ᴄᴜᴛɪᴇ 𐙚 𝐂. 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐃

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➔ WORD OF THE CHAPTER: hologram

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"I hit the- I move the cup.. hit the b-balls and then it opened up and I can't..." charlie tried to explain.

"It's okay, I understand... Your dad's a freak," Berger looks up from charlie.

Something pops out from the wall. We all went to look at it closer. It was a keypad.

"Woah.." Lizzie says. She was the first one there. "Wait. Careful, careful," charlie says behind all of us.

"How do we open it," berger asks. "We need a code," lizzie says.

"This is just like an escape room. Scan the room for clues," lizzie tells us, looking around.

We all scattered around the small area for clues. "It's numerical... so that rules out childhood pets, birthplace... when's your parent's anniversary," lizzie looks back to charlie, who is digging around inside of drawers. "They're divorced."

"How bout your dad's birthday," she asks, looking back at the keypad.

"November 18th," he answers.

She types it in. A buzzer can be heard. I hear her hum, disappointed.

She looks beside her. "Better yet... the birthday of a loved one," she reached out to the same photo maya was looking at earlier.

"Hey, Happy almost birthday," she tells charlie.

We all went back to lizzie.

"zero. four. zero. seven. zero. eight," she presses each of the numbers.

Then, things were turning and unlocking. Then the metal door opened, showing an elevator.

"Hello," berger says.

"Woah," lizzie says.

"Looks like an elevator," charlie walks up to it.

"What? to go upstairs," maya chuckles.

"That's kinda lazy, isn't it," berger says.

We look around the elevator. It was huge and shiny. A pattern with lights behind the walls, lighting up the whole elevator.

"Why is there only one button," Charlie asks.