Kiara
"Alright, so we're really doing this, huh." I said with a sigh as we gathered in the living room of the Chateau.
"Let's actually find something this time, maybe?" Sarah looked at the boys.
"Oh, we will." John B answered, getting his phone out.
We huddled around it, looking at a picture of a landscape painting. "That's the one in the Mitchell's hall, right?" Pope questioned.
"Yeah, check this out." John B swiped to the next picture.
It was a close up of the rocks. It took me a second to realize the carvings were letters.
"You think this is a clue?" I asked, looking up at him.
"It's not every day that an old painting has a hidden message in the same house that had an old newspaper about a lost painting."
"Well this can't be the painting, right? That'd be too easy." JJ said, confused.
"It's still missing to this day, so no, this isn't it." Pope grabbed John B's phone, bringing it closer to his face. "I need a paper and something to write with—I think I can make some words out."
John B picked up an old piece of homework and flipped it over onto the table as JJ got out a pencil from his backpack. We all sat down around the table, focused on Pope.
He squinted closely at the picture as he began to write letters down.
"Follow the ones who stay on the." I read, tilting my head, "That's it?"
"No—Hold on." Pope said impatiently as he studied the picture.
He looked at it for a bit before gasping and quickly finishing the sentence. "Follow the ones who stay on the shore and wait their turn!" he said proudly as he slammed the pencil down.
"Great, Pope!" JJ swung his arm around his shoulders, "Now what in the hell does that mean."
"I don't know!" Pope looked at him with a smile.
"Stay on the shore and wait their turn." Sarah said thoughtfully, "Their turn for what though? And who are they?"
"Wait for waves?" John B guessed, "Maybe whoever wrote this was a surfer."
"Great, like that narrows it down." I said as I looked at the words, dumbfounded. "But stay on the shore? That's oddly specific. Why would they just stand there and wait."
"I don't know man." JJ said with a sigh, "Wow, I'm just now remembering how much we suck at riddles." He scratched his forehead.
"We'll figure it out." I reassured them with a nod. "We managed to decipher a thousand sonnets in english this year, this should be easy." I picked up the paper.
"Kie's right." Sarah stepped by my side, the both of us looking at the paper in my hands. "We can do this." she said with a nod.
Kal
I stood on the beach, blankly staring at the ocean.
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False Signals | OBX
Adventure/TW: Mentions of heavy topics as shown in the show/ New Kooks. New villains. New treasure. What could possibly go wrong? When Kal Mitchell moves to the obx with her family, a series of mischief and hunts for lost treasure begins. Only time will tel...
