.. ... .-- .-. ... --. --- -.- --. -.- .-- -.. -.. .-. ... ..- -.- --- .-- ..- -.. .-. ... ..- -.- --. .-- ..- .-. --. .-. -.- -.. -.. ... .-. -.. -.- -.. -.- -.- --- .-- -.- .-. .-. ... ..- -.. --. .-- .-- --. --- ..- ..- -.. --- .-- ..- .-. --- .-. .

and when I translated it I got
rgrgokgkussgskdwwsgorkkkwkrgguduwksgrddswusgrkdrwksskuwuwwgorddswsrgukdwwkrggkgkwwsgskgdwurrsugswwgowkdkwddskuwuwurorsdswrrgosdswksgdudkwrrousdswrsgokgkwddrsukowudrsukgwurgrkddsrdkdkkowkrrsudgwwgouudowurore

....I don't think it's Morse code.
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LittleMissNyan wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:19 am Ok so I spaced it out and there was one extra period left
.-. --. .-. --. --- -.- --. -.- ..- ... ... --. ... -.- -.. .-- .-- ... --. --- .-. -.- -.- -.- .-- -.- .-. --. --. ..- -.. ..- .-- -.- ... --. .-. -.. -.. ... .-- ..- ... --. .-. -.- -.. .-. .-- -.- ... ... -.- ..- .-- ..- .-- .-- --. --- .-. -.. -.. ... .-- ... .-. --. ..- -.- -.. .-- .-- -.- .-. --. --. -.- --. -.- .-- .-- ... --. ... -.- --. -.. .-- ..- .-. .-. ... ..- --. ... .-- .-- --. --- .-- -.- -.. -.- .-- -.. -.. ... -.- ..- .-- ..- .-- ..- .-. --- .-. ... -.. ... .-- .-. .-. --. --- ... -.. ... .-- -.- ... --. -.. ..- -.. -.- .-- .-. .-. --- ..- ... -.. ... .-- .-. ... --. --- -.- --. -.- .-- -.. -.. .-. ... ..- -.- --- .-- ..- -.. .-. ... ..- -.- --. .-- ..- .-. --. .-. -.- -.. -.. ... .-. -.. -.- -.. -.- -.- --- .-- -.- .-. .-. ... ..- -.. --. .-- .-- --. --- ..- ..- -.. --- .-- ..- .-. --- .-. .

and when I translated it I got
rgrgokgkussgskdwwsgorkkkwkrgguduwksgrddswusgrkdrwksskuwuwwgorddswsrgukdwwkrggkgkwwsgskgdwurrsugswwgowkdkwddskuwuwurorsdswrrgosdswksgdudkwrrousdswrsgokgkwddrsukowudrsukgwurgrkddsrdkdkkowkrrsudgwwgouudowurore

....I don't think it's Morse code.
A letter of Morse code can be anywhere from 1 to 4 characters long. Problem is, with such a long string there are so many possible combinations that it's extremely difficult to find the right one.

...What if it's a Baconian disguised as Morse code? Nope, still has the extra dot at the end.
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smayya337 wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:52 am
LittleMissNyan wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:19 am Ok so I spaced it out and there was one extra period left
.-. --. .-. --. --- -.- --. -.- ..- ... ... --. ... -.- -.. .-- .-- ... --. --- .-. -.- -.- -.- .-- -.- .-. --. --. ..- -.. ..- .-- -.- ... --. .-. -.. -.. ... .-- ..- ... --. .-. -.- -.. .-. .-- -.- ... ... -.- ..- .-- ..- .-- .-- --. --- .-. -.. -.. ... .-- ... .-. --. ..- -.- -.. .-- .-- -.- .-. --. --. -.- --. -.- .-- .-- ... --. ... -.- --. -.. .-- ..- .-. .-. ... ..- --. ... .-- .-- --. --- .-- -.- -.. -.- .-- -.. -.. ... -.- ..- .-- ..- .-- ..- .-. --- .-. ... -.. ... .-- .-. .-. --. --- ... -.. ... .-- -.- ... --. -.. ..- -.. -.- .-- .-. .-. --- ..- ... -.. ... .-- .-. ... --. --- -.- --. -.- .-- -.. -.. .-. ... ..- -.- --- .-- ..- -.. .-. ... ..- -.- --. .-- ..- .-. --. .-. -.- -.. -.. ... .-. -.. -.- -.. -.- -.- --- .-- -.- .-. .-. ... ..- -.. --. .-- .-- --. --- ..- ..- -.. --- .-- ..- .-. --- .-. .

and when I translated it I got
rgrgokgkussgskdwwsgorkkkwkrgguduwksgrddswusgrkdrwksskuwuwwgorddswsrgukdwwkrggkgkwwsgskgdwurrsugswwgowkdkwddskuwuwurorsdswrrgosdswksgdudkwrrousdswrsgokgkwddrsukowudrsukgwurgrkddsrdkdkkowkrrsudgwwgouudowurore

....I don't think it's Morse code.
A letter of Morse code can be anywhere from 1 to 4 characters long. Problem is, with such a long string there are so many possible combinations that it's extremely difficult to find the right one.

...What if it's a Baconian disguised as Morse code? Nope, still has the extra dot at the end.
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in game 145 one of the clues was morse code disguised as binary (0 was . 1 was - or something like that)
reversed that (morse to binary) and got

0101100101101111011101010010000001100001011000110110001101110101011011010111010101101100011000010111010001100101001000000110010001100101011000100111010000001010010110010110111101110101001000000110000101100011011000110111010101101101011101010110110001100001011101000110010100100000011100000110111101110111011001010111001000001010010110010110010101110100001000000110100101101110001000000111010001101000011001010110100101110010001000000110100001101111011101010111001000100000011011110110011000100000011011100110010101100101011001000000101001011001011011110111010100100000011001100110111101110010011001110110010101110100

and that became

You accumulate debt
You accumulate power
Yet in their hour of need
You forget

trying to figure out who this would apply to
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