Ars Paradoxica - All Codes in One Place

The Message So Far: 

Hello From The Future. Progress Requires Sacrifice Anthony. Good Intentions Mean Squat When You Weaponize Physics. He is from somewhen else. Born Nineteen Ninety, Died Nineteen Forty-Five. Butterfly Syndrome, Cracks in the Surface, Ripples in the Cosmic Pond. Time Will Kill Us All. Sally Can You Hear Me? Beware Escalation. They Wonder Why It Happens, But They Keep Alienating Their Friends. Everyone Around Them Is Crushed. They Might Say It's A Side Effect Of The Job. Everything Is A Choice. Careless Choices Make Misery Inevitable. There Is A Storm Coming. The Rules Are Being Rewritten. They Want To Think They're Above It All, But They're Just Little Fish In A Geopolitical Ocean. What Is The Nature Of War? Is It Solidarity In Opposition? Or the Struggle to End Conflict? When Your Enemies Look Like Friends

01: Hypothesis 

10 16 26 06 18 | 04 20 26 01 | 14 11 03 | 08 06 08 15 21 03
WEATHER: cloudy

Blue method: Vigenere:

• A=01 alphabet for both cipher text: J P Z F R | D T Z A | N K C | H F H O U C
• A=01 for passphrase: CLOUDY
• Solution: Hello From The Future 

02: Blackout

08 12 02 20 16 23 13 06 | 05 03 09 15 22 05 03 11 | 13 14 16 16 01 26 22 16 03 | 19 08 07 21 13 06 19
WEATHER: sunny

Blue method: Vigenere:

• A=01 alphabet for both cipher text: H L B T P W M F | E C I O V E C K | M N P P A Z V P C | S H G U M F S
• A=01 for passphrase: SUNNY
• Solution: Progress Requires Sacrifice Anthony 

03a: Trinity, Act I

03 23 02 07 | 07 10 02 18 17 18 05 23 01 22 | 11 01 09 01 | 22 15 17 09 07
WEATHER: windy

Blue method: Vigenere

• A=01 alphabet for both cipher text: C W B G | G J B R Q R E W A V | K A I A | V O Q I G
• A=01 for passphrase: WINDY
• Solution: Good Intentions Mean Squat

03b: Trinity, Act II

08 11 09 10 | 04 16 24 | 17 19 02 15 04 26 15 03 26 | 03 06 25 10 22 16 21

WEATHER: windy

Red method: Vigenere

• A=26, Z=01 alphabet for cipher text: S P R Q | W K C | J H Y L W A L X A | X U B Q E K F
• A=01 for passphrase: WINDY
• Solution: When You Weaponize Physics

04: Bullet

17 11 | 04 14 | 18 11 10 03 | 20 18 11 24 02 08 08 19 | 19 17 06 11

WEATHER: cloudy

Red method: Vigenere 

• A=26, Z=01 alphabet for cipher text: J P | W M | I P Q X | G I P C Y S S H |  H J U P. 
• A=01 for passphrase CLOUDY
• Solution: He is from somewhen else

05: Midnight

21 22 12 01 | 17 13 05 23 13 19 22 26 | 06 02 21 25 07 02 | 08 26 23 23 | 02 26 26 23 13 12 25 01 | 09 19 09 12 18 | 20 26 08 23

WEATHER: thunderstorms

Blue method: Vigenere

• A=01 alphabet for both cipher text: U V L A | Q M E W M S V Z | F B U Y G B | H Z W W | B Z Z W M L Y A | I S I L R | T Z H W
• A=01 for passphrase: THUNDERSTORMS
• Solution: Born Nineteen Ninety, Died Nineteen Forty-Five 

06: Exile

20 18 01 01 24 04 07 09 22 | 10 23 25 17 03 14 09 08 
WEATHER: foggy

Red method: Vigenere 

• A=26, Z=01 alphabet for cipher text: G I Z Z C W T R E | Q D B J X M R S
• A=01 for passphrase FOGGY
• Solution: Butterfly Syndrome

07: Distraction

21 25 15 25 15 10 | 01 06 | 01 22 01 | 23 12 10 24 08 17 01

WEATHER: showers

Blue method: Vigenere

• A=01 alphabet for both cipher text: U Y O Y O J | A F | A V A | W L J X H Q A
• A=01 for passphrase: SHOWERS
• Solution: Cracks in the Surface

08: Cage

17 11 23 15 11 05 16 | 26 06 | 19 23 18 | 07 20 16 07 04 02 | 07 21 21 05WEATHER: showers

Red method: Vigenere 

• A=26, Z=01 alphabet for cipher text: J P D L P V K | A U | H D I | T G K T W Y | T F F V
• A=01 for passphrase SHOWERS
• Solution: Ripples in the Cosmic Pond

09: Decay

12 16 01 01 | 01 26 04 04 | 18 23 08 16 | 12 11 | 19 19 26 

WEATHER: showers

Blue method: Vigenere

• A=01 alphabet for both cipher text: L P A A | A Z D D | R W H P | L K | S S Z
• A=01 for passphrase: SHOWERS
• Solution: Time Will Kill Us All

10: Consequence, Act I & Act II

06 15 11 15 11 | 22 15 09 | 02 21 04 | 08 18 26 18 | 12 11 
WEATHER: clear

Red method: Vigenere 

• A=26, Z=01 alphabet for cipher text: U L P L P | E L R | Y F W | S I A I | O P
• A=01 for passphrase CLEAR
• Solution: Sally Can You Hear Me

11: Blackroom

20 08 24 20 11 17 | 08 02 18 02 10 12 01 12 14 08 
WEATHER: foggy

Red method: Vigenere 

• A=26, Z=01 alphabet for cipher text: G S C G P J | S Y I Y Q O Z O M S
• A=01 for passphrase: FOGGY
• Solution: Beware Escalation

12: Asset

17 22 16 04 | 19 16 11 18 16 23 | 19 09 22 | 23 05 | 13 23 17 13 19 25 24
WEATHER: cloudy

Green method: Vigenere 

• A=01 alphabet for cipher text: Q V P D | S P K R P W | S I V | W E | M W Q M S Y X
• A=26, Z=01 for passphrase: 24 - 15 - 12 - 06 - 23 - 02. Re-encode A=01: XOLFWB
• Solution: They Wonder Why It Happens

13: Signal

07 25 19 | 11 15 05 10 | 24 15 08 15 | 22 24 26 04 06 12 11 14 22 02 | 15 12 08 22 05 | 04 17 26 15 25 01 04 
WEATHER: showers

Red method: Vigenere 

• A=26, Z=01 alphabet for cipher text: T B H | P L V Q | C L S L | E C A W U O P M E Y | L O S E V | W J A L B Z W
• A=01 for passphrase: SHOWERS
• Solution: But They Keep Alienating Their Friends

14: Anchor

22 22 13 05 23 06 14 13 | 14 16 06 21 22 17 | 18 25 05 21 | 22 17 | 20 18 03 06 06 22 04 

WEATHER: rainy

Blue method: Vigenere

• A=01 alphabet for cipher text: V V M E W F N M | N P F U V Q | R Y E U | V Q | T R C F F V D
• A=01 for passphrase: RAINY
• Solution: Everyone Around Them Is Crushed

>15: Butterfly

23 25 17 21 | 14 12 24 20 16 | 20 04 16 | 21 16 20 | 04 | 10 21 26 06 | 08 23 18 01 04 23 | 06 18 | 16 09 08 | 01 01 24
WEATHER: Windy

Green method: Vigenere 

• A=01 alphabet for cipher text: W Y Q U | N L X T P | T D P | U P T | D | J U Z F | H W R A D W | F R | P I H | A A X
• A=26, Z=01 for passphrase: 04-18-13-23-02. Re-encode A=01: DRMWB
• Solution: They Might Say It's A Side Effect Of The Job

16: Greenhouse

23 15 19 09 11 18 26 02 02 24 | 21 17 | 19 | 22 22 06 21 01 23

WEATHER: Stormy

Blue method: Vigenere

• A=01 alphabet for cipher text: W O S I K R Z B B X | U Q | S | V V F U A W
• A=01 for passphrase: STORMY
• Solution: Everything Is A Choice

17: Plasticity

21 26 09 19 04 04 10 07 | 21 07 06 23 21 04 10 | 01 19 10 22 | 01 01 18 22 06 17 | 08 05 19 14 08 11 15 20 11 22
WEATHER: Hail

Green method: Vigenere 

• A=01 alphabet for cipher text: U Z I S D D J G | U G F W U D J | A S J V | A A R V F Q | H E S N H K O T K V
• A=26, Z=01 for passphrase: 19-26-18-15. Re-encode A=01: SZRO
• Solution: Careless Choices Make Misery Inevitable

18: Boundary

14 12 02 22 19 | 14 17 | 08 | 15 19 21 23 22 | 05 05 20 05 10 16
WEATHER: thunderstorms

Red method: Vigenere 

• A=26, Z=01 alphabet for cipher text: M O Y E H | M J | S | L H F D E | V V G V Q K
• A=01 for passphrase: THUNDERSTORMS
• Solution: There Is A Storm Coming

19: Gumshoe

26 25 05 | 18 24 13 22 21 | 22 02 02 | 08 05 10 11 20 | 22 18 23 15 01 16 25 20 13
WEATHER: Hurricane

Red method: Vigenere 

• A=26, Z=01 alphabet for cipher text: A B V | I C N E F | E Y Y | S V Q P G | E I D L Z K B G N
• A=01 for passphrase: Hurricane
• Solution: The Rules Are Being Rewritten

20: Hitchhiker

26 19 13 11 | 22 23 25 26 | 05 23 | 06 07 05 25 17 | 05 16 17 24 14 16 | 07 13 23 08 04 | 05 05 | 07 23 20 
WEATHER: Tornado

Green method: Vigenere 

• A=01 alphabet for cipher text: Z S M K | V W Y Z | E W | F G E Y Q | E P Q X N P | G M W H D | E E | G W T
• A=26, Z=01 for passphrase: 07-12-09-13-26-23-12. Re-encode A=01: GLIMZWL
• Solution: They Want To Think They're Above It All

21: Jailbreak

24 20 02 | 09 04 04 07 07 01 | 09 03 08 16 | 11 17 09 16 11 13 | 21 05 18 16 
WEATHER: Dark

Green method: Vigenere 

• A=01 alphabet for cipher text: X T B | I D D G G A | I C H P | K Q I P K M | U E R P
• A=26, Z=01 for passphrase: 23-26-09-16. Re-encode A=01: WZIP
• Solution: But They're Just Little Fish

22: Dawn

07 03 | 23 | 07 14 13 05 11 12 18 18 24 25 01 21 | 13 18 01 01 23 
WEATHER: Clear

Yellow method: Vigenere 

• A=01 alphabet for cipher text: G C | W | G N M E K L R R X Y A U | M R A A W
• A=01 for passphrase: CLEAR
• Yellow method is to encode the cipher text, rather than decode - add, rather than subtract, the passphrase.
• Solution: In A Geopolitical Ocean

23: Contact

26 26 21 06 25 13 26 20 15 11 02 17 14 22 11 07 15 02 08 25

WEATHER: Drought

TIME: 5400

Blue (2)  method: Vigenere with a Matrix Twist (there will be a separate walkthrough)

• A=01 alphabet for cipher text: Z Z U F Y M Z T O K B Q N V K G O B H Y
• A=01 for passphrase: STORMY
• Use 5400 as a matrix notation: [5,4] 5 rows, 4 columns (not a railfence, tried that...) the [0,0] would then be another matrix if it were to be added
• Z Z U F 
• Y M Z T 
• O K B Q 
• N V K G
• O B H Y
• Then, read it from top to bottom: ZYONOZMKVBUZBKHFTQGY
• Then, decrypt it using the passphrase: STORMY with a normal Vigenere approach
• Solution: What Is The Nature Of War

24: Dilemma

08 02 28 19 22 28 09 12 11 18 19 16 31 20 40 25 30 41 25 30 38 38 33 28 38 47

Weather: Arid

Markets: Rising

Green (2) method: Increasing subtraction followed by Vigenere (there will be a separate walkthrough)

• Subtract increasing amount from each number, starting with 0: 08 01 26 16 18 23 03 05 03 09 09 05 19 07 26 10 14 24 07 11 18 17 11 05 14 22
• A=01 alphabet for cipher text: H A Z P R W C E C I I E S G Z J N X G K R Q K E N V.
• A=26, Z=01 for passphrase: 26-09-18-23. Re-encode A=01: ZIRW
• Solution: Is It Solidarity In Opposition

25: Absence

08 12 06 26 08 12 26 06 13 10 14 06 (19) 02 12 12 20 16 11 12 21 26 26 17 26 01

WEATHER: humid

This solution intersperses BLUE and YELLOW.  Also note that the transcript is missing a very important 19.

BLUE method

• A=01 alphabet for cipher text: H L F Z H L Z F M J N F B L L T P K L U Z Z Q Z A
• A=01 for passphrase: HUMID

YELLOW method

• A=01 alphabet for cipher text: H L F Z H L Z F M J N F B L L T P K L U Z Z Q Z A 
• A=01 for passphrase: HUMID 
• Yellow method is to encode the cipher text, rather than decode - add, rather than subtract, the passphrase.

Solution: Or the struggle to end conflict

26: Grip

16 01 09 22 | 23 10 25 23 | 14 24 09 20 24 23 13 | 05 01 25 16 | 09 24 04 21 | 11 05 07 09 22 01 15

Weather in Tulsa: TROPICAL

--.- .-- . .-. - -.--

MAGENTA method:

• A=01 alphabet for cipher text. P A I V | W J Y W | N X I T X W M | E A Y P | I X D U | K E G I V A O
• A=26, Z=01 for passphrase. Tropical = 07-09-12-11-18-24-26-15. Re-encode A=01: GILKRXZO
• ENCODE the cipher text, rather than decode - add, rather than subtract, the passphrase. REMEMBER TO SUBTRACT 1 from each when you encode!!! 
• V I T F | N G X K | T F T D O T L | S G G A | S O A T | Y K O T F R L
• Run the encoded text against a Keyed Caesar Cipher alphabet, using the second passphrase as the key text
• Solution: W H E N | Y O U R | E N E M I E S | L O O K | L I K E | F R I E N D S