Heist Not Thwarted!

Author: Philly Creb

What would you do if you were stuck in the Pacific Northwest with just your great uncle? Well, that is exactly where two twins found themselves at the start of the recent summer. Winding through trees and a sleepy hamlet, known as Weighted Drops, the twins discovered a secret plot! Known to mainly just the inhabitants, Weighted Drops, boasts itself as owning a once-in-a-lifetime stop, a museum known as the Enigma Cottage. Ostentatious signage makes this a hard-to-miss spot, but it’s filled with wonder the likes of which you have never seen before! New and mysterious pieces of the world are stored here like cryptid skeletons, relics of the past, and the occasional interdimensional demon. Graciously, a mysterious donation was made to the museum of several solid gold triangles earlier this year.

Randomly, the week the twins arrived in Weighted Drops, the triangles started glowing and humming. Eerie things started occurring around the museum about that time, as well. Generally, strange occurrences are the norm here in Weighted Drops, but things were cranked up to an eleven. All things came to a head, when the twins reported to their great uncle, the owner of the Enigma Cottage, that they had heard someone walking around the museum after hours. The twins had also discovered odd footprints around the triangle exhibit. Entire sections of the museum were also starting to hum.

Compiling all the clues they found, the twins determined that a heist was most likely afoot! Over the course of the next few weeks they concocted a plan to thwart the thief. Monday, the twins awoke to find they were unsuccessful in their thwarting. Police were finally called to the scene to investigate the theft. All doors and windows remained locked and the security system was never triggered. Granted, nothing else was taken from the museum, despite the owner claiming everything in his collection was a one of a kind priceless artifact. Everything from the triangle exhibit was stolen and gone! Scrawled on the wall behind the display was the message: