The cases for 2026-10-12

Chalk dust, cellar cold, and a cask that rings hollow. The vintage was switched by someone who knew the tunnel like their own hands. Pin every vintner to a vault before the gavel falls. The file names 4 vintners; Bianca Conti's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The vintner using the bottling cradle was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner using the wax sealer.
2. 2. Odette Blanc was in the vault right before the vintner using the copper still.
3. 3. Dmitri Volkov and the vintner blending the pinot noir are the same person.
4. 4. Bianca Conti was in the vault right before the vintner blending the sangiovese.
5. 5. Odette Blanc was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner using the copper still.
6. 6. Bianca Conti was in the vault right before the vintner using the bottling cradle.
7. 7. Dmitri Volkov was right next to the vintner blending the sangiovese.
8. 8. Marco Bellini and the vintner using the bottling cradle are the same person.
9. 9. Bianca Conti was in the vault right before Marco Bellini.
10. 10. Bianca Conti was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner blending the sangiovese.
11. 11. Dmitri Volkov and the vintner using the wax sealer are the same person.
12. 12. The vintner using the oak barrel was in the vault right before the vintner using the copper still.
13. 13. Marco Bellini was right next to the vintner blending the sauvignon blanc.

The power failed at ten; by the time the candles were lit, the display case stood open and empty. The guests swear they never left their rooms off the great hall. The hall remembers otherwise — map who was where. 5 guests, 5 rooms, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Genevieve Wren.

1. 1. Felix Marsh was in a lower-numbered room than Esme Hart.
2. 2. The guest drinking the chamomile and the guest carrying the pocket watch are the same person.
3. 3. The guest drinking the earl grey was right next to the guest carrying the pocket watch.
4. 4. Felix Marsh was in the room right before the guest drinking the espresso.
5. 5. The guest carrying the silk gloves was in a lower-numbered room than the guest carrying the candlestick.
6. 6. Esme Hart was in the room right before the guest carrying the opera glasses.
7. 7. The guest drinking the espresso was somewhere after the guest drinking the black coffee but before the guest drinking the port.
8. 8. The guest drinking the espresso and the guest carrying the monocle are the same person.
9. 9. The guest drinking the earl grey was somewhere after the guest drinking the espresso but before the guest drinking the chamomile.
10. 10. Kit Lawrence and the guest drinking the chamomile had exactly 2 rooms between them.
11. 11. Genevieve Wren and the guest carrying the pocket watch are the same person.

Backstage at the Lyceum, the corridor of dressing rooms holds the whole company — and one very good liar. The hair-clip vanished before the final blackout. Assign every performer to a room before the reviews land. Statements were taken from all 5 performers; Della Fontaine's is the first page.

1. 1. The performer holding the folding fan was right next to whoever was last seen at the first-act aria.
2. 2. Emil Sandoval and whoever was last seen at the duet finale are the same person.
3. 3. The performer in the crimson gown was in the dressing room right before whoever was last seen at the encore.
4. 4. The performer in the peasant smock was right next to the performer holding the glass vial.
5. 5. The performer holding the prop goblet was in a lower-numbered dressing room than whoever was last seen at the encore.
6. 6. Reinhold Faust was in the dressing room right before the performer in the peasant smock.
7. 7. The performer holding the prop goblet was in the dressing room right before the performer holding the tin crown.
8. 8. Serafina Locke was right next to whoever was last seen at the first-act aria.
9. 9. Della Fontaine and whoever was last seen at the second-act entrance are the same person.
10. 10. The performer holding the laurel wreath was right next to whoever was last seen at the duet finale.
11. 11. Emil Sandoval was right next to the performer holding the prop goblet.
12. 12. Mauro Castellani was right next to the performer in the silver tunic.
13. 13. Della Fontaine was in a lower-numbered dressing room than whoever was last seen at the final blackout.
14. 14. The performer in the silver tunic was in a lower-numbered dressing room than the performer holding the folding fan.
15. 15. The performer holding the folding fan and whoever was last seen at the second-act entrance had exactly 3 dressing rooms between them.
16. 16. The performer holding the tin crown was in the dressing room right before whoever was last seen at the encore.
17. 17. Serafina Locke and whoever was last seen at the final blackout are the same person.
18. 18. The performer in the powdered wig was right next to whoever was last seen at the first-act aria.