In the mid-60s of the 20th century, during the restoration of the Seoul fortress wall, workers discovered an unusual piece of ceramics with pictograms. The pictograms did not resemble any of the known variant of writing, including languages that do not belong to the region of Northeast Asia. At first, the find caused a slight stir in the scientific community, but it soon became clear that no one could decipher the strange icons. A theory has emerged that the “pictograms” are a later forgery, which may have been planted during the excavations by a prankster trainee. In the end, this theory became dominant due to the fact that in any case no one could offer an alternative version or decipher the pictograms. And then they completely forgot about the find, leaving it to gather dust in the basements of some museum. And the archaeologists, who still remembered the “joke” pictograms, almost did not survive ...
During the demolition of another Seoul block of old houses in order to clear the area for new high-rise residential buildings, one of the already very elderly archaeologists, who had long since left active excavations for health reasons, was walking around this very block - he was tormented by professional nostalgia! Our archaeologist's name was Kim Thamgu.
Old furniture, pots, old books, abandoned by the owners and lying right on the street - objects whose life was inextricably linked with people who were uprooted by inexorable renewal and transferred to unknown new buildings ... Perhaps, still not: the roots have remained here , and soon they will inevitably be crushed into dust by bulldozers and excavators ... Approximately such thoughts flashed through his head when he came across an old notebook, which our archaeologist instantly (and unmistakably) attributed to the Japanese colonial period. Rejoicing to himself that scavengers-antique dealers had not stumbled upon this treasure before him, he picks up the diary and mechanically flips through several pages. And he sees familiar icons! There is no doubt that they are...
The diary belonged, judging by the contents, to an enthusiastic archaeologist, a self-taught person who came across not an artifact, undoubtedly produced by the same civilization as the above-mentioned fragment of ceramics. Returning home, the professor shared with his best friend, colleague, colleague and part-time wife Park Chonni the circumstances of the discovery and thoughts about the great significance of the diary. Of course, he could not fall asleep, his wife heard him mumbling in the office until late at night. Finally, sleep overcame her ... However, in the morning a new shock awaited her: her husband, a professor, had disappeared! Together with her husband, the precious diary of a stranger disappeared!
(A minimum of three Specialist Investigators is required to complete the quest.)
