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A Surprising Start: Open the Rooftop Door
Solve A Surprising Start in Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School with the stairwell clue meanings, the rooftop door password, and the next objective.
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Find the Clues Below the Rooftop Door
The clues for A Surprising Start are spread across the floors of the Headmaster's Tower stairwell below the rooftop door. They tell you to begin the phrase with ST, include three As, give both words the same final letter and interpret a doubled U as W.
Answer the Phone Before Heading Upstairs
During Head to Head, go to the Headmaster's Office on the third floor and answer the telephone. After the call, investigate the rooftop door in the tower stairwell. Read the clues on the floors below the door to work out the phrase.
Read What Each Stairwell Clue Means
- Read the clue that emphasizes ST in its wording: those letters give you the beginning of the first word.
- Read the vowel clue: the complete phrase must contain three As, giving you a check on any candidate answer.
- Read the matching-ending clue: both words must finish with the same letter.
- Read the doubled-U clue aloud: the sound points to W in the second word.
Turn the Wordplay Into the Door Password
The doubled-U clue points to W because the letter name sounds like double U. It does not ask you to fit a literal U into the second word. Keep that distinction in mind when combining it with the other clues.
The beginning is ST, and the shared ending is Y. The complete phrase is STAY AWAY: STAY goes in the first word and AWAY in the second. Across the phrase, the three As satisfy the vowel clue.
Open the Door and Climb to the Roof
- Set the first word on the rooftop door's lock to STAY.
- Set the second word on the same lock to AWAY.
- Open the unlocked rooftop door to clear the way upstairs.
- Climb upstairs onto the roof to reach the tower entrance.
- Interact with the tower entrance to begin That Rings a Bell.
Continue Into That Rings a Bell
The door puzzle is solved once STAY AWAY opens the route onto the roof. The next main escape room is That Rings a Bell, where Headmaster Solange wants you to climb the clocktower and ring the bell at the top. Use the entrance interaction on the rooftop when you are ready to begin it.
