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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 29, 2022 20:28:53 GMT
(All characters have been introduced, you now have enough to solve the puzzle)
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Post by Neotelenta on Oct 29, 2022 20:34:44 GMT
The sounds of what one could only assume to be a hodge-podge of items falling on the ground comes from one of the alcoves.
"Condolences for interrupting you interesting strangers, but seeing as this chute system delivers items around, there wouldn't happen to be any need for a plastic bag? I suspect it would be good for catching or holding something of importance?" the man inquires, shaking the bag around noisily as if making a point.
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Post by Panda on Oct 29, 2022 20:51:13 GMT
"They kidnapped a dog? This situation just keeps getting stranger," Guillermo commented. "Button sounds like a wonderful fella though! I hope I get to meet him.
"I don't have anything here that can help anyone, not yet at least. If anyone finds a handle of some kind, I'll be able to crank something."
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Post by dootdoot on Oct 29, 2022 20:56:33 GMT
"Forget I said anything Guillermo. I was... I must have been thinking of someone else. Forget it." the old woman said. "We have a 'black plate' and a white rectangle on a screen in another room, don't we? Seems like something we could start with."
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Oct 29, 2022 21:01:27 GMT
"I wish I could help you all, except that I only have a screen here. I'm not much of help here, sadly." The smiley-face man explains. "I do hope that we'll find a way down from... whatever this place is."
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Post by Panda on Oct 29, 2022 21:05:30 GMT
"Another Guillermo? I'd like to meet him too!" Guillermo replied.
"By the sounds of it, mr smiles's screen thingy is a meter of some kind. For instance, maybe it indicates how much I need to crank the contraption in my wall here: each time I do it, more of the rectangle lights up, but I don't want to go past the arrow. Just a guess, though. If we all put our heads together, we can work this out!"
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Post by notbadplayer on Oct 29, 2022 21:09:06 GMT
They respond to "Guillermo"'s question about what kind of suit they were in. "Um, I don't know. Something with paws. It's really sweaty in here."
"I found a rock. There's something important looking stuck in it. Maybe someone can get it out?" And then they put it through the chute, onto the conveyer, for someone else to figure out what to do with.
After that they're silent for a bit, until they suddenly talk again, sounding a bit more worried.
"...I can't get my suit to come off. I think I'm doing something wrong. Can someone take a look at this once we find a way out of this?"
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Oct 29, 2022 21:12:16 GMT
"A rock with something important-looking stuck inside it..." The smiley-face man mumbled for a bit. "I believe the laser in the key lady's room should do the trick and get whatever it is out of that rock. It's just a guess, so there's no way to know for sure until we try."
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Post by Neotelenta on Oct 29, 2022 21:14:32 GMT
"I wish to take a look. Preparing to catch the object in the chute." the man replies. You can hear his voice through the chute, along with rustling of a bag.
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Post by JesusMonroe on Oct 29, 2022 21:25:02 GMT
"B-Bobbi?! Is that you?!" The fish woman shouts. She seems to know that the other woman is definitely not a tomato. “Melanie! You’re here too?” The woman, apparently named Bobbi, replied. “Well, I guess that makes sense, considering the circumstances, but…at least we’re not here alone!” "Makes sense? None of this makes sense! Or do you think we were kidnapped by a crazy fan?" She tried to recall the memory. "I'm sure they were wearing a black hoodie..." There's apparently nothing interesting about the hatch because I didn't get any details about it. "Maybe I could fill the bag with water?" The young woman guessed. "But I couldn't exactly transport that on the conveyer belt. How small is Button? Maybe we can put him on the belt?"
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Post by Neotelenta on Oct 29, 2022 22:17:36 GMT
"Potentially...On both accounts. Although I don't know what that could accomplish. A plate, a source of water, a bag, a rock with something stuck in it, a hole for a crank, a screen with the rectangle...Thinking, compiling, retrograde sliding. Too many names, too many p-...These all appear to be separate puzzles. To reduce the complexity, we ought to focus on one thing at a time."
A snapping of fingers. "One of you said something about a hole that might fit a crank, did you? What about that rock with the embedded object in it? We should compare the shapes of the two. What shape is the hole?"
(At this point, unless anyone else decided to take the embedded object in the rock, the man would inspect it.)
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 29, 2022 22:19:11 GMT
(The man examines it but if someone else wants to take it they can)
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Post by dootdoot on Oct 29, 2022 22:21:51 GMT
Old key lady swiped the rock and held it up to her laser until the creature within was set free or something of the sort. In all honesty she wasn't fully sure what she even expected would happen.
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Post by Joker on Oct 29, 2022 23:18:33 GMT
“I’d rather not play into our kidnapper’s games, or whatever this is, but it seems we don’t have a choice here.” The grumpy man signed again.
“There’s a black piece of rubber in my room, it kind of looks like a bike tire. And there’s a chute in here as well.”
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Post by Panda on Oct 29, 2022 23:24:57 GMT
"You play their games, or you die. I chose to survive," Guillermo responded to the grumpy voice. "I've come too far and lost too much to stop now."
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Post by JesusMonroe on Oct 29, 2022 23:51:14 GMT
“D-Die?! Who mentioned dying? Maybe the kidnapper just wants to… harvest our organs or something?” The fish woman guessed, trying to stifle the panic from her voice.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 30, 2022 0:39:54 GMT
Old key lady swiped the rock and held it up to her laser until the creature within was set free or something of the sort. In all honesty she wasn't fully sure what she even expected would happen. This fully cuts through the rock and the metal bit in the center. Uh oh, hope that was nothing important. Seems this rock needs to be crushed.
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Post by dootdoot on Oct 30, 2022 0:49:01 GMT
"You play their games, or you die. I chose to survive," Guillermo responded to the grumpy voice. "I've come too far and lost too much to stop now." "Definitely a different Guillermo..." she said under her breath, which once again more or less everyone heard thanks to the pit's incredible acoustics. This momentary distraction similarly led to the previously mentioned laser mishap. Oops. "... Oops. I think we might have more luck with crushing this rock. I'll just put it back in the chute..."
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Oct 30, 2022 2:02:04 GMT
"Well... Since the rock needed to be crushed somehow... Any idea on whenever any of us have something that looks like it could crush something?" The smiley-face man asked. "Bobbi, could you check the black plate in your room?"
"... I got a feeling that the water could be useful if we can put the water in something. Make a improvised weight of some kind?" The smiley-face man theorized.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 30, 2022 3:50:07 GMT
(Hint: Something has already been “crushed”)
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Post by Planetbox on Oct 30, 2022 5:45:16 GMT
"Makes sense? None of this makes sense! Or do you think we were kidnapped by a crazy fan?" She tried to recall the memory. "I'm sure they were wearing a black hoodie..." “I mean the fact that we’re here together, considering we got kidnapped together,” Bobbi said. “Maybe it’s a crazy fan, but…that wouldn’t explain everyone else here. Some of these people would like they’ve never been near our line of work.” At the smiley man’s question, she shouted much more loudly: “No! I mean, I already checked, and I guess I didn’t find anything. It was just a normal black plate. Honestly I’m at a bit of a loss as to how I can be helpful here.”
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Oct 30, 2022 6:07:42 GMT
"Just a normal black plate...? Well, that's... just great." The smiley-face man replied upon hearing Bobbi's answer. "Just hold onto that plate, we might need it for something, I guess."
"... Hey, didn't someone scream in pain earlier? What did they do to get hurt?" He recalled the lady screaming in pain about her leg.
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Post by Panda on Oct 30, 2022 10:18:28 GMT
"My bad, I should probably have kept my mouth shut, at least until we all meet up properly. I assume that's what happens next," Guillermo said bashfully, in response to the agitated woman. "Who knows, maybe this is all just some prank TV-show!"
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Post by JesusMonroe on Oct 30, 2022 13:40:49 GMT
“Did we ever find out what that hydraulic noise was earlier? Maybe we can put the rock in the gears?” The woman guessed. “I wish I was more of a help. Any of you comfortable sharing names? If we’re gonna be stuck here a while, my friends call me Mel. Well most of my friends at least.” She said that with a laugh that sounded almost sultry.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 30, 2022 13:43:48 GMT
(This answer about the woman with the injured leg is correct but I will await their confirmation here)
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Post by Panda on Oct 30, 2022 14:25:05 GMT
“Did we ever find out what that hydraulic noise was earlier? Maybe we can put the rock in the gears?” The woman guessed. “I wish I was more of a help. Any of you comfortable sharing names? If we’re gonna be stuck here a while, my friends call me Mel. Well most of my friends at least.” She said that with a laugh that sounded almost sultry. "Pleasure to meet you, Mel! My name's Guillermo Glas, but you all can call be Guille." He pronounced this 'Gee-yeah-mo' and 'Gee-yeh', respectively.
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Oct 30, 2022 14:31:32 GMT
"Well, seeing as I have nothing to do in here other than talking and listening... I suppose I should introduce myself next." The smiley-face man answered before a cough can be heard. "I'm fine, by the way. Anyway, my name is Marvin Garrit."
There was a shout of surprise from where Marvin is.
"Oh! The lights just blink on in the meter and it went up halfway the bar. I think for it to reach the mark, which I presumes is the arrow, it would have to go higher." Marvin announced to everyone. "Anyone know what happened here?"
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Post by Planetbox on Oct 30, 2022 14:39:53 GMT
"Ah! Wait, it moves!" Bobbi shouted. "The black plate! I thought it was just attached to the floor, but if you push it it bobs up and down like an old-fashioned scale. Maybe there's something we can put on it?"
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Post by Kachu on Oct 30, 2022 14:45:50 GMT
“Ah, right.” The woman who screamed in pain seemed to have caught up with the conversation around her. “You need to crush some rock, or something?” She spoke out loudly, so others could hear her. Unlike before, when it was only particularly easy to hear her because she screamed.
“…I can do that.” She says, after a bit of a pause to collect her thoughts. “If it gets me out of here.”
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 30, 2022 14:48:46 GMT
The group hears the groaning of hydraulic parts moving again. It sounds very dangerous.
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