Okay. So the origional 'alpha' cipher looked like this.
Originally posted by Static Sky
ALPHA
KILTIVHH ZH HFXS
RH YVHG NVZHFIVW
YB KVIHKVXGREV DSVIV
IVUOVXGRLMH LU GSV KZHG
YVGIZB GSV WRHGZMXV
UILN GSVIV GL SVIV
In the second group of letters, you may notice GSV stands out. Third group in the first line, second group in the second line and 3 of 5 letters in
the second group on the third line. This is a 'tell'. A group of letters that all but insist that this is a 'substitution' code. A 3 letter word
that's used in 2 sentances and also serves as a half of another word. So we think....and?....but?....who?....can?....the?....
Can't think of too many words that are 5 letters long and start with 'and', and have the 5th and last letter in the word repeating what the 3rd
letter was. (As you'll notice 'V' is the 3rd and also the 5th of 5 letters in the word in the origional cipher). Doesn't seem to wotk for 'but'
either. Nor 'who'. 'Can' could then only be 'canon'. But 'the', could be 'there', 'these' or 'theme'. My money is on 'the'. So we know
3 letters and some sentence structure. It does unravel from there.
This example is the 'brute force' or 'shotgun' technique. Finding the 'Key' I used to write this. You would get it through successfully solving
it through the shotgun method or by luckily guessing (read: trial and error). If you charted the substitution letters, you would be able to work it
out to this....
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M,
Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S, R, Q, P, O, N (This is the 'Key' to the 'alpha' cipher).
Each letter in the top row is the substitution for the letter right under it, in the bottom row, and vice versa. Using the alphabet like a mirror, you
see? This is why the allusion to a mirror. anyways, pretty simple, right? 1 is subbed for 26, 2 for 25, 3 for 24 and so on.
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