OPENING THE Wall safe
(Grandfather Clock Puzzle)
The key from the cat collar goes to the jewelry box in the foyer. Inside the jewelry box are clock hands. The only place for clock hands to go is the grandfather clock in the foyer, so put the clock hands on the clock face...but you have to choose in what positions. You can only put one clock hand on at a time...
Hint 1
BIG-BRAIN TIME There are two other timekeepers in the cabin...one in the foyer under the chair, and another on the curio cabinet in the main livingroom area. Does anything about them stand out?
Hint 2
You're so close... There's an entry in the travel journal of one of the renters, found in the suitcase in the bathroom, that mentions Lee wanting to meet with everyone for some reason...
Answer
Home stretch! The clocks have all stopped at 3am, the time the renters messed around with the cursed Tarot deck after Lee successfully got the key to the jewelry box away from Luna's collar. Put the clock hands in their respective positions so that they read 3:00: The long hand points at "12," the short hand points at "03."
The bottom of the grandfather clock can now be opened.
You have the cards, but you still can't escape the cabin...
Hint 1
What loose ends need tying up...? In a previous note, Ivanka mentions that she successfully quelled the deck's rage, if momentarily, by lighting a purifying candle, and that she has more candles stored away somewhere SAFE...
Hint 2
Read the comic again?... The final note addressed to you says that the witch's son is the key...
Answer
VICTORY AWAITS There is a safe in the wall, hidden behind the photo of the cabin. Use the magnifying glass on the photo of the cabin to reveal the wall safe, which is locked by a code. The code is the name of the witch's son, which you can find in the scanned pages of the fairytale that Garrett sent you a link to (to read the story again, tap the blue letter with the star on it over the box of mail etc. that Luna was sleeping on in the foyer). Enter his name, "Ambrus," to open the safe. Inside is a single purifying candle and a pack of matches. Take the matches and use them on the candle to dispel the miasma, the crushing influence of the vengeful witch, and finally unlock the front door!
Congrats--You've avoided being sucked into the nether realm by the forces of vengeful darkness! But the sealed cards are still powerful and just waiting to inflict suffering on the next person to mess with them...
The anniversary of the night the Lee party disappeared, Halloween, close to the time the witch lost her son, is only a handful of months away...
Maybe if you spend those months working your own magic, you can work together to put the cards, and the witch's soul, finally to rest...BY WAY OF A PARTY! What better way to spit in the face of death and darkness than to bring the joy and the light, and join in each others' light? It's the only way. You have work to do!!
**GO THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR IN THE ESCAPE ROOM TO BE TAKEN TO THE PARTY INVITE**