A badly-wrapped package.

[eternally_aggrieved]

A brown paper package sits on Ahrotahn's desk in Relto. It shakes and wobbles, giving the general impression that it is grievously annoyed.

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[calledtoventure]

She takes it and unscrews the panel on the right-hand side.

[all_the_worlds_have]

Oh look, another peculiar folding key to match the peculiar hole in the side of the box! She's only done this puzzle twice before. And then inside the revealed drawer there are a pair of gears that let her link up the central moving gear, and that reveals another extra gear, and -

These gears don't appear to mesh in a way that will let her link up with the final gear.

[calledtoventure]

Perhaps she can cover part of the distance with the extra gears, and then bridge the remaining gap with the rubber band?

[all_the_worlds_have]

Yes!

The clock face appears to be fully in motion now, with all its gears whirring away merrily.

[calledtoventure]

She looks at it through the lens again. She also takes a closer look at the oval socket.

[all_the_worlds_have]

The oval socket is empty, and the clock still has a noticeable lack of hands. Neither of these things change under lens-light.

[calledtoventure]

Does pushing the button or moving the slider produce interesting results?

Can the screwdriver be attached as an improvised clock-hand?

[all_the_worlds_have]

Pushing the button causes the diorama at the top of the clock to rotate a quarter-turn, revealing a small metal tube in a newly-visible niche.

[calledtoventure]

Does the tube fit into the oval socket? Alternatively, can it be attached as a clock-hand?

[all_the_worlds_have]

No and no. It does appear to have a small end-cap, however.

[calledtoventure]

She removes the cap and looks inside.

[all_the_worlds_have]

Inside, there is a piece of paper rolled up tightly. When unrolled, it proves to be a faded black-and-white photograph of a building.

On the opposite side, someone with spidery handwriting has scrawled "Rev. 6:05".

[calledtoventure]

Revelations, chapter 6, verse 5:

When the Lamb had opened the third seal, I heard the third creature say, "Come!"
I looked, and saw a black horse; and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.

More likely, though, she'll need to set the clock hands (once she finds them) to read 6:05.

She tries to get a closer look at the glass/gem thing behind the unarmed knight.

[all_the_worlds_have]

It very much looks like it would fit the oval slot, if only she could actually reach it.

[calledtoventure]

Can she stick the screwdriver back there to get it out? Or, failing that, can she hold the entire box upside down and shake it?

[all_the_worlds_have]

No and no. It seems to be rather solidly attached to the back of the knight.

[calledtoventure]

And the unarmed knight still doesn't move.

Is it holding its hands/arms in a position that suggests a weapon could be added to complete the figure?

[all_the_worlds_have]

It is.

[calledtoventure]

Are any of the various objects she's collected about the right size to serve as a reasonably-scaled weapon for the knight? Say, about half as long as the knight is tall.

[all_the_worlds_have]

No, unfortunately.

Though on further review, she recalls that none of the other notes she's found so far came in a metal tube...

[calledtoventure]

Is there anything else in the tube?

[all_the_worlds_have]

No, it appears to be completely empty now that the paper has been retrieved.

[calledtoventure]

Is the tube appropriately sized for a knight-weapon?

Can any of the other knights' weapons be removed and transferred?

[all_the_worlds_have]

No and no.

[calledtoventure]

She looks over the tube and its cap more closely, inside and outside, through the lens. Are there mysterious inscriptions? Perhaps a hidden compartment in the closed end?