Stage 5 of Twelve — Lock 5 · The Keyhole Note Lock
The Séance
This door is masterofeverylock.com, one of the twelve doors of the test hunt. The trunk itself waits at test.tenwordcipher.com.
[ The Bill ]
He attended the sittings with a notebook and a stopwatch, and he was never once fooled — but he always, always hoped the table would spell something true. Tonight the table spells for you. What it spells is a riddle; what the riddle names is the key. Houdini's rule holds in this room: theater, history, and game — never a claim of more.
[ The Clue ]
Press [Ask the Table] and read what it spells out, letter by letter. What it spells is a riddle. Work out the riddle's answer — one word — and type it below.
[ Hint ]
It is weather, and it is a temper. Shakespeare shipwrecked one on an island.
[ A Line Left on the Table ]
“Above the sawdust a sparrow burst from the rafters, and every head in the house turned.”
When the sitting ended and the candles were pinched out, that sentence was found written on the back of the bill. Pocket it, traveller: a later bill — the one behind the bessieraymond.com door, Lock 10 — is missing exactly this sentence, and only a traveller carrying it can mend that bill.