We haven't finished the cards from the Cycle of Learning, but we wanted a nice puzzle day as we hadn't had one in a while. It's a beautiful day for a puzzle date. We start with the promo pack teaser puzzles, which I got as part of the Kickstarter. Inside the 'real' box are also some basic instructions, including walkthroughs for the promo cards, a sealed pack of 'real' puzzles, a notepad, a pen, and a cheese grater. Yes. A mini cheese grater. No, I don't know either. There's also a hidden envelope, which I found because why not destroy everything while I'm at it. No, I didn't open it.
Card 1 - Lemon Lyme Disease
No front and back this time, the puzzle is a one frame cartoon of a doctor telling his green patient that he has "Lemon-Lyme" disease. IN THEORY there is something in here regarding a kidnapping, a date to publish the comic, and we're not sure what else.
On the wall behind the patient, is something that says "Just Say NO to Arsenic". NO is underlined, so I'm wondering if it's supposed to be nitrous oxide. Excepted that's N2O... or is it NO2As? On the scale is 238.03, a quick google search shows that's the atomic weight of Uranium - atomic number 92. "Telluric-dysprosium". Tellurium is an element Te, with atomic number 52. Telluric just means earth based. Dysprosium is the chemical element with the symbol Dy and atomic number 66.
So far we have:
- Arsenic - As - 33
- Tellurium - Te - 52
- Uranium - U - 92
- Dysprosium - Dy - 66
So, if we unscramble the atomic symbols, we get TUESDAY, presumably the day that the comic would be posted. Is there more info? According to the promo pack, we only need dates for these.
Card 2 - Hungry Hungry Hippos
The next card has hippos at a restaurant. The daily specials list has a bunch of different ways to eat marbles, with a call out to that scene from When Harry Met Sally. Yep, I'll have what she's having. He in this case. Because of course.
- Marbles with cheese
- Marbles - Albanian Saturday
- Marbles deep fried
- Marbles - Alsatian Tuesday
- Marbles with ice cream
- Marbles with sauce
- Marbles - Latvian Monday
- Marble soup
- Marbles - Portuguese Thursday
- Marbles - Scottish Friday
- Marbles - Tagalog Sunday
So, we have every day except WEDNESDAY, which is presumably the day we should eat our marbles. Or lose them.
Card 3 - Leprechaun Plumber
Joe the plumber has removed an angry looking leprechaun from a clogged pipe. There are letters hidden throughout the image. A in the sink, pipes with SU, D in the puddle, T in her dress. Another A in the cooking implements. R in the spout. Y is the tree branch. SATURDAY.
Card 4 - Time Travel
We see a couple of scientists in a time ship surrounded by clocks. They made wrong turn at Waterloo, rather than Albuquerque.
My brain goes to Semaphore whenever I see clocks, but at least 4 of the clocks are the same time, which would be J.... ok, no. The text mentions passing the Titanic, but that sank in 1912, and that's not an option on the timepost in front of them. They also mention Waterloo (1815) and Moon Landing (1969). None of those years are options. If we look at the difference between dates - ie how far afield they are vs. the time thing. Titanic - 3 C, Waterloo - 29, Moon Landing - 6 F. Ok, no dice.
The majority of the hands, if put on the timepost, connect 1844 to 1945 for 3 o'clock. All I can think of is Armistice Day in 1945 (a Tuesday). Or 1844 to 1319 for 9 o'clock.
I look for a hint... we're making this FAR HARDER than it needs to be. All of the mentioned events are on the same day of the week. FFS. SUNDAY.
Card 5 - Reindeer Games
Apparently reindeer play rough - there are spikes on that football! Maybe this is more rugby? The blue reindeer is tossing a mean right elbow. Venison Bowl XXI.
I'm willing to bet this is numbers to letters:
- 20 - T
- 8 - H
- 4 - D
- 18 - R
- 19 - S
- 1 - A
- 25 -Y
- 21 -U
THURSDAY!
Card 6 - Battling Bats
A school picture of a team of vampires is a bit of mischief. I get this one just by looking at it in a weird fluke. It's a keyboard. the only people with reflections, not vampires, are the keys to look at. From the left - ADYNMO - MONDAY
Card 7 - Desert Island
Ok, by this point we have process of elimination on our side - FRIDAY - but, because we aren't sneaky, we do it anyway. I see an apple and yam roasting and realize it's going to be the first letter of things in the picture.
- F - Fire
- R - Rock
- I - Iguana
- D - Dragonfly
- A - Apple
- Y - Yam
Ok, we solved all 7 - is there a metapuzzle? I don't know... Nope! Just a teaser for the real deal. Which I am not opening yet. Antici.....pation.
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