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After introductions were made, they each told their tale. After each story of a magical sighting, I knew they were all connected. And caused by the same thing. After they were done telling their stories Conner paced back and forth, thinking.
"Ho long ago did each of you see the forest appear?" he asked them.
"Four months ago," Rusty said, then scrunched his brow. "As a matter of fact, it was four months ago to this very day."
"What a coincidence," Annette said. "I saw it exactly two months ago."
"Precisely one month ago for me," Judy said.
"Two weeks," Jerry said.
"And how long did the apparition last?" Conner asked.
"It only lasted a few seconds at the castle," Rusty said.
"It was quick, but I'd say a minute or two," Anette said.
"Fifteen minutes at least," Judy said.
"About forty-five minutes, I suspect," Jerry said.
Oh boy. I could start to see the pattern. But I needed evidence and locations to prove it.
"Interesting," Conner said. "So, the sightings are happening faster and faster, and each time the apparition appears, it stays twice as long. If it continues in this pattern, that would put the next sighting tonight and it would stick around for an hour or two. I just wish we could tell where it's gonna be."
I gasped, and idea coming to light in my mind. My gasp startled everyone.
"Actually, I think the locations may just be as predictable," I said, everything coming into place in my mind.
I looked around the camp and snatched a map of the city off a sleeping person. I spread it across the brick wall and had Jack and Goldilocks hold it in place.
"Mr. Oswald, what street was National bank on again?" I asked.
"Forty-Fourth and Fifth Avenue," Jerry said.
"And Ms. Harlow, where is Rockefeller Center located?"
"Between Forty-Eight and Fifty-First," Judy said.
"And the Plaza Hotel?"
"It's at Fifty-Ninth and Fifth," Annette said.
"And Rusty, I know there are n streets in Central Park, but if Belvedere Castle were on a street, what would it be?" I asked.
"That's easy," Rusty said. "It's just north of the Seventy-Ninth Street transverse."
I pulled a marker out of my pocket and made a mark on the map of all the locations. Once I was done, I stepped back to study it.
"Just what I thought," I said, giving my brain a mental high-five for such a good thought. "The bridge first appeared on Seventy-Ninth Street at Belvedere castle. Next, it appeared at the Plaza Hotel- exactly twenty blocks south of the castle. After that, the forest appeared at Rockefeller Center- exactly ten blocks south of the hotel. And finally, it appeared at National Bank on Forty-Fourth Street- exactly five blocks south of the center. The bridge is traveling in a semi-straight line through New York City, and each time it appears, it covers half the ground it did before."
"So, everything is a pattern!" Conner said and placed a hand on the map. "That means we can trace when and where the bridge will appear next! According to the formulas, that would place the next appearance tonight at two and a half blocks south of National Bank on Forty-Fourth Street."
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