joshuaandClaude Opus 5.5
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Game pack 3: 22 new games (19-40), 40 in total. - New engines: dial (Wavelength / Mind Meld), twin (Twin Rooms / Spot the Difference, incl. mirror mode) and blueprint (Describe & Draw, incl. peeks, overlap scoring and a rotated Builder canvas) - Labyrinth: items and doors (Hedge Maze) - Defuse: manualFrom, roles swapping every level behind a Ready card, and duplicate wire modules (Tick Tock: Switch) - Generic time limits for the new engines; sync/defuse successEnding - Library: engine-label chips and filters; Noto Color Emoji font - Validation: Appendix A checks ported, with a per-game summary - Quote comma/colon-split labels in five new YAMLs (wording unchanged) - Tests for all new engines and sanitized payloads of all 22 games - Docs: CLAUDE.md, GAMES.md (pack 3 spoiler guide), How to Play Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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id: magicians-dressing-room
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engine: story
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category: escape-room
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title: The Magician's Dressing Room
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tagline: The Great Marvello vanished mid-show. Now you're locked in his dressing room. Coincidence? Never.
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estimatedMinutes: 25
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difficulty: 3
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players: { min: 2, max: 2 }
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theme: { primary: "#5b2a86", accent: "#f9c74f", background: "#0e0716", headingFont: "Playfair Display" }
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rules:
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hintPenaltySeconds: 180
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roles:
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A:
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name: The Assistant
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blurb: You're in the dressing room itself. Mirrors, cabinets, cards, and the stage door.
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B:
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name: The Stagehand
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blurb: You're behind the trick wall in the prop store. Scripts, charts, and the magician's secrets.
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intro: |
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Front-row seats at **The Great Marvello**'s farewell show. Mid-act, he steps into his Vanishing Cabinet...
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and genuinely vanishes. The theatre panics. An usher asks you two to "check his dressing room".
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The door clicks shut behind you. A playing card slides under it:
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> *"Every great trick needs two. Find your way out, and you'll find me. — M."*
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One of you is in the dressing room. The other fell through a trick wall into the prop store behind it.
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You can hear each other through the mirror.
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chapters:
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- id: ch1
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title: The Magic Square
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narrative: |
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The makeup table drawer has a 4-digit lock. Its lid is painted with a 3×3 grid of numbers, some rubbed away.
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clues:
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A:
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- id: a1-grid
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title: The painted grid on the drawer
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type: diagram
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body: |
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```
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┌───┬───┬───┐
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│ 2 │ ? │ 6 │
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├───┼───┼───┤
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│ ? │ 5 │ ? │
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├───┼───┼───┤
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│ 4 │ ? │ 8 │
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└───┴───┴───┘
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```
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*Tiny print under it: "Read the missing ones top to bottom, left to right."*
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B:
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- id: b1-notebook
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title: Marvello's notebook, page 1
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type: note
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body: |
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*My drawer square is MAGIC: every row, every column and both diagonals add to the **same number**.
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Use each number 1 to 9 exactly once.*
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lock:
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id: lock-square
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prompt: Open the drawer.
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inputType: code
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format: 4 digits
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answers: ["7913"]
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hints:
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- Find the magic total first. The diagonal 2, 5, 8 is complete.
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- Every line adds to 15. The top row needs 15 − 2 − 6.
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- "Missing: top 7, middle-left 9, middle-right 1, bottom 3. Reading order: 7, 9, 1, 3."
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successText: |
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**7913.** The drawer opens: a top hat, and a deck of cards with six cards turned face up.
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keyName: Top Hat Key
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- id: ch2
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title: What's in the Hat?
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narrative: |
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A brass plate on the hat stand reads **"WHAT'S IN THE HAT?"** with a six-letter tile lock.
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Six cards are laid face up on the table in a row.
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clues:
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A:
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- id: a2-cards
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title: The six face-up cards (left to right)
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type: diagram
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body: |
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```
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5♥ A♠ 2♠ 2♠ 9♠ 7♥
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```
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B:
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- id: b2-cipher
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title: Marvello's card cipher (prop store wall)
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type: table
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body: |
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| Suit | Ace | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | J | Q | K |
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|------|-----|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|----|---|---|---|
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| ♠ Spades | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
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| ♥ Hearts | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
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*Clubs and diamonds mean nothing. Decoys.*
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lock:
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id: lock-hat
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prompt: What's in the hat?
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inputType: text
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format: 6 letters
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answers: ["RABBIT"]
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hints:
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- Spades are A to M, hearts are N to Z, by card value.
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- "5♥ = R. A♠ = A."
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- R-A-B-B-I-T.
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successText: |
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**RABBIT.** The hat's false bottom drops open. Out falls a velvet card with a grid of little squares,
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and a note: *"Picture my favourite thing."*
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keyName: Rabbit Key
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- id: ch3
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title: The Picture Puzzle
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narrative: |
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A wall panel has a 5×5 grid of light switches. Turn on the right ones and the panel shows a picture.
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Then say what it is.
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clues:
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A:
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- id: a3-rows
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title: Velvet card, side 1 (rows, top to bottom)
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type: table
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body: |
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| Row | Clue |
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|-----|------|
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| 1 | 1 1 |
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| 2 | 5 |
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| 3 | 5 |
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| 4 | 3 |
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| 5 | 1 |
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*Each number is a run of switches ON in a row, in order, with at least one OFF between runs.*
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B:
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- id: b3-cols
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title: Velvet card, side 2 (columns, left to right)
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type: table
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body: |
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| Column | Clue |
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|--------|------|
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| 1 | 2 |
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| 2 | 4 |
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| 3 | 4 |
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| 4 | 4 |
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| 5 | 2 |
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*Same rules, but reading each column top to bottom.*
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lock:
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id: lock-picture
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prompt: What does the picture show?
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inputType: text
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format: One word
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answers: ["HEART", "AHEART", "LOVE", "LOVEHEART"]
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hints:
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- Rows 2 and 3 are fully ON. Start there.
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- Column 1 has a run of 2 and rows 2–3 already give it that, so the rest of column 1 is OFF. Same for column 5.
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- "Row 1: switches 2 and 4. Row 4: switches 2–4. Row 5: switch 3. It's a heart."
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successText: |
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**A heart.** The panel glows red. Behind it, a card table with a spread of cards and a stage door with four suit symbols.
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keyName: Heart Key
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finale:
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type: escape
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prompt: The stage door has four dials, one under each suit.
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clues:
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A:
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- id: af-door
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title: The stage door
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type: diagram
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body: |
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```
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♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
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[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
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```
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*Engraved: "Count my table. Every card counts."*
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B:
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- id: bf-table
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title: The card table in the prop store
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type: table
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body: |
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| Card | Card | Card | Card |
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|------|------|------|------|
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| K♥ | 3♠ | 7♥ | Q♦ |
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| 2♥ | J♠ | 9♦ | A♥ |
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| 5♣ | 8♠ | 4♥ | |
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lock:
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id: lock-stage
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prompt: Set the four dials.
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inputType: code
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format: 4 digits (♠ ♥ ♦ ♣)
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answers: ["3521"]
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hints:
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- Count how many cards of each suit are on the table.
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- "♠: 3♠, J♠, 8♠."
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- "♠ 3, ♥ 5, ♦ 2, ♣ 1 = 3521."
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successEnding: |
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**3521.** The stage door swings open onto the empty stage, under a single spotlight.
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The Vanishing Cabinet's door creaks. The Great Marvello steps out, bows deeply, and hands you two
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a pair of tickets: *"Front row, for life. You make a marvellous double act."*
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**You escaped!** 🎩🔑
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