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The Blacklight, Act I

Scene: David is unpacking the blacklight that just arrived from Amazon. He puts in the batteries, screws the cap on, and pushes the on button. David: “This blacklight isn’t working.” Lisa: “That’s because it’s a handheld blacklight.” Note, the characters are NOT starting their own room escape… and if they were, it wouldn’t involve a…

Lisa Spira

4 July 2016

1 minute

Scene: David is unpacking the blacklight that just arrived from Amazon. He puts in the batteries, screws the cap on, and pushes the on button.

David: “This blacklight isn’t working.”

Lisa: “That’s because it’s a handheld blacklight.”

Note, the characters are NOT starting their own room escape… and if they were, it wouldn’t involve a handheld blacklight.

The cover of the blacklight's instructions illuminated by the blacklight. It reads, "Hello. Taotronics UV Flashlight. Quick Start Quide." — Act II: A tale of silly user error

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Lisa Spira

Editor-In-Chief at Room Escape Artist: Whether she is editing REA’s content, leading the Hivemind, or wrangling the logistics for RECON or the Escape, Immerse, Explore Tours, Lisa is the reason that everything runs like clockwork. As a linguist and data expert, Lisa also leads our Industry Data efforts and is responsible for our annual Industry Reports. Lisa is the heart of REA and also bakes all of our escakes.