THIRTEEN

Note: This is a present-day event, (continuation of odd-numbered time-span: 1,3,5, etc.)

I stare at the black screen. Gregory is gone, and I'm now in G-4ce's realm. The password’s input field is being etched into my retinas and a path burning open to my brain.

Password.

My gut tells me that this website contains a clue connected to Gregory's disappearance. But what will the password be? I'll have to crack it if I want to get the clue.

I try the obvious passwords. First the word "password."

Then Gregory's name. And also, G-4ce. It doesn't work. The school's name doesn't work either.

Anyway, it's stupid of me to think that G-4ce would choose something easy. He warned me to choose long passwords when I register for something on the web. He warned me to choose long passwords when I register for something on the web, or for my computer itself. I have to use upper- and lower-case letters. There must also be numbers in it, but not at the beginning or end. The word must not appear in a dictio