diff --git a/plugins/english/cherrymistcafe.ts b/plugins/english/cherrymistcafe.ts
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index 000000000..f107211d5
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+++ b/plugins/english/cherrymistcafe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+import { fetchApi } from '@libs/fetch';
+import { Plugin } from '@/types/plugin';
+import { defaultCover } from '@libs/defaultCover';
+import { NovelStatus } from '@libs/novelStatus';
+
+// Per-seed PUA substitution tables, solved offline by matching the site's
+// cipher webfont glyph outlines against stock Open Sans artwork and verified
+// by decoding full chapters to fluent English across all 16 seeds.
+// tables[seed].charAt(code - 0xe000) maps U+E000..U+E0FF to plain letters.
+const CIPHER_TABLES: Record<number, string> = {
+  0: 'lrtjttdQRofisoelnohosassbwehJihzaBhoutilafaiobetneZmwGttPoIUaoarenOLrkeertrCeilaaMhlfvetuothXtqneieesswgcKTbsnctepisuicngdaaVrnsltesnmtxwhrigErdoiprhlerfeodeciAcdaenmahgotuNnateeddaklgymottcfrpnehessryalDnrsmpohteamiyounuvnhiSaFiohWahteiaosYnweddnrdeHiyyst',
+  1: 'etcasvneCaocwebotclilJheitVsrodtKFMgyfselnmeowkaohtzWeOhruestsmlaiBrtoiZulrhnqnforfoomLiayheesnusinQiipfijhdTaEtgtetntRmoPoGnwieundIiirhydpetdmatstUdroetdtaadYlleerewhrhAedNHacetehnynotsrahhhavDiernihaSubeXercfamrgaxsasoosneksygdeuaipcpbritnastgowlalentons',
+  2: 'CtJccIudjfkasgpqaungdttaxgodfiltsndrtQpglseBcotdeEsnncthhenetittFVweYeloinnpDateGlnsnaoanedldhcAnfaweenahyhekiuarpdeoZthtallrKbtfssetevenaubaiehewdwXliossmriumsnywtofiaosLyynrhoNsiiOtnishrrmzHrtmiMoeebuhotleerTayahrsmdhoeaUrWhaPvocgseoitroooeiSitRhiaarreem',
+  3: 'AtlKohadlflaeavaeavRyunonnhnussnJroQiinTtetLgarisdsoaoDabrOcoVwqecdiftnoepSseeNtmailaooeisPusmcWsoinFtgMryeXrtaidywemetbdnahhhgUpErhinneeophztitorYsofeoylekwoHkeaaedhomhruwbcfeuntGpreeitliwlrIcetatyeemgnfatinirsdmxdhaajtssnthZdedertsgeitsrBCuhnlthtchoarlsi',
+  4: 'ntPtatngHshhatbrmtkpiaroQvylaoeissnfblhmsefraFVstdIiaterwotmetedarnooOheneysahGwplkjmwnetcJsenlsartcnhtUolaigiYsolnoaebatthpdheotnsomAitadaSfiryodidrgneuesLafdXeEnheirxMZropoednenlcdWerfwiemhorhBcretiiauaeoqcngwzRtsCieteTlNuoauuthicsDsuryKsyoeeidvehnhliagt',
+  5: 'acarMsatsnraeuprHtyttohluesrsavayhrensidttewehhfoGlFBNnWmuCosLkItiitkeernoeYeoniidrystsmrpgctmbtsannuSaedopeeejVTuchcniealhesimOZeanrigllrctdgnrhbhalimdaPahqthigncrynReodlohossedoettoiyQUnfetxnaiwttJiDlnootfebrevmwlofaarpsdXiteKdiAsgewefEhhedontaoawzaihosu',
+  6: 'gneriilienCacloynmnhshafhsnhiatclcabsBmhooLDstghoeneyarpafnlOrnsJtathtemoioericeeSmrthepHdshcomlbieoqhnuywoefigIhicteiavdotmUisirdenpeaaQGefdettaFootnsnoretnvAkKeYrjufilneipsdtryauTdtaubolguozEeRxtekldortaunhehestswaswrZaoadnhtaVgtresielNwerMrXsWydwdstitaP',
+  7: 'ofrirridaotDsgsenpldrfdlrthitrelcnsiohugshtkneHsdonwoenSoogBuaiahesenKspyaeorgaRutdhohbeeanFotdiwsOhigicsnpsnhnVheyttlketersrdpesndZoaWtsrhcniaoeweerjtfXvdyUeccfaCzLmnnmuttMaomrittemotuixawheGabvQAattoinysymetaoroYfieIhhrmatiNTulbelqaasthielaweJaldcPinEeel',
+  8: 'wletotniraytoaqrnvliolgrkaueLyVthashtthgCtlflnrtdZregtthclscthterusrtdfefibresiacenJhuSepednomotwttyatiHeespanQxuOrmhainehhheGuworkebdovshaodaecmoewfiraeDhndieseThtXUgdrainoIecjoiWpoaefiAnydeybsPessnismeapcnumaeKrEtaYstoiatrinlnooBddoRswsnmasozFigeaNihllnM',
+  9: 'ekalraolooyuemnCvtljsnsrybVslnLcYrfMXlatremiaaDdJnpeEhiewdaeGOcgtwmantoaledstslaQhIbngidetrhtusethnrelidoqiaydisatoipnfaehteweohssurthxdesdkiemoeheweaauigFstmiheelcRormffursnaTieoaectoetsnStobortBhhcrfWscieoawhytodZnsttvnoonheainagzHrreinhpitnKNpPtigAryduU',
+  10: 'tsEunattoopphingisfavlKsijxcdthitloaedfoZhntBonthemcsuoayilwhRhfwhtnnsdDVtarthrugneOslenymtbteanlrssefaoimeQFnirpbfeshHbrpcarrdirirPiAoaScrsmsandthiaiowGaMvalLoauehaehcetleydgoaeiagaTrogezenqrcemXdedtiYldoeiehishsweWeeokotntynewttJdraNenoutneeCtousmslkrlyU',
+  11: 'intheZredADelneGreocfaeptateeeohIeftmrngrewyuekhXdctCgpgnheingsonaicnslhhdweoosztelioablataaSsotHUPsatOsiytlYnMnreiRwcrsmntstrierJeuhdsaxahhfetbLerlrmnauiyqdlyiwobasttowNEiedshhofodserlkrejruyhfKiieaiiimttWdalsovsdpnFvtBmramnaonsdQottogoccnhtpaVinuaaueoheT',
+  12: 'hotedemlooWeahJiayvhyolpfVhihfhNnahrymgletnesonhqlrioanmgGdnmAieetteeasuaYalersevededutdwzrHmtpIeutacothrlbtRawnacednelosUgthriesoeiguPcanparnydhwKdjsunCifsoaBXfabaoiowlhcQeLtstnineehsttdcstterahasrrerMknattnioowislOoZbeFEysniosrfdirgtneTitcmSisioterDkaxpu',
+  13: 'odMsGtmtKdwdNTagnawctdraohhlabtmnrjoJsnlaezDeidneeiuotkawnotHedhlehoyebsefisncraXpanrnoetiteerlrenlegmerdesxiepebdorwhnBotusZchnsgrfoenduidstichaaqteAmaoWPhleVtnoiaattoQoeuemtrahutsrthifvsssavkengrsnnpleiargspoftFihaOhhlEtSsheltuyCiaitcYaUolyiowRiymLrefyic',
+  14: 'etpictwedrniuoJhureoiRPtIsosrTinsuoEbchorleZeexAndadoauisctsnoHnMolmKenwvrehUtetiBgelgphdahataotfnasYiayvamLoiahsWfjeeltggituOltpuenhrreobeicnaafetwktnohefnshhtyipedgnQesneitkmcsdGyqhsesaoroaaoNsacaSeyzsdmaitFhdttfnmnmdhsryrhCliarirrwteeditelDwlonoeaVbXlrt',
+  15: 'ooayeicoeaeocThwcoselxmhtitshdeeFsknudiieaLOlEteopiaaYtnhidjneyiebRsftocucmnseoanantaaQwdfhGsnPbogpVeiiesWndrelihrptZduKtSuwagCegarDsemliorihyatraieeodtclIqtogytMsvsrnedshbrtlryJhaieeHfeoAuogtsNedtsiUnwhpltudinawmfoohfleXhrtlvamskaanntrrnnhtrsmnotBrthazeer',
+};
+
+// Seeds whose cipher font carries no 'I' artwork (I and l share the
+// l-shaped glyphs there) need a sentence-start l -> I restoration pass.
+function decodeCipheredText(content: string, seed: number): string {
+  const table = CIPHER_TABLES[seed];
+  if (!table) return content;
+  let out = '';
+  for (let i = 0; i < content.length; i++) {
+    const code = content.charCodeAt(i);
+    if (code >= 0xe000 && code <= 0xe0ff) {
+      const plain = table.charAt(code - 0xe000);
+      out += plain === '?' ? content.charAt(i) : plain;
+    } else {
+      out += content.charAt(i);
+    }
+  }
+  // A standalone lowercase l is always the pronoun I.
+  out = out.replace(/\bl\b/g, 'I');
+  if (table.indexOf('I') === -1) {
+    out = out.replace(
+      /(^|[.!?…]+["”’\s]*["“‘([]?\s*)(l)(?=[a-z])/g,
+      function (match, pre, _l, offset, full) {
+        const before = full.slice(0, offset).replace(/[\s"”’‘([]+$/, '');
+        if (
+          /(e\.g\.?|i\.e\.?|mr\.?|mrs\.?|ms\.?|dr\.?|st\.?|vs\.?|etc\.?|\d\.?)$/i.test(
+            before,
+          )
+        ) {
+          return match;
+        }
+        return pre + 'I';
+      },
+    );
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+function toChapterHtml(decoded: string): string {
+  const blocks = decoded.split(/\r?\n\s*\r?\n/);
+  const html: string[] = [];
+  for (const rawBlock of blocks) {
+    const block = rawBlock.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
+    if (!block || block === '&nbsp;') continue;
+    if (block.charAt(0) === '<') {
+      html.push(block);
+    } else {
+      html.push('<p>' + block.replace(/\r?\n/g, '<br>') + '</p>');
+    }
+  }
+  return html.join('');
+}
+
+type SeriesRow = {
+  id: number;
+  title: string;
+  slug: string;
+  cover_thumb_url?: string;
+  cover_image_url?: string;
+};
+
+type SeriesDetail = SeriesRow & {
+  synopsis?: string;
+  short_synopsis?: string;
+  author_name?: string;
+  original_author?: string;
+  translator?: { name?: string };
+  story_status?: string;
+  genres?: string[];
+  tags?: string[];
+  total_chapters?: number;
+};
+
+type ChapterRow = {
+  id: number;
+  slug: string;
+  title: string;
+  chapter_number: number;
+  published_at?: string;
+};
+
+type ChapterDetail = {
+  id: number;
+  slug: string;
+  title: string;
+  content?: string;
+  foreword?: string;
+  afterword?: string;
+  chapter_number: number;
+  published_at?: string;
+  cipher?: { seed?: number };
+};
+
+class CherryMistCafePlugin implements Plugin.PluginBase {
+  id = 'cherrymistcafe';
+  name = 'Cherry Mist Cafe';
+  icon = 'src/en/cherrymistcafe/icon.png';
+  site = 'https://cherrymist.cafe';
+  version = '1.0.0';
+
+  private async getJson<T>(url: string): Promise<T> {
+    const res = await fetchApi(url);
+    return (await res.json()) as T;
+  }
+
+  private toNovelItem(row: SeriesRow): Plugin.NovelItem {
+    return {
+      name: row.title,
+      cover: row.cover_thumb_url || row.cover_image_url || defaultCover,
+      path: 'series/' + row.slug,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private seriesList(url: string): Promise<Plugin.NovelItem[]> {
+    return this.getJson<{ rows?: SeriesRow[] } | SeriesRow[]>(url).then(
+      data => {
+        const rows: SeriesRow[] = Array.isArray(data) ? data : data.rows || [];
+        return rows.map(row => this.toNovelItem(row));
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
+  async popularNovels(
+    pageNo: number,
+    options?: Plugin.PopularNovelsOptions<undefined>,
+  ): Promise<Plugin.NovelItem[]> {
+    const sort = options?.showLatestNovels ? 'latest' : 'popular';
+    return this.seriesList(
+      this.site + '/api/series?page=' + pageNo + '&limit=20&sort=' + sort,
+    );
+  }
+
+  async searchNovels(
+    searchTerm: string,
+    pageNo: number,
+  ): Promise<Plugin.NovelItem[]> {
+    const term = (searchTerm || '').trim();
+    if (!term) return [];
+    return this.seriesList(
+      this.site +
+        '/api/series?page=' +
+        pageNo +
+        '&limit=20&q=' +
+        encodeURIComponent(term),
+    );
+  }
+
+  async parseNovel(novelPath: string): Promise<Plugin.SourceNovel> {
+    const slug = novelPath.replace(/^series\//, '').replace(/\/$/, '');
+    const detail: SeriesDetail = await this.getJson(
+      this.site + '/api/series/' + slug,
+    );
+
+    const novel: Plugin.SourceNovel = {
+      path: novelPath,
+      name: detail.title,
+      cover: detail.cover_image_url || detail.cover_thumb_url || defaultCover,
+    };
+    novel.author =
+      (detail.translator && detail.translator.name) ||
+      detail.author_name ||
+      detail.original_author ||
+      '';
+    const genres: string[] = (detail.genres || []).concat(detail.tags || []);
+    if (genres.length) novel.genres = genres.join(',');
+    novel.summary = detail.synopsis || detail.short_synopsis || '';
+
+    const status = (detail.story_status || '').toLowerCase();
+    if (status === 'completed') novel.status = NovelStatus.Completed;
+    else if (status === 'hiatus') novel.status = NovelStatus.OnHiatus;
+    else novel.status = NovelStatus.Ongoing;
+
+    const chapters: Plugin.ChapterItem[] = [];
+    const perPage = 500;
+    let page = 1;
+    for (;;) {
+      const rows: ChapterRow[] = await this.getJson(
+        this.site +
+          '/api/chapters?series_id=' +
+          detail.id +
+          '&limit=' +
+          perPage +
+          '&page=' +
+          page,
+      );
+      if (!rows || !rows.length) break;
+      for (const row of rows) {
+        chapters.push({
+          name: row.title,
+          path: 'chapter/' + row.id + '/' + row.slug,
+          chapterNumber: row.chapter_number,
+          releaseTime: row.published_at,
+        });
+      }
+      if (rows.length < perPage) break;
+      page++;
+      if (page > 10) break;
+    }
+    chapters.sort((a, b) => (a.chapterNumber || 0) - (b.chapterNumber || 0));
+    novel.chapters = chapters;
+    return novel;
+  }
+
+  async parseChapter(chapterPath: string): Promise<string> {
+    const segment = (chapterPath.replace(/^chapter\//, '') || '').split('/')[0];
+    const id = parseInt(segment, 10);
+    if (!id) return '';
+    const detail: ChapterDetail = await this.getJson(
+      this.site + '/api/chapters/' + id,
+    );
+    if (!detail) return '';
+    const seed =
+      detail.cipher && typeof detail.cipher.seed === 'number'
+        ? detail.cipher.seed
+        : -1;
+    const parts: string[] = [];
+    if (detail.foreword) parts.push(decodeCipheredText(detail.foreword, seed));
+    parts.push(decodeCipheredText(detail.content || '', seed));
+    if (detail.afterword)
+      parts.push(decodeCipheredText(detail.afterword, seed));
+    return toChapterHtml(parts.join('\r\n\r\n'));
+  }
+
+  resolveUrl = (path: string, isNovel?: boolean) => {
+    if (isNovel || path.indexOf('series/') === 0) {
+      return this.site + '/story/' + path.replace(/^series\//, '');
+    }
+    const parts = path.replace(/^chapter\//, '').split('/');
+    const slug = parts.length > 1 ? parts.slice(1).join('/') : parts[0];
+    return this.site + '/chapter/' + slug;
+  };
+}
+
+export default new CherryMistCafePlugin();
diff --git a/plugins/multisrc/fictioneer/custom/cherrymistcafe/chapterTransform.js b/plugins/multisrc/fictioneer/custom/cherrymistcafe/chapterTransform.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f309828d..000000000
--- a/plugins/multisrc/fictioneer/custom/cherrymistcafe/chapterTransform.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-    const ghostScript = loadedCheerio('script[id*=ghost]');
-    const contentHost = loadedCheerio('#cherry-content-host');
-
-    if (ghostScript.length && contentHost.length) {
-      const poly = ghostScript.attr('data-poly');
-      // data-poly attr provide id
-      // encoded text is stored in attr data-{id}-{number}
-      // create full string of all the data-poly-nums
-      const encoded = Array.from(
-        { length: +ghostScript.attr('data-total') || 0 },
-        (_, i) => ghostScript.attr(`data-${poly}-${i}`) || '',
-      ).join('');
-
-      // technically copypasta from source
-      // var c = s.charCodeAt(i);
-      // if(c>=65 && c<=90)
-      //    o+=String.fromCharCode((c-65+13)%26+65);
-      // else if(c>=97&&c<=122)
-      //    o+=String.fromCharCode((c-97+13)%26+97);
-      // else
-      //    o+=s.charAt(i);
-      if (encoded) {
-        const rot13 = (str) => {
-          return str.replace(/[a-zA-Z]/g, (char) => {
-            const base = char <= 'Z' ? 65 : 97;
-            const shift = ((char.charCodeAt(0) - base + 13) % 26) + base;
-            return String.fromCharCode(shift);
-          });
-        };
-        contentHost.replaceWith(decodeURIComponent(atob(rot13(encoded))));
-      }
-    }
-
-    loadedCheerio('script, ruby').remove();
-
-    loadedCheerio('section#chapter-content p [data-fcnc-rev="1"]').each((_, el) => {
-      const text = loadedCheerio(el).text().trim();
-      if (text) loadedCheerio(el).replaceWith([...text].reverse().join(''));
-    });
-
-    return (
-      loadedCheerio('section#chapter-content > div')
-        .html()
-        ?.replace(/\u00A0/g, ' ')
-        ?.replace(/[\u2060\u00AD\u202F\u2007\u200B]/g, '') || ''
-    );
diff --git a/plugins/multisrc/fictioneer/sources.json b/plugins/multisrc/fictioneer/sources.json
index 06cc73009..7e0cb86b5 100644
--- a/plugins/multisrc/fictioneer/sources.json
+++ b/plugins/multisrc/fictioneer/sources.json
@@ -53,17 +53,5 @@
       "down": true,
       "downSince": 1768289212907
     }
-  },
-  {
-    "id": "cherrymistcafe",
-    "sourceSite": "https://cherrymist.cafe/",
-    "sourceName": "Cherry Mist Cafe",
-    "options": {
-      "customJs": {
-        "chapterTransform": "custom/cherrymistcafe/chapterTransform.js"
-      },
-      "versionIncrements": 1,
-      "browsePage": "stories"
-    }
   }
 ]
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