[ Right. They could be running short on time — or maybe that thing is the trigger, and this whole thing is the puzzle Ian suggested it was at the start. If they try to skip steps, ignore the mask and break out of the cabin, they’ll just end up wandering in the fog until they wake up right back here. Can't go around it; they'll have to go through. ]
So we make sure we don’t get caught without an exit.
[ There’s a patch of floorboard that’s uncovered and undisturbed in front of the staircase, and Mace squats down by it, setting down the log and starting to draw into the dust. Two squares, connected by a dotted line, and the bigger square gets an X right at the top left: the front door of the cabin. ]
Okay, so say this is the basement. [ taps the second, smaller square, ] If I were a mad doc, I’d be looking to either trap my mice in one place or separate 'em. Cut us our checks, one by one.
But they can’t do any of that if … [ two fingers, smudging out the dotted line ] There’s no seal.
[ A keen glance back up at Ian, Mace nodding at the basement entrance behind them. ]
If you can make me a screwdriver and a hammer, I’ll take that door down off its hinges.
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So we make sure we don’t get caught without an exit.
[ There’s a patch of floorboard that’s uncovered and undisturbed in front of the staircase, and Mace squats down by it, setting down the log and starting to draw into the dust. Two squares, connected by a dotted line, and the bigger square gets an X right at the top left: the front door of the cabin. ]
Okay, so say this is the basement. [ taps the second, smaller square, ] If I were a mad doc, I’d be looking to either trap my mice in one place or separate 'em. Cut us our checks, one by one.
But they can’t do any of that if … [ two fingers, smudging out the dotted line ] There’s no seal.
[ A keen glance back up at Ian, Mace nodding at the basement entrance behind them. ]
If you can make me a screwdriver and a hammer, I’ll take that door down off its hinges.