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Post by PJ on May 26, 2005 0:53:25 GMT -5
“Celinra’s sword skills were rather mediocre. She only lasted five minutes. Hey, not too bad for never actually having a lesson in swordplay, and for not being really physically fit at all. *is dead* I feel rather sorry for Panny, though. ;_; Yeah, but this is ten years from now. .....and you still haven't had a lesson. Besides, PJ may be lying. But yeah. Don't feel sorry for Panny, though. She's actually evil. She murders children in their sleep. Because.....*rips off mask* she's not even Pandora at all! "And I would have made it too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!" Ok, I'm done.
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Post by Celinra on May 26, 2005 1:03:22 GMT -5
Besides, PJ may be lying. Ooh, I like that. Alright, in my brain, the struggle lasted, like, at least half an hour. Whether that really happened or not, I don't care. It's my imagination. Well, if it's not Pandora, then the real Pandora is probably in trouble somewhere, so I still feel sorry for her.
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Post by Dante on May 26, 2005 1:19:26 GMT -5
Good chapter, PJ. BSam's death was very inventive. It reminded me of a murder on Midsomer Murders, in which a former game show host had a TV set sealed around his head, which was then filled with wine until he drowned.
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Post by Ennui on May 26, 2005 1:49:44 GMT -5
Inspired, of course, by the Duke of Clarence's murder in Richard III. He was drowned in a butt of malmsey...
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Post by Dante on May 26, 2005 2:02:08 GMT -5
Inspired, of course, by the Duke of Clarence's murder in Richard III. He was drowned in a butt of malmsey... I think I remember reading about that - no, it might have been someone else. Some noble sort drowned in a barrel of wine, or some such. Or it could have been pickles, but that might be my imagination.
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Post by A. the Returned on May 26, 2005 2:31:42 GMT -5
This clue confuses me. I have an idea but I'm still unsure.
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Post by Antenora on May 26, 2005 5:36:19 GMT -5
Sunset at sea, pu erh tea, boy bed, door-s?
Are we supposed to take the entire image names into account when working out this clue?
And I also liked Sam's death. At least he got one last good drink of beer...
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Post by Charles Vane on May 26, 2005 6:17:21 GMT -5
“Celinra’s sword skills were rather mediocre. She only lasted five minutes. Hey, not too bad for never actually having a lesson in swordplay, and for not being really physically fit at all. *is dead* I feel rather sorry for Panny, though. ;_; Panny feels sorry for Panny too. And for you, I've always thought you were quite handy with the katana.. it doesn't matter that I've never seen you use it. Of course if this is ten years in the future then I'd have already gone to New York, and I'd probably have met you if not attended your college. So I would have seen your amazing katana powers.. and that would make it sadder. ;_;
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Post by PJ on May 26, 2005 7:22:56 GMT -5
Sunset at sea, pu erh tea, boy bed, door-s? Are we supposed to take the entire image names into account when working out this clue? No, just what's in the images. I got the pictres off google, so their names don't necissarily mean what I am trying to say.
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Post by BSam on May 26, 2005 16:54:20 GMT -5
*gurgle*
*dead*
*beer-heaven*
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Post by PJ on May 28, 2005 20:43:19 GMT -5
Sorry about the long wait. Here it is:
Chapter Seven In which a particularly spiffy clue is given.
“I must say I have no idea what those mean. And to make two of them fake is ridiculous.” said Dante. “I also have little idea. The only thing that jumps out at me, I fear, is the “tea”. Could he, perhaps, mean the “te” at the end of “Dante”? I dearly hope not.” Antenora, it seems, was on the right track. “But where is the “Dan” part?” Amber asked a few minutes later. “And I also see a door. As in, Pan “dor” a. I figure either the door or the tea-cup is fake. Maybe there’s a tea called “Pan” or “Dan” or something.” Pandora was also on the right track.
After several hours of useless thinking, Dante posted, exasperated: “Could it be sea-bed? What does that mean anyways? What about Sea-Tea. CT. Connecticut? But how does that help us? See a bed? Or a door? Or some tea? I don’t understand it at all!” In his frustration, Dante wrote some very passionate and intense scenes in the novel he was writing. Afterwards, he calmed down. “We still have time. Another five hours or so. We’ll think of something.”
With four hours left, Pandora posted: “I’m not good at this riddle stuff. I called Ennui and BSam and Celinra again…but they didn’t reply. I’m afraid.” The next post, from Derik, however, was rather chilling. “Hey. Guys. Look what I found:” He posted a link which led to a newspaper article. The headline read: “Murder in New York!” The first few lines of the article read: Mr. Akbar ****** was found dead yesterday, in his apartment in New York. He had been missing for a few days, and his caretaker found him lying on his computer, blood everywhere. A bullet hole in his window indicated he was hit in the back from afar. He was at the moment of his death, logged onto an internet forum known as “667 Dark Avenue” which has helped police estimate the time of his death. So far the murderer has not been found and….”
This article sent a shockwave through the surviving members of 667. Up till now, there had always been the chance that it was all some huge, elaborate joke. But now, the stakes had risen. At least one person was dead, possible four. And a fifth would soon join them. Perhaps it was mere chance, or perhaps the horror of that article helped, but soon enough, it was Rellim who cracked the code. “Oh god. Bed. Sea. Bed-sea. Betsy. F**K! I’m screwed. Oh god! Help! He’s gonna kill me!” Precisely three hours later, after much hysterical ranting, Rellim was deleted. A cold shiver ran down the backs of the seven remaining members.
“Rellim was quite tricky. She set up a trap. Hit me on the head. Hard. But I still got her in the end, though. Well, good luck with the next clue: The sum of the previous five deaths create the sixth.”
Coming Soon: Chapter Eight In which a tricky code is used to disguise a clue.
Edit: I changed the clue, to make it easier.
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Post by A. the Returned on May 29, 2005 3:06:23 GMT -5
Just go and use all my guesses. I wouls like to say Pan doora was my idea, as was CT. *jokes* Bed Sea, I didn't see that. Which is strange because when I was looking for such things I looked for Rubens for Dante and yet I didn't look for Betsy. Oh well, next clue. So does the number 6 mean anything besides the devil's number to anyone?
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Post by PJ on May 29, 2005 3:12:22 GMT -5
Just go and use all my guesses. I wouls like to say Pan doora was my idea, as was CT. *jokes* Bed Sea, I didn't see that. Which is strange because when I was looking for such things I looked for Rubens for Dante and yet I didn't look for Betsy. Oh well, next clue. So does the number 6 mean anything besides the devil's number to anyone? Yeah, Dante and A discussed it, and came up with Sea-Bed and CT. I used those. But the Pan-DOOR-a and the Dan-TEA was my idea. Those where the traps, the fake ones. And the only significance that 6 has is that this next person is the sixth to die.
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Post by Amber on May 29, 2005 3:49:39 GMT -5
Very good, but I'm terrible with clues. I'll try and work it out, I'll get nowhere though.
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Post by Antenora on May 29, 2005 5:36:40 GMT -5
Good chapter.
I'll work on the clue later, perhaps after I've had my coffee.
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