Evidence 01
Search the cabin
The recorder rebuilt one frozen moment. Inspect the scene and recover anything that survived.
Recovered note fragment
They will remember the name. They will forget the order.
ROW BEFORE TIME.
Do not use the seat letter. The minute hand tells the truth.
ARCHIVED FIELD COPY
Route card — handwritten
Begin where the rain meets the sound. Go south to the roses. Turn east to the city of trees. Then drop south into the high desert.
Every correct stop reveals one digit.
ROUTE: _ → _ → _ → _
OHDS DW WZHQWB WZR
The header tells you how to move through the alphabet. Decode the second line.
Recorder reconstruction panel
The decoded message supplies the time. The case file supplies the remaining conditions. Rebuild the final recorded sequence.