On December 12th, 2012, an box of indeterminate age was found in the storage room of the Miracle Theatre in Paradise, New Hawaii, marked only “PART II”. The contents of the box were as follows:
- A reel of film containing the Silent-Era short, Introduction to the Snow.
- A scrap of notebook paper on which was written what appeared to be a love poem, entitled “Isle Unto Thyself”, and credited to a Simon Minor.
- A painting depicting conjoined rainbows crossing the sky. Each rainbow casts a black shadow beneath it, and the clouds are parted to reveal the sun, drawn as a stellated octahedron. The painting is signed S.O., and labeled as Black Rainbows.
- An invitation to the Marble Society’s White Ball. The Marble Society was created to celebrate and provide funding to those gifted in the arts, although it primarily favors artists who already come from some level of wealth or status. The White Ball is an annual event to which the Society invites artists who show promise to assess their worthiness of its assistance.
- An intricate wood carving of a young man and woman in a forest clearing with details of plants and animals on the side borders, as well as a strange face on the top border and, upon closer examination, a shadowed figure hidden in the trees. The piece was identified as “Murders”, carved in 1949 by artist E. K. Steinway.
- A poster for the film 宇宙ステーションのレベル7. (Translated title: Space Station Level Seven). Though filmed in France, where most of the personnel originated from, all dialogue and writing in the film is in Japanese, save for one dream sequence.
- A copy of “The Mind Electric”, a scientific article by Dr. Robert Caligula discussing psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, behavioral conditioning, and the ways in which they can intersect, including speculation on possible psychiatric treatments building off of electroconvulsive therapy. The paper is covered in scrawled drawings (lightning bolts, crosses and crowns are recurring symbols), and appears to be somewhat burnt around the edges.
- A photograph of a gray wall on which a maze design and the word “LABYRINTH” has been haphazardly painted.
- Blueprints for a “Time Machine”. Upon closer examination, the blueprints contain very little in the way of actual instruction, and what is there is less scientific and more so philosophical rumination on freedom, regaining lost time and having a mastery over one’s own experiences.
- Sheet music, seemingly water-damaged, for a song titled “Stranded Lullaby”. No author is credited.
- The program for the musical Dream Sweet in Sea Major. The show was only ever performed twice, with little-to-no publicity.
- Found later tucked away was a clipping from the newspaper The Castle with the headline “Variations on a Cloud” and a photograph of the Apollo Infirmary burning down.
Despite the writing on the box, none of the contents alluded to or even implied the existence of a Part I.
Case is on indefinite hold.
