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Go ahead and tell me what the code was and then I’ll know that you could clearly imagine yourself standing next to Ells and Ernie in their moment of triumph.
(Finish that sentence and I'll know I can tell you about the next part! )
Blueprints sheet: Hint 1
A good place to start is to determine the actual names of each of these rooms. You can combine the blueprints with another resource to find the real names.
Blueprints sheet: Hint 2
The bookmark in the paper bag gives a list of all the rooms in the manor, along with which part of the building they’re in.
Blueprints sheet: Hint 3
The shading of the different areas on the blueprints also represents the different areas of the building (N, S, L, and Sm refer to North, South, Large, and Small respectively).
Blueprints sheet: Hint 4
The real names of the rooms are:
Spider = Indigo Tarantula
Magic = Orange Witch
Furniture = Blue Bed
Amphibian = Denim Newt
Beverage = Crimson Ale
Rock = Silver Stone
Landscape = Khaki Desert
Carb = Teal Potato
Artifact = Eggshell Idol
Shoe = Ocher Boot
Boat = Emerald Yacht
Trellis = Yellow Ivy
Myth = Golden Mermaid
Fruit = Green Mango
Bird = Red Goose
Space = Coffee Moon
Feline = Pink Tiger
Nut = Cream Acorn
Blueprints sheet: Hint 5
After you know the real names of the rooms, you can determine the two-letter code for that room, using the floor it’s on and the part of the building it’s in.
Blueprints sheet: Hint 6
The codes of the guest rooms are:
Indigo Tarantula = IT
Orange Witch = OW
Blue Bed = BD
Denim Newt = DE
Crimson Ale = CL
Silver Stone = ST
Khaki Desert = KE
Teal Potato = TO
Eggshell Idol = ED
Ocher Boot = CO
Emerald Yacht = MA
Yellow Ivy = EV
Golden Mermaid = OR
Green Mango = RN
Red Goose = DO
Coffee Moon = FO
Pink Tiger = NE
Cream Acorn = ER
Blueprints sheet: Hint 7
Mr. Hincks describes how Ells and Ernie run through the manor, going through all manner of secret paths and touching tiles on mosaics, but he doesn’t describe the mosaic very well. You need to determine which rooms they visited by using the context clues that Mr. Hincks mentions.
Blueprints sheet: Hint 8
The path that Mr. Hincks describes is through these rooms:
Pink Tiger
Eggshell Idol
Teal Potato
Emerald Yacht
Khaki Desert
Crimson Ale
Yellow Ivy
Cream Acorn
Red Goose
Golden Mermaid
Ocher Boot
Denim Newt
Coffee Moon
Green Mango
Orange Witch
Indigo Tarantula
Silver Stone
Blue Bed
Blueprints sheet: Hint 9
When you collect the codes from the guest room in the order that Ells and Ernie travelled through them, you end up with NEED TO MAKE CLEVER DOOR CODE FOR NOW ITS TBD. Enter the answer of TBD to let Mr. Hincks know that you’ve solved the mystery!
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