An ill-advised text-based adventure:

[KingdomAces]

Okay, this is ridiculous. Why did I not decide to look at this sooner? Anyway, as a test...

Personal Action: Attempt to go to sleep on the horribly mutilated bed.

And by personal actions, I mean I am invoking

they specifically state their action is theirs alone

because I can't think of a better short way to say that.

[KingdomAces]

Zymf, he posted less than 12 hours ago.

Action: Ask when we're going to get food. I just woke up and all, it should be time for breakfast.

[KingdomAces]

So, when are the maintenance and medical attention going to happen? I can't really think of anything else to do while there are people watching.

[KingdomAces]

Action: Teleport out of the prison?

I would try doing more, but other people are in much better scenarios than I am right now.

[KingdomAces]

Focus very intently on the space on the opposite side of the bars, and imagine that I am there instead of inside the cell.

[KingdomAces]

Check my inventory and the guard's status and location.

I think Jackel may have gotten out, so I mostly want to see if that means everyone did or we still have to actually try. Also, I'm confused about how TTH and Antihero appear to be in the same location, seeing as they have both had interactions with the guard and Ario that seem like they would be only possible from short range.

[KingdomAces]

What? Now my head hurts.

Um, pull out a flashlight and point it towards the darkness?

[KingdomAces]

That Charizard scares me. If he gets that, I want a Waterfall/Play Rough/Superpower/Aqua Jet Azumarill to protect myself.

[KingdomAces]

Okay, back to trying to play this straight then.

I head towards the darkness.

[KingdomAces]

Come to the dark side, there may or may not be cookies. I wouldn't know, as I haven't arrived there yet.

[KingdomAces]

Energy (since light bulbs don't use fire, and this is the common denominator)
Fire (should be covered by torch, but just in case)
Light (because light can't exist if there isn't any light. It made more sense in my head)
Mellon (you only said saying 'friend' wouldn't let us enter)
Open, says uh... ME!

If we're only allowed one answer, then I'll go with Energy.

[KingdomAces]

I don't like that where I am is the direction with the most people. For now though I guess I'll just hope that there are more branching paths up ahead, and eat the loss of an action later if I need to double back to one of the three upstairs paths.

Go down the stairs.

[KingdomAces]

Are people not in the downstairs group allowed to help us out, even if they can't give an official answer?

Also, are we allowed to guess without asking the rest of the group first, as long as we show work? If so: Green=Blue+Yellow. If Blue=Red, then Green=Red+Yellow. Normally, Red+Yellow=Orange, so if Green=Red+Yellow, then Green=Orange.

[KingdomAces]

Yeah, that's what it

actually

is, but that doesn't math cleanly with anything, so going with the popular version.

[KingdomAces]

Red=Blue. Red=Magenta+Yellow, Blue=Magenta+Cyan. Magenta+Cyan=Magenta+Yellow. Cyan=Yellow.
Green=Cyan+Yellow. Green=2Cyan, or Green=2Yellow. Okay, that can't possibly be the answer.

Cyan+Yellow+Magenta=Black. Green+Magenta=Black. Cyan+Red=Black. Yellow+Blue=Black.
Black-Yellow=Blue, Black-Cyan=Red. Black-Yellow=Black-Cyan... This is just going back to saying that Cyan=Yellow.

Scream "Help!"

[KingdomAces]

More fail thoughts

Spoiler: Red=26

r=17
e=5
d=4

Spoiler: Blue=40

b=2
l=12
u=21
e=5

Spoiler: Green=51

g=7
r=17
e=5
e=5
n=14

Maybe red=blue in this case could mean that 26=26+14, but I don't know what color 65 could turn into, and I doubt that's where mastin would be going with this so it doesn't seem worth the effort of figuring out.

Are outside resources allowed?

[KingdomAces]

This is not doing it, but I'm tempted to spend the random guess on purple, because it's the only other color that makes sense, even though I can't actually think of a logical reason for doing so. Can someone think of a way to justify answering with purple? Either that or I want to say that green=green, because that is true any way you look at it, even if 'technically correct' doesn't translate to correct.

[KingdomAces]

Screw it.

Say Green is equal to Green

Because everything is equal to itself.

Spoiler: If that's not good enough,

Running this C++ code

Code: Select all

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main(){
    string red="blue";
    string a="green";
    string b="green";
    if(a==b)
        cout<<"true";
    else
        cout<<"false";

    return 0;
}

prints true.

[KingdomAces]

If possible, go to the shopkeeper and get equipped and then return to the riddle wall.

I'm still thinking about it, but I've still got nothing right now.

[KingdomAces]

Okay, I was assuming that we would be stuck at that riddle wall for the entire length of what it would take to get the equipment and go back, so now that it's cleared I'll redact that action. Anyway, processing now.

In the meantime, scan the walls.

[KingdomAces]

The math is valid, don't worry about it.

It's probably not actually the answer, or at least the intended way to find it, but everything does check out, so maybe?

[KingdomAces]

a=1 b=2 e=5 g=7 l=12 n=14 o=15 p=16 r=18 s=19

1+16+16+12+5=50
15+18+1+14+7+5=60

I did this a while ago, but it came up a dud so I didn't bother posting it. Z=1 is even higher in both cases. Taking the numbers and adding the digits yields apple=23, but then orange=33, so still no dice. There could be some other key, but I can't tell what it is right now, so I'm just waiting to see if Empking is right somehow.

[KingdomAces]

If they were adventurers, they would not be guards, now, would they?

Well, maybe they used to be adventurers like us...

Aside from that, I don't care that you're calling me not adventurous. I'm clearing this dungeon. Eventually.

[KingdomAces]

No. If you want this to continue, talk directly to Mastin about it. He pretty much never visits Mish Mash from what I can tell, so necro'ing this does literally nothing.

[KingdomAces]

Hey, remember this?

Subject: Mafia Roulette (Over)

Hey, I'm the person running ill-advised. It's coming back as soon as (1) I fully conquer my ear infection, and (2) the computer I store my notes on isn't as much on the fritz as it currently is.

That means there is absolutely no reason for you to be bumping this. She'll get to it when she gets to it.