The games continue

So, I left you last night with a wrapped lockbox and a wrapper that had a color-coded cipher and directions code. The directions code said, "Well, technically the hint was where I said it was. I didn't say it would be easy to read that hint. Daddy." and the color-coded cipher said, "Even Leonardo would have been puzzled." Obvious, right? Especially when you know that we have a jigsaw puzzle of Leonardo's Vitruvian Man.

Off went Jeremy to find the puzzle, and...a wrapped package. Which turned out to be a locked folio. With three numbers. What to do??? After a few hints from Michael that consisted mostly of "check the earlier clues, dummies," there was a review of "I'd be fibbing if I said the hoodie numbers were not important." Fibonacci series, maybe? A check of the hoodie numbers revealed that they were elements in the Fibonacci series! Great! There aren't terribly many three-digit numbers in the series, and the correct number turned out to be 610. Hurray!

Inside? Yup. A puzzle! Only a 200-piecer, so it didn't take long to put together the view of Consolazione that Michael had had commissioned. But on the back? We had another set of colored letters. Only this time, the colors didn't work well for decoding using our standard color scheme. In the meantime, James used the shifting Caesar to find, "I've been cracked like one, two, there, solved by methods tried and true. Why are you still reading it? Did you think I'd be a clue? If you really want the key, you should go and see the view."

Florence, meanwhile, took about 2 1/2 seconds to realize that she should take advantage of the earlier clue, "Sometimes you need to look at a puzzle from a different angle"...and took the colors using a 90° rotation. She easily deciphered "There are just four potential combinations, not thousands." Time for a walk! Up at the overlook for Consolazione, we were sad to note that the lockbox Michael had installed had been taken. Very, very sad that someone felt the need to steal our lockbox, but not insuperable. Once Jeremy had suggested the only four 4-digit Fibonacci numbers, Michael said they could have the duplicate of the physical key that had been concealed in the lockbox.

Time for lunch!