View source for ARG:See Me Say Me

{{ARG Spoiler}}
As this is the beginning of Phase 2, the first task is to actually find the trailhead. Entering the code does that has been found at the end of Phase 1 does something more than translating the [[Guardian Glyphs]].

== Finding the Trailhead ==
When you type the code into the game, it drops a new file next to your save file, wherever that happens to be. This file can be found at the following locations:
* '''Windows:''' <code>%LOCALAPPDATA%\Heartbound\SeeMeSayMe.thor</code>
* '''Linux:''' <code>~/.config/Heartbound/SeeMeSayMe.thor</code>
* '''Mac:''' <code>~/Library/Application Support/com.piratesoftware.heartbound/SeeMeSayMe.thor</code>

== File Encoding ==
<code>SeeMeSayMe.thor</code> won't render with any normal program. It's encoded. Fortunately the encoding is an easy one. The double-equals ('''==''') at the end is a dead-giveaway.

There are many ways to decode such files and one of them is [https://codebeautify.org/base64-to-image-converter the online Base64 to image converter,] in which you will have to paste the file contents and it will decode the file to an image. Make sure you don't have to copy-paste the result. That will almost certainly corrupt the resulting file. Find a place where you can download the resulting file.

== Play Rude ==
[[File:Playfair arg.png|center|640px|Decoded SeeMeSayMe.thor]]
This puzzle is a reprise of an earlier puzzle Thor wrote: [https://www.potatopla.net/crypto/challenges/17/ Play Rude]

The name is a reference to the [[wikipedia:Playfair cipher|Playfair Cipher]]. However, unlike regular Playfair, which has one or two tableaus, this is a [[wikipedia:Four-square cipher|Four-square cipher]].

As if that wasn't obscure enough, we don't have a normal cipher text. Instead we have clusters like '''NNIII'''. To decode that, we have to look for '''N''' in square 2, and '''I''' in square 3, and cross-reference to get '''DI'''.

Grid reference:
 12
 34
Which gives us the string: '''DI AN RF KL SU IE DN EC RE'''

If rendered vertically, like the Play Rude puzzle suggests:
 DI
 AN
 RF
 KL
 SU
 IE
 DN
 EC
 RE
You`ll get "''DARKSIDERINFLUENCE''". Since this is Phase 2, and we're starting over, put that right in the URL right after "''Heartbound/''", and you'll get the [[ARG:Pact|Pact]] page.

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