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Hello CodeHunters!
Unlike previous days in this adventure, we had a relatively light day today!
Early at 3 AM EST, the Axolotl foiled a plot by Bill to edit the poem for the Milwaukee clue and leave out crucial information. This led to a revised version of the poem:
Where a museum flaps its wings like a swan by a lake
In four miles as the crow flies
There is a room of fireflies
Many poems, law and otherwise
It doesn’t stick out at all
It knows nothing about being tall.
This poem contained an additional line, which our hunters quickly deciphered to mean that the location of the Flatland book is not at the Milwaukee art museum, but it is actually 4 miles away from it.
Our CodeHunters debated for a while about possible locations, but none seemed to fit the “room of fireflies clue” and be exactly 4 miles from the museum. Eventually the hunters planned to send a team to both the Atkinson Library and the Washington park Library in Milwaukee, WI. Unfortunately miles are no longer used in the future and there was a miscalculation converting to this time period’s measurements. It instead should have read 6 miles.
Our CodeHunters quickly returned to a previous clue idea, which was the Wauwatosa Public Library, because it has a famous “firefly room”, and is exactly 6 miles from the art museum. But none of the hunters were available to reach the location until tomorrow, so this clue was put on hold.
Meanwhile, our CodeHunters from the Disney clue yesterday met back up again to explore Pine Avenue Pier in Long Beach, CA. Discord users Shaduf, Brigit, Marciblook, and Lian went off adventuring around 7PM PST for the clue hidden by the Queen Mary.
Periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1vOGwvyvrdgKB
Unfortunately when they got to the pier, Bill had already stolen the clue. The life-preserver box that should have held the clue was suspiciously empty.
But the Axolotl saved us by sending us this message that contains the clue.
This was decoded quickly into:
The clue itself was a golden nautilus shell
“A similar name to where I was from.
Meet contact in lobby of the Mariott.
Codeword: Chronological
Codemageddonatl”
Within seconds, CodeHunters pointed out that ‘atl’ might stand for Atlanta, Georgia. Then we realized the last line pointed to a new twitter account https://twitter.com/Codemageddonatl
Over the next hour, this twitter account released several tweets which were:
From Bottom to Top these decode as:
“Well, we meet again”
“The state of peaches and peanuts. You’re up next.”
“I would wait a little bit. Location will be revealed in the morn.”
“Planning is key. The time will be announced soon hang in there kiddos. I will be there soon. Time agency work is hard work.”
From this, CodeHunters decided that the clue is somewhere in Georgia, likely in a Marriott Hotel, but we need to wait till tomorrow for more information.
So tomorrow, we’ll see Discord users @NennaLou and @Hilarious Pain heading to the clue in Wauwatosa, WI at around 1:30 CST. And we have a couple hunters in Georgia ready to respond to Agent Sprinkles’ new tweets.
Happy Hunting! x
Today’s summary written almost entirely by my new best friend, Discord/reddit user Sensei Aurelius!
Codemageddon 