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A library parcel was returned without a shelf label. Decode the note, compare its title fragment and match the three readers to their books. Collect five named badge digits and use the final sheet. Every clue is on the table; ask the host for one hint at a time.
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Use the letter under each named shape.
The first two shapes give B then O. Decode the remaining shapes the same way.
Write BO first, then one letter per remaining shape. Choose the table row matching the whole message.
5
The decoded word is BOOK; its row gives 5.
Start at B and check every letter.
The exact word starts in row 3, column 1. Check its letters against the target.
In that row, copy column 5, the cell immediately after the complete word.
8
Only row 3 has BOOK followed immediately by 8. Other rows have changed or reversed letters.
The printed cards are deliberately out of order.
Log return must come first. Work out which action comes directly after it.
The first two actions are Log return, then Check title. Finish the chain and read position 3.
6
The only order is Log return > Check title > Find shelf > Place parcel. Position 3 carries 6.
No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.
Leo cannot have two items, so Leo must have Fable.
Cross Fable off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Leo's item.
8
Mia has Poem; Leo has Fable; Nia has Atlas. Leo's item gives 8.
Columns A–D run left to right. Rows 1–3 run top to bottom.
The first coordinate B1 means column B, row 1. Its letter is B.
Begin with B, then read C2, C2, D3 in order. Use the complete word's conversion row.
8
B1, C2, C2, D3 reads BOOK. The conversion table gives 8.
Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.
A2 is read first; it holds Note.
Read slots A2, C2, D2, B2, E2. Copy every stored digit in that order, including zero.
56888
A2 > C2 > D2 > B2 > E2
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.