Paper Secrets Society: The Cipher Dispatch

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🔍 Intelligence Report No. 27

From the desk of the Paper Secrets Society, a curious transmission has been intercepted—strange symbols, cryptic riddles, and suspiciously clever codes. We suspect this is no ordinary note—it’s a cipher, waiting to be cracked.

For this swap, you’ll become both agent and archivist. Your mission: create a cipher, puzzle, or secret message for your partner. It might be beautifully hand-illustrated, constructed with collage, or crafted in the format of a strange letter, a tiny zine, a scroll, or even a coded ATC. This is a celebration of secrets, and the more mysterious, the better. Let your creativity take the lead—but make sure your puzzle is solvable! Include the answer key or decoding instructions either within the envelope (sealed if you like) or as a separate note.

🧩 Your cipher could take many forms:

• A substitution or symbol-based cipher

• A riddle or visual puzzle

• A scavenger-style paper trail (on a single page)

• Something weird you invented yourself!

✏️ No computer-generated puzzles unless you’ve added your own personal artistic touch! Handmade or hand-altered preferred. You are welcome to print the answer key from the web if you are using an established cypher (like the pig pen cypher in the pic above).

💡 Looking for inspiration? A coded note from a lost explorer, A secret spell scroll with hidden meanings, A spy dossier tucked inside a folded map

Swap Requirements

🕵️ Send your partner one handmade cipher or puzzle (can be flat or dimensional, just keep postage in mind)

🔐 Include the solution or key, separate or sealed

🎨 This is not profile-based, so get weird with it!

Eligibility

⭐ Must have a 4.9 rating or above, no recent 1's or 3's

📌 I check all profiles before assigning partners

🕯️ If you have concerns about someone, message me!

Ratings

📬 Please rate upon receiving—no one likes mysteries left unsolved!

✅ Rate based on Swap-Bot Official Rules

5️⃣ If you receive a cipher and the key, sent on time, even if it stumped you for a week, it's a 5!