| Author | Message | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 2 Registered: 5-2012 |
You wake up to find yourself in a pitch-black room. You have no recollection of how you got there. Or where 'there' is for that matter. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17088 Registered: 4-2010 |
What are you wearing? Do you have any objects on you? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 4 Registered: 5-2012 |
You're wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. There is a small, folded up piece of paper in one pocket and a what feels like a small piece of thin metal. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17089 Registered: 4-2010 |
Feel the piece of metal. Is it sharp? Is it a blade? A file? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 5 Registered: 5-2012 |
It's not sharp and it doesn't feel like a blade or file. It feels round like a toothpick, but the ends aren't pointy. Nor is the metal straight, but bent into some sort of shape. | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 724 Registered: 1-2012 |
The shape: Circle? Oval? Square? Rectangle? How many corners? Is it a closed shape or an open one? So, we're dealing with a metal rod, bent into a unknown shape, correct? Lateral adventures are abounding right now! It makes me happy :D | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 7 Registered: 5-2012 |
It's sort of a cross between ovular and rectangular. There are no corners. You would have to say it's opened because the ends don't meet, they're parallel. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 452 Registered: 1-2010 |
Examine the piece of paper. Can you see well enough to read what's on it, if anything? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 8 Registered: 5-2012 |
Unfortunately visibility is zero. My eye might as well be closed. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 453 Registered: 1-2010 |
Walk straight ahead. What happens? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 9 Registered: 5-2012 |
Cautiously, I get up and walk forward. After about 10 steps I feel a wall. It feels like concrete. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 455 Registered: 1-2010 |
Walk to the left along the wall as far as you can go. Any doors or openings? Also, can you touch the ceiling? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 10 Registered: 5-2012 |
Walking along the wall to the left, I find nothing until I run into the corner. Continuing left, I feel a metal square, mostly flush with the wall. Two smaller pieces of metal protrude from the left side of the metal square. One on top of another about 4 inches apart. I stop here and reach upward, but feel nothing. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17091 Registered: 4-2010 |
Touch your piece of metal to the two metal pieces on the square. Does anything happen? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 12 Registered: 5-2012 |
This appears to do nothing, but upon further exploration of the metal square, there seems to be a key-hole on the far right side. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17095 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is your metal piece a key? Can you stick it in the keyhole? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 14 Registered: 5-2012 |
No, it's not a key, it's too small. It's seems to be too big to fit in the keyhole. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17097 Registered: 4-2010 |
Feel around on the floor. Is there anything else around? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 16 Registered: 5-2012 |
Keeping contact with the wall, as to not lose my place, and searches the floor. There's nothing within reach. I would have to step away from the wall to see if there's anything else to be found. | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 728 Registered: 1-2012 |
So, the metal piece is in a 'U' shape? Okay *takes deep breath*, step directly away from the wall for, say, ten steps, or until you hit the opposite wall, whichever comes first. Say, this room is in the usual rectangular/square shape, yes? Or is it some other shape? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 18 Registered: 5-2012 |
Not really, I think I'll wait to see if I can find light to see my piece of metal. I walk ten steps and still haven't hit another wall. I'm going to assume it is a normal room for now. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17102 Registered: 4-2010 |
Go back to the metal square and feel around the wall, going left all the way around the room. Anything? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 20 Registered: 5-2012 |
Going back to the wall and continuing left. I run into another corner. Left still, I discover what I assume to be a bed. Walking around that I find, possibly a table? Or maybe a desk? This item is pushed into the corner. Assuming this room has 4 wall, I'm now on the last wall. I come across a light switch and possibly a door. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17106 Registered: 4-2010 |
Flip the switch. | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 21 Registered: 5-2012 |
I flip the switch. A dim light comes on, but I can make out my surroundings. To my left the is an end-table and a bed. Straight ahead it the metal square. It looks like a breaker box, but I can't be sure. To my right is a door. It appears to need some sort of pass code to unlock it. The far right wall is empty. | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 734 Registered: 1-2012 |
Take out the paper and see if there's anything on it. | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 22 Registered: 5-2012 |
Pulls out the paper. Along with the paper came the piece of metal. It was a paper clip! I unfold the piece of paper and it reads: 3, 16, 25 | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 2055 Registered: 6-2008 |
I guessed it was a paper clip after I learned it was rectangular but without corners, but I arrived at this puzzle too late... What kind of keys does the door lock have? If it's letters try CPY (the numbers, with A=1, B=2, etc.). If it's digits, then I'll let someone else guess, because I can't tell for sure what the rule is for this sequence, if any, from only three numbers. | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 24 Registered: 5-2012 |
The keys are numbers. It appears to need a four digit code. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 457 Registered: 1-2010 |
Try typing 1625. | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 25 Registered: 5-2012 |
The keys are numbers. It appears to need a four digit code. | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 26 Registered: 5-2012 |
The keys are numbers. It appears to need a four digit code. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17110 Registered: 4-2010 |
1625, as Hominid said? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 27 Registered: 5-2012 |
Sorry for the triple post I try 1625, but it doesn't work. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 459 Registered: 1-2010 |
Was that really a door next to the light switch? If so, open the door and go through it. If not, what was it? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 29 Registered: 5-2012 |
I try the door again, but it remains locked. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 464 Registered: 1-2010 |
Examine the ceiling. How high is it? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 2061 Registered: 6-2008 |
Try 1200 on the keypad (3*16*25) | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 30 Registered: 5-2012 |
I look up at the ceiling. It's approximately 6 feet off the ground. Turning back to the door, I type 1200 into the keypad. Still, the door refuses to open. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17191 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are there any other buttons on the keypad besides the digits? Try 5291. | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 32 Registered: 5-2012 |
I enter 5291, but the door doesn't budge. The keypad is a standard one, the numbers 0-9, the pound key and the asterisk. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2926 Registered: 7-2009 |
Examine the possible breaker box, the end table, and the bed. Is there anything of note above, below, within, or on the surface of any of them? | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 37 Registered: 5-2012 |
I go to the supposed breaker box and examine it. It's locked, so I can't look inside. Next I look under the bed, on the bed, and between the bedding. There's a pillowcase with a pillow in it, a bottom and top sheet, and a comforter on the bed, but nothing beneath. Lastly, I check out the end table. In the drawer there is only a flashlight. Nothing on top or below it though. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17326 Registered: 4-2010 |
Take the flashlight. Does it turn on? Does it have batteries? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2951 Registered: 7-2009 |
Can you use the paper clip to pick the lock on the breaker box? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
Moderator Username: Peter365 Post Number: 127 Registered: 1-2011 |
Kiariehanata I've put this puzzle into limbo for now. You can reactivate it by answering the outstanding questions | ||
| Kiariehanata (Kiariehanata)
New member Username: Kiariehanata Post Number: 62 Registered: 5-2012 |
I turn on the flashlight. A blue light fills the room. I walk over to the breaker box and attempt to pick the lock. After a few minutes, there is a click and it opens. Inside is another piece of paper with a long complicate math problem. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 2112 Registered: 6-2008 |
What is the math problem (assuming it is relevant for us to solve it, rather than just a hopelessly difficult problem that we would need someone to solve FOR us)? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
Moderator Username: Peter365 Post Number: 143 Registered: 1-2011 |
Kiariehanata I've put this puzzle into Limbo for now . You can reactivate it by answering the outstanding questions |
