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Interactive fiction / Case 001 / 10 minutes

The midnight
transmission.

The archivist left three pieces of evidence. Find the rendezvous before the file disappears.

This is a fictional investigation. Your progress stays on this device.

Exhibit A / The intercepted message

A voice in the static.

“Three steps back. That’s how you find me.”

WKH NHB LV QRUWK

Exhibit B / A torn notebook page

“The key points the way. On the map, read the place in that direction. Then tell the keeper when.”
Exhibit C / Open the station map
NORTH
Observatory
WEST
Boathouse
ARCHIVEEAST
Signal box
SOUTH
Old mill

A pencilled note beneath the map reads: “At the hour that ends one day and begins another.”

Your deductions

Need a clue?

Move each letter three places earlier in the alphabet. W becomes T. The decoded direction selects a building. The notebook gives the time.

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