Ladies and Gentleman, TheJourney has begun again. This time the website is active.
Let's start.
(The image is from the previous version, use only the link in the subject)
where can I find previous threads?
Got a happy beginning?
>>17063900
The threads were archived.
The original thread was pruned.
I found something:
If you Increase the exposure on photoshop you'll get this
imgur.com/a/i5rHX
>>17063811
Oh, I forgot:
DO NOT USE FUZZING TOOLS!
>>17064054
That doesn't help.
Please help, could it be a qr code if distorted?
>>17064172
Dunno.
Newfag here, what is this? What are you supposed to do when you get to the site? It's an image, it's non-interactive.
>>17064249
Type the solution you get as the URL, between "/" and ".html"
If it's correct, you'll see another image.
This is a sort of puzzle game, there are hidden help in the photo that you should use to find the text to put after "http://thejourney.eu.pn/"
For the first page is "a_happy_beginning.html" but i'm stuck into this page.
I have no idea what i'm doing haha. Has anyone got past "A happy beginning"?
>>17064319
Nop
>>17064319
we tried for 4 hours and no answer lol
>>17064322
I stumbled upon "http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"
But, no idea what i'm doing. Mentions something about Jim Driscoll.
Could it have to do with Anno 2070? I just googled "Every Ending Needs a Beginning" and it brought up the track from that game.
If you want to join us on the research:
Enter in our IRC chat:
Channel: #thejourney
>>17063811
At the bottom of the image on the page with the "Every ending needs a beginning" There's a weird thing, what is that?
>>17065538
That's our only clue. We tried decoding it as morse but the lines are of different lenght so nothing...
If you're asking me the solution:
I haven't got a clue.
>>17066340
*ain't got a clue
>>17065617
-|.--|--|-.|-.|-|..-|.|.|-.|-.|.--|.-|..
T W M N N T U E E N N W A I
http://thejourney.eu.pn/notes/
vs.
http://thejourney.eu.pn/nsa/
>>17066738
Which anagrammed makes?
>>17066760
What am I supposed to do with these?
>>17066760
How did you find these links?
>>17066817
Also, neither of them lead to anything real, the second one in specific is down.
>>17063933
What would be the point in pruning a TheJourney thread, though?
>>17066819
Dunno, maybe /b/ mods are shitheads.
>>17066763
> Which anagrammed makes?
Nothing I could find. Could be obfuscated morse. Checking if length of dashes is a code.
> What am I supposed to do with these?
>>17066817
> How did you find these links?
The /notes/ directory is from the previous site which is now down.
thejourney.co.nf/notes/f403.php
The 2 directories show different behavior: The /nsa/ directory does not exist. The /notes/ directory seems to exist, but an index file is misconfigured.
So probably the entire site was copied from the old hosting to the new hosting, changing a few filenames or something.
At least there is a continuation with the previous game, perhaps hints from old game carries over.
>>17066738
Maybe is not morse.
Try raising the exposure in Photoshop, then stretch it upwards. Maybe is a PDF417 barcode.
![jpeg_artifacts[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/XdW38hx.png "jpeg_artifacts[1].png")
>>17066865
Could be. But I'd like to see lossless images for that, not lossy .jpeg's. The filesize implies compression, so these are standard jpeg artifacts (to me).
>>17066865
Ahh you mean the code itself, yes, that could be a barcode, but you already tried scanning that no?
The Exif shows Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows) and 60% quality. This probably rules out much image tricks. There are some ID's in the exif, but probably nothing.
XMP
XMP Toolkit Adobe XMP Core 5.3-c011 66.145661, 2012/02/06-14:56:27
Creator Tool Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Instance ID xmp.iid:DF32DC089E6711E5B8608CA653E9F1AF
Document ID xmp.did:DF32DC099E6711E5B8608CA653E9F1AF
Derived From Instance ID xmp.iid:DF32DC069E6711E5B8608CA653E9F1AF
Derived From Document ID xmp.did:DF32DC079E6711E5B8608CA653E9F1AF
APP14
DCT Encode Version 100
APP14 Flags 0 [14], Encoded with Blend=1 downsampling
APP14 Flags 1 (none)
Color Transform YCbCr
Ducky
Quality 60%
File — basic information derived from the file.
File Type JPEG
MIME Type image/jpeg
Exif Byte Order Little-endian (Intel, II)
Encoding Process Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample 8
Color Components 3
File Size 28 kB
File Type Extension jpg
Image Size 1,000 × 1,000
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling YCbCr4:4:4 (1 1)
Composite
This block of data is computed based upon other items. Some of it may be wildly incorrect, especially if the image has been resized.
Megapixels 1.0
"a happy ending" perhaps carries some meaning.
>>17066907
Didn't try nothing.
>>17066922
It looks like you are onto something though.
Anyone have the format for decoding these?
>>17066931
Try online scanners.
>>17066931
But first invert the colors.
>>17066931
Could that be a spectrograph?
>>17066939
Tried it, but not detected as 1D barcode.
Hmmm, I get the urge to horizontally mirror the image, given the "beginning is the end" talk.
>>17066945
tried this, didn't work
![ITF-14[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/vVqcvbk.png "ITF-14[1].png")
ITF-14 1D barcodes for reference.
http://thejourney.eu.pn/another_time.html
>>17067163
HOW THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT?
High exposure and ascii
http://imgur.com/a/i5rHX
>>17067177
Ascii? It didn't contain numbers!
ab_fnyingvba
from a caesarian shift of 13
no_salvation
"gsoyab
ab_fnyingvba
PBH E.R YOD
NVG JIZ LPX
MCW FQA SUK"
"tfblno
no_salvation
COU R.E LBQ
AIT WVM YCK
ZPJ SDN FHX"
>>17067191
No Salvation didn't work.
>>17067195
no shit
>>17067163
Anon, how did you get to that solution?
![wnelwx[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/WVHmy8c.jpg "wnelwx[1].jpg")
>>17067209
Félix Marie Delastelle (1840–1902) was a Frenchman most famous for his invention of several systems of polygraphic substitution ciphers including the bifid, trifid, and the four-square ciphers.
David Kahn wrote that "Delastelle invented a fractionating system of considerable importance in cryptology."[1] This was the bifid cipher, which combined fractionation with transposition as opposed to substitution, as was done by Pliny Chase in 1859. The first presentation of the bifid appeared in the French Revue du Génie civil in 1895 under the name of cryptographie nouvelle.
Delastelle's work on the four-square cipher was published in a book in 1902, and was a variant on the earlier Playfair cipher. Delastelle may have been unaware of Playfair, but he had read of the fractionating cipher described by Pliny Chase in 1859.
There are few biographical details. Félix-Marie's father, a master mariner, was lost at sea in 1843. Félix attended the College of Saint-Malo until 1860. After leaving school, he worked in the local port, as a bonded warehouseman, for forty years, and pursued his interest in amateur cryptography as a hobby.
Following his retirement in 1900, he rented a single room in a holiday hotel where he wrote a 150 page book Traité Élémentaire de Cryptographie which he completed in May 1901. On hearing news of his brother's sudden death, he collapsed and died in April 1902. His book appeared three months later, published by Gauthier-Villars of Paris.
Delastelle is unusual for being an amateur cryptographer at a time when significant contributions to the subject were made by professional soldiers, diplomats and academics.
>>17067163
This is like the third time I'm asking it to you:
How did you get to the solution?
wnelwx
tfblno
gsoyab
3x3 Polybius square
Bifid Cipher
>>17067191
COU R.E LBQ
AIT WVM YCK
ZPJ SDN FHX"
Where is this?
>>17067289
Trifid Cipher
>>17067289
Don't mind the name of the photos.
It's not useful.
>>17067302
6 random characters for each as message? Don't know much about this. Anyone having a crack at this (collectively)?
>>17067163
HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GET IT REPLY YOU ARE DRIVING ME FUCKING CRAZY
>>17067362
I got the solution.
Raise the exposure of the morse.
The black dots of that rectangle are 0, the white ones are 1.
Then ASCII.
Guys, here's the solution of that shit with the 3 squares of letters:
Trifid Cipher with period 5.
I've just made it to the stand-by.
But not the end of thy game.
'Tis just the first phase.
NEWS FLASH: Maybe the game isn't over.
Guys, the game isn't over.
We are just scratching the surface.
Here we go again. The website is on again after a pause.
Come in the IRC
kiwiirc .com
Channel: #thejourney
Bump, we need help
>>17066941
I used a scanner on my phone and it apparently says „7260101688733”.
>>17067209
How did you get this?
>>17069971
i dont even know how to join that with a client
Bump, we REALLY need help.
Another hour passes by, no clicks, likes, views or comments
Also bumps
>>17074256
Caesarian Shift of 13.
>>17074260
Choose a nickname, then, in the channel, enter "#thejourney"
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Join us:
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