NSFest — Is spring! Which fluffiness you like most? [CLOSED]

[Stratonesia]

It's spring! Which fuzzy fluffiness do you like most?
Thread closes on 23. April, 2024, 12:00 A.M. ICT

Reasons are optional!

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NSFest's Vigenère cipher challenge
(it's pronounced veezh-NAIR)

• Find the three keywords here:

  Whether the prospect of walking until their legs fell off was supposed to be a selling point seemed a tad far fetched, but to these soldiers which had spent so long locked inside metal cigars it did illicit many a cheer. And so the Major pressed on. "Every one of you knows the pain and uncertainty this land is facing. Some of us know the shame of exile, having fled the very home you loved, maybe swore to protect. Others of you know fear in occupation and life under a foreign, extractive boot. In this, you understand, better than any other, what the nation of Sylvaria lives through now. Yet you also know how this ends! You are the ones who never stopped believing in the King's return and fought every day to make it possible. You are the ones who answered the Crown's call to cross that border and drive the enemy from our shores. And you are the ones who answer again, when this nation suffers as we once did, to travel half way around the world with little more than the rucks on your backs and the King's will in your hearts!"

  Source: Sylvarian Civil War
• Message:

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• Useful notes:
  • The enciphered message is divided into 3 colour-coded sections. To decipher the message, you'll need to find 3 keywords which are also colour-coded and decipher each section using a keyword with the corresponding colour.
  • Each keyword must be stripped of characters that are not part of the alphabet (i.e. digits, symbols and whitespaces).

And as always, whoever deciphers the message first will receive 3 trading cards from... ME!

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NSFest's Kakuro Challenge
The new mainstay of NSFest

Checkpoints

SPRINGFESTTTT FRYE LOOKS SO CUTE I swear to god this better be a frye win squid sisters April fools prank gone silly Frye and her li'l, totally not extinct, bun-bun. This is my cherished memory from Splatoon1 Still the cutest winning animation in splatoon ever !!! This is another memory of my first visit to an event in Splatoon1 booted up splat 1 today and immediately got whiplash side order feels longer than usual this should have been the 4/20 weekend splatfest I'm getting his haircut soon LETS GO BUN SWEEP Frye might win this time... Happy Callie Day!! For this absolute ray of sunshine!! Which fuzzy, fluffy friend are you cuddling up to this Springfest? betcha never expected to see Luz Noceda splatoon dancing Bunny Marie is here to start the springfest! Cute, but not so Cuddly! COME ON FRYE!!! I'LL DRAW YOU IF YOU WIN!!! im officially done with frye

[Ineva]

-snip-

I think I solved the kakuro puzzle!

R1, C1: 8
R1, C2: 1
R2, C1: 9
R2, C2: 4
R2, C3: 7
R2, C4: 8
R3, C1: 4
R3, C2: 2
R3, C3: 3
R3, C4: 1
R4, C3: 9
R4, C4: 7

[Stratonesia]

-snip-

I think I solved the kakuro puzzle!

R1, C1: 8
R1, C2: 1
R2, C1: 9
R2, C2: 4
R2, C3: 7
R2, C4: 8
R3, C1: 4
R3, C2: 2
R3, C3: 3
R3, C4: 1
R4, C3: 9
R4, C4: 7

[Ineva]

I think I solved the kakuro puzzle!

R1, C1: 8
R1, C2: 1
R2, C1: 9
R2, C2: 4
R2, C3: 7
R2, C4: 8
R3, C1: 4
R3, C2: 2
R3, C3: 3
R3, C4: 1
R4, C3: 9
R4, C4: 7

All cards received. Many thanks!

[New Temecula]

Baby chicks! There is no competition! They are so soft and fluffy! I WANT TO HOLD ONE THIS INSTANT!

[Stratonesia]

Baby chicks! There is no competition! They are so soft and fluffy! I WANT TO HOLD ONE THIS INSTANT!

And you will, my friend.

[Stratonesia]

Checkpoint #1
SPRINGFESTTTT FRYE LOOKS SO CUTE

Baby Chicks	Li'l Bunnies	Bear Cubs	None of the above All Unsure
New Temecula
100%	0%	0%	0%

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[The Web Citadel]

shout out sarkaa for using reimu as a profile picture

my vote goes towards bunnies

[Cerespasia]

Bunnies, because as far as I'm aware, pet rabbits won't scamper away in fear so easily like their wild counterparts, the hare.

Also because I just lub bnuuys. AWWW THE SCRUNKLY~

[Naui Tu]

Cubs since teddy bears are the best toy to ever exist, and cubs are the alive equivalent of it.

[Stratonesia]

Checkpoint #2
I swear to god this better be a frye win

Baby Chicks	Li'l Bunnies	Bear Cubs	None of the above All Unsure
New Temecula	Cerespasia, The Web Citadel	NaUi Tu
25%	50%	25%	0%

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[Ineva]

I'll join NaUi Tu in voting for bear cubs.

[New Crywyzyxycynya]

Baby chicks are superb. The little pip sounds they make~!

[Stratonesia]

Checkpoint #3
squid sisters April fools prank gone silly

Baby Chicks	Li'l Bunnies	Bear Cubs	None of the above All Unsure
New Crywyzyxycynya New Temecula	Cerespasia, The Web Citadel	Ineva, NaUi Tu
33.3333...%	33.3333...%	33.3333...%	0%

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[East Leaf Republic]

Li'l Bunnies are the fluffiest and cutest creatures on Earth. And no one should disagree with me, neither can they. I once had one in my backyard, which ran away somewhere.

[Cerespasia]

Li'l Bunnies are the fluffiest and cutest creatures on Earth. And no one should disagree with me, neither can they. I once had one in my backyard, which ran away somewhere.

Go team bunnies! All hail the Leporidae!

[Rusrunia]

Bear Cubs for the win

[Rusrunia]

Rather than 33.333...%, you could try 33.̅3 (or 33.3̅) (bar notation) indicating that it'll just say the same thing over and over. Or you could just say it's 33.3, no biggie.

Then again, I'm stupid at math. The national exam last week I never got into.

[Socialistic Britain]

I'd go bear cubs, won't lie. chicks and rabbits are nice and all, but what can beat a bear cub? just look at them!

[Naui Tu]

(Image)
Checkpoint #3
squid sisters April fools prank gone silly

Baby Chicks	Li'l Bunnies	Bear Cubs	None of the above All Unsure
New Crywyzyxycynya New Temecula	Cerespasia, The Web Citadel	Ineva, NaUi Tu
33.3333...%	33.3333...%	33.3333...%	0%

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(Image)

Just to note I still technically have my April Fools name, so edit it as "Naui Tu" instead of "NaUi Tu"

Oh yeah also is that their own X

[Stratonesia]

(Image)
Checkpoint #3
squid sisters April fools prank gone silly

Baby Chicks	Li'l Bunnies	Bear Cubs	None of the above All Unsure
New Crywyzyxycynya New Temecula	Cerespasia, The Web Citadel	Ineva, NaUi Tu
33.3333...%	33.3333...%	33.3333...%	0%

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(Image)

Just to note I still technically have my April Fools name, so edit it as "Naui Tu" instead of "NaUi Tu"

Oh yeah also is that their own X

In the World of Stratonesia, at least, yes. Except that their character limit for each post is 1000 instead of 280...

[Stratonesia]

Checkpoint #4
Frye and her li'l, totally not extinct, bun-bun.

Baby Chicks	Li'l Bunnies	Bear Cubs	None of the above All Unsure
New Crywyzyxycynya New Temecula	Cerespasia, The Leaf Republic, The Web Citadel	Ineva, Naui Tu, Rusrunia, Socialistic Britain
22%	33%	45%	0%

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[Stratonesia]

Checkpoint #5
This is my cherished memory from Splatoon1

Baby Chicks	Li'l Bunnies	Bear Cubs	None of the above All Unsure
New Crywyzyxycynya New Temecula	Cerespasia, The Leaf Republic, The Web Citadel	Ineva, Naui Tu, Rusrunia, Socialistic Britain
22%	33%	45%	0%

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[Japan2662]

No

[Stratonesia]

No