Stephen could tell the puzzle box was old just by its look and feel. To a certain degree, it even seemed ancient, like it had been around for a very long time, and in many hands. Squinting a little closer, he was able to make out the design patterns, which were simplistic. The five patterns were modeled after different marks, which to Stephen's eyes, just looked like squiggles. For example, there was one squiggle that looked like a half circle, but missing the top portion to make it a full circle. There were five of them on the puzzle. Another looked like a backwards number 4. Five of those as well.

Seeing how they slide into place, he guessed that the object of the puzzle was to line up each of the patterns in a row of five. Five rows of five unique patterns. It seemed simple enough, and he began to line up some of the pieces together to make it happen.

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After the microwave dinged, he pulled out his leftovers and sat down to eat, taking casual bites as he began to work the puzzle. Puzzles like this were something that he was used to, having owned and finished several Rubik's cubes in the past. It would just take some getting used to the order to figure out how the pieces slid along to create their pattern.

After getting one row of the symbols correct, Stephen took a break to put his now empty plate in the sink, and left the kitchen, heading back to his bedroom. After slipping out of his work clothes and into his nightwear, he climbed into bed with the puzzle box.