The Secret Room: Part 3

by Callie Leary on 06.19.2009

35 Responses

doorknob

OK guys, your ideas are inspired – Kimberly’s nanny cam, sea-creature’s ouija board. Seriously. We love them. AwesomeAnna93 – Nia was with you and wanted to shake Slimester Stan about the secret room. And that is exactly what she said “let’s shake him down.” Like you said, janitors definitely know every inch of this place. But Hal made a good point that IF Slimester knew about it, he could possibly be in cahoots with whoever’s living down there. (Now wouldn’t THAT be helpful to know?) If we talked to him, we would risk raising his suspicions and quashing whatever tiny chance we might have of finding out more. Can’t say I’m not thrilled about NOT having to deal with Slimester again. I seconded Hal’s theory very quickly…with both hands.

We pretty much agreed that staking out the joint was the best option. Hal borrowed Cornelia’s pocket video camera. It has this amazingly long battery life and is teeny tiny. The plan was to place it in one of the ficuses just beside the door.

One. Small. Problem. When we got there, the room was…gone. Seriously. It’s not like we’re super spacey or something and just forgot where the room was. We knew exactly where it was (or I guess more accurately, where it was supposed to be). But the wall was 100% solid. Covered up. No door. There were traces that it had been there, though. The ficus forest had been shifted around and there were speckles of gray paint – the same color as the walls – here and there on the floor underneath the big clay pots.

And then there’s the small case of, oh say, THE DOORKNOB. It was half buried in the soil of one of the plants. Kind of obvious, kind of not. But wait – it gets better (or worse). When Nia picked it up (there’s no way we weren’t pocketing this thing) we saw something pink glittering from the center of the crystal part of the doorknob. She unscrewed it and a note fell out. LEAVE IT BE. That’s all it said.

The trail is cold. What should we do next?

35 responses

  1. aGirlLikeMe

    Oh my! Uh, how about ...? Oh, I got nothing. Anyone have some idea?

    • kimberly

      Maybe Amanda was hiding there and somehow knew you guys had been there, the she had placed the note so that attention wouldn’t be drawn to it…but ya never know

      • dem_94

        Wow. I have absolutely no clue. That’s defiantly an interesting twist, though. You guys did keep the dorknob, right? Or did you leave it be like the note said?

        • AwesomeAnna93

          Oh Wow! I have no idea what you guys should do now. My best idea would be to get the doorknob fingerprinted… IDK lol.

          • themidnighter

            Maybe we should stop the “sleuthing” for a while. Because I thing someone is watching us,every move,every plan. Don’t you think so? Or if not let’s just keep a low profile for the time being. Someone is definitely watching us.

            • AwesomeAnna93

              I agree with themidnighter. Someone is watching. I know it. Why else would the door disappear?

              • AwesomeAnna93

                Wait a minute, how would they even know about our plans? I think one of Amanda’s accomplices or even herself is a member of the Amanda Project. That’s kind of creepy.

                Or maybe they just saw you guys the last time your were there and suspected that you would return and closed it up.

                But if it is Amanda living down there, where would she go? Maybe she is still living there but has another way to get down there.

                • stef_stone

                  I would say watch were the door was…maybe nanny cam the entire area? The person might come back…. also maybe fingerprint it!?

                  • urban_hippie

                    I got nothing. -_-

                    • noraorchid

                      i agree with the midnighter and AwsomeAnna93…..i def think someone is watching us and probably has an in with one if the people in the Amanda Project…....wat do we do???!!!

                      ugh….... um maybe we should leave it alone for a little…..

                      maybe try to lead whoever this is astray….like give a false plan or something…...

                      • Gracie_Hayes

                        I think that we should check the handwriting on the note to see if it matches the handwriting on any of the another notes found with Slimester Stan.

                        • noraorchid

                          ooo thats good thinking…......

                          • theresaax2

                            Was it the note that was pink? Remember the ‘stash of secrets’ in the janitor’s closet? If the papers the same, maybe whoever wrote the note the janitor got, wrote the note by the door? If so, maybe its time to quietly head back to his closet and take a look at it.

                            • urban_hippie

                              Ok, we should take a break for a while. Someone is watching our every move. Just pause, and take a breather. Then, if nothing happens for a while, we’ll start sleuthing again. But, what if OTHER people are looking for Amanda but she’s using a different alias? I say, we check a missing persons database. Maybe she’s there?

                              • stef_stone

                                I don’t think that we should check a database, she has obviously used many different names and it would be extremely hard to find her. However, I agree with Gracie Hayes that we should check the note and see if it matches the handwriting of Slimester Stan or even the vice principal.

                                • AwesomeAnna93

                                  I agree with Gracie Hayes

                                  • theresaax2

                                    Oh I had no idea I said the same thing as Gracie Hayes. Whoops. Sorry!

                                    • beatle_11

                                      Does the handwriting on the note match the other notes? I think we should keep looking around there because we obviously got really close to something since we were warned. Keep looking.

                                      • urban_hippie

                                        Maybe, she wants us to stop looking for her.

                                        • Natasha

                                          for some reason, i think the door must have been just painted over. There’s always the option of chipping off the paint, but that could get you in a lot of trouble with vandalizing the school.
                                          If Amanda was living there at any time, she a) doesn’t want to be found, b) is trapped inside unless she herself finds a way out or c)is trapped out of her home.

                                          • alicewriter13

                                            Well the room disappearing and the “Leave it be” definately say keep your noses out…so do.. or at least pretend to… stay on the DL but keep senses alert

                                            • Serenity

                                              You can do a writing analysis on the note to see who wrote it. I think the doorknob should be left where it is.

                                              • Yori

                                                someone was definitely onto you guys to have it cover so quickly. I think you were getting close to something.

                                                • tiffany923

                                                  yeah…i think we should leave a false trail. if only amanda were here. she knew how to set perfect trails. well, if she was here, we wouldn’t be in this situation! lol! someones watching, obvi, so it’s important we don’t let anyone we don’t trust know what we’re doing

                                                  • Milana

                                                    The note said “Leave it be.”  Does that mean the doorknob like you’ve been suggesting so far, or the door, or the whole Amanda mystery?  How does this connect to Amanda?  And Amanda wasn’t the only one good at setting trails. ;)  If you want to set a false trail, you can’t lie.  You have to make yourself believe a “different truth”.  Get some completely false data and talk about it the exact same way that you talk about and share real info.  But in some new way, a new code, a secret message, tell each other the truth.

                                                    • Milana

                                                      Also, is there something small, square, and shiny near the base of the doorknob in the picture?

                                                      • eriica13xoxo

                                                        i think that someone knows that she is being followed (mabye a close friends or even a family member) and they dont want anyone, not even you guys, finding out where she is hidden. amada isnt the type o girl that would wast time leaving notes around i think this is the work of someone helping her. so if you can find another video camera to use i think you should put it up watching the door and see if anyone goes in or even comes out.

                                                        • ChelleAtwood

                                                          thats crazy i think that amanda is simply trying to protect you from what dangerous secrets were in that room. things that if you find out you will get hurt. i dont know put what ever it is amanda deffently has something to do with it.

                                                          • fun-lovingisi

                                                            Or maybe even though Amanda wants the secrets to be found… someone else doesn’t. maybe they think its for the greater good? the question is, who is trying to protect her

                                                            • Sarah1214

                                                              Geez, the trumpet section’s theory of Slimester hiding mutilated bodies down there is starting to sound more and more viable.  Ick.

                                                              Definitely do the handwriting check!  Maybe it was Slimester, or even the VP!  Um, and I would fingerprint it too.  Unfortunately, I can’t tell you how to do that since I don’t know myself, but it sounds like a cool idea.  Oh!  What about ... well, it would be a little too complicated.  I don’t think the bio lab has the materials needed to perform Gel Electrophoresis.  Plus, you’d have to process the DNA samples before hand, I don’t know how to do that ... ugh.  Sorry.  This whole crime-scene thing is a little more complicated than they let on in all those TV shows.  :/

                                                              • Pipper

                                                                well, prob sumone was spying on u wen u went in, and then closed up the door, and figured ud [removed] back and left the note

                                                                • kimberlyb

                                                                  Yes, i definately think someone is spying around, my opion is the same as your guys, i think we should keep down low for a bit then well start spying again… good idea?

                                                                  • horsesnamanda

                                                                    I think Amandas leaving note trails to were she is and all you have to do is follow her…Sorry if someone thought of same idea before me i diddent read them all. Oh and is the Amanda project real?

                                                                    • lemondrop

                                                                      The whole point of the Amanda Project is that we don’t know if it’s real or not…just figure it out and don’t try and paint a picture of reality and try and shove the clues and “make them fit” like the glass slipper that Cinderella’s sisters tried on…what do the clues tell us? Theorizing and trying to figure out what happened when all we have are a bunch of notes (most of which are probably fake), and a doorknob, and a bunch of “difficult truths,” so trying to figure out what’s “real” will just make us go crazy. No maybes..just “what does this tell us about amanda (if that’s even her name) and her situation?” Concentrate on Amanda, guys…no theories just yet. :)

                                                                      • Basil_H.

                                                                        I don’t think Amanda left the note. It didn’t “sound” like her, I don’t think. It is entirely possible that the door was just painted over- sort of. The [removed] could have been removed completely, the hole filled in, and the door painted. Not much effort in it. A low profile is a good suggestion.

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