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KYOKO KIRIGIRI ✦ DANGAN RONPA
RESIDENCE ✦ Residency
GEMBOND ✦ Amethyst

"You've got that wrong. This number, that is."

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[freshprints]

You got me a substitution cypher for the occasion? You really are top-notch.

[And it's with an unusually indulgent bit of glee that she sits down to look over the birthday riddle she's been presented with, already mentally rubbing her gloved hands together in preparation for setting to her puzzle. If she really wanted to longhand it, there are a few telltale clues that would give away certain letters right from the start — the fact that most likely letter to stand alone, immediately followed by an apostrophe, would be I (appearing in the cypher twice as an O, most likely), or the frequency of the letter K appearing in the cypher both in pairs (ykk) and as the second and fourth letters of a four-letter word (nkxk) means it's probably an E. From there she could start making guesses, plugging in other ideas — the letter combination "EUA" appears four times in a relatively short message, and once as an "EUAX", and the letter represented by E also appears frequently at the end of words, which rules out most consonants, and if E is already the letter K then the three-letter word probably isn't "THE" —

That's how she could solve it. If she wanted.

But there's a riddle there, too, and it just wouldn't feel right if she didn't solve the whole of it, so she considers. Today's date is the sixth, of course; that much is easy. And if it's okay to be negative...

Whimsically, she starts at the letter O, and counts backwards — negative — six spaces in the alphabet. N, M, L, K, J...I.

Well, well.

But the real gift isn't the fun of solving the puzzle, no matter how much of a thrill she gets out of it. It's at seeing the words underneath appear one by one, like a jigsaw puzzle coming into focus, and —

Oh.]

nuc jgxk eua sgqk sk ysork roqk znoy, eua nuxxohrk hue.

[snaphappy]

you figured it out!!!
damn, i'll have to do a harder one next time...

but i'm glad too 💖

[freshprints]

Did you really think I wouldn't?

That message you wrote didn't strike me as one you really wanted kept secret. 😊

[snaphappy]

okay, you caught me
maybe i was really hoping you'd find out
maybe really hoping you'd smile too

[freshprints]

Mission accomplished on all counts.

It's a shame you weren't here to see my smile, and a picture wouldn't do it justice. I'll just have to make it up to you somehow.

[snaphappy]

when do i get to see you smile next?

[freshprints]

You'll just have to use deductive reasoning.

But you are taking me out tonight, aren't you?

[snaphappy]

of course i am ❤️
still coming for cake, too, if that's ok

[freshprints]

Naturally. I'm expecting it to be fairly extravagant. Abbacchio has a habit of overdoing it when it comes to things that involve me.

But you know that better than anyone, don't you? 😉

[snaphappy]

definitely 😅
but in this case, you definitely deserve it~