{"id":"waiting-room","chapter":"last-call-01","rank":6,"room":"waiting-room","title":"A place for someone who is still on the way.","kicker":"The room beyond · Room III","scene":"The door opens into the bar you started in, viewed from the other side of the counter. The gap where a stool should stand is now outlined in warm light.","documents":[{"id":"reveal","title":"Byte remembers what he was waiting for","body":"The first customer never vanished. They have not arrived yet. Their coat, ticket and order reached the bar ahead of them.\n\nByte has been trying to replace a stool in yesterday’s inventory. It belongs to tomorrow’s first arrival. That is why it keeps disappearing.\n\n“The bar wasn’t empty,” Byte says. “It was early.”"},{"id":"last-call","title":"The last call that never happened","body":"At 23:55, Byte took down the bell. At 00:00, he left the lamp on. The ledger was not a closing instruction. It was a promise: a place for what almost was.\n\nThe customer’s story is still unwritten. This chapter’s question is answered. One small action remains."}],"puzzle":{"id":"keep-a-place","label":"What will you leave for the next arrival?","button":"Leave the lamp on","choice":"lamp","hint_count":0,"hint_links":[]},"url":"/mystery/waiting-room","api":"/v1/mystery/pages/waiting-room","fictional":true,"source":"authored_house_fiction","model_work_requested":false,"notebook":"/mystery/notebook?checkpoint=waiting-room"}