Out of nowhere, a clock appeared on my desktop:
(you don't have to be able to view the GIF in order to solve it, I think the "preview" image gives you all the minor clues hidden in it. I also included a text version)
I also found a manual for it:
Hour-hand is the darkest, second-hand the lightest. While all clock hands are exactly 1 long, only the second-hand is independent from others. It likes to tan under high degrees on the floor. Between the hour- & minute-hand is an angel. Anyway, always remember:
A Sane Clock Isn't Interesting
And this clock surely isn't sane :)
Here are all displayed times in standard form (i.e. if the clock face looked like this) in the format hh:mm:ss
, but with the start/end positions (which were 03:15:15
) excluded:
02:02:33
10:40:24
00:52:07
05:16:51
07:29:57
02:54:05
09:26:28
To check if your solution is most likely correct: The intended plaintext is supposed to tell you the actual time.