Journal 29 Hints & Tips

Tallis wrote:Below are the first two hints to solving this page.

Spoiler!

1) Know that the text itself--while excellent prose-- is not part of the solution per se. Individual letters found in individual words in the text are essential to solving the riddle however.

2) This is an Arnold cipher, where you construct new words or phrases from certain letters scattered throughout the text. The key to knowing which letters to use is found in the number code at the bottom. Ultimately, the answer is a six letter word (gotten using the six 3-number combinations).

Werepyrowolf wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 9:38 pm

Spoiler!

I’ve decoded the string of digits and gotten the answer. The only thing that’s bugging me is how you’re supposed to work out that it’s an Arnold cipher. Can anyone explain? Thanks in advance.