2-2-3 conspiracy

It was the week of Monday, March 9, and business was occuring as usual. The week was progressing, and the only abnormality was the adapted CAASPP schedule. Friday, March 13, was the day that really shook things up. Starting in third period the loudspeaker began a cycle. The cycle entailed an ominous, almost robotic voice appearing over the intercom repeating the numbers “2, 2, 3... 2, 2, 3...” in a uniform way. Typically, nobody would even blink an eye at an occurrence like this, however, evidence leads to ulterior motives. To begin, the robotic voice was startling to everyone; nothing to this manner had ever occurred before at the Samo campus. What was even stranger was that there was no other announcement that day that might indicate that this strange occurrence was a test or warning of any kind, instead it was disregarded completely. However the weirdest part was that the voice had no trouble repeating this code over the loudspeaker for the entirety of the afternoon, when everybody knows that the Samo intercom never works. All of this evidence, but primarily the last fact regarding the Samo speaker system has led many to believe that there is a conspiracy to uncover.Many Samo students have speculated about the meaning of this coded message. The boys’ lacrosse teams thought that there was a secret party being held in room i223 that they weren’t invited to attend. The French three class assumed that Latin was secretly planning to go on a trip next year, when French wasn’t planning to go on a trip at all. Film thought that 223 was the number of cameras that yearbook and journalism had stolen from them over the years. Although these were valid theories (except for the last one!), none of them were correct.After some expert sleuthing and connecting the dots by the Samo Detectives Club, the real reason for the repetitive “2, 2, 3… 2, 2, 3…” on the intercom was uncovered. Apparently, the History Building has a basement with a singular room. According to an old custodian, Jerry Smith, the single room basement was originally used as a storage room for tables, chairs and the emergency food and water, but it was closed indefinitely decades ago because students would sneak down and have secret club meetings and steal the chairs. Eventually, everybody just forgot it was there. However, recent investigations found that this dungeon-like room is closed with a padlock, which trial and error proved is unlocked with the three-digit code: 2-2-3.Deep in the cript of a room, the answer to the robotic voice was found. Sitting in the corner, munching on expired canned tuna and bottled water was Jimmy Williams. Williams was the joke of the ninth grade, and he would have graduated in 1983, if the seniors of 1979 hadn’t been so brutal. According to Williams himself, locking him in the basement had been the senior prank his freshman year at Samo, and he had been trapped in the basement ever since, trying to get out by reciting the pad-lock code: 2-2-3, over the loudspeaker, hoping that one day someone would come down and save him.A lot was uncovered thanks to the 2-2-3 mystery that occurred on Friday, March 13. For those wondering, Williams will be ok and he is receiving the medical help that he needs. Just remember, the next time a random code is heard over the intercom, there may be a man locked in the H House basement.