Both teams ended up back in Daniel-san’s shop where they started, staring in confusion at a crumpled piece of paper, what was presumably the final clue from the depths of the swamp. It wasn’t written in code or a different language – no, that would probably have been easier to understand. Instead it was two lines of scrawled text, written as though the author was in a rush, or perhaps was using their nondominant foot. To add insult to injury, the paper had some kind of smudge on it, and had been crumpled and torn in half. In fact, if they hadn’t met back up, they might not have known anything was missing.
“An ingenious plan, by whoever wrote it…” Jack muttered to himself, as his partner and Anemone worked to carefully tape the scraps of paper together.
“Ingenious? More like careless, I would think.” Cordelia glanced at Jack and grinned mischievously. “If I didn’t know better, I’d have assumed you had written it.”
While the pirates scowled and bickered, Anemone was lost in thought, staring at the clue as Dan held it as unwrinkled as possible. She moved her lips silently, words starting on her mouth and dying before they could be spoken. Suddenly a lightbulb seemed to go on over her head, and she pulled out a small, compact mirror. In the reflection, despite the rips, tears, and horrible, horrible handwriting, the clue was clear as it could be.
“Far past the rolls of grassy green,
Beneath the water treasure lies unseen.”
Cordelia and Jack froze at Anemone’s words, and a look of admiration spread across Cordelia’s face.
“Last one there gets absolutely nothing!” Cordelia grabbed Anemone’s hand and they took off laughing. This time it was Daniel-san who got the shocked Jack Skillow moving, shoving him out the door to follow the other team.
*** Fear not Misticans, for those of you who are looking for the clue. The link will be put in place later today so do not panic. An alert will be set when the link is able to be found ***
