Sheets 2 and 3 contain unrevealed information. Print single-sided. Cut or fold on the dashed outlines; store the four cards separately until their actions reveal them. Ticket A and B are player props: give the pair when the group compares the tickets. Keep this instruction sheet.
A coin on Ticket A represents its physical sun punch. Leave Ticket B's marked circle empty. Nothing needs to be cut out of the ticket. The cards describe the fictional light and ink tests; a household printer cannot perform those effects.
Players may take notes on the separate evidence sheet. Keep the GM answer key apart from all player papers.
Ticket A: sun-shaped hole passes light; fibers bend around the hole. Ticket B: sun shape changes when the inspection pane turns; no hole passes light. Both appear to show seat 6 from the front.
Try this: Turn two paper slips and distinguish a physical mark from its image.
Today’s return sailing, seat 6: Cera, one sun punch. No second seat-six issue. Printer roll reserved for demonstrations bears no travel punch. Clerk Vale signed the issue before the display opened.
Try this: Match the recorded issue to an independently observed physical property.
A: blue ink lies above paper fibers; a dry blotter takes a faint mark. B: writing reverses when the pane is turned; blotter stays clean. The demonstration pane reproduces images without putting ink on paper.
Try this: Predict which ticket will leave a mark, then compare the result with the display process.
09:10 Cera’s ticket placed against demonstration pane. 09:11 duplicate shown to audience. 09:12 ferry display reconnected. Final box, “cover demonstration pane before reconnecting,” left unsigned. The waiting image appeared at 09:12.
Try this: Reorder the log into the intended sequence and mark the first incomplete step.
Give both slips together when the tickets are inspected. The observation cards explain what each test reveals.
SEAT 6
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Sun punch — place a coin here after the light test.
SEAT 6
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Sun image — leave this circle empty after the light test.