Conundrum Thrill [Completed]

VI-CHAPTER 5

Chapter 5: Did I fail you?

Oliver

Pumasok na kami sa mini five-star hotel, ang apartment unit namin. I am fudging anxious because this time, I need to apologize to my team. If only I have been honest, this won't happen. Kahit pa sabihin na lahat ng nagyayari ay may dahilan pero hindi ko matanggal-tanggal ang paka-guilty na namumuhay sa buong katawan ko.

Nasa living room na kami at kaharap ko ngayon si Stellar. Tahimik ang paligid at hindi mo makakaila na may sasabihin akong hindi talaga maganda. Tiningan ko muna ang mga kasama ko.

Si “Shoal” [Heartle] ay sobrang tahimik na hindi naman ito usual kasi pabebe y'un eh. Si “Stellar” [Estelle] naman ay halatang sobrang lalim ng iniisip. When I glance at “Admirer” [Loris], he is staring at me. I subconsciously swallow my saliva.

I close my eyes as I take a deep breath and then clear my throat. When I open my eyes nagkatinginan silang tatlo. I seated properly so that baka makaraos din ako sa pagkaguilty properly. I know it's inappropriate to joke in a place and ambience like this but trust me, I am just doing this to forget my nervousness. Fudge this!

"Ti ti la la so la ti do." I mumble while facing the ceiling because it's embarrassing to sing that fudging statement but I have to.

I open my eyes. I give them a gaze. Shoal and Admirer look at each other while Estelle raise her eyebrows and seated properly. Suddenly, nanliit ang mata ni Admirer. Hey, what's with that expression? It's very unusual.

"Only Estelle knew about it but by the looks of Loris, I know this is kind of familiar to him." They look at each other. "It is derived from do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. Familiar to you, am I right?"

They nod in unison. Oh fudge! Why did I ask that question? It's clear that they know. It has been tackled around forth grade. My brain cells are running out already, that's for sure.

"Ti ti la la so la ti do. This is derived obviously from do re mi fa so la ti do. Ti, ti, la, la, so, la, ti, do is equivalent to the numbers 77665678, according to the series. Any resemblance that you remember?" I said while looking at Stellar.

Nanlaki ang mata ni Stellar that's why I smirk. "This is the code of the vault. The vault where the map was found during the latest mission. Do you know what's fishy here?"

I eye each one of them. Shoal looks confuse, Stellar looks waiting for my next statement and Admirer is looking at me as if I am a mystery. I take a moment of silence first before clearing my throat.

I gaze at Shoal. "Heartle Cepheus is consist of 7 letters per name." Heartle's eyes narrows at me. Me,"—I pointed myself—"Oliver Yacine is consist of 6 letters each word."

"Heartle is the double ti," Stellar whispered.

"La la corresponds to Oliver," Admirer mumbled.

I point out Admirer. "You, Loris Amaury. The first name is consist of 5 letters and the last name is consist of 6 letters."

"Double ti, double la, so and la," Heartle said while nodding her head back and forth.

"Estelle Clemence, you," I said as I point Stellar out. "First name is consist of 7 letters and the last name is consist of 8 letters."