Red Clay pottery school hid solstice town ritual. Willow Kane makes it wake.
The clue inside a clay face belongs to no closed file. Willow Kane follows it beyond Red Clay pottery school.
Willow Kane expects nothing stranger than the evening firing at Red Clay pottery school.
Before signing in, Willow Kane finds fresh candles circling a clay face.
Only Willow Kane's key can open the glaze vault.
Under clean light, each flame bends toward the founder's drained well.
Willow Kane bags a clay face and marks the exact time.
The camera records Willow Kane, but not a clay face.
The feed labels the unseen figure as the Lantern Choir.
Willow Kane requests backup for solstice town ritual.
Dispatch warns Willow Kane never to approach the Lantern Choir.
Then every exit at Red Clay pottery school locks at once.
A careful knock travels through the glaze vault.
The knock answers Willow Kane's heartbeat.
Fresh ink on a clay face spells Willow Kane's full name.
Willow Kane has never visited the founder's drained well.
A key marked the founder's drained well rests beneath Willow Kane's tongue.
Every bulb between Willow Kane and the exit bursts.
With nowhere open, Willow Kane enters the glaze vault.
The walls inside are covered with names.
The final page ends with Willow Kane opening this door.
Willow Kane opens the final record and finds tonight described in someone else's handwriting.