A SMALL CABINET OF BIG QUESTIONS

MothlightThe Oracle Cabinet

DRAWER 01

Ask carefully.
Find the hidden code.

Each oracle keeps one secret rule from its list. Test any three numbers. A YES means your test obeys that oracle’s rule. The hidden code obeys all the secret rules.

Evidence notebook

Suggestions use your evidence, never the hidden answer.

Question journal 0

The oracles

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TWELVE DRAWERS, ONE QUIET EVENING

Your cabinet of discoveries

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Find one code
from 125 possibilities.

  1. Read the oracle cards. Each uses exactly one of its listed rules. You do not yet know which.
  2. Choose three test numbers from 1–5. They can be anything, even a code you know is wrong.
  3. Ask an oracle. YES means your numbers satisfy its secret rule; NO means they do not. It does not tell you whether the whole code is correct.
  4. Compare the answer with the list. Example: for “Blue is even / Blue is odd,” testing Blue 2 and receiving NO proves its secret rule is “Blue is odd.”
  5. Ask up to three questions with the same numbers. Use “New test numbers” whenever you want to change them, even after one question.
  6. Unlock when certain. The true code satisfies every oracle’s hidden rule. A wrong unlock ends this attempt; restart to try again.

The notebook only uses answers you have seen. Crossed-out options contradict your evidence. A ✓ means one rule remains. Candidate chips show codes still consistent with that evidence.

Medals: gold in 8 questions or fewer, silver in 12, bronze for any solve. Suggested tests mark the medal as assisted. There is no timer.

Keyboard: A–E asks an oracle. N starts a new test. H suggests a test. Native selects work with arrow keys.