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Nine Lives (KPC2022) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not located at the given coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to determine the actual coordinates of the cache.

My wife, Traveling Ladybug, gave me this drink container as a present (to use as a geocache) because she didn't really want to throw it away, but she didn't have any good use for it. She has a lot of friends. Most of whom I don't recognize. But the kawai style should be familiar to most.

                           



You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Special Notes about the 2022 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party, if one even happens in 2023, as we haven't had one for the past two years). The real challenge is to see whether I can even figure out how to create a new puzzle each month this year! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's puzzle: I removed a step from the original puzzle idea because I just waited too long to start working on creating it and ran out of time. I guess maybe some of you will be happy for that.


First To Solve: ddlatham (46 minutes)
First To Log: ddlatham (186 minutes)
Named pre-hint solvers: 5
Pre-hint finds logged: 22
KPC2022 Solvers Scoreboard
KPC2022 Finders Scoreboard
Previous KPC Puzzle: Primero de Mayo (KPC2022)
Next KPC Puzzle: Enjoy Life Every Day (KPC2022)
Final Exam: KPC2022 Final Exam

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint added June 15th.] Gel chggvat gurz bagb n jnyy pnyraqne.

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)