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Flat No.14 · Ch.1
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A young person in green clothes stands at the entrance of a large glass greenhouse at night, which is lit from within, and in the bottom image, the same person smiles at the viewer while holding a key ring with many keys, as a gloved hand uses another key to unlock the door.
A person with short brown hair and a white streak walks through a glass greenhouse at dusk, carrying a brass watering can in their left hand and a ring of brass keys in their right, looking towards the left.
A woman in a dark green apron and shirt looks over her shoulder at a translucent older woman who stands in a greenhouse among flowering plants, and the older woman, holding a blue rose, then looks at her while speaking.
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A young person in green clothes stands at the entrance of a large glass greenhouse at night, which is lit from within, and in the bottom image, the same person smiles at the viewer while holding a key ring with many keys, as a gloved hand uses another key to unlock the door.
A person with short brown hair and a white streak walks through a glass greenhouse at dusk, carrying a brass watering can in their left hand and a ring of brass keys in their right, looking towards the left.
A woman in a dark green apron and shirt looks over her shoulder at a translucent older woman who stands in a greenhouse among flowering plants, and the older woman, holding a blue rose, then looks at her while speaking.

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Der Geist von Opal Renwick – der ersten Obergärtnerin des Gartens, die im Gewächshaus 03 verstarb – bittet Fern um einen letzten Gefallen, der mit einer getrockneten blauen Orchidee zusammenhängt, die sie 1957 verschenkt hatte. Ferns Suche, die sie über ein altes Register und ein Grab bis hin zu einem Liebesbrief führt, endet bei Ida Thorpe; diese hatte die gepresste blaue Blume ihr Leben lang aufbewahrt. Als Fern Opal zeigt, dass das Versprechen gehalten wurde, findet der Geist seinen Frieden und hinterlässt eine einzige lebende Orchidee. Ein behagliches, melancholisches Rätsel ganz ohne Mord.

Page 1

Scene: A person stands in front of a greenhouse at night. The person is dressed in green clothes and has a short hairstyle. The greenhouse is lit from within, and the plants inside are visible. The person is looking into the greenhouse. Above the greenhouse, a full moon shines in the night sky. In a closer view, the person smiles at the viewer, holding a key ring with several keys. On the right, a gloved hand is inserting a key into the lock of the greenhouse door. The keys on the ring are labeled in German: "eins", "zwei", "drei", "vier", "fünf", "sechs", and "sieben".

Page 2

No dialogue.

Page 3

Translucent older woman: Du bist früh, Fern. Translucent older woman: Ich brauche etwas erledigt.

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