C-ICE04 (Oct 6, 2017)
Puzzle
“Turned on today.”
See: ICE03 | 1 Word
Clue
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Clue: What day does the Ice Machine turn on?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Friday
Explanation: In ICE03, it says “It turns on every Friday”.
Summary of Receipt
62 notices that, while the Ice Machine's blinking in Morse as usual, it's got a white light (unusual) and blinking at a quarter of its old speed (very concerning). 17's also done some research on the Morse rhyme and found an old nursery rhyme pointing to a Boogeyman codenamed Friday, which 8 believes she has encountered twice before, though indirectly.
Transcript
CAFE AND DINER RECEIPT FROM 10/06/17
MANAGER 62
RECEIPT: ICEMACHINE004
STATUS: BLINKING
Hey guys itsa me, 62 again.
So what's going on with the Ice Machine? Well, to be expected today it started flashing at midnight and in Morse code, it said: "We don't let him play." Although it has been mostly white today and it's been blinking really slowly. Like, a quarter of the speed it used to blink. So... that's not... great. Also, we still don't know what the white light means. So I think we need to ask Mr. Hyer, but I don't even know how we'd reach him. I'll have Dan look into that. What we have found using the phrases the machine has spit out so far:
“It’s Friday, It’s Friday,
We all go out to play,
He’s Friday, He’s Friday,
We don’t let him play.”
17 did some research and she stumbled across this old nursery rhyme:
“It’s Friday, it’s Friday,
We all go out to play.
He’s Friday, he’s Friday,
We don’t let him play.
He cuts and chops,
And strangles and maims,
Chases you through your house,
‘Til it’s Friday again.
He’s Friday, he’s Friday,
He only comes today.
On Fridays on Fridays
We stay out to play!”
We showed it to the Owner and she had a suspicion that the Ice Machine has been tracking the OS Signature:
-0.023L -0.003M +53.299S, 0B, -0.0004BB, -2.34L, 1.53A 0E 0EE 0EEE
And yeah, that seems to be who we’re tracking. A boogieman named Friday. Apparently, the Owner has had two prior run-ins with him before although they were indirect. It certainly raises the question of why did Mr. Hyer give us this tracker? Are we in danger? Next Friday is Friday’s “day” the 13th and it would seem the next part to come involves an awful lot of cutting, chopping, strangling, and maiming. So… we should get ready.