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Every file the Bureau has opened, with your marks in the margins. Solved rooms show their score; unread rooms wait their turn.

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Aug 29

Room Reading

Someone took this photograph. Who is holding the camera, where are they, and what is the photograph for?

hard

Aug 28

Timeline Case

Four machines ended up on one pantry shelf. Arrange them by when they were made, oldest first.

hard

★ 3

Aug 27

Room Reading

This room could pass for twenty years ago. When was this photograph taken? Date the moment, not the furniture.

hard

Aug 26

Profile Case

Read this room, then answer four questions about the person who slept in it.

expert

★ 3.3

Aug 25

Clue Hunt

One bag, emptied out. Three of these objects prove the word INTERVIEW. Find them.

hard

★ 4

Aug 24

Testimony

Three people say what happened after closing. One of them is lying. Which, and what proves it?

hard

★ 3.8

Aug 23

Room Reading

Whose things are on this table, and what is being done with them?

hard

★ 2.5

Aug 22

Match Case

Three people share this kitchen. Work out which of them left each thing on the table.

medium

★ 3.7

Aug 21

Missing Case

This shop closes for good this week. One of these four is nowhere in the picture. Which?

hard

★ 3.3

Aug 20

Marking Case

One object here says this camp is measured in weeks, not nights. Find it.

easy

★ 3.7

Aug 19

Room Reading

What has been happening to this collection, and why does the shelf still look full?

hard

Aug 18

Timeline Case

A rushed morning left traces in order. Five things happened here. Arrange them.

hard

★ 4

Aug 17

Room Reading

Three things hang on these hooks. Who just walked through that door?

medium

Aug 16

Room Reading

When did the gardener stop coming, and why?

hard

Aug 15

Testimony

Three staff members closed this kitchen tonight. Each tells you one thing they did. One of them is lying. Read the room, pick the lie, and mark the evidence.

hard

Aug 14

Room Reading

Everything in this room was packed and ready to go. What has happened since?

hard

★ 3.7

Aug 13

Profile Case

This cab belongs to one driver. Read it, then answer four questions about the driver and the evening they are having.

hard

★ 4

Aug 12

Clue Hunt

Somebody lives in this flat who is not on the lease. Find the three things that prove it.

medium

★ 4.5

Aug 11

Object Dump

Everything on this table belongs to one small venture. What has just happened to it?

hard

Aug 10

Marking Case

This stall says the produce was grown here. One thing on it says otherwise. Mark it.

hard

★ 4.3

Aug 9

Timeline Case

Somebody was in this bedroom tonight and did not finish. Put the five things that happened in the order they happened.

medium

★ 4.3

Aug 8

Room Reading

Two names appear on this desk. Who works here, and what are they keeping to themselves?

hard

Aug 7

Match Case

Half time. Four people have left something on this bench. Whose is whose?

hard

★ 3.8

Aug 6

Room Reading

Nobody is at this table any more. Who sat here, what were they here for, and how did it end?

medium

★ 4

Aug 5

Clue Hunt

One habit ended in this kitchen recently. Which three objects prove it?

medium

Aug 4

Room Reading

Someone practices at this piano every day. What exactly are they working toward?

hard

Aug 3

Testimony

You were away for two weeks. Your flat-sitter reports three things. One of them is a lie: pick it, and mark the object that proves it.

hard

★ 3.4

Aug 2

Profile Case

Read this desk. It looks like one thing at a glance, but who really works here, and what do they actually do?

easy

★ 3.8

Aug 1

Object Dump

Five parcels, five different senders. What is really going on at this desk?

hard

★ 3.3

Jul 31

Marking Case

One object proves this kitchen turns a profit. Mark it.

medium

★ 3.8

Jul 30

Object Dump

Whose desk is this, and what are they in the middle of doing?

hard

Jul 29

Twin Case

Two photographs of the same room, an hour and a half apart. Four things changed in the second one. Mark them, then say what happened in between.

medium

★ 4

Jul 28

Missing Case

Everything this kitchen needs is here. Name the one thing that never happens in it, then mark the two things that prove it.

hard

Jul 27

Match Case

Three people share this office kitchen and never once overlap. Whose is what?

medium

Jul 26

Clue Hunt

Someone is moving out of this room, that much is easy. Which four objects prove the destination is another country?

hard

★ 3.7

Jul 25

Timeline Case

Reconstruct this desk. Put the events that left their mark on it in the order they truly happened.

hard

★ 3.3

Jul 24

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what is the real story of this home?

hard

Jul 23

Testimony

Three friends who were here last night each tell you one thing about the evening. One of them is lying. Read the room, pick the lie, and mark the object that gives it away.

hard

★ 3.4

Jul 22

Object Dump

Whose things are these, and what kind of day did they just have?

medium

★ 4

Jul 21

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what has recently changed in this home?

medium

Jul 20

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what are they getting ready for?

easy

Jul 19

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what kind of people are they?

medium

Jul 18

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what is happening in their life right now?

hard

Jul 15

Room Reading

Whose workshop is this — and what kind of life are they building?

medium

Jul 14

Object Dump

What does this collection tell you about its owner?

medium

Jul 12

Room Reading

Who works and lives here, and what kind of life are they really building?

hard

Jul 11

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what kind of life have they built?

hard

★ 3.3

Jul 10

Object Dump

Whose things are these, and what kind of day did they just have?

hard

Jul 9

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what kind of life have they built?

medium

Jul 8

Digital Footprint

Whose phone is this — and what's going on in their life right now?

medium

Jul 7

Room Reading

Who tends this plot — and what does it tell you about their life?

medium

Jul 6

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what kind of life have they built?

easy

Jul 5

Room Reading

Who tends this plot — and what does it tell you about their life?

medium

Jul 4

Object Dump

Whose kit is this, and what kind of shift did they just finish?

medium

Jul 3

Room Reading

Whose plot is this, and what brought them here at dawn?

medium

Jun 27

Room Reading

Whose home is this, and what is she quietly fighting to change?

hard

Jun 26

Room Reading

Who lives here — and what kind of person are they, beyond the obvious hobby?

hard

Jun 20

Room Reading

Whose room is this, and what are they doing in it tonight?

medium

Jun 19

Room Reading

Whose terrace is this, and what happened here last night?

medium

Jun 18

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what is this morning like for them?

medium

Jun 17

Object Dump

Who owns this bag — what kind of person are they, and what journey are they on?

medium

Jun 16

Object Dump

Who owns this wallet, and what are they hiding behind the image it presents?

medium

Jun 15

Room Reading

Whose home office is this, and what recent turn has this person's career taken?

medium

Jun 14

Object Dump

Whose backpack is this, and what is going on in this person's life right now?

medium

Jun 12

Room Reading

Whose home is this, and what is this household getting ready for?

medium

Jun 11

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what kind of life have they built?

medium

Jun 10

Room Reading

What does this person do for a living, and what can you tell about their recent life?

medium

Jun 9

Room Reading

What can you tell about the person who lives here and what's happening in their life?

medium

Jun 8

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what kind of person are they?

medium

Jun 7

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what kind of life have they built?

medium

Jun 6

Room Reading

Who lives here — what kind of person is he, and what does his life look like?

medium

Jun 5

Room Reading

What kind of person lives here, and what does their daily life revolve around?

medium

Jun 4

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what is the life this room is really built around?

hard

Jun 3

Room Reading

Who lives in this room, and what are they going through right now?

medium

Jun 2

Room Reading

Who is the woman whose late afternoon balcony this is, and what was her morning like?

medium

Jun 1

Object Dump

Who is the teenager whose bag dump this is, and what is her life like right now?

medium

May 31

Room Reading

Who is the woman whose Sunday morning this is, and what does her daily life look like?

medium

May 30

Object Dump

What does the owner of these items do day-to-day for work, and what dream are they still pursuing on the side?

medium

May 29

Object Dump

Who is the man whose pocket dump this is, and what kind of day did he just have?

medium

May 28

Room Reading

Who is the person whose evening this is, and what is she doing right now?

medium

May 27

Room Reading

Who lives in here? Deduce everything you can.

hard

May 26

Room Reading

Where did the owner of this apartment just return from, and what kind of trip was it?

medium

May 25

Room Reading

What work shapes this person's life, and what are they preparing for off the clock?

medium

★ 3.7

May 24

Object Dump

Who owns these items, and what do they do for a living right now?

medium

May 23

Room Reading

Whose apartment is this, and what is the moment we are catching here?

medium

May 22

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what just happened in this room?

hard

May 21

Room Reading

Whose place is this, and what does this person do — both for others and for themselves?

hard

★ 4

May 20

Room Reading

Whose home is this, and what two structured worlds has she worked in?

hard

★ 4

May 19

Room Reading

Who lives here now, and what's missing from this life that used to be here?

medium

May 18

Room Reading

Who works in this room, and what kind of craft do they practice?

medium

★ 4.5

May 17

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what two lives do they live?

medium

★ 4.3

May 16

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what state are they in tonight?

hard

May 15

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what happened tonight?

hard

May 14

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what did they do this morning?

hard

May 13

Room Reading

Whose home is this — and how did it come to be theirs?

medium

May 12

Room Reading

Who lives here, and what does a normal week look like for them?

medium

★ 4.1

May 11

Room Reading

Whose hands work in this studio, what has been entrusted to them, and what's at stake?

hard

May 10

Room Reading

Who lives in this home now, what just left it, and what are they reaching back toward?

medium

May 9

Room Reading

What does this person love to do, and why can't they do it right now?

medium

May 8

Room Reading

The First-Apartment Designer

medium

May 7

Scene Reading

What happened here, and who was staying in this room?

medium

May 6

Room Reading

What can you tell about the person who lives here and what's happening in their life?

medium

May 4

Room Reading

Who lives in this apartment, and what's been happening in their life recently?

medium

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