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Sister Christian Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 11/2/2021
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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The initial coordinates are not where the cache is at, but a good place to park. Solve the puzzle for the final coordinates.

When I was growing up, I had one friend in high school with an odd habit. He would sometimes tag a person with a song. I didn't know this when I met him, I just introduced myself and he started singing "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger. You know, as one does. Not everyone got a song, and he didn't always sing it when I was around, but every once in a while, there it was. I'm willing to bet that if I just went by Chris, and not Christian, he wouldn't have bothered to burst into song in the first place. But I was in grades K-12 with another kid named Chris, so it never occurred to me to shorten my name. That'd just be confusing.

(As I typed this, it occurred to me I didn't know any songs about Chris. Out of curiosity, I tried to look up songs about Chris. I got some disappointing results. Not recommended. Moving on.)

I have my suspicions that my old friend is now working as the organist for the Atlanta Braves. Well, either that, or the Braves organist plays the same little musical association game. Although the Braves players of course get to pick their own theme music when they are at bat, the organist will assign a little ditty to visiting players when they are up at the plate.

Sometimes it's a fun game to guess what the song's connection to the batter is. Like, during the 2021 World Series, when Astros player Kyle Tucker was up to bat, they played the chorus to "Heard It In A Love Song" -- by the Marshall Tucker Band. (Get it?!)

But almost invariably, if the batter's first name is Christian, you can bet that you'll hear "Sister Christian" over the loudspeakers for at least one of those at-bats. I guess it's a trap that's easy to fall into. I wish I got paid to monkey around like that, but my life is a tad more mundane.

Oh, yeah. You came here for a puzzle. Sorry about that. Here you go.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Whfg xrrc zbgbevat guebhtu gur grkg vs lbh arrq n uvag, vg vfa'g nyy abafrafr. Pnpur: Urnq uvtu be fb, gjrrg gjrrg?

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)