@everyone sorry for writing errors (like saying Alive:1 Dead:2 ._.) thanks for commenting and following along!

@Sempreverde, sorry I didn't see your comment!

@Lyric, go ahead! Though you don't have to sicne I already have it on a Google Doc! 

Day 3, Part 4

Sempreverde decided to go check out the lounge room, and after extensively searching the whole place, she sadly came to the conclusion that there was nothing. She decided instead to go to the library and help Cocoa cat search for clues. She found Cocoa among the Mystery books, and approached her. “Have you found anything so far?” she asked.

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Cocoa cat decided to check out the Mystery books, then saw Verde approach her, asking if she found anything. “I’m checking the Mystery books, and maybe if I look through them, there will be a clue!” She gestured to random books she drew out of the shelf. 

She read the cover of the book on top: Find three numbers that are the same multiplied and added.

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Silver Crystal decided to check out the equipment, but before doing anything, she decided to turn on the lamp. She turned it on, but nothing happened. Confused, she turned it off again, then on. Still nothing happened. She turned it off one more time, then on again, a total of five times in all. Suddenly, a glowing number 4 shone on the wall, before the entire room was illuminated.

It seemed she had found a clue. She decided to attempt to interpret it, then probably ask Secret for confirmation.

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Wildsong thought that the smartest decision would be to check out a random dark closet in the hallway. Most of the doors were locked, but there was this one door that opened. It was a janitor’s closet with a mop and other cleaning materials. She searched through all the items, but couldn’t find any clue. There was a small dust bunny in the corner that actually resembled a bunny shape, but besides that, nothing. Perhaps she should look elsewhere.

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Lyric decided to look through the board games, finding classic games such as Monopoly, Sorry, and Game of Life. Surprisingly there wasn’t a Clue board game. A mystery. She also checked through the card games, including classics like Go Fish, but also nothing. Only the extreme urge to play one of the games. The only other place to look was the popcorn machine.

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What do you do? (@Sempreverde and Cocoa cat, both of you can attempt to solve the riddle)

Alive: 10

Dead: 2

Day 3, Part 5

Sempreverde knew immediately that the numbers were 1, 2, and 3. “Cocoa cat, I know the answer!” she exclaimed. 

Cocoa cat watched intently as Verde wrote the three numbers on the cover with her finger, and opened the cover of the book easily. The first page was empty, strangely.

“Hmm, maybe the clue is on the second page?” Cocoa cat suggested.

Sempreverde nodded and turned the page, and there was the poem:

It was always meant to be

One, lonely, forevermore only,

It is a cold number that tells

Truth, yet also explains well

Unity. It is a sign of welcome,

A sign of something new,

And thus, all shall know the

Power of the number 1.

“I wonder what that poem means?” Cocoa wondered. “It's probably a clue.”

Maybe we should attempt to interpret it, then ask Secret, Verde thought.

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Wildsong continued looking for more hidden rooms. Unfortunately, all she found were locked doors. There was one corridor she found, which led to the dining room, but that was it. There was no sign of an attic anywhere either.

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Silver thought that it could mean something to do with descending order, but she was honestly at a loss. She decided to head to the lounge room, where Secret stood waiting.

“I think I found a clue,” Silver told Secret. “I went to the gym and turned the lamp on and off, but it wouldn't work until the fifth time, where it shone a 4 on the wall before illuminating everything.”

Secret nodded. “Good job, that's a clue!”

“What does it mean?” she asked.

Secret thought for a moment before saying, “It's probably the fourth out of the five numbers, and the number must be 5.”

“How do you know?” Silver asked curiously.

Secret shrugged. “I suppose it's because Rune is always coming up with random mysteries and puzzles to do, and so I've had practice.”

Silver nodded. Where should she go next?

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Lyric wisely chose to look at the popcorn machine. She examined it carefully, before gingerly taking off the lid and sneaking a piece of popcorn. It was still as fresh as if it had just popped. 

Lyric ate a few more pieces, which was basically the rest, and noticed something curious at the bottom.

It was an octagon with the number 3 inside engraved on the bottom. And at once, she knew it was a clue, somehow. She decided to attempt to interpret it first before checking with Secret.

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What do you do?

Alive: 10

Dead: 2