Oh, it's a great sales tactic. It probably encourages their participation.

[ annabeth can only begin to strategize where she would put a mask in a maze of products. she might take the hunters' feet throughout the whole shop before finding the mask. ]

[ she beams at the stamp in her book, not quite smug but definitely pleased with their success. they thank the shopkeeper, and annabeth throws in a promise to tell some of her friends about the items on display here, before they slink out of the shop. ]

[ she nods at hilda, then flips through the book to look for the next clue. ]

There are places at home that have endless night, but it's only temporary, based on the rotation of the planet in relation to its star, the sun, and the changing of the seasons. The endless night in Nocwich is so strange, and I've always wondered if it's something magical?

[ she squints at the writing of the hint for the next mask, waiting for the letters to stop spinning. it doesn't help that now she is once again thinking about star systems and seasons based on planetary axis alignments, so the distraction certainly makes the dyslexia heavier. ]

Okay, it says the next storefront sells... fools? [ it says tools. ]