- Location
- Rochester, NY
[X] Check the PACK OF MARKERS. See if it contains a RED MARKER.
[X] EXAMINE the MAHOGANY TABLE and the ORNATE CLOCK.
[X] EXAMINE the MAHOGANY TABLE and the ORNATE CLOCK.
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[X] Shake your head. Take a moment to remind yourself that superstitions are UNSCIENTIFIC.You just felt something MOVING PAST YOU. Something FAST. You turn around. Nothing. Maybe it was just your IMAGINATION?
You sure hope so.
[X] Squint very hard at the ROOMS DOWNSTAIRS. ALMOST TOO DARK is not ENTIRELY TOO DARK, right?An INDOOR BALCONY overlooks the ROOMS DOWNSTAIRS, although it's ALMOST TOO DARK TO MAKE ANYTHING OUT.
[X] Examine the TAPESTRY.On the the RIGHT WALL are a TAPESTRY and a BLACK-AND-WHITE ABSTRACT PAINTING.
The PACK OF MARKERS seem to be quite old, with the exception of the RED MARKER, which looks much newer, as if it has RECENTLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. There are markers in all the colors of the rainbow![X] Check the PACK OF MARKERS. See if it contains a RED MARKER.
The CLOCK is almost UNREASONABLY ORNATE. It's made of GOLD AND GLASS, allowing you to see the MECHANISM INSIDE, as well as a ROUND PLATE bearing a SATURN SYMBOL. According to the CLOCK, it is 2:10. The CLOCK is decorated with a GOLDEN MOON on the RIGHT and NOTHING on the LEFT. The mechanism inside seems like something is meant to POP OUT at every hour, like a CUCKOO CLOCK, but whatever it is seems to have been REMOVED FROM THE MECHANISM.
Sherlock Holmes wouldn't allow himself to get frightened by any silly things that were only in his IMAGINATION! You have confidence in your ACUMEN.[X] Shake your head. Take a moment to remind yourself that superstitions are UNSCIENTIFIC.
It is TOO DARK to MAKE ANYTHING OUT CLEARLY, but you can make out the SILHOUETTES OF OBJECTS if you SQUINT VERY HARD.[X] Squint very hard at the ROOMS DOWNSTAIRS. ALMOST TOO DARK is not ENTIRELY TOO DARK, right?
The TAPESTRY depicts a MEDIEVAL BATTLE, and is titled 'RICHARD OF YORK GAVE BATTLE IN VAIN'
The ABSTRACT PAINTING consists of hundreds of small CIRCLES spaced evenly on the CANVAS with SEEMINGLY RANDOM NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 7 in them. Is it a modernist statement? A post-modernist statement? A post-statement statement? You have no idea. The only kind of ART you've ever been interested in is STOLEN PAINTINGS that could be retrieved by COOL AND CUNNING JUNIOR SLEUTHS.
[X] Examine the GOLDEN BIRDCAGE (can you reach it?)Hanging from the ceiling on the left side of the room is a GOLDEN BIRDCAGE, while on the right, considerably higher up, hangs a MOBILE of the SUN AND MOON. On the the RIGHT WALL are a TAPESTRY and a BLACK-AND-WHITE ABSTRACT PAINTING. On the FLOOR is a PACK OF MARKERS, and there is a SAFE set into the LEFT WALL.
She isn't coming back (her marker is with her, thus the need for a replacement), but it's a good idea to have a marker of our own.Maybe RED MARKER will come back for his RED MARKER? Scrawl a message to them on the table next to the PACK OF MARKERS using a GREEN MARKER.
The ORNATE CLOCK is TOO LARGE AND HEAVY to put it in your INVENTORY! Man, MECHANICAL ABSTRACTIONS can be one hell of a bitch to work with.Hmm. Not sure what to do with the new info...
[X] REMOVE the HOLY BIBLE from your INVENTORY and set it down on the MAHOGANY TABLE.
[X] Take the ORNATE CLOCK and DFD it, then return it to the table.
You haven't gotten this UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL with WRITING UTENSILS since the Adventure of the Copied Art Homework. A dastardly criminal indeed, the HOMEWORK FORGER, but you got him in the end. Ah, the days of your youth. It took you a week to crack that case. You bet if you took it on NOW, instead of when you were EIGHT, you'd be able to solve it in a DAY. They all seem to be WELL-USED and PART OF A SET, with the exception of the RED MARKER which seems TOTALLY UNUSED as if it has had to be REPLACED.[X] Take the PACK OF MARKERS and DFD it, then place them on the table.
You're pretty sure the RED MARKER in the pack isn't the one you've been seeing notes written in - it barely seems to have been used at all. LEAVING A MESSAGE, however, seems like a good idea, and you resolve to yourself to TEACH THIS MYSTERIOUS PERSON PROPER GRAMMAR while you're at it. You take the GREEN MARKER and write a POLITE NOTE on the WALL.[X] Maybe RED MARKER will come back for his RED MARKER? Scrawl a message to them on the table next to the PACK OF MARKERS using a GREEN MARKER.
There. That seems SUFFICIENTLY POLITE to let the MYSTERIOUS PERSON WITH THE RED MARKER know that you MEAN NO HARM. Perhaps once they discover that you're a JUNIOR SLEUTH, they'll feel comfortable enough to APPROACH YOU IN PERSON instead of just leaving CRYPTIC NOTES.Lucy's POLITE NOTE said:Dear stranger
I hope that you are in good health while you read this! I would like to say 'how do you do?' and 'thank you very much for all your helpful notes', but of course, I don't know where to find you in person. Or even if you're alive. But let me introduce myself! I'm Lucy Calloway, and I'm a junior sleuth, at your service! I'm really good at solving mysteries, and I'm hoping to solve some here, like the mystery of how I got here, or who you are. If you could help me with those mysteries, it would be great!
All the best,
Lucy
[X] Take the painting off the wall
-[X] DFD the painting
-[X] Examine the space behind the painting
The PAINTING seems FAR TOO ABSTRACT for you to MAKE HEAD NOR TAIL OF IT. Behind the PAINTING is written a SERIES OF NUMBERS:[X] Take the markers
[X] Color the painting with the markers. Fill out the circles numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 with Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red respectively.
You start to FILL IN the DOTS by matching NUMBERS to COLOURS OF THE RAINBOW. After a few minutes of FRANTIC COLOURING, you are able to TAKE A STEP BACK and see that the COLOURED DOTS FORM NUMBERS, like one of those COLOUR BLINDNESS TESTS they have at the optician's. The numbers are:Writing on the wall said:
Numbers on the painting said:
The GOLDEN BIRDCAGE is WELL WITHIN REACH. It is LOCKED with a SMALL GOLDEN PADLOCK, and inside a GOLDEN BIRD sits on a LOOSE-LOOKING BAR. The phrase 'GILDED CAGE' would come to mind if you weren't currently trapped in a MUCH-LESS THAN GILDED CAGE.
The SAFE has a THICK METAL DOOR as SAFES are wont to do, and bears a SIX-DIGIT COMBINATION LOCK.
You DRAW A MUSTACHE on the PORTRAIT OF A RED-HAIRED MAN and GIGGLE TO YOURSELF. Oh, wow. You are a COMIC GENIUS. You feel so, so proud of yourself.[X] Take a marker and draw the SILLIEST MOUSTACHE on the PORTRAIT OF THE RED-HAIRED MAN in your possession. Not so smug now, huh?
[X] Take and DFD the LOOSE-LOOKING BARThe GOLDEN BIRDCAGE is WELL WITHIN REACH. It is LOCKED with a SMALL GOLDEN PADLOCK, and inside a GOLDEN BIRD sits on a LOOSE-LOOKING BAR.
The GOLDEN KEY fits into the SMALL GOLDEN PADLOCK perfectly! You open the BIRDCAGE to see the black shiny eyes of the GOLDEN BIRD gazing SERENELY AND INANIMATELY out at you. Hi there.
You REACH INTO the CAGE and PULL OUT the LOOSE-LOOKING BAR, BIRD still PERCHED ON IT and all. Once it's out of the cage, you notice that it is HOOKED AT ONE END. In fact, it appears that you are holding a SOLID GOLD CROWBAR. Who would make such a thing. Why. This is one of the WORST IDEAS FOR A THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN. Without the weight of the BIRD or BAR, the BIRDCAGE is pulled UP TOWARDS THE CEILING. Across the room, the MOBILE lowers.
The GOLDEN BIRD detaches easily from its perch. It feels like it's WATCHNG YOU for some reason. On its back are etched the letters GSC in CURSIVE.
Although 210146 fails to open the SAFE, the reverse combination results in a resounding CLICK. The SAFE DOOR swings open to reveal...[X] Enter the combination 210146 to the safe.
-[X] Enter 146210 if the previous one doesn't work.
Oh, come on!NOTE said:
> causticAccolade: regard utter lack of talent for graphic designMan, this quest deserves more love. It's seriously good. Maybe you could try to put a banner?
The MOBILE bears golden images of the SUN and MOON on a pair of SQUARE PLATES. Although the MOON is QUITE FIRMLY AFFIXED, the SUN comes off RELATIVELY EASILY.[X] Examine the MOBILE
[X] Attempt to take SUN and MOON symbols
Well, do the honors then.
No one?
[X] Put the SUN symbol on the LEFT of the CLOCK.The CLOCK is decorated with a GOLDEN MOON on the RIGHT and NOTHING on the LEFT.
You DEFACE THE GOLDEN BIRD as BEST AS YOU CAN - the BIRD'S EYES really aren't the best surface for colouring. Now at least it feels a LITTLE LESS like it's WATCHING YOU.[X] Try to blot out the bird's eye by coloring it with the red marker
You place the little GOLDEN BIRD in THAT PLACE WHERE THE CUCKOO USUALLY POPS OUT FROM. As far as your TIMEPIECE-RELATED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, which is NONE, tells you, that is the PRECISE TECHNICAL TERM FOR THAT PLACE. You know. THAT BIT. Yeah. Okay, you know what you mean, at least, and that's all that matters.[X] Put the bird in the clock, in that place where the cuckoo usually pops out from
As soon as you set the SUN upon the SIDE OF THE CLOCK, the CLOCK BEGINS TO TICK, and after a few seconds, a small panel opens, allowing you to access the SATURN SYMBOL. Hell yeah!
The ROUND PLATE bearing the SATURN SYMBOL is almost IMPOSSIBLY SMOOTH, a PERFECT CIRCLE. The SYMBOL itself is a VIVID BLUE. It might just be your IMAGINATION, but you feel your hand TINGLING when you hold it, as if it's on the verge of giving you a STATIC ELECTRIC SHOCK.
As you walk down the STAIRS, the DOWNSTAIRS looks just as dark as where you are now looked going up. Still, you set off down the STAIRCASE at a brisk pace, when -[X] Return to the GLASS CASE with JUPITER PLATE and pry it open with the GOLDEN CROWBAR.
The ROUND PLATE bearing the JUPITER SYMBOL is much the same as the OTHER TWO - however, it doesn't give you the same TINGLING ELECTRIC FEELING as the SATURN SYMBOL.
You walk up to the STAINED GLASS WINDOW and-[X] Insert the symbols we've got into the STAINED GLASS WINDOW
Huh. You're... not sure quite what to think. What? You're not even sure that this makes ANY SENSE AT ALL.Writing on the wall said: