v. first clue

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ᴼᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᵒᵒʳʷᵃʸ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇᵘˡˡᵉᵗˢ ʳⁱᵖ

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"The office. My dad's office," explains John B after they all get up in hurry to follow him through the house. "He always kept it locked because he was worried about his competitors stealing his Royal Merchant research. We used to laugh at him all the time like he was actually gonna find it... But now he's gone, I just kinda... I just left it as he kept it."

He stops in front of the office.

"Yeah, for when he gets back," says Kie as he unlocked the door.

"Yeah."

He enters first. They all come along with him inside without a question.

Big John's office is a messy room, full of paperwork.

"It looks like your dad has looong studied this wreck," says Isis, impressed.

"Almost all of his life."

"I've slept over here like... 600 times, and I've never seen this door opened," Pope points out.

John B covers the chaos of the table with a cork board.

"Is that a family tree or something?" asks Isis leaning over.

"Yeah, exactly," nods her friend. "Look. This is the original owner, right here."

He points to a picture at the top, representing a man dressed as a sailor.

"Okay, Robert Q. Routledge, 1880 to 1920," reads Kie. "There's the lucky compass right here."

"Actually, um... He was shot after he bought it," says John B.

Isis shares a look with Kiara. The rooster crows outside.

"Then, the compass was shipped back to Henry..." resumes John B. "Henry was killed in a crop-dusting accident when he had the compass."

"I don't like the turn it takes," sighs Isis. "Please tell me it was just coincidence."

He winces.

"After he died, the compass was given to Stephen. He... He had the compass with him when he died in Vietnam."

"Let me guess," JJ speaks in. "He died in action, right?"

"...S-sort of."

"What do you mean?" asks Isis tensed up.

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