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Apprentice Curator Quiz

• The answers to this quiz can be found in the academic article.

Instructions from Elin

• Translate the otherworld language symbols into their phonetic spelling and then into English using the otherworld language lesson sheet.

Message from David

• Your blacklight may reveal a secret message on the "Drift Is Death" poster.
• Using the blacklight on your poster should reveal a message from David in otherworld language. Use the otherworld language lesson sheet to decipher David's message into phonetic sounds and then into English.

Otherworld Language Lesson

• Elin's language lesson provides a series of phrases written in the otherworld alphabet, their phonetic translation, and their translation into written English. Some of the translations have already been provided, while others remain incomplete.

Otherworld Spell

• Your blacklight may reveal some secret information on this scrap of paper.

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Apprentice Curator Quiz

• The correct answers to the Apprentice Curator Quiz are as follows:

  • 1: B
  • 2: A
  • 3: D
  • 4: A
  • 5: C

Instructions from Elin

• The otherworld language symbols spell out "brightstone".

Message from David

• Translated into phonetic sounds, the message from David on the back of the poster reads:

  • AI-M G-EH-T-IH-NG B-EH-TUH-R AT-T TH-IH-S. M-AI SH-AH-D-OH AH-N-D TH-UH S-OW-N-D UUH-V M-AI F-EUH-T-S-T-EH-P-S K-AH-N K-R-AW-S OH-V-UH-R T-OOH Y-EUH-EH-R S-AI-D. S-UH-M-T-AI-M-Z M-AI W-ER-R-D-Z. IH-T-S H-AHH-R-D-UH-R T-OOH SH-IH-F-T M-AI B-AHH-D-EE.

  • AI-M N-AHH-T TH-EE OH-N-L-EE W-UUH-N K-R-AW-S-IH-NG OH-V-UH-R. TH-UH D-AHH-R-K-N-UH-S IH-Z R-AY-S-IH-NG UH-G-EH-N-S-T M-EE, AH-N-D IH-T-S W-IH-N-IH-NG. AI-M S-OH T-AI-UH-R-D. B-UUH AI W-OH-N-T G-IH-V UUH-P, B-IH-K-UH-Z SH-EE-Z W-AY-T-IH-NG F-AW-R M-EE. F-AI-N-D EH-L-UH-N. SH-EE K-AH-N H-EH-L-P B-O-TH UUH-V UUH-S.

• Translated into phonetic sounds into written English, the message from David on the back of the poster reads:

  • I'm getting better at this. My shadow and the sound of my footsteps can cross over to your side. Sometimes my words. It's harder to shift my body.

  • I'm not the only one crossing over. The darkness is racing against me, and it's winning. I'm so tired. But I won't give up, because she's waiting for me. Find Elin. She can help both of us.

Otherworld Language Lesson

• #4: Y-OO M-UUH-S-T UH-V-OY-D OW-UH-R AHH-D D-IH-L-AI-T-S AH-N-D S-T-R-AY-N-J T-R-EH-ZH-UH-R-Z.
• #5: TH-UH CH-AHH-R-M-Z W-IH-TH-IH-N TH-UH P-IH-T SH-AH-L B-ER-R-TH P-AH-SH-UH-N-UH-T H-AY-T, F-OW-L TH-UH M-AI-N-D, AH-N-D K-IH-L AW-L IH-N-UH-R G-EUH-D
• "The charms within the pit shall birth passionate hate, foul the mind, and kill inner good."
• Now that you know how to decode the otherworld language into phonetic spelling and then into English, you can decode the messages written in otherworld language in Episodes 1 and 2.
• In Episode 1, the otherworld letters in the Profile of David spell "EH" and "AW-L-W-AY-Z", or the first sound of a name beginning with "E" and the word "always".
• On the back of the miner's postcard, the luminous writing on the back of the card translates to, "I've been watching you a long time. I need the token. The explosion doesn't hold a candle to the disaster heading your way. Get it to me now."