Hint 1: Finding the Clue
Look for the purple umbrella on a table on Pier 56. It will be on the opposite side of the pier from the fishing location. Text Audrey if you can’t find it!
Hint 2: Opening the Box
That tool you got is a lockpick!
Another hint
If you don’t know how to use a lockpick, try googling some videos to learn. Here is one I like, but find what works for you.
Another hint
This is hardly a hint, it’s really just encouragement! Don’t be intimidated. This is easier than it looks and the lockbox only has two pins. Try again! 🙂
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If you are really stuck, don’t sweat it. Text Audrey and she’ll bring you a key.
Hint 3: Inside the Box
This colorful code goes with a tool in your backpack. Does the font look familiar?
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Use the scrambled keyboard to solve the cypher. Now, what do those colors mean?
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The colors represent different relationships between the keyboard and the text. Use the picture of a normal keyboard for reference.
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Each color is a different “direction” of transformation. If you’re having trouble keeping it straight, try writing out the whole alphabet and its transformations.
Another Hint: Purple Letters
To decode a purple letter, find it on the scrambled keyboard and then write down what letter should be there in a normal keyboard. This is your decoded letter.
Another Hint: Blue Letters
To decode a blue letter, find where it should be on a normal keyboard and then write down the scrambled letter that is there instead. This is your decoded letter.
Another Hint: First Word
The first encoded word is “Round“.
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The full decoded message is:
Something round above the sound
On its side, a smaller ride
A merry song where you belong
A clue to claim by the grabbing game
Hint 4: Where to go next
You don’t need to have the whole poem figured out right away! Start with the first line, go where it indicates, and then sort out the rest from there.
Another hint
“Something round above the sound” refers to a circular ride above the Puget Sound. You can probably see it from where you are!
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Head to the Seattle Great Wheel – here it is on Google Maps. Once you get there, look around for things that might match the poem!