Power cut
The main lights went out at 8:10.
Free Mystery · Art theft
The Gallery Alibi
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Case Overview
At 8:10, a painting vanished during a power cut. Mara said she never left the skylit sculpture room. Theo claimed he stayed in the windowless archive and kept sorting blue folders by…
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The Gallery Alibi
At 8:10, a painting vanished during a power cut. Mara said she never left the skylit sculpture room. Theo claimed he stayed in the windowless archive and kept sorting blue folders by color until the lights returned.
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Archive
There are no windows in the archive.
Emergency lights
The emergency lights failed with the main power.
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MaraTheo
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