<a href="https://assistant-venusian.tumblr.com/" style="text-decoration:underline;">assistant-venusian</a>: <p>A bucket of sand in the lab...? That's a bit odd. I mean, it'd be normal if they were really just studying the coastline, but I think by this point it's pretty clear that's not what they were <i>really</i> here for... Anything strange about it?</p>

Given the label, it’s probably to smother any accidental fires that happen. Makes sense- there’s probably a decent risk of fire in a place like this, especially with Blaines specialty being fire pokemon.

Your assumption seems right on the money- There’s a small desk lamp, a square wooden box, and a pair of books. One is “Moby Dick”, the spine featuring an embossed wailord just below the title. The other is “10,000 hotheaded riddles”, by “B. Akai”.

Looking closer, the box has a lock on the front with a unlabled 3x4 keypad, and a note on a sticky note settled in the inlay on top.

Hey there whippersnapper- Here’s the lock- Do you have a key?
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A twywvd kmcsrg njzm jkjis fdl gymek jnll.
Lq twh paa, o qougut, f yisl.
Phvct vqum ypcf fyiuzy lbq ovvek spjm xrfr?

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