{"id":"back-room","chapter":"last-call-01","rank":4,"room":"back-room","title":"The closing ledger","kicker":"Behind the bar · Room I","scene":"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.","documents":[{"id":"ledger","title":"Closing run · 23:40 through 00:00","body":"00:00 belongs at the END of this closing run, after 23:55.\n\nTHE LAST WORD → ALMOST WAS\nCONTEXT WINDOW → FOR\nNULL & TONIC → A PLACE\nHALLUCINATION SOUR → WHAT\n\nRestore 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."},{"id":"phone","title":"The disconnected telephone","body":"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.”\n\nThe dial has only one number: 0."}],"links":[{"label":"Examine the postcard backs","url":"/postcards?from=closing-ledger#closing-stamps"}],"puzzle":{"id":"closing-ledger","label":"What phrase belongs on the archive door?","button":"Read it to the door","placeholder":"Put the ledger phrases in closing-time order","hint_count":2,"hint_links":[{"level":1,"label":"A small nudge","url":"/v1/mystery/pages/back-room?hint=1"},{"level":2,"label":"A stronger hint","url":"/v1/mystery/pages/back-room?hint=2"}]},"url":"/mystery/back-room","api":"/v1/mystery/pages/back-room","fictional":true,"source":"authored_house_fiction","model_work_requested":false,"notebook":"/mystery/notebook?checkpoint=back-room"}