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Hello, CodeHunters!
Early this morning, Agent Sprinkles released a few more tweets about the clue in Atlanta.
These are decoded as from bottom to top:
“This is Time Agent 3927 from The Time Paradox Avoidance Enforcement Squadron. I am contacting via internet to relay info.”
“I received a special request to deliver the inhabitants of “Atlanta” a confidential item from the evidence bay.”
“Getting the item clearance will be the hardest part. It may take a while. And because of Law 302726 my time runs out exactly like the item.”
Discord user CipherHuntingFamily successfully pinpointed the correct Marriott in Georgia by discovering this object in the lobby of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. This looks remarkably like the golden nautilus shell the hunters in Long Beach were supposed to find.
This was confirmed with a follow up tweet by Agent Sprinkles which read:
“The Lobby Marriott Marquis is the only location I can teleport today. The meetup must be at night. Around 7pm-9pm EST Past Time.”
Unfortunately, no hunters were able to reach the destination at the specified time, so this clue’s pick up has been delayed until tomorrow.
At 11 AM EST, Agent Snowcone updated the location of the book in Wisconsin.
Through some fantastic yagoogling, Discord user DeviouslyDoomed managed to find the location of this “Tiny Library”. 2024 hi mount boulevard Milwaukee, WI.
Soon after around 3 PM EST, Discord users Hilarious Pain and NennaLou arrived in Milwaukee to search for the book “Flatland”. They live streamed finding the clue (while also wearing an awesome fez) on periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/Hilarious_Pain
They successfully found the book, and managed to resist all temptations to CONSUME IT.
It was noted that four pages in the book had math equations in the top and letters crossed out in the text.
PG 1. Equation: (-3 * 7) + 1 Answer: -20
PG 2. Equation: (-190+28)/9 Answer: -18
PG 3. Equation: (-20*3)/4 Answer: -15
PG 4. Equation: 68/2. If even: /2 If odd, *3 +1 Repeat. Answer: 1
After our CodeHunters attempted many decoding methods, Discord user Kyursten came up with the correct answer by shifting the letters in the book text, based on the answer to the equation on each page.
When the crossed out letters were shifted, and then reversed, it revealed the message:
Sing a song of Sixpence
A pocket full of stein
If you got nerve then you’ve got verve
And you’re sure to spot the swine
This riddle stumped our CodeHunters for quite some time, sending them in directions such as England, Germany, France, and so forth. Until Axolotl gave some advice to search for the “Stein song”, which quickly led our hunters to Maine, USA. From here, Discord users Malasky and Kirrasaurus found that “Verve” is a burrito restaurant in Maine, and it just happens that the University the “Stein song” comes from is in the same town as a “Verve” restaurant, coincidence? Our hunters think not!
Luckily, Discord user Saevus Winds is a student at UMaine in Orono, and was quite close to the potential clue location. She streamed the hunt from her periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/saevuswinds
Inside, she found a handmade Waddles’ plush, along with a giftcard to buy a burrito, and instead of CONSUMING THE PIG, she stabbed it open, and revealed a clue. (Sidenote: it was meant to be opened)
Inside of Waddle’s stomach Saevus Winds found this clue:
Within seconds our clue hunters realized something was written in Braille on the yarn. But after many struggles with attempting to read the the yarn, Discord user Jenna 1002 decoded:
“Richard Black Point Cannon”
From that, Discord user ohibridget was the first to successfully pin it to Fort Mason’s Black Point San Francisco. Once this was decided, Agent Mari mentioned that at 12 PM PST, an Agent will be at the Fort with prizes for the clue hunters.
In wrap up, we may have hunters heading to Fort Mason tomorrow afternoon; and the Atlanta clue has most likely been delayed until Saturday, so that Discord users MCGreekFreak and the insanely cool jared kleinman can meet up with Agent Sprinkles at 5 PM EST.
If anyone is near San Francisco, please confirm if you can be at location on Fort Mason tomorrow after 12 PM PST.
Until then, CodeHunters!
Happy Hunting! x
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