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Part Nine - The Thief

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1. Time to pay another visit to Altador. This time we are going straight to the Archives where we encounter Lenny Conundrum.

2. Click on Lenny to find out what he has to say.

"Hey, you! Listen, you know Finneus, the archivist, right? I heard him say you've been helping him with some kind of... history puzzle, or something. I don't know, but anyway. Finneus is my uncle, and I want to give him a special surprise for his birthday, which is coming up soon. It's the fourteenth day after the square root of the number of Grundos you find in the--er, sorry, nevermind. Force of habit. Anyway, look, here's what I want to do: He's got this favourite Meepit plushie of his, yeah? And I want to decorate it all nice for his birthday."

He grumps. "But I want it to be a surprise! He's always in that office of his, so I can't get ahold of it. If I hang around until he turns his back, he'll get suspicious. But since you're always in there, you could get it without him noticing. So, can you help me?""Hey, you! Listen, you know Finneus, the archivist, right? I heard him say you've been helping him with some kind of... history puzzle, or something. I don't know, but anyway. Finneus is my uncle, and I want to give him a special surprise for his birthday, which is coming up soon. It's the fourteenth day after the square root of the number of Grundos you find in the--er, sorry, nevermind. Force of habit. Anyway, look, here's what I want to do: He's got this favourite Meepit plushie of his, yeah? And I want to decorate it all nice for his birthday."

He grumps. "But I want it to be a surprise! He's always in that office of his, so I can't get ahold of it. If I hang around until he turns his back, he'll get suspicious. But since you're always in there, you could get it without him noticing. So, can you help me?"

3. Now go to the Archivist. Click on the vase behind him to distract him.

You throw a pebble at the vase. The archivist spins around at the sound of something plinking against the vase. "What? What's was that? Did you hear something?"

4. Click on the Meepit on the table.

The archivist shrugs and turns back around. "Oh well. I'm just hearing things as I get old, I suppose. Say, I wonder where I put that Meepit plushie..."

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5. Go back to Lenny.

"Great, you got the plushie! I--" He looks at it, startled. "Wait a second, this isn't his favourite Meepit plushie. That one has, uh, um... well..." He scratches his head. "It's a little different, it's got a... a thingy... Look, I'll know it when I see it. You've got to go and get his favourite plushie. Hurry! His birthday is only 94 times the number of bolts on the Virtupets Space Station seconds away!"

6. Click on the handle of the door roped off.

You enter a new room.

7. Click on each of the doors until you are able to click on the smaller side door.

8. Behind the door is a closet. Click on Hide The Box

How interesting... a box of Meepit plushies. This must be where the Archivist keeps getting his replacements!

You hide the box of Meepit plushies in another closet. Now the Archivist will never find them!

9. Go back to the Archivist and steal the Meepit again by tapping on the vase again.

The archivist shrugs and turns back around. "Oh well. I'm just hearing things as I get old, I suppose. Oh no! My favorite Meepit plushie is gone!" He sobs, dismayed.

10. Go back to Lenny again.

"Excellent!" he cheers as you bring him Finneus's favourite Meepit plushie. "This is the real one. Now, let me just put this ribbon on it--" RRRRIP! "Uh oh."

11. Click Uh Oh button underneath Lenny.

"Oh no! I tore the Meepit's head off! Woe!" He looks down at the headless Meepit plushie. "I--hey, what's this?" He reaches into the plushie and pulls out an old, dull, rusted dagger that was hidden inside the plushie. "Huh, some kind of dagger stored inside the plushie. How weird. Oh well. I guess you better give this plushie back to Finneus. I hope he's not mad at me!"

12. Click on the knife handle to reveal the next constellation configuration.

There's an odd pattern of marks on the dagger the Lenny is examining.

13. Return to the Lenny in the Archives. Note the new meepit.

The archivist sniffles as you enter. "Oh, my poor Meepit plushie! My absolute favorite! But at least my nephew meant well when he destroyed it by accident. And of course, it led to finding a clue! How fortuitous! Well, you best be off to the observatory while I mourn my poor Meepit plushie."

14. Go back into the Hall of Heroes and climb the steps to the Observatory. Place your telescope on the stand to search for the Thief Constellation. Get your Star Data, copy/paste it in the box on this page .

Note: Due to stellar drift, some star positions may change.

15. Now head back down the stairs and visit the statue of Kelland and check out the ceiling.

16. Stop by and visit the janitor on your way out of the Hall.

The janitor hurls a book of Lenny Conundrums to the floor and shouts, "RARRRGHH!! THESE CONUNDRUMS ARE TOO HARD!! I'LL CRUSH THAT LENNY IF I SEE HIM!!"

17. If you go back to the Archives, Finneas will greet you warmly:

The archivist says, "Naturally, Kelland, the Thief, would have his constellation found on a dagger. Indeed."

He lets out a sigh. "This would seem to remove Kelland from the list of suspects. It would have made the most sense, 'twere it him, but alas. I still cannot accept that Fauna, Jerdana, or even Altador himself could be responsible for this!" He blinks. "Unless... wait a moment... something is stirring in my memory..." He glances up at the ceiling for a moment, as if peering into the distance. "Ah HA!" he shouts. "Yes, I think I know where to look. This search may bear no fruit, but I must try. I will have to go into the archives for a while. But continue your search; there are only three constellations left to find, and we may not have much time left."

18. Over at the Book of Ages four more pages have filled in:

19. Don't forget to visit the Astronomy Club, you will get an excited welcome:

The Astronomy Club members greet you warmly as you enter the room... except the club president, who grabs a protractor and threatens you with it every time you come near him.

The other club members give you overly casual nods. The Wocky sidles up and whispers, "Don't worry, we'll be making our move soon. In the meantime, hang onto this. And don't ask where I got it."

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The Wocky explains, "Let's just say it might come in handy later on. Or it might not." She winks and wanders away.

14. And be sure to pick up your NeoLodge gift on the way out the door.

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Written exclusively for NeoLodge.com by Georgie.
04/20/2006