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The mouse skitters through crumbling stone corridors, claws clicking against ancient mortar, whiskers trembling as it maps escape routes in the dark. Its obsidian fur drinks the torchlight, a shadow slipping past patrolling boots and creaking armor—this isn’t vermin, but a thief, a survivor, a creature that gnaws secrets from locked chests and feasts on the brittle pages of forbidden tomes. It knows the castle’s veins: cracked vents, half-rotted rafters, the hollow walls where treasure gleams brighter than cheese. Guards curse its name, merchants blame it for missing coins, but the alchemist whispers theories—that those gleaming eyes hold centuries of stolen memories, that its nest isn’t shredded parchment but a hoard of maps leading to realms mortals dare not tread. Tonight, it pauses, nose quivering… not at breadcrumbs, but the scent of gunpowder, the electric tang of a time-ticking trap. A challenge. Tail flicking, it leaps—not away, but *toward*, because danger is just another maze to unravel.
Description
Crush clusters of three or more matching pieces to clear them from the board. Align symbols vertically, horizontally, or diagonally—any direction works. Shattering larger groups rewards bonus time: every piece beyond the third adds +1 second to your clock. Precision and strategy merge in this timeless match-and-clear challenge.
