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Vigenère Puzzle (Crypto/Programming)

This is a hacking challenge i made for https://discord.gg/hts.

Backstory

Network Security Sam's sister, Vigenère Valary, is fascinated by encryption. As her name suggests, her favorite one is the Vigenère Cipher. However, she isn't aware of it's weaknesses just yet. Can you decode her secret message?

Do this

encrypted.txt contains a standard english text, encoded using Vigenère with an unknown key. All characters except [a-z] have been removed or converted to lowercase. Recover the key used to encrypt the text as well as cleartext. DM the key to Wuelle#9958, extra points if you also guess Valaries favorite Scifi-series.

Don't do this

There are online tools that will solve this puzzle within seconds. They are boring, don't use them. Go make your own tools instead.

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