Tori went back to the dragon head over the monitor. "A and F are also musical notes. And you might be on to something with the V.G, Jesse." She walked over to the painting. "August 6th, 1945. That must mean something too."
“So that would be, what, V.G. and yellow on this head and A.F. C minor on that one?” Jesse concluded, glancing between them. He wasn’t completely sure that was right, but it was the best they had so far. “But then what do we do with the date? Is there anything where we have to input numbers?”
"Maybe…" Tori looked back at the vase. "There's also something with the roman numerals on that vase."
"Not that I can see at the moment, unless you count the clock. We could somehow add the numbers there." Taran looked bored. She didn't really like puzzles, preferring to do other, more useful things with her life.
Both of the dragons did not open their mouths, conveying that both of the passcodes were… incorrect. There were still somethings in question; mainly the Knight statue, the pile of newspapers, and the torn wallpaper. Perhaps they had some significant.
[ 2:00 PM ]
The grandfather clock chimed loudly…
It was time to open the letters…
"Well… time to open those letters. We can come back to this, maybe search the other things. I might have an idea about those newspapers." Tori made her way back to her seat, where she picked up the letter on the table.
Jesse furrowed his brows, but followed Tori’s example and picked up his letter as well. “I guess I can check the Knight statue after this? Unless these letters tell us the answer…” he sounded doubtful as he opened his letter.
Tori opened her letter. "I'm kinda scared, honestly." She laughed nervously.
(Everyone got their first letter?)
Jesse scanned the letter, rereading it just to be sure. He then folded it carefully and put it in the pocket of his jeans. “Alrighty then,” he said, going over to check the statue.
(yep!)
(got it!)
Tori read her letter, then put it back in the envelope and tucked it in her pocket. "So what I was thinking," Tori said as she started across the room to the stack of newspapers, "Is that the Roman numerals or the date under the painting, maybe even both, could match up with a newspaper edition."
(Oh shit, someone’s actually going somewhere with the speculation XD)
Soon, the doors can be heard being unlocked from the outside. Presumably by the door boy. It was time to start the first task, it seemed.
“That’s a great idea!” Jesse exclaimed. “Um, are we supposed to do the thing in our letter as soon as the door is opened?”
(lmao my dumb ass over here is more or less just making Jesse repeat what everyone else already came up with)
(Lmao. I was only useful for the piano piece bc I listen to a lot of classical music and I'm an orchedork (orchestra dork))
Amyr opened his letter, quickly skimming over the details. "Alright cool door's open… see y'all later." Without even a single response to Jesse's question, he walked over to the door, swung it open and walked out of the room.
"I'm gonna try and solve the dragon puzzle first." Tori picked the newspaper on top of the stack and checked the date.
Jesse watched him leave with a shrug. “Whatever. Hey Tori, wanna meet up back here when we’re done? The letters did say not to tell anyone what was in them, so they seem like a solo thing…”
"Mine's a little different than yours, I think. I'll stay here and work on the puzzle. Come back here when you're done with your task, though."
"Finally," Taran said, rolling her eyes at the sound of the door opening. "We can go somewhere else." She waved to the others mockingly. "I'm off, losers! Good luck with whatever you're doing!"
Jesse copied Taran’s wave, making an annoying facial expression in mockery of her. “Well, see you later then, Tori. Good luck!” He gave her a quick salute and a wink before leaving the room.
[ 2:05 PM ]
The newspapers within the meeting room did not have dates that match that of the painting. But they did have numbers on each of them, namely four-digit numbers. There were ten numbers in question; 5721, 3728, 5369, 6263, 8146, 7213, 7266, 1472, 9241, 2734. All of them had different headlines.
(D… Does anyone wanna go to their destination?)
(oh yeah oops hahah)
Jesse took his note back out, following the instructions until he came to a ballroom. Sure enough, he was able to find the documents that had been mentioned. He concentrated on the sounds around him as he carefully approached the papers.
(Thank you! XD)
The documents were in piles, divided by their colors; black, white, and gray.
They were on an office table alongside a lamp which was already on. There was also a pen and an empty notebook on the table. Those were the things closest to the chair.
On the other side of the ballroom, there was… a lot of nothing. Darkness flooded the other side to the point where anything within it was invisible.