A BATTLE OF BRAINS. A MATCH OF WITS. A CLASH OF DEDUCTIONS.
The Detective Triumvirate Plus One crosses paths with the QED Club in the highly anticipated Filipino adaptation of "Whose Deduction Show?", a popular American game show that pits brilliant...
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AMBER
I ENTERED our room with a frown. Paano ba naman kasi, sa hapunan pa talaga nila naisipang pag-usapan ang tungkol sa bahay? Suddenly, Jamie screamed at ilang sandali lamang ay tumakbo na ang mga lalaki patungo sa kwarto namin.
"What happened?" tanong ni Al na tila ba handa agad kung sakaling may threat man na mangyari.
Jamie jumped towards Loki and locked arms with him. "Loki dear! M-may... bakas ng semento sa mga gamit ko!"
"I-is it the ghost of the construction worker na nahulog sa quick dry cement?" kinakabahang tanong ko.
My initial reaction was to stand behind someone as shield kung sakaling magpakita man ang multo ng namatay na construction worker. I stood behind Lorelei ngunit gaya ko ay tila natatakot din siya.
"Loki dear! He's... he's here!" natatakot na sabi ni Jamie at yumakap nang mahigpit kay Loki.
"Let me remind you that ghosts and evil spirits do not exist. This may just be a trick by the crew to test us. Stop embarrassing the name of QED Club in front of everyone else by acting scared."
Alistair checked Jamie's stuff. Like she claimed, tila nagalaw ang kanyang mga gamit. There were traces of quick dry cement everywhere! Hindi lang gamit niya ang ginalaw kundi pati ang mga gamit namin! Pero paano nangyari iyon? The room was locked at si Lorelei ang may hawak ng susi.
"Loki's right," Math said, flipping her hair. "Huwag muna nating pangunahan ang balak ng staff para sa show na 'to. What if it's part of their charade to spice up the show?"
Well, may point din naman si Math. Maybe the story of the house was deliberately told to us during dinner as some of the staff ransacked our room and left cement marks to scare us. Uh, congratulations Whose Deduction Show crew, you really did scare us.
Or maybe some of us.
When I looked around, Gray and Loki were already examining every part of our room. Loki checked the windows, vents and other means na maaring pasukan ng kung sino man while Gray checked if there was any tampering on the door. These two seriously did not want to lose to each other!
"Since we were given some leisure time, why don't we play at the entertainment room? The host said we can play chess and other board games there," suhestiyon ni Alistair upang maibsan ang takot namin.
Gray and Loki were done checking the room kaya maging sila ay pumayag na rin at sabay kaming nagtungo sa entertainment room. May malaking sign sa pinto na nagsasabing iyon ay ang Entertainment Room.
The room was cozy and filled with things to ease one's boredom.
Jeremy gasped in surprise upon entering the room. "Whoa, this is the Entertainment Room?"
"If you know how to read, that's what the sign on the door says—"
"It's nice and wide," mabilis na wika ni Lorelei, probably to shut Loki off before he could finish his sarcastic reply. Tinulungan niya si Al na ilabas ang board games na nasa shelf.
