# Magically Delicious ![badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/Post%20CTF-Writeup-success)> 100 points > Solved by r3yc0n1c
## Description> Can you help me decipher this message? > ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?⭐ ?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?⭐ ⭐?? ?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?⭐ ⭐?? ⭐?? ?? ⭐?⭐ ⭐?? ?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?⭐ ⭐?? ⭐?? ?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐??>> Note: If you don't see a message above, make sure your browser can render emojis. > Tip: If you're digging into the unicode encoding of the emojis, you're on the wrong track!
## Solution###  Encription* **ASCII** -> **Octal Number** -> **Each Digit** -> **Emoji**### Decryption* **Emoji** -> **Octal Digit** -> **Octal Number** -> **Emoji**
### Script - [emojidecoder.py](emojidecoder.py)```pyfrom itertools import *
cipher = "⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?⭐ ?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?⭐ ⭐?? ?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?⭐ ⭐?? ⭐?? ?? ⭐?⭐ ⭐?? ?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?⭐ ⭐?? ⭐?? ?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐?? ⭐??".split(' ')
"""Brute-force these emojis for the correct octal code?,?,? : (0,2,4)"""
def breakit(emap):	flag = ''	for chunk in cipher:		octcode = ''							for emoji in chunk:			octcode += emap[emoji]		flag += chr(int(octcode, 8))	# octal code to ASCII i.e., 163 = 's'	print(flag)
def makeit():	emomap = {	'⭐' : '1',	'?' : '6',	'?' : '3',	'?' : '5',	'?' : '7'	}
	# permutations of emoji and relative numbers	numperms = permutations(['0','2','4'])	emo = ['?','?','?']
	for nums in numperms:		temp = {}		for i in range(len(nums)):			temp[emo[i]]=nums[i]		emomap.update(temp)		# try to break it with every possible emoji-maps		breakit(emomap)
if __name__ == '__main__':	makeit()```### Output```zsh┌──(root ? kali)-[~/Downloads/sun]└─# python3 emojidecoder.py sun{huCky-oCpAh-EnCo@inG-is-pjE-DEsp-EnCo@inG-mEpjo@}sun{huCky-oCpAh-EnCo@inG-is-plE-BEsp-EnCo@inG-mEplo@}sun{juSky-oSrQj-UnSoRinW-is-rhU-TUsr-UnSoRinW-mUrhoR}sun{juSky-oSrQj-UnSoRinW-is-rlU-PUsr-UnSoRinW-mUrloR}sun{lucky-octal-encoding-is-the-best-encoding-method}sun{lucky-octal-encoding-is-tje-`est-encoding-metjod}```## Flag> **sun{lucky-octal-encoding-is-the-best-encoding-method}**