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Nancy Drew 17: Legend of the Crystal Skull Hints
I have all the glass eyes! Now what?
1 of 5: You may have noticed that when the eyes go into the cabinet, you can't take them out one at a time; if you click on one, it just swivels in place -- up, down, right, left.
2 of 5: From that, you might figure that the eyes need to be turned in specific ways to make something special happen, and you'd be right. The question is, how?
3 of 5: You can find the answer to this in Bruno's odd book on the desk, in the section called Plentiful Pirates and Nautical Nonsense. Read all the way to the end of that clue for a picture showing you how all the eyes should be turned.
4 of 5: When you have all the eyes turned the correct way, the octopus cabinet will open to reveal --
5 of 5: -- no, not another glass eye. This time you get a drawing and a strange device.