Update: 108 passing strict and warnings :-)
use strict; while(<DATA>){ chomp; /(\d+)\s+([_a-z.]+)/ or last; my $plaintext = decipher($1, $2); print "$plaintext\n"; } sub decipher { $,=0;($;,$_)=@_;@;{@;{0..27}=('_','a'..'z','.')}=0..27;$;[$;*$,++%@_]= +$;{($;{$_}+$,)%28}for@_=/./g;join'',@; } __DATA__ 5 cs. 101 thqqxw.lui.qswer 3 b_ylxmhzjsys.virpbkr 0

Here is my initial trial at 126 chars. It passes strict and warnings.

sub decipher { my($k,@r,%b,@s)=@_;@s=pop=~/./g;@b{@b{0..27}=('_','a'..'z','.')}=0..27 +;$r[$k*$_%@s]=$b{($b{$s[$_]}+$_)%28}for 0..$#s;join'',@r }
Aziz,,,

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