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The sealed move
AlsoSEALED MOVE · DAY 76 · 10:42; the buff envelope
A buff envelope pinned to the box world's noticeboard: an adjourned game nobody resumed, beside the one he resigned; its date is the last stroke of Episode 1's painting clock.
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In chess an adjourned game waits on a sealed move: the next move written down and locked in an envelope until play resumes. This one is pinned in the box world's foyer beside Board 14, dated with Episode 1's painting clock, and nobody ever opens it.
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- On screenHand-lettered on a buff envelope pinned with one brass tack: SEALED MOVE · DAY 76 · 10:42. {E4 21:38-21:39.5} edit
- On screenBeside it a typed card: BOARD 14 · BLACK TO MOVE. {E4 21:38-21:39.5} edit
- On screenNever mentioned. {E4 S24} edit
- RunningA sealed move is how an adjourned game waits: the next move written down, unseen, until play resumes. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit
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- EggSEALED MOVE · DAY 76 · 10:42 on the foyer's noticeboard. {E4 21:38; E4-EGG-05} edit
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Egg DAY 76 · 10:42 is the last stroke on Crimson Coil's painting clock in Episode 1. {E1 16:20-16:55; 19:57.5; E4-EGG-05} edit -
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On screen Pinned beside Board 14's card in the The opera house of the captured's foyer. {E4 21:38} edit
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- RunningNever opened, never mentioned. {E4 S24} edit