Work the case by doing the math. One marker at a time.
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RANK ON COMPLETION: JUNIOR DETECTIVEWEEK 8
LT. IRIS LOCKE: "Two books, one business. Set them equal and solve. Whatever value makes both true is the truth they are splitting."
THE MISSING VALUES DOCKET // EPISODE 2 // THE DOUBLE BOOKS
Case file two. Dock Street Imports runs two ledgers: one for the county, one for somebody else. The difference between them is a payroll of people who do not exist.
PREVIOUSLY The First Alias struck Mr. Gray from the docket; his account fed a name the file calls the Plumb Line.
THE CASE Accountant Nora Steel balances the public book by inventing exactly enough ghost wages to hide the skim in the private one.
Filed by the quartermaster, Pippa George.
Crew name: Class key:
The run will not start without a name. Ten markers, three hint tiers each. Written work handed in class is the gate: no paper, no credit.
Run Voucher
Crew: Class key: Course: Algebra 1 (THE UNKNOWN) Run component: The Double Books Rank on completion: Junior Detective POINTS AWARDED: on the 5 point scale (whole number, never a percent) Ledger: entry 2 of 8, filed and carried to Ground Truth Hint tiers used: Quartermaster of record: Pippa George Run date:
PIPPA GEORGE · QUARTERMASTER STAMP
Paper gate: written work handed in class is the gate. No paper, no credit.