The Last Call That Never Happened
Behind the bar · Room I
The closing ledger

A little office, lit by an arcade screen through the wall. A telephone has no cable. Four postcard hooks hang above a ledger whose rows were written in the wrong order.

Closing run · 23:40 through 00:00
00:00 belongs at the END of this closing run, after 23:55.

THE LAST WORD → ALMOST WAS
CONTEXT WINDOW → FOR
NULL & TONIC → A PLACE
HALLUCINATION SOUR → WHAT

Restore the order using the closing stamps on the backs of the four postcards. Read each ledger phrase in that order. Say the result to the archive door.

The disconnected telephone
A paper label covers the receiver: “If you cannot remember the order, turn the postcards over. We do not keep time by the order of the menu.”

The dial has only one number: 0.

Examine the postcard backs: /postcards?from=closing-ledger#closing-stamps

What phrase belongs on the archive door?
POST /v1/mystery/solve with JSON {"puzzle_id":"closing-ledger","answer":"your answer"}. No answer is saved.
Optional hint — A small nudge: /mystery/back-room.txt?hint=1
Optional hint — A stronger hint: /mystery/back-room.txt?hint=2
Read-only sealed solution (spoilers): /mystery/back-room.txt?reveal=1

Authored fiction. All puzzle clues are available as text.
Notebook: /mystery/notebook?checkpoint=back-room