SYSTEM BOOT v14.02.26 ........................ [OK]

LOADING ENCRYPTION MODULE .................... [OK]

ESTABLISHING SECURE CONNECTION ............... [OK]

VERIFYING IDENTITY ........................... [OK]

AGENT IDENTIFIED: MIKIANY

⚠ CLEARANCE LEVEL: TOP SECRET

⚠ AUTHORIZED EYES ONLY

DECRYPTING MISSION BRIEF ..................... [OK]

█ CLASSIFIED TRANSMISSION INCOMING █

OPERATION VALENTINE

// PRIORITY: MAXIMUM // YEAR 8 ACTIVE //

AGENT MIKIANY — YOU HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED

MISSION 01 / 05

THE FIRST CONTACT

INTELLIGENCE REPORT: On an unspecified date, an operative known as PENIEL initiated first contact via Facebook Messenger. The original transmission was intercepted but has been ENCRYPTED. Use the cipher wheel to decode the message.

EBNO NB

◄ CIPHER ROTATION KEY ►

SHIFT: 0

MISSION 02 / 05

THE GETAWAY

🌨️ The year: circa 2017. The location: Utica, New York.

Two agents attempt a covert operation to reach the local cinema on foot. It is freezing. It is dark. The target is further than anticipated.

Suddenly, a mysterious vehicle pulls alongside. The driver offers a ride.

What do you do, Agent?

🧊 You walk for 45 minutes in subzero temperatures.
You arrive at the theatre as frostbitten icicles.
Realistic? Maybe. But that's not what happened...

Try again, Agent. You know what you did. 🚗

🚗✨ CORRECT. Ignoring every red flag in the book, you both got into the car of a complete stranger.

Potential serial killer? Possibly.
Did you survive? Obviously.
Would you do it again? ...no comment.

SURVIVAL STATUS: MIRACULOUSLY ALIVE ✓
(Peniel & Mikiany — making questionable life decisions together since 2017)

MISSION 03 / 05

THE GREATEST CODE

INTEL: Two agents entered a cinema expecting a standard film. They were NOT prepared for what happened next.

The Greatest Showman

A film by Michael Gracey, 2017

The lights dim... the film begins normally...

🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵

WAIT — IS THIS A MUSICAL?!

*Peniel and Mikiany slowly turn and look at each other* 👀

Unscramble the hidden message from that magical night:

we

danced

in

an

empty

theatre

Click the words in the right order

💃 🕺

The credits rolled in a nearly empty theatre.
Peniel grabbed Mikiany's hand.
And they danced.

Some mistakes turn into the most magical moments.

[ PHOTO PLACEHOLDER ]

MISSION 04 / 05

LUNAR INTELLIGENCE

DECLASSIFIED: An extraordinary cosmic discovery was made regarding the two agents.

Combine the moon phases to reveal the truth.

Waning Crescent Peniel — Sep 27, 1997

CLICK BOTH
MOONS

Waxing Gibbous Mikiany — Jul 24, 1999

The moon on the night Peniel was born was a Waning Crescent.

The moon on the night Mikiany was born was a Waxing Gibbous.

Together, they form a Full Moon. 🌕

Two halves of the same light.

Just like Yin & Yang...
(and yes, the debate over who is who continues to this day)

MISSION 05 / 05 — FINAL ACCESS

SAFE WORD PROTOCOL

THE FINAL VAULT REQUIRES THE SAFE WORD TO UNLOCK.
ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE WORLD KNOW THIS WORD.

🔒

🍌🍌🍌

HINT: THE SAFETY WORD. YOU KNOW THE ONE.

★ MISSION COMPLETE ★

Mikiany

From a bold "Damn ma" on Messenger to 8 years of getting into strangers' cars, dancing in empty theatres, and completing each other like the moon — every moment with you is an adventure I'd choose again.

You make me feel like I can be my weirdest, most quirky self — without ever feeling judged. That's the rarest, most beautiful thing in this world.

From Utica to Puerto Rico, from our Yin & Yang debates to our safety word... every chapter with you is my favorite.

[ YOUR PHOTO ]

[ PUERTO RICO ]

Will You Be My Valentine?

— With all my love, your Baba 🖤