Raphael spared the count one last private assessment, ten varieties of irredeemable, and walked around to the back of the statue.
Seven recesses, arranged left to right, each labeled with a day of the week, Monday through Sunday. All circular.
"Circular. Those paintings are circular too. Looks like some kind of lock design, but how do you move a painting that only exists inside a projection?"
He thought about it briefly, then went back down to the second floor dining hall and found the round clock-face paintings on the walls.
He kept the lantern beam on them with one hand and reached into the lit area with the other.
They came away cleanly.
"Hm. That actually works."
He collected all seven and carried them back up to the stairwell, lantern still burning, and came around to the back of the statue.
"Wine glass, that's the old vampire scene. He compared the skull to a wine cup. 11 o'clock, Wednesday."
