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This is a cryptex with a gift inside that I'll give her tomorrow.
Here it is with the clue wrapped around it. The clue is:
Clue 1 of 2.
Clue 2 of 2. "take a look; it's in a book..."
This should lead her to a book (Canterbury Tales by Chauser, I think?).
The book is hollowed out for a blacklight that leads to a message behind a kid-drawn picture of a monster truck on the fridge. It says something about looking for where the "boom-sticks" are (our gun safe). There she should find a puzzle box. [she's REALLY good at puzzles]
Secret decoder ring.
She'll find this puzzle box. In it she'll find a secret decoder ring and a note with numbers.
Secret decoder ring she'll find, and need.
The decrypted/decyphered/solved/un-encrypted message is "apple". When she finds this out, she'll get this:
This is the present hidden inside the cryptex.
FP Edit:
1) Okay, I know "APPLE" is pretty obvious, but that's what it came coded as. It's alterable, but was really difficult. I passed on trying for fear of breaking it.
2) If y'all like this kind of stuff, I did an escape room for my kiddo's 10th birthday party that you might also like: https://imgur.com/a/qDbji
3) Oh, and I should link to the lady who made the pendant. I found it at etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DriftwoodSpirits
TheRomanRuler
Maybe girls or other men like this, but i would be horrified if i would be forced to solve this... I would much rather just cuddle all day
RyanAndTheQuestForWorldDomination
Should have made it "drink more ovaltine"
omniglottal
You destroyed a book by Chaucer...?
whyWontKeiraKnightleyReturnMyPhoneCalls
this marriage exhausts me and i'm not even in it
DuineSgith
You cut up a copy of the Canterbury Tales for this? Philistine!
InfraredSnapper
My girlfriend tried something like this on my birthday. I told her I don't have time for that shit. She dumped me two months later. Regrets.
shentokozil183
tbh the cryptex is beautiful
TupperwareNinja
'cant we just have sex'
Aloneaftercourt
That looks like water from a glacier in Alaska that was blessed by an eskimo medicine man
Nearlyburly
I did something similar for my can't-wait-til-the-divorce-is-final ex. Gave her a box of gemstones. Wish I could get those back.
TheStaleBread
#2 that's one hell of a joint
peaceloveandgraffiti
READING RAINBOW WAS MY SHIT!
blueflyingbear
This is melts my cold heart, but there's a part of me that is aghast in victorian shock at the gutted book. Ofc im a hypocrite. Nv read it.
Kiriande
Some of the tales are really quite funny. Those medieval people had a dirty mind ;)
OCDhazard
Where does one buy a cryptic container?
wealthychef
Amazon
youcancallmeflowerifyouwantto
Oh no, not with a copper wire piece of jewellery on a cord...
littlepenguinologist
I feel like I read this kind of plot before and it didn’t end well…
peaceloveandgraffiti
You used the Canterbury Tales in your escape room as well. I take it, it's a bitch to carve pages out of a book like that?
wealthychef
Yeah, but if I did it again, I think power tools would make it much faster.
muggybonehead
“Thank you. It’s beautiful” (Wears cryptex round neck)
tzxAzrael
i mean hell, did you see that thing? i would.
Zer0mous
MyDogJake
Wears gun safe around finger
4amsnacks
wealthychef
PM me your physical address. I have a puzzle that I'll send you.
FBKatB3TAdotcom
if you like puzzles, here have this one, i call it Adulthood, now try and figure it out
4amsnacks
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA oh I've got that puzzle. Definitely can't figure it out though
Rayz901
"I know you would post this on imgur John, now I already know the answer" wife, probably
Nomasis
How to make all other boyfriends look bad in 5 easy steps should be your title.
ChaosandChaos
Shouldn't. Cause they're married.
Naturally90
I hope she's not disappointed that the end result isn't a proposal...
hungitalianohwaitthisisntgrindr
idk... maybe if your girlfriend is into dungeons and dragons and middle earth jewelry, then yea he’s a total boss.
Velthinar
he made puzzlebox, more like 4 easy steps and 1 really hard one
yaotzin
Also username confirms we didn't have a chance.
Koffeinmannen
What a catch..
LickLickLickMyBalls2
What a chef!
Mydogiscoolerthanyourdog
Husbands*
Blaze9303
I agree... no one is as cool as this guy. Kudos to you my friend!
Yogaboybkk
Touché like they say in france
Thatisnotmymerkin
I've never heard anyone say that IRL. Thx for an another cliché Obama.
greendogblue
I say touché all the time
Canadianidiot86
Would he be considered a touchébag?
fluffycake25
This made my day... I'm a french teacher, i find language funny sometimes
SexualViolence
Touch as they say is Hollywood
FloofTumbleWeeds
The word answer "apple" is even the same as in the da vinci code. I admire your creativity but a little original answers might help
wealthychef
It's really hard to change. Apple is what it came with.
IamJacksUnknownImage
Is your wife Ron Swanson?
scoobydeezy
Hope not, cuz then she'll just smash it open with a hammer.
WombatJones
I showed my wife. She said “no. Not even close to worth it” I hope yours likes it better than mine did!!
tsongkhapa
Or she'll put apple in right away as that's what it was in the Da Vinci code...
CanadianFurr
it's not the answer for his cryptex though.
alsoAzrael
Yes it is, OP explicitly states that.
CanadianFurr
Ah, I missed that. my bad. The message to decode didn't look like it could become "apple".
MasterKatarn
Agreed, needs a different code word.
ydwyrd
I guessed the answer was "apple" just from the thumbnail. Maybe don't copy a puzzle from an extremely popular book/movie so closely.
Radar1980
Right? That was my first thought.
Fuzzynubz
Great idea. Love the commitment to the theme, like an escape room only it leads to a lifetime of monogomy instead. Yay....
wealthychef
Funny you mention escape rooms. I just put this together for my son's 10th birthday: /a/qDbji
WallpaperProblems
Impressive
Fuzzynubz
That's awesome!
hardhart
Or, she'll just check your imgur posts
Winston36
QUICK!! EVERYONE DOWNVOTE!!
TheEmperorDarthSidious
@OP better delete this.
Jogger312
B-but fake internet points...
Sexhav3r
Dont you still get them after deleting it
SuckAnElf
Yeah but you miss out on all the ones you would've gotten if you hadn't deleted it
DetectiveSherlockHolmes
Or downvotes, if we find out that this isn't OPs OC
DepressedHappyMuffin
Remember to throw the code cylinder and yell “grenade”
wealthychef
Goddammit. This made front page. She's gonna see this!
fluffycake25
If she hasn't seen this, you can include the link of this post in the box. Wish you both an eternity of partnership and love.
i336
AFAIK, you can still edit your posts after they've been submitted. Would mess imgur up but be worth it. You can also unshare/retract posts
i336
(other msg first) might be worth it*
AquaticEpicc
ABORT ABORT
YouCheckedTheUsernameHaveACookie
Sounds like my parents
TheUnsolicitedDuckPic
Too late. He already said the kid is at least 10.
Mumalot
whatever you do... DO NOT "FrontpageEdit" AND ASK FOR NUDES!!!
TheClayKnight
What if she tells him too though?
Mumalot
I would say marry her immediately, but they're married already.
holyguacamonica
So can someone tell me how these riddles lead to Canterbury tales? I don't see the connection, unless that s the only book in the house?
gumbokins
If its like those escape room games we just ransack the bookshelf until we find one with the clue
VanDammesForeheadCyst
Lol, yeah. Seems like some details are left out here.
wealthychef
Yeah, imgur left out some of the images and editing it doesn't work for some reason.
StopPhotoshoppingLadiesThighs
Is no one going to protest the cutting up of the Canterbury Tales?? That book cost me $150 used af in college!
fulminatrix
That copy looks pretty heavily water damaged already, so I'm okay with it.
ohmegatron
Was it a first edition?
ThePiniestApple
Are you sure that was the Canterbury Tales you bought for £150? Seems expensive
foxhound01091983
Damn op marry me : no homo though
michonnedisapproves
I've got some news for you
wealthychef
I'd marry just because foxhound is in your username.
Sexhav3r
Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak
Mockingbirb
You'd marry him anyway, we know @OP
foxhound01091983
I mean whatever it takes for a Cryptex and a secret decoder ring
grandmastonguekiss
WallpaperProblems
I’ll give you a Cryptex and a Secret Decoder Ring
foxhound01091983
Probably full of foxdie
WallpaperProblems
Nah full of my hopes and dreams.
PointOfDeparture
This is some DaVinci Code shit right here
SHiNiXiA
#VinegarOnTheCryptex
Metalgearslade
Apple was the code for the cryptex in the book too.
CanadianMadCow
Yeah, when does the albino monk come into the puzzle?
PrickAndSnorty
Should make the tasks harder, like literally harder, to piss wifey off, so you'll know if she'll actually go "through thicc or thin".
TheBlackVan
The absolute first thing I thought when I saw the first picture was "TRY APPLE!"
Scuttlebutte
D R I N K M O R E O V A L T I N E
q2grapple
Son of a bitch!
ChaosandChaos
What's it say? I can't crqck the code!
RichardCattermole
Including that cryptex which came with the movie!
SorDavos
And the answer
uglysombrero
Apple
ItCanOnlyBeANipple
First thing I would try on any cryptex, followed closely by sofia.
ItCanOnlyBeANipple
First thing I would try on any cryptex, followed closely by sofia.
Zorathex
Same here. too easy.