Lantern Slip #01
Recovered near Fire Ring 3
Fragment reads: ████████████████. Only partial edge visible. Wax residue present.
“We serve the Fire. We guard the cache. We trust no raccoon.”
Mission Status Update: Phase 1 - Activation | Field Agents: Cache Fragment Sigma is unstable. Reroute via Lava Creek Trailhead. | Clearance Level: Marmot Required | Transmission #00-001: “The Fire is never without witness.”
ACCESSING LANTERN SLIP LOGS...
Warning: Clearance Level Raven or higher required for full visibility.
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Fragment reads: ████████████████. Only partial edge visible. Wax residue present.
Water damage. Only legible words: ██████ ███ ████.
Handwriting: “██████ ██ ███ ███.” Ink bled through.
Burned edges. Single line: ████ ████ █████.
Charcoal scrawl: “████ ███ ███ ████.”
Weathered slip: “████ ███ ████████.” Marked for immediate sealing.
Message encoded: ████ █████ ██ ███.
Words faint: “█████ █████ ████.”
Mud-smudged. Message illegible except: ██ ███ ████ ████.
Partial code: ████ ██ ████.
Words faded: “████ ███ ██ █████.”
Edge torn. Only visible: ████.
Inverted handwriting: ███████ ██ ███████.
Deciphered with difficulty: “██████ █████ █████.”
Partially eaten by mice. Remaining: ████ ██ █████ ████.
Ink smudged. Text may read: ███ █████ █████.
Only two words remain: ██████ ███ ██.
Text upside-down: ████ ████ █████ ████.
Scrawled: “██ ███ ████ ███ ███.”
Scratched into bark: █████ ██ ██████.
Sentence half-missing: ██ ███████ ██ ███████.
Message in charcoal: ███ ██ ███ ████ ██.
Mostly illegible. Words: ████████ ███ ████.
Circle drawn in wax. Encoded: ███████ ███ █████.
Partial phrase: ██████ ███ ███████.
Message faded: █████ ███ █████ ████.
Unfolded text: ████ ███ ███ █████.
Oil-stained. Three words: █████ ██ █████.
Torn edges. Only readable: ████ ██ █████ ██████.
Water-blurred. Message: ████ ████ ████.
Wax seal half-melted. Text: █████ ███████ █████.
Unreadable except: ██████ ██████.
Ink faded to invisibility. Rubbing reveals: █████ ███ █████.
Frostbitten. Two words: ████ ████.
Slip torn in half: ████ ██████.
Scrawled in haste: ██ ███ ███████.
Numbers replaced by lines. Slip reads: ███████ ██ ████.
Nearly erased: ██ ███ █████ ███ ███████.
Unreadable except one phrase: █████ █████.
Greasy pawprint. Encoded line: █████ ██ ████.
Smells faintly of smoke. Message: █████ ██████ █████.
Torn in two. Partial: ████ ██ ███ █████.
Unreadable except: ████ ███ █████.
Edge burned. Only message: █████ ███ ████.
Weathered. “████ ███ ██████.”
Red ink faded. Message: ███ ██ ███ ████.
Faded script: ██████ ███ █████.
Only two words remain: ███ ███.