Migratory - Card 3
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Clue 1
What's an alternate name for a parrot?
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Clue 2
The word 'psittacines' might be what you're looking for...
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Clue 3
Just need to find the pattern to make that word, now.
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Clue 4
This puzzle has its ups and downs.
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Solution
This is an alternating +1 -1 cipher, so AAAA would become BZBZ, for example.
The plaintext reads: "I have tracked the location of the stolen Vermeer painting The Concert."
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Clue 1
There's some interesting text going down the center of the card.
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Clue 2
That text may not look colorful, but it is.
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Clue 3
I think you'll find those are hex codes for different colors.
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Clue 4
So you have two pairs of colors that you're looking for...
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Solution
Final Solution: The hex codes tell you to find purple/green and also red/black. So you want to locate every instance where those colors are paired in that order.
The plaintext reads: "I bribed the owner of the facility to let you in. His name is Helmut Schultz."
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Clue 1
The stamps are only your map, not your destination.
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Clue 2
What could they be referencing?
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Clue 3
Have you used your main paragraph yet?
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Solution
Final Solution: Using the stamp numbers to indicate line/word, you get the plaintext: "Cube Smart Self Storage."
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Clue 1
If you haven't figured out your stamps yet, you may want to go back to those.
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Clue 2
If you know what the stamps are telling you, then the information in this paragraph will help you find a specific location.
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Clue 3
If you know what you're looking for, then you know where it was stolen from. If you haven't solved the front of this card yet, you'll want to do that first.
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Solution
Final Solution: The painting in question was stolen from the Gardner Museum, and the closest Cube Smart is at "968 Massachusetts Ave, Boston."
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