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Sixteen pieces came off the scene. They implicate four people — four each. Select a set of four and file it. A correct pile locks in and names who it points to. A wrong one costs a mistake, and you are not told which pieces (if any) belonged. Four mistakes and the file closes.
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The Wick Cut for a Shorter Night
A wick cut short of the dawn, a gate-tally in two hands, saffron where no saffron was sold, and a bell rung out of its hour.
September 14, 2026
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Ashcombe Manor
- The Blotter in the StudyLetters, a cue, a cup, and a pawn ticket — four piles, if you can see them.
- Mud from the Cellar StairThe conservatory, the pantry, the cellar, and the music room each left a trail.
- A Place That Was Never SatA portrait, a nicked card, a stopped lamp, and an unused place-setting.
- The Calling Card Left BehindA calling card, a stopped clock, a guest who never sat, and ash in the grate.
the Valley Dig
- Sand That Did Not MatchTomb-door paint, a reversed cartouche, a short water tally, and river silt in a boot.
- The Owl Sign ReversedThe shaft lamp, the stela squeeze, the permit runner, and the spoil-heap count.
- A Disk That Never Came BackCanopic pitch, a survey peg pulled, salt on a collar, and a crate labelled twice.
- The Storeroom LockA forged key, wet squeeze paper, a European boot, and a lamp that burned past dawn.
- A Jackal on the SpoilJackal tracks at the tomb mouth, a theodolite off-level, a lamp logged out, and plaster dust on a kilt.
- A Peg Reset After DarkA survey peg reset after dark, wet squeeze ink, a lamp still warm, and a register line written twice.
- The Bundle Left OpenLinen from an unwrapped bundle, fresh pitch on a canopic seal, a lamp left in the burial hall, and a name missing from the register.
Cutbank Station
- The Wrong CaliberA spent .44, a boarded gelding, a smudged telegraph, and a torn star.
- The Waybill Torn OnceA waybill torn once, dust in a loading crate, a spur in the shed mud, and the stage that never rolled.
- The Scale Weight SwappedA swapped scale weight, chalk dust in a boot heel, a poke stitched shut twice, and a lantern wick trimmed too short.
- Dust Still on the BeamDust still on the beam, a false tally chalked twice, loft twine on a sample stopper, and a lantern left burning after close.
- A Poke Counted at the WindowA poke sealed twice at the window, brass under the weighing tray, a team harnessed before dawn, and a tally written over the first.
- A Horse Under a False NameAssay dust, a marked deck, rain in the corral, and the jailhouse key.
- Wire Time SmudgedFeed-store chalk, a dry well, bunk-room blood, and the last bottle.
- The Branding Iron Still HotA branding iron, alkali in the bucket, a cut sash, and assay smoke in a shawl.
- The Split Feed SackA split feed sack, boot prints to the scale, a cracked sounder, and alkali on a hem.
- The Torn Ledger LeafA torn ledger leaf, false-weight chalk, a sample bag re-stitched, and alkali on a spur.
- Smoke Under the Assay DoorSmoke on a lamp glass, a seal pressed cold, a poke counted twice, and a scorched hem.
- Rags in the Assay FlueRags in the chimney, kerosene on a cuff, a poke counted twice, and the ounce still missing.
- Chalk on the Freight DoorFreight chalk on a door, a cash box left open, alkali on a waybill, and a crate that weighed light.
Vestfjell Station
- Silence on the SkedA radio log that doesn't match the weather, a missing ration, frost on the wrong hand, and ice in the generator shed.
- Cores Out of SequenceThe mess roster, a sleeping bag, fuel low, and a boot in the ice tunnel.
- A Hatch They Didn't DogThe med-bay light, a workshop clock, wind in the cold porch, and a core that did not log.
- Rime on the MastA kennel latch, rime on the anemometer, diesel in a drip-tray, and a quartermaster key that was never signed out.
- The Depot Sounding ShortA depot drum sounding low, a route board with no chalk on it, a safelight left warm, and hydrogen drawn after the met run closed.
the Lantern Market
- A Lantern Lit Too EarlyA counterfeit cash, an early lantern, a stall ledger with a scraped line, and a fish crate at the wrong berth.
- The Coin That Rang WrongSilk cut in the alley, dye in the well, a scale that would not zero, and tea left steeping.
- An Erased Line in the Stall BookThe shrine-gate chain, a palanquin with no bearer, noodle-bar shutters, and a drum that should have stayed.
- The Painter's Line Still OutA boarding-chit after the last boat, a crate ticket rewritten, incense after the blessing, and a clove sack in the wrong lane.
- The Wick Cut for a Shorter NightA wick cut short of the dawn, a gate-tally in two hands, saffron where no saffron was sold, and a bell rung out of its hour.