Who Will Escape?

Digging Someone's Grave

"The string is over!"

Bryan takes a deep breath.

Bryan
Okay. It worked. We're getting there. Thank God.

"Guys, I think it's here." he says, using his flashlight to point at the spot below them.

Alec, Shaadira, Olivia, Bethany and Amarie immediately start poking around in the dirt. Octavia and Nyadhol stands to the side, watching the others go at it, muttering things to herself.

"We found it!" shouts Shaadira.

"I told you it was there!" exclaims Alec.

There's a piece of the puzzle—half of a green heart—peeking out from the dirt. It's with a note, which the Novelist reads.

The heart of the forest longs for its missing half. Take the string and fold it in half. Using the druid statue as a center point, make a circle with the string. Inside the circle, you'll find the other half of the heart. Reunite the pieces and the forest will reveal the location of the coffin.

Fortunately, it doesn't take them long to find the druid statue. It's sitting on a rock, deep in thought.

"So we use the statue as the center point, right?" Bethany asks.

"Right," mutters Olivia.

The group uses the string to make a circle around the statue's neck. Bryan grabs the other end of the string and walks off with it, finally stopping once he's out of string.

"Okay." He looks over at the others.
"This is the distance we can go in any direction from the center, so..." He waves his flashlight around.
"Let's look around in this area."

Shaadira frowns.
"You think it's around the tree?"

Bryan nods, and Alec gets to work.