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[I guess we're looking around the second floor]
[strafing his flashlight around, taking in the scenery]
[one of the classroom doors is open, just so—wasn't this one locked before?]
Ah—!
[he goes over to check it]
This was definitely closed before...
[he goes over to check it]
This was definitely closed before...
[damn, he noticed . . . and coming along]
Ah, yeah, it was. Anything in there?
Ah, yeah, it was. Anything in there?
[he pushes the door open cautiously]
...It's just a classroom.
...It's just a classroom.
[INDEED. In large writing on the blackboard is:
Breathe, kind friends. This puzzle will not harm you if you respect its clever orchestration.
4 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2]
Ah! That's got to be important!
Breathe, kind friends. This puzzle will not harm you if you respect its clever orchestration.
4 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2]
Ah! That's got to be important!
Did we ever find any horn or wind instruments here . . . ?
Were there any instruments at all other than the piano? Do you think that's relevant?
Not that I recall. But "breathe, kind friends," unless someone was adding something extraneous.
[which isn't unreasonable]
[which isn't unreasonable]
Well, 'orchestration' is an interesting word choice, too. I suppose we could try the piano. It did lick me before...
[if they head up to the library, the piano is still there.
waiting. watching. dangerously close to meowing.]
waiting. watching. dangerously close to meowing.]
Mm, it's chromatic scale. Play it with all sharps.
A-Ah, I don't know what that means.
[my pianist girlfriend died before she could teach me things]
[my pianist girlfriend died before she could teach me things]
It's a way of notating music without using the symbols we're used to.
[when they're at the piano, waving Shuichi back just a step then playing the tune]
[when they're at the piano, waving Shuichi back just a step then playing the tune]
[The piano keys retract, slooowly.
The slobbery, sandpapery tongue comes out of the mouth.
It slowly, tenderly licks Will's hand.
It retreats back into the piano.
...
Thanks.]
The slobbery, sandpapery tongue comes out of the mouth.
It slowly, tenderly licks Will's hand.
It retreats back into the piano.
...
Thanks.]
...Ah... that's what it did last time, too.
[not amused, wiping his hand off on his pants]
Any chance something somewhere else changed?
Any chance something somewhere else changed?
I suppose it's possible, but... as far as I know, nothing happened before.
It may need a change of location.
[but is the piano bolted]
[but is the piano bolted]
[it sure is. it can't just be gotten rid of that easy!!!]
[apparently]
I don't think we can move it...
I don't think we can move it...
The elevator also has a sequential pattern that fits, but it doesn't relate to the breathing. There aren't any instruments in the tunnel, but we could check if anything has changed.
[could go on and on]
Do you have anything?
[could go on and on]
Do you have anything?
Edited 2018-01-25 05:55 (UTC)
The aquarium is the most relevant thing to breathing that I can think of... nothing else comes to mind.
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