DATE NIGHTS: WEEK 3

Soundtrack

Play the soundtrack, then set your phones aside. If you get stuck on the puzzle, check out the tips below.

Credits: “Bittersweet," “The Sky of our Ancestors,” “Soaring,” “Fresh Air,” “Immersed,” “Garden Music,” “Ambiment” • Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Mirroring

Pause the current music, then play this track. Switch roles whenever you hear a beep. After this track ends, resume playing the main soundtrack above.

Credits: “Firesong” • Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Puzzle Tips

Start with Tip 1 and keep going until you get the guidance you’re looking for.

  • To solve this puzzle, you should be looking at the two pages in the booklet with a dark background, showing a note on the right-hand side.

  • There’s a dotted rectangle on the left-hand page. What might that rectangle suggest?

  • Is there an object inside the box that could be useful here?

  • The flavor text says says you “light a match to see more closely…”

  • Find the matchbook and place it on top of the rectangle.

  • The note from Aphrodite says “As you read, remember: each paragraph hides a clue. Seek what ignites the night.” What might this mean?

  • How might you use the matchbook along with the note from Aphrodite?

  • The matchbook has a scale that describes 5 types of heat. Look for one of these words in each of the 4 paragraphs of Aphrodite’s note.

  • For example, the first paragraph uses the word “flicker.”

  • The second paragraph is a smidge harder. Do you see any of the words hidden inside of it?

  • The word “trailblazers” contains the word “blaze.” Onto paragraph 3…

  • Paragraph 3 is a bit harder. Look for one of the words from the matchbook contained within a word in the paragraph.

  • The word “remember” contains the word “ember.” Onto paragraph 4, which is hardest…

  • Look for one of the words from the matchbook hidden in this paragraph. It may be hidden across more than one word…

  • The word you’re looking for is in the last sentence of the paragraph.

  • The word “spark” is contained within the words gorgeous park (the ‘s’ from ‘gorgeous’ followed by ‘park’).

  • You’ve identified the 4 words: flicker, blaze, ember, spark. What might you do with them?

  • Take the number on the matchbook that corresponds to each word.

  • You should have gotten the following numbers:

    • 2 (flicker)

    • 5 (blaze)

    • 1 (ember)

    • 3 (spark)

    Enter 2-5-1-3 into the combination lock.

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