The Fool 2010/04/02(Fri)07:49 No. 157905 ID: 0576eb
File 127021974426.png - (52.60KB , 701x683 , 45-Sarah.png )

Hello, my name is Sarah. I've been locked in this room just recently and now I can't get out. Apparently, because of my two little horns, I have been able to practice magic that communicates with spirits, so I seek your help now. Please help me escape.

Please describe everything around you in the greatest detail possible

The Fool 2010/04/02(Fri)08:02 No. 157908 ID: 0576eb
File 127022055427.png - (53.94KB , 701x683 , 46-room.png )

Okay, but that will take a little while. So, start by the east wall, there's a little... thingy... kinda like a symbol crafted there on the wall. It looks like something could be inserted in the two hollow parts. Next, the south wall. It's quite far from here and there's only a mirror against it. There's nothing else down there. On the west wall, there's a little shelf with what appears to be a stick onto it. Or a handle, whatever: it's a cylindrical PIECE OF WOOD. On the floor, there is a BROKEN SHOVEL HEAD and an half-dug hole; it looks like the ground is good enough to dig here. There's also some kind of safe with the opening mechanism on top, which is weird. Finally, on the north wall, from right to left, there are three buttons, a little hatch, a window with a piece of cloth over it, a long metal pole stuck by its two extremities, and a door with two knobs. Both knobs don't work because they are drawn and not real.

Did you dig the hole? do the drawn knobs have holes in them?

The Fool 2010/04/02(Fri)11:08 No. 157956 ID: 0576eb
File 127023173767.png - (48.69KB , 701x683 , 47-hole.png )

The knobs are only black circles. No holes, nothing. As for the hole, I couldn't have done it; I just got there recently and it was like this when I came in. Whoever did left the BROKEN SHOVEL HEAD behind when they went away.

>>157956
Well obviously the mirror is the real door. How to open it is the question.

apply shovelhead to mirror?

i doubt is this easy.

The Fool 2010/04/02(Fri)11:23 No. 157970 ID: 0576eb
File 127023260458.png - (31.07KB , 701x683 , 48-mirror.png )

Are you sure about this? The mirror is pretty large... And it looks like nothing reflects off it. How strange; though it's not unheard of, perhaps it was poorly made.

>>157970
...its a false mirror? get real close to it and cover your face while staring it. if it is a false mirror you should be able to see shadows and the likes in the other side

The Fool 2010/04/02(Fri)11:33 No. 157985 ID: 0576eb
File 127023323245.png - (39.14KB , 701x683 , 49-reflection pi.png )

I follow your advice: I get close to the mirror and put my hands over my face as to cover it. I can't see anything now, but you probably can if there is anything reflecting off it once we're close enough. Is there anything?

step away from the mirror at once and smash it.

your reflex is not where it should be and its glaring at us.

The Fool 2010/04/02(Fri)11:43 No. 157992 ID: 0576eb
File 127023379159.png - (34.33KB , 701x683 , 50-shovelthrow.png )

I do as you say, after all, you've seen what was on it (if there ever was and you didn't lie). I throw the BROKEN SHOVEL HEAD at the mirror, but it only bounces off. Looks pretty sturdy.

>>157992
plexiglass mirror. forget it then.

keep in mind that apparently there is someone watching us thru that mirror.

Hello, Sarah! Do you mind if we ask a few questions about you?

First, what happened before you were locked in the room? Did someone put you there? Did you walk in by yourself? Did you just wake up here?

What was the last thing you recall from your "normal" life. For example, were you going to school, did you work, did you live with your family? Any idea how long it has been between your normal life and being in this room?

What are you good at? Any unique talents, beyond communicating with spirits?

What are you carrying with you?

Suggestion 2010/04/02(Fri)16:09 No. 158117 ID: 0576eb
File 127024979741.png - (40.15KB , 701x683 , 51-Sarah.png )

>Hello, Sarah! Do you mind if we ask a few questions about you?
As long as I can answer and it can help us, I will answer.

>First, what happened before you were locked in the room? Did someone put you there? Did you walk in by yourself? Did you just wake up here?
I woke up there. This room smells of metal, I hate all things that relate to metal... I'd never head in here voluntarily.

>What was the last thing you recall from your "normal" life. For example, were you going to school, did you work, did you live with your family? Any idea how long it has been between your normal life and being in this room?
I've only been in this room as far as when I called for your help, spirits. Before that, I was teaching at Carolyna Highschool. I'd... rather not speak of the members of my family.

>What are you good at? Any unique talents, beyond communicating with spirits?
I can moo extraordinarily well and some told me I am a good teacher.

>What are you carrying with you?
A piece of STRING that was cut from a blouse I have at home and the BROKEN SHOVEL HEAD.

Okay then, time to examine our surroundings!

Starting with the hole, can you dig any deeper with your hands? Is it loose dirt, rock, or something differnet? Check under the dirt pile, too, to see if something is hidden underneath.

Examine the safe. Check what kind of lock it is, and if it can be moved. Also, check if you can open it; it may already be unlocked.

>I'd... rather not speak of the members of my family.
i will ask only once and do not feel obligated to answer:

could they be related to this?

Can you open the hatch? Is there anything inside?

(Also, apparently there's a secondary camera view near the south mirror: http://tendrak.deviantart.com/art/Minty-159300263 )

Are the buttons labeled at all? And maybe the piece of wood could be stuck into the end of the shovel head to complete the shovel?

Suggestion 2010/04/03(Sat)07:02 No. 158699 ID: 0576eb
File 127030332942.png - (59.66KB , 701x683 , 52-awwr.png )

I've tried to open the hatch and the safe, but both are locked. The buttons aren't even labeled either... I can see some kind of little hollow portion near them; maybe the labels need to be lit up by some sort of mechanism or something. In the dirt, there wasn't anything interesting; then I tried to dig in the hole, only getting my hands dirty. The ground is too hard for me to dig without the SHOVEL. As for the stick, it could make a shovel handle, but it doesn't stay on. I'm so clueless about what to do... *Depression*

>>158141
And my family can't really be related to anything living...

Suggestion 2010/04/03(Sat)07:14 No. 158702 ID: 0576eb
File 127030405824.png - (58.27KB , 701x683 , 52-awwr2.png )

The shovelhead teleports itself back into Sarah's inventory. Dammit moving objects!

>>158699
Is that a combination lock I see?

Yes. The numbers, however, are all the same. They're all fives. What am I meant to do with that?.. Even if I had the code, it would look like "5-5-5"...

(I just noticed I didn't have The Fool as my name, drats. At least the ID was the same.)

>>158849
How many numbers are on it, and do you have a way to mark it? It's not actually that hard to crack those kinds of locks.

Can you secure the SHOVEL HEAD to the WOODEN CYLINDER with the STRING?

Also, is there anything inside the hollow depression on the east wall?

The Fool 2010/04/03(Sat)12:46 No. 158956 ID: 0576eb
File 127032401847.png - (56.34KB , 701x683 , 53-lock.png )

There seems to be twelve fives in a circle... the arrow is apparently pointing at the ninth five if we take the northernmost one as #1.

I guess I could try to work the SHOVEL HEAD to the WOODEN CYLINDER with the piece of STRING, but it wouldn't be very solid and could break at any moment... I'd need more cloth and something else to make them stick together. There are loads of glue in my desk, back at Carolyna Highschool. If only I could access that...

>>158896
There's also nothing in the hollow depression. Just two empty sides around the middle of what looks like the Omega greek letter with a line connecting both sides over the middle.

>>158957
Have you tried pressing the back of the symbol on the east wall? Try pressing with the PIECE OF WOOD.

Back on the west wall, examine the shelf again. Can the shelf be removed? Look undernearth the shelf, in case something is stuck on the underside or behind the shelf, against the wall.

Try pulling on the metal pole.

Also, one last question about yourself. You mentioned that you are a teacher; do you remember the names of any of your students?

Can you pull on the big metal bar? Maybe it's not as solid as it looks.

>>158956
Set it to position 1.
From there, turn it to position 5.
Then back the other way to position 10.
Then the first way to 3, then back towards 8.
Keep this up until every pattern that can result has been tried.
If we assume it's a three position combo, then at one attempt every three seconds it will take 1 hour, 26 minutes, and 24 seconds.
However, if you can put some tension on the mechanism then you can exploit a mechanical weakness in how the lock works in order to narrow down the possible combinations to a mere handful.

I could tell you more if you could tell me more about the lock.

failing the lock, id like you to tie the stick to the shovelhead with the string you got.

maybe it will last enought to dig.

Suggestion 2010/04/03(Sat)15:51 No. 159079 ID: 34470e
File 127033509813.png - (298.57KB , 1872x1224 , 1269747254709.png )

>>158956
Don't know how useful this'll be.

Given that it's mounted into the safe, rather than a mass-produced external padlock, I'm afraid not.

The Fool 2010/04/03(Sat)16:45 No. 159130 ID: 0576eb
File 12703383446.png - (52.36KB , 701x683 , 54-SHOVEL.png )

>>158959
>Have you tried pressing the back of the symbol on the east wall? Try pressing with the PIECE OF WOOD.
I try that... nothing interesting happens.

>Can the shelf be removed? Look undernearth the shelf, in case something is stuck on the underside or behind the shelf, against the wall.
The shelf is firmly stuck to the wall and there's nothing under or between it and the wall. Aw, I thought we were on to something here.

>Try pulling on the metal pole.
If it does something, my strength is not enough to pull it hard enough for it to do whatever it must do. That's if it does something... which I think it doesn't. Maybe something goes inside... if I pulled too hard and got covered with water, yeesh.

>do you remember the names of any of your students?
Of course. I remember them all... Yasmina, Rance, Georjia, Cannie, Walter, David, Trish, Kalec, Mint, Oulan, Paprika, Jane, Lorry, Sovia, Maria, Sandy, Philip, Neon, Roxanne and Marc.

>>159033
I'm not CRAFTY enough to do anything remotely complicated with the lock! This makes my head spin, I don't know if I could do that. Beside, the lock looks strange enough, maybe it can't be unlocked by simply inputting three numbers like a real combination lock. Maybe there's four, or... five? Or even more. Maybe fifty five. And how to know which one is the good one?

>>159057
I tie the STRING around the SHOVEL HEAD and the WOODEN STICK, to make a FEEBLE SHOVEL! It's so poorly made it will only resist digging one and only one hole, so I must be careful. If the string snaps, I can't put it back around both pieces.

>>159130
Attempt to pry the metal rod off the wall, using the PIECE OF WOOD (now Shovel Handle) as leverage.

Treating the combination lock as a clock (12 on top), try entering the combinations 8:12:12 and 8:12:1.

Check behind the window to the north! Use the PIECE OF WOOD (now Shovel Handle) to pull the the cloth aside.

The Fool 2010/04/03(Sat)17:13 No. 159143 ID: 0576eb
File 12703400355.png - (52.03KB , 701x683 , 55-SHOVELCLOTH.png )

Both combinations don't seem to do anything noticeable. Well then, so much for the safe.

I doubt using the shovel in such a way (to the metal bar) would be a good idea... I mean, I don't want it to get broken you see? If you really think it's a good idea though, I'll try it after I uncover this window.

before anything else can you pretty please dig a hole in the roof while screaming this is the shovel that will pierce trhu heavens finish the hole on the floor?

The Fool 2010/04/03(Sat)17:15 No. 159145 ID: 0576eb
File 127034010983.png - (52.48KB , 701x683 , 55-wLOW FIVE.png )

And go figure, a brick wall. I've seen a lot of movies where that happened. It's usually not a good sign...

Hey! Something fell down from behind the cloth. It's a note... And there's only a five on it.

duh! the combination is 5:5:5:5:5

Use the shovel to dig a hole directly under where that symbol on the right wall is.

The Fool 2010/04/03(Sat)17:28 No. 159154 ID: 0576eb
File 127034093218.png - (36.81KB , 701x683 , 56-HEAVENS1.png )

>>159144
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?

The Fool 2010/04/03(Sat)17:29 No. 159155 ID: 0576eb
File 127034095439.png - (32.71KB , 701x683 , 56-HEAVENS2.png )

THIS IS THE SHOVEL...

The Fool 2010/04/03(Sat)17:29 No. 159156 ID: 0576eb
File 127034097989.png - (58.91KB , 701x683 , 56-HEAVENS3.png )

THAT WILL PIERCE...

The Fool 2010/04/03(Sat)17:29 No. 159157 ID: 0576eb
File 127034099943.png - (136.02KB , 701x683 , 56-HEAVENS4.png )

THROUGH THE HEAVENS!

The Fool 2010/04/03(Sat)17:30 No. 159158 ID: 0576eb
File 127034102698.png - (52.35KB , 701x683 , 56-HEAVENS5.png )

Or not really.

... anyway. the combination is most likely the fifth five, five times.

>>159158
Pick up the note, and check it for anything else. Try to take the cloth from the window.

Is the window... brick?

Other than that, is there anything on the ceiling?

>>159158
Read note
Hug shovel

The Fool 2010/04/03(Sat)18:49 No. 159197 ID: 0576eb
File 12703457897.png - (49.92KB , 701x683 , 57-lock.png )

>>159177
Apparently, yes; the window is brick'd.
There's nothing on the ceiling apart from the ceiling itself.
As for the cloth... I pull, I pull, I pull but it doesn't come off. If I had something to cut it with, I could probably get most of it, but otherwise, it's stuck hard on the window frame.

The note is really only a 5, but there seems to be something on the other side. Looks like it was voluntarily mostly erased, though.

I try to get the fifth five five times, and once I pass the northern five for the fifth time, it seems it unlocked. Or at least something happened inside. I still turn the arrow over to the fifth five, but nothing more happens.

>>159197
The first letter is obviously a "T"

>>159197
Try opening it. If that doesn't work, try 5:5:5:5:northern and try opening again.

Not sure about the note yet.

>>159197
wait does this says TIMER?

The Fool 2010/04/03(Sat)20:42 No. 159238 ID: 0576eb
File 127035256038.png - (51.46KB , 701x683 , 57-guess.png )

It doesn't quite say TIMER. All the letters seem to fit but the R.

I'll open the safe in just a minute, after we figure out what this message says.

>>159238
"TIMES"

The solution was to simply rotate the dial 5 times.

>>159238
for once i thought the solution was too easy and a trap by itself ._.

The Fool 2010/04/04(Sun)06:29 No. 159453 ID: 0576eb
File 127038777991.png - (51.44KB , 701x683 , 57-guess2.png )

Pretty weird lock design if you ask me, but it looks like it works.

The Fool 2010/04/04(Sun)06:29 No. 159454 ID: 0576eb
File 127038779996.png - (15.39KB , 701x683 , 58-closed.png )

Anyway, I'll open the safe door now.

The Fool 2010/04/04(Sun)06:30 No. 159455 ID: 0576eb
File 127038781752.png - (26.27KB , 701x683 , 58-open.png )

Oh, there's another note. Let's see what it is.

The Fool 2010/04/04(Sun)06:30 No. 159456 ID: 0576eb
File 127038783733.png - (43.54KB , 701x683 , 58-znote.png )

Ah... I don't really teach maths.

Other side?

I've got no clue what those numbers could mean. If you take them as math equations, they'd all equal either 1 or 0 and the numbers on the right would be redundant.

>>159456
>>159462

That's *, not superscript or ^.
Assuming it IS math, then from left to right it reads "2010".
I'm more interested in the words off to the side, really.

No, >>159462 was right; it was ^. They make up the following:

1100100000

This works out perfectly if you remember what was written on the wall of MintQuest 1. It's also Binary for 800, if that ever becomes important.

Edit: I have no idea what to do with those numbers at this point, but I'm absolutely dumbfounded as to how no one has bothered to suggest trying to open the hatch under the window OR push any of those 3 buttons.

Try the hatch first, if you can't open it, try the top button -- Hope you don't fry or something.

>>159508
The hatch was found to be locked in >>158699 which is why we haven't tried again. The buttons apparently have some kind of electronic labeling or something, which is currently off.

It wouldn't hurt to try it again. Maybe.

Try knocking on the brick wall and door, for that matter. Perhaps it's just a matter of asking nicely.

We also have the very odd pi-reflection mirror to the south. Is there anything behind that mirror?

>>159541

I didn't notice that. If the hatch is locked, press each button with the end of your stick and stop when something happens. We'll assess the situation from there.

Can't get electrocuted in that case; assuming the buttons are electrified.

The Fool 2010/04/04(Sun)16:16 No. 159639 ID: 0576eb
File 127042300616.png - (70.88KB , 701x683 , intermission.png )

Not an update per say, but more of an intermission, if you can call it as such. I would like to take a moment to discuss about suggestions. Since the beginning, there have been suggestions about a variety of things and I seldom have to make choices about what I follow and not; most of the time, I end up clogging it all together in one post and only draw one of those suggestions. However, that's not what I'd like.

If you all anonymous suggesters could come to some sort of consensus about what would be the next action, it would be greatly appreciated. Remember Weaver's poem:

The flock that could not work together
Are sure still trapped in Hell.

I particularly love those lines because that's what will happen if we keep taking the character we want to help and stretch him/her/it in every direction at once. I'm not asking for 1 post between each update, but please, come to a common, accepted suggestion. As it stands, I will only post the next update once we know what we want to do. Do we want to push a button? How to do it? do we want to turn the note around? Do we want to knock on the wall/door? We have to make a choice somewhere, we can't try everything. Each action takes time for the character to do, and time is of the essence in these kinds of quests.

See it this way: if Sarah does 4 things that total out 8 minutes, perhaps within that 8 mins you'd have wanted to do something else instead that would be more relevant. The more time the characters lose, the more they can find themselves horribly, violently torn apart. I'm not saying there's no safe spot, but there is life outside of their rooms, and that life is also active.

All I ask for is a common suggestion. I will update once this has been reached.

Does the "press the buttons with the stick" sound like a plan everyone can agree on? I'm not totally sure how to initiate a decision for consensus.

I started a response to the matter here: >>/questdis/323371 for anyone who would like to weigh in on the matter.

As for the action, I have no problem with pushing the buttons with a stick.

id like to DIG the hole on the ground.

will we get democratical here?

I'm down with Pres Butan, and yeah, using something non-conductive is the way to go.

The Fool 2010/04/09(Fri)19:29 No. 162016 ID: 0576eb
File 127086659953.png - (53.96KB , 701x683 , 59-buttan.png )

After some pondering, I decide to hit a button with the SHOVEL HANDLE as it may prevent electricity if it indeed courses through the buttons. So I press the first, my hand over my eyes so if something horrible somehow happens, I can spare my eyes of it... And hey, I heard a little click sound. Nothing bad happened?

>>162016
what is that on the metal bar?

also by the consensus on the disc thread, the next action is to use your bra and panties to reinforce the shovel and dig the hole on the ground.

>>162016
Push the next two buttons, then the two buttons on the fake door.

>>162016
There is a yellow number 1 next to the metal pole now. Nothing bad happened.

Now: To press the other buttons, or to see what happened to the metal pole first? Which one should demand out attention?

The Fool 2010/04/09(Fri)20:02 No. 162033 ID: 0576eb
File 127086855732.png - (65.43KB , 701x683 , 60-awut.png )

>>162019
My bra and panties? huh?! I don't know... Can you spirits feel anything? I mean, it's not a plot to get me naked is it? I'm not dumb, you know!

The Fool 2010/04/09(Fri)20:03 No. 162034 ID: 0576eb
File 127086861391.png - (54.28KB , 701x683 , 60-buttan.png )

Anyway, I press the second button in the same fashion than the first. And afterward, I open my eyes and I see a zero this time, alongside with the one. I pressed the second button now.

>>162021
The fake door is painted, there's no button.

naw, democracy sucks.

dig the hole on the ground, please =3

>>162033

If you would prefer you can put your chest to the brick wall as you remove your bra, and your skirt provides cover if you remove your panties. Though the bra may be strong enough by itself. If you have an under-wire that might be useful as another tool.

We spirits may indeed be perverse, but our primary concern is your well being.

>We spirits may indeed be perverse, but our primary concern is getting you laid
phix'd

Wait. We don't know why someone wanted to dig that hole. Look through the dirt clod. It might have an answer.

Third Button. It's likely to bring up another number, perhaps the third of the three fives we need for the combination. Most combination locks use 0 as the very top, so it could work.

We already opened the safe. The combination was 55555.

And what if there's a second combination lock? Don't question my flawed logic and not-pay-attention disorder.

Anyway, the numbers have to be important for something, or they wouldn't have been there. I'm guessing button 3 makes the next number appear, by a logical point of view, albeit my logic is flawed, and it could be a trap that crushes you with the ceiling.

>>162196
Nothing was in the dirt pile or hole when we ran through it by hand, either. >>158699

>>162235
I'm actually wondering if the third button clears the yellow numbers, requiring us to enter 1100100000 to open the door. We won't really know until we tried the third button.

Of course, just because a solution has been used once doesn't mean it won't be used again. We keep finding the same symbols repeatedly, after all.

I guess we're digging the hole, unless we can queue actions. In that case, "dig hole, push third button" seems to be recommended.

>>162272
i second pushing 3rd button then digging. we can dig hole after my curiosity stops hammering my head.

The Fool 2010/04/10(Sat)17:47 No. 162387 ID: 0576eb
File 127094687647.png - (54.04KB , 701x683 , 61-buttan.png )

I... I'll be pressing the third button now since it's closer anyway. Tell me if it's safe, okay?

its not what we thought it would be.

dig the hole on the ground please.

>>162387
101? That doesn't quite seem to make sense. I'm not quite sure I'm getting the logic.

Well, it's fine to look. I will second digging the hole, if only to stop people from continuing to ask for it to be done.

The Fool 2010/04/11(Sun)11:11 No. 162766 ID: 0576eb
File 12710095193.png - (49.58KB , 701x683 , 62-dig.png )

I head over to finish digging the hole then. I hope the shovel will keep itself together until I'm done. While I do that, which takes a couple of minutes, the yellow numbers flash out and a screen opens up on the wall. It says INVALID INPUT. Inside of the hole, once it's finally dug completely, I find something metallic and long, and sharp too... but it's too long, I can't take it. I'd need to dig where its second part is, but the shovel returned to pieces, as did the string. R.I.P, you will be missed.

Good to know there is something in the hole, although we will need to get the shovel in useable condition to fully dig whatever it is out.

Any ideas on the buttons, or should we start entering combinations at random until we start seeing a pattern?

Since bra or panties would be embarrassing for you, why not try securing the shovel using your shoelaces, if you have them?

>>162768
Put in the binary code we've been seeing. 1&3 are 1, 2 is 0.

It's possible, but... a cycling binary number line? Why bother with two buttons that do exactly the same thing?

Well, the "5" from earlier might indicate that we should add up to the number 5. 5 in binary is 101 though, which we've already done, so I'm not sure what's different. Perhaps top-middle-top? Or do we have anything else that might be interpretted as a three digit number?

I guess we could return to the remove-skirt-reinforce-shovel idea.

>>162802
the buttons are cyclical? press the same button 8 times, check what happens.

The Fool 2010/04/12(Mon)20:15 No. 163530 ID: 0576eb
File 127112855571.png - (46.96KB , 701x683 , 63-buttan.png )

>>162770
Sadly, I wear high heels.

>>162802
I'm going to keep the suggestion about using my clothes to fix the shovel as a last resort solution.

>>163118
Mint presses the first button eight times in the hopes that something different happens. Eight "1" align themselves over the green screen.

>>162775

This is easy then. Press the third button to reset the puzzle.

Then, starting with the top button as 1 press:

1,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,3

That should input the right sequence I think, assuming the third button is "enter".

The room flipped somehow, inspect evil mirror.

We suddenly switched to Mint in a mirror-reversed version of the room. Can you still hear us, Sarah?

The Fool 2010/04/12(Mon)20:38 No. 163544 ID: 0576eb
File 127112989240.png - (53.20KB , 701x683 , 64-sarah.png )

>>163534
The puzzle seems to have already reset itself when I stopped pressing buttons for ten long minutes... Having no real input from the spirits for that time, I thought about things a bit.

>>162775
I put the code as upper 1, upper 1, zero, zero, lower 1, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero and it seems to have worked, though something wrote itself next to the number list, but in red.

>>163537
>>163538
Mirror? Inversed? Well, yeah, I can still hear you, though you kinda went silent for a while there.

use stick to open the bottom drawer.

well its gone. it doesnt look like a art glitch. peek at the mirror, we may be running out of time.

It looks like the chute below you unlocked. Try opening it and see if anything is inside.

Listen to it first. Then stand to the side and prod it open with your wooden stick.

Does anyone else think the Sigma-symbol looks a bit like the word "run"?

That's... huh. I don't quite understand if the top button is indeed different than the bottom, but at least we opened the hatch. I recommend knocking on it to see if anyone is on the other side before opening.

The Fool 2010/04/13(Tue)15:09 No. 163766 ID: 0576eb
File 127119657919.png - (38.26KB , 701x683 , 65-ahdotdotdot.png )

>>163552
A quick peek at the mirror probably won't hurt me. Well here we go!...

Sometimes I wonder why you suggest me meaningless things, spirits!

The Fool 2010/04/13(Tue)15:10 No. 163767 ID: 0576eb
File 127119661757.png - (54.51KB , 701x683 , 65-open.png )

So I do all those careful things about the hatch before opening it. Seems like there's nothing in there except a little screen and four buttons.

The Fool 2010/04/13(Tue)15:10 No. 163768 ID: 0576eb
File 127119663076.png - (15.92KB , 701x683 , 65-zCROW.png )

And here's the close-up.

>>163768
How about C-O-W.

>>163766
are the spots on the right place?

>>163771
if this is the answer i will be a bit disapointed.

i am however entirely void of ideas or alternatives.

It says CROW. Do you know any crows?

C-o-w is the only thing that makes sense in this instance -BUT- don't push that! Why? Because the obvious answer may not be the correct one.

If we first review the clues given to us before we make a stupid choice, we might notice that note we were given earlier has more than 1 clue on it.

Rem
Wit
Ope
Clo

We all thought it was an incomplete message before, but -- oh would you look at that?~ The first letters are RWOC!

Want to bet that's the code?

>>163821
brilliant.jpg

The Fool 2010/04/13(Tue)17:27 No. 163830 ID: 0576eb
File 127120485777.png - (30.55KB , 701x683 , 66-maybemaybenot.png )

>>163789
I've had a few crow students... I don't remember their names though, that was long ago.

>>163823
R-W-O-C sounds like a valid and logical answer... but are you really sure I should push that? I don't think this 'computer' will give me a second chance if I mess up... I don't know why, I just feel it. Maybe I'm in the wrong... maybe not...

i dont see what else we could do.

if anyone has anything against this password speak now ordiscover this is a bomb

Well, it's sensible for you to be afraid, but what is the alternative? We've exhausted every option available in this room.

The way I see it you have three choices:

A) Fix that shovel and keep digging (You know what that means).

B) Put in the code.

C) Wait for who/whatever put you here to come back.

Which would you rather do? I'm pretty sure C is going to happen by itself if you don't act. From what we've seen so far, that's not a pretty sight to behold.

You don't want to know.

>>163854
well ok, how about we re-check some things?

in the hole you found a pipe. however you could not dig deep enought to remove it.

on the walls, have you analyzed the balcony and the symbol? it may have indentations or something of the likes.

does the 3 buttons stopped responding?

is there a loose brick on the "window"?

can you estimate where the second part of the digged out pipe is?

I guess we could use the shovel head manually to dig with.

>>163830
Can we swap back to Mint?

I might have a better idea:

Try using the shovel head to bang on the bricks.

I don't know if that's considered meta-gaming but it seems like we were shown mint being on the other side for a reason.

Maybe there will be a response.

Then again, the rooms may not be connected in the way we think.

I'm just concerned that hesitation will lead to...David^2

>>163865

Actually, that first. Must have posted it while I was typing.

>>163830
i told you that a "are you sure" goes a long way with the players...

>>163866
if we cant switch do this.

The note seems to say
"remember"
"with"
"open"
"close"

... What does it mean, you may ask? How the hell should I know? I am merely a talking pie chart. I am merely an illusion.

*wavy screen*

The pie symbol is reversed. Perhaps the code is as well.

COWR. (An additional message? Cower? As in fear?)

>>164669
Reversed?
>>157985
>>159456
>>/questarch/153700
I don't see any difference in the pi symbols we's seen thus far.

>>164680

Sorry, I meant upside-down as opposed to the normal pi symbol. It posed a possible reversal of the letter code that Sarah hesitated on entering.

The Fool 2010/04/22(Thu)17:12 No. 168623 ID: 0576eb
File 127198155779.png - (56.53KB , 701x683 , 67-brick.png )

>>163861
>on the walls, have you analyzed the balcony and the symbol? it may have indentations or something of the likes.
There's nothing else on the shelf, neither behind (I can't check there) or under. It's solidly attached to the wall so I can't take it away either. For the symbol on the wall, the middle part separates it into two indentations; it looks like plates of some sort could fit there.

>does the 3 buttons stopped responding?
Completely.

>is there a loose brick on the "window"?
It's as flat as a board. It doesn't quite feel like a brick wall either. I get the feeling this room is just one big joke, with the drawn knobs and all that.

>can you estimate where the second part of the digged out pipe is?
It couldn't possibly go from one side to the other of the room, could it? Though it looks long...

>>163865
What's with Mint all of a sudden? Did you learn things you could share with me?

>>163866
I can hold the side of the shovel and try to bang it against the "brick wall" but as I said earlier it looks flat as a board and when I touch it, it's awfully cold, kind of like metal. I doubt the shovel will do much against it.

>>168623
type RWOC in the machine. its the initials in the note and the only clue we got anyway.

>>168623
>What's with Mint all of a sudden? Did you learn things you could share with me?

We interacted with a girl named Mint earlier. As far as we can tell, she's trapped in a similar situation you are. We just had a flash image of her in an identical room as yours, hence checking if we could view that room again.

As for the code, the only ones that make any sense are RWOC and the individual buttons being various commands. However, the "Enter code for access" does not imply individual commands.

You could always pull off your skirt and secure the shovel, too.