The Syndicate

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2014 1:23 pm**

MovingPictures07 wrote:RIP me.

Good luck, guys!

So sorry MP.

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2014 1:31 pm**

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I'm dead.

you made me think of

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:55 pm**

{read numbers from books from saferoom}

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:56 pm**

I copied down some numbers (but don't know what they are) from books I picked up while in the first part of my saferoom, so maybe the numbers will be a string that we will insert into a device to deactivate a bomb?

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:00 pm**

{Call Diane Selwyn}

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:39 am**

So er... uhm... what now?

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:27 am**

OK, I was unable to post last night, which will not happen again, please don't delete my game.

What was planned for tomorrow will happen today.

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:04 pm**

Mongoose wrote:{read numbers from books from saferoom}

1. You aren't in the saferoom.

2. There wasn't any numbers on the note, it just told you to check books for numbers.

3. You have no books from the saferoom.

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:46 pm**

{Call Diane Selwyn}?

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:52 pm**

Mongoose wrote:{Call Diane Selwyn}?

No phone is available.

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:08 pm**

{Scan current room for items}

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 6:06 pm**

Mongoose wrote:{Scan current room for items}

The first thing you notice are the sixteen bookcases filled with books.

In the center of the room, on top of the computer, is a pistol loaded with a single bullet.

The possibilities with the gun run through your head. If I kill the Murderer now, I have almost unlimited time to solve the puzzle, and get out of here! But, if I guess wrong, I would be stuck alone with the killer.

Those are the only items immediately available.

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 10:15 pm**

Turnip Head has left the saferoom.

The saferoom is now permanently closed.

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 10:56 pm**

{take bullet out of chamber}

{hide bullet]

{read book titles}

{take down numbers from book cases}

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:07 pm**

Mongoose wrote:{take bullet out of chamber}

{hide bullet]

The gun is seemingly designed in order to ensure no one can tamper with the bullet. You can find no way of opening the chamber.

Mongoose wrote:
{read book titles}

QUADRANT 1

N: The Qur'an
W: Flatland
S: The Jungle Book
E: Sun, Moon, Talia

QUADRANT 2

N: How Green Is My Valley
W: The Little Vampire
S: The Queen of Spades
E: Quo Vadis

QUADRANT 3

N: True History
W: The Aeneid
S: Escape to Witch Mountain
E: Uncle Tom's Cabin

QUADRANT 4

N: The Monk
W: Queen of the Black Coast
S: Pride & Prejudice
E: Scaramouche

Mongoose wrote:{take down numbers from book cases}

The bookcases have no numbers on them. Only a "N", "W", "S", and "E" depending on what cardinal direction the bookcase is facing.

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:09 pm**

Another day, another blackout.

You sit on the floor, biding your time.

Nothing out of the "ordinary" seems to happen, and when the lights turn on, nothing seems to be changed.

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:20 pm**

{touch all the books}

(to see if there is a secret passageway)

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:47 pm**

I pick up the .44 pistol.

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:53 pm**

Mongoose wrote:{touch all the books}

(to see if there is a secret passageway)

You run your fingers over all f the books, examining to see anything hidden, but you find nothing.

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:53 pm**

Turnip Head wrote:I pick up the .44 pistol.

Turnip Head has the pistol.

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:16 am**

The computer screen lights up with the following message.

MEJFPUMSHCHLTQATMQATMQTHTALAEQHS

HERO

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:47 am**

{observe:
N: The Qur'an
W: Flatland
S: The Jungle Book
E: Sun, Moon, Talia}

{observe:
N: How Green Is My Valley
W: The Little Vampire
S: The Queen of Spades
E: Quo Vadis }

{observe:
N: True History
W: The Aeneid
S: Escape to Witch Mountain
E: Uncle Tom's Cabin}

{observe:
N: The Monk
W: Queen of the Black Coast
S: Pride & Prejudice
E: Scaramouche}

(Looking at the individually books/contents now)

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:48 am**

TH - Any idea about the cipher above that the host posted?

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:13 am**

Mongoose wrote:{observe:
N: The Qur'an Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 14 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 1 written on the first page of the novel.
W: Flatland Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 4 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 15 written on the first page of the novel.
S: The Jungle Book Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 3 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 7 written on the first page of the novel.
E: Sun, Moon, Talia} Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 8 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 13 written on the first page of the novel.

{observe:
N: How Green Is My Valley Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 9 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 11 written on the first page of the novel.
W: The Little Vampire Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 12 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 16 written on the first page of the novel.
S: The Queen of Spades Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 22 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 24 written on the first page of the novel.
E: Quo Vadis } Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 18 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 17 written on the first page of the novel.

{observe:
N: True History Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 20 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 27 written on the first page of the novel.
W: The Aeneid Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 19 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 26 written on the first page of the novel.
S: Escape to Witch Mountain Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 2 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 23 written on the first page of the novel.
E: Uncle Tom's Cabin} Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 6 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 25 written on the first page of the novel.

{observe:
N: The Monk Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 21 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 28 written on the first page of the novel.
W: Queen of the Black Coast Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 30 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 10 written on the first page of the novel.
S: Pride & Prejudice Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 5 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 29 written on the first page of the novel.
E: Scaramouche} Taking the book off of the shelve, you notice the number 32 written on the cover. Opening the book up, you see the number 31 written on the first page of the novel. But the novel is not normal. Instead of Scaramouche, the book is filled with the letter "H" repeated over and over again.

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:18 am**

I can't focus right now. Swimming will be the end of me. I would take refuge in the safe room, but only if INH allows me to throw parties in there.

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:36 pm**

Lizzy wrote: I can't focus right now. Swimming will be the end of me. I would take refuge in the safe room, but only if INH allows me to throw parties in there.

You flip the saferoom switch, but nothing happens. The saferoom is closed.

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 2:50 pm**

insertnamehere wrote:
Lizzy wrote: I can't focus right now. Swimming will be the end of me. I would take refuge in the safe room, but only if INH allows me to throw parties in there.
You flip the saferoom switch, but nothing happens. The saferoom is closed.

Fine! I didn't want to go there in the first place.

{pick up bottle of rum}

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 3:56 pm**

Lizzy wrote:
insertnamehere wrote:
Lizzy wrote: I can't focus right now. Swimming will be the end of me. I would take refuge in the safe room, but only if INH allows me to throw parties in there.
You flip the saferoom switch, but nothing happens. The saferoom is closed.
Fine! I didn't want to go there in the first place.

{pick up bottle of rum}

No rum is available, bottled or otherwise.

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 4:06 pm**

insertnamehere wrote:The computer screen lights up with the following message.

MEJFPUMSHCHLTQATMQATMQTHTALAEQHS

HERO

I'm going to concentrate on the QATMQATMQ" part of the cipher. TH?

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 6:00 pm**

I assigned numbers to the cipher above but didn't really get anywhere, even after disregarding the numbers of Scaramouche.
Do we think the end result is a string of numbers or a phrase? Someone help me so that we can win k.

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 6:25 pm**

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:44 pm**

The blackout arrives right on schedule. Finding a comfortable corner, you sit down and try to rest. A loud grinding sound fills the room, along with the white noise. Suddenly, screams everywhere. Chilled to the bone, you ponder whether to get up and try to locate the source of the screams, or to stay put and possibly not get killed. While you are thinking about this problem, the lights come back on. Getting up, you walk towards the center of the chamber. As you walk, you hear an odd squishing sound. Bending down, you see what caused it. A human ear, obviously roughly detached from a head. You feel queasy, as if you are about to vomit. But that's not all. Looking up, you can see a foot, a head, a lung, and various other parts placed to form a rudimentary arrow pointing to the open wall. Chamber Three. Glancing across the room, you see the only person left. The murderer. You make a mad dash towards the computer. If you can find the gun, you can end it! But, the gun is gone. That would be too easy. Looking at your captor's face, you see "it" smile, a grotesque parody of human emotion. You are alone with the killer.

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:46 pm**

Lizzy has been eliminated.

Turnip Head and Mongoose have moved on to Chamber Three.

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:48 pm**

Well that's freakin wonderful.

Don't shoot me, bro

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:49 pm**

As the murderer stares you down, the speakers sing out mock trumpets and fanfare.

"Congratulations, please proceed to Chamber Three!"

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:59 pm**

CHAMBER THREE INSTRUCTIONS

Chamber Three is a small room, with two stools and a reinforced glass wall separating them. One player per side. Another small glass wall hides two cameras, one for each candidate. Members of the Three Chambers Collective are watching through those cameras. They have been monitoring the progress of the application process, but do not know who the murderer is.

Your job is to convince the jury that you are not the murderer, the jury will be made up of TCC members. (By TCC members, we mean eliminated players.)

The person who the majority of the jury believes to be innocent will win this stage of testing.

This challenge tests memory, charisma, and debating skills.

Good luck.

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:18 pm**

May it please the court.

Your Honor, Members of the Esteemed Jury, Ladies, Gentlemen. Wombats.

Today we are gathered to listen to the oral arguments between myself and Mr. Head. While I do have some evidence to proffer to you on why Mr. Head is guilty, I also have evidence and exhibits to share with you on why I am not guilty.

Exhibit A: My Track Record.

Throughout the process of this game, I have tried to be a team player. Let the record reflect that I have been trying hard throughout the game to solve the puzzles and put forth instructions when possible. I was not able to figure out the puzzle with the book titles, but I must insist that this was only due to a defect of the mind and not of moral character.

Things have not always gone perfectly. I will admit that there may have been miscommunication between me and Mr. Marsh, but that was not deliberate. To me, it was sensical to state that *turn light off* meant leave the cord uncut. If this was in error, then I must humbly apologize. Please note that I have a distinct lack of recalcitrance about this whole situation and feel positively sick about it.

We did not purposefully get lost in this chamber. We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; Plymouth Rock landed on us.

Exhibit B: Pacifist By Action.

After Mr. Gnosis vacated the safe room, I elected to go in, hoping I could be of some use. I wanted to pull my weight, and I thought this would be a good way to do it.

Inside, I was given the opportunity to use a gun on someone - any of the remaining players OR I could communicate with the thread. I elected not to murder one of my fellow dear players and instead decided to ask for collaborative help.

Once again, I eschewed the power of the pistol when I tried to disarm it. This trick did not work. At this time, Mr. Head took the gun for his own personal use, but has not used it yet. I would like to direct the jury's attention to this fact.

To recapitulate, I refused to use the gun on two occasions. I even tried to disarm it.

If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit.

The Defense rests her case, your Honor.

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:30 pm**

If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit.

O.J did that shit

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:51 pm**

I took that gun because I didn't want you getting your murdering paws all over it, Goosey.

In my brief time in the Chamber Two saferoom, I was not given such an opportunity as you supposedly were to use a gun or communicate with others. Neither was Epignosis, if his testimony is to be believed, may he rest in peace. I was told I could not communicate with others, and I was not given any hints or information about the puzzle. And no access to a gun, until I snatched it. I was hoping if I grabbed the gun the killings would stop.

But Mongoose, it's clear now that you purposefully misled Metalmarsh (and poor MP) to his violent and injust end. May I direct the jury's attention to Exhibit A:

Mongoose wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:Mongoose, can you address each question individually?

Should the green cable be plugged or unplugged (on or off)?
* turn light off*

Here, MM, asks Mongoose to respond in her limited manner. Mongoose proves capable of doing so.

EXHIBIT B.

Mongoose wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
Should we cut (turn off) the pink wire?

*turn light off*

MM explicitly states which of Mongoose's communication options corresponds to which action he would take on the pink wire. Mongoose responds as before, with "turn light off", indicating that the pink wire should be cut. There was no room for error here, the consequence was death. Mongoose should have known that.

Posted: **Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:08 am**

You didn't really go into why you are innocent. Epi and I had totally different saferoom experiences, which we enumerated ad nauseum. He experienced something totally different than I did, although they were both Lynchian. Just because he didn't have a whack at a gun doesn't mean that I did not either. I am totally befuddled by you stating you took the gun to keep it from me when there were three of us still alive and Lizzy could have been the killer then for all we knew. Why were you so certain it was me?

Posted: **Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:10 am**

The MM thing was unfortunate, but I've gone into detail three times now about that. I was trying to tell him no and it was difficult to communicate via a cellphone.
I tried to paste it in two separate posts ab initio, but I got timed out while waiting to make the second post.

Posted: **Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:11 am**

Overall, I feel like you are deflecting a lot toward me instead of proving why you are innocent. That's really the burden of proof each of us would have to meet. I spent 80% of my post talking about what I had done for the civ cause, explaining any perceiving misstep, and showing that I had behaved admirably, even when no one was watching (when in the saferoom and no one would have known that I had took someone else out). I only spent a few lines discussing your culpability.

Posted: **Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:19 am**

I've been working on the puzzles or trying to just as much as anyone else. I initiated a lot of thoughts and booted the group into action at the beginning of both Chamber challenges. I don't really have anything substantial that proves my innocence other than that I've been genuinely trying to help and my track record is a lot cleaner than yours.

Posted: **Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:37 am**

One gaffe, if it was even that, hardly makes my track record "a lot" worse than anyone else's.

I mean I'm Joe Biden over here.

Posted: **Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:51 am**

Well I still think you were lying about what happened in the saferoom in chamber 2. I didn't get a chance to shoot anyone or receive a hint to the puzzle, nor did I get to communicate like you did. You seemed to know something about the books, and then the cypher code or whatever popped up but by the time I could get out of the saferoom to help with that Lizzy was brutally murdered and here we are. I wish I had had more time to prove my innocence by helping with the last challenge, but I mean, I guess we would have just ended up here in Chamber 3 anyway.

Posted: **Fri Jun 13, 2014 2:54 pm**

WORST. SERVICE. EVER.

I demand to see the manager!

And omg! DH!

Posted: **Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:57 pm**

Turnip Head wrote:Everyone's dead, Lizzy

Mongoose is in the saferoom. She's allowed to tell us what she saw, but I can't seem to make any sense of it.

insertnamehere wrote:I'm going to edit the story in later.

S~V~S is eliminated.

TH, when you made that post, I was still alive. Why did you say everyone was dead when i was still alive?

Posted: **Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:02 pm**

Mongoose is telling the truth. I tried to shoot Turnip Head.

Posted: **Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:17 pm**

S~V~S wrote:
Turnip Head wrote:Everyone's dead, Lizzy

Mongoose is in the saferoom. She's allowed to tell us what she saw, but I can't seem to make any sense of it.

insertnamehere wrote:I'm going to edit the story in later.

S~V~S is eliminated.
TH, when you made that post, I was still alive. Why did you say everyone was dead when i was still alive?

i dunno k

Epignosis wrote:Mongoose is telling the truth. I tried to shoot Turnip Head.

rude

Posted: **Sat Jun 14, 2014 5:11 pm**

So...is this going to end?

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