Mr, Mrs, Dr, Ms and Miss Order Comidita
In December 2020, a pdf containing directions for a puzzle hunt was posted on the Mechanical Puzzle and Puzzle Hunt Discord groups. Hilarity ensued.
These are the words contained therein.
Results and Walkthrough can be found here
On November 28, 1989, a future Judge and her furry friend were trapped in a car, tuned to Song of the South; making the best of a colorful situation, they created a Hokey Pokey for the modern era whose title could help clarify parts of the story below. They stepped forward and back and wondered: How many and when?
Meanwhile, in the 21st Century, a blogger kept having visions of yet another musician, this one a crooner from a bygone era; the blogger’s sight blurred as he struggled to focus, ten blinking blue eyes staring back into his. He wondered where they were, doubting they would come and follow him home. Pack-ed into the baritone was the following story – I hope you can make better sense of it than I:
On the day after the saddest night on tv, an athletic killer stalked the halls of a hotel’s most popular floor. Down in the steam tunnels, a killer who reminded me of a topiary gardener I like to call Edward Burton, his face wrinkled with fear, pointed with every finger on his right hand at the teens who spent their day dreaming. Meanwhile, it was either a wild-eyed scientist, or a kid, that showed up asking about that book, the one called something like Nothing Loud off the Eastern…. well, I suppose by now the moment has passed. Later that night, a tall hearse driver dropped his poking ball when there appeared before him something real and tangible. It must have been Christmas, because my friend was once again trapped inside, building kids’ toys, held hostage but feeling grateful that, all in all, the way he got to live was pretty easy.
Solve the hunt to know where to go,
And in that place a clue will be shown.
Decipher the code and then let me know,
it does matter where and when people might, though.
Come find me in the hostile place we’re all known,
And on the right day (no matter time zone),
Come and say the secrets you’ve been shown,
For a chance at the prize wrapped up in a bow.
I’ve already told you the where, and so:
La Navidad no es la única festividad dentro
de una semana de Año Nuevo.
The “story” in the third paragraph above, when solved, directed you to this page
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