B (5:44)

Let's.

A (5:50)

Claire, could that be. No way. My lunchbox. Ah, false alarm. It's just an old metal lunch pail. The writing's faded, but I can make out Arcade in 1999. This is like a million years old. Bet the sandwich in there is fossilized. Wait, there is something inside. Just a note. Weird. Why would someone leave only this in an old lunch pail? It says to find the Treasure that time forgot. Seek the place where shadows play and memories rot. Is that from some weird poetry club? No clue, but I'm writing it down. Let me guess. The case of the Mysterious Garbage Riddle? Something like that. I mean, what if it's really a clue to treasure? Here in Boringsville, usa, the only treasure we're finding is expired coupons. Gather around, gather around. Feast your eyes on fish. I dug it up myself. Come on, let's go see what Roger's shouting about. Look, there's Tommy. Tommy, what's going on? Roger's found real life treasure. He told me about it at school. I've been here since the sun came up so I can be the first to buy it. It'll go perfect in my collection. What are you collecting? Nothing yet. This will be the first thing. What are you pretending you did this time? Roger. Oh, hi, Patrick. It's nice to see her head out of a book for a change. I was just telling my friends here about an archaeology dig I was part of over the summer. You know, in real life, not in some dumb book. Okay, getting close, people. And behold, ancient treasure. I don't believe it. What is it, Tommy? No clue. Dibs. Over summer break, I went on a dig in Brazil, part of the elite U. Young Archaeologists program. Super hard to get in. I was the only one picked out of a thousand people. Mainly because I speak perfectitino Spanish, but also because I wrote an amazing essay about the importance of preserving ancient artifacts. They said it was the best one they've read in 20 years. Please, if I may continue. Patrick. Grazie. As I was saying, we'd been digging in this remote area outside of a rainforest for weeks. Everyone wanted to quit because no one was finding anything, when suddenly. Bong. My shovel hit something solid. Wow. At first I thought it was just a rock, but when I kept digging, I saw.

C (8:55)

Cool.

A (8:56)

What is it? Great question, Karen. Claire. This is the vase of Aeroporto. Of course, it was much dirtier when I found it. The guides told me that this is one of the most ancient vases in all of Central America. It was sacred to the Incas in Brazil. Archaeologists have been searching for this for thousands of years. After I found it, they focused all their attention on the area and discovered an entire village beneath the earth. As a reward, they let me keep this as a souvenir. This is such baloney. No one is actually gonna believe this. I know, right? I'll give you $50, so. Tommy, what are you doing? I saved all my grass cutting money over break for something just like this? It's ancient history, Patrick. You can't put a price on that. He just did. Tommy. It's obviously fake. His whole story was a lie. Patrick's just jealous that he didn't get selected to be in the junior archaeologist club. Yeah, right. He's too busy solving real mysteries. Actually, he's close to cracking his toughest one yet. The case of where your brain went. Whatever. Pay up, Timmy. Tommy, I take cash, check, or bitcoin. Tommy, keep your money. The vase, the whole story, it's all fake. I can prove it. How? Let me guess. You wrote it all down. You betcha. Patrick. I love this part. First of all, you said I went on a dig in Brazil, part of the elite young archaeologists program. I was the only one picked out of 1,000 people, mainly because I speak Perfectaccino Spanish. But just now, Roger called it the junior Archaeologist club. And in Brazil, they don't speak Spanish, they speak Portuguese. Not to mention that Perfectaccino is not Spanish or any language at that. Huh. Then you said that the vase is one of the most ancient vases in all of Central America. It was sacred to the Incas in Brazil. But Brazil is in South America, not Central America. And does anyone know where the Incas lived? Inclandia. They were native to Peru. Well, I sometimes confuse my geometry. Who doesn't? Geography, but okay, the biggest clue of all. You said the vase is called the vase of Aeroporto. Tommy, do you know what Aeroporto is? I'm pretty sure he was the great king of Brazil. No, it literally means airport in Portuguese. It's just a vase from the airport. And if that wasn't obvious enough, look at the picture on the table. That's clearly just Roger with his face on vacation at the airport. Claire, what store is behind them? Bed, bath and Brazilians. Oh, exactly. You can even see the vase on display behind them. It's a vase from the airport gift shop. Roger, this might be your laziest scheme. Yeah, I've been schemed. Schemed, I say. Save your money, Tommy. Thanks, Patrick. I thought there was something fishy going on. Mm, sure you did. Let's go. Oh, and Roger, you can keep my bell. Yeah, keep it. It has pee pee on it. Ew, gross. There's another yard sale on Maple Drive by that monstrous beehive. Let's go there. Can we just go get ice cream? I think I'm a little burnt out on yard sales. Fine. My treat. You saved my life savings, Patrick. It's the least I can do. I think I need to start reading more. Maybe start with not falling for obvious scams. Volume one. Here. It's great. Give me one second. I just gotta. You gonna write this one down in your detective notebook? Already did. Case of the fake airport vase solved. You know you and I are going to be solving mysteries forever, right? Even if I never find my old lunchbox? Especially if you never find your lunchbox. I'm pretty sure it evolved into a new life form by now. Oh, and we still need to figure out what that null in the lunch pail means. To find the treasure that time forgot. Seek the place where shadows play and memories rot. Could be something big. Yeah, yeah. After ice cream. Hey, but what about my vase? Timmy, you made a verbal commitment. Pretty sure yelling dibs isn't legally binding. Hey, where are you going? You're missing out on the ancient scrolls of El Ibraio, Patrick. I won't forget this. Adios, amigo. You know I don't speak German.

C (14:09)

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