Persik
★ PERSIK ★
A cipher lies before you, traveller.

The words are scrambled... but the answer is not hidden in the letters themselves.

The KEY is my name.

Use it wisely.
— CHALLENGE I: DECODE THE TEXT —
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Kzm oahvja gwmjhmbth kzid ilv cmi lej gtntv kzix ilv lpbdrv abctpw--lpki mk zin qivf arptvv nbdq r xivaie kbkg eev jyjru lw dwi sdwys sw zmb amew. Lott swvopxy lpo gsfla yu xyw uyjrksqxh prq brt eeuqocx kjmkhyiw: vyi qvjmvn kfdl yg nvomvh, fll i zdavj brpx tgcvs enssoc xyw tkch fj cxbebw qd. P krlm yu eeuqocx jlwxt klsznth zl, aoppvv ji bexak dwek oweah egb ixicv by hxiwvqil fj adtic. Gvvn xyw kbnwkst utc tgcvs xljv gxxyav siw yalntr cgku, pru gvvn aywv dwi jskbth gsaclsiv--Aeeiiuivxjisosamjlqmtbgaivxhfuqyjw--nsa cesbwv gxxygcd uirj eyjpu lpo vekw jovme lw cimi.

Lpyjky kpo lej qweck, ywz qpdv uibgmvv brt wkatvcijk wp hsdwwxt ayg sxdaj vmcimeq qc lekupsck. Vskr senf art afmtn rpzej dwi yaortwk lwgtv rfl rdpu lpo rvpkbka ovq by ilv kcx, hgrlbogmey xbxwdk imgsjk brt wbq tszi jatocx gjwwxwvk. Ixs wyw sxta kzid llvf brt qfmvdpmek bbtqsdmn pru lpo hitjmd eekza yeiewl ki prkb, cwi ngcvs hvkkoch zfby ilv wibil'j gtntwk upkbfvj, azteb lpo xqggacxfcw eygh, rfl ntgzvm gwikzmb ilv svmxiel bbtejmzo lsldl btqrav k aixwvn--dv swkybi kzm ppxv gn dwi ngzvs.
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