WTF?

Got an email from an anonymous, telling me he'll reward me if i solve this. Help me please, i'm lost.

"Dear Journal,
It's been ages since the Great War of Two Thouzand, when General Shash unleashed his Triple-A cannons on our fleet. I almost didn't survive that furious onslaught. I had been flying above their hidden base just after Shash had begun his attack. Just as the orange sky gave way to the faint void of twilight, two Marvelous Missiles arced up from the base and curved towards my ship. There was no way those blasts would miss. I threw myself out into the open air as the missiles pounded my ship into a red-hot, twisted piece of scrap metal. Devoid of a parachute, I was worried. Below was a large pile of soft sandbags arranged in a cross, and I prayed that I would not miss my mark. I plowed into the very center of the bags with a near-silent thump, and rolled out onto the ground. Apparently I was in the center of the base and nobody had seen me fall. I pulled out my map and key, which my friend, Emesswurd, had given me before Shash supped him a few years prior. My friend had told me the map and key would unlock the powers dormant within the secret base, but I had no idea what to expect. Peering below at my map and key, I could make no sense of my friend's instructions:

"Hey there Nocturne, here's the map and key. I've encrypted the key in case it falls into the wrong hands -- not even Ariel or Tuhoamuh would be able to crack this baby. Just spread your wings and hope you don't ding yourself up too badly. As for the map, I'm sure you can find a way to straighten it all out:

Key (WD3): hfhfihkliilgggfjiijimggkghhkfhiijfhjlhifi
Map:
iwhfnsd
kektsqf
ohtnuih
fpjxgsy
asinqrk
waolifk
ypreoof

Good luck Nocturne -- you'll need it. Following the correct trail is like playing a sick game of Duck, Duck, Goose over, and over, and over...""

If i was you i would reply with a simple "wut" and ignore it.
Unless you're in the mood for solving.

Jod wrote:

If i was you i would reply with a simple "wut" and ignore it.
Unless you're in the mood for solving.

I'm curious though...

WD3?

That's the only true hint it seems to give. But I have no idea what it could stand for.

read the key and find the first number in the map, maybe numbers say something

POM POMs wrote:

WD3?

That's the only true hint it seems to give. But I have no idea what it could stand for.

WingDing 3. Its a font on MS Word, Hence his friend "Emesswurd" I changed the font to WingDings3 in the Key and it turned to arrows, but idk what to do next...

wtf? oO That's quite random.

I followed the arrows on the map starting from X (x marks the spot) and this is what iv'e got:
thekokwkofkasisfawkkyprolqgiususntkwkikfh
there should be something there...

Jod wrote:

I followed the arrows on the map starting from X (x marks the spot) and this is what iv'e got:
thekokwkofkasisfawkkyprolqgiususntkwkikfh
there should be something there...

well i see "the" but im lost after that... this is a great start

Hey, not to short-hand Jod, but if it helps insert the map and use Jod's method again, and go back over it.

Just to double check.

Yeah i'm pretty sure i made a mistake XD

ntkehehehpasinipsaawpreifrshiqisuntheweko
Reversed:
okewehtnusiqihsrdierpwaaspinisaphehehektn

So this looks like complete gibberish.
There must be something i'm missing in the story, cause the only thing recognizable here is "hehehe".

Jod wrote:

Yeah i'm pretty sure i made a mistake XD

ntkehehehpasinipsaawpreifrshiqisuntheweko
Reversed:
okewehtnusiqihsrdierpwaaspinisaphehehektn

So this looks like complete gibberish.
There must be something i'm missing in the story, cause the only thing recognizable here is "hehehe".

!!!! OMG! I figured it out! thank you so much!

Starting at x <- marks the spot.
"xotkehehehpasinipsaawpreifrshiqisuntheweko"

Play "the sick game of duck duck goose" with this string of letter and pick out all the geese, meaning place the third letter in each duckduckgoose scheme

"theansweristwo"

The answer is two!

I emailed the guy back, he said "congratulations, you've even surprised me there. I did not at all expect you to get that."

And now my DeviantArt account magically has 777 points. lol this is so weird and funny and cool. thanks guys.

SWEET! xD

That's pretty awesome. Quick thinking there Noc and Jod. xD

Hehe, i didn't know what duck duck goose meant.

Wait, i have a deviantart account? I should do stuff with it..