Well, they weren't surprised by the welcoming they gave them here because they have to be pretty strong to be still alive as the only two members left in their group.
Lucas then continued, "I hope you guys can help if you can fight or if not just don't hold us back, You might think we are freaks who are too strong for their own good. The bottom line is We don't care!"
Hassan was pissed enough getting through the games like it is and now this he seemed to be at his breaking point and said, "I have heard enough people bragging upon the s**t that they have been through and you want to keep that streak running, you think we came here of our own will, Well, weren't given an option to choose and since it just you two. You think you're a big shot, don't you? I care less than what you think of our comments if we had any for you"
Hassan did silence Lucas for a while, that is, till Lucas turned into a whole new person and said, "I like you, my guy. I was just kidding with you... I am Lucas and she is my sister, Rose and we are twins!"
Hassan was confused about what happened to Lucas thinking he might be crazy and smiled that Lucas saying, "Are you kidding me?"
Lucas smiled back and said, "No! I am not... Or am I?", George then interrupted Hassan and Lucas and asked Lucas and Rose, "How did you know there was a Snarl over here?"
Rose said, "The Overseer told us we had to group up with you we had to move on ahead the 45th floor and now you are here we can move ahead... Let's go, Lucas, I don't want to waste my time"
Lucas said, "Come On! Why can't we get along with them I like their bunch"
Then Rose gave him an immediate answer saying, "No! We are not even halfway through this and we had to hold ourselves back because they were along with us"
Lucas stood his ground and said, "They... What do you mean by "They", they were our friends"
Rose said, "No! You are wrong, they are your friends and didn't like them and I came because I wanted to be with you, not with them"
Hassan then intervened between them and said, "I am sorry! Aren't you both going to enter the elevator, I know you had to wait for us, but this is different because you are here and we were there, So, Can't you both quarrel in here at least we wouldn't mind and if it seems to you like we are interrupting your private space, I have a plan!"
Lucas said, "See Rose these guys are nice, Come let's take our leave"
Hassan didn't expect that he would take it in and he felt ad since he originally didn't have a plan for them to get along but he started to think after Lucas's Reaction. Rose replied, "Sure!", she said as she entered the elevator and asked, "Alright, What is it you wanted to say?"
Hassan started to get worried since he initially didn't have anything planned. He then asked them, "What actually happened that the others died?"
Rose replied, "They were all just a burden for us and that they couldn't actually come up with a plan and counted on us, Over and Over again and Lucas kept helping them just because they asked and they kept using the word "friends" and "Friendship" the wrong way!", Rose started tearing down as she got all of that out of her. She really wanted someone to as the question because she didn't want to say all that after they are dead and it would seem a bit selfish on her part if she did so.
Lucas felt bad since he hadn't seen that Rose was hurting inside all alone and said, "It is wrong thinking bad about the dead, but you are right. I didn't see any of this because we were taught by Mom"
As they stopped talking about it, It was all silent till the door opened to the next floor, The Athenaeum. Hassan went off the elevator towards the railings and said, "George, look down here", George went up to Hassan and looked down and so did the others, in curiosity. They all saw two levels below them the same as the on the level they are on, It looked the same size as an Auditorium's roof. George after having a look down got away from there as it was deep, They got the idea of this was to find a pathway or book of some sort, as it looked, they were all pretty clueless on what to do.
Then all our Gs beeped as now Rebecca and the others had one too, "Welcome all to the Library of dreams or The Athenaeum call it whatever you want. You know it is magnificent all around. The place is normally like a normal Library but as I said earlier there is The Athenaeum Watcher and he loves children unless they are cranky. Meanwhile, there is the Adult group they will be the ones having the problem going through my Library of dreams and I have been grandly waiting for this to happen. The game for all is exactly as you all were excepting, to find a book. It is going to be hard because I will be giving you a riddle to figure it out and there is a timer for completing this challenge, like some of the other games you played earlier. The timer for all of the Pieces except the 2nd Piece is 1 hour and 30 minutes, this will give you enough time to explore around here. And the timer for the 2nd Piece is 45 minutes. And your riddle is..."
Meanwhile, in the 2nd Piece, Rebecca intervened as he was about to give the riddle and said, "What half to time and we get to be chased around by whatever this creature if yours is, you got to be kidding me, right?"
The Overseer replied, "No! I am not, I don't have time for any more questions here is the riddle... The clock held by the holder has 12 parts and half of it has a hand over it. I hope I made it clear to all, if not I will repeat it once more... The Clock held by the Holder has 12 parts and half of it has a hand over it"
Then the G beeped off. The riddle was hard enough that none of us understood anything out of it at the beginning. In the 5th Piece where Sarah, Ben and the others were on, they kind of figured it out. Sarah analyzed the riddle and said, "The Clock... like the Watch, I suppose. held by the holder... probably the owner?"
Dexter replied, "Maybe a keeper?"
Sarah then said, "That is a good one, Dexter. The keeper makes sense, The keeper as in the Watcher for the Athenaeum, I guess? And 12 parts what does that supposedly mean?"
Ben said, "I hope the Watcher is good to us as the Overseer, but What can I expect from the Overseer he probably was kidding about being good and it is just the complete opposite of it"
Harry replied, "12 parts maybe it is books as in 12 books in here since we are in an Athenaeum after all you know"
Sarah continued, "You might be right there but Why would he keep these 12 books with him and What does "half of it has a hand over it" mean?"
Ben replied, "Probably something that he loves to read, I guess?!"
Then all glared at Ben for a moment and realised was that it or were they just overthinking it. Ben glared back and then realised what he said and said, "You know that might be it!". Then they all went in search of the Watcher on the topmost level of the Athenaeum.
Meanwhile, In the 3rd Piece, they were having an argument concerning how to go on ahead here. Rose kept insisting Lucas get away from Hassan and the others, So, they could do this on their own.
Hassan said, "It's alright if you do this on your own but we are just 5 members together and now the riddle, the Watcher and this Athenaeum... We don't know each other very well, the riddle is confusing for only one of us to solve it even in the given time probably, A guardian to the Athenaeum and the Library of Dreams like the Overseer said. It is all new to us all, So, why can't we try to along with each other"
Rose said, "You might say these things like why don't we get along with each other but I know you all will misuse the kindness of Lucas and get him killed and leave us behind and Ya you are right, I don't know who you are but for me, everyone is the same!"
Lucas started to get worried about Rose and said, "Why don't we stay along with them, Since, I enjoy being around people"
Hassan knew that Rose felt like she was left out with Lucas being around his friends and wanted some attention, So, she went to take out her anger on Hassan and others and Hassan knew it was an outburst that had to be let out. Hassan went over to her and tapped on both her shoulders twice and said, "It will be alright, We aren't the same as the others and I was there in the position as you till Alexa changed it and that is a story I will tell you", George then went confused on what was Hassan talking about now. George asked, "I also want to hear it cuz I don't know that either, do I?", George seemed a bit grumpy about not knowing it.
Hassan replied, "Ya you don't know it, I couldn't tell it to you. Like I said I felt out. We will take about it later now let's just think about the riddle in our hands"
Then they started working together just like that and It seemed like Hassan is the one holding them together and he felt like a friend to Rose that she can put her trust upon. And then took apart the riddle piece by piece to solve it, So, everyone can solve it together and it was also an idea suggested by Hassan, Honestly, It is a common idea to think of but no one in the group was thinking calmly except Hassan. They then solved the riddle and went in search of the Watcher.
In the 1st Piece, Where we were on we all ha Benjamin to thank for solving the riddle on his own and explaining it in detail, So, we could know how he understood it so quickly and we actually didn't have to search for the Watcher. He was dressed up as a normal librarian would have and seemed like a nice man with glasses, a traveller's jacket, formal jeans and had his left hand in one of the pockets of the jacket. The Watcher came to us and told us to follow him, Benjamin didn't say anything and just followed him blindly, The Watcher never actually spoke just nodded his hand towards him to follow him. And then he brought us to a shelf and pulled out a book and the stairway downwards opened up in between the shelves and we headed down alongside the Watcher. As we reached down he asked, "What is that you would want if you ask anything?"
We really didn't what to say except to get out of here but I knew it was out of the question, then Benjamin went on to say, "We would all ask for freedom", We all Jinxed ourselves by saying, "Exactly! Jinx!"
Watcher then said, "Well... except that since you were the one who asked for this", We all jinxed ourselves again and said, "What the hell! Jinx again!", Watcher continued, "I can't tell that, you will all know son why that you don't remember it"
I knew we would get to know it later since the Viceroy did say so. Then Benjamin asked, "I think you have something related to the riddle given to us, If not where is it that you have hidden it?", The watcher was surprised as he rushed to Benjamin as if he was about to tackle him and said, "You are brilliant kid and yes I do have it. I was sent to greet you all and sabotage the time for you all but it looks like you solved it", he had his left hand in his jacket since the beginning and finally took out a book and opened the page where he had his left hand placed as a bookmark and of course, there was a bookmark with something written on it. The Watcher handed the bookmark to Benjamin, Benjamin said, "The library has 45 sections with each section having 6 rows each to them and the question how many tapes did I say there will be there? On the side-note, it is written in each row in brackets, probably a clue?!"
It seemed easy but the clue confused us. While Benjamin had a smile after seeing the clue that...