ACT II - Part1(text-colour:white)[''ACT II: THE FINDINGS'']
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(text-colour:#38d9a9)[[It’s a morning unlike any you’ve known.]]
As the shoreline of Kyrute emerges through the haze, the ferry’s engines slow.
For a brief moment, the world asked nothing of you.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[The Antacean Seas treated you well.]]You gather your thoughts and prepare to leave the ferry behind.
This crossing ends here. What follows cannot be undone.
The ferry’s ramp lowers. Beyond it, Kyrute waits.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[You drive onto the dock.]]
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[You remain aboard a moment longer.]]It is also the first time you have ever left Lespia.
Your worries settle slowly, bringing with it a quiet sense of wonder.
For a second, you smile and laugh to yourself.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[Why did you never leave?]]The motion of the sea and a quiet, creeping tension turn your stomach.
You steady yourself. This is not the moment to hesitate.
The unknown both tempts and threatens.
Turning back would be easier, but what would your father say?
The truth cannot remain on this ferry.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[You drive onto the dock.]]The heat is unrelenting.
Rugged land stretches outward, broken by tall mountains rising from dry earth.
Scrub presses in along both sides of the road, clinging to the soil.
It bears little resemblance to where you grew up.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[You have never seen a place like this before.]]//“I was assigned to meet you,”// they say calmly.
News of your arrival has crossed the shores.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[You need to be quick.]]They pass you a folded note.
Inside are directions to a safe house in Konstantium and a single instruction: wait for the contact.
The contact is unnamed, identified only by profession: a journalist.
They lean in, lowering their voice.
UNKNOWN GUIDE:
//“Turn on the radio when you arrive. Keep the volume low.”//
They slip back into the light of day.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[You press on.]]You reach Konstantium after hours on the road.
These streets offer many paths.
(text-colour:#38d9a9)[[This city will test you.]]It’s safer to stay the night in a hotel.
You book a room. This time, under a name that is not yours.
Records are kept here. So are secrets.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[Hotels have become familiar to you.]]As the city darkens, you stand at the window of the lobby and let yourself admire its beauty.
Before you head off to rest, you pick up various pieces of reading material they spewn across a table.
//A few newspapers, heavy with ink.
A gossip magazine, discarded but not unread.//
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[You hope this will help pass the time.]]As you head back, you pass the janitor in the corridor. Your eyes meet for a moment.
He looks at you as if committing a detail to memory.
By the time you reach the door of your room, the moment has already settled into something heavier.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[You wonder what he was thinking.]]You unfold the paper you were given by the Unknown Guide.
Symbols and fragments of images cover the page, layered and deliberate.
Understanding them will take time.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[You study the cipher.]]
(set: $step to 1)
The path to the safe house lies in deciphering them.
What order could they be in? Pick carefully.
(set: $step to 1)
<div class="pw-row">
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format=1500w' alt='Image 1' width='300'>")[
(if: $step is 4)[(set: $step to 5)]
(else:)[(goto: "Pattern_Wrong")]
]
(link: "<img src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c425ce655b02c911da1176d/1768387304277-YF40BL2JF25T4AQVMHDB/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-18.01.46_12.jpg?format=1500w' alt='Image 1' width='300'>")[
(if: $step is 1)[(set: $step to 2)]
(else:)[(goto: "Pattern_Wrong")]
]
(link: "<img src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c425ce655b02c911da1176d/1768387313009-MM75K0A7H9P3PHQSVW7Q/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-18.01.46_04.jpg?format=1500w' alt='Image 1' width='300'>")[
(if: $step is 11)[(set: $step to 12)]
(else:)[(goto: "Pattern_Wrong")]
]
(link: "<img src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c425ce655b02c911da1176d/1768387307981-ZA6DU0AHX5O56OFHKCEM/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-18.01.46_01.jpg?format=1500w' alt='Image 1' width='300'>")[
(if: $step is 8)[(set: $step to 9)]
(else:)[(goto: "Pattern_Wrong")]
]
(link: "<img src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c425ce655b02c911da1176d/1768387488985-C8B64X9I23VCFUVY5BTJ/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-18.01.46_09.jpg?format=1500w' alt='Image 1' width='300'>")[
(if: $step is 2)[(set: $step to 3)]
(else:)[(goto: "Pattern_Wrong")]
]
(link: "<img src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c425ce655b02c911da1176d/1768387320316-MVWEGHRF2NJHSUA8WDR3/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-18.01.46_02.jpg?format=1500w' alt='Image 1' width='300'>")[
(if: $step is 10)[(set: $step to 11)]
(else:)[(goto: "Pattern_Wrong")]
]
(link: "<img src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c425ce655b02c911da1176d/1768387515573-II7I7MIQ3ZALX779XJJP/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-18.01.46_05.jpg?
format=1500w' alt='Image 1' width='300'>")[
(if: $step is 7)[(set: $step to 8)]
(else:)[(goto: "Pattern_Wrong")]
]
(link: "<img src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c425ce655b02c911da1176d/1768387624039-GUUD23LBWN6URAJFXOPW/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-18.01.46_03.jpg?
format=1500w' alt='Image 1' width='300'>")[
(if: $step is 5)[(set: $step to 6)]
(else:)[(goto: "Pattern_Wrong")]
]
(link: "<img src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c425ce655b02c911da1176d/1768387524243-WGO6TYFJT36KL4PW8VYF/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-18.01.46_11.jpg?format=1500w' alt='Image 1' width='300'>")[
(if: $step is 3)[(set: $step to 4)]
(else:)[(goto: "Pattern_Wrong")]
]
(link: "<img src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c425ce655b02c911da1176d/1768387538528-UGST3N0TW4G71U7KLU24/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-18.01.46_07.jpg?format=1500w' alt='Image 1' width='300'>")[
(if: $step is 9)[(set: $step to 10)]
(else:)[(goto: "Pattern_Wrong")]
]
(link: "<img src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c425ce655b02c911da1176d/1768387543740-XWK4BDB0340N7NHWW0SK/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-18.01.46_10.jpg?format=1500w' alt='Image 1' width='300'>")[
(if: $step is 12)[
(set: $step to 13)
(goto: "Pattern_Success")
]
(else:)[(goto: "Pattern_Wrong")]
]
(link: "<img src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c425ce655b02c911da1176d/1768387503091-7PKL0533CM6VZ2TY1EF5/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-18.01.46_06.jpg?format=1500w' alt='Image 1' width='300'>")[
(if: $step is 6)[(set: $step to 7)]
(else:)[(goto: "Pattern_Wrong")]
]
</div>
That is correct.
But accuracy is not enough.
You need the coordinates to proceed to the next step.
(text-colour:#38d9a9)[(link-repeat: "Enter them here.")[(open-url: "http://www.torporgames.com/the-source-act-ii-the-findings-part-ii")]] (text-colour:transparent)[Stop trying to cheat by inspecting the code mwahaha.]
(text-colour:#868e96)[[Restart ACT II]]
This doesn’t sit right.
You check it again.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[You study the cipher.]]
(text-colour:#868e96)[[Restart ACT II]]Are they a threat? Or are they there to help?
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[You slow down and pull over.]]Sunlight scatters across the sea, briefly catching your attention.
A codex of patterns flicker at the edge of your vision.
You rub your eyes, attributing it to fatigue.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[Kyrute’s roads carry you forward.]]A figure emerges from the glare ahead, one arm raised.
You do not recognize them.
(text-colour:#38d9a9) [[Are they signaling to you?]]
