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My Spying Girlfriend
I need your help again. My girlfriend Ada now has a job at a spy agency and there's a... situation.
Ada's boss called her into his office this morning. He was holding a weird tube with a button in ...
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A trip to the library
I try to go to the library at least once every month, so I've developed a pretty good relationship with the librarian, a nice old man who sometimes teases me about my broad set of interests. Yesterday,...
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Recurring Meeting
The computer scientist's assistant is late at work once again, trying to once again decode their bosses directions for the day. Under meetings, the boss has listed only a single meeting:
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A journey through letters and numbers
In the year 2407476658354979366708415043923125501315337890943021769230219230892355006879909214795402102204224, as cosmopolitanism is in the air and companies are more than ever bound to ...
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Weird WhatsApp message
Today I found by internet an artist that does commissions. I wanted to get drawn a map for one of my role playing games.
First I tried to call him (there's a lot personal info on the website I found ...
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The story of glory
No sword, no arrow, no club in my hand,
But strength of sheer muscle foretold the beast's end.
Nine heads and more, the slithering beast had,
I called upon rocks to bury it dead.
The goddess ...
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Meditative Futility
I was working in a lab, late one night, when I happened upon a slip of paper stuck into my lab partner's desk.
I know, I know! I shouldn't go poking around where I don't belong...
It was just.......
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The Order of Ptolemy: The Initiation
You enter the room and hear the click of the door behind you. On a stone altar of light marble, there are three small statues overlooking 12 cards laid out in neat rows upon the smooth surface. An ...
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What is lost can never be saved
Donnie and Violet are Ivy-League college students, and don't have fancy names or costumes or anything. But they do have superpowers and are attempting to track down and stop whoever is trying to ...
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A strange message in a library
A few days ago I entered a small and ancient library in China Town, and while I was looking for some interesting book to borrow, a torn slip of paper fell from a shelf.
On it, a strange message… ...
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MEET @ 9:00 PM TONIGHT
Sarah was a cryptologist for the CIA. One night, as she was getting ready to leave for the day, her supervisor rushed in and handed her and her team a single sheet of paper.
"We've got less than ...
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Save the Eggs! - An Angry Birds Puzzle (Part 1)
You’re going on a fictional world tour. YAY!!!
Your first destination is the world of Angry Birds.
Sub-part 1
When you reach Bird Town, all the birds have a party to celebrate the arrival of the ...
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Don't clear your terminal history 2
Previously, on terminal use...
The door accepted your input and slid open! Unfortunately, so did a trap door under your feet. You slide down and end up in another room. The only apparent exit is a ...
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Remorseless Riddle Rampages Relentlessly
"Fine day" says I
"Need a sardine?"
"Why - no thank you"
- replied Cecil the 3-Eyed Spleen
"How then will you get in
Through that nasty great door?" I ask.
He ...
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My angry new boss
It had to happen with all the people leaving and the confusing devices at work. My old boss resigned, leaving us with a new, quite peculiar replacement. He fires people, and then he hires others, all ...
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Same Bat-Time! Same Bat-Channel!
Robin has been captured by the always-insidious Riddler! Batman tracks him to a old apartment on the 39th floor of an abandoned high-rise and swings inside, only for the window to slam shut behind ...
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Zed's Note: Famously Infamous
My friend Al and I constantly bicker. One time, he proudly boasted that he can crack any cipher ever written, so I put out a little wager: if I can stump him with any cipher I write, he would have to ...
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Zed's E-mail: My Good Ol' Uncle Sugar
My friend Gabby and I constantly look out for each other. Just the other day, she received a strange message from what I thought was an uncle of hers. "Problem is," she started with a ...
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You probably don't have the courage to solve this. (THE LIST: PART 1)
ONE DAY, YOU WERE SCROLLING ON YOUR PHONE WHEN, YOUR MOM TEXTED YOU. READ THE STRING OF TEXTS:
MOM: Hi honey! On the counter, I have put a list for you to do. But, keep in mind that one step is ...
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In the Cover of Darkness
I awoke in a mysterious desert wasteland that I didn't recognize. I looked around and saw nothing as far as I could see, except for the oddly rhythmic storm in the distance. Reaching for my phone, I ...
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Entry to CIA Part #1
As I searched for different topics on Google, my whole screen suddenly went black and gave me this letter:
Dear Reader,
if you have come across this message, you may be applicable for the CIA.
We are ...
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Covert Conversation - A North Daniels' Puzzle
It's very important to keep your login details secure, which might entail not writing it down, encrypting them, or using a password manager. What you should not do is save them on some random USB and ...
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Finding Uncle John!
It was a chilly winter night when I was hanging around with some friends. We were gossiping about the recent kidnapping cases where a few of the people from the town were missing. There was a news ...
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The Great Art Theft
The day was March 18, 1990. Just a few hours ago, multiple valuable artworks were stolen by men in fake uniforms. You, a famous code breaker, happened to stumble upon two pieces of evidences that the ...
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An airport authority's important message
A middle-aged man sat in a sofa in an air-conditioned room of an airport, staring at the officer facing him; the latter had her left hand on a small laptop.
"I have a very important message for ...
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Zed's Garden: Nothing But Flowers
My friend Etta and I constantly pay visits to each other. Etta runs a little flower shop down the street from my house, so naturally I try to stop on by while I gad about town, and sometimes I'll even ...
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Entry to CIA Part #2
Previous Part: Part #1
After successfully completing Part #1's puzzle, you receive another message from the CIA on your black screen:
Dear Reader, we are glad to state that you have been accepted ...
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The Librarian's Labyrinth - Part III
"This Library is HUGE!," You say aloud. You hear your voice echoing through the halls and nothing else. How could this be? Who comes here? You start examining the books on the shelves. It's just your ...
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