one of my teachers gave us a code to solve and i am completely stumped. he provided us with the code as well as a couple of hints/recourses that i will add below.

here is the code that need to be decoded

2 I a N E g C % 0 ) d M Y \\ G

(spaces are not included, just making easier to read the separate characters)

he also told us that this -

1 P d L ; \` E e T x > 6 & u L l " \_ y | a X 7

\- + - + - + -.............. - + - + - + - ................+

................+ - + - + - + ............. + - + - + - +

* makes the phrase "buffalo buffalo buffalo" (this is the same as when is written on the paper in the image, periods for spacing cause reddits being weird)

All that was used to create this code was a piece of paper, a qwerty keyboard, and counting.

the code is 2 words (a color and a time)

the code is 15 character including a space and he has confirmed that the space is in the 10th position

this is the piece of paper he used to create the buffalo clue (attached to the post)

i don't even need the whole answer but at least a place to start.