#!/usr/bin/perl
$|++;
sub v {
(!($,-=(1-$|*2))or$,>42)and$|--;$_="@_";
s.\W..g?$..=$_.$ ":(print$" x$,.$..$/) &&& v
}
v"This~program~contains~more~than~one~message~~See~i~~__f~you~can~loca
+te~all"
^"rNOUXPTIGRGK^CIHRGIHUXKITE^THGHXINEXKESUGGEXXuCEXOXXyyFX_OUXEAHXJIEA
+RCXGJL";
v"~of~them~~The~message~you~are~reading~at~this~very~moment~is~already
+~one~o"
^"^OFXRHCK^^rNEXKESUGGEX_OU^ARCXREGBIHA^ARXTNOS^PCRYXKOMEHR^IUXAJTEADY
+XINEXI";
v"f~them~~So~VER_~_Y~good~~~That~is~one~message~you~have~__~___found~~
+I_f~yo"
^"F^TNCMXXsOXperyXyy^GOIB^^^tHGRXOUXOHCXMCUSGAE^_IU^NGVE^yyXyyyFISHB^^
+oyF^_I";
v"u~ru~n~the ~progr_am~ you~will~find~yet~another~message~~And~I~would
+~bet~a"
^"U^RS4NXRHEUXPROGT,GM^T_OU^WIJJ^FOHDX_ERXGNIRHETXMEUUAGEXXaNBXiXQOULD
+XDCR^A";
v"nyone~could~have~~_figured~that~out~~for~themselves~~But~what~is~the
+~third"
^"H_OHC^EIULBXHGPE^XyFIASRED^TNGT^ISTXXFOTXTNCMSCJVEUX^bURXWHGR^OU^THE
+XRHOTD";
v"~message~I~wonder~~Well~for~t_hat~y ou~will~h ave~t!o~inspec=t~!the~
+#progr"
^"^KCUSAGCXoXWONBCTX^wEJJ^FOR^R>HARXYNIU^QOLLXNOGVE^RUO^IHUPEEUTXDRNC^
+QVROAT";
v"am~a~different~way~which~I~will~leave~up~to~you~to~figure~out~~I~wil
+l~give"
^"AM^A^DIFFERENT^WAY^WHICH^i^WILL^LEAVE^UP^TO^YOU^TO^FIGURE^OUT^^i^WIL
+L^GIVE";
v"~you~one~clue~however~~Think~about~how~what~you~would~do~i~_~_f~you~
+wanted"
^"^_ISXINEXEJSC^NIQCPERXXtHINK^GDOURXHOQXQNAT^_ISXWOSJD^BI^OXyXyFX_ISX
+WANTED";
v"~#to~unra=vel~a~pa_rt*icularly~tricky~ob~~fuscation~~Perhaps~one~far
+~more~"
^"^sRO^SHRGXVEL^GXPA-TTFOCULARL_XTROEK_XOBXXFSUCAROOHX^vCRHGVS^ONCXFAT
+XMORE^";
v"sophisticated~than~this~but~still~containing~a~bunch~of~complicated~
+Perl~t"
^"SIVHIURIEGRCD^RNGHXTHOU^BUT^SROJJXEOHRGOHONAXA^BUNENXIF^CIKVJICGREDX
+vERL^T";
v"ricks~and~methods~of~deception!~well~bey_on=d~the~i magin+ation~o#~f
+~all~b"
^"ROEMUXANBXMETHIBUXOF^BCCEPTIOHI^WCJLXDEY>IN^B^THE^OKKGGINNGTIONXIQXF
+^ALL^B";
v"ut~the~most~master~ful~of~Perl~wi~~zards~~So~put~on~your~thinking~ca
+p~as~I"
^"URXTHE^MIUT^MAURETXFUJXOF^pERJXWIXXZGTDSXXsIXPURXOHXYISR^RNINKIHA^EG
+P^AS^i";
v"~am~confident~you~will~discover~the~third~message~~~GOOD~LUCK~~~live
+rpole~"
^"^GK^CONFOBCHR^_IU^QOLJXBOUCOVCT^TNC^RNIRBXMEUUGAE^XXgoib^jsemX^XJIVC
+TPOLE^";
v
Update: changed $|^=1 to $|--, as per jdalbec's good suggestion below, and changed the first $| = 1 to $|++ for balance.
@ARGV=split//,"/:L";
map{print substr crypt($_,ord pop),2,3}qw"PerlyouC READPIPE provides"