Access denied. Decode the transmission on your briefing sheet and enter the password.
AWAITING INPUT...
Secure terminal // returning agent
🦋💾
WELCOME BACK, AGENT
Passcodes you have already cleared
none yet
Transmission received // eyes only
INCOMING MESSAGE
🎵 HQ: cue the theme music.
Mission dossier // operation butterfly
THE OBJECTIVE
🦋 Target: Dr Skibidi, self-styled BUTTERFLY KING
He has built a Butterfly Snooze Bomb. One blast and every butterfly on Earth falls asleep —
straight into his private zoo. Nobody snoozes our butterflies.
Your job
Build an LED DECODER. Ten lights that chase in a loop.
The decoder only shuts the bomb down when the lights complete
one full lap per second. Too fast, too slow — no deactivation.
Today's operation — 5 phases
Agent code
Work in buddy pairs. Placer puts the part in, Checker reads the label out loud
before anything is pushed home. Swap roles each phase.
Every phase ends with a sign-off from the Director of Senior Intelligence.
PHASE
🕵️♂️📦
MEET THE DIRECTOR
✅ Passcode already accepted
You cleared this gate earlier, Agent — no need to type it again. Collect your pack and carry on.
🔒 Passcode required
The Director hands over the passcode once your last phase is signed off.
Ask for it, then write it in your Mission Log.
AWAITING INPUT...
Phase complete
✅
PHASE COMPLETE
Director sign-off required
Show your board to the Director of Senior Intelligence. When they approve it they will hand you the passcode for the next phase. No code, no entry.
Phase 5 // final lap check
THE DECODER TEST
Point the yellow box at ONE LED (D1 works well). Hold steady. Room lights low.
Lap time
— · — s
target: 1.00 s per full lap (pass band 0.85 – 1.15 s)
STANDBY
Tuning the decoder
Twist the blue dial (RP) with a small screwdriver. Clockwise / anticlockwise changes
the drummer's tempo. Nudge it, wait for the reading to settle, nudge again.
Change one thing, then measure.
Camera not playing along?
Old cameras and bright rooms can fool the sensor. The Director can time three laps
with a stopwatch and pass you manually.
Bomb status
🦋💤❌
SNOOZE BOMB DEACTIVATED
Decoder locked at one lap per second. Dr Skibidi's bomb just powered down and every butterfly
on Earth stayed wide awake. The zoo is empty. The King has no subjects.
Final clearance code
NoCapUnc
Write it down, Agent. You need it to close the mission.
Final terminal // clearance required
🔐
MISSION CLOSE-OUT
Enter your final clearance code.
AWAITING INPUT...
🏅🦋
Mission debrief
MISSION COMPLETE
Agents — you performed well
You decoded a cipher, learned a breadboard, soldered nothing you couldn't unplug,
built a 10-channel decoder from two bare chips, and tuned it to a single second.
The butterflies of the world sleep only when they choose to. 🦋
Next time
Dr Skibidi is rebuilding — and this time he has an evil AI guarding the lab.
You won't be able to out-solder it. You'll have to out-talk it.
Skills logged this mission
Binary decoding · breadboard navigation · polarity & orientation · chip pinouts ·
systematic debugging · calibration to a target
UNTIL NEXT TIME — OVER AND OUT.
🎵 HQ: cue the theme music one more time.
PHASE
BUILD
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